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Hello Stefan2, and welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing!

-- 13:42, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikimedia Forum

Have you noticed the discussion about you at (Wikimedia Forum#Deletions by とある白い猫)? It looks as if no one has notified you, at least not here. --Stefan2 () 18:51, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I was notified on IRC, but thank you for the notification. -- 19:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Travel Guide: Naming poll open

Hi there,

You are receiving this message because you edited the initial naming straw poll for the Wikimedia Travel Guide.

The proposed naming poll is now open and you can vote for as many of the proposed names as you wish, if you are eligible. Please see (Travel Guide/Naming Process) for full details on voting eligibility and how the final name will be selected. Voting will last for 14 days, and will terminate on 16 October at 06:59:59 UTC.

Thanks, 23:06, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Travel Guide: Naming poll open

Hi there,

You are receiving this message because you voiced your opinion at the (Request for Comment) on the Wikimedia Travel Guide.

The proposed naming poll opened a few days ago and you can vote for as many of the proposed names as you wish, if you are eligible. Please see (Travel Guide/Naming Process) for full details on voting eligibility and how the final name will be selected. Voting will last for 14 days, and will terminate on 16 October at 06:59:59 UTC.

Thanks, 22:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Copyvio tags

Appreciated and speedy ones gone. Will look at the others later. Thanks :) -- 14:15, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! I was checking recent uploads on English Wikipedia and one of the files suggested that I should check this uploader on Meta too. --Stefan2 () 15:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Moar thanks :) -- 15:46, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Copyright problem with...

Hi Stephan,

I waqnt to asky u how can i fix the "Copyright problem with.." the file that i had upload.

I could not choose an apropiable licence at time to upload the files. -- () 21:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Who has taken the images? Did you take them yourself? If so, could you choose a licence now instead? --Stefan2 () 22:51, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:WWC tweet 03787F.png etc

Hi Stefan2, whether you write Twitter for a link, or have the symbol, it is trademarked to Twitter. They have set up this page which indicates how to use logos and provides downloads. As long as the images are used properly, ie-links to Twitter, it is fine (which they are in this case). They're are "trademarked" templates and other special use templates on Commons but they don't exist here. How would you suggest I indicate these things? I was going to add some information and remove the deletion warning, but I wanted to chat with you first. () 00:36, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

The trademark is a non-copyright restriction and thus a non-issue for Meta. The problem is that the logo is copyrighted and unlicensed. As Meta-Wiki doesn't have an EDP, only freely licensed files can be uploaded to Meta. --Stefan2 () 09:56, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

What indicates that the bird is copyrighted? (I am seriously curious) the site I linked to does not, and it's a pretty basic bird-shape that wouldn't inherently mean copyright, would it? Not having an EDP does not equal "only freely licensed files can be uploaded to Meta." in fact that discussion is happening right now Would you consider removing the deletion until consensus is found? () 19:17, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

There is no evidence that the logo isn't copyrighted and it is a recent logo with complex artwork. The discussion at WM:RFD is only about files in a specific category, and the conclusion at (Meta:Requests for deletion/Archives/2012#All fair use files and templates) was that such files can't be kept as there is no policy allowing them. No EDP does indeed equal "only freely licensed files can be uploaded to Meta". Also, automatically includes a speedy deletion template. --Stefan2 () 06:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

etc

I find these tags disturbing as it cuts the grain against how Wikimania bids and other planning work for Wikimedia events have operated for many years. I would request that you stop tagging or deleting files before a consensus was established at both Meta:Babel concerning local uploads for Wikimedia working documents, and Meta:Requests for deletion concerning Wikimania bid files. 15:29, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

At (Meta:Requests for deletion/Archives/2012#All fair use files and templates), it was concluded that files can't be hosted here if they aren't freely licensed. --Stefan2 () 15:45, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

I can only say I'm disappointed that neither the Wikimania community nor the WM chapters community have been notified about these discussions. I've posted a message on mail:wikimania-l [1] to invite contribution to the discussions. 15:58, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decitions

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
Letter on change.org

I'm notifying you because you participated in one of several relevant discussions. - () 22:21, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

: I am well aware of what has happened to de:MediaWiki:Common.js. Thanks for telling me about this petition. Did you notify everyone in de:Spezial:Linkliste/Benutzer:BeverlyHillsCop/Vorlage:Superprotect? --Stefan2 () 23:57, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for asking. No, I have not notified anybody from German Wikipedia (except for those who participated in RFCs or discussions on enwp, Commons, Meta, MediaWikiWiki). If you have suggestions for how to approach that, I would be very interested to hear; I do not speak German, and have very little direct experience with the German Wikipedia community. - () 00:01, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I do not speek German either, but since German Wikipedia is heavily affected, there are probably lots of people on that project who might wish to sign the petition.

Some places to look at:

[2] (note the sudden increase of "thank you" messages after the user reinstated text on "Common.js")
[3] (note the sudden increase of "thank you" messages after the user blocked Eloquence)
de:Benutzer Diskussion:DaB.#The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar

You should probably try to find a German user who can send messages in German to involved people on that project. --Stefan2 () 00:14, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Superprotect letter update

Hi Stefan2,

Along with more hundreds of others, you recently signed Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer, which I wrote.

Today, we have 562 signatures here on Meta, and another 61 on change.org, for a total of 623 signatures. Volunteers have fully translated it into 16 languages, and begun other translations. This far exceeds my most optimistic hopes about how many might sign the letter -- I would have been pleased to gain 200 siguatures -- but new signatures continue to come.

I believe this is a significant moment for Wikimedia and Wikipedia. Very rarely have I seen large numbers of people from multiple language and project communities speak with a unified voice. As I understand it, we are unified in a desire for the Wikimedia Foundation to respect -- in actions, in addition to words -- the will of the community who has built the Wikimedia projects for the benefit of all humanity. I strongly believe it is possible to innovate and improve our software tools, together with the Wikimedia Foundation. But substantial changes are necessary in order for us to work together smoothly and productively. I believe this letter identifies important actions that will strongly support those changes.

Have you been discussing these issues in your local community? If so, I think we would all appreciate an update (on ) about how those discussions have gone, and what people are saying. If not, please be bold and start a discussoin on your Village Pump, or in any other venue your project uses -- and then leave a summary of what kind of response you get on the letter's talk page.

Finally, what do you think is the right time, and the right way, to deliver this letter? We could set a date, or establish a threshold of signatures. I have some ideas, but am open to suggestions.

Thank you for your engagement on this issue, and please stay in touch. - () 18:13, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Mtc

Hi. I tried to copy some files to Commons with CommonsHelper but I get an error. I added links to to make it easy to copy but it does not work. Have you copied files from meta to Commons recently? -- () 17:11, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Jag vet inte varför Commons Helper inte fungerar. Eventuellt kan man inte ladda upp filer från alla projekt eftersom Commons Helper inte känner igen alla licensmallar. Försök med w:WP:FTCG istället. --Stefan2 () 22:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Tak det vil jeg prøve. Men nu det er så besværligt, så venter jeg indtil nn.wikipedia, no.wikipedia, da.wikibooks og da.wikisource er klaret :-) -- () 19:19, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Ping

Hi. I've started (this thread). Maybe you're interested. Best regards. — 16:43, 01 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-34

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Feature news

Editors who want to re-use references but with different details such as page numbers, will be able to do so by the end of 2024, using a new sub-referencing feature. You can read more about the project and how to test the prototype.
Editors using tracking categories to identify which pages use specific extensions may notice that six of the categories have been renamed to make them more easily understood and consistent. These categories are automatically added to pages that use specialized MediaWiki extensions. The affected names are for: DynamicPageList, Kartographer, Phonos, RSS, Score, WikiHiero. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match. Thanks to Pppery for these improvements. [4]
Technical volunteers who edit modules and want to get a list of the categories used on a page, can now do so using the categories property of mw.title objects. This enables wikis to configure workflows such as category-specific edit notices. Thanks to SD001 for these improvements. [5][6]

Bugs status

Your help is needed to check if any pages need to be moved or deleted. A maintenance script was run to clean up unreachable pages (due to Unicode issues or introduction of new namespaces/namespace aliases). The script tried to find appropriate names for the pages (e.g. by following the Unicode changes or by moving pages whose titles on Wikipedia start with Talk:WP: so that their titles start with Wikipedia talk:), but it may have failed for some pages, and moved them to instead. Your community should check if any pages are listed there, and move them to the correct titles, or delete them if they are no longer needed. A full log (including pages for which appropriate names could be found) is available in phab:P67388.
Editors who volunteer as mentors to newcomers on their wiki are once again able to access lists of potential mentees who they can connect with to offer help and guidance. This functionality was restored thanks to a bug fix. Thank you to Mbch331 for filing the bug report. You can read about that, and 18 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Project updates

The application deadline for the Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) has been extended to September 16. Members will help by providing advice to Foundation Product and Technology leadership on short and long term plans, on complex strategic problems, and help to get feedback from more contributors and technical communities. Selected members should expect to spend roughly 5 hours per month for the Council, during the one year pilot. Please consider applying, and spread the word to volunteers you think would make a positive contribution to the committee.

Learn more

The 2024 Coolest Tool Awards were awarded at Wikimania, in seven categories. For example, one award went to the ISA Tool, used for adding structured data to files on Commons, which was recently improved during the Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon. You can see video demonstrations of each tool at the awards page. Congratulations to this year's recipients, and thank you to all tool creators and maintainers.
The latest Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin is available, and includes some highlights from Wikimania, an upcoming Language community meeting, and other news from the movement.

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Tech News: 2024-35

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Feature news

Administrators can now test the temporary accounts feature on test2wiki. This was done to allow cross-wiki testing of temporary accounts, for when temporary accounts switch between projects. The feature was enabled on testwiki a few weeks ago. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Temporary Accounts is a project to create a new type of user account that replaces IP addresses of unregistered editors which are no longer made public. Please share your opinions and questions on the project talk page.
Later this week, editors at wikis that use FlaggedRevs (also known as "Pending Changes") may notice that the indicators at the top of articles have changed. This change makes the system more consistent with the rest of the MediaWiki interface. [7]

Bugs status

Editors who use the 2010 wikitext editor, and use the Character Insert buttons, will no longer experience problems with the buttons adding content into the edit-summary instead of the edit-window. You can read more about that, and 26 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Project updates

Please review and vote on Focus Areas, which are groups of wishes that share a problem. Focus Areas were created for the newly reopened Community Wishlist, which is now open year-round for submissions. The first batch of focus areas are specific to moderator workflows, around welcoming newcomers, minimizing repetitive tasks, and prioritizing tasks. Once volunteers have reviewed and voted on focus areas, the Foundation will then review and select focus areas for prioritization.
Do you have a project and are willing to provide a three (3) month mentorship for an intern? Outreachy is a twice a year program for people to participate in a paid internship that will start in December 2024 and end in early March 2025, and they need mentors and projects to work on. Projects can be focused on coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, research). See the Outreachy page for more details, and a list of past projects since 2013.

Learn more

If you're curious about the product and technology improvements made by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, read this recent highlights summary on Diff.
To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Community Configuration - Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together (55 mins) - about the Community Configuration project.
- Future of MediaWiki. A sustainable platform to support a collaborative user base and billions of page views (30 mins) - an overview for both technical and non technical audiences, covering some of the challenges and open questions, related to the platform evolution, stewardship and developer experiences research.

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Tech News: 2024-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualisation 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 to test the charts.

Feature news

Editors who use the page can now filter out pages which are expected to be there permanently, such as sandboxes, test-cases, and templates that are always substituted. Editors can add the new magic word __EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__ to a template page to hide it from the listing. Thanks to Sophivorus and DannyS712 for these improvements. [8]
Editors who use the New Topic tool on discussion pages, will now be reminded to add a section header, which should help reduce the quantity of newcomers who add sections without a header. You can read more about that, and 28 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Last week, some Toolforge tools had occasional connection problems. The cause is still being investigated, but the problems have been resolved for now. [9]
Translation administrators at multilingual wikis, when editing multiple translation units, can now easily mark which changes require updates to the translation. This is possible with the new dropdown menu.

Project updates

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.

Learn more

To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
- Charts, the successor of Graphs - A secure and extensible tool for data visualization (25 mins) – about the above-mentioned Charts project.
- State of Language Technology and Onboarding at Wikimedia (90 mins) – about some of the language tools that support Wikimedia sites, such as Content/Section Translation, MinT, and LanguageConverter; also the current state and future of languages onboarding. [10]

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