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Happy New Year 2024![source ke badlo]
Happy New Year! to dear @Saroj, @Girmitya,@Shreya, @Abdul Kadir and all Fiji-Hindi Wikimedians! Wishing for a year filled with enthusiasm, collaboration, and vibrant activity in Fiji-Hindi Wikimedia. Let's make this year more engaging and inspiring together! Cheers to a fantastic year ahead! -- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 14:28, 1 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
- Same to you... DreamRimmer (talk) 14:29, 1 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
- Happy New Year! Thank you for the warm wishes. Let's make this year amazing for Fiji Hindi Wikipedia! 🎉📚 Saroj (talk) 14:37, 1 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
Do you use Wikidata in Wikimedia sibling projects? Tell us about your experiences[source ke badlo]
Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.
Hello, the Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects team at Wikimedia Deutschland would like to hear about your experiences using Wikidata in the sibling projects. If you are interested in sharing your opinion and insights, please consider signing up for an interview with us in this Registration form.
Currently, we are only able to conduct interviews in English.
The front page of the form has more details about what the conversation will be like, including how we would compensate you for your time.
For more information, visit our project issue page where you can also share your experiences in written form, without an interview.
We look forward to speaking with you, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Reusing references: Can we look over your shoulder?[source ke badlo]
Apologies for writing in English.
The Technical Wishes team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning to make reusing references easier. For our research, we are looking for wiki contributors willing to show us how they are interacting with references.
- The format will be a 1-hour video call, where you would share your screen. More information here.
- Interviews can be conducted in English, German or Dutch.
- Compensation is available.
- Sessions will be held in January and February.
- Sign up here if you are interested.
- Please note that we probably won’t be able to have sessions with everyone who is interested. Our UX researcher will try to create a good balance of wiki contributors, e.g. in terms of wiki experience, tech experience, editing preferences, gender, disability and more. If you’re a fit, she will reach out to you to schedule an appointment.
We’re looking forward to seeing you, Thereza Mengs (WMDE)
Feminism and Folklore 2024[source ke badlo]
Dear Wiki Community,
You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2024 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.
Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:
- Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
- Set up a campaign on CampWiz tool.
- Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
- Request local admins for site notice.
- Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the meta project page.
This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the Article List Generator by Topic and CampWiz. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access these tools
Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.
We look forward to your immense coordination.
Thank you and Best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2024 International Team
- Stay connected
- Stay connected
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:26, 18 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore is back![source ke badlo]
Please help translate to your language
Dear Wiki Community, You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 31st of March.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
-- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:26, 18 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
Vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee[source ke badlo]
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Hello all,
I am reaching out to you today to announce that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is now open. Community members may cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll now through 2 February 2024. Those of you who voiced your opinions during the development of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines will find this process familiar.
The current version of the U4C Charter is on Meta-wiki with translations available.
Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.
On behalf of the UCoC Project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 18:08, 19 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
Last days to vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee[source ke badlo]
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Hello all,
I am reaching out to you today to remind you that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) charter will close on 2 February 2024. Community members may cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll. Those of you who voiced your opinions during the development of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines will find this process familiar.
The current version of the U4C charter is on Meta-wiki with translations available.
Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.
On behalf of the UCoC Project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 17:00, 31 Janwari 2024 (UTC)
Invitation for Hindi-Fiji Wikipedians online meetup[source ke badlo]
Dear @Girmitya, 00sin01, Bihari, K. G. Sub, Lal123, Sampaadak, Smcnarayan: @Snandan, Sprakash, Sundaresan, Sampaadak, Tarchu, Thakurji, Tota Ram Sharma: @Tarchu, Shreya.Bhopal, Rbhai, Saroj, Pardesi: and Hindi-Fiji Wikipedians friends,
I extend a warm invitation to you to join me for an online meetup. This is an opportunity for us to share stories, discuss how to grow the community, conduct an online editathon, improve articles, and strengthen collaboration. The meetup will take place on 18 February, 2024 (Sunday) from 7:30 AM UTC (7:30 PM Fiji time) to 8:30 AM UTC (8:30 PM Fiji time). To participate, please access the meeting link [Google Meet link - meet.google.com/wnb-zsnm-min ]. I look forward to your participation. Your contribution to this dialogue will be greatly appreciated. -- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 16:09, 7 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
Meeting Link[source ke badlo]
Google Meet : http://meet.google.com/wnb-zsnm-min
@Girmitya, 00sin01, Bihari, K. G. Sub, Lal123, Sampaadak, Smcnarayan: @Snandan, Sprakash, Sundaresan, Sampaadak, Tarchu, Thakurji, Tota Ram Sharma: @Tarchu, Shreya.Bhopal, Rbhai, Saroj, Pardesi: Meeting starts with in 1 hour 45 minutes ie at 7 UTC.
Participants[source ke badlo]
- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 16:09, 7 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
- Oops! Looks like you left me hanging without a ping! DreamRimmer (talk) 16:19, 7 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
- Saroj (talk) 17:16, 7 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
- Shreya.Bhopal (talk) 05:43, 18 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
Outcome of discussions[source ke badlo]
A big thank you to all who joined our recent Hindi-Fiji Wikipedians online meetup! Your presence and enthusiasm made it a success.
Here's a snapshot of what we discussed and decided:
1. Gadgets Setup: We're implementing helpful gadgets to ease editing and management tasks on Hindi Fiji Wikipedia.
2. Local Clock Option: Soon, you'll see a local clock option on the top right side for easy timekeeping while editing.
3. Article Improvement Campaign: Get ready for campaigns to enhance existing articles on our platform.
4. Feminism and Folklore : We're gearing up to participate and contribute to articles on feminism and folklore.
Participants left excited and eager for more meetups. Let's keep the momentum going and look forward to future gatherings.
Apologies for the delayed post, and thank you once again for your valuable contributions and commitment. Together, let's make Hindi Fiji Wikipedia thrive!
Best, -- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 18:32, 24 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote[source ke badlo]
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Dear all,
Thank you everyone for following the progress of the Universal Code of Conduct. I am writing to you today to announce the outcome of the ratification vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter. 1746 contributors voted in this ratification vote with 1249 voters supporting the Charter and 420 voters not. The ratification vote process allowed for voters to provide comments about the Charter.
A report of voting statistics and a summary of voter comments will be published on Meta-wiki in the coming weeks.
Please look forward to hearing about the next steps soon.
On behalf of the UCoC Project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 18:23, 12 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
Enabling machine translation support, Section and Content translation tools in your Wikipedia[source ke badlo]
Hello Fiji Hindi Wikipedians!
Apologies as this message is not in your language, Please help translate to your language.
The WMF Language team plans to enable the Section and Content translation tools to Fiji Hindi Wikipedia by default. Also, the team is considering adding machine translation (MT) support with MinT to the tools. MinT may be providing limited support for your language, so we want to make sure it is useful for the community. For this, my team would like members of your community to:
- Test the machine translation support in a test instance. You can paste multiple pieces of content from different Wikipedia articles and check whether the provided result is a useful starting point for a translation.
- Give us feedback if the machine translation quality is okay to be on your Wikipedia by default, as an optional service or if it is not useful at all.
- Let us know if you have any objections to having the Section and Content translation enabled by default in this Wikipedia.
Below is background information about the tools and how you can test them.
Background information
Content Translation has been a successful tool for editors to create content in their language. Since its release in 2015, the tool has aided the translation of more than one million articles across all languages. However, the tool is in beta in Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, limiting its discoverability and use. Being in beta also blocks enabling the Section translation in your Wikipedia.
Section Translation extends the capabilities of Content Translation to support mobile devices. On mobile, the tool will:
- Guide you to translate one section at a time to expand existing articles or create new ones
- Make it easy to transfer knowledge across languages anytime from your mobile device
MinT (Machine in Translation) is a machine translation service hosted in the Wikimedia Infrastructure. It is designed to provide translations from many MT models. The model available for your Wikipedia is the MADLAD-400 open-source translation model.
Our request
The MADLAD-400 MT is available for your Wiki in our test instance. We want you to test it (translate sentences and paragraphs from articles) in our test instance:https://translate.wmcloud.org. Let us know in this thread if the quality of the automatic translation generated is okay to enable it in Fiji Hindi Wikipedia along with the Section and Content translation tool.
Our plans to enable the tools and the machine translation support
We plan to deploy the tools with the MT support by the 4th of March. If there are no objections from your community, we will deploy them. We want to provide the tools in the way they best serve the community, so we are open to make further adjustments after the deployment based on the experience of the community.
We look forward to getting your feedback in this thread. Thank you!
On behalf of the WMF Language team.
UOzurumba (WMF) (talk) 03:10, 15 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
- Tried the translation support to translate from English to Fiji Hindi. Although the translation was not totally correct, it would still be useful for Fiji Hindi speakers as they will be able to do further corrections after translation has been done and there are no other translation tools for Fiji Hindi. At this stage, an optional service could be tried. By the way, what is the source of Fiji Hindi used in this tool? Girmitya (talk) 10:24, 15 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Girmitya,
- Thank you for your question, and I apologise for my late reply. The training data used for Fiji Hindi is described in detail in this research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04662.
- This week, the WMF Language team will enable the machine translation support and the tools by default. Let us know if you have any objections to having the tool in this Wiki.
- Best regards,
- UOzurumba (WMF) (talk) 14:19, 4 Maach 2024 (UTC)
Feminism and Folklore 2024 in Fiji-Hindi[source ke badlo]
Feminism and Folklore is an international writing contest organized on Wikipedia annually in the months of February and March. Its aim is to document folk cultures and women in folklore from different regions of the world. We are delighted to announce that Fiji-Hindi Wikipedia is also participating this year. The competition will run from March 1st to March 31st. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-centric topics. Additionally, it will incorporate a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap emphasis and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia. You can find more details here. We invite you to participate and help us translate the campaign page. We are also looking for jury members (maximum of 2). If you are interested, please leave a message on my talk page or send a Wikimail.
International prizes[source ke badlo]
Prizes for top contributors globally (most articles):
- 1st prize: – 300 USD
- 2nd prize: – 200 USD
- 3rd prize: – 100 USD
- Consolation top 10 winners: – 50 USD
Prizes will be given in Gift voucher/coupons.
-- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 14:00, 25 Farwari 2024 (UTC)
Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2024: We are back![source ke badlo]
Please help translate to your language
Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the forth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2024. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.
We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge! ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk)
Report of the U4C Charter ratification and U4C Call for Candidates now available[source ke badlo]
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Hello all,
I am writing to you today with two important pieces of information. First, the report of the comments from the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter ratification is now available. Secondly, the call for candidates for the U4C is open now through April 1, 2024.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Per the charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.
Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 16:25, 5 Maach 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection[source ke badlo]
Dear all,
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
- May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
- June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5]
- June-August 2024: Campaign period
- End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
- October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
- Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page, and make your plan.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page.
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak (Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group)
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.
MPossoupe_(WMF)19:57, 12 Maach 2024 (UTC)
Your wiki will be in read-only soon[source ke badlo]
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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on 20 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 20 March 2024.
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
- GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.