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Today, this person siphoned off all my edits for no reason, accusing me of bypassing a lock that was blocked indefinitely. It is not so impossible to contact this person, since he also closed his discussion page from me. Please tell me what to do if the administrator of the Russian-language Wikipedia is so rude to everyone? Zaykadin (talk) 11:20, 23 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Enwiki what block? Zaykadin (talk) 05:09, 24 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've just re-donated to support Wikipedia for another year. But, I think I only scratch the surface of using it and the other related Wiki offerings. How can I get training (e.g. videos) on how to use all of the offerings? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.132.217.186 (talk) 14:38, 22 September 2022‎

Hello, could you please let me know how to go about translating the sidebar on the Wikimedia Governance wiki?[1] I can't find neither any equivalent to {{edit request}} there nor any discussion site except for this one. Could you also please let me know where to translate the official site and similar sites? Thank you in advance. --Eleassar ^{my talk} 16:48, 7 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I asked the same question a while ago and was told it’s done on translatewiki.net and we’ll need to set up a separate account [ETA: I don’t know how to translate the official site or similar sites.] — Al12si (talk) 02:35, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, Al12si. I have been very active on translatewiki.net and afaik these messages are not available there. For example, I can't find the message for "Official website" or for "Questions for Wikimedia?" Please let me know if I am mistaken (for example, by providing a link). --TadejM ^{my talk} 02:40, 14 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@GVarnum-WMF: --Nintendofan885 (talk) 18:56, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi everyone,

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC), we would like to thank everyone who has participated in our first community wide consultation period on the Movement Charter.

People from across the Movement shared their feedback and thoughts on the content of the Movement Charter. If you have not had the chance to share your opinion yet, you are welcome to do so still by giving the drafts a read and filling out the anonymous survey, which is accessible in 12+ languages. The survey will close on January 2, 2023. You are invited to continue to share your thoughts with the MCDC via email too: movementcharter@wikimedia.org.

What’s next?

The Movement Strategy and Governance team will publish the final report with the summary of the feedback received in January 2023. It will be shared with the MCDC and the communities via different distribution channels.

After receiving the final report, the MCDC will review the suggestions and communicate the changes by providing an explanation on how and why suggestions were or were not adopted in the next versions of the drafts. There will be additional ways to engage with the Movement Charter content in 2023, including early feedback on a proposed ratification process and new drafts of different chapters in the second quarter of 2023.

We invite you to sign-up to the MCDC monthly newsletter, it will be delivered to the Talk page of your choice. Monthly updates are available on Meta to remain updated on the progress of the MCDC.

Interested people can still sign-up to become a Movement Charter Ambassador (MC Ambassador) to support their community. The MC Ambassadors Program grant program will restart accepting applications from both individuals and groups ahead of the next round of consultations in the second quarter of 2023.

We thank you for your participation, time and effort in helping to build the Charter for our Movement!

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, MNadzikiewicz (WMF) (talk) 12:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have seen that on various wikipedias there is the possibility of assigning the status of mover to some users . If we wanted it, would it be possible to obtain this also for the Lombard-language Wiktionary (lmo.wiktionary.org)? Gat lombard (talk) 14:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gat lombard it's possible, what is the issue that lmowikt is trying to solve? Note, all autoconfirmed users on lmowikt may already move an entry. Projects with custom groups often have a special workflow about redirects that they need to manage. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Xaosflux It was a question in order to understand if it is possible to assign the status of mover to a user who is able to do this but does not yet have the skills to be an administrator. It is true that autoconfirmed users can move entries, but they cannot do so by overwriting and without leaving a redirect.--Gat lombard (talk) 08:39, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Xaosflux In any case how would it be possible since currently the "mover" group does not exist in https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:UtentiAtivi --Gat lombard (talk) 08:51, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gat lombard based on wikt:lmo:Special:Statìstegh, a request for a special group is likely to be declined as that community is too small. It is technically possible. First lmowikt would need to have a community discussion to establish a consensus that it is needed, and define how that project will manage it; then request a configuration customization request such as this one: phab:T212662. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:51, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Xaosflux We are discussing the matter here.

Our Wiktionary has no bureaucrats. If approved, who would assign the status of mover? Would he/she be a meta steward as well as for sysops?--Gat lombard (talk) 20:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Gat lombard that would be up to the community, normally groups like that are managed by admins -- but as lmowikt also has only 1 (temporary) admin this also speaks to the "too small" situation. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:48, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

in https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/DUHTE6FSKQB6PX4QD5GWX3OHXFYUHPT5/ they say:

VPN IP addresses, which are used for obvious privacy reasons, are blocked in sight by any administrators pursuant to policy against open proxies.

i confirm it... i also used vpn this year and as i remember, i have seen this problem. (i wanted to make some bug report, left it for later, and forgot, and now remembered).

i believe this behavor of wikimedia sites is wrong, a bug. because: the reason for blocking ip is to prevent vandalism. if a user is logged in, it can be blocked by username, additional block by ip is unnecessary, excessive, and harmful, because prevents users who use alien ip for other reasons, not to vandalise. QDinar (talk) 13:37, 27 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Qdinar when project administrators place blocks on IP addresses they already have the option to block or not block logged in users from those addresses. For example see here: block A, block B; in block A - logged in users are not also blocked. Blocking is generally used to prevent "disruption", not necessarily only "vandalism"; and there are many ways someone can be disruptive. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:21, 27 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

how blocking ip for logged in user may be useful? QDinar (talk) 12:38, 28 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Qdinar for example if you are being disruptive, I may block you, and your underlying IP address - so that you can't just change accounts and continue to be disruptive. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:44, 29 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

i think it is very unlikely that "i" cannot change my ip address. low probability. but when somebody uses vpn and would like to edit something, it is of much higher probability. so, this makes much harm and little good. QDinar (talk) 12:17, 30 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Qdinar not sure what else you want here? Admins can already choose to block or not block logged in users from IP addresses that they block and each project makes their own blocking policies, for example: w:tt:Википедия:Блоклау; additionally projects may choose to exempt accounts from IP blocks that otherwise affect others. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:07, 30 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think QDinar was especially talking about VPN blocks and it's a valid concern in my opinion. VPN blocks are often hard-blocks and global, which means they affect logged in users in all wikis. I use a VPN myself and the blocks are one reason why I edit less than I used to. (I had to turn it off to post this comment.) VPNs are becoming more popular and for new users this could be a barrier that stops them from even beginning to edit. kyykaarme (talk) 19:14, 30 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please note, any project that disagrees with a global block may override it. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:47, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Unblock Ticket Request System claims that it's being spammed with requests but this incorrect as I've not been able to send any requests and no one else is on my IP address . B4531826 (talk) 17:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you think there is a bug with the UTRS system you can report it here. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello all,

In mid-January 2023, the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct will undergo a second community-wide ratification vote. This follows the March 2022 vote, which resulted in a majority of voters supporting the Enforcement Guidelines. During the vote, participants helped highlight important community concerns. The Board’s Community Affairs Committee requested that these areas of concern be reviewed.

The volunteer-led Revisions Committee worked hard reviewing community input and making changes. They updated areas of concern, such as training and affirmation requirements, privacy and transparency in the process, and readability and translatability of the document itself.

The revised Enforcement Guidelines can be viewed here, and a comparison of changes can be found here.

How to vote?

Beginning January 17, 2023, voting will be open. This page on Meta-wiki outlines information on how to vote using SecurePoll.

Who can vote?

The eligibility requirements for this vote are the same as for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. See the voter information page for more details about voter eligibility. If you are an eligible voter, you can use your Wikimedia account to access the voting server.

What happens after the vote?

Votes will be scrutinized by an independent group of volunteers, and the results will be published on Wikimedia-l, the Movement Strategy Forum, Diff and on Meta-wiki. Voters will again be able to vote and share concerns they have about the guidelines. The Board of Trustees will look at the levels of support and concerns raised as they look at how the Enforcement Guidelines should be ratified or developed further.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

JPBeland-WMF (talk) 05:13, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• https://old.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/108805l/sent_ceaseanddesist_letter_from_american_law_firm/
• https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1087x7z/new_brunswick_njsouth_dakota_legal_threats_made/

These may be of interest to WMF users. Osken2028w (talk) 13:08, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]