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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]

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]

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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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.

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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]

Hello all,

The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now open! Voting will be open for two weeks and will close at 23:59 UTC on January 31, 2023. Please visit the voter information page on Meta-wiki for voter eligibility information and details on how to vote.

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JPBeland-WMF (talk) 00:16, 18 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is still open. If you would like to learn more about them, there is a Diff blog post you can read.

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JPBeland-WMF (talk) 20:49, 24 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! I have been working a research project that involves me downloading the latest dump every month from several projects — enwiktionary, eswiktionary, frwiktionary, dewiktionary, enwikiquote, eswikiquote, frwikiquote, dewikiquote, enwikibooks, eswikibooks, frwikibooks, and dewikibooks. I have been working on this for about two years, but I have been busy for a few months and didn’t have the time to download them immediately, but I thought that I could just download them later.

Today, I was finally ready to download them, when I noticed that the dumps from June and July are missing. I have looked all around the internet, but I have not found a solution.

Can any of you help? The last available username (talk) 19:42, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@The last available username try archive.org? For example https://web.archive.org/web/20220801023527/https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiktionary/20220720/ ? — xaosflux ^Talk 12:16, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Xaosflux Thanks very much! This helps me a lot and is even on the day I was looking for, but this unfortunately doesn't work for the other projects. The last available username (talk) 15:52, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@The last available username try the mirror at your.org, just change the name in the url, example: https://dumps.wikimedia.your.org/frwikibooks — xaosflux ^Talk 16:11, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Xaosflux Thanks so much!!! You saved me! How do you find that and what is your.org? The last available username (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@The last available username there is a list of some known mirrors at Mirroring Wikimedia project XML dumps. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:58, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Most of the discussion on these talk pages seem to just be FORUMy comments and complaints and nothing about improving the page (besides people who think they're on Wikipedia). Virtually nothing productive has happened on these talk pages, and I don't see much maintenance or moderation on these pages. Should we do something about the junk on these talk pages? 137a (talk) 15:23, 24 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello all,

Voting closes on the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines in three days at 23.59 UTC on January 31, 2023. Please visit the voter information page on Meta-wiki for voter eligibility information and details on how to vote. More information on the Enforcement Guidelines and the voting process is available in this previous message.

Vote here

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JPBeland-WMF (talk) 21:34, 27 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

春去無蹤 ( local | logs | global )

this user contributed large volumes of texts to a large number of pages in Zhuang languages, Uyghur language, Tibetic language, Hakka language, Eastern Min, Gan language...

frankly, i dont think a person fluent in all these distant languages exist, so this looks like Scots_Wikipedia#Controversy.

also, i cant find a page for reporting this kind of suspicious activity. RZuo (talk) 09:59, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No longer just for conversation...

Chatbots can now write content amazingly well, in a striking variety of formats and styles, following even complex instructions from users...

...but who owns the copyrights to what they write?

And can the generated content legally be placed under open license by users?

ChatGPT has gone viral, is taking the Web by storm, and is dominating tech news. What ChatGPT can do is mind blowing. The output from chatbots like ChatGPT have already started showing up on English Wikipedia. See w:Talk:Artwork title#Use of ChatGPT and w:Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#More detected AI-generated papers.

The English Wikipedia is currently in a vigorous debate on what to do about chatbots (also known as large language models, or LLMs) including a lengthy debate about copyrights at w:Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Copyright status. There is also a policy draft being developed called w:Wikipedia:Large language models, with copyrights being discussed on its talk page.

As chatbot use is spreading like wildfire, and their output will be showing up on a wide range of Wikimedia projects, this is something you should become familiar with. The Transhumanist (talk) 12:21, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

P.S.: Chatbots can also be used for vandalism, hoaxes, pushing POVs, and generating misinformation on a scale hitherto undreamt of. And they have the bizarre tendency to make things up, including source references. We are going to need automated identification tools, and fast. The Transhumanist (talk) 12:32, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi all,

A friendly and final reminder that the voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines closes tomorrow, Tuesday, 31 January at 23:59:59 UTC.

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JPBeland-WMF (talk) 21:22, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello all,

The vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now closed. The results will now be counted and scrutinized to ensure that only eligible votes are included. Results will be published on Meta and other movement forums as soon as they become available, as well as information on future steps. Thank you to all who participated in the voting process, and who have contributed to the drafting of Guidelines.

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JPBeland-WMF (talk) 21:46, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]