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Join the Coolest Tool Award 2022: Friday, Dec 16th, 17:00 UTC
The fourth edition of the Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC!

This award is highlighting software tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to our tool developers and maybe discover new tools!

Read more about the livestream and the discussion channels.

Thanks for joining! -Komla

MediaWiki message delivery 18:53, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

ontology
What is the top level of the Wikibooks organisation system, Wikibooks Stacks/Departments or Card Catalog Office? Arlo Barnes (discuss • contribs) 09:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Reminder to provide feedback on the Movement Charter content
Hi all,

We are in the middle of the community consultation period on the three draft sections of the Movement Charter: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent). The community consultation period will last until December 18, 2022. The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) encourages everyone who is interested in the governance of the Wikimedia movement to share their thoughts and opinions on the draft content of the Charter.

How to share your feedback?

Interested people can share their feedback via different channels provided below:


 * Fill out a survey (optional and anonymous, accessible in different languages)
 * Share your thoughts and feedback on the Meta Talk pages:
 * Preamble
 * Values & Principles
 * Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)
 * Share your thoughts and feedback on the MS Forum:
 * Preamble
 * Values & Principles
 * Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)
 * Send an email to: movementcharter@wikimedia.org, if you have other feedback to the MCDC.

If you want to help include your community in the consultation period, you are encouraged to become a Movement Charter Ambassador. Please find out more about it here.

Thank you for your participation!

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee Mervat (WMF) (talk) 13:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January


(There is a translatable version of this message on MetaWiki)

The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.

We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!

The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:


 * Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
 * Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
 * Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
 * Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023

If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.

We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!

Community Tech, STei (WMF) 16:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Improving the maps of Template:Wikijunior:Asia/Header
Dear, notice that the  header  would just highlight the whole Asia instead highlight the actual county. I select the few for case-in-point. Can you help to modify the  template header  to show the correct maps in the header?

I select some of the wikijunior page and attach the maps on the header and actual maps that highlight the locations.
 * Singapore -> Singapore on the globe (Southeast Asia centered) zoom.svg
 * Myanmar -> Myanmar on the globe (Southeast Asia centered).svg
 * Timor-Leste
 * Russia -> Russia on the globe (Eurasia centered).svg
 * Azerbaijan -> Azerbaijan on the globe (Afro-Eurasia centered) (zoomed).svg
 * Turkmenistan -> Turkmenistan on the globe (Eurasia centered).svg

Requested by Encik Tekateki (discuss • contribs) 16:24, 28 December 2022 (UTC)