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Toronto Wikipedia Day 2025 Reminder

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Sun Jan 19: Toronto Wikipedia Day 2025 Reminder

Hello! Thanks for signing up for Toronto Wikipedia Day 2025. This is a gentle reminder that the meetup is scheduled for this Sunday. Full details are on the sign-up page if you wish to refer to it again.

The meetup will be casual, drop-in format and you are welcome to come & leave at any time to suit your schedule. We have planned different activities and discussion topics for the event. You are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet if you wish to participate in editing activities or follow along. Please note that the room capacity is 50 individuals and we may arrange other alternative activities for individuals who are unable to enter the room while the room is full.

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A barnstar for you!

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The Real Life Barnstar
You did a good job with your wiki rabbit holes presentation. I learned a few things! Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:13, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, Clovermoss. It was great to see you and also so many other cool people there! Risker (talk) 05:34, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 2025 NPP backlog drive – Points award

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The Invisible Barnstar
This award is given in recognition to Risker for accumulating at least 5 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:39, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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BoT election 2025

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Hi Risker. Very, very few users have the in-depth, all round experience and institutional memory that you do. Very few have been so engaged on various committees. I once thought I did, but the interest waned somewhat in 2020. I still follow a few things though and write the occasional article, but I've been pretty much put out to pasture by the new generations. I've often wondered how you maintain the enthusiasm I so much admire. The one place you never went was the BoT - I guess you have your reasons although I would have thought you would be a shoe-in for it. Anyways, looking at the lineup for this year's scramble for the two community seats, while the contenders all mean well, it's more like a modern quest for takers for Arbcom (where you are still dearly missed). I'm sure though that you will turn out to vote, so if you do, here's my take on it, and I make no apology for canvassing. Warm regards, Chris. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:47, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kudpung, thanks for your very kind words, and for stopping by on my talk page. I think probably my "longevity" can be attributed to the fact that I don't stay in one task too long, and after I've been off in "global Wikimedia" land for a bit, I make sure to reground myself in my home project. The one thing I have always really liked about Wikipedia (and the global roles I've taken on) has been that there's always something different to try or do. At the same time, I still fix typos and grammar errors when I see them, just as I did with my very first contributions. Yes, there have been many who have approached me over the course of several years to put my name forward for the Board of Trustees. Little known fact: I was in fact a candidate for an "expertise" seat back in 2015, but I am the first to admit I wasn't qualified for the proposed seat, and the candidate ultimately selected didn't really work out. It was a very strange time in Wikimedia-land, let's just leave it at that. My decision not to run this year has to do with things outside of the Wikimedia world, and until some of those things stabilize I am not in a position to make that commitment, although I don't rule out something down the road if I'm still around.

My preference is to work on time-limited projects with specific goals (as nebulous as some of those goals may seem), and I think the teams I have worked on have had made some significant contributions to the Wikimedia family. Working on those global committees and task forces and working groups has reinforced to me how critical collaboration is for our success. I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of really fine Wikimedians from many projects (as well as affiliates and the WMF), and have learned a lot about how the Wikimedia world works outside of English Wikipedia. I try to bring those lessons home to this project and share that knowledge. I sometimes fantasize about taking a chainsaw to our extremely overwrought policies, because I believe our overkill in this area has a chilling effect on policy development on other projects.

Thanks for sharing your views on the current WMF Board of Trustees candidates. Myself, I am hoping to see a successful candidate coming out of Africa or Asia in particular; I think the challenge in the past has been getting enough voters to coalesce around one or two of those candidates to result in their success. While I'm pretty sure that, no matter what, there is likely to be a successful candidate from English projects (which I'll note have the most diverse and globalized editorial base of any project), it would sure be nice to see someone from a region that hasn't had their feet under the table before. Risker (talk) 04:04, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for a long and lovely reply! I've not got around all the nooks and crannies of the movement as much as you have, living where I do makes it a bit awkward (and unable to sit in a plane for more than a couple of hours these days and that's why I didn't even fly down to Singapore although I could have driven there - I haven't been out of Asia now since Esino Lario), but I've been around long enough to know what works and what doesn't, and to realise how much I, and I'm sure many others appreciate your work. Your quip with the chainsaw echoes my thoughts entirely, and some of it is exactly at the root of the problems at NPP which has been my hobby horse here for nearly 20 years. Our MoS itself would make any E-in-C of a newspaper of record blanche in horror. There's a PhD thesis out there just waiting to be written on Wikipedia's Policies and Guidelines. Our notability rules alone are over 5 hours of reading for a well educated native English reader! (I know because I did it in a bored moment not so long ago, just to prove a point).
The WMF ignores, perhaps not deliberately, that we volunteers also have the skill sets - and better ones too - than the salaried devs who can can write good code, agreed, but they don't know enough about addressing the various audiences desire for compelling UX and UI design. Instead, they imagine what's needed and spend fortunes on it without it having any measurable impact at all. And that's one of the reasons why a robust BoT is needed and someone who can stimulate some positive action there. Above all, many of us would like to see a board that is more accessible and mostly populated by our peers.
I do share your thoughts about Africa and Asia but IMO the current line up falls short of the really required quals and global knowledge. IMO there are almost certainly other opportunities for them to acquire important roles without needing to be on the Board right now. Do enjoy your trip to Nairobi, (it's been decades since I was last in Africa). Take care. Chris. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:08, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See now, here's where we differ in candidate assessment. There are at least two candidates, one from Africa and one from Asia, who I personally am aware have solid experience on global Wikimedia task forces and/or committees; it's just that you probably haven't heard their names as often as the candidates you prefer, as both of them make most of their contributions on projects or in areas other than English Wikipedia. I'm still looking at other candidates; I agree that there are several with insufficient experience - but there always are. Risker (talk) 06:54, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't disagree with you at all. I saw those candidates and one from Europe. I am biased however, because the en.Wiki realises most of the money and probably has the most urgent software needs (both editors and other audiences) before processes such as NPP (arguably the most essential of all the backroom operations) get out of control. Therefore we need partners who have not just a bunch of PhDs amongst them but who understand our systems and priorities rather than rubber-stamping the Foundation's high speed expansionism and spending. Also, previous compositions from the non-community contingent have not always been particularly friendly towards the volunteers. Somehow this decades old gaping chasm between the WMF and the volunteer communities has to be bridged, and the BoT is the only organism that could do it officially and effectively if they wanted to. I'll be happy if both of my candidates make the shortlist. People who can "give real thoughtful guidance and oversight" — Jimbo Wales. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:43, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

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The Admin Elections barnstar
Thank you very much for being a discussion phase monitor at WP:AELECT2. Considering that we basically had 16 RFAs going at one time, it was quite smooth and drama free. Great job. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:05, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. You are invited to participate in the debrief phase if you want to talk a bit about being a monitor and how monitoring went from your perspective. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:07, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

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I think you're a fantastic choice for Wikimedia Laureate. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:58, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, Risker! A solid choice; well deserved. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Such well-deserved recognition! --Rosiestep (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

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It was amazing to meet you and I am glad to see what you’ve achieved. You inspire me and congratulations 🥰

Chris - Uganda 🇺🇬 Owobusingye (talk) 17:26, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you, Owobusingye. It was very good to meet you. We talked about some guidance for members of the Uganda-based Wikimedia user group to work toward adminship on English Wikipedia, and I have responded at the talk page section on the user group's Meta page, having gathered the thoughts of a few other administrators about good advice for prospective admins. Risker (talk) 21:49, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IPBE for Mitte27

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Hello. This is a continuation of this topic. The user, who requested an IPBE, was special:centralauth/Mitte27, a very experienced user of ru-, ukwiki, WD and Commons. His problem still not solved, as he says today in ruwiki's Discord chat, could you check him and give him IPBE? He already has one in ukwiki. MBH (talk) 06:37, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MBH, and thanks for your message. Yes, IPBE grants are a little behind, as I do a lot of them and have just returned from Wikimania. I've granted IP block exemption to Mitte for six months, and will be happy to review further once I return from traveling for a family matter. Risker (talk) 06:47, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I also has one more wish. One year ago I gathered some statistics using my bot, in ru- and enwiki. It was planned to save result tables to ruwiki, but due to bot error result table for enwiki was saved in enwiki with a Russian-language title. The page was planned for Wikipedia: namespace in ruwiki, but, because "Википедия:" isn't a namespace title in enwiki, a page appeared in enwiki's main (article) namespace. Page was located by admin, deleted and this admin blocked my bot indefinitely due to one this edit, like I was some sort of vandal. I requested unblock, but request was declined due to reasons I can't understand (I understand text in this reason, but doesn't understand logic). Could you unblock my bot account? This block notification in my bot's metadata is frustrating for me and sufficient reason for unblock, in my opinion, is that I have no intention to edit enwiki from that account, so there are no reasons to forbid this using block. It was one mistaken edit. MBH (talk) 20:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive

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WikiClub Toronto Meetup

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Hello! It looks like you’ve shown interest in WikiClub Toronto meetups in the past. Our next meetup is scheduled for September 21, 2025, in Downtown Toronto. You can find more information here: Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/2025 Sept 21. Have a great day! SophieWMCA (talk) 18:49, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP block exemption request

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Hi Risker,

Sorry to bug you... I sent in a request to renew my IP block exemption to checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org on September 6 (it expires in about a week and I'll be travelling at that point) and haven't heard back from the checkuser team. You've helped me in the past with similar exemptions, so I thought I'd check if you can help me once again. —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:53, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, extended for 2 years. Sorry for the delay. Risker (talk) 18:58, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your (very speedy!) help. 😀 —Joeyconnick (talk) 19:03, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A chocolate heart for you!

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Chocolate!
This sweet little picture looked like someone should appreciate it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:56, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh my. That was scrumptious with a nice cup of Kenyan tea. Thank you for the chocolate...and for reassuring me that at least a few people read my comments. Hope you're doing well! Risker (talk) 05:14, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 18

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 19

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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on September 26. Please help translate.

Upcoming and current events and conversations
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Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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Dark Mode will soon be available on all Wikimedia sites.
  • Mobile Editing: Insights on mobile web editing on Wikipedia in 2025 are now available. This report highlights that ~95% of IP mobile users editing via wikitext open the editor but make no changes at all, a vast untapped potential. It also pinpoints where contributors most often drop off.
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  • Community wishlist extension: The new Community Wishlist extension has been released. This will allow users to add tags to their wishes to better categorise them, and (in a future iteration) to filter them by status, tags and focus areas. It will also be possible to support individual wishes again, as requested by the community in many instances.
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Chocolate for you

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For you
What a week. I think we need a big block of 64% single origin Guittard today, suitable for melting into the bottom of a chocolate pecan pie, but also just for eating out of hand. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:59, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IP block exemption

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Hi,

I was thinking of getting back into editing and was wondering if you'd be able to renew my IP block exemption. I use iCloud Private Relay and unfortunately there's no way to whitelist a single site. If that's not a valid reason, I'll just disable it instead.

Thanks, C F A 19:06, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, CFA. Risker (talk) 19:52, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! C F A 20:27, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 20

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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on October 11. Please help translate.

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  • Abstract Wikipedia: The naming contest for the new Wikimedia project, known until now as Abstract Wikipedia, is ongoing. Voting is now open until November 3.
  • Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 42 and 43 including the community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
  • Wikimedia apps: The Wikipedia iOS App launched an A/B/C test of improvements to the Tabbed browsing feature into Beta for select regions & languages. Called “More dynamic tabs”, the experiment adds user-requested improvements and introduces article recommendations within the tabs overview, showing “Did you know” or “Because you read” content depending on how many tabs are open.
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Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, Risker. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account
  • When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
  • All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
  • A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
  • As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
    • There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
    • There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Impact for administrators

  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
  • It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
  • Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

  • Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
  • Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
  • See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

  • It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Tick Enable the user info card
    • This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
  • Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
  • Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
  • The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

  • How to use Special:IPContributions
  • How automatic IP reveal works
  • How to use IP Info
  • How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:WereSpielChequers/Smart Blocking

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Hi Risker, many, many moons ago you gave me some feedback on a proposal of mine to reduce collateral damage in our blocking process. I have finally got round to reworking and updating the proposal and have a new page at User:WereSpielChequers/Smart Blocking, your feedback would be most welcome. ϢereSpielChequers 17:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ANI ping

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Nothing against you, don't worry! I just pinged you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Jimbo Wales; IDHT, inability to DROPTHESTICK, COI, and abusing his position as founder for self-promotion as you are best placed to clarify the powers and authority of the NPOVWG, if you wish to give more specific details in that context! (you don't necessarily have to if you don't wish to/don't have time, I linked your previous post) Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:32, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 21

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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on October 24. Please help translate.
Upcoming and current events and conversations
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Wikimania Santiago will happen in 2027.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
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  • Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 44 and 45 including the community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
  • Activity Tab: The Wikipedia Android app expands the new Activity tab to all users. It offers a complete view of your Wikipedia activity: reading time, saved articles, edits, and donation history (for known donors). This change aims to make Wikipedia a more engaging experience for readers and contributors alike, while keeping all personal data private and stored locally on your device.
  • Tabbed browsing: Tabbed browsing is now available on the Wikipedia App for iOS. Tabs will let you keep more than one article open at a time, making it easier to explore complex topics, follow links without losing your place, and pick up where you left off.
  • CampaignEvents extension: Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the CampaignEvents extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.
  • Image browsing: The Wikimedia Foundation launched image browsing, an experiment that puts images on top of your Wikipedia article reading journey, on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
  • Temporary accounts: Temporary Accounts are now enabled on 1,000+ projects including English Wikipedia.
  • Abstract Wikipedia naming contest: The first round of “abstract content wiki” naming vote has ended and the first legal review had begun to determine the 6 names that will make it to the second round on November 17.
  • Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions is now deployed across 12 Wiktionaries and 4 Wikipedias.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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Digital Safety Resource Center provides tips and tools to protect yourself online.

Foundation statements


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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 22

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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on November 7. Please help translate.

Upcoming and current events and conversations
Let's Talk continues

Join the celebration for Wikipedia’s 25th virtual birthday party.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

  • Tech News: Some of the latest updates from Tech News week 46 and 47: Wikimedia Foundation is experimentating with reading lists on mobile web, allowing logged-in readers with no edits to save private lists of articles for later; One new wiki has been created: a Wikisource in Minangkabau.
  • Wikifunctions: The second round of voting for naming the wiki with abstract content is kicking off with six name proposals to vote for.
  • Reference check: The A/B test for reference check has begun on English Wikipedia and will run until December 17. This is a feature which prompts new editors to add citations before they publish an edit adding content to an article.
  • Image browsing: Wikimedia Foundation is launching an experiment called "Image browsing" to test how to make it easier for readers to browse and discover images on Wikipedia articles. This experiment, a mobile-only A/B test, is taking place on on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese wikis, affecting a small number of users.
  • CampaignEvents extension: Campaign events extension is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. The extension offers tools for running and coordinating events and other on-wiki collaborations. These features include Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List, plus a new feature, Collaborative contribution, which helps organizers and participants see the impact of their collaborative activities. Join the upcoming learning session to see the new feature in action and share your feedback.
  • Dark Mode: Dark mode is now available on all Wikimedia projects for all anonymous users! This enhancement aims to deliver a more enjoyable reading experience, especially in dimly lit environments. Learn how to activate this feature.
  • Wikimedia Apps: The Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app is now available for all users. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging.
  • Usability Improvements: Improvements for talk pages is being rolled out. Users can opt out of these changes in their user preferences in “Show discussion activity.”

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

  • Affiliations Committee: Draft recommendations on three strategic areas that need continuous consideration to best support Wikimedia affiliates.

Foundation statements

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Good article reassessment for James Blunt

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James Blunt has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:59, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two policies? One too many.

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Hi Risker. A couple years ago at WCNA you said that Wikipedia should just have two policies: a content policy and a conduct policy. That really stuck in my head, and so when I got the chance to write a new wiki's policies from the ground up, I decided to try to do you one better. As of a few minutes ago, the Toki Pona Wikipedia now has precisely one policy: "o toki pona" (roughly, 'engage in good talk'). I doubt we're the only small wiki with only one policy, but we might be the only one where that's a deliberate decision with community backing. That's because, in addition to "good talk", another translation of "toki pona" is 'language of simplicity', so it was important to the community that we keep things simple. The goal is to be able to fit all policy considerations, from civility to style guidance to deletion criteria, into that overarching concept of "good talk", and for that to remain the case even as we add to the policy going forward. Will it work? I'll let you know. But if it does, maybe there'll be some lesson for enwiki to learn there... even if getting down to one or two policies still seems like a steep hill to climb. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 20:36, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tamzin, I wish you and your colleagues the very best in establishing this new Wikipedia. It's my belief that many of our young and small projects have a great deal of potential to be the future of Wikimedia. The secret is always in ensuring that the core of editors is expanding to support the project as it grows, and I hope that Toki Pona finds that success. It is not necessarily a good idea to develop a new project by looking at older, long-established ones: I've been working with a small group to support smaller projects with the concept of "neutral point of view", and I was shocked at how many of them are simply referring to the English Wikipedia version of that policy - with all its complexity and years of one-off concepts plastered onto what we have managed to boil down to about 130 words. (I expect you'll see the results of our work in January, when it goes out for community consultation.) So yes, I suspect that the overarching concept that Toki Pona has chosen is a good way to start. Most important advice I can give you: don't build policies on individual situations. That has been one of the biggest weaknesses in policy development on a lot of our bigger and older projects. I hope you are enjoying the work you are doing on this new project. And I'm very flattered that you found what I said to be so inspiring. Risker (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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