Greetings,
Hope you are doing well!
As part of our ongoing Small Wiki Toolkits workshop series, the Indic
MediaWiki Developers User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group>is
pleased to announce our next session OpenRefine
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine>. The session, titled
‘OpenRefine’ aims to help participants understand how large sets of wiki
data can be cleaned, structured, and managed efficiently. We will cover
data cleaning, reconciliation with Wikidata, and batch editing workflows.
The session will also demonstrate how OpenRefine simplifies repetitive data
tasks and improves data quality across Wikimedia projects.
Date: 21st Feb 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 18:30 PM to 20:00 PM, IST
Meta page: Small wiki toolkits/Indic MediaWiki Developers User
Group/Workshop/Workshops - Meta-Wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Indic_MediaWiki_Develop…>
Registration Link:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:SWT_2025_Fixing_the_template_error>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:SWT_OpenRefine
Please register using the link above to join the upcoming session. Joining
instructions will be sent to all registered participants a few hours before
the workshop.
We kindly request all participants to install OpenRefine before attending
the workshop so they can follow the hands-on activities smoothly. You can
use this installation guide for reference: here
<https://openrefine.org/docs/manual/installing>
Feel free to reach out to us at contact(a)indicmediawikidev.org if you have
any questions.
We look forward to your participation!
Warm regards,
Vanshika, on behalf of Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group
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From: Jelto Wodstrcil via Wikitech-l <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Etherpad cleanup, save your pads now!
To: Wikitech-l <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <ops(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Jelto Wodstrcil <jwodstrcil(a)wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone
If you don't use etherpad, you can ignore this message.
We will *delete all pads after 1st March 2026*! If you need any of your
pads, please make a local backup. We will not be able to recover the data
after 1st March.
The pad cleanup helps to reduce the size of the database and the footprint
on our infrastructure. After the cleanup, etherpad can still be used for
real-time collaboration but please do not expect long term storage.
Additional cleanups might happen after that unannounced.
See also https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T415237 for more information.
Greetings and thank you
Jelto
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