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Hi everyone,
Since joining the Foundation I have tried to regularly write to you
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chi…>
here and elsewhere, and I wanted to share a few updates since my last
letter. In October 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Com…>,
I reflected that we were in a period of compounded challenges across the
world with escalating wars, conflict, and climate reminding us each week
that global volatility and uncertainty was on the rise. That feels even
more true now. My instinct then was to ask us to make more time to talk to
each other and to try and pull closer together. This feels even more needed
now.
I noted that the return of in-person gatherings has been essential for a
subset of our volunteers, providing spaces for reconnecting, recharging and
working through difficult issues together in the same room. Foundation
leadership has also been working harder to share organizational news and
have individualized conversations on-wiki and in other digital forums. Our
goal has been to put more effort and intentionality into communicating the
right information, at the right time, and in the right way, even knowing
that we can never meet everyone's expectations.
Most importantly, we had to keep talking to each other – formally and
informally – throughout the year. This was the basis of an open invitation
to Talking: 2024
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Com…>,
an effort designed to listen intently to what is on your minds now, to
share progress at the Foundation, and to also reflect on the needs for
multi-year strategic plans. (A reminder that our priorities for long-range
planning
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm…...>,
informed by movement strategy, are Wikimedia’s financial model,
product/technology needs, and roles/responsibilities.)
So far, Wikimedia Foundation Trustees, executives, and staff have hosted
130 conversations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm…>
on-wiki, with individuals, and in small groups. These conversations have
stretched across all regions of the world. We have learned from
prolific community
members to recent newcomers, from technical volunteers to stewards, event
organizers, and affiliate leaders. Since these discussions were intended to
improve deliberations at the Board’s strategic planning retreat next week,
here is a summary of some of the feedback I've heard so far!
Continue focusing the Foundation on supporting product/technology needs. As
early as my first letter to you in January 2022,
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chi…>
I understood that the central role of the Wikimedia Foundation is in
enabling our projects, which is core to every aspect of our movement's
mission. This was reinforced in most of the Talking:2024 conversations that
we hosted over the last five months – from the need for the Foundation to
remain focused on upgrading technical infrastructure to supporting
volunteer needs for tool maintenance and metrics. Our annual planning
continues to center the Foundation’s product and technology priorities. More
deliberate conversations are taking place at the Foundation about what a
multi-generational view of Wikimedia projects requires of us all. For me,
this remains perhaps the most critical topic for our strategic efforts as
we make tangible and practical a mission
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mission> that calls for
our work to continue in perpetuity.
Recent discussions on this mailing list remind me that we can’t get to
everything fast enough, but we continue to move more in the right
direction. Chief Product & Technology Officer Selena Deckelmann recently
shared
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/02/20/thinking-about-annual-planning-in-the…>
that: “In the last couple of months, we shipped changes that enabled a
better backbone for PageTriage
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageTriage>, and worked closely
with volunteer developers to ensure future sustainability. Going forward,
we have a number of initiatives ranging from projects like Edit Check
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_check>, Discussion Tools
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools>, Dark mode
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/24/dark-mode-is-coming/>, Patrolling on
Android <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android>, Watchlist
on iOS <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS>,
Automoderator <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Moderator_Tools/Automoderator>,
Community Configuration
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Community_configuration>, the Wikimedia
Commons Upload Wizard
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload_Wizard>, and others.
We've resolved over 600 volunteer-reported issues in Phabricator in the
last 6 months, and we're using research methods that solicit prototypes
directly from volunteers
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Accessibility_for_reading/Commun…>
for informing typography decision making. And we're learning not just the
basics of font size and spacing, we're also getting important information
about context, devices and cultural aspects of the use of Wikipedia which
are vital for helping make our software easier to use as how people use and
access it changes (and it has changed a lot over 20 years!).” She has
also already
published draft objectives for the product and tech teams, and your input
and on-wiki comments are always welcome
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Ann…>
.
‘Human-led, tech-enabled’ means that the humans still lead. While tech
featured prominently in most of these conversations, there remains no doubt
that Wikimedia is a human-led movement (“It’s all about people.”). This led
to exploring even more solutions that can address a familiar dilemma about
how to balance the needs of existing editors with initiatives to welcome
newcomers (“It’s always the war between ‘we need to protect the existing
content’ and ‘do we care about new users with a tolerance for errors.’”).
While some shared wonderful stories of their own journeys (“I wanna say
that the Newcomer tools have been a really great project and very glad to
see that energy was expensed there”), there was vocal urgency about the
sustainability of the projects for generations to come (“We are sending
away people who could be helpful to the projects”). In this regard, several
discussions highlighted the value of the Universal Code of Conduct
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct>
as a “game changer” in signaling to all communities that they are actively
invited and welcomed to safely contribute to the mission of free knowledge,
while still acknowledging there is more to do (“It’s probably a good thing,
but I don’t know if it will solve what I have faced.”). I learned in my
initial listening tour that we have to make all contributions count
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chief_Executive_Office…>,
and all contributors feel welcomed. I found that the Talking:2024
conversations deepened my own understanding of the peer support and
mentorship needed for volunteers to thrive as active community members.
(One example are these reflections
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss/Editor_reflections> where
140 other editors participated).
Finally, our human-led values came up in several conversations about
Wikimedia’s role in shaping the next generation of artificial intelligence,
a topic of ongoing discussion in the world
<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/magazine/wikipedia-ai-chatgpt.html?unloc…>,
in our communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_Audiences>,
and at the Foundation. This is complemented by ongoing discussions about
the role of AI-generated content on our platform by various project
communities.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Large_language_model_policy)>
A recent effort to contribute to a shared research agenda on AI
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Artificial_intelligence/…>can
be found here – including the need for more research to understand human
motivation to contribute to the knowledge commons – it was created by a
small group working in the open who rushed to publish a ‘bad first draft’
that will benefit from more input.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk:Artificial_intellig…>
Can our financial model provide more certainty, and also force difficult
trade-offs? In my last letter,
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Com…>
I shared that future projections indicate that, for a range of reasons,
fundraising online and through banners may not continue to grow at the same
rate as in past years. We have several long-term initiatives underway to
help mitigate this risk and also diversify our revenue streams, including
the Wikimedia Endowment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Endowment>
and Wikimedia Enterprise
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise>.
Over the past two years, we have slowed the rate of growth
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Ann…>
for the Foundation itself, while increasing financial resources
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Ann…>
that support other movement entities. The Talking:2024 conversations
provided a space for movement entities to share a need for multi-year
financial certainty in their support from the Foundation, which we will
take into our planning for next year. Other conversations highlighted the
need to continue prioritizing limited resources and being more explicit
about trade-offs (“[We must] use the money we have as wisely as we can”).
These discussions have already improved the thinking for the Foundation’s
current and upcoming planning cycles.
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/01/31/progress-on-the-plan-how-the-wikimedi…>
Movement roles need more clarity. The task of defining a Movement Charter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter> came
up in several conversations with contributors of all kinds. These ranged
from reflections about movement strategy recommendations and principles
(“Will it always be first come, first served in this movement?”) to
questions about the purpose of different structures (“What decisions do we
need the global council to make? Why are decisions moving from one center
to another?” “We are taking a hammer to solve this issue when they are
simple screws.”). Unsurprisingly, there were varying perspectives (“The
editing community in many regions doesn’t see an immediate benefit in
affiliates, hubs, or other governance structures.” “The community still
feels unheard by the Foundation.” “The good work that affiliates do in
certain regions is commendable, especially where those affiliates are
deeply engaged with the community.”)
And a deep recognition of the complex task at hand (“The community is so
huge and it’s hard to tie everyone together.” “How do we make change in the
movement in a way that is understandable and doesn’t scare people.” “There
has to be control and risk management with empowering the community,
inviting everyone, and trying to grow while protecting what we have
meticulously built over the past 23 years.”).
Considering the investment of time and resources going into the charter, we
need to make sure that this effort will provide us all with clearer
strategic direction on what is needed to serve the future needs of our
movement, and meet the expectations of a rapidly changing world around us.
The Wikimedia Foundation recently shared these questions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#Wikimedia_Foundation_…>
with the Movement Charter Drafting Committee to identify areas of key focus
and concern. We will continue to review and comment on new drafts as they
are produced in the weeks and months ahead. The Board of Trustees will
dedicate time at its next Open Conversation with Trustees on March 21
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm…>
to talk more about this process and the Foundation’s hopes for a Movement
Charter.
+++
Talking: 2024 kicked off a useful check-in to hear how we are collectively
doing, and it continues. Your voice and contributions would help add to the
feedback we have already received—whether that is on-wiki, in 1:1
conversations, in small groups, in person. What we learn will continue to
inform the Foundation's long-term planning. Please consider joining a
conversation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Com…'s_talk>
.
For me, each conversation has been a reminder that what drives this
movement is the people. We remain at a pivotal moment, where the world
needs Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects more than ever. As one of you
shared, “I feel like there is a way because we have made a way, an
experience of community that connects people across the world.”
As always, I welcome your feedback either on my talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User_talk:MIskander-WMF>
or emailing me directly at miskander(a)wikimedia.org.
Maryana
Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation CEO
Jogi Asad Rajpar
Sindhi Wikipedia community/ Wikimedia Sindh.
Thari Mirwah, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan Thari Mirwah - 66150
February 19, 2025
To,
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
F-5/1, PTA Headquarters, Islamabad
Email:
Subject: Request to Unblock Access to Wikimedia Commons in Pakistan
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to formally request the unblocking of *Wikimedia Commons* (
https://commons.wikimedia.org) in Pakistan. Wikimedia Commons is a globally
recognized platform that hosts freely licensed educational media files,
including images, videos, and audio recordings, which are widely used for
academic, cultural, and informational purposes.
It has come to my attention that Wikimedia Commons is currently
inaccessible or partially blocked in Pakistan, which is causing significant
inconvenience for students, researchers, educators, journalists, and
digital content creators. This restriction limits access to a vast
repository of freely available knowledge and historical documentation that
is beneficial for Pakistan’s educational and cultural institutions.
Additionally, I am organizing *Wiki Loves Folklore*, an international
photography competition that aims to document and share the rich folk
culture of various countries, including Pakistan. This competition provides
a platform for Pakistani participants to share photographs showcasing
Pakistan’s diverse traditions, folk heritage, and cultural expressions with
the global community. However, due to the restriction on Wikimedia Commons,
participants from Pakistan are facing significant difficulties in uploading
their photographs and contributing to this global initiative.
Wikimedia Commons is a non-commercial and non-political platform that
serves as a crucial resource for academic and cultural documentation. Its
restriction negatively impacts the ability of Pakistani users to contribute
and benefit from free knowledge.
I kindly urge you to review this matter and restore access to Wikimedia
Commons in Pakistan. If the blocking was implemented due to specific
content-related concerns, I request that only the relevant content be
reviewed rather than restricting the entire website.
Please confirm receipt of this request and provide an update on any actions
taken. I appreciate your time and consideration in ensuring Pakistan’s
digital community has access to essential global knowledge resources.
I'm providing the following link to Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Pakistan
photography contest link and other related links.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2025_in_Paki…https://www.google.com/search?q=wiki+Loves+Folklore+2025+in+Pakistan&oq=wik…
Request on Wikimedia Phabricator
Commons can't provide a secure connection / can't be reached in Pakistan.
Link 👇
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329264https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329264https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org…
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Jogi Asad Rajpar
Phone 📱: +923152067927
Dear all,
Two years ago, all graphs were disabled because there was a security issue. Two years later, we still have a message telling readers that graphs are broken and that it will be fixed soon. Two years gone, two years of negligence, two years of abandonment, two years of obsolescence.
The team that should be fixing it announced that the graphs would be live again this month (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369944). There's not even a plan for that to happen (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383079). Two years lost, two years without a solution.
Last year, a group of volunteers partially solved the issue with the OWID gadget. The WMF asked to stop solving things, while they had a meeting with people from OurWorldInData to talk about security. Seven months after the last update from the WMF, we are still waiting for a formal agreement that, obviously, is not going to happen. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:OWID_Gadget)
Half a year ago I participated in a discussion about this issue and I said that the strategy was clear: make everyone forget that we even had graphs, so there's no need to solve the issue. No one has proven me wrong.
Two years without graphs. Two years further from our goal to be the central infrastructure of free knowledge.
Galder.
*My apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your
language.*
Hello everyone!
We're excited to announce that the next *Language Community Meeting* is
happening soon, *May 30th at 15:00 UTC*! If you’d like to join, simply *sign
up on the wiki page*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…>
.
This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on
language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis,
and collaborate on solutions. In our upcoming meeting, we plan to cover
results from a recent language onboarding experiment and hear experiences
from a Nigerian contributor who contributes to the Obolo wiki, which was
part of this experiment.
*Got a topic to share?* Whether it’s a technical update from your project,
a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support,
we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add
agenda items to *the document here*
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-may-2025>.
Also, we wanted to highlight that the 7th edition of the *Language &
Internationalization newsletter (April 2025)* is available here: *Wikimedia
Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/April*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Language_and_Pr…>.
This newsletter provides updates from the January–March 2025 quarter on new
feature development, improvements in various language-related technical
projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas
for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the
newsletter on its wiki page: *Wikimedia Language and Product
Localization/Newsletter*
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Newsletter:Language_and_I…>
.
Would you be interested in contributing to the technical workaround
language development? There is a newcomer-friendly core namespace-related
task waiting for your contribution: *T391725*
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T391725>.
We look forward to your ideas and participation at the Language Community
Meeting, see you there!
Oscar
Language Diversity Hub
Hello everyone,
As part of Wikimedia Deutschland’s 2030 Strategic Direction and in close
collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the Wikidata team has
set its priorities for 2025 around 4 core themes: ensuring Wikidata can
continue to grow sustainably, strengthening the diverse community of
editors, increasing reuse our data, and refining the underlying platform
services that power everything we build together.
We chose these focuses because, first, as Wikidata’s size and impact
expand, it’s crucial that we build systems and policies that keep our
infrastructure healthy and our data dependable. Second, our community
remains at the heart of everything we do -- whether someone contributes the
first statement to a brand new Item or runs complex queries that power
research and apps. Finally, by refining data access methods “as a service”
across our ecosystem, we’ll open the door for all our product teams and
third-party developers to build meaningful services and applications that
create positive impact.
Supporting sustainable growth means two things this year.
We’ll partner with the Wikibase teams to improve federated SPARQL queries.
This would allow you pull data seamlessly from multiple Wikibase instances
lowering the barrier to hosting some data in other parts of the Wikibase
Ecosystem, ensuring everyone can continue to access and edit data reliably.
At the same time, we’ll have conversations about data governance guidelines
together with the Cloud and Suite teams and the wider Wikidata community.
This way it's always obvious where different kinds of data belong. That
clarity helps editors make confident decisions, reduces duplicate work, and
lays the foundation for new projects that can flourish alongside Wikidata
itself.
Strengthening the Wikidata community means making every step of
contribution easier and more rewarding.
Mobile editing has grown in recent years, yet adding or updating statements
on a phone still forces many users into “desktop view.” We’ll roll out a
prototype that will make editing statements on mobile phones easier. To
help more advanced editors and tool builders, we’ll continue growing the
visibility and documentation around EntitySchemas, so that editors
everywhere can adopt these powerful templates and can integrate them out of
the box. And of course, we’ll bring people together through online and
in-person events such as WikidataCon, regional capacity‑building campaigns
in Africa, meetups at Wikimania and other conferences, XXX Days events like
Data Reuse Days and Lexico Days, and more. By connecting newcomers with
experienced mentors, by highlighting local hubs where editors can support
each other, and by linking each Item back to its relevant WikiProjects,
we’ll nurture more active, diverse, and resilient communities.
Our third focus area is Increasing mission-aligned data reuse
The Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_For_Wikimedia_Projects> team will
improve the editing experience and increase productivity of Wikipedia
contributors by making it easier for editors to monitor, understand, and
act on changes to their watchlisted articles when the edit comes from
Wikidata. Displaying Wikidata edits in Watchlist and Recent Changes pages
is an opt-in feature of the user preferences; our aim is to increase
awareness, adoption, and utility of this function by summer 2026.
In parallel, we will raise awareness and contributors’ understanding of the
Wikidata integrations currently being used in the Wikimedia Projects
through a community outreach project by hosting an online conference, Wikidata
and Sister Projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects>,
dedicated to celebrating and informing Wikimedians of the many ways
Wikidata currently supports the Wikimedia Projects. Additionally, we are
reviewing the available documentation on Wikidata integrations to ensure it
is updated, comprehensive, and available in multiple core languages.
Refining platform services “as a service” is our fourth focus area.
We’ll refine data access methods so Wikidata's data can be reused to build
meaningful services and applications. Specifically, we'll build out search
capabilities in the REST API so developers can discover and query data more
easily. We’ll ensure the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) is optimized for its
core strength of supporting queries that need the graph -- keeping it fast
and reliable under complex workloads. Finally, we’ll improve our data dumps
to provide more accessible snapshots and subsets of Wikidata’s data.
What does this mean for you?
If you’re a mobile‑first contributor, editing from your phone will become
smooth and straightforward. If you’re a developer or researcher, you’ll
gain powerful new search endpoints in the REST API, a finely tuned Wikidata
Query Service for graph-centric queries, and cleaner, more timely data
dumps to build on. If you organize or participate in events, you’ll find
more support and clearer pathways to grow local hubs and share best
practices. If you’re leveraging Wikidata’s data to support your workflows
and content in other Wikimedia projects, you’ll have access to current
use-cases, examples and better documentation to refer to. Ultimately, every
update we make in this period is designed to give you more confidence, more
choice, and more impact as you add, improve, and reuse the world’s free
structured knowledge.
We’ll keep you posted on progress throughout the year and as always,
welcome your questions and feedback on [talk page].
Thank you for your efforts to drive Wikidata forward.
Best regards,
The Wikidata Team
Wikimedia Deutschland
--
*Danny Benjafield*
Community Communications Manager
Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0
https://wikimedia.de
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I watched the CR&S Conversation Hour this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VN8drGOIfA
Based on the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee members
comments, and the state of
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Comm…
it looks to me like they are severely understaffed.
Currently there are nine pending case requests, two open cases, and
eight closed cases. I gather from the members comments this morning
that they are likely to continue to fall behind.
Does the U4C need to be expanded to meet the number of case requests?
Hello everyone and especially the Linked Open Data community,
Kris Litson here, the Head of the Software Communications Team at Wikimedia
Deutschland (WMDE), and I would like to give you an overview of the
upcoming three years of Linked Open Data (LOD) at WMDE.
This will be very high level, but I will include links to the more detailed
announcements for Wikidata (including our Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects
and Product Platform teams), Wikibase Cloud and Wikibase Suite should you
be interested in learning more.
*The Background*
Every three years we work with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) to align our
aims within the Linked Open Data ecosystem. We identify existing challenges
within the ecosystem, where we can have the most impact for the broader
Wiki communities, and those goals that align best with the Movement vision.
Internally at WMDE we’ve also worked hard to make sure that this combined
vision fits in with our own 2030 Strategic Direction
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Strategic_Direction_2…>
and the 2025-2038 Strategic Pillars for LOD (see below).
These discussions concluded earlier this year and we now have a joint plan
for the next three years. Note that these are US Financial Years so the
specific time frame is July 2025 to June 2028.
*The Outcomes *
In the broadest terms our LOD teams will be working towards the following
three strategic pillars:
1.
Make Wikidata’s growth sustainable
2.
Improve engagement and resilience of contributor communities
3.
Increase mission-aligned data reuse
As aligned with the WMF each of WMDE’s LOD teams will have one or focus
areas within these pillars. Click the team name for more details.
● Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/Wikidata_2025-2028>
Focus on data modelling, community engagement, and mobile editing.
Aim for robust infrastructure and increased editor support.
● Wikibase Suite
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.…>
Ensure easier adoption and operation of self-hosted Wikibases.
● Wikibase Cloud
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.…>
Drive federation and data governance execution.
If you have any questions, please take them to:
-
The talk page for the Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Development_plan/Wikidata_2025-…>
announcement
-
The Wikibase feedback survey
<https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/Shared-Wikibase-Survey-Q2-2025->
We’re all looking forward to continuing our work building a space that
works for and with all of you!
Thanks for all your ongoing support of our projects and, most of all,
thanks for your contributions. We couldn’t do what we do without all the
love and effort that you put into Wikidata and Wikibase.
Here’s to a great three years,
The WMDE LOD Teams
--
*Kris Litson*
Head of Software Communications
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. 49 (0)30-577 11 62-0
https://wikimedia.de
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Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine
Greetings Dear Wikimedians,
We are excited to invite you to an intensive capacity building and training
session. This is to support community members and interested volunteers who
are willing to learn or improve in event organizing, project management,
language tools and translations.
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM (WAT)
Online (Zoom)
Click here to join meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81041835794
Meeting ID: 810 4183 5794
We look forward to seeing you.
Thank you and kind regards,
Kingsley Nkem
FOR: IGBO WIKIMEDIANS USER GROUP
Dear all,
I’m writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Foundation’s Form 990
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_2023_Form_9…>
is now available for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2024. We’ve
published a Diff
post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/29/takeaways-from-the-wikimedia-foundati…>
that provides key highlights of the form and explains the work behind the
numbers, along with comprehensive FAQs on Meta-Wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRS_tax_related_information/2023_Wikimedia_…>
for those that want to dive deeper.
The Form 990 is the annual informational document required by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) for non-profit organizations in the United States.
The purpose of the filing is to provide information to the IRS and the
public with disclosures about an organization’s finances, governance
practices, programs, and more. The Form 990 is one of several financial
documents we publish each year to share information about how we allocate
resources as an organization, in addition to the public financial reports
and annual audits performed by KPMG for the Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/>.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email, or ask
a question directly on the talk page for the 990 FAQs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:IRS_tax_related_informati…>
.
Best regards,
Jaime Villagomez
Jaime Villagomez
Chief Financial Officer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate.
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*
Hi Everyone,
The 2025 WikiForHumanRights Campaign is here, and it’s centered around one
powerful theme: "Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now." This year’s edition is
filled with fresh ideas, bold energy, and new opportunities to inspire the
Wikimedia movement to build a future rooted in knowledge, rights, and
sustainability.
And it needs you—your voice, your passion, and your unique perspective—to
help shape the impact we can create together.
We warmly invite you to register
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:2025_WikiForHumanRights_Information_S…>
and join us for the information session on May 9, 2025, at 16:00 UTC.
Together, we’ll explore this year’s exciting changes, discover meaningful
ways for you to get involved, and share how you can take action—whether by
organizing, participating, or inspiring others in your community.
This is more than just a campaign. It’s about building a future we all
believe in—and it starts with each one of us.
We can’t wait to connect, collaborate, and make a difference with you.
With excitement and gratitude,
Euphemia Uwandu