WikimediaZA January 2023

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Zoom link to Join Wikipedia@22 Birthday Celebration
by Bobby Shabangu 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Dear all, Below is the link to join the Wikipedia 2022 Birthday Celebration. It's no longer on StreamYard as earlier said due to the fact that StreamYard does not accommodate translation. Join Zoom Meeting https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84468222541 Meeting ID: 844 6822 2541 One tap mobile +12532050468,,84468222541# US +12532158782,,84468222541# US (Tacoma) Zoom Video (https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84468222541)Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, an Zoom Video (https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84468222541) Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room Best, Bobby Shabangu

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Inquiries on Wikimania & Wikimania Scholarships
by Bobby Shabangu 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

Kindly see this important email above friends. Best, Bobby Shabangu ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Butch Bustria <bustrias(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 06:54 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Inquiries on Wikimania & Wikimania Scholarships To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi My Fellow Wikimedians, Let us meet on Saturday, January 21 to answer your questions about Wikimania and Wikimania scholarships! See you at 12.00 UTC & 21.00 UTC on our Meet the Team Office Hours! The meeting links & timezone conversion here: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships/FAQ#I_have_more_ques… See you there! Kind regards, Butch Bustria ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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Fwd: Change of the default interface for desktop on English Wikipedia
by Douglas Scott 14 Jan '23

14 Jan '23

Hello everyone, this is just an FYI from the Wikimedia Foundation about their proposed change to the layout of Wikipedia (English) and a request for comments. Please see the forwarded email for more information. Regards, Douglas Scott Director Wikimedia South Africa Website: wikimedia.org.za Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727 A non-profit membership organisation Discord <https://discord.gg/HwBwHWWurr> | Zulip <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/147876-Main-Chat> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimedia_za/> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Szymon Grabarczuk <sgrabarczuk(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 22:49 Subject: Change of the default interface for desktop on English Wikipedia To: Cc: Vidhu Goyal <vgoyal(a)wikimedia.org>, Barbara Kandek < bkandek(a)wikimedia.org>, Lauren Dickinson <ldickinson(a)wikimedia.org>, Olga Vasileva <ovasileva(a)wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedia Affiliates, Representatives, and Staff, After many years of work, community conversations, and completing the changes specified by the consensus of the Request for Comment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Deployment_of_…>, the *Vector 2022 skin* is finally ready for deployment as the default desktop skin on English Wikipedia. The deployment is scheduled for January 18th, at 15:00 UTC. Vector 2022 is a skin <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins> developed between 2019 and 2023 by the Wikimedia Foundation Web team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web> with the goal of making the interface more welcoming and usable for readers and maintaining utility for existing editors. It introduces changes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Deployment_of_…> to the navigation and layout of the site, adds persistent elements (such as a sticky header and Table of Contents), and makes changes to the overall styling of the page. Currently, the skin is the default on more than 300 projects of various sizes, accounting for about 1.5 billion page views per month. On English Wikipedia, it is the most popular non-default skin, with more active editors using it than any other non-default skin (Monobook, Timeless, etc). While these changes will provide a much better experience for Wikipedia readers and contributors (and a cleaner interface will make work easier for community developers and staff working on the website in the future), they’ll also help to remove barriers to the Wikimedia movement. The new Wikipedia desktop marks the start of an ongoing process of user empowerment and improvements across the entire Wikimedia ecosystem, as well as an exciting and meaningful step in furthering Wikimedia’s knowledge as a service and knowledge equity <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#Our_strate…> efforts. An easier-to-navigate Wikipedia will help more users, regardless of their tech literacy or familiarity with the platform, to access and contribute to free knowledge. Our ask for you today: Please help us spread the word across your communities and let us know if you have any questions and concerns. You will find more information about the project on the landing page on English Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vector_2022>. There are instructions on how to turn the skin off as well as information about what will happen on the day of deployment. You can also read more about the Desktop Improvements Project on the project page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements> and our FAQ <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_…>. 18 January at 17:00 UTC, a new Diff Blog post <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/01/18/wikipedias-new-look-makes-it-easier-t…> will be published, too. (Until then, this link isn't working). If you are interested in more details, especially if you may be approached by the local media yourself, reach out to us directly. We’d also like to note that we will receive a lot of feedback after the change - both positive and negative. This is expected. Generally, across the industry, redesigns are rarely welcomed with complete acceptance and immediate pushback can often be strong. Based on our testing, it takes a few days to a few weeks for users to get used to the change and begin appreciating the new features. If you think specific feedback needs our attention - feel free to reach out or ping us. Thank you for the continued partnership in serving the Mission. On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team, Sincerely, Szymon Grabarczuk (he/him) Senior Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Invitation: Wikipedia 22nd Birthday Celebration
by Shupai Mchuchu 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hello everyone, Wikimedia ZA, invites to Wikipedia 22nd birthday celebration. Wikipedia was founded on 15 January 2001. You are invited to come and celebrate this great milestone with Wikimedia ZA. The birthday celebration will be hosted in two cities which are Cape Town and Johannesburg. Please see the details below. - *Date: Sunday, 15 January 2023* - *Start time: 11:00 AM SAST* - *End Time: 13:00 PM SAST* - *Location: in-person: Cape Town and Johannesburg* - *Cape Town Venue:* Tigers Milk - *Address:* Tiger's Milk Claremont Ground Floor Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. - *Johannesburg Venue:* Olives&Plates Embassy Towers - *Address: *175 Empire Place, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196 - *Time:* see schedule above Kindly RSVP: by Friday 13 January 2023. If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Food and Beverages to be provided. Best regards,

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Invitation: Wikipedia 22nd Birthday Celebration
by Shupai Mchuchu 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hello everyone, Wikimedia ZA, invites to Wikipedia 22nd birthday celebration. Wikipedia was founded on 15 January 2001. You arae invietd to come and celebrate this great milestone with Wikimedia ZA. The birthday celebration will be hosted in two cities which are Cape Town and Johannesburg. Please see the details below. - *Date: Sunday, 15 January 2023* - *Start time: 11:00 AM SAST* - *End Time: 13:00 PM SAST* - *Location: in-person: Cape Town and Johannesburg* - *Cape Town Venue:* Tigers Milk - *Address:* Tiger's Milk Claremont Ground Floor Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. - *Johannesburg Venue:* Olives&Plates - *Address:* Sandton close, Block B, First Floor, Norwich Close, Sandton - *Time:* see schedule above Food and Beverages to be provided. Best regards,

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Fwd: Invitation to Affiliates to provide a list of voters
by Shupai Mchuchu 10 Jan '23

10 Jan '23

Hello Everyone We want to update Wikimedia movement affiliates on the progress of the Universal Code of Conduct, one of the recommendations of the Movement Strategy process that many of you are familiar with. Recently, the UCoC enforcement guidelines have been updated to reflect the feedback that the community provided during the consultation period earlier this year. Now, the final ratification is due. All community and affiliate members are invited to vote from 17 January 2023 until 31 January 2023 23:59:59 (UTC) via SecurePoll . Members of affiliates might be eligible to vote even if they do not meet other criteria. Please review the voter eligibility criteria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforceme…> and share this information with your membership. Your membership can also verify their individual eligibility using the Account Eligibility Tool <https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63>. These criteria are the same as those used for the recent Board of Trustees election. Please reply to this email with the list of usernames who should be eligible to vote by January 5, 2023. There is no need to include people who are eligible under the other voter eligibility criteria. We will update Affiliates in January with more information on the upcoming vote, Thank you for your time, and your cooperation is appreciated. Please don't hesitate to contact me or other members (CC'd) if you have any questions. On behalf of the Trust & Safety - UCoC Team Best regards,

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