...with apologies for cross-posting.

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deb tankersley

Program Manager, Engineering

Wikimedia Foundation

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joe Matazzoni jmatazzoni@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:41 PM Subject: Turn mapframe for English Wikipedia? We’re ready if you are To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Deborah Tankersley dtankersley@wikimedia.org

In October 2017, English Wikipedia community members approved an RfC requesting implementation of mapframe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_159#Should_we_ask_for_mapframe_to_be_turned_on? [1]—a feature that enables contributors to easily display dynamic maps on article pages. At the time, there was some question about whether technical support for the maps service would be available long term, and the Foundation asked that the community stand by. I’m writing now to say that those questions have been answered, and a small team will be assigned for routine maps maintenance.

So, unless we hear from the English Wikipedia community that the consensus on adding mapframe has changed since last year’s RfC, we plan to move forward in April 2018. You can read more about this plan and leave comments on Village Pump [2]. If you foresee any issues, let us hear from you. Otherwise, happy mapping!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_( technical)/Archive_159#Should_we_ask_for_mapframe_to_be_turned_on?

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_( technical)#Turn_on_mapframe?_We%E2%80%99re_ready_if_you_are

*Joe Matazzoni* Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation