Keskustelu Wikipediasta:Lähetystö/Arkisto 2

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Yarn bombing

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579816 makes the claim that yarn bombing is associated specifically with Finland, and cites the Finnish Wikipedia as a source. I can't read Finnish, so I have no idea whether there is a solid citation here for that claim, but to say the least I have my doubts. The phenomenon is certainly common in the U.S., and the English-language Wikipedia has citations for the U.S. being the probable origin. Can someone follow this up? - Jmabel (keskustelu) 1. toukokuuta 2018 kello 02.06 (EEST)

• It looks like someone has now removed that claim from Wikidata, but you still may want to review the article here. - Jmabel (keskustelu) 1. toukokuuta 2018 kello 02.11 (EEST)

"Disney Play"

Disney is yet to give its upcoming streaming service an official name. The so-called "Disney Play" is a result of a reporter for Variety misinterpreting what Bob Iger said in a Disney telephone conference. (Variety have since corrected the article in question.)

I believe the article currently titled Disney Play here in the Finnish Wikipedia should be renamed either Disney Streaming Services LLC (the company that will operate the upcoming service) or a translation of "Unnamed Walt Disney Company streaming service" in Finnish.

Additionally, you may give a hatnote to the article that "Disney Play" was also a name of a video catch-up service operated by Disney Channel Scandinavia. JSH-alive (keskustelu) 8. lokakuuta 2018 kello 15.41 (EEST)

Help with a project

I am initiating ​​a project to record the name of my language in all the languages ​​present in Wikipedia. First, I encourage you to create / improve the article on the Asturian language and, on the other hand, to help me in my project I would need a man and a woman to record how it is said in your language: Asturian and then upload it to Commons. Thanks in advance. - Vsuarezp (keskustelu) 16. marraskuuta 2018 kello 00.29 (EET)

Translation request – Finnish to English

Hello! You all have a great article here about the Tampere conference of 1905 (Tampereen konferenssi 1905). At the moment, the English Wikipedia has nothing on this very interesting historical subject. I would really like to see this article translated into English. I asked on the English Wikipedia, and was told that this was the right place to find someone capable of such translation...is anyone up to the task? I can help with copyediting and English sources... RGloucester (keskustelu) 23. marraskuuta 2018 kello 19.06 (EET)

I left a message about this in Finnish at our Village Pump in the hopes that you'll get some replies and help. -Yupik (keskustelu) 26. marraskuuta 2018 kello 23.47 (EET)

Wikimedia Sustainability Initiative

Hi all. Please help us to translate Sustainability Initiative on meta in your language and add your name to the list of supporters to show your commitment to environment protection. Let's spread the word! Kind regards, --Daniele Pugliesi (keskustelu) 28. marraskuuta 2018 kello 18.43 (EET)

Deutch and french

Project page is also in deutch and french. Should instructions include those languages also and not just english?--MAQuire (keskustelu) 14. joulukuuta 2019 kello 19.19 (EET)

Which instructions are you referring to? Wp:Lähetystö currently has instructions in english, german and french. I suppose one could add a few more languages there but it will increase the risk of someone asking something in language which no-one here speaks. --Seegge^sup? 16. joulukuuta 2019 kello 09.06 (EET)

Yes. That page is this page's project page. I meant people maybe should be able to write also in deutch or french, if instructions have those languages.--MAQuire (keskustelu) 18. joulukuuta 2019 kello 14.43 (EET)

Game Rating Board

Can someone correct the content descriptors on Game Rating Board? --Trade (keskustelu) 6. marraskuuta 2020 kello 12.14 (EET)

Also the rating board have changed name to Game Rating and Administration Committee (Korean: 게임물관리위원회; RR: Geimmul Gwalli-Wiwonhoe; GRAC). --Trade (keskustelu) 6. marraskuuta 2020 kello 12.18 (EET)

@Trade: Is it now ok (diff)? --Zache (keskustelu) 6. marraskuuta 2020 kello 13.01 (EET)

Perfect--Trade (keskustelu) 6. marraskuuta 2020 kello 13.15 (EET)

Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) have changed name to Australian Classification Board (ACB or CB). Because of that Office of Film and Literature Classification (Uusi-Seelanti) should be moved to Office of Film and Literature Classification @Zache: --Trade (keskustelu) 6. marraskuuta 2020 kello 13.44 (EET)

Contributions by บุญพฤทธิ์ ทวนทัย

User:บุญพฤทธิ์ ทวนทัย is a contributor based at the Thai Wikipedia who has created machine translations of articles and spamming them over a wide range of Wikipedia languages, including here. While the subjects of the articles he has created are (mostly) notable, the mistake of creating articles in languages he does not understand has led to extremely bad quality, probably at the level of unintelligibility. Unless local editors are willing to start a clean-up effort, I suggest that his contributions be deleted. Someone who knows the language can later write proper articles about the subjects. --Paul 012 (keskustelu) 11. marraskuuta 2020 kello 11.09 (EET)

Flagged Revisions discussion at Meta

First of all, sorry for the English. There is currently a discussion about a proposal for how flagged revisions on some Wikipedia editions should display the latest instead of stable versions, at Flagged revisions should display latest versions. All community members from this wiki are welcome to join. Voltairacus (keskustelu) 9. joulukuuta 2020 kello 10.37 (EET)

WMF bylaws amendments and upcoming call for feedback

The Board has discussed and approved some governance improvements in two recent meetings, on December 9 and January 8. As the governing body for the Wikimedia Foundation, the board wants to improve its capacity, performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. It has amended the Bylaws in support of that goal.

Please check the details in the announcement published on Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions relating this, please feel free to ask, I'll be here to answer. Thank you very much and all the best, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 22. tammikuuta 2021 kello 13.26 (EET)

Hi again!

Apologies as you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help out in translating - thanks for this!

As reported before the WMF starts a Call for Feedback about community-and-affiliated seat selection processes, resulting from the recent approval of bylaws amendments. This call for feedback is going to start on Monday Feb 1 and will run until March 14.

Full information will be published on Monday at this page. You can already watch the page for changes (it's very basic currently) or wait for my extensive post on Monday. If you are a user of Telegram, you can receive updates in this Telegram group or join the discussion in this Telegram group. Furthermore we are organizing an office hour three times (for different time zones) on Tuesday, Feb 2 (see the basic page). There we will introduce the call for feedback and will be available for any questions and comments. We are welcoming the organization of conversations in any language and in any channel. If you want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or your affiliate, please contact us. Best regards, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 27. tammikuuta 2021 kello 19.32 (EET)

Call for Feedback: Community board seats has started - Office hours today

A few weeks ago, the Wikimedia Foundation Board decided to increase the number of its members from 10 to 16 seats in order to better distribute its workload and to allow for more diversity in its composition. But the question of how exactly the future election procedure for the community members of the board is to be designed remained open. On one hand, an election procedure that is as direct as possible for the communities is of great importance, but on the other hand, the current election procedure raises the question of how all those parts of the communities that have been underrepresented up to now can find themselves represented in the board. This is of particular importance because both the three existing community seats and the three newly created community seats will be up for (re)appointment in the course of the coming months.

The Board today launched a Call for Feedback yesterday to address this issue. In the course of this Call for Feedback different solutions for reshaping the election shall be discussed until March 14, some of them have already been submitted by the board as ideas, new ideas are welcome. More detailed information can be found on the meta page.

Voting systems? Yawn! some may think. But this is about the exact way the distribution of power from the community should be shaped in the future. Therefore I would like to invite you not only cordially, but also urgently ask you to participate.

Today, there will be a multilingual online meeting on this topic, hosted by Google Meet. We would like to inform you and discuss your feedback on the process and the suggestions and ideas. All details about this meeting can be found on the page First Office Hour in the Meta-Wiki. I would be happy to see you there. If that's too short notice for you - there will be more Office Hours as time goes on.

To ensure that as many voices and perspectives from the community are brought to bear on this as possible, the Board has assembled a global team to make this Call for Feedback effective. Thus, all materials will be translated by the team in a timely manner, announcements will not only be distributed by bots, but posted by responsible team members. Responses will be collected and published in weekly reports, and at the end of the Call for Feedback will be given to the board in aggregated form.

For all those interested, there are also additional information opportunities, such as two Telegram groups (one for announcements, one for discussion), more multilingual video conferences across all time zones, and last but not least, all team members actively reach out to groups in the community that have hardly participated in meta-discussions so far. In this way, we want to ensure that feedback from the broadest possible community, wherever it is expressed, reaches the board.

I look forward to your participation! DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 2. helmikuuta 2021 kello 18.12 (EET)

Community board seats - office hours with board members on Saturday

In January, the Wikimedia Foundation Board decided to change its structure. Thus, 6(!) of the now 16 seats on the board will be newly selected by the community this year. The Board is looking for a selection process ensuring more diversity and expertise within the board. The Board would like to gather extensive feedback from the community on this. To this end, there is a Call for Feedback, which is running from 1 February until 14 March. Here you can find detailed information.

In the course of this, many online conversations are held to discuss ideas and opinions on selection processes. A facilitation team collects the feedback, finally delivering a report for the board. Here you can find an overview of previous conversations and talks.

This Saturday, office hours will take place in the presence of board members, at 6 am, 10 am, 4 pm, and 9 pm (UTC). This hopefully enables everyone to take part and to address questions to board members. Here you can find all the information about it. I would like to invite you to these conversations and would be happy to meet you there. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 18. helmikuuta 2021 kello 19.39 (EET)

Sunday talk - Community board seats

About three weeks ago, the Call for Feedback:Community seats on the Board began, with the Wikimedia Foundation Board asking the community what a redesign of the upcoming elections for the now six community seats on the Board should look like. Since then, in addition to seven Office Hours, far more than 50 regional discussion rounds have taken place worldwide, as well as numerous discussions on Wiki. With this interim balance, the Call for Feedback is now entering its second half.

The feedback on the various proposals of the Board and from the community was as diverse as the participants. For the third time, the facilitation team has presented its Weekly report, which summarises the current feedback. For those who would like an overview of the discussions to date, here is a list of links to the detailed reports.

Overall, the process so far has revealed several areas of focus that will be given greater attention in the second half of the Call for Feedback, namely:

• regional quotas
• candidates' skills
• vetting of candidates
• connecting the board elections, the Global Council and regional hubs.

And there is a new idea from the community to be discussed too: Candidate resources!

In order to present the ideas and also in view of these upcoming discussions, I would like to invite you to an online roundtable. This is an opportunity to present and discuss the ideas so far, to discuss possible new ideas with each other and to think through the possible key issues.

This round table will take place on Sunday, 28 February at 7:00 pm (UTC +1). We will meet via Google Meet (anonymous participation possible), just click this link: https://meet.google.com/zcu-vkdr-hze See you on Sunday! DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 26. helmikuuta 2021 kello 15.21 (EET)

Call for Feedback: Community board seats - Final sprint - Panel sessions

Dear all,

On Sunday, March 14 the Call for Feedback: Community board seats is coming to an end after six exciting weeks. This is the Call for Feedback’s Final Sprint!

In a series of four panels, we will discuss and further develop those topics that turned out to be focus points during the call. We would like to invite every single one of you to be a part of this major event, along with the panelists, originating from all over the world and the Wikimedia movement.

Panels are running from Friday, March 12, 18:00 UTC to Sunday, March 14, 13:00 UTC. Every panel is 45 minutes long, followed by a 45 minutes open mic discussion.

For detailed information on panelists, dates, and times, please visit their meta-pages. We invite you to share questions, insights, and thinkings in advance on every panel’s talkpage and look forward to your participation.

• Skills for board work, Friday, March 12, 18:00 UTC, click to see for your local time
• Support for candidates, Saturday, March 13, 13:30 UTC, click to see for your local time
• Board - Global Council - Hubs, Saturday, March 13, 16:00 UTC, click to see for your local time
• Regional diversity, Sunday, March 14, 13:00 UTC, click to see for your local time

See you! DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 10. maaliskuuta 2021 kello 13.00 (EET)

Call for Feedback --> WMF Board elections

Dear all,

About two weeks ago, the Call for Feedback: Community Board seats came to an end. For six weeks, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees engaged in conversations with communities to explore ways to hold the next Board elections.

A wide range of opinions was gathered through 99 rounds of discussion and hundreds of contributions on discussion pages, resulting in the final report. After two weeks of community review, this report has now been delivered to the Board.

Based on this report, the Board will decide on April 15 how and when to hold elections to fill the six community seats. For more information: The Final Report is available here, the index of underlying individual reports here.

And a new phase of the facilitation team's work begins - supporting the Elections Committee in the preparation of elections. One thing is certain: as only about 10 percent of all eligible voters participated in the 2015 and 2017 elections, one goal is to significantly increase voter turnout. More voters are the way to go. And working with the communities in this is a priority - further details will follow soon. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 4. huhtikuuta 2021 kello 00.13 (EEST)

WMF - Päätöslauselma tulevista hallituksen vaaleista / Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

Pyydän anteeksi, että käytin konekäännöstä. Auta meitä ja korjaa tai korvaa tämä viesti paremmalla käännöksellä - kiitos siitä!

Community-and-Affiliate Board Seats

Hei kaikki! Wikimedia Foundationin hallitus kokoontui viime viikolla päättämään suunnitelmasta vuoden 2021 hallituksen vaaleja varten. Hallituksen hallintokomitea laati tämän ehdotuksen, joka perustuu yhteisön hallituspaikkoja koskevaan palautekyselyyn. Päätöslauselmassa todetaan seuraavaa:

• Aikatauluehdotuksessa suunnitellaan, että ehdokaskutsu avataan 8. kesäkuuta ja äänestysjakso on 20. heinäkuuta - 3. elokuuta.
• Vaalivaliokunta päättää vaalitavasta.
• Neljä paikkaa täytetään tänä vuonna ja neljä muuta vuonna 2022.
• Hallitus ilmoittaa etukäteen taidot ja kokemuksen, joita se toivoo uusilta hallituksen jäseniltä.
• Wikimedia-säätiö tarjoaa vaalilautakunnalle tukea vaaleista tiedottamisessa.

Tarkista asiaan liittyvästä ilmoituksesta lisätietoja. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 22. huhtikuuta 2021 kello 21.13 (EEST)

WMF hallituksen vaalit - yhteistyötä äänestysaktiivisuuden lisäämiseksi

Pyydän anteeksi, että käytin konekäännöstä. Auta meitä ja korjaa tai korvaa tämä viesti paremmalla käännöksellä - kiitos siitä!

Hei kaikki,

Wikimedia Foundationin hallitus ilmoitti viime viikolla suunnitelmista vuoden 2021 hallituksen vaaleille. Suunnitteluun kuuluu, että vaaleja edistää ja tukee moderaattoriryhmä. Moderaattoriryhmän tehtävänä on:

4 x ?

• Tiedottaa yhteisölle hallituksen vaaleista.
• Vaaleihin osallistumisen mainostaminen
• Kannustetaan ehdokkuutta erityisesti aliedustetuissa yhteisöissä.

Aiemmissa vaaleissa äänestysprosentti oli maailmanlaajuisesti yleensä noin 10 prosenttia. Vaaleja aktiivisesti edistäneet yhteisöt saavuttivat paljon korkeampia lukuja, jotkut reilusti yli 20 prosenttia. On siis selvää, että vaalien tiedotuksella on mahdollista nostaa äänestysprosenttia huomattavasti. Tämä ei ole mahdollista ilman yhteisöjen asukkaita, joten pyydämme teiltä apua.

Etsimme vaaliavustajia kaikista yhteisöistä, jotka haluaisivat osallistua esimerkiksi tiedottamalla vaaleista tuntemillaan kanavilla, käynnistämällä keskusteluryhmiä tai osallistumalla uutisten kääntämiseen ... Rooli on se, mitä sinä teet siitä - voit antaa mielikuvituksesi valloilleen.

Jos haluatte osallistua tehtävään, jonka tarkoituksena on varmistaa, että mahdollisimman moni valitsee johtokunnan ja että yhteisöt ovat siinä mahdollisimman hyvin edustettuina, ilmoittautukaa tähän taulukkoon tai ottakaa yhteyttä minuun - vaikka vielä olisi kysyttävää. Yritämme löytää vaaliavustajia ainakin jokaisesta kolmestakymmenestä suurimmasta wikistä (äänioikeutettujen määrässä mitattuna), ja haluaisimme löytää useamman kuin yhden, koska yhdessä voimme toimia paremmin.

Tavoitteena on kaksinkertaistaa maailmanlaajuinen äänestysprosentti 10 prosentista 20 prosenttiin tänä vuonna - saavutamme sen mielellämme yhdessä. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 3. toukokuuta 2021 kello 14.32 (EEST)

WMF:n hallituksen vaalit - ehdokaskutsu

Hei kaikki,

Vuoden 2021 hallituksen vaalit ovat pian edessä. Yhteisöstä tarvitaan ehdokkaita täyttämään vapaita paikkoja.

Wikimedia Foundationin hallitus valvoo Wikimedia Foundationin toimintaa. Yhteisön luottamushenkilöt ja nimitetyt luottamushenkilöt muodostavat hallituksen. Kukin luottamushenkilö toimii kolmen vuoden toimikauden ajan. Wikimedia-yhteisöllä on mahdollisuus äänestää yhteisön luottamushenkilöitä.

Wikimedia-avustajat äänestävät neljän paikan täyttämisestä hallituksessa vuonna 2021. Tämä on tilaisuus parantaa hallituksen edustusta, monimuotoisuutta ja asiantuntemusta tiiminä.

Ominaisuudet

Wikimedia on maailmanlaajuinen liike ja etsii ehdokkaita laajasta yhteisöstä. Ehdokkaiden tulisi miettiä, millaisia kokemuksia ja näkökulmia he tuovat hallitukseen. Ihanteelliset ehdokkaat noudattavat Wikimedian missiota ja ovat harkitsevia, kunnioittavia ja yhteisöllisiä. Johtokunta toivoo löytävänsä aliedustettuja näkökulmia ja ääniä, jotka ovat liikkeemme kannalta olennaisia. Heidän tulisi tuoda mukanaan sitä, mitä Wikimedia tarvitsee uudelta luottamushenkilöltä.

Sitoutuminen

Luottamushenkilöiden toimikausi on kolmivuotinen, ja he voivat toimia enintään kolme peräkkäistä kautta. Työpanos on noin 150 tuntia vuodessa, matkoja lukuun ottamatta. Tämä aika ei jakaudu tasaisesti koko vuodelle. Aika keskittyy kokouksiin. Luottamushenkilöiden odotetaan työskentelevän vähintään yhdessä hallintoneuvoston valiokunnista.

Vaatimukset

Hallituksen työkieli on englanti. Ehdokkaiden on osattava englantia peruskielitaidolla, mutta tuki ja koulutus ovat osa perehdytystä. Ehdokkaiden hakemukset käännetään useille kielille, jotta saavutetaan laaja äänestäjäjoukko.

Hae

Kaikista hankkeista ja yhteisöistä tulevat ehdokkaat, jotka täyttävät Wikimedia Trusteesin vaatimukset, ovat tervetulleita. Jos tunnet jonkun, joka voisi olla hyvä luottamushenkilö, kannusta häntä asettumaan ehdolle. Ehdokkaat löytävät tietoa ja voivat jättää ehdokkuutensa Hakeudu ehdokkaaksi -sivulta.

(Pyydän anteeksi, että käytän automaattista käännöstä - jos haluat auttaa kääntämällä hallituksen vaaliuutisia, ota yhteyttä minuun, arvostaisin apuasi suuresti!) DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 18. kesäkuuta 2021 kello 11.32 (EEST)

Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open

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The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 7 February 2022.

With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.

There are two confirmed questions that will be asked during this Call for Feedback:

1. What is the best way to ensure more diverse representation among elected candidates? The Board of Trustees noted the importance of selecting candidates who represent the full diversity of the Wikimedia movement. The current processes have favored volunteers from North America and Europe.
2. What are the expectations for the candidates during the election? Board candidates have traditionally completed applications and answered community questions. How can an election provide appropriate insight into candidates while also appreciating candidates’ status as volunteers?

There is one additional question that may be presented during the Call about selection processes. This question is still under discussion, but the Board wanted to give insight into the confirmed questions as soon as possible. Hopefully if an additional question is going to be asked, it will be ready during the first week of the Call for Feedback.

Join the conversation.

Best, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 14. tammikuuta 2022 kello 19.39 (EET) Movement Strategy and Governance

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5

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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter

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Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive these updates.

• Call for Feedback about the Board elections - We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (continue reading)
• Universal Code of Conduct Ratification - In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (continue reading)
• Movement Strategy Implementation Grants - As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (continue reading)
• The New Direction for the Newsletter - As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (continue reading)
• Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 21. tammikuuta 2022 kello 12.56 (EET)

Updates on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Review

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Hello everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees released a statement on the ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines.

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The UCoC and the Enforcement Guidelines were written by volunteer-staff drafting committees following community consultations.

The revised guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. There is a list of changes made to the guidelines after the enforcement draft guidelines review. Comments about the guidelines can be shared on the Enforcement Guidelines talk page on Meta-wiki.

To help to understand the guidelines and process, the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team will be hosting Conversation Hours on 25 February 2022 at 12:00 UTC, and 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Join the conversation hours to speak with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members about the updated guidelines and voting process.

The timeline is available on Meta-wiki. The voting period is March 7 to 21. All eligible voters will have an opportunity to support or oppose the adoption of the Enforcement guidelines, and share why. See the voting information page for more details.

Many participants from across the movement have provided valuable input in these ongoing conversations. The UCoC and MSG teams want to thank the Drafting Committee and the community members for their contributions to this process.

Sincerely, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 11. helmikuuta 2022 kello 13.01 (EET), Movement Strategy and Governance

Correction to Smoky Dawson Wikipedia article

Hello, can a fluent Finnish speaker please make a correction to the article about the Australian country music singer Smoky Dawson? He did indeed perform in Nashville, but he never performed at the Grand Ole Opry ... and this is a very serious error indeed. I don't know much about the subject but to me it's basically like saying that a sportsperson whose biggest achievement in reality was winning a provincial championship won an Olympic gold medal!I can't figure out how to make the correction because of Finnish's vastly different grammar compared to English. Please see the talk page conversation about this on the English Wikipedia. Thanks! Graham87 (keskustelu) 13. helmikuuta 2022 kello 13.30 (EET)

Correction made. Originally it was a translation of en.wikipedia's article and without references, so it was easy to delete the Grand Ole Opry. Regards --Abc10 (keskustelu) 13. helmikuuta 2022 kello 13.39 (EET)

Thanks, yes, I thought as much. I've made this more minor correction myself, with the assistance of Wiktionary ... hope I did it alright. The original English article had quite a few problems. Graham87 (keskustelu) 13. helmikuuta 2022 kello 15.08 (EET)

It is ok. I made some language correction to the original Finnish text which was not very good. Sources needed, maybe someone other than me... --Abc10 (keskustelu) 13. helmikuuta 2022 kello 16.13 (EET)

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022

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Hello everyone,

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is now open! Voting commenced on SecurePoll on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. You can read more about the UCoC project.

You can also comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact the team by email: ucocprojectwikimedia.org

Sincerely,

DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 8. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 15.44 (EET),

Movement Strategy and Governance, Wikimedia Foundation DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 8. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 15.44 (EET)

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed

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Greetings,

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over 2300 Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement, 7 of them from Finnish Wikiprojects. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.

The final results from the voting process will be announced here, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out the voter information page to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page on Meta-wiki in any language. You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocprojectwikimedia.org

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance
DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 22. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 19.19 (EET)

WMF Board of Trustees on Next steps: Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and UCoC Enforcement Guidelines

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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has announced the following statement on next steps concerning the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines:

The Community Affairs Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees would like to thank everyone who participated in the recently concluded community vote on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC).

The volunteer scrutinizing group has completed the review of the accuracy of the vote and has reported the total number of votes received as 2,283. Out of the 2,283 votes received, a total of 1,338 (58.6%) community members voted for the enforcement guidelines, and a total of 945 (41.4%) community members voted against it. In addition, 658 participants left comments with 77% of the comments written in English.

We recognize and appreciate the passion and commitment that community members have demonstrated in creating a safe and welcoming culture that stops hostile and toxic behavior, supports people targeted by such behavior, and encourages good faith people to be productive on the Wikimedia projects.

Even at this incomplete stage, this is evident in the comments received. While the Enforcement Guidelines did reach a threshold of support necessary for the Board to review, we encouraged voters, regardless of which way they were voting, to provide feedback on the elements of the enforcement guidelines that they felt needed to be changed or fixed, as well as why, in case it seemed advisable to launch a further round of edits that would address community concerns.

Foundation staff who have been reviewing comments have advised us of some of the emerging themes, and as a result we have decided as Community Affairs Committee to ask the Foundation to reconvene the drafting committee and to undertake another community engagement to refine the enforcement guidelines based on the community feedback received from the recently concluded vote.

For clarity, this feedback has been clustered into 4 sections as follows:

1. To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the training;
2. To simplify the language for easier translation and comprehension by non-experts;
3. To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
4. To review the conflicting roles of privacy/victim protection and right to be heard.

Other issues may emerge during conversations, and particularly as the draft Enforcement Guidelines evolve, but we see these as the primary areas of concern for voters and are asking staff to facilitate review of these issues. After further engagement, the Foundation should re-run the community vote to evaluate the revamped Enforcement Outline to see if the new document is then ready for its official ratification.

Further, we are aware of the concerns with the note 3.1 in the Universal Code of Conduct Policy. We are directing the Foundation to facilitate a review of this language to ensure that the Policy meets its intended purposes of supporting a safe and inclusive community, without waiting for the planned review of the entire Policy at the end of year.

Again, we thank all who participated, thinking about these critical and difficult challenges and contributing to better approaches across the movement to working together well. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 15. huhtikuuta 2022 kello 22.58 (EEST)

2022 Board of Trustees elections - Call for Candidates

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The Board of Trustees seeks candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election. Two seats, formerly selected by affiliates only, are to open to be renewed by a combined process involving affiliates and communities alike. Read more on Meta-wiki.

The 2022 Board of Trustees election is here! Please consider submitting your candidacy to serve on the Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.

The Wikimedia community will vote to fill two seats on the Board in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.

Who are potential candidates? Are you a potential candidate? Find out more on the Apply to be a Candidate page.

Thank you for your support,

Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 25. huhtikuuta 2022 kello 16.31 (EEST)

2022 WMF Board of Trustees Call for Candidates closed

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The 2022 Board of Trustees election Call for Candidates has now closed. The Call led 12 candidates from the community to submit their applications. Learn more about the 2022 Board of Trustees candidates.

The Analysis Committee will now consider the candidates’ applications with the skills and criteria provided by the Board. The trustees seek certain skills and competencies to improve the capacity of the Board. After the Analysis Committee completes their review, the ratings of each candidate will be published. These ratings are for informational purposes only.

For more information about the 2022 Board election, you may find the timeline, voting information and other ways to get involved on Meta-wiki. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 27. toukokuuta 2022 kello 17.19 (EEST)

Next steps on the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines

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Hello all,

I’d like to share an update on the work on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct.

In 2022 May, the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) project team completed a report on the 2022 March ratification vote about the guidelines. Voters cast votes from at least 137 communities. At least 650 participants added comments with their vote. A report is available on Meta-Wiki. (See full announcement)

Following the vote, the Community Affairs committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees asked that several areas be reviewed for improvements. A Revision Drafting Committee will refine the enforcement guidelines based on community feedback.

To help the Revisions committee, input from the community is requested. Visit the Meta-wiki pages (Enforcement Guidelines revision discussions, Policy text revision discussions) to provide thoughts for the new drafting committee. (See full announcement)

Let me know if you have any questions about these next steps. DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 31. toukokuuta 2022 kello 16.22 (EEST)

Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass

Hi all,

Community members in the 2022 Board of Trustees election are invited to propose statements to use in the Election Compass.

An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.

Here is the timeline for the Election Compass

July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision

The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

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Announcing the six candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election

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Hi everyone,

The Affiliate Representatives have completed their voting period. The selected 2022 Board of Trustees candidates are:

• Tobechukwu Precious Friday (Tochiprecious)
• Farah Jack Mustaklem (Fjmustak)
• Shani Evenstein Sigalov (Esh77)
• Kunal Mehta (Legoktm)
• Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom)
• Mike Peel (Mike Peel)

You may see more information about the Results and Statistics of this Board election.

The Affiliate organizations selected representatives to vote on behalf of the Affiliate organization. The Affiliate Representatives proposed questions for the candidates to answer in mid-June. These answers from candidates and the information provided from the Analysis Committee provided support for the representatives as they made their decision.

Please take a moment to appreciate the Affiliate Representatives and Analysis Committee members for taking part in this process and helping to grow the Board of Trustees in capacity and diversity. These hours of volunteer work connect us across understanding and perspective. Thank you for your participation.

Thank you to the community members who put themselves forward as candidates for the Board of Trustees. Considering joining the Board of Trustees is no small decision. The time and dedication candidates have shown to this point speaks to their commitment to this movement. Congratulations to those candidates who have been selected. A great amount of appreciation and gratitude for those candidates not selected. Please continue to share your leadership with Wikimedia.

What can voters do now?

Review the results of the Affiliate selection process.

Read more here about the next steps in the 2022 Board of Trustee election.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 20. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 15.21 (EEST)

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WMF - Board elections 2022 - Vote for Election Compass Statements

Hi all,

With the end of the phase of pre-selection by the affiliates, the preparations for election by the community in the Board Election 2022 are now starting. This includes the Election Compass, a voting advice tool. All community members are invited to participate in voting for the proposed statements for the Election Compass. You can vote on Meta-Wiki for statements you would like to see in it.

The Election Compass is a tool that helps voters choose the candidates who most closely match their opinions and beliefs. To do this, community members previously suggested statements. The candidates will answer the 15 statements rated highest using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree) and their answers will be uploaded to the Election Compass. Later, voters use the tool by entering their own answers to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral) and the Election Compass then shows those candidates who most closely match the voter's opinions and beliefs.

Voting on the statements is open until 1 August. Here is the link:

• Vote for statements to use in the Election Compass.

Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance, DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 27. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 14.21 (EEST)

Delay of the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election - Vuoden 2022 Wikimedia Foundationin hallituksen vaalien lykkääminen

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Hi all,

I am reaching out to you today with an update about the timing of the voting for the Board of Trustees election.

As many of you are already aware, this year we are offering an Election Compass to help voters identify the alignment of candidates on some key topics. Several candidates requested an extension of the character limitation on their responses expanding on their positions, and the Elections Committee felt their reasoning was consistent with the goals of a fair and equitable election process.

To ensure that the longer statements can be translated in time for the election, the Elections Committee and Board Selection Task Force decided to delay the opening of the Board of Trustees election by one week - a time proposed as ideal by staff working to support the election.

Although it is not expected that everyone will want to use the Election Compass to inform their voting decision, the Elections Committee felt it was more appropriate to open the voting period with essential translations for community members across languages to use if they wish to make this important decision.

The voting will open on August 23 at 00:00 UTC and close on September 6 at 23:59 UTC.

Best regards,

Matanya, on behalf of the Elections Committee

- posted by DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 18. elokuuta 2022 kello 15.17 (EEST)

WMF:n hallituksen vaalit ovat alkaneet - The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

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Hi everyone,

The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote:

• Try the Election Compass, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
• Read the candidate statements and answers to Affiliate questions
• Learn more about the skills the Board seeks and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills

If you are ready to vote, you may go to SecurePoll voting page to vote now. You may vote from August 23 at 00:00 UTC to September 6 at 23:59 UTC. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

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DBarthel (WMF) (keskustelu) 23. elokuuta 2022 kello 15.38 (EEST)