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Knowledge Equity Fund round 3[edit]
I can't find the meta page for round 3, so leaving a mailing list link instead. Please post meta page link when available. https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/B5PP2LUNDEAMPFZEKK6DXSXSN5YH7UQ6/ –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:30, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Annual plan planning[edit]
... is coming up soon. meta:Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee/Talking: 2024, if this is still going on, may be one way to participate in that process. Might also be worth watchlisting the placeholder page meta:Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan/2024-2025. Comments welcome from WMF folks with more details on the annual plan drafting schedule and how volunteers can best participate. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:35, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Novem Linguae, thanks for the question. We'll share plans for participating in the annual planning process some time in February. That said, this year we're starting from a blank slate, so we're hoping to hear from people about what they want in next year's plan in the Talking:2024 process. These ideas will help shape our plan from the start. All this is to say, if you have ideas, go ahead and share them now! :) KStineRowe (WMF) (talk) 15:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. I went ahead and left an idea at meta:Talk:Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee/Talking: 2024. –Novem Linguae (talk) 19:56, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at meta:Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Charter/Voter information. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:21, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
Katherine Maher named to head NPR[edit]
Saw this about an hour ago on the Wikimedia General Chat Telegram channel, where a link to a paywalled article on the HY Times was posted. Her biography on Wikipedia has this free one to the announcement on NPR.
My own opinion, based on her clumsy & ill-informed response to the FRAM debacle -- as well as routinely ignoring her talk page over at Meta -- is that she was selected for this position more due to success at networking than for her job performance at the Foundation. She may prove to not be up to the job. That said, I will be quite happy if she proves me wrong & flourishes there. -- llywrch (talk) 20:51, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think she'll do ok as long as she has a good CTO to deal with the "technological turbulence". The job there seems likely to play more to her strengths than her weaknesses, and to see some of the kinds of things she pushed for while at WMF as desirable rather than undesirable. Anomie⚔ 21:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Community Fund (General Support Fund) Round 2 announcement[edit]
Hello everyone. The Community Resources team at Wikimedia Foundation announced the upcoming round 2 for the General Support Fund, which will run from February through May 2024. The Wikimedia Community Fund's General Support Fund provides flexible support for long-term projects contributing to Wikimedia projects. In the announcement, you can find information for new and returning applicants, as well as details about the round timeline and grant budgets. We will also reach out to you during the community review period. Read the full announcement on Meta-Wiki. On behalf of the Community Resources team. --I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 21:49, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Stewards Election and Confirmation[edit]
The Stewards Election and Confirmation is currently taking place until 27 February. Interested editors can participate in the election here and the confirmation here.
Currently, 11 editors are running to become stewards, and 27 stewards are running to be reconfirmed. I have attempted to provide a neutral[a] summary of the current status of each of these candidacies, including a summary of concerns that have been raised. BilledMammal (talk) 15:49, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
| Jump to: | Summary | Confirmation Candidates | Election Candidates | Internal discussion |
Summary of Stewards, Steward Elections, and Steward Confirmations[edit]
Stewards[edit]
Stewards are a global group of users with complete access to the wiki interface on all public Wikimedia wikis. They have the technical ability to modify all local and global user rights, change the status and name of global accounts, and access any of the permissions available to administrators and bureaucrats. The use of steward rights is restricted by policy; stewards will not use their technical access when there are local users who can use that access, except in emergencies.
On the English Wikipedia, this means their primary functions are to make editors a bureaucrat and to globally ban editors; this last aspect can be controversial when an English Wikipedia editor is globally banned for activity that we would not consider to warrant such an action. They are also able to access personal data and suppressed information.
Steward Elections[edit]
Between January and February every year Steward Elections are held, during which editors with at least 600 edits who have been an admin on at least one Wikimedia Project for at least 6 months can run. To be elected an editor needs to receive at least 30 votes in support and at least 80% support.
Steward Confirmations[edit]
Between January and February every year Steward Confirmations are held, during which current stewards must have their status reconfirmed. During a public comment period editors may comment for or against a current steward; after the public comment period is closed all existing and newly elected stewards consider the comments and issue their own votes; a steward is removed if a majority of stewards vote to remove them.
Confirmation Candidates[edit]
| Steward[b] | Home wiki | Concerns[c] | Current status[d] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | O | N | % | |||
| AmandaNP | English Wikipedia | 82 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| AntiCompositeNumber | Wikimedia Commons | 67 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Base | Ukrainian Wikipedia | 52 | 2 | 0 | 96% | |
| Bsadowski1 | English Wikipedia | 51 | 1 | 0 | 98% | |
| DerHexer | Wikimedia Commons | 72 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Elton | Portuguese Wikipedia | 34 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| HakanIST | Wikidata | Some concerns about their activity levels | 46 | 3 | 0 | 93% |
| Hasley | Spanish Wikipedia | 47 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Hoo man | German Wikipedia | Some concerns about their activity levels | 31 | 7 | 0 | 81% |
| Jon Kolbert | Wikimedia Commons | 41 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| MarcGarver | English Wikibooks | 23 | 1 | 1 | 96% | |
| Martin Urbanec | Czech Wikipedia | 66 | 2 | 0 | 97% | |
| masti | Polish Wikipedia | Concerns about their failure to respond to queries; effectively, concerns that they are failing to meet the steward equivalent of WP:ADMINACCT | 40 | 16 | 9 | 71% |
| Mykola7 | Ukrainian Wikipedia | 61 | 2 | 0 | 97% | |
| RadiX | Portuguese Wikipedia | 36 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Sakretsu | Italian Wikipedia | Concerns about their involvement in the Gitz affair, specifically use of steward rights while under a potential conflict of interest. For context see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-06-19/In the media and Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-06-19/In the media. | 62 | 13 | 3 | 83% |
| Schniggendiller | German Wikipedia | 39 | 0 | 1 | 100% | |
| Sotiale | Korean Wikipedia | 50 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Stryn | Finnish Wikipedia | 41 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Superpes15 | Italian Wikipedia | 78 | 0 | 1 | 100% | |
| Tegel | Swedish Wikipedia | 43 | 0 | 2 | 100% | |
| Teles | Portuguese Wikipedia | 41 | 0 | 1 | 100% | |
| Vermont | Simple Wikipedia | 66 | 1 | 0 | 98% | |
| Vituzzu | Italian Wikipedia | Concerns about their involvement in the Gitz affair, specifically use of steward rights while under a potential conflict of interest, WP:OUTING, and behavior during the confirmation process. For context see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-06-19/In the media and Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-06-19/In the media. | 57 | 34 | 2 | 62% |
| Wim b | Italian Wiktionary | 51 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| Xaosflux | English Wikipedia | 51 | 0 | 0 | 100% | |
| علاء | Arabic Wikipedia | Concerns about their involvement in the Arabic Wikipedia black out and auto-logout. | 62 | 4 | 1 | 94% |
Election Candidates[edit]
| Candidate[b] | Home wiki | Concerns[c] | Current status[d] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | O | N | % | |||
| Ajraddatz | English Wikipedia | 190 | 1 | 2 | 99% | |
| Albertoleoncio | Portuguese Wikipedia | Concerns about level of cross-wiki activity | 113 | 14 | 8 | 89% |
| EPIC | Swedish Wikipedia | Concerns about experience, cross-wiki activity, and hat collecting | 104 | 14 | 17 | 88% |
| JJMC89 | English Wikipedia | Concerns about level of cross-wiki activity | 98 | 12 | 12 | 89% |
| Johannnes89 | German Wikipedia | 187 | 2 | 4 | 99% | |
| K6ka | English Wikipedia | Concerns about level of cross-wiki activity | 39 | 46 | 17 | 46% |
| Lee Vilenski | English Wikipedia | Concerns about level of cross-wiki activity | 18 | 71 | 14 | 20% |
| Melos | Italian Wikipedia | Concerns about activity levels | 147 | 10 | 11 | 94% |
| Turkmen | Azerbaijani Wikipedia | Concerns about re-using statement from a previous attempt | 65 | 41 | 24 | 61% |
| Yahya | Wikidata | 147 | 2 | 4 | 99% | |
| ~aanzx | Kannada Wikipedia | Broad range of concerns, including cross-wiki activity, experience, and views on spam. | 14 | 67 | 22 | 17% |
English Wikipedia Discussion[edit]
Nice summary. Thanks for taking the time. –Novem Linguae (talk) 17:09, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with Novem, thank you! As you mention, it'd be awesome to have this automated in the future (maybe as a Toolforge tool instead of a bot, to avoid the update edits needed). — Frostly (talk) 23:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- There already is a toolforge tool for the election candidates (though not the confirmation candidates) - https://stewardbots-legacy.toolforge.org/Elections/elections.php stwalkerster (talk) 13:09, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Notes[edit]
- ^ For full disclosure; I have currently participated in two of the discussions, with a vote for Xaosflux and a vote against Vituzzu
- ^ a b Link takes you directly to the voting page; candidate statements may be found there.
- ^ a b Column is left empty when there is little or no opposition. Concerns are summarized from the votes in the linked discussion.
- ^ a b Manually updated; last updated at 23:24, 12 February 2024 (UTC). It would be useful to automate this for future elections.