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Wikipedia:2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation
The 2024 open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation on English Wikipedia is open for signatures. My summary is that it is about concern over the Foundation considering disclosing identifying private information about volunteer editors to the Delhi High Court and the wider implications that may affect all Wikimedia contributors. Commander Keane (talk) 20:34, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
WMF should switch from X to Blue Sky or Mastodon
I would like to propose that the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Team stop posting to X and switch to Blue Sky or Mastodon. The WMF's excuse has generally been "But we get a lot of engagement when we post to X." [paraphrasing] (1) That isn't even true any more. For the last 10 comments posted to X, the average number of comments was 7, the average number of reposts was 6, and the average number of likes was 27. That's hardly a rousing amount of engagement! Target had 2 million followers and they left. Stephen King had 7 million followers. The Guardian had over 10 million followers. In comparison the WMF has a paltry 600,000. Half of those are probably gone now anyway. (2) Even if the WMF had millions of followers and robust engagement, that would only be a stronger reason to leave. Every time they make a post, they are generating money for a platform that is about as counter to our values as possible, especially when it comes to spreading misinformation and hate speech. Couldn't we try something different? Nosferattus (talk) 07:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC
Hello everyone,
The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1732896000>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Community_meetings#29_November_2024>.
This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.
Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers, Srishti 19:53, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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