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திட்ட தொடக்கம் - சில குறிப்புகள்[தொகு]

  • அவசரப்படாமல் நன்கு திட்டமிட்டு இந்த திட்டத்தை செயலாக்கம் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
  • அதிகம் cut and paste செய்து விட்டு, திக்கு முக்காடமல் இருப்பது நன்று. குறிப்பாக தொகுத்தல் தொடர்பாக விக்கிபீடியாவில் பெறக்கூடிய தகவல்களை இங்கேயும் பிரதி செய்வது தேவையற்றது.
  • செய்திக் கட்டுரை என்றால் என்ன? அதை எப்படி எழுதுவது? ஒரு நிகழ்வு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க செய்திதான் என்று எப்படி வரையறை செய்வது? போன்ற விடயங்களை முதலில் வரையறை செய்ய வேண்டும்.
  • செய்திக் கட்டுரை பொதுக் கட்டுரையில் இருந்து வேறுபட்டது. வடிவத்தில், நோக்கத்தில், நடையில் வேறுபட்டது. என்ன, எவர், எங்கே, எப்பொழுது, ஏன் போன்ற கேள்விகளுக்கு சுருக்கமாக முதல் பத்தியிலேயே பதில் தந்து பின்னர் விரித்து சொல்வது மரபு. திகதி, இடம் ஆகியவற்றை தவறாமல் குறிப்பிட வேண்டும்.
  • ஆங்கில முன்மாதிரிகளை ஆய்ந்து எமக்குரிய வரையறைகளை நாம் வகுக்கலாம்.
  • நிதானமாக செய்ய வேண்டும், இங்கு இழுப்பறிகள் வர கூடிய சந்தர்ப்பங்கள் உண்டு.
  • உலகச் செய்திகள், இலங்கைச் செய்திகள், இந்திய செய்திகள், தமிழ்நாட்டு செய்திகள் என்று வகைப்படுத்த வேண்டி வரும் என நினைக்கின்றேன்.
  • http://www.ifj-asia.org/files/road_to_peace_tamil.pdf

--Natkeeran 02:24, 5 டிசம்பர் 2006 (UTC)

முதற் பக்கம்[தொகு]

  • முதற் பக்கத்தை ஆங்கில விக்கிசெய்தியை ஒத்தபடி செய்திருக்கிறேன், பயனர்கள் சரிபார்க்கவும்.

--மாஹிர் , 13 ஜனவரி 2007

  • விக்கி செய்திகளுக்காக ஒரு குழுமத்தை உருவாக்கியிருக்கிறேன். tamil_wikinews@googlegroups.com பயனர்கள் கல்ந்துரையாடல்களில் கலந்துகொள்ளலாம்.

--மாஹிர் , 4 பிப்ரவரி 2007

பிற தகவல்கள்[தொகு]

தமிழர்களின் பாரம்பரியத்தை தமிழ் மக்கள் மத்தியில் வெளிக்கொண்டு வரும் நோக்கத்தோடும், தந்தை பெரியாரின் கருத்துக்களையும், பகுத்தறிவுச் சிந்தனைகளையும் புலம் பெயர்ந்து வாழும் தமிழ் மக்களிடம் கொண்டு செல்லும் நோக்கத்தோடும் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது இணைய வானொலி பெரியார் குரல்.

மொழிநடை மரபுகள்[தொகு]

விக்கிசெய்திகள் தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியாவில் உள்ள மொழிநடையையும் மரபுகளையும் பின்பற்றுவது நல்லதாக இருக்கும் என நினைக்கிறேன். செய்தி வழங்கலில் நடை சற்று வேறாக இருக்கும் என்பதை உணர்கிறேன், ஆனால் கூடியவரை கிரந்தம் தவிர்த்து எழுதுதல், தமிழ் மொழிக்கு இயல்பான அதே நேரத்தில் அவ்வவ் முதல் மொழிகளுக்கு முன்னுரிமை தந்து எழுதுதல் முதலியன நல்ல வழக்கங்களே. எசுப்பானியம், இடாய்ட்சு, பிரான்சியம் என்றெல்லாம் எழுதுவது அவ்வவ் மொழிகளுக்கு முன்னுரிமை தந்த வழக்கங்கள். எடுத்துக்காட்டாக ஆங்கிலத்தைப் பின்பற்றி ஜெர்மன் என்று எழுதுவது தமிழில் தேவை இல்லாதது. செருமனி என்பதை இடாய்ட்சுலாந்து என்றே எழுதலாம். நெதர்லாந்து, இங்கிலாந்து, இசுக்காட்லாந்து, இடாய்ட்சுலாந்து, சுவிட்சர்லாந்து என்பது போல. விக்கிச் செய்திகள் புதுக் கோணத்தில், அறிவார்ந்த முறையில் செய்திகளைத் தேர்ந்து வழங்கும் ஒன்றாக இருக்கட்டும். --செல்வா 17:54, 26 செப்டெம்பர் 2009 (UTC)

தமிழ் விக்சனரி செய்திகள்[தொகு]

  • கடந்த வாரம் 15வது இடத்திலிருந்த, தமிழ் விக்சனரி இத்தாலிய விக்சனரியை கடந்து, தற்போது 14 இடத்தில் இருக்கிறது. இதற்கு முன், ஏறத்தாழ 1000 சொற்கள் பின்தங்கி இருந்தது. இத்தாலியவிக்சனரியை விட தற்போது 500சொற்கள் முன்னனியில்இருக்கிறது.

இவ்விலக்கை அடைய அரும்பாடுபட்டவர்கள் பழ.கந்தசாமி, பெரியண்ணன், பரிதிமதி-விக்கிப்பீடியா நிருவாகி ஆவர்.த*உழவன் 14:04, 17 ஜனவரி 2010 (UTC)

நல்ல செய்தி. யாரையும் நிருவாகி எனத் தனித்துக் கூற வேண்டாமே :) எண்ணிக்கையில் கவனம் இருந்தாலும் தரமே முதல் என்பதை மறவாது செயல்படுவோம். நன்றி--Ravidreams 05:18, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)

Accreditation Requests[தொகு]

I requested Wikinews Accreditation Accreditation Request. Kindly vote for me to serve better for tamil wikinews. user:mahir78, 19:04, 4 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)

வணக்கம் மாகிர், விக்கிசெய்திகளுக்கு உங்களை வரவேற்பதில் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறேன். accreditation இற்கு வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்திருப்பது கண்டு மகிழ்ச்சி. கட்டாயம் இதற்கு எனது ஆதரவைத் தரலாம். விக்கிசெய்திகளின் வளர்ச்சி குறித்த உங்கள் எதிர்காலத் திட்டங்கள் என்ன என்பது குறித்துச் சுருக்கமாகக் கூறுவீர்களா?--Kanags \பேச்சு 22:13, 4 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)
நன்றி kanags. எனது எதிர்காலத்திட்டம் பற்றி கீழே விவரித்துள்ளேன். mahir78 06:56, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)
மாகிர், //I am the first person designed the tamil wiki news (ta.wikinews.org) home page and invited and promoting tamil wikinews to the public.// என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளீர்கள். எனினும் தங்கள் நேரடிப் பங்களிப்புகள் மிகக் குறைவாகவே உள்ளன. உங்கள் பரப்புரைகள் பற்றியும் மேல் விவரங்கள் அறிய விரும்புகிறேன்.
எனது பங்களிப்பு மிகக் குறைவே, அதனால் சற்றே அவசரப்பட்டுவிட்டோமோ என்று கூட எண்ணத்தோன்றுகிறது. ஆனாலும் விக்கி செய்திகள், நேரடியான நிகழ்வுகளையே பகிர்ந்துகொள்ள வலியுறுத்துகின்றன. வலைப்பதிவு செய்திகளிலிருந்து வெட்டி ஓட்டுவதை தவிர்க்க வேண்டும் என்று ஆங்கில விக்கிசெய்திகளின் நிபந்தனையாகவுள்ளது. இது அனைத்து விக்கி செய்திகளுக்கும் பொருந்தும்தானே. நான் நேரடியாக என்னால் முடிந்த அளவில் விழாக்களில் பங்கு பெற்று செய்திகளை, புகைப்படங்களை சேகரித்து வழங்க முடியும். நேரடிப் பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் (first hand journalist) இருப்பது விக்கி செய்தியின் நன்பகத்தன்மையையும், வாசகர் வட்டத்தையும் வளர்க்கும்.
(will promote என்றிருக்கவேண்டும்) அத்துடன் எனக்குள்ள தொழில்நுட்ப திறமைகளையும் தமிழ் விக்கி செய்திகளுக்கும், நிர்வாகிகளுக்கும் வழங்க முடியும். தற்போது கூட மின்னஞ்சல்(tamil.wikinews gmail.com, குழுமம் ta_wikinews googlegroups, ட்விட்டர் (http://twitter.com/tamil_wikinews) ஆரம்பித்திருக்கிறேன். இதனை விக்கி நிர்வாகிகள், உறுப்பினர்களுடன் இணைந்து செயலாற்ற விரும்புகிறேன். இவைகள் மூலம் மக்களிடம் விக்கி செய்திகளை சென்று சேர்க்க முடியும். விக்கி செய்தியோடையை தமிழ்மணம் போன்ற திரட்டிகளில் சேர்த்து விக்கியின் பயனையும் வாசகர், பங்களிப்பாளர் வட்டங்களை வளர்க்க உத்தேசித்துள்ளேன். தமிழ் விக்கிபீடியா வலைப்பதிவு போன்று விக்கி செய்திக்கும் கூட்டாக வலைப்பதிவு தொடங்கி பங்காற்றவும் எண்ணம் உள்ளது.
//Reason: with this accreditation can directly attend govt events and meet people in various personalities. // என்று குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளதால் இது கிட்டத்தட்ட ஒரு இதழாளர் அடையாள அட்டைக்கு ஈடான ஒப்புதல் எனக் கருதலாமா? எனில், இது குறித்து மிக விரிவாக விக்கி செய்திகளிலோ இங்கோ உரையாடி கொள்கை முடிவு எடுத்துத் தான் செயல்பட வேண்டி இருக்கும்.
//இது கிட்டத்தட்ட ஒரு இதழாளர் அடையாள அட்டைக்கு// சமமானது தான் என்றாலும்,
//(இலவசப் பயணம் முதல் இலவச வீடு வரை)// கிடைக்க முடியாது என்றே தோன்றுகிறது. இங்குள்ள பத்திரிக்கையாளர் சங்கங்களில் சேர்ந்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்று விதிகள் இருக்கலாம். ஓருவேளை விக்கமீடியா இந்திய அலுவலகத்திலிருந்து கொடுக்கப்படும் அடையாள அட்டை இதுபோன்ற சலுகைகள் கிடைக்க வழிவகை செய்யலாம். இந்த அடையாள அட்டை மூலம் மிகச்சிறப்பாக அதிக ஆர்வத்துடன் பணியாற்ற முடியும் என்கிற நம்பிக்கை எனக்கு உண்டு. மூத்த விக்கிபீடியர்களின் ஆலோசனையின் பேரில் இந்த accreditation முடிவை விட்டுவிடுகிறேன். நேர்மாறான முடிவு பற்றி கவலையில்லை, தொடர்ந்து பங்களிக்க முடிவுசெய்துள்ளேன்.
சிறீதரன், தமிழ் விக்கி செய்திகளில் இது போன்றவற்றை உரையாட ஆலமரத்தடி போன்று உண்டா? அல்லது, இந்த accreditation வேண்டல்களுக்கு என ஒரு பக்கம் உருவாக்கலாம். முதலில், இந்த accreditation கிடைப்பதால் பயனருக்கு என்னென்ன உரிமைகள் கிடைக்கின்றன எனத் தெளிவாக அறிய வேண்டும். தமிழ்நாட்டைப் பொறுத்தவரை பத்திரிக்கையாளர் அடையாள அட்டை ஒன்றுக்கு ஓரளவு மதிப்பும் சலுகைகளும் உண்டு (இலவசப் பயணம் முதல் இலவச வீடு வரை). எனவே, விக்கி செய்திகள் மூலம் கொடுக்கும் முறையான ஒப்புதல்களில் கவனமாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்பது என் கருத்து. சிலர் இதை முறைகேடாக பயன்படுத்தலாம் என்பது என் கவலை (மாகிர் அல்ல. ஆனால், வேறு சிலர் மேல் இத்தயக்கம் உண்டு)--Ravidreams 05:15, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)
ஆலமரத்தடி அவசியமான ஓன்று என்றே எனக்கும் தோன்றுகிறது. mahir78 06:56, 5 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)

செய்தி அறை, ஆலமரத்தடி, review[தொகு]

இதற்கான பக்கங்கள் எங்கு,எப்படி சேர்ப்பது? ப்ப்ளிஷ் செய்வதற்கு முன் ரிவீவ் செய்துவிட்டால் நன்றாயிருக்கும். ஓடைகளுக்கு செல்லும் முன் திருத்தம் செய்துவிடலாமல்லவா? Mahir78 11:52, 6 ஏப்ரல் 2010 (UTC)

Flagged revisions[தொகு]

Sorry for the English. Would you like to have Flagged Revisions there?, the system that uses the English, French, Spanish and some other versions of Wikinews to review articles and publish them. If so, please write here and I'll kindly request the activation on this wiki, obviously if you want to. Flagged Revisions has improved significantly the quality of the articles, and the vandalism has almost disappeared. Cheers. --Diego Grez 21:40, 22 மே 2010 (UTC)

Hi Diego, thank you for your suggestion. I would like to have flagged revisions in Tamil Wikinews. Can you activate this for me. If you need any Tamil translations of any words, please let me know. Thank you for your support.--Kanags \பேச்சு 11:34, 24 மே 2010 (UTC)
Sure, bugzilla:23646 commited. --Diego Grez 17:27, 24 மே 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, and you'll have to spend a lot of time translating ;) Please register an account on TranslateWiki, ask for translator rights and translate everything you want in the Flagged revisions category on [1] (do not translate everything, the Flagged Revisions categories are ok). Thanks. --Diego Grez 22:08, 24 மே 2010 (UTC)

Done Flagged revisions is up there. Yoou can add yourself and to other people Editor status as you want, on Special:UserRights Cheers. (by the way, can you give me that status =) --Diego Grez 21:28, 31 மே 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Diego for your support. I have given you the editor status. I may also ask Mahir. Cheers.--Kanags \பேச்சு 22:58, 31 மே 2010 (UTC)

Bot Flag for Mjbmrbot[தொகு]

  • Operator : Mjbmr
  • Automatic or Manually Assisted : Automatic
  • Programming Language(s) : Python (pywikipedia)
  • Function Summary : Interwiki
  • Already has a bot flag (Y/N) : Yes, see here
  • Function Details : Just interwikis, thanks Mjbmr 15:38, 24 நவம்பர் 2010 (UTC)

Invite to WikiConference India 2011[தொகு]

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Hi சமுதாய வலைவாசல் (காப்பகம்),

The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.


But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

As you are part of WikiMedia India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011


Please forward to relevant folks in the community. If you want the bot to do the job please sign up at [2] --Naveenpf 05:40, 6 ஆகஸ்ட் 2011 (UTC)

தமிழ் விக்கி ஊடகப் போட்டி முடிவுகள்[தொகு]

தமிழ் விக்கி ஊடகப் போட்டி முடிவுகள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.--சோடாபாட்டில்உரையாடுக 19:45, 29 மார்ச் 2012 (UTC)

உச்சாத்துணைகளை விக்கிசெய்தியில் இணைக்க முடியுமா ?[தொகு]

உச்சாத்துணைகளை விக்கிசெய்தியில் இணைக்க முடியுமா ? எவ்வாறு இணைப்பது ? அல்லது மூலம் தலைப்பில் தருதல் சிறந்ததா?--Dineshkumar Ponnusamyஉரையாடுக 11, ஏப்ரல் 2012.

Bot flag for AvocatoBot[தொகு]

  • Operator: Avocato
  • Programming Language(s): Python (pywikipedia)
  • Function Summary: Interwiki & Fixing double redirects
  • Contributions: see here
  • Already has bot flag on: +230 wikis

Thank you.--Avocato (பேச்சு) 11:34, 12 செப்டம்பர் 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to close all language Wikinews[தொகு]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-03-25/News_and_notes

  • Discussion at Meta

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Proposals_for_closing_projects#Close_Wikinews_completely.2C_all_languages.3F

  • Prior discussion from Meta just about English Wikinews, that failed:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_English_Wikinews

--Kanags \பேச்சு 01:36, 31 மார்ச் 2013 (UTC)

The Wikinewsie Group[தொகு]

I apologize for not posting in Tamil. There is a proposal to create a chapter like organization for Wikinews contributors. It can be found at meta:The Wikinewsie Group. Please consider signing up as a potential member. A meeting will be held in early May to determine who will be on the provisional board. After you sign up, please go to meta:The Wikinewsie Group/Meetings and indicate what time works best for you to attend. --LauraHale (பேச்சு) 07:50, 20 ஏப்ரல் 2013 (UTC)

Universal Language Selector to replace Narayam and WebFonts extensions[தொகு]

On June 11, 2013, the Universal Language Selector (ULS) will replace the features of Mediawiki extensions Narayam and WebFonts. The ULS provides a flexible way of configuring and delivering language settings like interface language, fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings).

Please read the announcement on Meta-Wiki for more information. Runab 14:11, 5 ஜூன் 2013 (UTC) (posted via Global message delivery)

Universal Language Selector will be enabled by default again on this wiki by 21 February 2014[தொகு]

On January 21 2014 the MediaWiki extension Universal Language Selector (ULS) was disabled on this wiki. A new preference was added for logged-in users to turn on ULS. This was done to prevent slow loading of pages due to ULS webfonts, a behaviour that had been observed by the Wikimedia Technical Operations team on some wikis.

We are now ready to enable ULS again. The temporary preference to enable ULS will be removed. A new checkbox has been added to the Language Panel to enable/disable font delivery. This will be unchecked by default for this wiki, but can be selected at any time by the users to enable webfonts. This is an interim solution while we improve the feature of webfonts delivery.

You can read the announcement and the development plan for more information. Apologies for writing this message only in English. Thank you. Runa

Amendment to the Terms of Use[தொகு]

Call for project ideas: funding is available for community experiments[தொகு]

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I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

Do you have an idea for a project that could improve your community? Individual Engagement Grants from the Wikimedia Foundation help support individuals and small teams to organize experiments for 6 months. You can get funding to try out your idea for online community organizing, outreach, tool-building, or research to help make விக்கிசெய்தி better. In March, we’re looking for new project proposals.

Examples of past Individual Engagement Grant projects:

Proposals are due by 31 March 2014. There are a number of ways to get involved!

Hope to have your participation,

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 19:44, 28 பெப்ரவரி 2014 (UTC)

Proposed optional changes to Terms of Use amendment[தொகு]

Hello all, in response to some community comments in the discussion on the amendment to the Terms of Use on undisclosed paid editing, we have prepared two optional changes. Please read about these optional changes on Meta wiki and share your comments. If you can (and this is a non english project), please translate this announcement. Thanks! Slaporte (WMF) 21:55, 13 மார்ச் 2014 (UTC)

Changes to the default site typography coming soon[தொகு]

This week, the typography on Wikimedia sites will be updated for all readers and editors who use the default "Vector" skin. This change will involve new serif fonts for some headings, small tweaks to body content fonts, text size, text color, and spacing between elements. The schedule is:

  • April 1st: non-Wikipedia projects will see this change live
  • April 3rd: Wikipedias will see this change live

This change is very similar to the "Typography Update" Beta Feature that has been available on Wikimedia projects since November 2013. After several rounds of testing and with feedback from the community, this Beta Feature will be disabled and successful aspects enabled in the default site appearance. Users who are logged in may still choose to use another skin, or alter their personal CSS, if they prefer a different appearance. Local common CSS styles will also apply as normal, for issues with local styles and scripts that impact all users.

For more information:

-- Steven Walling (Product Manager) on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's User Experience Design team

Media Viewer[தொகு]


Greetings, my apologies for writing in English.

I wanted to let you know that Media Viewer will be released to this wiki in the coming weeks. Media Viewer allows readers of Wikimedia projects to have an enhanced view of files without having to visit the file page, but with more detail than a thumbnail. You can try Media Viewer out now by turning it on in your Beta Features. If you do not enjoy Media Viewer or if it interferes with your work after it is turned on you will be able to disable Media Viewer as well in your preferences. I invite you to share what you think about Media Viewer and how it can be made better in the future.

Thank you for your time. - Keegan (WMF) 21:29, 23 மே 2014 (UTC)

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Media Viewer is now live on this wiki[தொகு]


Media Viewer lets you see images in larger size

Greetings— and sorry for writing in English, please translate if it will help your community,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Multimedia team is happy to announce that Media Viewer was just released on this site today.

Media Viewer displays images in larger size when you click on their thumbnails, to provide a better viewing experience. Users can now view images faster and more clearly, without having to jump to separate pages — and its user interface is more intuitive, offering easy access to full-resolution images and information, with links to the file repository for editing. The tool has been tested extensively across all Wikimedia wikis over the past six months as a Beta Feature and has been released to the largest Wikipedias, all language Wikisources, and the English Wikivoyage already.

If you do not like this feature, you can easily turn it off by clicking on "Disable Media Viewer" at the bottom of the screen, pulling up the information panel (or in your your preferences) whether you have an account or not. Learn more in this Media Viewer Help page.

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about Media Viewer. You are invited to share your feedback in this discussion on MediaWiki.org in any language, to help improve this feature. You are also welcome to take this quick survey in English, en français, o español.

We hope you enjoy Media Viewer. Many thanks to all the community members who helped make it possible. - Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 21:54, 19 ஜூன் 2014 (UTC)

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Bot policy[தொகு]

Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable), which form the vast majority of such requests. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots.

This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. Please read the text at m:Bot policy before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in two weeks if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. John F. Lewis (பேச்சு) 19:26, 12 ஏப்ரல் 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata language links are coming![தொகு]

Hell everyone,

Sorry for writing in English - I hope someone from the community could translate this if necessary :)

We have just announced that Wikinews will start having it's inter-language links (sitelinks) served by Wikidata on August 19th if nothing changes before then. This will mean sitelinks will no longer be managed through wikitext locally but instead through Wikidata's interface. This brings the chance of having up-to-date language links for all Wikinews communities and the possibility to have links to other projects also served by Wikidata.

You can read more about this and contribute to proposals and Wikidata policies regarding Wikinews at Wikidata:Wikinews over on Wikidata.

On behalf of the development team, John F. Lewis (talk) 19:08, 22 ஜூலை 2014 (UTC)

Wikidata is here[தொகு]

Hey everyone :)

(Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this where necessary.)

As announced earlier we just enabled the first part of Wikidata support for you. In this first part you are able to maintain interwiki links centrally on Wikidata and no longer need to keep them in the wikitext. Interwiki links in the wikitext will continue to work though and you can overwrite what is coming from Wikidata if you want to. If you have more questions there is a page on Wikidata with the most important information and where you can also ask your questions: d:Wikidata:Wikinews.

In a later step you'll also get access to the actual data in Wikidata. This includes things like the geocoordinate of a city or the date of birth of a person. I'll keep you informed when that will be as soon as I know.

Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 06:15, 20 ஆகஸ்ட் 2014 (UTC)

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decisions[தொகு]

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

-- JurgenNL (talk) 17:35, 21 ஆகஸ்ட் 2014 (UTC)

Process ideas for software development[தொகு]

’’My apologies for writing in English.’’

Hello,

I am notifying you that a brainstorming session has been started on Meta to help the Wikimedia Foundation increase and better affect community participation in software development across all wiki projects. Basically, how can you be more involved in helping to create features on Wikimedia projects? We are inviting all interested users to voice their ideas on how communities can be more involved and informed in the product development process at the Wikimedia Foundation. It would be very appreciated if you could translate this message to help inform your local communities as well.

I and the rest of my team welcome you to participate. We hope to see you on Meta.

Kind regards, -- Rdicerb (WMF) talk 22:15, 21 ஆகஸ்ட் 2014 (UTC)

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Grants to improve your project[தொகு]

Apologies for English. Please help translate this message.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. Your idea could improve Wikimedia projects with a new tool or gadget, a better process to support community-building on your wiki, research on an important issue, or something else we haven't thought of yet. Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to hiring others to help you.

Meta RfCs on two new global groups[தொகு]

Hello all,

There are currently requests for comment open on meta to create two new global groups. The first is a group for members of the OTRS permissions queue, which would grant them autopatrolled rights on all wikis except those who opt-out. That proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Creation of a global OTRS-permissions user group. The second is a group for Wikimedia Commons admins and OTRS agents to view deleted file pages through the 'viewdeletedfile' right on all wikis except those who opt-out. The second proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Global file deletion review.

We would like to hear what you think on both proposals. Both are in English; if you wanted to translate them into your native language that would also be appreciated.

It is possible for individual projects to opt-out, so that users in those groups do not have any additional rights on those projects. To do this please start a local discussion, and if there is consensus you can request to opt-out of either or both at m:Stewards' noticeboard.

Thanks and regards, Ajraddatz (talk) 18:04, 26 அக்டோபர் 2014 (UTC)

Global AbuseFilter[தொகு]

வணக்கம்,

AbuseFilter is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013, Global AbuseFilters were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and all the "small wikis". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "medium sized wikis" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and has shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing request for comment on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to this list on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on this page at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter.

நன்றி,

PiRSquared17, Glaisher — 17:34, 14 நவம்பர் 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor coming to this wiki as a Beta Feature[தொகு]

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Hello. Please excuse the English. I would be grateful if you translated this message!

VisualEditor, a rich-text editor for MediaWiki, will soon be available on this wiki as a Beta Feature. The estimated date of activation is Wednesday, 26 November.

To access it, you will need to visit the பீட்டா பண்புகள் page after the deployment and tick the box next to "Visual editing". (If you have enabled the "Automatically enable all new beta features" option, VisualEditor will be automatically available for you.) There will also be a "⧼Visualeditor-preference-language-label⧽" that you can enable if you need it.

Then, you just have to click on "தொகு" to start VisualEditor, or on "மூலத்தைத் தொகு" to edit using wikitext markup. You can even begin to edit pages with VisualEditor and then switch to the wikitext editor simply by clicking on its tab at any point, and you can keep your changes when doing so.

A guide was just published at mediawiki.org so that you can learn how to support your community with this transition: please read and translate it if you can! You will find all the information about the next steps there. Please report any suggestions or issues at the main feedback page. You will also receive the next issues of the multilingual monthly newsletter here on this page: if you want it delivered elsewhere, for example at your personal talk page, please add the relevant page here.

Thanks for your attention and happy editing, Elitre (WMF) 18:12, 21 நவம்பர் 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor coming to this wiki as a Beta Feature (errata)[தொகு]

VisualEditor News #10—2014[தொகு]

18:59, 26 டிசம்பர் 2014 (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review[தொகு]

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

  1. Mahir78 (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, Openbk (talk) 17:28, 3 பெப்ரவரி 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #1—2015[தொகு]

18:31, 5 பெப்ரவரி 2015 (UTC)

[Global proposal] m.விக்கிசெய்தி.org: (அனைத்து) பக்கங்களைத் தொகு[தொகு]

MediaWiki mobile

Hi, this message is to let you know that, on domains like ta.m.wikipedia.org, unregistered users cannot edit. At the Wikimedia Forum, where global configuration changes are normally discussed, a few dozens users propose to restore normal editing permissions on all mobile sites. Please read and comment!

Thanks and sorry for writing in English, Nemo 22:32, 1 மார்ச் 2015 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign: Improving diversity, improving content[தொகு]

This March, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas for improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate. If you have an idea that could help address this problem, please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive, positive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign and help this project better represent the world’s knowledge!

(Sorry for the English - please translate this message!) MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 20:01, 4 மார்ச் 2015 (UTC)

SUL finalization update[தொகு]

Hi all,apologies for writing in English, please read this page for important information and an update involving SUL finalization, scheduled to take place in one month. Thanks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 19:45, 13 மார்ச் 2015 (UTC)

Stewards confirmation rules[தொகு]

Hello, I made a proposal on Meta to change the rules for the steward confirmations. Currently consensus to remove is required for a steward to lose his status, however I think it's fairer to the community if every steward needed the consensus to keep. As this is an issue that affects all WMF wikis, I'm sending this notification to let people know & be able to participate. Best regards, --MF-W 16:12, 10 ஏப்ரல் 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #2—2015[தொகு]

19:48, 10 ஏப்ரல் 2015 (UTC)

Nominations are being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections[தொகு]

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

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Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the board elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 05:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC) • TranslateGet help

Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections 2015[தொகு]

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This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson will continue during the voting. Nominations for the Board of Trustees will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.

The FDC Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. Click here to vote. Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page, and the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 03:45, 4 May 2015 (UTC) • TranslateGet help

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015[தொகு]

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This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 17:20, 17 May 2015 (UTC) • TranslateGet help

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core[தொகு]

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #3—2015[தொகு]

10:44, 13 ஜூன் 2015 (UTC)

HTTPS[தொகு]

22:01, 19 ஜூன் 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images[தொகு]

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.
How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 05:07, 24 ஜூலை 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images[தொகு]

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.
How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 07:41, 24 ஜூலை 2015 (UTC)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?[தொகு]

Community Health Cover art News portal.png

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?[தொகு]

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information[தொகு]


Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 23:43, 31 ஜூலை 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #4—2015[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 22:28, 14 ஆகஸ்ட் 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #4—2015[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 02:40, 15 ஆகஸ்ட் 2015 (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?[தொகு]

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:

Feedback is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) through MediaWiki message delivery. 23:08, 18 ஆகஸ்ட் 2015 (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?[தொகு]

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:

Feedback is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by வார்ப்புரு:User through MediaWiki message delivery. 02:41, 19 ஆகஸ்ட் 2015 (UTC)

Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site[தொகு]

Hi all,

We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.

Visit the public policy portal: https://policy.wikimedia.org/

Please help translate the statements on Meta Wiki. You can read more on the Wikimedia blog.

Thanks,

Yana and Stephen (Talk) 18:13, 2 செப்டம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

(Sent with the Global message delivery system)

Open call for Individual Engagement Grants[தொகு]

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

Thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. 20:52, 4 செப்டம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) through MediaWiki message delivery.

Open call for Individual Engagement Grants[தொகு]

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

Thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. 21:57, 4 செப்டம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) through MediaWiki message delivery.

Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals![தொகு]

(Apologies for using English below, please help translate if you are able.)

There is still one week left to submit Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) proposals before the September 29th deadline. If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources 21:01, 22 செப்டம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Reimagining WMF grants report[தொகு]

(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)

Last month, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated! A report on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.

Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 16:56, 28 செப்டம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #5—2015[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 18:18, 30 அக்டோபர் 2015 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey[தொகு]

Community Tech Team via MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 21:57, 9 நவம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 scholarships ambassadors needed[தொகு]

Hello! Wikimania 2016 scholarships will soon be open; by the end of the week we'll form the committee and we need your help, see Scholarship committee for details.

If you want to carefully review nearly a thousand applications in January, you might be a perfect committee member. Otherwise, you can volunteer as "ambassador": you will observe all the committee activities, ensure that people from your language or project manage to apply for a scholarship, translate scholarship applications written in your language to English and so on. Ambassadors are allowed to ask for a scholarship, unlike committee members.

Wikimania 2016 scholarships subteam 10:48, 10 நவம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Harassment consultation[தொகு]

Please help translate to your language

The Community Advocacy team the Wikimedia Foundation has opened a consultation on the topic of harassment on Meta. The consultation period is intended to run for one month from today, November 16, and end on December 17. Please share your thoughts there on harassment-related issues facing our communities and potential solutions. (Note: this consultation is not intended to evaluate specific cases of harassment, but rather to discuss the problem of harassment itself.)

Regards, Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

Wikidata data access is coming[தொகு]

Hi everyone :)

A while ago you received access to the interwiki links from Wikidata. Everything seems to be going well so I'd like to move on to the second stage. You will get access to the actual data in Wikidata like the date of birth of a person. You'll be able to make use of them in your templates via Lua or a new parser function (#property). We'll be enabling this on December 2nd. This will be the day for Wikinews, Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki. I hope this will open up great new possibilities for you and make your work easier. If you have questions please come to d:Wikidata:Sister projects. --Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) (பேச்சு) 16:45, 18 நவம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Your input requested on the proposed #FreeBassel banner campaign[தொகு]

This is a message regarding the proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner. Translations are available.

Hi everyone,

This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a straw poll seeking your involvement has just been started on Meta-Wiki.

As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist, Bassel Khartabil. An exemplary banner and an explanatory page have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.

We are seeking your involvement to decide if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.

Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to get involved with the poll and the discussion to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.

(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly translate this message into your own language.)

Thank you for your participation!

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 21:47, 25 November 2015 (UTC) • TranslateGet help

Community Wishlist Survey[தொகு]

MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 14:39, 1 டிசம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Access to data on Wikidata is here[தொகு]

Hi everyone :)

For a while now you already have access to the sitelinks from Wikidata. We just enabled access to the data on Wikidata for you as well. This means you can now access data like the number of inhabitants of a city or get a link to a picture for a famous person and much more to use it in your articles. You can access the data in two ways - via a parser function and via Lua. How to use it:

I hope this will help you do great things here. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Good places to start are the relevant pages on d:Wikidata:Wikinews and d:Wikidata:Project chat.


Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:19, 2 டிசம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Get involved in Wikipedia 15![தொகு]

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

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As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!

People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their events on Meta Page. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.

Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:

Everything is linked on the Wikipedia 15 Meta page. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos that community members have already designed.

If you have any questions, please contact Zachary McCune or Joe Sutherland.

Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery, 20:59, 18 டிசம்பர் 2015 (UTC) • Please help translate to your languageஉதவி

VisualEditor News #6—2015[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 00:06, 25 டிசம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #6—2015[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 01:06, 25 டிசம்பர் 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 Scholarships - Deadline soon![தொகு]

Please help translate to your language

A reminder - applications for scholarships for Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, are closing soon! Please get your applications in by January 9th. To apply, visit the page below:

Patrick Earley (WMF) via MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 01:49, 5 ஜனவரி 2016 (UTC)

2016 WMF Strategy consultation[தொகு]

Please help translate to your language

Hello, all.

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has launched a consultation to help create and prioritize WMF strategy beginning July 2016 and for the 12 to 24 months thereafter. This consultation will be open, on Meta, from 18 January to 26 February, after which the Foundation will also use these ideas to help inform its Annual Plan. (More on our timeline can be found on that Meta page.)

Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) at the Meta discussion, 2016 Strategy/Community consultation.

Apologies for English, where this is posted on a non-English project. We thought it was more important to get the consultation translated as much as possible, and good headway has been made there in some languages. There is still much to do, however! We created m:2016 Strategy/Translations to try to help coordinate what needs translation and what progress is being made. :)

If you have questions, please reach out to me on my talk page or on the strategy consultation's talk page or by email to mdennis@wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll join us! Maggie Dennis via MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 19:06, 18 ஜனவரி 2016 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #1—2016[தொகு]

Elitre (WMF), 19:21, 26 பெப்ரவரி 2016 (UTC)

Request bot flag for BetaBot[தொகு]

  • Operator : Beta16
  • Automatic or Manually Assisted : Automatic
  • Programming Language(s) : Python (pywikipedia)
  • Function Summary : Remove interwiki
  • Already has a bot flag (Y/N) : Yes
  • Function Details : The task of my bot is to remove old language links in source of the page, because the language links are now managed centrally in Wikidata. The bot use a script from pywikibot. I made some edit for test and example. --Beta16 (பேச்சு) 08:33, 23 மார்ச் 2016 (UTC)
Done via meta. NahidSultan (பேச்சு) 16:15, 30 மார்ச் 2016 (UTC)

Open Call for Individual Engagement Grants[தொகு]

IEG barnstar 2.png

Please help translate to your language:

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 15:47, 31 மார்ச் 2016 (UTC)

Server switch 2016[தொகு]

The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its newest data center in Dallas. This will make sure Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the new data center on Tuesday, 19 April.
On Thursday, 21 April, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

  • You will not be able to edit for approximately 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, 19 April and Thursday, 21 April, starting at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT).

If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

  • Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped.

Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.

  • There will be a code freeze for the week of 18 April.

No non-essential code deployments will take place.

This test was originally planned to take place on March 22. April 19th and 21st are the new dates. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. They will post any changes on that schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:08, 17 ஏப்ரல் 2016 (UTC)

Compact Language Links enabled in this wiki today[தொகு]

Please help translate to your language

Screenshot of Compact Language Links interlanguage list

Compact Language Links has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). Based on several factors, this shorter list of languages is expected to be more relevant for them and valuable for finding similar content in a language known to them. More information about compact language links can be found in the documentation.

From today onwards, compact language links has been enabled as the default listing of interlanguage links on this wiki. Using the button at the bottom, you will be able to see a longer list of all the languages the article has been written in. The setting for this compact list can be changed by using the checkbox under User Preferences -> Appearance -> Languages

The compact language links feature has been tested extensively by the Wikimedia Language team, which developed it. However, in case there are any problems or other feedback please let us know on the project talk page or on this discussion thread. It is to be noted that on some wikis the presence of an existing older gadget that was used for a similar purpose may cause an interference for compact language list. We would like to bring this to the attention of the admins of this wiki. Full details are on this phabricator ticket (in English).

Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use MassMessage for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team: Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF) (talk) 07:04, 24 சூன் 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #2—2016[தொகு]

m:User:Elitre (WMF), 17:20, 3 சூலை 2016 (UTC)

Save/Publish[தொகு]

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:04, 9 ஆகத்து 2016 (UTC)

Please help translate to your language
Hello, Wikinews contributors.
A sysop at the English Wikinews and I have been talking about this change, and we'd like to try something different. It might be confusing to start with a "Publish page" button, since the first edit to an article is not the end of the full Wikinews publishing process. So we are going to try this instead: The "Save page" button will stay the same, but MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning will have a statement added to tell inexperienced people that their contributions will immediately be shared with the general public.
We are assuming that every Wikinews is using a similar structure for reviewing, and therefore we are going to try this at all Wikinewses. To do this, I need the statement translated for the copyright warning file right away! If you speak a Wikinews language, please check m:User:Whatamidoing (WMF)/Wikinews. It's just two sentences and should (I hope) be easy for anyone who is bilingual or multilingual. I need these translations this week, if at all possible.
If you have any questions or if your Wikinews would prefer the "Publish page" and "Publish changes" button, then please "ping" me. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (பேச்சு) 14:54, 25 ஆகத்து 2016 (UTC)

RevisionSlider[தொகு]

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 15:08, 12 செப்டம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

Grants to improve your project[தொகு]

Please help translate to your language:

Greetings! The Project Grants program is currently accepting proposals for funding. There is just over a week left to submit before the October 11 deadline. If you have ideas for software, offline outreach, research, online community organizing, or other projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 20:11, 30 செப்டம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

Creative Commons 4.0[தொகு]

Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested, take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

Apologies that this message is only in English. This message can be read and translated in more languages here. Joe Sutherland (talk) 01:34, 6 அக்டோபர் 2016 (UTC)

Editing News #3—2016[தொகு]

17:49, 15 அக்டோபர் 2016 (UTC)

Password reset[தொகு]

I apologise that this message is in English. ⧼Centralnotice-shared-help-translate⧽

We are having a problem with attackers taking over wiki accounts with privileged user rights (for example, admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, checkusers). It appears that this may be because of weak or reused passwords.

Community members are working along with members of multiple teams at the Wikimedia Foundation to address this issue.

In the meantime, we ask that everyone takes a look at the passwords they have chosen for their wiki accounts. If you know that you've chosen a weak password, or if you've chosen a password that you are using somewhere else, please change those passwords.

Select strong passwords – eight or more characters long, and containing letters, numbers, and punctuation. Joe Sutherland (பேச்சு) / MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 23:59, 13 நவம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

Adding to the above section (Password reset)[தொகு]

Please accept my apologies - that first line should read "Help with translations!". Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) / MediaWiki message delivery (பேச்சு) 00:11, 14 நவம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

Help test offline Wikipedia[தொகு]

Hello! The Reading team at the Foundation is looking to support readers who want to take articles offline to read and share later on their phones - a use case we learned about from deep research earlier this year. We’ve built a few prototypes and are looking for people who would be interested in testing them. If you’d like to learn more and give us feedback, check out the page on Meta! Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 20:08, 29 நவம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

New way to edit wikitext[தொகு]

James Forrester (Product Manager, Editing department, Wikimedia Foundation) --19:32, 14 டிசம்பர் 2016 (UTC)

Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process[தொகு]

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

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