CentralNotice/Request/European Election

European Election

111Alpha (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log), primary contact (Requested at 00:02, 14 May 2019 (UTC))[reply]

Central Notice Settings

What is the campaign duration?

23 May 2019 → 26 May 2019

Which projects will you be targeting?

All projects / especially Wikipedia

What languages will you be targeting?

All en:Languages of the European Union

Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?

All users

What countries will your campaign target?

All en:Member states of the European Union

Banner/Campaign Diet:

To be determined by Central Notice admin

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?

Description - From 23 to 26 May 2019, over 400 million Europeans will elect a new European Parliament. After we have already shut down the whole Wikipedia to protest against Article 13, now it's time for everyone to go to the ballot box and make his or her voice heard! Unfortunately though, the turnout is expected to be very low again. This is a threat to Europe, our democracy, and will likely further strengthen extremist parties. Therefore, I think it would be a great sign, if Wikipedia would urge every EU citizen to cast their vote in the election. Hence, I propose to put up a CentralNotice on the election day (either depending on the country or the whole period) to remind all readers of the election!

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?

Banners -

Landing Page -

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link

Type of grant -

Link to grant -

Discussion

Wikimedia is apolitical. Running a banner for the elections would go against the principles of neutrality, the WMF Policy and Political Association Guideline, and the law. Oppose. --Yair rand (talk) 22:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(1) We are not endorsing any party, but are just urging to go to the election. That is in no way impeding the principle of neutrality. (2) What was the shutdown of Wikipedia regarding the Copyright Directive then?.. — Allrounder (talk) 23:58, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Re (2): Self-defense. --Yair rand (talk) 06:30, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Central Notice admin comments

I am closing this request as not done. Local community consensus is required, for every single project (which was the case for the blackout regarding the EU copyright directive). Here is no consenus as well and it is likely not in line with Legal/Foundation Policy and Political Association Guideline. --Steinsplitter (talk) 17:57, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]