RexxS

Welcome to Meta!

Hello RexxS, and welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). If you would like, feel free to ask me questions on my talk page. Happy editing! Ottava Rima (talk) 03:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Ottava, and it's good to see you still active on the projects. Regards, --RexxS 19:00, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Ebola translation task force (draft)

Hi! I started an Ebola translation task force (draft) to hopefully quickly get some Ebola related translations in local African languages. I'd love to see your input (and edits) Guaka (talk) 12:10, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

International Women's Day Editathon

Just a reminder that the International Women's Day Editathon at the Oxfordshire County Library is tomorrow. Hope to see you there!

-Mvolz (talk) 15:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Project Medicine Foundation Membership

Membership renewal

Dear Wiki Project Med Supporter, you are receiving this message as you have shown interest in supporting Wiki Project Med in the past. As our organization grows and evolves, we want to be able to verify peoples ongoing interest in being involved. To that end, the board has decided to require renew of membership every two years. So -- whether you are a current member or not, please fill out our updated membership form, to ensure your membership till the end of 2020. Please note -- We ask that you fill out the form by Feb 3rd, as we are close to elections and only members can nominate themselves for the board and vote!

Best, Shani & Doc James. 01:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Elections for 5 seats on the board of WPMEDF & Annual Meeting

Dear WikiProject Medicine member, the election for 5 seats on the board is underway and voting is now open till March 24th. We encourage you to use your right to vote by supporting the candidates you prefer HERE. Please also note that on Monday, March 25, between 1900-2000 UTC we will be holding our open annual meeting online. A link will be sent via the mailing list / Facebook group so stay tuned. We hope you can join us! Best, James & Shani. 14:16, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

COLOR

Hi, as you're (very indirectly) listed as one of the contacts for WMUK at Wikimedia chapters, could you tell whether WMUK has been discussing internally the community open letter and the possibility to sign it? (I saw the WMMED signature.) Thanks, Nemo 10:34, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@Nemo bis: I brought it to their attention at a meeting last week, but I doubt that the Board will reach any conclusion in time to sign it, sorry. --RexxS (talk) 17:26, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Hm, interesting, thanks. When is the next meeting of the board, if may ask? I suspect that signing at some time in July (or even August) is still better than nothing. Nemo 17:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

There's an online AGM on 18 July 2020, but there's no Board meeting planned for the day, and the next scheduled Board meeting is 25 September. --RexxS (talk) 17:55, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

So maybe it's easier to make the AGM vote on it? Nemo 18:58, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Not really. The closing date for AGM resolutions was 8 June. The only other mechanism available would be to ask a question on the day - wmuk:2020 AGM is the schedule. There's a report on rebranding around 12:15 and there's a space for questions on reports at 14:35. As there's no way to have an online vote until we change the articles, a question could only raise the awareness of the membership and Board. Those who wish to attend the AGM need to book a free ticket on Eventbrite. --RexxS (talk) 19:19, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Another quick WikidataIB request

Hi Rexxs. I've another (hopefully quick) Module:WikidataIB query: When d:Property P2699 has no wikidata parameter entry, it returns "[unknown value unknown value]". Example from the Wikimedian_in_residence page:

Wikimedians in Residence, generated from this Wikidata query

Wikimedian (Q3809586)	Organisation (P108)	Link (P2699)	Location (P937)	Start (P580)	End (P582)
Evelyn Swan	American Folk Art Museum		New York City	January 2013	May 2013

The table above is generated from this Wikidata query

Is there a quick fix to return either an empty string or something like "no URL"?

Thanks again, T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 09:34, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

@Evolution and evolvability: I've made a fix in the Module:WikidataIB/sandbox:

Wikimedians in Residence, generated from this Wikidata query

Wikimedian (Q3809586)	Organisation (P108)	Link (P2699)	Location (P937)	Start (P580)	End (P582)
Evelyn Swan	American Folk Art Museum		New York City	January 2013	May 2013

The table above is generated from this Wikidata query

See if that works for you. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 17:58, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Excellent - that should work great, and from my limited understanding of the implementation shouldn't cause issues in other scenarios. Would you be happy to commit Module:WikidataIB/sandbox to Module:WikidataIB? Cheers! 07:50, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

@Evolution and evolvability: Unfortunately I can't. I'm unable to edit the module I wrote here. --RexxS (talk) 15:46, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

No prob. I've made the edit request for an admin to implement. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 01:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Sunday August 23: Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Strategic flock of Wikimedians heading in a new direction.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a proposed forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

The idea is to follow up on the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting and other strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 12:58, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Lua documentation on Meta and MediaWiki

Hello, and greetings, hope you are well! We have a task open on Phabricator to review and improve Lua documentation on meta and MediaWiki. Recently, we also opened a call for projects for Outreachy, a mentoring program through which Wikimedia selects interns every six months to work on coding and non-coding projects. I am reaching out to you to see if you might be interested in co-mentoring this Lua documentation project in this program :) You can read the full announcement email about the call for mentors for Outreachy to learn more about the program. No worries if you are busy, in that case, if you can suggest who else to reach out to, that would be lovely SSethi (WMF) (talk) 06:33, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Srishti: Thanks for the invite, and I'd be delighted to help out in any way I can. I've dropped a note on the Phabricator task, so I'll get updates on how the task is going. Let me know if/when you need something from me. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 10:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Sunday September 20 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Birds of a feather flock together.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August SWAN meeting and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, this month we are meeting on Sunday September 20, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 02:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Sunday October 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Friendship is a movement value.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the September and August SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including the recent proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws, this month we are meeting on Sunday October 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 16:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Sunday November 29 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Take flight with us.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, and October SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including the recent proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws, this month we are meeting on Sunday November 29, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although a number of places have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 01:30, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Sunday January 10 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Into the blue.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, and November SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including SWAN input on Interim Global Council and Movement Charter, this month we are meeting on Sunday January 10, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

To start the exchange of ideas on the IGC early, and to help prepare before the SWAN calls, we have set up and invite everyone to participate at this etherpad. If you like a more interactive way of discussing, we have also made a jamboard. Check here for more details.

--Pharos (talk) 15:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Let’s talk!

So nice to find someone so like-minded. I’m not on wiki as much as other platforms (very outward focused) - email me to start a dialog? dr.mel.ganus @ gmail . Thank you for bringing your perspectives, time and energy to these important convos!! DrMel (talk) 19:12, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

@DrMel:} Hi Mel, my reply email bounced so maybe I got something wrong. You can always email me by clicking on the link "Email this user" in the left column of the Wikipedia page under the Tools section. Let's keep in touch. --RexxS (talk) 21:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank YOU!

Hello again my friend! We’re launching wikiKind today as part of Wikipedia’s 20th year, and to celebrate Valentine’s Day!

And I want to thank you, RexxS, for being a founding member of wikiBlind!

Made this Heart-shaped Finger Labyrinth especially for you and all our wikiBlind wikiKind! Can we send you a tactile version by snail mail so you you can enjoy it with your fingertips?

	It’s a maze of twisty passages all around here. Sometimes, it’s hard to feel appreciated, and you deserve some love! This Heart-shaped Labyrinth is to say Thank YOU for all your hard work. I appreciate you being here - I really do - and so do these peeps!
	You can also share some wikiKind wikiLove (on English Wikipedia) by adding {{subst:Heart Labyrinth}} to any talk page with your own message.

love always,
DrMel (talk) 04:57, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Please share some wikilove!
What the world needs now, is love sweet wikilove
It’s the biggest thing that there’s just too little of.

and yes! We should definitely talk more!!

IP Block

Would you be able to unblock ONLY LOGGED IN editors from my IP address (which, as far as i know, is not an open proxy). I will give you my IP when you respond to this. Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 18:58, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@Quizzicalmind159: I can investigate whether the IP is actually an open proxy, and I think I may be able to convert an enwiki block to exclude logged-in users, but as far as I can see, you're not blocked on enwiki. Please don't expose your IP address here, but my email is enabled if you want to email me, or we can chat about it on Sunday if you're at the Wiki meetup. That might be the better option as you'll have several admins who might have more experience with this. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 19:10, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Emailed you the IP Doug Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 20:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC) You got the email? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 13:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, and I've asked ST47 to review the block as a first step. --RexxS (talk) 15:04, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

What is ST47?w

ST47 is the admin who made the block originally. See en:User:ST47 and check the block log for your IP address. --RexxS (talk) 15:47, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Can normal Ips be used as open proxies? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 16:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Any update on progress? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 17:48, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes, a compromised computer can be made to function as a proxy, sometimes via only one incoming port which is hard to detect. It's also possible for ISPs to be compromised, so it can be complicated. Be patient and give ST47 a chance to reply. We should also let the folks at en:wp:WikiProject on open proxies go through their checks to make sure one way or the other. --RexxS (talk) 18:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Can't you block account creation and anonymous edits but let people (like me) with that IP who already have an account? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 19:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I've had a reply. The sub-net actually belongs to 24 Shells Inc. They host dedicated servers, so the range was blocked as a webhost block. I think you need to look at the what https://spur.us/context/xx.xx.xx.xx has to say about your IP (replace the xx.xx.xx.xx by your IP). Wikipedia won't allow anyone to edit from a VPN unless they have a compelling reason to request ip-block-exempt, sorry. --RexxS (talk) 19:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Could you reply to my email please so i can ask a question that shouldn't be read by the public (it divulges private IP info)?. Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 20:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Can you make me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 17:41, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I can't, sorry. That would have to be requested via email to checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org as described at en:WP:IPECPROXY. --RexxS (talk) 18:46, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Can you raise this at the meetup tomorrow? I may only be there for an hour or so as i have kitchen fitting to do!Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 20:09, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

email

I have emailed you Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 17:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

@Rexxs: i am not harassing you or anything of such but you may i ask why you haven't had a responded to my email? Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 20:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

I won't be replying off-wiki. I don't have the permissions to deal with private issues, and I've told you several times that you need a checkuser to do that. Please don't email me again asking for a response. --RexxS (talk) 20:54, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. That is all i needed, did you receive a response from CheckUsers? i think i am being trolled. Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 21:30, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Please see my post in the thread above dated 19:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC), beginning "I've had a reply ...". I've had no response other than the one from ST47. --RexxS (talk) 21:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Do you know a check user called Andy M? They have replied from jonathang1998@hotmail.com, seems dodgy do me? Effectively they signed as Andy but had Jonathan in email address. Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 21:58, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't, sorry. --RexxS (talk) 23:03, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

They have sent me an email (from that address) saying that you should not email that bulk email. I have reported it to another 'crat and CU as i think they may be 'abusing their CheckUser rights'. I have an idea which user i think it is but i can't be sure enough to name them (yet!) Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 10:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Busted!

I suspected the person replying was User:I have emailed you his name (as i don't want to post it public) you can reply here that is fine. I emailed that user and got a reply from the same address as what had being contacting me. I suspect i am being messed about. Quizzicalmind159 (talk) 11:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Sunday February 21 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

We are a mosiac.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, and January SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, this month we are meeting on Sunday February 21, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

To help set priorities for the SWAN agenda, and also to help manage which global conversations should be a focus in general, we have set up and invite everyone to participate at this SWAN priorities form. Possible topics include Community Board seats, Interim Global Council, Strategy prioritization follow-up events, Branding, Universal Code of Conduct, Grant strategy, and WMF CEO search. That is a lot of things, which are most important to cover in our upcoming SWAN meeting?

Following the regular call, in SWAN after hours: Wikimedia Meet Jitsi social event with brainstorming for possible Nano Charter ideas, plus any other topics.

--Pharos (talk) 18:00, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Sunday March 21 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Community as a hand-carved gem.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, and February SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Grants relaunch, Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions, Wikimedia Enterprise / OKAPI, Community Board seats, Interim Global Council + Movement Charter, and WMF Executive Transition

This month we are meeting on Sunday March 21, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although some places have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 19:45, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Sunday April 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swanlings grow up together.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, and March SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Interim Global Council + Movement Charter, WMF Resolution about the upcoming Board elections, Community Resilience and Sustainability role in Movement Strategy coordination, Grants Strategy Relaunch, and WMF Executive Transition

This month we are meeting on Sunday April 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although some places may have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 04:20, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Sunday June 6 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan of healing.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, and April SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Movement Strategy/Events, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 6, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call an hour earlier in UTC time due to popular demand and to accomodate daylight savings*.)--Pharos (talk) 20:48, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Sunday July 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

The swan or the egg?

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call an hour earlier in UTC time due to popular demand and to accomodate daylight savings*.)--Pharos (talk) 15:09, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Sunday September 26 SWANniversary Party and All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting

Celebrate our first anniversary with SWAN-shaped desserts!

Join the SWANniversary on September 26 as we mark the first year of the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network!

We will have the regular All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting, to be followed by a SWANniversary Party in the after hours session, likely through spatialized chat on WorkAdventure.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, June, and July SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, we'll look together at strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday September 26, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC.)--Pharos (talk) 18:14, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Sunday October 31 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

A swan reflects.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June, July, and September SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter Drafting Committee Set Up Process, Next Steps for Brand Work, 2021, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday October 31, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:30 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call a half-hour later in UTC time due to WikidataCon*.)--Pharos (talk) 01:46, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Sunday November 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Chart a new course on the swan ferry.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Hubs Workshop, Movement Charter+Drafting Committee, WMDE's 'Future of Wikimedia Governance' proposal, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 16:02, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Sunday February 27 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

To dance is to fly.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Dialogue, Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct+Enforcement Voting, Brand, International Women's Day+Gender Gap and WikiForHumanRights campaigns, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday February 27, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).----Pharos (talk) 03:17, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Sunday April 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Bots in precious metals are part of our community too.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including UCoC Voting, Hubs Global Conversation held + CEE Hub update, Movement Charter + Leadership Development Working Group, Desktop Improvements, Celebrate Women in March + International Women's Day, Wikimania 2022 survey concluded + Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday April 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 12:45, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Sunday May 8 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swans are musical creatures.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates, Movement Charter/Content preliminary narrative, Human Rights Policy Community Conversations, Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan Feedback, IP blocking and Open Proxies discussion, Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday May 8, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Sunday June 5 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan impressions.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation this June, WMF Proposal for Movement Strategy Forum, New rounds of WMF Conference Funds including in-person events, WMF Proposal for Sound Logo Contest, WMF Elections Analysis Committee selection, wikimania:Program submissions due June 10 (scholarship and local event grants due June 3) and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 5, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:20, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Sunday July 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan celestial.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation last week, Affiliate voting period to shortlist WMF Board candidates (July 1-15), Wikimania updates, Desktop improvements, Wikimedia Enterprise first customers, Call for program submissions and updates for a global diversity of regional/linguistic Wiki-Conferences, Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Sunday November 13 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

bestiary (Q830560)⊆compendium (Q1459574)⊆reference work (Q13136).

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimedia Research Fund, 2023 Ombuds commission and Case Review Committee appointments process, feedback on consultation and community session of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, various Wikimania topics: (ideas/suggestions for Wikimania 2023, expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and beyond, expressions of interest to join Wikimania Steering Committee), and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 13, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
UTC times are different from before, and also note that some areas may have recently experienced daylight savings time changes.).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Sunday July 16 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Global Council focus, now available in ar, es, fr!)

SWAN: The Next Generation

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimania Singapore, Future of SWAN, Movement Charter/Content new sections (particularly Movement Charter/Content/Global Council), other activities you submit, and we will top it all off with a grand finale AI Happy Hour / Doom Hour!

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 16, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
Note that we are now meeting on Zoom, with interpretation in the 2nd session in (Arabic) (Spanish) (French)--Pharos (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)

A group of SWANs heading to the meeting

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)

SWANs gathering for a conversation

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)