Articles by: Mono
edit Wikizine Introducing Wikizine; WMF scales back feature after outcry
2013-04-08
WMF scales back feature after outcry: Numerous Wikimedia Commons editors have chimed in on the Wikimedia Foundation's deployment of a new feature to its mobile website. Allowing anonymous users to register and upload pictures for use in an article, the feature was placed prominently at the top of Wikipedia articles in multiple languages.
Technology report Article Feedback reversal: watershed moment?; plus code review one year on
2013-03-11
Article Feedback reversal: The WMF has aborted a plan to deploy version 5 of the Article Feedback tool (AFTv5) rolled out to all English Wikipedia articles.
Technology report Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment
2013-01-14
The Wikidata client extension was successfully deployed to the Hungarian Wikipedia on 14 January, its team reports. The interwiki language links can now come from wikidata.org, though "manual" interwiki links remain functional, overriding those from the central repository.
News and notes Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme
2013-01-14
On January 16, voting for the first round of the 2012 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest will begin. Wikimedia editors with 75 edits or one project are eligible to vote to select their favorite image featured in 2012. ... On January 15, the foundation launched its latest grant scheme, called Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
2012-12-31
On 27 December the Wikimedia Foundation announced the conclusion of their ninth annual fundraiser, which attracted more than 1.2 million donors. The appeal reached its goal of US$25 million, even though fundraising banners ran for only nine days.
Technology report MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word
2011-09-19
News and notes Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
2011-09-19
In the news Wikipedia: yesterday's news? Calls for women, doctors, and scholars of humanities; Wales makes Wikimedia work "look easy"
2011-09-19
Discussion report Article ownership, WikiProjects vs. Manual of Style, Unverifiable village
2010-07-12
News and notes Usability rollout, downtime, admin phishing, Wikimania scholarships and more
2010-03-29