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WikiConference report:WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap Outcomes of the event including newly published videos and photos, the archived conference website and program, and some attendee reflections on its significance.
In the media:War and information in war and politics Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.
Essay:Reflections on editing and obsession A lost Signpost submission from fifteen years ago brought into the light, as good and true now as it was then.
Serendipity:A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.
Opinion:asilvering's RfA debriefing User asilvering reflects on their recent successful request for adminship.
News and notes:Are you ready for admin elections? More changes to RfA on the way in October, final results for the U4C elections revealed, and other news from the Wikimedia world.
In the media:Off to the races! Wikipedia wins! Perplexing persistence, pay to play, potential president's possible plagiarism, crossword crossover to culture, and a wish come true!
From the editors:Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime But not everybody is able to legally read Wikipedia, and not everybody is able to legally edit Wikipedia.
Traffic report:SomethingWicked for almost everybody Fighting and killing – on screen, in politics, and in the ring – competes for attention with Disney.
News and notes:Responsibilities and liabilities as a "Very Large Online Platform" What the VLOP – findings of an outside auditor for "responsibilization" of Wikipedia. Plus, new EU Commissioners for tech policy, WLE 2024 winners, and a few other bits of news from the Wikipedia world.
Hello Danilo Two. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia'smandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category ofconflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests.Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies onneutral point of view and whatWikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; theWikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin toblack-hat search-engine optimization.
Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on thetalk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through thearticles for creation process, rather than directly.
Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you arerequired by theWikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page atUser:Danilo Two. The template{{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:{{paid|user=Danilo Two|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case,do not edit further until you answer this message. I note your comment about employment and COI on your user page. This is the formal question to ask you to state formally that you are a paid editor. It gives you the form to choose. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrentFaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦10:24, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
News and notes:Let's talk! The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.
Community view:24th Wikipedia Day in New York City Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.
Traffic report:A wild drive The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.
Technology report:Hear that? The wikis go silent twice a year From patrolling new edits to uploading photos or joining a campaign, you can count on the Wikimedia platform to be up and running — in your language, anywhere in the world. That is, except for a couple of minutes during the equinoctes.
Opinion:Sennecaster's RfA debriefing User Sennecaster shares her thoughts on her recent RfA and the aspects that might have played a role in making it successful.
News from the WMF:Product & Tech Progress on the Annual Plan A look at some product and tech highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan (July–December 2024).
Traffic report:One click after another Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.
