Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on October 24. Please helptranslate.
Upcoming and current events and conversations Let's Talk continuesWikimania Santiago will happen in 2027.
Wikimania 2027: Santiago, Chile is announced as the location forWikimania 2027. The annual conference returns to Latin America after more than 10 years, following previous editions in Buenos Aires (2009) and Mexico City (2015).
Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week44 and45 including the community-submitted tasks that wereresolved last week.
Activity Tab: The Wikipedia Android app expands the newActivity tab to all users. It offers a complete view of your Wikipedia activity: reading time, saved articles, edits, and donation history (for known donors). This change aims to make Wikipedia a more engaging experience for readers and contributors alike, while keeping all personal data private and stored locally on your device.
Tabbed browsing:Tabbed browsing is now available on the Wikipedia App for iOS. Tabs will let you keep more than one article open at a time, making it easier to explore complex topics, follow links without losing your place, and pick up where you left off.
CampaignEvents extension: Autoconfirmed users onsmall andmedium wikis with the CampaignEvents extension can now useEvent Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.
Image browsing: The Wikimedia Foundation launchedimage browsing, an experiment that puts images on top of your Wikipedia article reading journey, on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
Temporary accounts:Temporary Accounts are now enabled on 1,000+ projects including English Wikipedia.
Digital Safety: The Wikimedia Foundation is launchingDigital Safety Office Hours to explore how to stay safe digitally, what does digital safety mean, what extra precautions can Wikimedians take. The first session will take place on November 28 at 9 AM and 7 PM UTC. Check out also ourDigital Safety Resources Center to learn practical tips and tools you can use immediately.
Volunteer roles for movement governance: The Movement governance committees are seeking new volunteers to support essential and high-impact work across the Wikimedia ecosystem. The current appointment cycle is open for theAffCom,Ombuds Commission, andCase Review Committee. Applications for these committees will remain open until December 11. The team will host a community conversation onNovember 26, at 3 AM UTC.
Don't Blink:The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
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Hello! Voting in the2025 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 1 December 2025. Alleligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
TheArbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting theWikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to imposesite bans,topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. Thearbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
Hey @L235, it might be a good idea to add something to Twinkle to select which CTOP a page is being protected for. Not sure where to start with that but I know it would make my life easier. Thanks for all the work you put into that bot it's the best!Dr vulpes(Talk)03:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like there's some action at[1]; I'll ping @Novem Linguae in case he has any insights too :). If I understand the feature request correctly, it's basically to add some kind of dropdown to the Twinkle page protection menuafter AE has been selected, to easily select which topic area the page protection falls under? (This is in order to comply with the requirement atWikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Logging thatPage protections must clearly note in the protection reason that the protection action is an arbitration enforcement action and link to the applicable contentious topic page (e.g.,WP:CT/BLP), which will cause the action to be automatically logged atWikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log/Protections.)KevinL (akaL235·t·c)19:32, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I recently noticedyou wrote "Would I trust the people I am supporting if they made a decision that seemed potentially unjustified, but said that can't explain why and asked me to trust them?" I've been wondering about why my personal opinions on Arbcom are so mixed. Some like Worm that Turned I think are absolutely great and would happy see them have a permanent seat on the committee. While others have spoken to me in a manner that has on (admittedly very rare) occasions given me the impression that they are people I would never want to interact with again if I could help it.
What it boils down to is that I can trust the former category to make difficult decisions involving private data that I don't know about, while in the latter category I can't. It sort of boils down to being shown to be excellent communicators, and by doing that, they can get my trust for them.Ritchie333(talk)(cont)13:39, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Reminder: Please help to choose name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are:Abstract Wikipedia, Multilingual Wikipedia, Wikiabstracts, Wikigenerator, Proto-Wiki. If you would like to participate, thenplease learn more and vote now at meta-wiki.Thank you!
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Tech News: Some of the latest updates from Tech News week46 and47: Wikimedia Foundation is experimentating withreading lists on mobile web, allowing logged-in readers with no edits to save private lists of articles for later; One new wiki has been created: a Wikisource inMinangkabau.
Wikifunctions: The second round of voting for naming the wiki with abstract content is kicking off withsix name proposals to vote for.
Reference check: The A/B test forreference check has begun on English Wikipedia and will run until December 17. This is a feature which prompts new editors to add citations before they publish an edit adding content to an article.
Image browsing: Wikimedia Foundation is launching an experiment called "Image browsing" to test how to make it easier for readers to browse and discover images on Wikipedia articles. This experiment, a mobile-only A/B test, is taking place on on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese wikis, affecting a small number of users.
CampaignEvents extension:Campaign events extension is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. The extension offers tools for running and coordinating events and other on-wiki collaborations. These features includeEvent Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List, plus a new feature,Collaborative contribution, which helps organizers and participants see the impact of their collaborative activities. Join theupcoming learning session to see the new feature in action and share your feedback.
Dark Mode: Dark mode is now available on all Wikimedia projects for all anonymous users! This enhancement aims to deliver a more enjoyable reading experience, especially in dimly lit environments.Learn how to activate this feature.
Wikimedia Apps:The Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app is now available for all users. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging.
Wikipedia 25 Press toolkit: Wikimedia Foundation is providingpress toolkit as guidance and resources to Wikimedia volunteers and affiliates to spread the word about Wikipedia’s 25th birthday to local and regional media.
Understanding movement organizers: Wikimedia Foundation concluded aliterature review on organizers in the Wikimedia movement focused on capturing their personas, motivations, and impact in order to highlight best practices and opportunities for further support.
For information about the Bulletin and to read previous editions, see theproject page on Meta-Wiki. Let askcacwikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement!
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