Changing the default pattern for automatically generated reference names (currently ":n", e.g. ":0", ":1"...) to use the reference type instead (e.g. "book_reference-1").
Providing a simple mechanism for communities to configure a different default name.
Generating automatic reference names based on the domain name (if it’s a web citation).
Generating automatic reference names based on template parameters (e.g. "title" or "last"+"first") – defined by the community.
Please note: We will only implement a solution if there’s clear consensus among the global community. Our intention is not to build the perfect solution, but to find a simple and lean one that alleviates the pain caused by auto generated names. We are aware that some experienced VisualEditor users might prefer an option to manually change reference names in VisualEditor, but such a UX intervention is difficult to achieve across reference types and thus out of scope for our team, we can only improve the auto-naming mechanism.
We are happy about suggestions for improving certain details of the proposed solutions. Any other feedback and alternative proposals are also welcome – even though it’s out of scope for us, it might still be relevant for future work on this topic.
Please support us interpreting consensus by clearly indicating your opinion (e.g. by using support/neutral/oppose templates). We are aware of en:WP:NOTVOTE, but given that we are facilitating this discussion with users from different wikis, potentially commenting in their native language, clearly indicating your position helps us avoid misunderstandings.
The initiative aims to promote knowledge about Ukrainian culture abroad by creating and improving Wikipedia articles in multiple languages. This year marks the sixth edition of the campaign, which will focus on contemporary culture, making today’s artistic voices and practices more visible to international audiences.
🧩How to participate?
Choose an article from the suggested list → Write an article in your language, or improve an existing one according to the rules → Add your contribution to the contest page and calculate your points → Win prizes and receive a certificate of participation → Become a promoter of truthful knowledge about Ukraine.
If you are interested in coordinating long-term community engagement for the campaign and becoming a local ambassador, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know your interest.
This is a notice regarding an ongoing data migration on Wikidata that may affect your election-related templates and Lua modules (such as Module:Itemgroup/list).
The Change:
Currently, many templates pull electoral maps from Wikidata using the property P1846, combined with the qualifier P180: Q19571328.
We are migrating this data (across roughly 4,000 items) to a newly created, dedicated property: P14226.
What You Need To Do:
To ensure your templates and infoboxes do not break or lose their maps, please update your local code to fetch data from P14226 instead of the old P1846 + P180 structure. A list of pages was generated using Wikimedia Global Search.
Deadline:
We are temporarily retaining the old data on P1846 to allow for a smooth transition. However, to complete the data cleanup on Wikidata, the old P1846 statements will be removed after May 1, 2026. Please update your modules and templates before this date to prevent any disruption to your wiki's election articles.
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Dear Community member,
We would like to invite you all to the April edition of the South Asia Open Community Call that will focus on a discussion with the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation on their Annual Plan (2026-2027).
The Foundation’s Annual Plan is a high-level roadmap for what the organisation aims to achieve in the coming year. It includes not only the foundation’s Goals, Progress, and plan but also a summary of Global Trends that impact the present and future of our movement.
This is the right time for the South Asia community to participate and share their thoughts on the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual plan, helping shape it together. Share your hopes, concerns, bold ideas, and specific requests to contribute to the Foundation’s planning.
Hence, the next South Asia Open Community Call will be hosted on the following dates/times. Please mark the same in your calendar and sign up here.
Wikimedia hackathons are spaces for developers, designers, content editors, and other community stakeholders to collaborate on building technical solutions that help improve tools, workflows, and overall user experience across Wikimedia projects.
The hackathon is intended for:
Technical contributors active in the Wikimedia technical ecosystem, including developers, maintainers (admins/interface admins), translators, designers, researchers, documentation writers, etc.
Content contributors having an in-depth understanding of technical issues in their home Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, etc.
Contributors from other FOSS communities or those who have participated in Wikimedia events in the past and would like to begin contributing to Wikimedia technical spaces.
Participants may work on curated hackathon tasks and are also encouraged to propose their own ideas, supported by a clear problem statement and a proposed approach.
To encourage participation and support promising contributions, scholarships will be provided to support participants’ related expenses.
Apply here:
Scholarship application form (Deadline: 2 May 2026): Google form
More information:
We encourage interested contributors to apply and participate. Further updates, including program details and venue, will be shared on the Meta page.
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Hello everyone,
We hope you are doing well.
We would like to share that applications for the Train the Trainer (TTT) 2026 program are currently open. TTT is a capacity-building initiative aimed at supporting Wikimedians in developing training, facilitation, and leadership skills.
We are happy to inform you that the scholarship application deadline has been extended until 20 May 2026. We are still receiving applications and encourage interested community members, especially emerging leaders, to apply.
We also request your support in sharing this opportunity within your communities and networks, so that it can reach a wider and more diverse group of participants.
Hello everyone! I am glad to inform you that as the next step in the Parser Unification project, Parsoid will soon be turned on as the default article renderer on your wiki. We are gradually increasing the number of wikis using Parsoid, with the intention of making it the default wikitext parser for MediaWiki's next long-term support release. This will make our wikis more reliable and consistent for editors, readers, and tools to use, as well as making the development of future wikitext features easier.
If this disrupts your workflow, don’t worry! You can still opt out through a user preference or turn Parsoid off on the current page using the Tools submenu, as described in the Extension:ParserMigration documentation.
Hello community, the Wikimedia Foundation has provided a single legal and safety contact page, to be linked in the footer of your wiki, to ensure access to accurate legal information. This is a regulatory requirement. We have already rolled out links to English, German, Italian, Spanish and other wikis and we will deploy to your wiki soon. Please read more on the project page and leave any comments in this thread or on the talk page.
We are excited to announce Kerala Culture Month 2026, a collaborative campaign launched in conjunction with WikiConference India 2026. This initiative aims to expand and enhance content about Kerala across all Wikimedia projects, creating a comprehensive, open-access knowledge base.
Campaign Focus:
Expand Wikipedia articles about Kerala in multiple languages
Improve content quality with citations, images, and comprehensive information
Populate Wikimedia Commons with freely licensed Kerala media
Enrich Wikidata with structured information about Kerala-related topics
We invite you to contribute by writing new articles, enhancing existing ones, uploading media, or organizing data on Wikidata. Whether you're an experienced editor or new to Wikimedia, your participation matters.
Please feel free to translate it into your language.
Hello everyone,
We hope you're doing well!
The Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group (IMDUG) is reaching out to Wikimedia communities across India to strengthen collaboration and better understand the technical needs of different language communities. Last year, we piloted Indic_Community_Task_Force_2025 initiative by engaging with two language communities to understand their technical challenges and identify opportunities for collaboration. Based on our learnings, experience, and the valuable insights we received, we are expanding the initiative this year to reach all Indic communities. Our goal is to reach every community and understand where technical support is most needed.
Build a network of community contacts for future technical collaboration.
Understand and prioritize the technical needs of Indic Wikimedia communities.
Plan focused technical support and community engagement activities.
Connect communities with developers and relevant technical initiatives where appropriate.
Please note that while we will carefully review every submission, our ability to provide support will depend on the complexity of the request, available expertise within the User Group, volunteer bandwidth, and available resources. Although we may not be able to address every request immediately, we will make every effort to prioritize and support as many community needs as possible, and where appropriate, connect communities with the relevant developers or technical channels. We look forward to working more closely with your community!
As the Wikiconference India 2026 draws nearer, the excitement is soaring as well! We are sending this message to inform you that two pre-conference activities are being held as a part of this meetup. The Wiki Loves Villages campaign 2026 starts on 15th August 2026, so get ready to contribute! This initiative aims to expand and enhance content and media about villages across all Wikimedia projects, creating a comprehensive, open-access knowledge base.
Campaign Focus:
A. Expand Wikipedia articles about Villages in India in multiple languages
B. Improve content quality with citations, images, and comprehensive information
C. Populate Wikimedia Commons with freely licensed media about a village
D. Enrich Wikidata with structured information about Village-related topics
We invite you to contribute by writing new articles, enhancing existing ones, uploading media, or organizing data on Wikidata. Whether you're an experienced editor or new to Wikimedia, your participation matters.
For more information and to get involved, visit the campaign page ((https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Village_2026)) on your preferred Wikimedia project.
Another way to contribute to a pre-conference activity is the innovative Wiki Loves Medicinal Plants 2026- it is a photography campaign hosted by WikiConference India 2026. The activity already started on 1st August and ends on 31st August 2026, so gear up to document local medicinal knowledge and fill the knowledge gaps.
This initiative aims to expand and enhance freely licensed images and other media of medicinal plants in and around our surroundings.
Campaign Focus:
A. Add freely licensed images of medicinal plants.
B. Improve description of existing medicinal plants.
C. Improve depictions of images.
D. Improve wikidata items.
We invite you to contribute by adding new photos, videos or enhancing existing ones. Whether you're an experienced editor or new to Wikimedia, your participation matters.
To know more about how to contribute, rules, and tips head to the Meta page to find information ((https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Medicinal_Plants)) on your preferred Wikimedia project.
Best regards, WikiConference India 2026 pre-conference organizing team