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have thrown their hats into the ring for the four vacant seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The winning candidates will serve three-year terms. As of press time, you have one more day to submit your candidacy.
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An Office Hour has been scheduled for tomorrow June 29 at 15:00 UTC to discuss the issue of MarĂ­a Sefidari's paid consultancy position. For further details see
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The elections were cancelled last year while plans to redesign the Board were in progress. Voting will be held August 4–17 with eligible voters casting
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Wikimania, the annual conference hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, will be a virtual event this year for the first time in its 15-year history.
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The diverse group of candidates includes four women, one current board member, and three Africans. About a dozen nationalities are represented.
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last year. Be interesting to hear the outcomes from that change, once they've had time to distill all of the collected data.
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for legal reasons, though the WMF is still gathering evidence and opinions on how best to implement it. Be sure to see
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Submissions for presentations are now closed, with almost 300 submissions received. Registration will open soon.
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seems to have significant support for simply banning IP editing if the IP masking is put into effect.
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Surprised the revert rate for IP edits here on enwiki is as high as 27.4%, though. Yikes. --
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There is now also a discussion at The Village Pump (WMF), under the heading
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Banning unregistered/IP editing is just wrong. 04:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
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Elections, Wikimania, masking and more: Submit your candidacy today!
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welcomes the English Knowledge (XXG)'s newest administrators,
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Knowledge (XXG):Village pump (WMF)/Archive 3#IP Masking Update
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The WMF is starting to make its proposal to mask IP addresses
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Another very long, and somewhat disorganized, discussion at
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