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Как трябва да постъпя, ако използвате мои снимки, без да имате разрешение за това ?

Случайно попаднах на моя снимка, качена от непознат за мен човек във Вашият сайт. Снимката е от с. Добърско http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Jesus-rocket-dobarsko.jpg&oldid=48896992&uselang=bg

Написано е,че "Двуизмерното произведение на изкуството показано в това изображение е обществено и международно достъпно поради смъртта на автора си или времето на първа публикация". Е, не съм починала, нито пък съм давала съгласието си снимката ми да бъде използвана в WIKIMEDIA.

На сайто от коъто е открадната снимката изрично е записано " Всички снимки и материали, публикувани на сайта Забавления с фотография, са със запазени авторски права. Използването им без писменото съгласието на автора е нарушение на Закона за авторското право и сродните му права."

Ще помоля някой от админите да се свърже с мен на мейла за да обсъдим подробностите.

Algaivel 16:56, 25 май 2011

Здравейте, госпожо Велева. Благодаря Ви, че обърнахте внимание на този казус.

Колегата, прекачил снимката, явно се е заблудил, следвайки едно известно правило, че репродукция на двуизмерно произведение, което е в сферата на общественото достояние поради изтекла давност, не генерира за репродуциращия го ново авторско право. Например сканирането на старинни картини, снимки, карти, чертежи и т.н. не генерира на името на сканьора ново авторско право, с репродукцията си той не става съ-автор, а остава да важи само правото на оригиналния автор. Без да искам да омаловажавам нарушението, но ми прави (добро) впечатление, че в описанието на снимката коректно е било посочено името Ви като автор и линкът-източник на снимката. Мисля, че не е имало зла умисъл за присвояване на авторството над снимката Ви, а само недоглеждане, че не става въпрос за двумерно изображение с изтекли авторски права.

В случая действително е очевидно, че е сниман 3D обект (под определен ъгъл, светлина и т.н. все фактори, които могат да се смятат за художествен избор), с което над (безусловно изтеклото вече) авторско право на оригиналния автор на стенописа на църквата се надгражда и вашето авторско право като фотограф.

Така че напълно приемам възражението Ви, изтривам снимката и Ви поднасям извиненията си. При наличието на над 10 милиона файла в общото мултимедийно хранилище Общомедия, понякога не е възможно своевременно да се откриват подобни нарушения, колкото и да се стараем. Обикновено тези нарушения настъпват защото потребителите са водени от желанието да помогнат за подобряването на съдържанието на Уикипедия, но не познават или осъзнават напълно спецификите на свободните лицензи от една страна и на запазените авторски права, от друга.

В заключение, надявам се, че няма да останете с лошо чувство към Уикипедия и сродните й проекти. За свеждането на случаите на нарушения до минимум действително се полагат големи грижи, както и въобще за създаването и подобряването на качествено енциклопедично съдържание, от което - сигурна съм - се ползвате и Вие, и го оценявате. :)

Поздрави, →Spiritia 17:06, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Здравейте Spiritia, благодаря Ви за бързата и адекватна реакция. Оценявам Вашите усилия, бъдете сигурна в това. Просто държа на коректността, спазването на законите и уважението между хората. Държа също така на тяхното лично право да решават как да се разпореждат с плодовете на техния труд. Благодаря Ви още веднъж, желая Ви здраве и успех в трудното начинание. Оставам с уважение Галя Велева Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:56 PM

Здравейте отново Spiritia,

със съжаление трябва да кажа, че май прибързах с благодарностите :(http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AJesus-rocket-dobarsko.jpg&oldid=48896992&uselang=bg Снимката си е там ... Много жалко наистина

Галя Велева Thu, May 27, 2011 at 18:36 PM

Не сте прибързала с благодарностите. Снимката Ви беше изтрита още снощи. Ако бъдете така любезна да си рефрешнете кеша на браузъра, евентуално бихте могла и сама да се убедите. (Обичайните клавишни комбинации са F5 или Ctrl+F5 или Ctrl+Shift+R). →Spiritia 17:28, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Как трябва да постъпя, ако някой редактор е изтрил моя статия и е забранил да бъде свързван с потребители - респ. с мен?

Моля за отговор, редактор е изтрил моя статия за Петър Цанков - публикувана на 25.10.2011г. с посочена причина "нарушение на авторски права". Статията е моя - авторска и източникът е човекът за когото писах и по една случайност мой партньор в живота от 9 години. Как да постъпя за да се свържа с въпросният "редактор"? Какво да направя, за да бъде качена статията отново? ......... Защо не ми се отговори от кои източници е взет материала публикуван в Уикипедия за Меричлери.Много Ви моля не публикувайте не проверени и неверни неща.Меричлери има написана история сравнете материалите си с книгата "Меричлери в историята и в мен"от Георги Янев издадена през 2009 година.

                                ..........

Как трябва да постъпя, когато постоянно се изтриват моите снимки?

Качените досега от мен снимки на портрет и корици на книги са моя лична собственост и въпреки, че многократно съм го обяснила, бивам обвинявана във вандализъм и посегателство към чужди творби. Това е крайно оскърбително и некоректно. Много моля някой от админите да се свърже с мен по мейла, за да обсъдим подробностите.

Terms of Use update

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MediaWiki 1.19

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lostbulgaria.com

• Commons:Village pump/Copyright#lostbulgaria.com Takabeg (talk) 03:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Не съм на ясно с авторските права за снимките

Искам да сложа снимка към статията, която пиша. За съжаление, не можах да намеря нищо в галерията на Wikipedia. Опитах се да кача в галерията и съответно в статията, но получих съобщение, че евентуално може да има нарушени права. Какво да направя? Тази статия е домашно от училището ми и има огормно значение за мен да е добре изпълнено. Мога ли да получа малко помощ. Статията ми е в исландката Wikipedia, под името Boardmaker. Много ще съм ви благодарна ако можете да ми помогнет.

Update on IPv6

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2011 Picture of the Year competition

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Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2011 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We are interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year 2011. Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC) is welcome to vote and, of course everyone is welcome to view!

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About 600 of the best of Wikimedia Common's photos, animations, movies and graphics were chosen –by the international Wikimedia Commons community– out of 12 million files during 2011 and are now called Featured Pictures.

From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons Features Pictures of all flavors.

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качване на файл

Здравейте,искам да създам нова страница/файл за български художник. Текстът съм написала в .doc формат. Не съм в час с форматирането и зациклих на този етап. Кои са разрешените формати и как да преформатирам текста, за да създам новата страница в уикипедия. Дайте подробни указания, като за първолаче :)Мерси предварително:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgartist (talk • contribs)

Това тук не е Уикипедия. Тук се качват снимки и аудио файлове. Българската Уикипедия е на адрес: http://bg.wikipedia.org/ Там не се качват никакви файлове, а се пише директно там. --V111P (talk) 05:52, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Help decide about more than $10 million of Wikimedia donations in the coming year

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File:Tharvesinata.pdf

Could someone who understands Bulgarian please check this file for possible copyvio and categorization. Thank you. --Leyo 22:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

It's some article about wood. The author given in the pdf file description is Stefka, and the file was created in 2008. --V111P (talk) 07:46, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Two questions:

• Is the uploader likely to be same person as the author?
• Is it likely that the figures in the PDF are also self-made?

--Leyo 08:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I couldn't know that. --V111P (talk) 21:00, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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Мисля, че има проблем

English: I think about and are copyrighted Cartoon Network. Please, check.

Български: Мисля, че и е под авторски права на Cartoon Network. Моля, проверете.

--Iordan Genev (talk) 11:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

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Fundraising localization: volunteers from outside the USA needed

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Hello All,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Fundraising team have begun our 'User Experience' project, with the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries outside the USA and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. I am searching for volunteers to spend 30 minutes on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real-time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project! :) If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!

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Pisma ot Belarus.

Паважаны Міхайла, дзень добры, буду пісаць на рускай мове дзеля таго, каб больш хто ў Сафіі без талмача прачытаў гэтыя радкі. Ну, а для Вас гэта звычна. Уважаемые соотечественники и милые сердцу коллеги в Союзе писателей Болгарии – гости сайта "МЫ – НАЦЫЯ!" Спасибо, что вы обратили внимание в электронном пространстве на наш скромный труд, облеченный в различные формы на сайте. Однако делать больше, чем показано там, мы – в своем узком кругу, пожалуй, не можем. Ограничены наши возможности.

Солидарны с вашим болгаро-белорусским направлением деятельности и желаем успеха. В мире должны побеждать здравый смысл и совесть, в мире должны развиваться национальные традиции и разнообразная по этническим формам и смыслу да смыслам культура, иначе мы все помельчаем и пропадем; перспектива за этническими сообществам и национальными государствами, поддерживающими биологическое и культурное разнообразие на планете. Судя по вашему письму, эти суждения вы разделяете. Положим…

Однако наши власти на месте, к сожалению, отошли от национальных интересов, особенно те, которые сверху, и, заботясь лишь о хлебе насущном для народа, все больше ввергают страну в хаос, бесцветность, безнравственность. Возможно, не отдавая себе отчета в том... Таким образом, самое «великое», что они успешно выполняют, это деформация и распад культурного этнического пространства. А за этим идет обесцвечивание самого народа и природных ландшафтов; покрытие всего, на что направлена их блистательная ледово-дворцовая гордыня, сирым духом да пустопорожним рублём, и это вызывает у нормальных людей нигилизм, сплин, уныние – причина, по которой многие достойные, умные, талантливые и работоспособные беларусы оставляют свои пределы. Опасный процесс, опустошающий еще и еще раз наше изведённое мытарствами последних лет и десятилетий беларусское общество.

Вы правильно пишете о нашем позоре. Но вот как уйти от него? Меры, которые вы перечисляете, годятся, скорее всего, для нормального и развитого общества. А у нас-то социум скован и не движется – как река в большущий мороз, где подо льдом задыхается рыба. Вместе с тем продолжается и дальше распад и утрата национальных ценностей, что волнует теперь многих, кто осознает себя беларусом, особенно творческую и культурную интеллигенцию. И нельзя, невозможно никак образумить командующего подобным экстраординарным парадом. А ведь повернись он лицом к чаяниям народа, к национальным духовным да культурным ценностям – языку, объединяющему нацию, к истории, связывающей поколения, – как всё пошло бы по-иному, и он был бы не странен и не смешон, и рядовому труженику да патриоту Сергею Коваленко не пришлось бы сидеть в тюремном каземате. Впрочем, стань наш предводитель таким – и уже кому-то из соседей это будет не в нос. По-видимому, и там вынесенный из прошлых столетий алчный норов следует укрощать поелику возможно.

Сайт "МЫ – НАЦЫЯ!" как раз и выступает за добрый лад и согласие в гражданском обществе, за взаимопонимание на национальной почве, за процветающую на самом деле Беларусь. Что, по большому счету станет выгодным для всех и – на все стороны, включая Россию, где, будучи зацикленным на имперских интересах, чиновничий генералитет никак не возьмёт в толк этого.

Еще раз выражаю всем вам признательность за внимание к нам и нашим проблемам, кои имеют удивительно архаичный и, быть может, пронероновский характер; они, эти насыщенные трупным ядом проблемы, нежданно-негаданно вползают в нашу повседневную жизнь. Как-то традиционно на моем уже немалом веку повелось, что беларусы всегда относились к болгарам как своим братьям по культуре, по духу, у нас с вами были замечательные литературные и не только литературные контакты, порванные в последние десятилетия. К сожалению, дружба практически прекратилась. И вот эта ваша попытка наладить мосток, скрепить порванные нити взаимопонимания и дружбы достойна всяческого одобрения и поддержки, естественно. Спасибо за память о беларусах, за которых вам сегодня, как я понимаю, стыдно, что также естественно. Стыдно и беларусам самим за себя, да только не всем. Когда власть неподвластна народу, она ловчит, хитрит и со стыдом больше не в ладах. В этом плане наши предки, стоявшие у руля страны в ХVI – XVIII столетиях, были куда более совестливы, понятливы, мудры, поступали демократичнее, сдержаннее, мыслили уникальнее, глубже и находились – рукой подать – от нашей европейской цивилизации и нашей современности. Не шутка ли сказать, они уже тогда жили по стабильной демократической Конституции (Статут ВКЛ), опередившей современную Конституцию США на 200 лет! Да, только вот про такую быль или «небыль» в мире мало кто слышал. И тут – диалектика, знаете: стыд в моей душе за беларусов перемежается с гордостью, а последняя уже питает надежду. Дай Бог, чтобы в Беларуси сносно жилось беларусам, а Болгария – была для болгаров, сияющих, искрящихся от полноты жизни и здоровья! Держитесь дальше своего несокрушимого духа, премного уважаемые! Успеха во всём! Искренне,беларус-Василь Яковенко, писатель, гл. редактор сайта «МЫ – НАЦЫЯ!» Минск, 19 августа 2012 г. Дополнительная ссылка для получения информации на сайте КЕК: http://kekmir.ru/members/person_10895.html ; www.worlduni.narod.ru ,

Be a Wikimedia fundraising "User Experience" volunteer!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages.

I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!

Thanks!

Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read-only mode expected.

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) Next week, the Wikimedia Foundation will transition its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including this wiki. There will be some times when the site will be in read-only mode, and there may be full outages; the current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC (see other timezones on timeanddate.com). More information is available in the full announcement.

If you would like to stay informed of future technical upgrades, consider becoming a Tech ambassador and joining the ambassadors mailing list. You will be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Thank you for your help and your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab

I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

• Do you have an idea for a project to improve this community or website?
• Do you think you could complete your idea if only you had some funding?
• Do you want to help other people turn their ideas into project plans or grant proposals?

Please join us in the IdeaLab, an incubator for project ideas and Individual Engagement Grant proposals.

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking new ideas and proposals for Individual Engagement Grants. These grants fund individuals or small groups to complete projects that help improve this community. If interested, please submit a completed proposal by February 15, 2013. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG for more information.

Thanks! --Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 20:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians)

Greetings. As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech blog or the tech ambassadors list, a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites today. Lua is a scripting language that enables you to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next week: one on Wednesday (for Oceania, Asia & America) and one on Friday (for Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC office hours for the details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua scripting.

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance, consider becoming a Tech ambassador by subscribing to the mailing list. You will also be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system. 19:01, 13 March 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Направих си блог в който имам публикуван материал.Мога ли в същият този блог да публикувам друг материам с друга тематика или трябва да си правя нов блог.

Request for comment on inactive administrators

(Please consider translating this message for the benefit of your fellow Wikimedians. Please also consider translating the proposal.)

Read this message in English / Lleer esti mensaxe n'asturianu / বাংলায় এই বার্তাটি পড়ুন / Llegiu aquest missatge en català / Læs denne besked på dansk / Lies diese Nachricht auf Deutsch / Leś cal mesag' chè in Emiliàn / Leer este mensaje en español / Lue tämä viesti suomeksi / Lire ce message en français / Ler esta mensaxe en galego / हिन्दी / Pročitajte ovu poruku na hrvatskom / Baca pesan ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia / Leggi questo messaggio in italiano / ಈ ಸಂದೇಶವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಿ / Aqra dan il-messaġġ bil-Malti / norsk (bokmål) / Lees dit bericht in het Nederlands / Przeczytaj tę wiadomość po polsku / Citiți acest mesaj în română / Прочитать это сообщение на русском / Farriintaan ku aqri Af-Soomaali / Pročitaj ovu poruku na srpskom (Прочитај ову поруку на српском) / อ่านข้อความนี้ในภาษาไทย / Прочитати це повідомлення українською мовою / Đọc thông báo bằng tiếng Việt / 使用中文阅读本信息。

Hello!

There is a new request for comment on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.

We are also compiling a list of projects with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.

All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.

Thanks, Billinghurst (thanks to all the translators!) 04:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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[en] Change to wiki account system and account renaming

Some accounts will soon be renamed due to a technical change that the developer team at Wikimedia are making. More details on Meta.

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[en] Change to section edit links

The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.

Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.

Detailed information and a timeline is available on meta.

Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.

(Distributed via global message delivery 18:15, 30 April 2013 (UTC). Wrong page? Correct it here.)

Tech newsletter: Subscribe to receive the next editions

Latest Tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.

Recent software changes

(Not all changes will affect you.)

• The latest version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf4) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and to the English Wikipedia (with a Wikidata software update) on May 20. It will be updated on all other Wikipedia sites on May 22. [1] [2]
• A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. [3]
• MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. [4]
• VisualEditor was added to all content namespaces on mediawiki.org on May 20. [5]
• A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to edit templates. [6]
• New sites: Greek Wikivoyage and Venetian Wiktionary joined the Wikimedia family last week; the total number of project wikis is now 794. [7] [8]
• The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a third group of updates. [9]
• The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). [10]

Future software changes

• The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. [11]
• An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. [12]
• The final version of the "single user login" (which allows people to use the same username on different Wikimedia wikis) is moved to August 2013. The software will automatically rename some usernames. [13]
• A new discussion system for MediaWiki, called "Flow", is under development. Wikimedia designers need your help to inform other users, test the prototype and discuss the interface. [14].
• The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. [15]

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by Global message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Unsubscribe • 20:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Important note: This is the first edition of the Tech News weekly summaries, which help you monitor recent software changes likely to impact you and your fellow Wikimedians.

If you want to continue to receive the next issues every week, please subscribe to the newsletter. You can subscribe your personal talk page and a community page like this one. The newsletter can be translated into your language.

You can also become a tech ambassador, help us write the next newsletter and tell us what to improve. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. guillom 20:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Trademark discussion

Hi, apologies for posting this in English, but I wanted to alert your community to a discussion on Meta about potential changes to the Wikimedia Trademark Policy. Please translate this statement if you can. We hope that you will all participate in the discussion; we also welcome translations of the legal team’s statement into as many languages as possible and encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please see the Trademark practices discussion (on Meta-Wiki) for more information. Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF) (talk)

Feedback wanted on Commons brochure draft

I've been working on a "Welcome to Commons" brochure, and community feedback was extremely helpful. We now have a draft of the designed version, so please share any thoughts you have on how to make it better. The main target audience is newcomers who are learning about Commons for the first time.

Commons brochure draft, 2013-06-06, tentatively titled "Illustrating Wikipedia: A Guide to Contributing Content to Wikimedia Commons"

A few things to note:

• The current title is Illustrating Wikipedia: A Guide to Contributing Content to Wikimedia Commons, but we're open to better suggestions.
• Neither the design nor the content are final at this point, so if you want to propose significant changes, now is the time.
• Many minor design and text changes will happen in the next revision, but if you notice anything that needs to be adjusted, please comment.
• There is simply placeholder content for the section on adding images using the Visual Editor; once screenshots of the interface are stable, that content will be added in.

You can discuss the draft at Commons talk:Welcome to Commons brochure. Thanks!--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 14:27, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

X!'s Edit Counter

(Sorry for writing in English. You can translate the proposal.)

Should X!'s edit counter retain the opt-in requirement? Your input is strongly encouraged. Voice your input here.——cyberpower ^Chat_Automation 04:15, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

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Pywikipedia is migrating to git

Hello, Sorry for English but It's very important for bot operators so I hope someone translates this. Pywikipedia is migrating to Git so after July 26, SVN checkouts won't be updated If you're using Pywikipedia you have to switch to git, otherwise you will use out-dated framework and your bot might not work properly. There is a manual for doing that and a blog post explaining about this change in non-technical language. If you have question feel free to ask in mw:Manual talk:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit, mailing list, or in the IRC channel. Best Amir (via Global message delivery). 13:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Russavia

At Commons:Bureaucrats/Requests/Russavia (de-Bureaucrat) is a discussion about Russavias role as bureaucrat ongoing. -- Cecil (talk) 08:59, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

HTTPS for users with an account

Greetings. Starting on August 21 (tomorrow), all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. More information is available at m:HTTPS.

If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on bugzilla, on IRC (in the #wikimedia-operations channel) or on meta. If you can't use the other methods, you can also send an e-mail to https@wikimedia.org.

Greg Grossmeier (via the Global message delivery system). 18:52, 20 August 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

m:Requests for comment/Global ban for Ottava Rima

Per the m:Global bans global policy, you are informed of the discussion above. Please comment there and feel free to appropriately distribute more widely in prominent community venues in order to «Inform the community on all wikis where the user has edited». Nemo 10:08, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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Request for consultation on community logo

Request for consultation on this community logo

First, I’d like to apologize for the English. If you can, please help to translate this for other members of your community.

The legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation would greatly appreciate your input on the best way to manage the "community logo" (pictured here) to best balance protection of the projects with community support. Accordingly, they have created a “request for consultation” on Meta where they set out briefly some of the issues to be considered and the options that they perceive. Your input would be invaluable in helping guide them in how best to serve our mission.

Thank you! --Mdennis (talk) (via the Global message delivery system). 02:10, 24 September 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Notifications

Notifications inform you of new activity that affects you -- and let you take quick action.

(This message is in English, please translate as needed)

Greetings!

Notifications will inform users about new activity that affects them on this wiki in a unified way: for example, this new tool will let you know when you have new talk page messages, edit reverts, mentions or links -- and is designed to augment (rather than replace) the watchlist. The Wikimedia Foundation's editor engagement team developed this tool (code-named 'Echo') earlier this year, to help users contribute more productively to MediaWiki projects.

We're now getting ready to bring Notifications to almost all other Wikimedia sites, and are aiming for a 22 October deployment, as outlined in this release plan. It is important that notifications is translated for all of the languages we serve.

There are three major points of translation needed to be either done or checked:

• Echo on translatewiki for user interface - you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
• Thanks on translatewiki for user interface - you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
• Notifications help on mediawiki.org. This page can be hosted after translation on mediawiki.org or we can localize it to this Wikipedia. You do not have to have an account to translate on mediawiki, but single-user login will create it for you there if you follow the link.

• Checklist

Please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about this new tool. For more information, visit this project hub and this help page. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

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Speak up about the trademark registration of the Community logo.

Hi all,

Please join the consultation about the Community logo that represents Meta-Wiki: m:Community Logo/Request for consultation.

This community consultation was commenced on September 24. The following day, two individuals filed a legal opposition against the registration of the Community logo.

The question is whether the Wikimedia Foundation should seek a collective membership mark with respect to this logo or abandon its registration and protection of the trademark.

We want to make sure that everyone get a chance to speak up so that we can get clear direction from the community. We would therefore really appreciate the community's help in translating this announcement from English so that everyone is able to understand it.

Thanks, Geoff & Yana 19:50, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Под какъв лиценз трябва да публикувам информация, която ми е предоставена?

Здравейте, опитвам се да създам профил на регион Поморийски залив и Източна Стара планина, информацията за целта ми е предоставена в детайли от общините Руен, Поморие и Айтос, но не знам под какъв лиценз и форма е най-удачно да създам статията? Моля за помощ.

Introducting Beta Features

(Apologies for writing in English. Please translate if necessary)

We would like to let you know about Beta Features, a new program from the Wikimedia Foundation that lets you try out new features before they are released for everyone.

Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features on a broad scale, but in a way that's not disruptive.

Beta Features is now ready for testing on MediaWiki.org. It will also be released on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki this Thursday, 7 November. Based on test results, the plan is to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November, 2013.

Here are the first features you can test this week:

• Media Viewer — view images in large size or full screen
• VisualEditor Formulæ (for wikis with VisualEditor) — edit algebra or equations on your pages
• Typography Refresh — make text more readable (coming Thursday)

Would you like to try out Beta Features now? After you log in on MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'. Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then click 'Save'. Learn more on the Beta Features page.

After you've tested Beta Features, please let the developers know what you think on this discussion page -- or report any bugs here on Bugzilla. You're also welcome to join this IRC office hours chat on Friday, 8 November at 18:30 UTC.

Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design, Multimedia and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, they will be adding new features to this experimental program every few weeks. They are very grateful to all the community members who helped create this project — and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future.

Enjoy, and don't forget to let developers know what you think! Keegan (WMF) (talk) 19:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

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Call for comments on draft trademark policy

Hi all,

The Wikimedia legal team invites you to participate in the development of the new Wikimedia trademark policy.

The current trademark policy was introduced in 2009 to protect the Wikimedia marks. We are now updating this policy to better balance permissive use of the marks with the legal requirements for preserving them for the community. The new draft trademark policy is ready for your review here, and we encourage you to discuss it here.

We would appreciate if someone would translate this message into your language so more members of your community can contribute to the conversation.

Thanks,
Yana & Geoff

Universal Language Selector will be enabled by default again on this wiki by 21 February 2014

On January 21 2014 the MediaWiki extension Universal Language Selector (ULS) was disabled on this wiki. A new preference was added for logged-in users to turn on ULS. This was done to prevent slow loading of pages due to ULS webfonts, a behaviour that had been observed by the Wikimedia Technical Operations team on some wikis.

We are now ready to enable ULS again. The temporary preference to enable ULS will be removed. A new checkbox has been added to the Language Panel to enable/disable font delivery. This will be unchecked by default for this wiki, but can be selected at any time by the users to enable webfonts. This is an interim solution while we improve the feature of webfonts delivery.

You can read the announcement and the development plan for more information. Apologies for writing this message only in English. Thank you. Runa

Amendment to the Terms of Use

Hello all,

Please join a discussion about a proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use regarding undisclosed paid editing and we encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please translate this statement if you can, and we welcome you to translate the proposed amendment and introduction. Please see the discussion on Meta Wiki for more information. Thank you! Slaporte (WMF) 22:00, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Call for project ideas: funding is available for community experiments

I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

Do you have an idea for a project that could improve your community? Individual Engagement Grants from the Wikimedia Foundation help support individuals and small teams to organize experiments for 6 months. You can get funding to try out your idea for online community organizing, outreach, tool-building, or research to help make Wikimedia Commons better. In March, we’re looking for new project proposals.

Examples of past Individual Engagement Grant projects:

• Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)
• Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)
• Coordinating access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for project management, consultants and materials)
• Building community and strategy for Wikisource (€10000 for organizing and travel)

Proposals are due by 31 March 2014. There are a number of ways to get involved!

Hope to have your participation,

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 19:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Proposed optional changes to Terms of Use amendment

Hello all, in response to some community comments in the discussion on the amendment to the Terms of Use on undisclosed paid editing, we have prepared two optional changes. Please read about these optional changes on Meta wiki and share your comments. If you can (and this is a non english project), please translate this announcement. Thanks! Slaporte (WMF) 21:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Changes to the default site typography coming soon

This week, the typography on Wikimedia sites will be updated for all readers and editors who use the default "Vector" skin. This change will involve new serif fonts for some headings, small tweaks to body content fonts, text size, text color, and spacing between elements. The schedule is:

• April 1st: non-Wikipedia projects will see this change live
• April 3rd: Wikipedias will see this change live

This change is very similar to the "Typography Update" Beta Feature that has been available on Wikimedia projects since November 2013. After several rounds of testing and with feedback from the community, this Beta Feature will be disabled and successful aspects enabled in the default site appearance. Users who are logged in may still choose to use another skin, or alter their personal CSS, if they prefer a different appearance. Local common CSS styles will also apply as normal, for issues with local styles and scripts that impact all users.

For more information:

• Summary of changes and FAQ
• Discussion page for feedback or questions
• Post on blog.wikimedia.org

-- Steven Walling (Product Manager) on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's User Experience Design team

Ръчен хляб в България - Майстор Пекар.

Много ми става смешно, когато хората мислят, че хляба в Пекарната се появява от никъде, тоест идва Майстора и за пет минути лавиците са пълни с хляб. Ето затова реших да Ви разпиша един работен ден на Майстора Пекар:

За да има хляб в 08.00ч сутринта, то:

Майстора се събужда в 2.30 ч. през ноща. В 3.00 ч. е в Пекарната и в 3.30ч. вече е замесил. Средно Майстора прави 200-250 хляба на ден. Средно по 500 гр. С други думи 100 кг. хляб, но тази тежест му минава през ръцете няколко пъти. На работен ден през ръцете на Майстора минава около тон (1000кг) което прави в месец 26 тона, а на година 312 тона или грубо 63 000 ръчно замесени и направени хляба. Това всичко се прави от един човек. Работният ден на Майстора завършва когато му свърши хляба , но преди това той е успял: да изчисти след работата си Пекарната, да зареди продукти, да напише книгите по НАССР, да попише по счетоводство, да освежи закваските, да сложи опарите, да накисне семената и зърната, да общува във Фейсбук, да поговори с около 300 човека и др.

Пекарната се затваря между 16.00ч – 18.00ч. Майстора Пекар общува със своето семейство от 18.00ч. до 20.00ч. след това той спи за може да стане пак в 2.30ч през ноща. Майстора Пекар има само един почивен ден.

Затова моля всички, които са се сетили за хляб след 20.00 ч. да не звънят по телефона по късно от този час.

Навремето в Константинопол, човека, който е обидил или показал неуважение към Пекаря е бил наказван. Моето наказание за човек, който не уважава моят труд, тоест не уважава Хляба: имам пълното законово право да не му дам хляб. Така са наказвали престъпниците в древна Индия – една седмица без хляб.

Майстора

П.С. Ах, да. Забравих да се похваля: до сега като Пекар съм направил само на ръка, сам, 390 000 хляба. Като стигна милион значи съм си свършил работата- нахранил съм 1 000000 хора. Колко Пекаря трябват, за да се нахрани с хубав хляб всеки човек на земята? Това е за домашно......:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ””

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decisions

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

• Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
• Letter on change.org

-- JurgenNL (talk) 17:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Process ideas for software development

Hello,

I am notifying you that a brainstorming session has been started on Meta to help the Wikimedia Foundation increase and better affect community participation in software development across all wiki projects. Basically, how can you be more involved in helping to create features on Wikimedia projects? We are inviting all interested users to voice their ideas on how communities can be more involved and informed in the product development process at the Wikimedia Foundation.

I and the rest of my team welcome you to participate. We hope to see you on Meta.

Kind regards, -- Rdicerb (WMF) talk 22:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

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Grants to improve your project

Apologies for English. Please help translate this message.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. Your idea could improve Wikimedia projects with a new tool or gadget, a better process to support community-building on your wiki, research on an important issue, or something else we haven't thought of yet. Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to hiring others to help you.

• Submit your proposal
• Get help: In IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Change in renaming process

Part or all of this message may be in English. Please help translate if possible.

Single-user login (SUL) finalisation's goal is so that every Wikimedia editor has a single, recognized global account with one username across all projects. As you may know, after a long delay, it's now underway as an effort between bureaucrats, stewards, and Wikimedia Foundation engineers. This will also allow for development of cross-wiki tools like global notifications and watchlists. There is no set date for the completion of single-user login finalization at this time.

The process involves changing all rename processes into one global renaming process. The ability for local bureaucrats to rename users on this wiki will be turned off on Monday, 15 September 2014, as one of the first steps. Global renamers are in the process of being created to make sure projects and languages are represented by the time this occurs. I sent a note to every bureaucrat about this process three weeks ago with an invitation to participate and many have begun requesting to be a part of the group. Together with the stewards, the global renamers will be empowered to help editors work through the often difficult process of getting a global name.

In parting, visit Special:MergeAccount to unify your account if you have never done so. If your local pages about renaming still need to be updated, please do so and consider pointing people to m:SRUC for future rename requests, especially if this project does not have bureaucrats that hold global renamer permissions. If you have any questions, you can read more on the help page on Meta. You can also follow the technical progress on mediawiki.org. Contact me on Meta any time with questions as well. Thank you for your time.

-- User:Keegan (WMF) (talk) 9 September 2014 16.22 (UTC)

Meta RfCs on two new global groups

Hello all,

There are currently requests for comment open on meta to create two new global groups. The first is a group for members of the OTRS permissions queue, which would grant them autopatrolled rights on all wikis except those who opt-out. That proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Creation of a global OTRS-permissions user group. The second is a group for Wikimedia Commons admins and OTRS agents to view deleted file pages through the 'viewdeletedfile' right on all wikis except those who opt-out. The second proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Global file deletion review.

We would like to hear what you think on both proposals. Both are in English; if you wanted to translate them into your native language that would also be appreciated.

It is possible for individual projects to opt-out, so that users in those groups do not have any additional rights on those projects. To do this please start a local discussion, and if there is consensus you can request to opt-out of either or both at m:Stewards' noticeboard.

Thanks and regards, Ajraddatz (talk) 18:04, 26 October 2014 (UTC)