Wikipedia:Mercat Cross

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Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project

Hello. Please help pick a name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki that will enable users to combine functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata in order to generate natural language sentences in any supported languages. These sentences can then be used by any Wikipedia (or elsewhere).

There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with votes beginning on 20 October and 17 November 2025. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on mid-December 2025. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Thank ye!

-- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:43, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees

Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.

Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:

• Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
• Ombuds commission (OC)
• Case Review Committee (CRC)

Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cstwikimedia.org with any questions you may have.

For the Committee Support team,

- MKaur (WMF) 14:13, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

Reminder: Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project

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, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Thank ye!

-- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:22, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

(in Inglis) Wikidata event looking for Scots speakers to take part

Apologies for the English language post. On the 6th December there is an online “Revitalising UK history (Series 2)” event which we would like to make sure Scots speakers are aware of.

The event builds on the success of Revitalizing UK History (Series 1), which enriched Wikidata entries about underrepresented UK historical figures. For series 2, the aim is to improve multilingual accessibility by adding labels and descriptions to Wikidata items in a variety of languages and we would love for the different UK languages to be represented.

There is an online training event on Saturday 6th December 3pm - 5pm. More information and registration can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Revitalizing_UK_History_2 Gemma Coleman (WMUK) (tauk) 09:57, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

(in Inglis) Update - Wikidata event looking for Scots speakers to take part

Apologies for the English language post. Before Christmas I posted about an online Revitalizing UK History (Series 2) event which we were hoping to get some Scots presence at.

Unfortunately a tech issue meant we had to postpone and the event has now been scheduled for Saturday 17th January (3pm to 5pm online) instead.

We'd LOVE to get some Wikidata items labelled in Scots as well as a range of other languages. For more information and registration head to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Revitalizing_UK_History_2Gemma Coleman (WMUK) (tauk) 15:15, 7 Januar 2026 (UTC)