Wikipedia:Café

Over 'n twuk nieuws begunn

't Archief va de café bekykn

Westvleteren

Welgekommn in de café van de West-Vlamsche Wikipedia. Pakt junder ma e pinte en zet je: der es ier nôois gin belet. De café es de plekke woa da me discuteern over dingn die etwadde te moakn ein met Wikipedia of vo geweune gêestige koutnanche.
Te verkrygn an den bar: Trappist Westvleteren, Bavik, Brugse Tripel, Rôodnbach, Ingelmunsters Kastêelbier en Poperings Hommelbier...

Thank You for Last Year – Join Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026

Dear Wikimedia communities,

We hope you are doing well, and we wish you a happy New Year.

Last year, we captured light. This year, we’ll capture legacy.

In 2025, communities around the world shared the glow of Ramadan nights and the warmth of collective iftars. In 2026, Wiki Loves Ramadan is expanding, bringing more stories, more cultures, and deeper global connections across Wikimedia projects.

We invite you to explore the Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Meta page to learn how you can participate and sign up your community.

📷 Photo campaign on Wikimedia Commons

If you have questions about the project, please refer to the FAQs:

• Meta-Wiki
• Wikimedia Commons

Early registration for updates is now open via the Event page

Stay connected and receive updates:

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We look forward to collaborating with you and your community.

The Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Organizing Team 16 jan 2026 19:44 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2026 starts soon

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Invitation to Organize Feminism and Folklore 2026

Dear Wiki Community,

We are pleased to invite Wikimedia communities, affiliates, and independent contributors to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2026 writing competition on your local Wikipedia.

The international campaign will run from 1 February to 31 March 2026 and aims to improve coverage of feminism, women’s histories, gender-related topics, and folk culture across Wikipedia projects.

About the Campaign

Feminism and Folklore is a global writing initiative that complements the Wiki Loves Folklore photography competition. While Wiki Loves Folklore focuses on visual documentation, this writing campaign addresses the gender gap on Wikipedia by improving encyclopedic content related to folk culture and marginalized voices.

What Can Participants Write About?

Communities can contribute by creating, expanding, or translating articles related to:

• Folk festivals, rituals, and celebrations
• Folk dances, music, and traditional performances
• Women and queer figures in folklore
• Women in mythology and oral traditions
• Women warriors, witches, and witch-hunting narratives
• Fairy tales, folk stories, and legends
• Folk games, sports, and cultural practices

Participants may work from curated article lists or generate new article suggestions using campaign tools.

How to Sign Up as an Organizer

Organizers are requested to complete the following steps to register their community:

1. Create a local project page on your wiki (see sample)
2. Set up the campaign using the CampWiz tool
3. Prepare a local article list and clearly mention:
   • Campaign timeline
   • Local and international prizes
4. Request a site notice from local administrators (see sample)
5. Add your local project page and CampWiz link to the Meta project page

Campaign Tools

The Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced tools to support organizers and participants:

• Article List Generator by Topic – Helps identify articles available on English Wikipedia but missing in your local language Wikipedia. The tool allows customized filters and provides downloadable article lists in CSV and wikitable formats.
• CampWiz – Enables communities to manage writing campaigns effectively, including jury-based evaluation. This will be the third year CampWiz is officially used for Feminism and Folklore.

Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access the tools

Learn More & Get Support

For detailed information about rules, timelines, and prizes, please visit the Feminism and Folklore 2026 project page.

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out via:

• Meta talk page
• Email us using details on the contact page.

Join Us

We look forward to your collaboration and coordination in making Feminism and Folklore 2026 a meaningful and impactful campaign for closing gender gaps and enriching folk culture content on Wikipedia.

Thank you and best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2026 International Team

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Invitation to Host Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in Your Country

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Hello everyone,

We are delighted to invite Wikimedia affiliates, user groups, and community organizations worldwide to participate in Wiki Loves Folklore 2026, an international initiative dedicated to documenting and celebrating folk culture across the globe.

About Wiki Loves Folklore

Wiki Loves Folklore is an annual international photography competition hosted on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign runs from 1 February to 31 March 2026 and encourages photographers, cultural enthusiasts, and community members to contribute photographs that highlight:

• Folk traditions and rituals
• Cultural festivals and celebrations
• Traditional attire and crafts
• Performing arts, music, and dance
• Everyday practices rooted in folk heritage

Through this campaign, we aim to preserve and promote diverse folk cultures and make them freely accessible to the world.

Project page on Wikimedia Commons

Host a Local Edition

As we celebrate the eight edition of Wiki Loves Folklore, we warmly invite communities to organize a local edition in their country or region. Hosting a local campaign is a great opportunity to:

• Increase visibility of your region’s folk culture
• Engage new contributors in your community
• Enrich Wikimedia Commons with high-quality cultural content

Sign up to organize:

If your team prefers to organize the competition in either February or March only, please feel free to let us know.

If you are unable to organize, we encourage you to share this opportunity with other interested groups or organizations in your region.

Get in Touch

If you have any questions, need support, or would like to explore collaboration opportunities, please feel free to contact us via:

• The project Talk pages
• Email: support@wikilovesfolklore.org

We are also happy to connect via an online meeting if your team would like to discuss planning or coordination in more detail.

Warm regards,

The Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

MediaWiki message delivery (overleg) 18 jan 2026 13:21 (UTC)

Annual review of the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines

I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 9 February 2026. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk)

19 jan 2026 21:02 (UTC)

Join the sixth Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month on Wikipedia!

Join our campaign!

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Dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the sixth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st April until 30th April 2026.

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.

🧩Check our main page for more information.

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.

If not, then we encourage you to translate the landing page of the contest and banner into your own language.

Also, we set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in this challenge!

OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 04:35, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Action Required: Update templates/modules for electoral maps (Migrating from P1846 to P14226)

Hello everyone,

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.

Let us know if you have any questions or need assistance with the query logic. Thank you for your help! ZI Jony using MediaWiki message delivery (overleg) 3 apr 2026 17:11 (UTC)

Robotstoatus veur Kannotbot - joat of nint?

Goeiendag allemaal,

'k Wuln ier is klappen over robotrechten en oe da je ze krygt. Kannotlogin komt myn op myn overlegblad juste vragen of zyn robot Kannotbot de botvlagge mag krygen. 'n Botvlagge, moe'j weten, maakt dan we 'n bot zyn bydragen nie truggezien in "Juste veranderd". Da's vreed andig, wan zukke bots doeën dikkels veranderingen by onderden in 't ure. Zou je da allemale zien kunnen, dan zou je d'r a rap zot van worden.

Moar zukswat moe wel in overleg gebeurn. 'n Gebruker mee robotstoatus kan zo van olles uutsteken zonder dat iemand 't ziet, en doar ka'j misbruuk van maken. Vaneigen vertrouwen 'k ik Kannotlogin veur onderd procent, moar 't mag nie zo wezen dat ne gebruker moar vraagt van "eula bureaucroat, meugen'k ik 'n botbitje van joe?" en da je dat dan zomoar krygt.

Dus ierbie myn vraag an joender: Vyn je gynder 't goed da'k Kannotbot robotstoatus geven? Steinbach (overleg) 12 apr 2026 11:15 (UTC)

Joak ;)--Zeisterre (overleg) 12 apr 2026 12:41 (UTC)

Dag @Steinbach en iedereene, merci vo 't openen van dit topic! K'goa ier even uutleggn wuk da myn bot, Kannotbot, juste goat doen.

Kwille kik ier ne oanvroage doen vo myn bot Kannotbot. Deezn bot zal meerdere zoakn doen en zal myne oalgemene bot wordn. Nu de grootste zoakn ip dit moment zalle zyn:

Vertoaln

Deezn bot zal artikeln van de Engelse wiki vertoaln en overzetn ip de Vlamse wiki. Deezn bot zet oalles van patrôon om noar de juiste vls wiki patrôon. Oals deezn nie bestoan, gebruikt het ne api om de broncode dervan te krygn (bepoalde zoakn stript de bot geweune omda wy da nie doen). Dus den bot zou hele doagn werkn en artikeln oanmoakn, ma ge goat oak artikeln van de en wiki kunnn oanvroagn doort ip de discuusje poagina te zetn van den bot. Ke 't zelve oal getest ip Gebruker:Kannotbot/Concept User:Kannotlogin/sandbox bot en da is vertoald van w:en:User:Kannotlogin/sandbox_bot en zoals ge kunt zyn ist al goe, ma kmoe nog een poar probleemn iplossn en echte artikeln testn (die testn gebruukt vele complexe wiki code en patrôon). Nu, deezn bot ploatst oak overalle Patrôon:Bot-vertalienge boovnt artikele zoda mensn weetn dat vertoald is. Zodra dat de vertoalienge gecheckt is en verbeeterd is, kan da weg.

Zie oak Discuusje_gebruker:Zeisterre#Vertoal_bot.

Welkom en Badge systeem

Den bot zou oak gemoakt wordn voor systeem zoakn gelik nieuwe gebruikers welkom heetn en ne badge systeem.

Zie discuusje Discuusje_gebruker:Zeisterre#Wuk_da_kik_nog_goan_doen_en_wuk_da_kik_al_gedoan_en onder "Dus tvolgende zou kik toevoegen of nog doen:" vo meer info over de badges.

Vandalisme

Kzou loater nog wiln kykn om de bot vandalisme te loatn herkenn da nie via de standoard wiki zoakn kan. Hiervoorn zou kik misschien iets van een ai model gebruukn die bekykt wa der is verwyderd, of toegevoegd en die zou checkn oft goe is. (Da zou natuurlyk eerst grondig wordn getest).

Da zyn de vôornoamste zoakn van de bot. Nevest da kan 't zyn da ik de bot oak nog artikeln loat checkn en zoakn gelyk patrôon, refs, etc... loat goe zetn of de ipbouw vant artikele goe zetn zodat consistent is.

Dus als junder 't goe vindn, kunnen we de bot-flag geevn. Nu, deezn bot is nog in development en 't zalle nie meteen oalles goe zyn en k'zalle het goe controlleern int begun. Kannotlogin (overleg) 12 apr 2026 11:37 (UTC)

Nog 'n maal veur de vurm: ItsNyoty, vin je gy 't ok goed op wat peis je gy d'rvan? Steinbach (overleg) 12 apr 2026 14:42 (UTC)

k ben akkoord as t al t bovenstaonde doet, buuten ’t verwelkomen van mensen. Da moe toch wel iets zyn da persoonlijk gebeurt, vin’k. ItsNyoty (overleg) 12 apr 2026 15:18 (UTC)

Dernaost is vandalisme bestrieden nie noadig, da kuunen we zelf echt wel met de minimale anpassien da ier gebeurt, en anders kuunen we loater nog altied kieken noar Automoderator van de foundation. ItsNyoty (overleg) 12 apr 2026 15:19 (UTC)

Vo myn is da goe. Ksnappe van u verwekoomn van de menskn. Kannotlogin (overleg) 12 apr 2026 17:30 (UTC)

👍🏼👍🏼 ItsNyoty (overleg) 12 apr 2026 19:14 (UTC)

Da's dan ierby gedoan. Steinbach (overleg) 12 apr 2026 22:32 (UTC)

Merci Steinbach. Kannotlogin (overleg) 12 apr 2026 23:27 (UTC)

Request for comment (global AI policy)

Apologies for writing in English. Help met het vertalen in uw taal A request for comment is currently being held to decide on a global AI policy. Bedankt! MediaWiki message delivery (overleg) 26 apr 2026 00:58 (UTC)

Kannotlogin

cc @ItsNyoty, Steinbach, Zeisterre: as active sysops of this wiki. I've had to globally lock Special:CA/Kannotlogin, an admin of this wiki, for engaging in cross-wiki spam and sockpuppetry. Several of their other socks, namely Kannori, Kannotbot, Flordie, Fandomdude15, Fandomdude16, Hottentottententoonstellingsticketje, Poriklo, Maya51094, Vonera14 and Latase38, have all also been subsequently locked (or were previously already locked). Since they're globally locked, I'll soon remove their perms from here locally, but letting the community know since they are an active sysop of this wiki. --SHB2000 (overleg) 5 mei 2026 00:20 (UTC)

😲 ItsNyoty (overleg) 5 mei 2026 05:07 (UTC)

@SHB2000: Since this user has been active here for quite some time, was recently granted sysop rights, and has never done any disruptive editing that we know of, we would like you to provide some more details. What spam content did s/he actually add? We might want to review these pages. Steinbach (overleg) 5 mei 2026 06:51 (UTC)

@Steinbach: Most of the spam added was on Wikinews projects, many that were just at the brink of closing, often trying to promote some Roblox player(?). Edits like what you see at Special:GlobalContributions/Fandomdude16 (they've yet to be deleted). --SHB2000 (overleg) 5 mei 2026 07:20 (UTC)

He promoted his own (He stated that he is Quinten Delaere) last year too. He was banned on Wikidata for spamming his own Q-item.

He got on this project by also creating Quinten Delaere. After this, he started editing other articles and doing good work here. He joined the nlwiki discord and asked questions there how to do things correctly. I started to trust him more, since I thought he knew what he did was wrong, as we told him. During the last months he did great work updating the project. It's sad to see that he has gone with sockpuppetry again even though he explicitly told not to undergo sockpuppetry again (d:User talk:Kannotlogin). ItsNyoty (overleg) 5 mei 2026 07:37 (UTC)

Also check d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kannotlogin ItsNyoty (overleg) 5 mei 2026 09:27 (UTC)

@Steinbach: Het grootste probleem is het aantal accounts dat werd aangemaakt om zijn content cross-wiki te plaatsen. Persoonlijk beschouw ik de inhoud zelf niet als "spam", maar het aanhoudend plaatsen van COI-content via meerdere accounts wordt wel als een vorm van spamming beschouwd. XXBlackburnXx (overleg) 5 mei 2026 18:54 (UTC)

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De vraag es noe, of dan we't artikel Quinten Delaere 'ouwen moeten of nie. Ip 't discusjeblad van 't artikel lopt daar 'n discusje over. 'k Willen 'kik geire iederêne uutnôgen om doaran mee te doen. Steinbach (overleg) 5 mei 2026 17:30 (UTC)

Vote now in the 2026 U4C election

Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2026 Election information page. The vote closes on 2 June 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 14 June 2026. -- In cooperation with the U4C,

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