Vikipedija:Forumas

Vikipedijos forume galima diskutuoti su kitais projekto dalyviais apie Vikipedijos projektą visais jums rūpimais klausimais, ypač susijusiais su Vikipedijos vidaus tvarka. Forumas nėra skirtas pagalbos dėl naudojimosi Vikipedija prašymams (tam galima pasinaudoti puslapiu Vikipedija:Pagalbos biuras) ar klausimams apie dalykus, nesusijusius su Vikipedija (tam galima pasinaudoti puslapiu Vikipedija:Informacijos biuras).

Naują temą galima įrašyti pasinaudojus šia nuoroda.

Keisti

Archyvai:

• Vikipedija:Forumas/Archyvas 1 (2006 m. liepa – 2008 m. gruodis)
• Vikipedija:Forumas/Archyvas 2 (2008 m. gruodis – 2011 m. vasaris)
• Vikipedija:Forumas/Archyvas 3 (2011 m. kovas – 2012 m. lapkritis)

Infolentelių naudojimas

Man paprašius ([1]) Vikipedijos aptarimas:Infolentelės pateiktas pasiūlymas detaliau nustatyti, kada naudoti infolenteles ([2]). Kviesčiau dalyvauti diskusijoje. --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 01:31, 31 gruodžio 2012 (EET)

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!

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(Lietuviškoji) Vikidata

Ar norite versti Vikidatos pagrindinį puslapį? Vikidata yra naujas Vikimedijos projektas. http://www.penki.lt/Internetas/Naujas-milziniskas-Vikipedijos-projektas.im?id=329421&tid=446&Date=2011-07-08 :) I tried to start to translate it, but I can't do the rest. From a Lithuanian-American, PiRSquared17 (aptarimas) 09:50, 13 sausio 2013 (EET)

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.

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Thank you for your help and your understanding.

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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
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3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. 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.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Šablonų kategorizavimas: "Žymių šablonai"

Šablono aptarimas:Dokumentavimas yra pasiūlymas ([3]) kategoriją Kategorija:Žymių šablonai ([4]) naudoti nebe šabloną Šablonas:Message box naudojančių šablonų, o „skydelių“ surinkimui. Daugeliu atvejų šablonai liktų tie patys (minėtas šablonas naudojamas visų pirma skydeliams kurti), bet reikėtų kiekvieną šabloną kategorijai priskirti atskirai. Ar būtų kokių nors pastabų, prieštaravimų, pasiūlymų ar komentarų šiuo klausimu..?

Taip pat būtų ir kitas, susijęs, klausimas: kaip išvis reikėtų kategorizuoti ir skirstyti šablonus? Šiuo metu kategorijoje Kategorija:Šablonai yra 169 puslapiai (sakyčiau, šimtu šešiasdešimt devyniais puslapiais per daug) ir 28 kategorijos, pavyzdžiui, „Administracinių vienetų šablonai“, „Aptarimų šablonai“, „Football (soccer) navigational boxes (standardized)‎“, „Formatavimo šablonai“. Kategorijos aptarime yra pasvarstymų šia tema (pavyzdžiui, [5])... --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 00:21, 29 sausio 2013 (EET)

Hmm... Atrodo, niekas neprotestuoja... Matyt, reikės po truputį šablonus priskyrinėti kategorijai tiesiogiai... Gal tada kokių minčių ateis..? --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 03:43, 5 vasario 2013 (EET)

Neprotestuoju :) Ta-Ntalas (aptarimas) 11:58, 5 vasario 2013 (EET)

Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab

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• 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?
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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.

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Klausimas

Mano sukurtame puslapyje ,,Kauno Dievo Kūno bažnyčia" mano paties daryta bažnyčios nuotrauka, kurią aš ir įkėliau tuo tikslu į šį puslapį kažkodėl yra perkelta į lenkų puslapį tos pačios temos, o jos vietoje panaudota nekokybiška kažkieno kito fotografija. Kodėl taip padaryta ir kodėl nebuvo paklausta mano sutikimo, juolab, kad aš jo ir nebūčiau davęs. Norėčiau, kad tas, kuris šitaip pasielgė atkeltų fotografiją atgal. -- šis nepasirašytas komentaras buvo paliktas naudotojo Stanislovas01 (aptarimas • indėlis) 22:35, 2 vasario 2013‎ (EET)

Pala, pala. Straipsnio Kauno Dievo Kūno bažnyčia ([6]) Jūs lyg ir niekada neredagavote. Sukūrė tą straipsnį naudotojas „Timas“. Ar Jūs esate šio naudotojo klonas (žr. Vikipedija:Naudotojų klonai)..?

Be to, šiaip ar taip, niekas neturi Jūsų atsiklausti dėl Jūsų įkeltos medžiagos naudojimo. Įkeldamas kažką į Vikipediją Jūs automatiškai duodate leidimą su įkeltu objektu daryti iš esmės bet ką. --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 22:46, 2 vasario 2013 (EET)

Naudotojas Timas, buvo mano ankstesnysis vartojo vardas (dėl mano kompiuterio nesklandumų man teko iš naujo visur registruotis ir susikurti naujas paskyras. Tai tikrai ne iš blogos valios), tad šį, kaip ir kitus daugumą istorinių straipsnių sukūrė tas pats asmuo. Tačiau tai nereiškia, jog geros kokybės nuotrauka pakeičiama netikusios kokybės, juolab, kad aš kažkodėl lenkų kalbos ir jos kultūros nepopuliarinu. Juolab, kad daugelio lenkų puslapių istorinė medžiaga yra pateikiama klaidingai, bet ją taisyti jie neleidžia. Tad man dabar nieko kito nelieka, tik man savąją nuotrauką pašalinti. --Stanislovas01 (aptarimas) 00:26, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Dėl klaidų lenkų Vikipedijos straipsniuose siūlau kreiptis į lenkus, mes deja neką tegalime pagelbėti. O dėl lietuviško straipsnio, nuotrauką pakeitė naudotojas Iulius, galite su juo pasitarti, išsiaiškinti pakeitimo priežastis ir kartu nuspręsti, kurią nuotrauką palikti, ar abi. Man asmeniškai jos abi atrodo visai tinkamos. --Nomad (aptarimas) 00:40, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Savo nuotrauką aš jau pašalinau iš lenkų puslapio, nes iš esmės su jais tartis yra vargas, kadangi kiek berašai, jog esi istorikas ir tai, ką rašai yra istoriškai teisinga, tiek jie nereguoja. Tad šiuo atveju, pasielgiau kaip mano nuomone geriausia. --Stanislovas01 (aptarimas) 00:44, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Kas vyksta lenkų Vikipedijoje ne mano reikalas ir ne mano taip sakant jurisdikcija, tai tik draugiški patarimai: „savo“ nuotraukos iš ten pašalinti neturite teisės (nes nuotraukai galioja GDFL licencija) ir toks elgesys tikriausiai bus įvertintas kaip vandalizmas, o nuotrauka atstatyta, ir jei bandysite vėl pašalinti, greičiausiai Jus ten užblokuos. Jei dėl kažkokių priežasčių labai norite ištrinti tą nuotrauką, teks kreiptis į Wikimedia Commons ir bandyti draugiškai susitarti, draugiškai tai reiškia Jūs būsite prašytojo pozicijoje ir Jūsų prašymą galbūt patenkins galbūt ne. --Nomad (aptarimas) 00:47, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Visa tai nieko bendro neturi su reikalu. Nusiųsdamas failiuką Jūs suteikėte teisę juo naudotis visiems be jokio atskiro prašymo. Jei išties norėjote neleisti jos naudoti lenkams, reikėjo jos čia nedėti. Dabar jau šaukštai po pietų, kitą kartą būkite atidesnis.

Dėl straipsnio – irgi beveik tas pats. Jei norėjote, kad straipsnį kiti redaguotų tik taip, kaip Jums patinka, reikėjo nedėti jo į Vikipediją. Yra dar ir taisyklė Vikipedija:Nuosavybė, kuri sako, kad autorius neturi jokių išskirtinių straipsnių į straipsnį.

Galiausiai, dėl vartotojo vardo. Kad būtų išvengta tokių nesusipratimų, minėtą puslapį atitinkamai pažymėsiu šablonu Šablonas:Klonas. Tada visiems bus aišku, kad ten redagavo tas pats žmogus. O gal ir dar kuriuos reikėtų? --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 00:50, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Na, ką gi dėkui bent už tokią informaciją. Kiek atmenu visi straipsniai, kuriuos ar rašiau yra mano asmeniniam puslapyje. Jeigu ko neįrašęs, tai greičiausiai neatsimenu. Kas liečia straipsnio redagavimą tai aš jo neredaguoju, taip, kaip aš noriu, o vadovaudamasis tiksliomis žiniomis. Štai galiu pateikti pavyzdį straipsnyje Stanislovas Moravskis mano rašytame yra pažymėta, jog asmuo yra lietuvis, ši informacija remiasi daugybę istoriografinių ir šaltinotyros dokumentų, o tame pačiame lenkų puslapyje teigiama, kad jis lenkas, juolab, kad ta asmenybė niekur nėra savęs įvardijusi lenku. Vadinasi informacija klaidina skaitytojus. --Stanislovas01 (aptarimas) 00:58, 3 vasario 2013 (EET

Nelabai ten matau „daugybės istoriografinių ir šaltinotyros dokumentų“, vos dvi nuorodos ir viena išnaša į šaltinį. --Nomad (aptarimas) 03:32, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Aš ir nesu suinteresuotas dėti visos istoriografijos. Kažkaip vikipedijoj archyvinių šaltinių, bylų ir aprašų niekas nededa. Taip, kad mano mielas, biški atvėsk su sarkazmu. Mat abejoju, ar tu istorikas. Be kita ko, atsižvelk į faktą, jog ten esti surašyta visa įmanoma bibliografija. --Stanislovas01 (aptarimas) 13:47, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Atleiskite, bet norėtųsi priminti, kad ir Jūs pats nesate pateikęs jokių įrodymų, kad esate istorikas, išskyrus savo žodžius. Be to, visai nesvarbu, ar redaguoja istorikas, ar matematikas, ar gatvių šlavėjas (dėl to nėra ir prasmės pateikinėti minėtų įrodymų). Svarbūs yra šaltiniai (žr. Vikipedija:Patikrinamumas), kuriuos šiaip jau pateikti ir patikrinti turėtų būti galima ne tik profesionaliems istorikams. O reikalinga kompetencija, beje, visai nebūtinai koreliuoja su diplomo turėjimu – jau vien dėl to, kad reikalinga yra toli gražu ne tik „profesinė“ kompetencija (žr. Vikipedija:Kompetencija nėra nereikalinga).

Ir būtų patartina, kad naudotumėte ne tiesiai archyvus (kuriuos neretai dar reikia interpretuoti, kas kartais gali pažeisti Vikipedija:Mokslinis naujumas netoleruojamas), o istorikų normaliuose žurnaluose paskelbtus straipsnius ar pan. Ir, aišku, tuos šaltinius nurodytumėte (žr. Vikipedija:Šaltinių nurodymas). --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 14:31, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Pone Stanislovai, panašu, kad supainiojote Vikipediją su savo asmeniniu tinklaraščiu. Vienas pagrindinių skirtumų tarp jų yra tas, kad Vikipedijoje niekam nerūpi kuo jūs esate suinteresuotas. Kitas svarbus skirtumas, kad savo asmeniniame tinklaraštyje galite nurodinėti kitiems „atvėsti“, tuo tarpu taip bendrauti Vikipedijoje su Jums padėti norinčiu Vikipedijos administratoriumi – ne pati geriausia idėja. Grįžtant prie temos, kadangi ten kaip ir nėra šaltinių, ir nesate „suinteresuotas“ jų įdėti, teks kiek labiau atkreipti dėmesį į tą straipsnį. Kas ten žino, gal teisūs lenkai --Nomad (aptarimas) 14:34, 3 vasario 2013 (EET)

Wikidata phase 1 (language links) coming to this Wikipedia

Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this locally.

Wikidata has been in development for a few months now. It is now time for the roll-out of the first part of it on your Wikipedia. Phase 1 is the support for the management of language links. It is already being used on the Hungarian, Hebrew, Italian and English Wikipedias. The next step is to enable the extension on all other Wikipedias. We have currently planned this for March 6.

What is Wikidata?

Wikidata is a central place to store data that you can usually find in infoboxes. Think of it as something like Wikimedia Commons but for data (like the number of inhabitants of a country or the length of a river) instead of multimedia. The first part of this project (centralizing language links) is being rolled out now. The more fancy things will follow later.

What is going to happen?

Language links in the sidebar are going to come from Wikidata in addition to the ones in the wiki text. To edit them, scroll to the bottom of the language links, and click edit. You no longer need to maintain these links by hand in the wiki text of the article.

Where can I find more information and ask questions?

Editors on en:wp have created a great page with all the necessary information for editors and there is also an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata

To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages. You can see previous editions here.

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Šablonas „Trūksta foto“

Lygtai nematau mūsiškėje viki šablono „Trūksta foto“ (iliustracijos, lentelės, žemėlapio,...). Jį įdiegus, gal būtų galima pamažinti pilkų, grynai tekstinių straipsnių kiekį. Pvz.: en:Template:Image requested ar ru:Шаблон:Нет иллюстрации--Vilensija (aptarimas) 02:11, 4 kovo 2013 (EET)

Wikidata phase 1 (language links) live on this Wikipedia

Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this locally. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

As I annonced 2 weeks ago, Wikidata phase 1 (language links) has been deployed here today. Language links in the sidebar are coming from Wikidata in addition to the ones in the wiki text. To edit them, scroll to the bottom of the language links, and click edit. You no longer need to maintain these links by hand in the wiki text of the article.

Where can I find more information and ask questions? Editors on en:wp have created a great page with all the necessary information for editors and there is also an FAQ for this deployment. It'd be great if you could bring this to this wiki if that has not already happened. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

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See also: #.28Lietuvi.C5.A1koji.29_Vikidata. PiRSquared17 (aptarimas) 17:59, 10 kovo 2013 (EET)

Updating the logo for this wiki

New logo

Hello! As part of the update of Wikipedias logos to the new (2010) 3D puzzle globe version, we have noticed that your wiki's current logo is missing, outdated or with wrong translation. We are trying to help Wikipedias get a locally-adapted correct logo, by taking the technical difficulties on us, and in about a week from now we'll be replacing the current logo with the new one shown in this gallery, with explanation. If the translation is wrong, or there's another error in the new logo, or the community disagrees with the update, please update the list of logos or tell us on its talk. Feel free to translate this message and to move/copy/forward it where appropriate. Thanks, Nemo 15:42, 11 kovo 2013 (EET)

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

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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.

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Please, could you translate the following article into Latvian?

Welcome to the Ido Wikipedia. Ido was first known as reformed Esperanto and was created in 1907 after seven years of deliberation by a committee of professors and linguists. You may notice that Ido looks somewhat like Esperanto, but with a number of differences including a complete lack of diacritical marks, the use of the letter 'q', along with many of the words themselves. If you are studying Ido and want to write for our Wikipedia, feel free! There are people here to correct your Ido should you make a mistake. Just use the Šablonas:Revizo tag whenever you think your article could use some grammatical revision. The main site for the Ido language is located here, Ido publications are located here, and the English Wikipedia article on Ido is located here. A complete list of sites in Ido on the internet is located here. Lastly, the main reasons for choosing Ido over the more well-known Esperanto are summed up in this article.

Thanks. --Chabi1 (aptarimas) 17:11, 25 kovo 2013 (EET)

You may have better luck asking for it in Latvian Wikipedia --Nomad (aptarimas) 18:36, 25 kovo 2013 (EET)

The user asked for Lithuanian translation on Latvian Wikipedia ;) Xil (aptarimas) 00:20, 26 kovo 2013 (EET)

Could you just tranlsted to Lithuanian? --Chabi1 (aptarimas) 10:11, 26 kovo 2013 (EET)

Yes I probably could. Although I hope you won't mind me asking what this text is for, can I see where is it going to be used? --Nomad (aptarimas) 10:56, 26 kovo 2013 (EET)

It is going to be at the Ido Wikipedia, in the section called Help, (at the beginning of this page). --Chabi1 (aptarimas) 14:10, 26 kovo 2013 (EET)

First sentence could be something like "Sveiki atvykę į Vikipediją Ido kalba." Nomad: can you translate the rest? PiRSquared17 (aptarimas) 07:10, 17 vasario 2014 (EET)

Labscouse/lapskaus/labskovs/labskojs/scouse/Labskaus in the Baltic languages

My apoligies for posing a question in English. The reason is that I do not understand any of the Baltic languages and I have a problem concerning your language.

The theme of labscouse with its counterparts in other languages: Labskaus (English)/ lapskaus (Norwegish) / labskovs (Dänish)/ lapskojs (Swedish) / Labskaus (German) / scouse (English) has an intereresting baltic twist. The english article claims: Latvian Labs kausis, meaning 'good bowl' or hotpot, or Lithuanian labas káuszas, meaning the same. This claim seems to originate in an article in Spiegel (Dabei gibt es zwei baltische Sprachen, in denen das scheinbare Kauderwelsch einen Sinn ergibt: Labs kausis heißt auf Lettisch "gute Schüssel", auf Litauisch sagt man dazu labas káuszas. ). This seems to have travelled world wide. Googling the words just reveals a whole lot of hits originating with Wikipedia articles and I was unable to find relevant dictionaries. The origin of the word in Scandinavia and Germany seems to be clear, the origin of the word is English. The origin of the English "lobscouse" is however unclear. It would be a very interesting story if lobscouse had anything to do with the Baltic countries.

About the etymology I becoming more and more confident that it is a very old loan from english, but other possibilities have to be eliminated. The DWDS states that it comes from English. Duden online says: aus dem Niederdeutschen < englisch lobscouse, Herkunft ungeklärt. It is most certainly a well travelled word as a lot of sailors expressions are. In English it is traced back to 1707 (Oxford English Dictionary is probably the most reliable source to English), and there is uncertainty about the earlier origin of the word. The Springer article seems to caracterize it's own examples as Kauderwelsch and given that the article has given rise to a theory qouted in english and other Wikipedias, it could well be a very good joke, but elimination is the clue and the Springer article could be very original research.

I have not been able to find much about the Baltic words on the net. Google claims that labas means good, but does not recognize labs. Google translates kausis to cup (latvian) will fight (lithuanian), káuszas to eye sockets (lithuanian). I was not really dissapointed, machine translation is more for fun if you know both languages and can enjoy the Kauderwelsch they sometimes produce. I would dearly like some proper translation of the baltic words.

- Are there any online dictionaries available?. The Springer article refers to the words - Labs kausis - and - labas káuszas- and I need a translation of this preferably with an internet link (hopefully reliable) and if possible with a translation to English or German. Google is not a reliable source and I can't very well qoute this forum eighter.

- I would also like to know if the phrases: - Labs kausis - and - labas káuszas - are connected, mean the same thing, have same etymology for instance. Thank you for your time and best wishes from --Stallo (aptarimas) 12:13, 28 kovo 2013 (EET)

In Lithuanian, "labas" is an archaic term for "good". In Latvian, "labs" also means "good". Latvian "kauss" means cup, "kausies" or similar means "will fight" (from lv verb "kauties"). I honestly don't know what lt "kauszas" means or even if it is a word but, if it is, it is likely a cognate. PiRSquared17 (aptarimas) 07:19, 17 vasario 2014 (EET)

Wikidata phase 2 (infoboxes) coming to this Wikipedia

Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

A while ago the first phase of Wikidata was enabled on this Wikipedia. This means you are getting the language links in each article from Wikidata. It is soon time to enable the second phase of Wikidata (infoboxes) here. We have already done this on the [first 11 Wikipedias] (it, he, hu, ru, tr, uk, uz, hr, bs, sr, sh) and things are looking good. The next step is English Wikipedia. This is planned for April 8. If everything works out fine we will deploy on all remaining Wikipedias on April 10. I will update this part of the FAQ if there are any issues forcing us to change this date. I will also sent another note to this village pump once the deployment is finished.

What will happen once we have phase 2 enabled here? Once it is enabled in a few days you will be able to make use of the structured data that is available on Wikidata in your articles/infoboxes. It includes things like the symbol for a chemical element, the ISBN for a book or the top level domain of a country. (None of this will happen automatically. Someone will have to change the article or infobox template for this to happen!)

How will this work? There are two ways to access the data:

• Use a parser function like {{#property:p169}} in the wiki text of the article on Yahoo!. This will return “Marissa Mayer” as she is the chief executive officer of the company.
• For more complicated things you can use Lua. The documentation for this is here.

We are working on expanding the parser function so you can for example use {{#property:chief executive officer}} instead of {{#property:p169}}. The complete plan for this is here.

Where can I test this? You can already test it on test2.

Where can I find more information and ask questions? We have collected the main questions in an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages.

--Lydia Pintscher 20:03, 5 balandžio 2013 (EEST)

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Kodėl „perkelti“, o ne „pervardyti“?

Kodėl kiekviename Vikipedijos straipsnyje esanti straipsnio pervardijimo funkcija įvardyta „perkelti“, o ne „pervardyti“? Be to, ne „pervadinti“, o „pervardyti“ (http://dz.lki.lt/word/pervardyti/). Ir prie to pačio: ar nėra galimybės pakeisti datos formato į lietuvišką (dabar, pasirašant, rašoma „12:50, 18 balandžio 2013 (EEST)“, nors lietuviškai būtų „12:50, 2013 m. balandžio 18 d. (EEST)“). Shakurazz (aptarimas) 12:54, 18 balandžio 2013 (EEST)

Galiu paspėlioti kaip atsirado perkelti (turbūt nuo angliško move) bet gal iš tiesų geriau tiktų pervadyti? --Nomad (aptarimas) 19:36, 4 liepos 2013 (EEST)

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!) 07:59, 24 balandžio 2013 (EEST)

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Wikidata phase 2 (infoboxes) is here

Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this. If you understand German better than English you can have a look at the announcement on de:Wikipedia:Kurier.

A while ago the first phase of Wikidata was enabled on this Wikipedia. This means you are getting the language links in each article from Wikidata. We have now enabled the second phase of Wikidata (infoboxes) here. We have already done this on the [first 11 Wikipedias] (it, he, hu, ru, tr, uk, uz, hr, bs, sr, sh) a month ago and two days ago on the English Wikipedia. Today all the remaining Wikipedias followed.

What does having phase 2 enabled here mean? You are now able to make use of the structured data that is available on Wikidata in your articles/infoboxes. It includes things like the symbol for a chemical element, the ISBN for a book or the top level domain of a country. (None of this will happen automatically. Someone will have to change the article or infobox template for this to happen!) The current state is just the beginning though. It will be extended based on feedback we get from you now.

How will this work? There are two ways to access the data:

• Use a parser function like {{#property:p159}} in the wiki text of the article on Wikimedia Foundation. This will return “San Francisco” as that is the headquarter location of the non-profit.
• For more complicated things you can use Lua. The documentation for this is here.

We are working on expanding the parser function so you can for example use {{#property:headquarter location}} instead of {{#property:p159}}. The complete plan for this is here.

Where can I test this? You can test it on test2 if you don't want to do it in an article here.

Where can I find more information and ask questions? We have collected the main questions in an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages.

We are excited about taking yet another step towards allowing all Wikipedias share structured data and collect and curate it together. --Lydia Pintscher 22:13, 24 balandžio 2013 (EEST)

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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.

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Nežinau kaip???

Sveiki, noriu sukurti straipsni apie žymu žmogu, bet nemoku ikelti nuotraukos, kaip reikia tai padaryti? -- šis nepasirašytas komentaras buvo paliktas naudotojo Cikita123 (aptarimas • indėlis) 16:32, 2 gegužės 2013‎ (EEST)

Ar norite į straipsnį įdėti nuotrauką, kuri kur nors Vikipedijoje jau yra, ar norite ir pačią nuotrauką įkelti..? --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 01:28, 8 gegužės 2013 (EEST)

Aš noriu ir pakeisti nuotrauka straipsnyje. Ir noriu nauja straipsni sukurti ir ideti nuotrauka.

del automatinio filtro

turiu nusiskundima dėl automatinio filtro parasai zodzio paiskinima kad suprastu kiti zmones bet ne jam netinka tipo per trumpai, cia ne bakalauras ar magistras kad pilstyt is tuscio i kiaura!!! -- šis nepasirašytas komentaras buvo paliktas naudotojo Sawass19 (aptarimas • indėlis) 22:13, 7 gegužės 2013‎ (EEST)

Tai gal galima būtų konkrečiau? Koks yra tas žodis ir koks tas paaiškinimas? O šiaip jau, jei filtras kelia triukšmą, tai turbūt ne tik iki magistrinio darbo, bet ir iki poros sakinių dar kažko trūksta... --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 01:30, 8 gegužės 2013 (EEST)

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. [7] [8]
• A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. [9]
• MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. [10]
• VisualEditor was added to all content namespaces on mediawiki.org on May 20. [11]
• A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to edit templates. [12]
• New sites: Greek Wikivoyage and Venetian Wiktionary joined the Wikimedia family last week; the total number of project wikis is now 794. [13] [14]
• The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a third group of updates. [15]
• The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). [16]

Future software changes

• The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. [17]
• An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. [18]
• 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. [19]
• 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. [20].
• The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. [21]

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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)

PADĖKITE

Gal kas nors gali man padėti? Aš noriu ,kad paaiškintumete kaip i straipsni reikia ikelti nuotrauka? Visiškai šito neišmanau, visaip bandžiau, bet nieko nesigauna. HELP HELP HELP !!!

Jei įkėlimo taisyklių neįkertate, tai parašykite man. Gausite paaiškinimą.--Vilensija (aptarimas) 23:08, 6 birželio 2013 (EEST)

O kur tau parašyt?

Siūlau pirmiausia paskaityti pagalbos puslapį, jis čia - Pagalba:Turinys. Ta-Ntalas (aptarimas) 11:15, 7 birželio 2013 (EEST)

Skaičiau aš jau ta pagalbos puslapi, man tereikia sužinoti kaip ikelti nuotrauka.

Kas galėtu man padėti?

Sveiki, noriu paklausti, kas yra iš Klaipėdos? Ir kas labai gerai moka naudotis Vikipedija? Norėčiau susitikti ir kad parodytumete kaip ka reikia daryti, kaip nuotrauka ikelti ir t.t. Parašykite savo email'a. Arba parašykite į mano emaila gabriielle.j.r@gmail.com Lauksiu :) Iš anksto Ačiū.

Atvejis įdomus. Reiškia, reikia patobulinti „pagalbos“ taisykles. --Vilensija (aptarimas) 06:15, 8 birželio 2013 (EEST)

Kairėje, prie "įrankių" yra nuoroda - įkelti failą. Ten neaišku kaip tai atlikti? Ta-Ntalas (aptarimas) 22:45, 9 birželio 2013 (EEST)

Free Research Accounts from Leading Medical Publisher. Come and Sign up!

gets Wikipedia editors free access to reliable sources that are behind paywalls. I want to alert you to our latest donation.

• Cochrane Collaboration is an independent medical nonprofit organization that conducts systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health-care interventions, which it then publishes in the Cochrane Library.
• Cochrane has generously agreed to give free, full-access accounts to medical editors. Individual access would otherwise cost between $300 and $800 per account.
• If you are active as a medical editor, come and sign up :)

Cheers, 00:11, 17 birželio 2013 (EEST)

Cochrane Library Sign-up (correct link)

My apologies for the incorrect link: You can sign up for ' accounts at the. Cheers, 00:46, 17 birželio 2013 (EEST)

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 07:45, 23 birželio 2013 (EEST)

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Techninės naujienos

Kaip nurodyta aukščiau, kiekvieną savaitę turėtume gauti technines naujienas apie tai, kas padaryta su MediaWiki. Tam reikėtų kažkurį puslapį užregistruoti m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors. Klausimas yra paprastas: kurį? Galima būtų šitą arba kokį naują. Pranašumai:

• Šitas puslapis:
  • Puslapis labiau matomas.
• Naujas puslapis:
  • Naujienos eina kas savaitę, tad šį puslapį teks nuolat archyvuoti. Naują specializuotą puslapį archyvuoti būtų lengviau.

Tai kaip darysime..? --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 21:12, 3 liepos 2013 (EEST)

• Geriau naujas, šitas bus perpildytas labai greitai. Ta-Ntalas (aptarimas) 08:35, 4 liepos 2013 (EEST)

Na, tada kol kas bus Vikipedija:Techninės naujienos... Aišku, po to bus galima keisti. --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 21:07, 4 liepos 2013 (EEST)

Universal Language Selector will be enabled on 2013-07-09

On July 9, 2013, Universal Language Selector (ULS) will be enabled on this wiki. The ULS provides a flexible way to configure and deliver language settings like interface language, fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings). Making it available here is the last phase of making ULS available on all Wikimedia wikis.

Please read the announcement on Meta-Wiki for more information. Siebrand 15:43, 4 liepos 2013 (EEST) (via Global message delivery).

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). 16:31, 23 liepos 2013 (EEST)

VisualEditor and your Wikipedia

(Please translate this message) (Please translate this message in Lithuanian) thank you !!!!

Greetings,

The Wikimedia Foundation will soon turn on VisualEditor for all users, all the time on your Wikipedia. Right now your Wikipedia does not have any local documents on VisualEditor, and we hope that your community can change that. To find out about how you can help with translations visit the TranslationCentral for VisualEditor and read the easy instructions on bringing information to your Wikipedia. The User Guide and the FAQ are very important to have in your language.

We want to find out as much as we can from you about VisualEditor and how it helps your Wikipedia, and having local pages is a great way to start. We also encourage you to leave feedback on Mediawiki where the community can offer ideas, opinions, and point out bugs that may still exist in the software that need to be reported to Bugzilla. If you are able to speak for the concerns of others in English on MediaWiki or locally I encourage you to help your community to be represented in this process.

If you can help translate the user interface for VisualEditor to your language, you can help with that as well. Translatewiki has open tasks for translating VisualEditor. A direct link to translate the user interface is here. You can see how we are doing with those translations here. You need an account on Translatewiki to translate. This account is free and easy to create.

If we can help your community in any way with this process, please let me know and I will do my best to assist your Wikipedia with this |exciting development. You can contact me on my meta talk page or by email. You can also contact Patrick Earley for help with translations and documents on Mediawiki. We look forward to working with you to bring the VisualEditor experience to your Wikipedia! Keegan (WMF) (talk) 22:08, 30 liepos 2013 (EEST)

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Protestai dėl „VisualEditor“..?

Kaip matome ([22]), ruošiamasi paleisti mūsų Vikipedijoje „VisualEditor“. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio gali pasirodyti, kad tai – visai nekalta priemonė, bet pažiūrėjus į, en:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/RFC ([23]), de:Wikipedia:Umfragen/VisualEditor Opt-in ([24]), en:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Default State RFC ([25]) ar pan., toks įspūdis gali greitai dingti… Kaip ten nurodyta, priemonė yra lėta, nelanksti, turinti maža galimybių, su aibėmis programinių klaidų. Ir dar stumiama Vikimedijos Fondo kaip „buldozeriu“. Nepaisant to, kad jų pačių atliktas testas parodė, jog naujokai (tie patys, kuriems ši priemonė visų pirma skirta) su ja redaguoja mažiau (m:Research:VisualEditor's effect on newly registered editors/Results – [26] – „Newcomers with VE enabled performed less wiki-work and spent less time editing overall. They were also marginally less likely than users with the wikitext editor to eventually save an edit.“)… Aišku, Angliškoje Vikipedijoje ši priemonė buvo įdiegta nė nesulaukus šio testo rezultatų…

Taigi, ar ruošim kokį „protestą“? Balsavimą, kaip nurodytos Vikipedijos..? --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 02:14, 6 rugpjūčio 2013 (EEST)

Būtų gerai tos nesąmonės nematyt mūsų Vikipedijoje. Ką konkrečiai galime/turime padaryti? Surengti balsavimą, ar jo norime? --Nomad (aptarimas) 09:24, 6 rugpjūčio 2013 (EEST)

Daug ką jie prastūminėja savo nuožiūra: globaliai pakeitė wiki dizainą kur kas mažiau patogiu (laimei, šis atstatomas nustatymuose), prigalvojo tuos žaidimus su wikidata, pastoviai kaitalioja interfeiso vertimus, todėl juos nuolat reikia versti iš naujo, dabar tas „visual editor“, kuris jau en. ir ru. wiki nervina, kai pakliūna paspausti vis ne ant tos redagavimo nuorodos. Siūlyčiau pasipriešinti, jei tai įmanoma. Hugo.arg (aptarimas) 11:08, 6 rugpjūčio 2013 (EEST)

Bet tai kaip tai padaryti? Siūlau daryti balsavimą. Gal kas nuo to pasikeis. --Felicilijonas (aptarimas) 11:56, 6 rugpjūčio 2013 (EEST)

Kas nors sekate naujienas, kokia dabar padėtis? Atrodo vis dar leidžia redaguoti senuoju būdu, bent jau lietuviškoje --Nomad (aptarimas) 15:05, 18 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

Na, Hugo davė atkirtį Fondui ([27])… Po to tikro balsavimo būtinybė jau sumažėjo… Po šito didesnių naujienų kaipo ir nesigirdėjo… --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 19:05, 22 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

Na ką gi – atkirčiai ir protestai lieka sau – Vikimedija vis vien padarė savo. Bent jau tuos redagavimo mygtukus kaip nors sukeitus, kad atsidarytų įprastai vikipedinis redagavimas… Hugo.arg (aptarimas) 21:06, 13 sausio 2014 (EET)

Kaip sulietuvinti visus (edit source, preview, changes ir kitus) mygtukus? Šlykščiai atrodo angliški užrašai. --Felicilijonas (aptarimas) 21:15, 13 sausio 2014 (EET)

Hi there, I have provided links so that the interface and other relevant messages can be translated into Lithuanian. Please see this message for details. Regards, --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 21:19, 13 sausio 2014 (EET)

Nustatymuose, redagavimo skiltyje yra "Temporarily disable VisualEditor". Suveikė. Tik neramina tas temporarily... Hugo.arg (aptarimas) 00:17, 14 sausio 2014 (EET)

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). 22:24, 20 rugpjūčio 2013 (EEST) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Stepanakert > Chankendi

Labas, vartotojas pasikeitė Chankendi, kaip Stepanakert apie lietuvių kalbos Vikipedijos. Administratorius gali padėti einama į ankstesnį pavadinimą straipsnį? (aš atsiprašau už kalbą) --Esc2003 (aptarimas) 23:34, 17 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

Please, just write in English (or any other language you actually know)... Google Translate has made your writing practically undecipherable - and if it was of any help, we could use it just as well, as you can... --Martynas Patasius (aptarimas) 23:55, 17 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

OK. Please any administrator revert this nationalist move. I know that user. He/She has suckpuppet activities and gets indefinite blocked on Esperanto, French, German, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish...etc Wikipedias. I do not know policies of Lithuanian language Wikipedia. If this change is correct that's not a problem. I just wanted to inform you. Regards...--Esc2003 (aptarimas) 21:13, 18 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

According to edit comments, Lithuanian wikipedia is going to keep the Lithuanized form of Stepanakert as the name of the article, because that's how it's called in vast majority of different Wikipedias. If you feel it's wrong, please post your arguments to the article's talk page. As for the Chauahuasachca guy, we normally do not block people based on their activities in Wikipedias other than Lithuanian, though it's more of a general guideline than a rule. For proven vandals we may very well make an exception once in a while. --Nomad (aptarimas) 22:50, 20 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

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). 05:51, 24 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Notifications release on your Wikipedia

My apologies, this message is in English. Please translate if needed.

Greetings!

I am happy to announce that we have scheduled this Wikipedia to receive Notifications (formerly called Echo) on 8 October.

Notifications is an improvement on how you can view and receive messages on Wikipedia and track how your contributions have been effected, as well as when you are mentioned on a talk page. Notifications is now being used on over two dozen Wikipedias and we're happy to add this latest group. You can find more information in the help page.

• There are still three priorities to double check for translations to make sure you get the best experience possible:

• 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

If you have any questions you can email me, kpeterzell [AT] wikimedia [DOT] org or you can contact me on my meta talk page. We're really looking forward to the release! Keegan (WMF) (talk) 09:22, 26 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

(via the Global message delivery system). 09:22, 26 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Kategorizacija Commons'uose

Labas visi! Pradėjau tvarkyti kategorizacija komonsuose, kol kas Klaipėdos miesto kategorijuose. Gal kas, kuris geriau išmano, galėtų padėti tvarkyti ir kitus miestus, nes atrodo keista, kad Klaipėda turi (šiuo momentu) 55 gatvių kategorijas o Vilnius tik 38 ir Kaunas dar mažiau. Panašiai ir su miesto dalimis. (Atsiprašau uš galimas gramatikos klaidas, nes esu Čekas) --Kusurija (aptarimas) 18:01, 30 rugsėjo 2013 (EEST)

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 23:31, 8 spalio 2013 (EEST)

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) 22:18, 5 lapkričio 2013 (EET)

Distributed via Global message delivery (wrong page? Correct it here), 22:18, 5 lapkričio 2013 (EET)

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

System messages

Hi, everyone!

There are a few problems with the system messages on this project. The following text:

Išsaugodami savo pakeitimą, jūs neatšaukiamai sutinkate, kad jūsų indėlis būtų platinamas pagal Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike 3.0 ir GFDL licencijas. Taip pat jūs sutinkate, kad straipsnio, kuriame jūs padarėte keitimų, istorijoje būtų nurodytas jūsų naudotojo vardas arba IP adresas. Norint naudoti Vikipedijos turinį kituose projektuose, reikia pateikti nuorodą į Vikipedijos straipsnį ar nuolatinę jo kopiją. Turinio pakeitimams, papildymams turi būti taikoma Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 ar vėlesnė licencija. Detaliau žr. Terms of Use (anglų k.).

that shows up when creating a new page, is currently part of MediaWiki:Summary. It needs to be moved to MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning. The reason is that adding something as simple as

span#wpSummaryLabel { display: none; }

to Special:MyPage/common.css, currently removes the save button. That should not happen. I know it doesn't make a lot of sense, but using the corrent system messages should solve the problem.

Thank you! Nirmos (aptarimas) 16:47, 30 lapkričio 2013 (EET)

User:Homo: want to do this? PiRSquared17 (aptarimas) 07:21, 17 vasario 2014 (EET)

Help translate from English

Hello. I am Xaris333 from Cyprus. I speak Greek and English. Can you help me translate 2 paragraphs from English to your language, about a football team? Pls answer at my talk page. Xaris333 (aptarimas) 03:52, 6 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Wikiproject:EU. Hundreds of new articles about LT culture on Catalan Wiki

Sorry for writing in English. Just wanted you to tell that on Catalan wiki we are doing hundreds of articles about Lithuania and its culture, as part of our EU wikiproject. See them all here (open the months template to see the evolution). I've seen that now most of LT articles are en English, Lt and...Catalan. Just wanted to share it with you. While doing this we are discovering many things about your lovely culture. Best :).--Kippelboy (aptarimas) 08:32, 10 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Bendruomenė

Sveiki, ar čia man taip atrodo, ar tiesiog mūsų Vikipedijoje kiekvienas dirba kas sau?

T.y. vienas pataiso kelis straipsnius, kitas stebi vandalizmą ir pan. Kodėl nėra jokio aktyvumo iš administratorių ir nariu? Galėtų būti koks nors skype pokalbių kanalas ar kas, ar čia mano išsigalvojama utopija ir tiesiog iš tiesų niekas neturi laiko ir pan.?

P.S. net ta pati savaitės iniciatyva labai jau lėta P.P.S. čia ne kritika, o pastebėjimai

Gerbiamasis, dalyvaujate viki nuo 2006 m., o kada Jus pagaliau išvysime Aktyviausių sąraše? Čia kas dėl lėtumo ir aktyvumo... EN viki turite puslapį ir vos kelis redagavimus, o juk ten galite į valias pabendrauti vikimytuose, pokalbių kan. ir t.t. Per kepurę negausite, jei pats pakeisite savaitės iniciatyvą jai sustojus (pvz., aš taip dariau kelis kartus). Nemanau, kad mūsų vikinautai apsnūdo – gal blaškosi po akropolius dovanų, toks laikas. Tiesiog darykite. Pagarbiai, --Vilensija (aptarimas) 05:51, 17 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Pagal mano ankstesnę patirtį, kai dar dalyvavau Vikipedijoje tekdavo skirti apie 80% laiko kovai su vandalizmu ir tik likęs laikas buvo skiriamas produktyviam darbui. Šiuo metų Enciklopedijoje Lietuvai ir pasauliui galiu produktyviam darbui skirti 80% laiko, likusį skirdamas sistemos priežiūrai ir konsultacijoms. Vpovilaitis Aptarimas Indėlis 18:11, 17 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Vandalizmo lygis, turbūt, tiesiogiai proporcingas enciklopedijos skaitomumui. O kurti Vikipedijos klonus, kai net pati lietuviška Vikipedija nėra jau tokia ypatingai populiari, IMHO yra šiek tiek laiko švaistymas... GiW (aptarimas) 16:52, 20 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Na jei kalbant apie ELIP tai joje tėra šiuo metu apie 150 000 straipsnių, kurie pradžioje buvo įkelti iš Vikipedijos, o likusieji 1 520 000 straipsnių iš 1 670 000 visų ELIP straipsnių niekuomet Vikipedijoje net nebuvo. Todėl pasakoti, kad ELIP yra Vikipedijos klonas nėra visai korektiška. -- Vpovilaitis Aptarimas Indėlis 18:31, 30 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

O Enciklopedijoje Lietuvai ir pasauliui straipsniai iš lietuviškosios Vikipedijos yra įkeliami? --Zygiskr (aptarimas) 21:53, 17 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Į Enciklopediją Lietuvai ir pasauliui (ELIP) straipsniai iš Lietuviškos Vikipedijos buvo sukelti 2012 m. pavasari. Pagal poreikį nauji straipsniai taip pat gali būti perkelti į ELIP, o taip pat išplėstus atnaujinti. Naujų straipsnių perkėlimą, jei jų būtų daug, galima būtų atlikti automatiškai tik reiktų turėti tokių straipsnių sąrašą. O perkeliant atskirų straipsnių papildymus reiktų nagrinėti, ar tie straipsniai nebuvo jau atnaujinti ELIP, todėl geriausia daryti rankiniu būdu. -- Vpovilaitis Aptarimas Indėlis 10:20, 18 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Dėl knygų paieškos

Knygų paieška man labai patogus dalykas rasti knygą, ypač angliškoje Vikipedijoje. Tačiau kodėl neina to padaryti lietuviškoje: Knygų paieška Turiu omenyje LIBIS katalogą, kodėl nėra padaryta, kad būtų galima pateikti užklausą ir ieškoti ten knygos, o tik atidaroma paieškos forma?--Zygiskr (aptarimas) 00:56, 19 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

VisualEditor coming to Lithuanian Wikipedia

Hello. (Please excuse the English. I would be grateful if you can translate this message!)

VisualEditor is coming to the Lithuanian Wikipedia; the chosen date is January 13th. VisualEditor is software in development to allow people to edit pages in MediaWiki without needing to learn wikitext syntax (like typing [[ and ]] to link to another page). It is already available and in use on some Wikipedia projects. Please see mw:Help:VisualEditor/FAQ for more information.

When this software arrives, you will have the option to use it or to use the current wikitext editor. When you press "edit", you will get the new VisualEditor software. To use the wikitext editor, you can press "edit source". For more information about how to use VisualEditor, see mw:Help:VisualEditor/User guide.

It is important that editors on this wiki test the new editor before it is deployed. This would let us know about any serious issues specific to this Wikipedia before the rollout. To enable VisualEditor now, go to the "Beta tab", and check the box for VisualEditor.Please let us know if you find any problems. If you're willing and able, please report the issue in Bugzilla in the "VisualEditor" product. If you would prefer not, please explain the issue you found on the central feedback page on MediaWiki.org. If you notice major issues impacting your project after the rollout, we would appreciate it if you could let us know directly. Please leave a note on my talk page or, if it’s an emergency, like an unexpected bug causing widespread issues, reach out to James Forrester, the Product Manager, at jforrester@wikimedia.org for immediate attention.

We would also appreciate help with translation with the pages about VisualEditor here and on MediaWiki.org, and its user interface. See VisualEditor TranslationCentral for general information. To translate the user interface, start by creating an account at TranslateWiki. Once your account request is approved, all you need to do is select your language from this list. This will give you a list of individual lines and paragraphs. The English original will be on one side, with the option to "edit" on the other. Pressing "edit" will open an edit window where you can work.

The User Guide is another important document. To translate this, simply go to the MediaWiki.org page, and select "translate this page". Your language should be available from the drop-down menu on the right. If you want to help with translations and would like to talk about how, please leave a message for me on my talk page. I'm a community liaison for VE, so I'll be around to help this community. You can also use Notifications to ping me ;)

Thank you, and happy editing! --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 01:18, 19 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

VisualEditor office hours

Hello. I apologize for writing in English. Please help translate this message so that others in your community can read it. :)

The engineering department has already planned office hours in the next months to discuss VisualEditor. The first one will be held on January 15th, at 2300 UTC; the second will be held a week later, on January 22nd, at 2300 UTC. Please join as Product Manager James Forrester discusses VisualEditor and upcoming plans. Logs will be posted on Meta after each office hour completes. (If office hours are heavily attended, it can be difficult to get to all questions, but if you want to ask a question and cannot attend or do not speak English, please let us know your question here by the day before and a community liaison will present it among possible discussion topics).

We’ll post a reminder close to the date as well.

I'd also encourage you to engage in translations! Here are the links to complete the User Guide and the interface. There's still no main page for VE in Lithuanian, let's make this happen!

Regards, --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 23:59, 27 gruodžio 2013 (EET)

Reminder: VisualEditor is coming to this wiki on 2014-01-13

Hello, everyone. Again, please excuse my use of English: I would be very grateful if you would translate this message so everyone can read it.

VisualEditor is coming to this project on Monday, 13 January 2014, probably around 1900 UTC. VisualEditor is software in development to allow people to edit pages in MediaWiki without needing to learn wikitext syntax (like typing [[ and ]] to link to another page). It is already in use on more than 100 Wikipedia projects (please see mw:Help:VisualEditor/FAQ for more information).

On January 13th, you will have a choice between using VisualEditor or the current wikitext editor. When you press "Edit", you will get the new VisualEditor software. To use the wikitext editor, you can press "Edit source". For more information about how to use VisualEditor, see mw:Help:VisualEditor/User guide.

We hope that this software will be useful to people in your community, and we really need your help to make it better! If you have time, please test VisualEditor now and let us know about any serious issues specific to this Wikipedia before the rollout. To test VisualEditor now, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures and select "VisualEditor". If you're willing and able, please report any issue in Bugzilla in the "VisualEditor" product. Alternatively, please explain the issue you found on the central feedback page on MediaWiki.org. If you notice major issues affecting this Wikipedia, please let us know directly. Please leave a note on my talk page or, if it’s an emergency, like an unexpected bug causing widespread issues, reach out to James Forrester, the Product Manager, at jforrester@wikimedia.org for immediate attention.

We also need help with translation, both of the pages about VisualEditor and of the user interface. See VisualEditor TranslationCentral for information on what needs to be translated.

• To translate the user interface, you need an approved account at TranslateWiki. Then click here. This will give you a list of individual lines and paragraphs. The English original will be on one side, with the option to "edit" on the other. Pressing "edit" will open an edit window where you can work. According to the current statistics, the interface is currently 48% translated.
• To translate the user guide, simply click here. If you want to help with translations and need help with it, please leave a message for me on my talk page. According to the current statistics, the user guide is currently 25% translated for this language. The translated (or mostly translated) user guide also needs to be copied over here, so editors here can find it.
• There is still no presentation page for VE in this language. It is actually another very useful resource for Lithuanian editors, so if you want to create it, click here to start. When the translation is over, contents can be copied here at Vikipedija:VisualEditor to replace the current page.

Thank you for your help, and happy editing! -- Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 23:01, 7 sausio 2014 (EET)

PS: remember that next week you can also meet the VE team on IRC: just see my thread above for details and questions.

Request for comment on Commons: Should Wikimedia support MP4 video?

I apologize for this message being only in English. Please translate it if needed to help your community.

The Wikimedia Foundation's multimedia team seeks community guidance on a proposal to support the MP4 video format. This digital video standard is used widely around the world to record, edit and watch videos on mobile phones, desktop computers and home video devices. It is also known as H.264/MPEG-4 or AVC.

Supporting the MP4 format would make it much easier for our users to view and contribute video on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects -- and video files could be offered in dual formats on our sites, so we could continue to support current open formats (WebM and Ogg Theora).

However, MP4 is a patent-encumbered format, and using a proprietary format would be a departure from our current practice of only supporting open formats on our sites -- even though the licenses appear to have acceptable legal terms, with only a small fee required.

We would appreciate your guidance on whether or not to support MP4. Our Request for Comments presents views both in favor and against MP4 support, based on opinions we’ve heard in our discussions with community and team members.

Please join this RfC -- and share your advice.

All users are welcome to participate, whether you are active on Commons, Wikipedia, other Wikimedia project -- or any site that uses content from our free media repository.

You are also welcome to join tomorrow's Office hours chat on IRC, this Thursday, January 16, at 19:00 UTC, if you would like to discuss this project with our team and other community members.

We look forward to a constructive discussion with you, so we can make a more informed decision together on this important topic. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 08:47, 16 sausio 2014 (EET)

[ru] Нужна помощь

Здравствуйте! Извините, не знаю литовского, не нашёл тут, куда ещё писать на других языках. Я написал статью в русской Википедии о литовских котлах (в основном Stropuva), но её удалили за не показанную значимость (reikšmingumas), временная версия находится здесь. Не мог бы кто-то помочь найти независимые авторитетные источники? Google новости на литовском так себе индексирует, не нашёл ничего. Ignatus (aptarimas) 00:11, 17 sausio 2014 (EET)

Feedback request: VisualEditor special character inserter

A special character inserter tool is available in mw:VisualEditor now. If you have time, please give it a try and let developers know what you think.

The "insert" pulldown on the task bar of VisualEditor will lead you to the 'Special character' tool.

This is the Special character inserter. Your feedback on this tool is particularly important.

The developers would appreciate it if you would leave them a message with your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on Mediawiki.org. It is really important that the developers hear from as many editors as possible. Thank you, Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 19:37, 24 sausio 2014 (EET)

Photos taken of members of the European Parliament

From Monday 3 February to Thursday 6 February a group of about 50 Wikimedians were present in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to take photos of members of the European Parliament. From about half of all members (766) of the parliament there have been photos taken during these days. Still a lot of them have to be uploaded to Commons. Also from members from Lithuania photos have been taken. A part from the pictures already have been added to articles on the various language Wikipedias, but many not. Please help us with that. If you add a photo in one language, it would be recommended to add the photo also to the articles in other languages.

The category with photos can be found on Commons here and includes also the other photos that have been taken by the group members during the project in Strasbourg.

On all the photos there is a special template to mark this project and gives more information about it. We would like to have this template translated into at least all the 24 official languages of the European Union and if possible also in other languages spoken in the EU. Can anyone translate this template from English (or German/French) to Lithuanian?

• You can do that by copying the contents of Commons:Template:WIKI loves parliaments/European Parliament 2014/en to Commons:Template:WIKI loves parliaments/European Parliament 2014/lt and translate the parts behind the = . Thank you!

In the past weeks on several Wikipedias users started a project to write all missing articles at least from the country a language is mostly spoken in, but certainly also from all other countries of the European Union. All members of the European Parliament have an article on at least one language version of Wikipedia, but on a lot of language versions their articles are missing and still need to be written. This writing project currently happens on for example the Dutch Wikipedia.

The project page for having been at the European Parliament is at Commons at Commons:Wikipedians in European Parliament. The project is part of a larger project to take photos from members of national and regional parliaments. In the past years Wiki loves parliaments was for example active in the state parliaments in Germany. Which parliament shall be next?

Thanks for the help! Greetings - Romaine (aptarimas) 17:09, 9 vasario 2014 (EET)

Thank you Orionus for translating the template! Romaine (aptarimas) 15:27, 11 vasario 2014 (EET)

Upcoming office hours for VisualEditor

Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you know, so you could mark your calendars if interested, that there are two IRC office hours scheduled to discuss VisualEditor in February.

The first will be held on Saturday February 15 at 1700 UTC and the second will be held on Sunday February 16 at 00:00 UTC. (See Meta for time conversion links.)

Logs will be posted on meta after each office hour completes. You'll find them, along with logs for older office hours on the topic, in a category at Meta.

Please see the main page for office hours on Meta for more information on how to join in. Thanks, and have a nice week, --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 15:31, 10 vasario 2014 (EET)

More special character inserter feedback needed

Hi all, this is a request for feedback on the special character inserter. James Forrester, the Product Manager, has some specific questions for you! Please translate this to make sure more people in this community understand it.

The feature will help people who do not have access to a good character inserter on their hardware to be able to insert special characters. What we have right now, as you know, is just a very basic tool. It can be customized at each Wikipedia by creating a local page (so that each project could have a local version with the characters it wants). But we want to think about ways it might be improved. For that, we'd appreciate your input. Please try out the character inserter and think about how it would best (or would not!) work for you.

The "insert" pulldown on the task bar of VisualEditor will lead you to the 'Special character' tool.

This is the Special character inserter as it appears on many wikis. (Some may have customized it.) Your feedback on this tool is particularly important.

Issues you might consider:

• Should we just show the entire set of characters provided in the WikiEditor toolbar in the wikitext editor?
  • If we do, will it be overwhelming? How will you find the character you want? What should we do for users without enough space to display it?
• Should there be a "priority" section for the ~10 characters that are needed most often? Is it OK if you need an extra click to go beyond the limited set?
  • How should the sections be split up? Should they be nested? Ordered?
  • How should the sections be navigated? Should there be a drop-down? A nested menu?
• Should the character inserter be statically available until dismissed? Should it hover near the mouse? Should it go away on every selection or 10 seconds after a selection with no subsequent ones?
• The toolbar already has too many options – how do we simplify it?

But we are open to any thoughts on how the special character inserter can best be developed.

Please leave your feedback on the Mediawiki feedback page or, if you'd prefer, leave it here.

Thank you again for your work with VisualEditor and for any feedback you can provide! --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 16:51, 12 vasario 2014 (EET)

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) 00:00, 22 vasario 2014 (EET)

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 Vikipedija 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 21:44, 28 vasario 2014 (EET)

VisualEditor office hour in March

Hi all, the office hour for this month is scheduled for Monday, March 17th, at 15:00 UTC. Please join as Product Manager James Forrester discusses VisualEditor, new features and upcoming plans. For more information on office hours, including how to attend, you can see meta:IRC office hours. If office hours are heavily attended, it can be difficult to get to all questions, but if you want to ask a question and cannot attend or do not speak English, please let us know your question here or via email by the day before, and I or another community liaison will add it to possible discussion topics, as usual. (Complete logs are always posted and categorized at meta:Category:VisualEditor office hours logs after each office hour completes anyway, for your convenience).

Regards, --Elitre (WMF) (aptarimas) 17:34, 6 kovo 2014 (EET)

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) 23:56, 13 kovo 2014 (EET)

Catalan Culture Challenge

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

The Catalan-speaking world... Want to find out more? From March 16 to April 15 we will organise the Catalan Culture Challenge, a Wikipedia editing contest in which victory will go to those who start and improve the greatest number of articles about 50 key figures of Catalan culture. You can take part by creating or expanding articles on these people in your native language (or any other one you speak). It would be lovely to have you on board. :-)

We look forward to seeing you!

Amical Wikimedia--Kippelboy (aptarimas) 07:43, 16 kovo 2014 (EET)

FSRU Independence

Hi, I have created a page about the FSRU Independence in the English language version of Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSRU_Independence

Guess this would have some interest here so you may want to make some article about it here too. Ulflarsen (aptarimas) 22:06, 29 kovo 2014 (EET)

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

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