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Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Map of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in an uptick of AN/I reports for related disruption, as well as arbitration enforcement activity in the Eastern Europe sanctions area. A variety of reports and suggestions were filed, regarding POV-pushers, incivility from some new users, and other misguided activity. Since the invasion began only a few days ago, developments are ongoing. The article covering the invasion was selected for In the news on 23 February 2022; it had over 2 million pageviews on 24 February, and again on 25 February. The parent article, Russo-Ukrainian War, also had over a million pageviews on 24 February, dropping slightly the following day. – B, E

2022 Steward elections

The 2022 Steward elections ended on 26 February. The global Wikimedia community elected 5 candidates representing the diversity of our Movement. The Signpost congratulates AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime and Vermont, the newly elected Stewards, and thanks the Elections Committee for their hard work. – E

Leadership Development Task Force

The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation proposes to support the creation of a global, community-driven Leadership Development Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work by the Community Development team as well as in broader community initiatives in the near term, pending any future changes of direction coming from the Movement Charter and Global Council currently being formed. The applications for the Task force will open on 1 March 2022. Interested editors are invited to participate on Meta. – E

4th edition of Wiki Loves Folklore

The fourth rendition of Wiki Loves Folklore began on 1 February 2022 and will end on 15 March 2022 (UTC). The contest is dedicated to celebrating the unique and rich traditions and culture that make up the world's unique and diverse heritage. The winners of the contest will be announced on Commons on July 25, 2022. Wiki Loves Folklore was extended 15 days after the original end date of 28 February 2022. – E

Brief notes

Oversight group renamed: The Oversight group was renamed globally to "suppress" after 6 years of discussion and implementation.
WMF conversation meeting: The Community Resilience and Sustainability (CR&S) team is hosting a new conversation meeting (‘previously called ‘Office Hour’) led by its Vice President Maggie Dennis. Topics within scope for this call include Movement Strategy coordination, Board Governance, Trust and Safety (and the Universal Code of Conduct), Community Development, and Human Rights. More details are available on Meta.
WMF global conversations event: The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation will host a global conversations event on the concept of Hubs on March 12, 2022. It is the second event focusing specifically on Hubs. Interested editors can find more information on Meta.
New administrators: The Signpost welcomes English Wikipedia's newest administrator, Modussiccandi.
Articles for Improvement: This week's Article for Improvement is Google. Please be bold and help to improve this article.
CEE March meetup: The March 2022 talks from the Wikimedians from Central and Eastern Europe partnership will be hosted on 5 March. More details are available on Meta.
Milestones: The following Wikimedia projects reached milestones this week: Moksha Wikipedia (10,000 pages), Macedonian Wikipedia (100,000 registered users), Icelandic Wikibooks (500 book modules), Navajo Wikipedia (20,000 articles), Paiwan Wikipedia (200 articles)

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Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2022 is supposed to be ongoing right now. And right now most of the content being written about Ukraine and most of the images and videos being uploaded concern how missiles are being launched, homes are being destroyed, and people are dying. Awful. I was skeptical about the nature of the diplomacy month last year, but my worries about the Ukrainian government influencing the process pales in comparison to Russia invading a sovereign country without reason. Fuck Putin, best of luck to our Ukrainian community members. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:43, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- A lot of editors wanted to put in more about the diplomacy editing initiative. I figure that Ukrainians have other priorities right now, but finally relented at the Serendipity article. I've been surprised that we haven't seen anything about this article so far. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 20:54, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- Worth noting the statement by the organizational team, clarifying that "The fact that [the CentralNotice banner] appeared to be the start of active invasion is cruel coincidence", with the chapter's project manager promising that "I, personally, will continue supporting this contest till the end". Regards, HaeB (talk) 20:55, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  - Truly terrible. From time to time I'll look at warzone photos on milhist pages; the one's labled "own work" always give me pause. -Indy beetle (talk) 21:53, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The Oversight group was renamed globally to "suppress" after 6 years of discussion and implementation. Haha now that describes a Phabricator ticket if I ever saw one! *sighs* ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 22:31, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It would be good to have a summary about both Ukrainian and Russian language Wikipedias (idewally from those communities themselves). T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 03:39, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- Turns out there is such an article in Slate. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 23:52, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Seems like our article 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine may lead to Wikipedia being blocked again in Russia by Roskomnadzor. The unreliable source doesn't say if this is only the en or ru versions or all. There were about 8.7 million views of the main article (itself a controversial WP:SPLIT, in fact) in five days. In Wikipedia terms, this seems to me very much like COVID-19 2.0. Don't expect just a single wave... Boud (talk) 20:51, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Not to be that guy, but... incivility? In my Wikipedia? Get it outta here! On a more serious note, remember to smile, everyone. Even though times look like they're bad (which, yeah, they kinda are), it's gonna get better. If it doesn't, I claim full responsibility for jinxing the future. XFalcon2004x (talk) 21:56, 1 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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