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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From mediawiki.org</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><div class="subpages">&lt; <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth">Help:Growth</a></bdi> | <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools">Tools</a></bdi></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-pt-translate-header noprint nomobile" dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&amp;group=page-Help%3AGrowth%2FTools%2FCommunity+updates+module&amp;action=page&amp;filter=&amp;action_source=translate_page" title="Special:Translate">Translate this page</a></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages noprint navigation-not-searchable" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages-label">Languages:</div><ul class="mw-pt-languages-list"><li><span class="mw-pt-languages-ui mw-pt-languages-selected mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" lang="en" dir="ltr">English</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Community_updates_module/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Ayuda:Crecimiento/Herramientas/Módulo de Actualidad de la Comunidad (91% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Community_updates_module/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Aide:Croissance/Outils/module des mises à jour communautaires (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Community_updates_module/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="مساعدة:النمو/الأدوات/وحدة تحديثات المجتمع (91% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li></ul></div> <p>The Community Updates module allows Wikipedia communities to highlight important events, campaigns, and WikiProjects directly on the Newcomer homepage. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_it_works" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_it_works"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_it_works"></span>How it works<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_it_works"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Growth/Tools/Community_updates_module&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: How it works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-How_it_works","replies":[]}}--></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newcomer_Homepage_design.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Newcomer_Homepage_design.png/220px-Newcomer_Homepage_design.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Newcomer_Homepage_design.png/330px-Newcomer_Homepage_design.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Newcomer_Homepage_design.png/440px-Newcomer_Homepage_design.png 2x" data-file-width="2436" data-file-height="1932"/></a><figcaption>Newcomer Homepage with example Community Update highlighting "Women in Red"</figcaption></figure> <p>The Community Updates module is located on the <a href="/wiki/Growth/Feature_summary#NH" title="Growth/Feature summary">Newcomer Homepage</a> (<code>Special:Homepage</code>). </p><p>Community Updates highlight important events, campaigns, and WikiProjects directly on the Newcomer homepage. The highlights are chosen by the community. </p><p>At the moment, only one event can be highlighted at a time. </p><p>This feature is <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#For_communities:_how_to_configure_it">Community Configurable</a>, providing admins the ability to customize its content and presentation to fit local needs. </p><p>You can read more about the Community Updates module on its <a href="/wiki/Growth/Community_Updates" title="Growth/Community Updates">project page</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Benefits_for_communities" data-mw-thread-id="h-Benefits_for_communities"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Benefits_for_communities"></span>Benefits for communities<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Benefits_for_communities"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Growth/Tools/Community_updates_module&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Benefits for communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Benefits_for_communities","replies":[]}}--></div> <p>Community Updates module provides several benefits to communities: </p> <ul><li><b>Community Configurable:</b> Admins can adjust the module's title, image, text, and call-to-action.</li> <li><b>Target Newcomers:</b> Viewable on the Newcomer Homepage, and can be targeted by “edit count” if the event isn’t appropriate for brand new account holders.</li> <li><b>Flexible Usage:</b> Can highlight community news, events, content gaps, and more.</li> <li><b>Increased Engagement:</b> Encourages new editors to participate in community events and projects.</li> <li><b>Address Content Gaps:</b> Helps direct focus toward underrepresented topics and help <a 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procedure is only applicable to wikis where the <a href="/wiki/Growth/Deployment_table/en" title="Growth/Deployment table/en">Growth tools are available</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Growth/Deployment_table/en" title="Growth/Deployment table/en"> </a></span>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg/220px-Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg/330px-Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg/440px-Community_updates_module_community_configuration_-_Beta_Wikipedia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="996"/></a><figcaption>Growth team Community updates module at Beta Wikipedia, screenshot from September 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Configuration for this feature is only editable by administrators, using <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Community Configuration">Community Configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Community_Configuration" title="Community Configuration"> </a></span>. 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