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title="Special:EventDetails/1008">Commons community discussion #2</a> at 16:00 – 17:00 UTC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">November 20: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Special:EventDetails/1018" title="Special:EventDetails/1018">Commons 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appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: <a href="/wiki/Event:Committee_appointments_conversation_hour_4" title="Event:Committee appointments conversation hour 4">Conversation hour #4</a> at 16:00 – 17:00 UTC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">November 13: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" title="Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: <a href="/wiki/Event:Committee_appointments_conversation_hour_3" title="Event:Committee appointments conversation hour 3">Conversation hour #3</a> at 03:00 – 04:00 UTC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 31 - November 3: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2024" class="extiw" title="m:WikiConvention francophone/2024">WikiConvention francophone 2024</a> is taking place in Québec, Canada. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2024" data-mw-thread-id="h-October_2024"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-October_2024"></span>October 2024<span data-mw-comment-end="h-October_2024"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_Page/WM_News&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: October 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 23: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" title="Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: <a href="/wiki/Event:Committee_appointments_conversation_hour_2" title="Event:Committee appointments conversation hour 2">Conversation hour #2</a> at 15:00 – 16:00 UTC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 23: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" title="Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: <a href="/wiki/Event:Committee_appointments_conversation_hour_1" title="Event:Committee appointments conversation hour 1">Conversation hour #1</a> at 03:00 – 04:00 UTC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 16–December 2: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" title="Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: Application period opens for the <a href="/wiki/Ombuds_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Ombuds Commission">Ombuds Commission</a> and <a href="/wiki/Case_Review_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Case Review Committee">Case Review Committee</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 16–November 18: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Committee_appointments" title="Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Committee appointments">2024 committee appointments round</a>: Application period opens for the <a href="/wiki/Affiliations_Committee" title="Affiliations Committee">Affiliations Committee</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">October 3 - 6: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2024/Main_Page">WikiConference North America 2024</a> is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2024" data-mw-thread-id="h-September_2024"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-September_2024"></span>September 2024<span data-mw-comment-end="h-September_2024"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_Page/WM_News&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: September 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg/20px-MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg/30px-MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg/40px-MediaWiki-2020-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 25: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch" title="Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server switch">Wikis in read-only mode</a> @ <a class="external text" href="https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1727276400">15:00 UTC</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 20 – 22: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2024" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024">Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024</a> is taking place in Istanbul, Türkiye </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/30px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 3 – 17: </td> <td style="width:100%">Voting period for the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024" title="Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024">Wikimedia Foundation Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 1 – 30: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Onam_2024" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki Loves Onam 2024">Wiki Loves Onam 2024</a>, a campaign that aims to capture and celebrate the essence of the vibrant and festive spirit of Onam </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 1 – October 31: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2024" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024">Wiki Loves Monuments</a>, the worldwide photo competition for built heritage </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="-webkit-column-break-inside:avoid;page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:20px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikiquote-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/20px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/30px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/40px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355"/></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:3.5em;text-align:right;padding:0 .3em;white-space:nowrap">September 1 – December 31: </td> <td style="width:100%"><a href="/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid/SheSaid_2024" title="Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid/SheSaid 2024">SheSaid</a>, an initiative by <a href="/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiki Loves Women">Wiki Loves Women</a> to add more quotes by notable women to Wikiquote projects in all languages </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br/> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <p><big>Links to current <b>elections</b>, <b>votings</b> and <b>centralised discussions</b>:</big> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="On_Meta" data-mw-thread-id="h-On_Meta"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-On_Meta"></span>On Meta<span data-mw-comment-end="h-On_Meta"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: On Meta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections" title="Wikimedia Foundation elections">Wikimedia Foundation elections</a> (Board of Trustees, FDC, ArbCom, Stewards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requests_for_comment" title="Requests for comment">Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_comment" title="Meta:Requests for comment">Meta:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_adminship" title="Meta:Requests for adminship">Meta:Requests for adminship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:RF" title="Template:RF">More <i>Requests for ...</i></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Petitions,_open_letters,_essays" data-mw-thread-id="h-Petitions,_open_letters,_essays-On_Meta"><span id="Petitions.2C_open_letters.2C_essays"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Petitions,_open_letters,_essays-On_Meta"></span>Petitions, open letters, essays<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Petitions,_open_letters,_essays-On_Meta"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Petitions, open letters, essays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Petitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Petitions">Petitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_transparency_gap" title="Wikimedia Foundation transparency gap">Wikimedia Foundation transparency gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/James_Heilman_removal_FAQ" title="Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard/James Heilman removal FAQ">Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard/James Heilman removal FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Questions_of_democracy_and_social_responsibility_within_the_Wikimedia_movement" title="Wikimedia Blog/Drafts/Questions of democracy and social responsibility within the Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia Blog/Drafts/Questions of democracy and social responsibility within the Wikimedia movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_Wikimedia_Foundation:_Superprotect_and_Media_Viewer" title="Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer">Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project-wide_protests" title="Project-wide protests">Project-wide protests</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="English_language_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-English_language_Wikipedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-English_language_Wikipedia"></span>English language Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-English_language_Wikipedia"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: English language Wikipedia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><span class="extiw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Democracy" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy">Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy</a></span></b></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">en:Wikipedia:Centralized discussions</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Elections">en:Wikipedia:Elections</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Requests for comment">en:Wikipedia:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">en:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship">en:Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="English_sister_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-English_sister_projects"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-English_sister_projects"></span>English sister projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-English_sister_projects"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: English sister projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Centralized_discussion" class="extiw" title="c:Commons:Centralized discussion">c:Commons:Centralized discussion</a> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Centralized_discussion" class="extiw" title="c:Template:Centralized discussion">c:Template:Centralized discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="c:Commons:Requests for comment">c:Commons:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="mw:Requests for comment">mw:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Policies_and_guidelines/Vote" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Wikibooks:Policies and guidelines/Vote">wikibooks:Wikibooks:Policies and guidelines/Vote</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="d:Wikidata:Requests for comment">d:Wikidata:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Legoktm/RfC_report" class="extiw" title="d:User:Legoktm/RfC report">d:User:Legoktm/RfC report</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Voting" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Wikiquote:Voting">wikiquote:Wikiquote:Voting</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Wikisource:Requests for comment">wikisource:Wikisource:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Requests_for_Comment" class="extiw" title="species:Wikispecies:Requests for Comment">species:Wikispecies:Requests for Comment</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Questions_of_democracy_and_social_responsibility_within_the_Wikimedia_movement" class="extiw" title="v:Questions of democracy and social responsibility within the Wikimedia movement">v:Questions of democracy and social responsibility within the Wikimedia movement</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Wikivoyage:Requests for comment">wikivoyage:Wikivoyage:Requests for comment</a></li> <li>Wiktionary?</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Tools" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tools"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tools"></span>Tools<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tools"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barnstar_of_Democracy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Barnstar_of_Democracy.png/220px-Barnstar_of_Democracy.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Barnstar_of_Democracy.png/330px-Barnstar_of_Democracy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Barnstar_of_Democracy.png/440px-Barnstar_of_Democracy.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900"/></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Barnstar_of_Democracy" class="extiw" title="en:Template:Barnstar of Democracy">The Barnstar of Democracy</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bylaws" class="extiw" title="wmf:Bylaws">wmf:Bylaws</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SecurePoll" class="extiw" title="mw:SecurePoll">mw:SecurePoll</a></li> <li>List of on-topic English Wikipedia articles: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics/Topics#Democracy" class="extiw" title="en:Portal:Politics/Topics">en:Portal:Politics/Topics#Democracy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Participants" data-mw-thread-id="h-Participants-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Participants-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z"></span>Participants<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Participants-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democracy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Participants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:.js&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:.js (page does not exist)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-.js-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z-Participants"></span>.js</a> <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Telefonberatung" class="extiw" title="de:Wikipedia:Telefonberatung"><big>(</big>(<small>(</small><b>☎</b><small>)</small>)<big>)</big></a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-.js-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-.js-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-.js-2015-12-31T14:57:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-ElGatoSaez-2016-01-12T21:20:00.000Z-Participants"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg/16px-Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg/24px-Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg/32px-Havana_Brown_-_choco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="791"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/User:ElGatoSaez" title="User:ElGatoSaez">ElGatoSaez</a> | <a href="/wiki/User_talk:ElGatoSaez" title="User talk:ElGatoSaez">Meow me</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-ElGatoSaez-2016-01-12T21:20:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:20, 12 January 2016 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-ElGatoSaez-2016-01-12T21:20:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-ElGatoSaez-2016-01-12T21:20:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Doc_James" title="User:Doc James"><span style="color:#0000f1"><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Doc_James-2016-01-17T11:21:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Doc James</b></span></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Doc_James" title="User talk:Doc James">talk</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Doc_James" title="Special:Contributions/Doc James">contribs</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Doc_James" title="Special:EmailUser/Doc James">email</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Doc_James-2016-01-17T11:21:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:21, 17 January 2016 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Doc_James-2016-01-17T11:21:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Doc_James-2016-01-17T11:21:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Lionel_Scheepmans" title="User:Lionel Scheepmans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Lionel_Scheepmans-2016-01-25T22:32:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Lionel Scheepmans</a> <sup><big>✉ </big> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Lionel_Scheepmans" title="User talk:Lionel Scheepmans">Contact</a></sup> <sub>French native speaker, désolé pour ma <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dysorthographie" class="extiw" title="w:dysorthographie">dysorthographie</a></sub> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Lionel_Scheepmans-2016-01-25T22:32:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:32, 25 January 2016 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Lionel_Scheepmans-2016-01-25T22:32:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span 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data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Sm8900-2020-03-09T19:42:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Sm8900</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Sm8900" title="User talk:Sm8900">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Sm8900-2020-03-09T19:42:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:42, 9 March 2020 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Sm8900-2020-03-09T19:42:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Sm8900-2020-03-09T19:42:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Siddikbabu" title="User:Siddikbabu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-BoldLuis-2020-05-18T17:33:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Siddikbabu|Talk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:BoldLuis" title="User:BoldLuis">BoldLuis</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:BoldLuis" title="User talk:BoldLuis">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-BoldLuis-2020-05-18T17:33:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-BoldLuis-2020-05-18T17:33:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-BoldLuis-2020-05-18T17:33:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:ThesenatorO5-2" class="mw-redirect" title="User:ThesenatorO5-2"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-ThesenatorO5-2-2020-07-18T09:11:00.000Z-Participants"></span>ThesenatorO5-2</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:ThesenatorO5-2" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:ThesenatorO5-2">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-ThesenatorO5-2-2020-07-18T09:11:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:11, 18 July 2020 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-ThesenatorO5-2-2020-07-18T09:11:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-ThesenatorO5-2-2020-07-18T09:11:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"> <a href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen" title="User:Daniel Mietchen"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Daniel_Mietchen-2020-11-08T14:56:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Daniel Mietchen</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Daniel_Mietchen" title="User talk:Daniel Mietchen">talk</a>) </font> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Daniel_Mietchen-2020-11-08T14:56:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:56, 8 November 2020 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Daniel_Mietchen-2020-11-08T14:56:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Daniel_Mietchen-2020-11-08T14:56:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Est._2021" title="User:Est. 2021"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Est._2021-2021-01-20T02:26:00.000Z-Participants"></span>Est. 2021</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Est._2021" title="User talk:Est. 2021">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Est._2021-2021-01-20T02:26:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:26, 20 January 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Est._2021-2021-01-20T02:26:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Est._2021-2021-01-20T02:26:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:AnotherEditor144" title="User:AnotherEditor144"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-AnotherEditor144-2021-03-07T11:02:00.000Z-Participants"></span>AnotherEditor<i>144</i></a> <sup> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:AnotherEditor144" title="User talk:AnotherEditor144">t</a> - <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/AnotherEditor144" title="Special:Contributions/AnotherEditor144">c</a> </sup> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-AnotherEditor144-2021-03-07T11:02:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:02, 7 March 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-AnotherEditor144-2021-03-07T11:02:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-AnotherEditor144-2021-03-07T11:02:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:YourUsernames70" title="User:YourUsernames70"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mycranthebigman-2022-05-20T16:53:00.000Z-Participants"></span>YourUsernames70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Mycranthebigman" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Mycranthebigman">Mycranthebigman</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mycranthebigman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Mycranthebigman (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Mycranthebigman-2022-05-20T16:53:00.000Z-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:53, 20 May 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mycranthebigman-2022-05-20T16:53:00.000Z-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mycranthebigman-2022-05-20T16:53:00.000Z-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Mashkawat.ahsan" title="User:Mashkawat.ahsan"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mashkawat.ahsan-20221207092400-Participants"></span>Mashkawat.ahsan</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Mashkawat.ahsan" title="User talk:Mashkawat.ahsan">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democracy#c-Mashkawat.ahsan-20221207092400-Participants" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mashkawat.ahsan-20221207092400-Participants"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mashkawat.ahsan-20221207092400-Participants"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Chinmayee_Mishra" title="User:Chinmayee Mishra"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Chinmayee_Mishra-20230203200500-Participants"></span>Chinmayee Mishra</a> (<a 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