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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 13

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on July 3. Please help translate. The work follows annual plan goals for this fiscal year (July 2026–June 2027).

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Highlights

• Reflections from around the puzzle globe: Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Bernadette Meehan shares her reflections from around the puzzle globe.
• Wikimania 2026: Wikimania is happening this week! After the event, all streamed sessions will be linked in the program on Eventyay and later uploaded to Commons.
• Grantmaking: The Global Resource Distribution Committee has published a Grantmaking Strategy draft that sets out a renewed approach to how the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Fund is distributed across the Wikimedia Movement. The GRDC is requesting feedback from volunteers and affiliates, regardless of whether they are grantees or not.
• Movement Ecosystem: A proposal that would update movement affiliate recognition and establish new, connected criteria for eligibility to receive Community Fund grants is now available for community review. You are invited to read the proposal and participate in the discussion until August 7.
• AI's impact on Free Knowledge: How AI threatens the social contract of free knowledge and what we can do about it.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

• The Wikipedia Library: Five new collections were added to the Wikipedia Library and a course developed by leading experts in academic publishing and open knowledge was launched.
• Women+ contributions in Wikimedia Tech: A guide based on lived experience on how to address some of the invisible barriers for women+ in more technical Wikimedia spaces and recommendations to become more inclusive. Help further by filling out this survey to better understand technical contributions by women+ across Wikimedia projects until July 20.
• Structured Experimentation: A reflection on the first year of structured experimentation highlights successful experiments such as Paste Check, Reference Check, and Tone Check, which improved editing outcomes and have been rolled out to more users, as well as experiments that did not lead to product changes.
• Revise Tone test ended: The A/B test of Revise Tone ended on July 9. It showed that newcomer task completion rates increased by 38.7% compared to the default Copyedit task, with no decrease in edit quality. The feature is now available for everyone on the Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Wikipedias. The plan is to release Revise Tone to more wikis.
• Keeping mentor list up to date: Administrators on wikis where Growth features are available can now automatically remove inactive mentors by configuring the settings at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship to keep the list updated. Mentors are experienced contributors who opt in to help new users on-wiki through the Growth Features.
• Wikifunctions: How Abstract Wikipedia fits into the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan FY26/27.
• Wikidata: The latest Wikidata Platform newsletter (July edition) shares how to identify and rewrite queries that rely on Blazegraph-specific extensions and affected by the migration off Blazegraph.
• Discussion Tools: On English Wikipedia, DiscussionTools' Usability Improvements has now become default for talk pages. You can opt-out of these changes at any time in user preferences. With this, Discussion Tools are now fully available at all wikis.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 28 and 29 include the new Parsoid parser continues to be deployed to additional wikis, making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. See also the 72 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks. Overall, from April – June 2026 about 337 community tasks were resolved by the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Language inclusivity at Wikimania 2026: New approaches to translation and interpretation will be tested at Wikimania this year.
• Call for submissions open for Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026: The Wikimedia community in Latin America has opened the call for session proposals for the Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026. Community members are invited to submit proposals for the conference program by August 10.

Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Advocacy: China again blocks the Wikimedia Foundation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• UK Online Safety Act: Ofcom, the United Kingdom's Office of Communications, announced that Wikipedia is not designated as a Category 1 service under the Online Safety Act (OSA). This is an important and welcomed outcome as a Category 1 designation could have included privacy and safety risks to our global community of volunteers.
• UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon: Volunteers created 60 new Wikipedia articles and made nearly 700 updates to improve Wikipedia's coverage of UN and open source topics at the second UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon co-hosted by Wikimedia Foundation.
• "Don’t Blink": The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers

A Wiki Minute video series are now available.

• "A Wiki Minute" videos: New videos are added to the series answering some of the most common questions such as "Do you still need Wikipedia when AI can answer anything?" and "Does Wikipedia push a political agenda?".
• Wikipedia 25 brand collaboration in Indonesia: On 4 July, the Jakarta-based street wear company Ageless Galaxy launched a Wikipedia 25 collection, the first ever Wikipedia Brand Collaboration in Asia. The apparel collection featured hats, t-shirts, and a jigsaw puzzle cardigan. Wikimedians in Indonesia joined Ageless Galaxy for a launch party.

Other updates

• Leadership: Reflections on 15 years at Wikimedia Foundation and a new chapter.
• Enterprise: GNOMI Partners with Wikimedia Enterprise to Bring Trusted Human Knowledge to Its AI News Agent.

Board and Board committee updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Elections Eligibility: There are new proposed eligibility criteria for standing as a candidate in Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election now available for feedback. The requirements are more specific and detailed than in years past, to both inform the community of what the Board needs and to create multiple pathways to the Board for Wikimedians.

Other Movement-curated newsletters & news
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Random question

Hello, I saw this on your user page: "Pokemon indicator: The following link should be red at all times. If at any point it is not, we have a serious problem: WP:NPOKEMON"

What does this mean? Is this somehow, someway related to MissingNo., but for wikipedia? — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 19:01, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

No, it's a joke that if we ever have established notability guidelines for Pokemon, then we have gone too far and become Fandom, while at the same time stating that there are now far too many Pokemon :) (that convention is from other links like WP:NORG, WP:NACTOR) ASUKITE 19:03, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

HA okay I get it (and yes there are faaaar too many pokemon) — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 19:08, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Samir V Kamat

Dear Asukite, You have deleted the entire page of Former DRDO chief Samir V Kamats Wikipedia page...My request to you please reinstate the page if possible or Create new page about him...As he is very important figure in Indian defence research history...Thank you so much.... Kismatiger (talk) 01:51, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kismatiger, the page was deleted because it was written by somebody who was likely using an AI (LLM, see WP:NOLLM) such as ChatGPT. On second look, the sources appear to be mostly intact and usable, but there are a few minor signs of AI use in the page. For me to undelete it, you would have to agree with WP:LLMPRVOBJ, which means it would be moved to your user space, and you would have to ensure all of our policies are met before it can be published. This can be challenging for somebody without much experience developing or reviewing articles, and failing to meet the standards for such an article can lead to further difficulties for you down the road.

Alternatively, I would be happy to provide you with a list of all the references on the page, so that you could work on a new one in your own words using them. I think that would be easier. ASUKITE 02:16, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

User:Fwaff

Any idea what's going on with this guy? Up to now it looks like they've been contributing in a fairly normal way, and my brief interaction with them a month ago appears to have been routine. I'm not sure that 31 hours is an adequate block for that level of abuse. Deb (talk) 06:09, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

I agree, actually. I was a bit worried the account was compromised. I think I'll extend it to indef for now until we hear back from them. ASUKITE 12:12, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that does sound like a possibility. Deb (talk) 16:28, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Draft: Algenesis Labs deletion

Hi Asukite — thanks for the work you do keeping new pages in shape. I saw you deleted Draft:Algenesis Labs under G11 on 25 July, and wanted to reach out directly rather than just recreate it.

A bit of context: I'm a disclosed paid editor (see my user page), and this draft was partway through the normal Articles for Creation process. Sulfurboy had reviewed it about 10 hours before your deletion and declined it on notability grounds — nothing in his feedback flagged tone or promotional language.

The draft was citing independent sources like Chemistry World, Chemical & Engineering News, Fast Company, PBS, and Urethanes Technology International rather than press releases, with company-sourced claims attributed rather than stated as fact — so I was a little surprised it read as unambiguous advertising.

Would you be open to restoring it, or sending me a copy, so I can take another look and fix whatever's actually causing the concern? Happy to hear your read on it either way.

Thanks. BioPolymerEditor (talk) 16:37, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

@BioPolymerEditor I restored it to Draft:Algenesis Labs and trimmed a few things (see the comment I left there). It still needs work, and has a couple of AI signs, but it doesn't scream AI to me. I'd avoid using press releases as citations at all, as they're WP:PRIMARY, and can only be used for limited purposes. Getting a paid draft published is difficult, and the review queue is already dauntingly large right now, so I'd advise to take your time and focus on quality sources (WP:RSP and WP:NPPSG have lists of a few already deemed reliable). ASUKITE 18:00, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

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Claudio1098

Hello. On the Spanish Wikipedia, the user has returned with a new sockpuppet, and I don't think he's going to stop. Could you please take a look? Mαrti 03:50, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@Mαrti thanks, somebody else already got to it (was reported at SPI here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Claudio1098) ASUKITE 13:16, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Request regarding Draft:Navaan Foundation

Hello @Asukite,

I was the creator of Draft:Navaan Foundation, which you recently deleted under G11. Would it be possible to restore a copy of the draft to my userspace so I can substantially revise it before any future submission? I plan to rewrite it to better comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly with regard to neutrality, verifiability, and the use of independent sources.

If you have any specific suggestions on what you would recommend I focus on improving, I'd really appreciate your guidance. I'd like to address the issues before submitting it again. Thank you for your time. Lazywilin (talk) 08:07, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@Lazywilin do you have a conflict of interest for that topic, or are you being paid to write about it? ASUKITE 13:17, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Asukite,

Thank you for your reply. I am not being paid to write about the topic. I was previously a member of the organization, but I am no longer affiliated with it or editing on its behalf. I decided to create the draft on my own initiative because I noticed that a number of organizations in my country have Wikipedia articles, and I thought Navaan Foundation might also meet Wikipedia's notability requirements if it could be supported by appropriate independent sources.

Thank you for your time. Lazywilin (talk) 14:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

The draft did not have many reliable sources. Do you have any that were missing? ASUKITE 22:37, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Voldemort is a supervillain?

You may think differently but I find it dubious that Voldemort has been categorised in the article under "Supervillains" given Harry Potter is not considered to be a work of superhero fiction, anywhere and certainly not in anything on Wikipedia. Could you look into this please? ~2026-40617-46 (talk) 22:13, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

I haven't had much involvement with that topic, besides a previous unrelated move request. I don't think I have much to add there. ASUKITE 22:38, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

That's fair; could you possibly ask an admin or content moderator who is involved with Harry Potter related articles to review this? I have no idea who to contact. Kind regards. ~2026-40617-46 (talk) 22:54, 3 August 2026 (UTC)