Wikipedia:Kōrero

Kōrero mai...

Tēnā koe! Nau mai, haere mai! Tuhia mai ō whakaaro, ō pātai rānei ki konei. (Please leave any questions or comments here).

Ko tēnei whārangi tō tātou puna wai, tō mātou wharekai rānei, hei wāhi whakawhitiwhiti kōrero i ngā reo e rua mō ngā āhuatanga katoa o tēnei o ō tātou Wikipedia. Ki te hiahia whakaputa whakaaro koe, tēnā, waiho mai ō whakaaro, ō pātai rānei kei raro iho nei, kia mōhio ai mātou kua tae mai koe kia kite i a mātou! Pūranga: 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007-2009

Wikimania Scholarships

The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, visit the Wikimania 2010 scholarships information page, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply. For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:

• Scholarships
• Scholarships FAQ

Yours very truly, Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

Waitohu/logo of the Māori wikipedia

Kia ora tātou. There's vote on File talk:Wiki.png about a change in the wording of the main logo of the Māori wikipedia. I propose to change Te mātāpunenga utukore to Te Mātāpunenga Wātea. Last year a user pointed out that the word utukore means free in the monetary sense, and said the right translation would be wātea, meaning free/unrestricted/open, ie for anyone to edit. Totally correct, but nothing was done about it at the time. With a new version about to be rolled out with the change to the Vector skin, this is a good time to sort it out. Kahuroa 11:21, 6 Hune 2010 (UTC)

2010 Fundraising Is Almost Here

Hello Wikipedians, I am Kelly and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser. My job is to be the liaison between your community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort; we recognize that banner messages which may perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to international audiences.

I'm contacting you as I am currently looking for translators who are willing to contribute to this project by helping translate and localize messages into different languages and suggesting messages that would appeal to your readers on the Fundraising Meta Page. We've started the setup on meta for both banner submission, statistical analysis, and grouping volunteers together.
Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well! I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser. If someone could translate this message I would really appreciate it so that everyone is able to understand our goals and contribute to this year's campaign.
Klyman 19:00, 21 Oketopa 2010 (UTC)

Multilingual Challenge

E whakapaoho ana i te Derby Multilingual Challenge Koinei te wa tuatahi kua kotahi ai a Wikipedia ki te whakapakari i nga reo o te ao. Ka taea e te marea te tautoko i te kaupapa nei, i roto i o ake reo. E timata ana te whakataetae a te 1 Haratua ki 3 Mahuru 2011. Tautoko inaianei!

Announcing the Derby Multilingual Challenge This is the first multilingual Wikipedia collaboration. All Wikipedians can take part, in any Wikipedia language. The challenge runs from 1 May until 3 September 2011. Sign up now! " Wikipedia is particularly pleased to see that Derby Museums are encouraging the creation of articles in languages other than English." (Jimmy Wales, 14 January 2011)

Andrew Dalby 13:16, 2 Mei 2011 (UTC)

My adminship

Kia ora tātou. My apologies if this is the wrong place for this, but I'm not sure where else to put it. In the earlier days of this wiki (mostly 2004/2005-ish), I did a limited amount of simple backroom work with the wiki interface (all most likely supplanted by now). As a result, I was given administrator and bureaucrat status here by User:Robin Patterson. However, none of that is necessary now (if it ever was), and my knowledge of the language isn't sufficient for me to actually contribute content to any meaningful extent (or else I wouldn't be writing this in English, naturally). Also, endorsement from a single other user doesn't exactly constitute the broad community support that a bureaucrat really ought to have. As such, I propose to go to the Wikimedia stewards and ask them to revoke my status as both bureaucrat and admin. As per the requirements for requesting steward actions, I'm raising the issue for discussion here first. Assuming there's no objection (and I'm not expecting one...) I'll make the request in a week or so. -- Vardion 04:50, 17 Ākuhata 2011 (UTC)

Actually, never mind waiting. Having looked at the relevant pages, it seems that requests for removal of one's own permissions are an exception to the rule about gaining community consensus first (since the voluntary removal of admin status isn't likely to be disputed). I'll make the request right away, but leave this here just as a notification that it's happening. -- Vardion 05:07, 17 Ākuhata 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your work here.-gadfium 06:41, 17 Ākuhata 2011 (UTC)

Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery 16:23, 15 Hānuere 2012 (UTC)

Language support group for Maori

The Wikimedia Foundation has brought together a new team of developers who are dedicated to language support. This team is to support all the languages and consequently it is not realistic to expect that the team members can provide proper support for your language. It is for this reason that we are looking for volunteers who will make up a language support team.

This language support team will be asked to provide us with information about their language. Such information may need to be provided either to us or on a website that we will indicate to you. Another activity will be to test software that will likely have an effect on the running of the MediaWiki software. We are looking for people who clearly identify their ability. Formal knowledge is definitely appreciated.

As much of the activity will be concentrated on translatewiki.net, it will be a plus when team members know how to localise at translatewiki.net.
Thanks, Gmeijssen 07:41, 23 Hānuere 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomenCamp, Argentina, May 2012

Hi, I can not speak Maori. I am helping to organise a conference for women involved with Wikimedia Foundation projects. (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp) If possible, would like a woman from New Zealand to attend. It will be an opportunity to gain leadership skills, and to interact with women from other countries who are trying to help improve Wikimedia in their own countries. In preparation for this conference, we are trying to benchmark the participation rates of women on Wikimedia projects, the places women participate and content related to women from specific countries. We have created a page about New Zealand at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/New_Zealand. It would be fantastic if people from New Zealand could help improve this page, or create a version that is written in Maori. Thank you for your help and patience. ---22Kartika 01:21, 11 Pēpuere 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:10, 12 Pēpuere 2012 (UTC)

Maori Welcome to Wales

Please help: replace this red text with a translation of the English message below. Thank you!

@MonmouthpediA announces the Charles Rolls Challenge This is the first multilingual Wikipedia collaboration to create a wiki-town. All Wikipedians can take part, in any Wikipedia language. The challenge runs from 1 March until the 19th of April 2012. (Prizegiving webstreamed on 21st April). Sign up now! "Can you imagine a Wiki Project that involves 1,000 QRpedia codes and free WiFi?"

20 in Welsh so far, esperanto, Swedish, Maori? Victuallers (talk) 19:58, 1 Māehe 2012 (UTC)