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  • Café sunset bar on the beach, Lake Woerth, Austria
  • "Asia–Europe Meeting" (ASEM) Culture Ministers' Meeting Roundtable
  • Officers from Tunisia and Zambia conduct liaison officer training during the African Partnership Flight 2024 armed forces workshop
  • Members of the Enterprise and Business Committee of the National Assembly for Wales took part in a roundtable discussion
  • A poster from Wikimedia Hackathon 2019
  • Rustic Barista Specialty Coffee in Korat, Thailand
  • A mug with the words "Be Bold" and "Wikipedia" in San Francisco, United States
  • Iced mate tea, seen in a photo taken by a resident of São Paulo, Brazil
  • A cup in Ethiopia in the traditional style for coffee ceremonies
  • The Wikimedia Café logo


Welcome!

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The Wikimedia Café provides a forum for voice (optionally inclusive of video) discussion of issues of broad interest among Wikimedia participants.

This month

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This month's focus will be on the Next 25 initiative, including framing the initiative.

Agenda [Total time: approximately 1 hour]

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  • Preliminaries
    • 3 minute buffer for late arrivals & microphone checks
    • Self-introductions
    • Café norms
    • Overview of the agenda
  • Main section
  • Presentation. (20 minutes. There may be a follow-up in a later Café session.)
  • Drop in search engine traffic, and associated readership, contributor recruiting, and fundraising
  • There is related work happening regarding external attribution
  • Will Wikipedia in its current format (as a flagship) be viable in a few years?
  • Other threats: hallucinated references, poorly generated articles, fewer trustworthy news sources as the news industry consolidates. Increased ease of bad behavior: a) producing faked secondary sources and primary sources (fake news, fake archives); b) automating hostile activities (abuse and socking); c) falsifying Commons media
  • The goal is for Wikimedia to survive the next 25 years, but there are not 25 years to figure this out. The window of opportunity is 1-3 years.
  • We want to accelerate the speed of experimentation, and of decision-making. This is proposed as the first priority. See A proposal to frame Next 25.
  • After or in parallel with accelerating decision-making, focus on what changes are needed + feasible within 3 years.
  • Discussion (25 minutes)
  • Is the 3-year estimate of opportunity correct?
  • What could be done to accelerate decision making in the next few months?
  • In the era of AI where no one leaves their preferred reference tool, is text-heavy Wikipedia saveable, and if so, should it be saved?
  • What is the viability of other projects such as Commons, Wikidata, Wikisource, and Wiktionary?
  • What innovations are needed and achievable in the next 3 years to support viability of the Wikiverse for the next 25 years?
  • Would having multiple working groups be feasible for parallel execution on elements of Next 25?
  • Next steps & closure ← (5 minutes)

How to attend the session

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If you would like to attend then please sign below at least 30 minutes before the start of the session. A Google Meet link will be emailed to you before the start of the session, using Special:EmailUser.

  • Before the scheduled start time of the Café, please verify that you can successfully use Google Meet.
  • To improve the chances of Café meetings being valuable and positive experiences for intermediate to advanced participants:
    1. A prerequisite for attending the Café is that your Wikimedia account has 500 or more edits on a single wiki with an account that made its first contribution 30 or more days ago, consistent with English Wikipedia's policy for extendedconfirmed group membership. You may fulfill this requirement on any Wikimedia project.
    2. Your account must have no active blocks visible in Special:CentralAuth. Waivers to this requirement may be granted if you can make a convincing case to User:Pine for an exception, such as if the block was self-requested.
    3. Having at least beginner knowledge of the English language is helpful, but feel free to attend and simply listen if your English is too limited for you to feel comfortable speaking it. Additionally, you are welcome to use text translation tools to post translated text into the meeting chat.

Session A: Americas, Africa, and Europe-friendly slot

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  • Time: 29 August 15:00 UTC
  • Time conversion: ZoneStamp time converter, see also timanddate.com. You can freely change the locations shown on the linked pages without affecting the original link.

Signups for Session A:

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  1. ༄ᨒ𖠰 Pine (✉) 23:45, 16 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  2. —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 05:18, 17 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  3. --Geugeor Georges (talk) 06:09, 17 August 2026 (UTC)Your signature herereply
  4. CMD (talk) 00:26, 18 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  5. SCP-2000 03:25, 18 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  6. Your signature here

Session B: Asia and Pacific-friendly slot

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Signups for Session B:

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  1. ༄ᨒ𖠰 Pine (✉) 23:45, 16 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  2. –SJ talk  14:25, 17 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  3. SCP-2000 03:25, 18 August 2026 (UTC)reply
  4. Your signature here
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A ping will be created here when emails are sent with the meeting links.

Slide deck & notes, comments

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  • coming later

Next month and later meetings

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Potential future sessions

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  • Related: review the progress of hubs
Schedule to be determined.
Related:
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-owidslider.js
* https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:OWID
Featured guest: User:Doc James

Archives

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Meeting conduct & disclaimer

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  • Café sessions are not usually recorded in full, but anyone can take & share notes.
  • Civility is expected in the Café, although expressions of strong opinions may happen. If a conversation becomes too acrimonious then the hosts may end discussion of that topic, require certain participants to leave a Café session, or take other measures to keep order in the Café.
  • Wikimedia Café sessions are not officially endorsed, supervised, or directly financially sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation. The Café sessions receive limited support in the sense that announcements and other communications may be hosted on infrastructure that is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Staff, contractors, grantees, or trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation may be guests in Café sessions. Opinions and statements made in Café sessions might not represent those of the Wikimedia Foundation.

See also

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Wikimedia meetups that are online, international, and recur two or more times per year
Name Hosting person or group Active Conclusion date Approximate frequency Primary language(s) Interpretation capacity Notes
Afrika Baraza Wiki Indaba Steering Committee (WISCOM) and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Quarterly
Catch up Wikimedia CEE Hub (Central and Eastern Europe) and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Bi-monthly See also CEE Office hours
Collaboration hours North American Wikimedians/Indigenous North American issues team in collaboration with the University of Maryland iSchool yes Weekly
Community Calls ESEAP Hub (Wikimedia East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Cooperation) yes Monthly the letters E and N English the letters Z and H Chinese and the letters I and D Indonesian (based on request) Community call for ESEAP Hub is an update of the regional activities and an hour to exchange regional collaboration. See also: South Asia Open Community Call
DCW Conversation Hour Deoband Community Wikimedia yes Monthly the letters E and N English "The conversation hour focuses on Wikimedia movement strategy initiatives such as increasing the sustainability of the movement, and helps invest in the skills and leadership development across Wikimedia entities." External link: DCW Conversation Hour
Global GLAM calls yes Monthly the letters E and N English Available if requested at least 4 weeks in advance "For everyone who actively works on GLAM-Wiki projects around the world: volunteers, staff of Wikimedia affiliates, people working for cultural organizations, Wikimedians in Residence...and beginners as well!"
  1. EduWiki Hub Knowledge Showcase
  2. EduWiki Hub Workshop
 Wikipedia & Education User Group yes Bi-monthly the letters E and N English "...community gathering platform for members of the Wikimedia and Education User Group and EduWiki practitioners across the globe... The goal is to foster a sense of belonging and connectivity and inspire diversity within education programs."
  1. English meetings
  2. Spanish meetings
 Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group yes Monthly in Spanish, less frequently in English 25pxalt=the letters E and S Spanish and the letters E and N English
Language community meetings Wikimedia Foundation's Language and Product Localization team yes Quarterly the letters E and N English See also: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization Newsletter
Learning clinics Let's Connect yes Monthly the letters E and N English the letters E and S Spanish, the letters F and R French, The letters P and t Portuguese and the letters A and R Arabic Focuses on skills development. See also Wikimedia Clinics
NARWHAL Meetups User:Pharos in connection with the North American Wikimedians regional hub yes Monthly the letters E and N English. Note: the related WikiConference North America is inclusive of the letters E and S Spanish and the letters F and R French presentations. Focus on North America including Canada, US, and Mexico.
Meetings (sic) Wikifunctions Natural Language Special Interest Group (NLG SIG) yes Bimonthly the letters E and N English
Office hours Wikimedia CEE Hub (Central and Eastern Europe) yes Monthly the letters E and N English "Wikimedia CEE Hub staff members conduct online (virtual) sessions known as office hours. Office hours provide Wikimedia community members from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Region the opportunity to ask questions or provide feedback on the work of the Wikimedia CEE Hub. There is generally no set agenda."

See also CEE Catch up.

South Asia Open Community Call yes Monthly See also: ESEAP Community Calls
WikiAfrica Hour Wiki In Africa yes Monthly the letters E and N English "WikiAfrica Hour is a monthly live discussion that support the activities of the WikiAfrica movement and Wikimedians across Africa."
Wikibase office hour Wikimedia Deutschland's Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects team yes Monthly the letters E and N English German interpretation is likely to be available. Notes are on the Wikidata site in "Category:Office hour notes"
WikiCauserie WikiFranca and the WMF Movement Communications team yes Monthly the letters F and R French Some interpretation capacity
Wikimedia Café User:Pine yes Monthly the letters E and N English Each session may have a specific theme such as strategy, technologies, training, metrics, or funding.
Wikimedia Research Showcase Wikimedia Foundation Research team yes Monthly the letters E and N English See also Research:Index
Community Support Sessions Art+Feminism User Group intermittent Quarterly the letters E and N English External link: https://artandfeminism.org/resources/community-support-sessions/
MENA Connect Community Call (Middle East/North Africa) intermittent Semi-annually
Wikimedia monthly activities meetings, also known as "Metrics meetings" Wikimedia Foundation Communications no August 2019 Monthly the letters E and N English The public WMF Metrics meetings evolved from an internal meeting series which focused on WMF-chosen metrics. The public Metrics meetings included presentations of activities, discussions with WMF executives, and a variety of announcements including upcoming events and projects, upcoming due dates, work anniversaries, and celebrations. Beginning in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin newsletter serves a similar purpose.
Wikimedia Clinics Wikimedia Foundation's Community Development team no May 2021 Monthly See also Learning clinics
WIKIMOVE Wikimedia Deutschland no July 2024 Monthly the letters E and N English This podcast related to the development of the 2030 Strategy.
WikiFireside Chat Yop Rwang Pam and User:Philip Kopetzky no August 2024 Biweekly the letters E and N English This podcast related to the development of the 2030 Strategy and the proposed Movement Charter.
Conversation hour with Community Resilience and Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation Community Resilience and Sustainability team no April 2025 Quarterly the letters E and N English The CR&S team is part of the WMF Legal team.
Conversations with the Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee no December 2025 Quarterly the letters E and N English Some interpretation capacity This was an approximately quarterly meeting hosted by the WMF Board's Community Affairs Committee which was intended to facilitate two-way communication between the Board and the broader Wikimedia population. Many topics were covered in the meetings, and there were time slots for open questions & answers.

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