MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages

Wikipedia has five kinds of top-of-page messages that can be used to convey information or announcements to readers and editors.

The "Sitenotice", found at MediaWiki:Sitenotice, is displayed at the top of all pages for all logged-in users, and for anonymous users if the following message is empty.
MediaWiki:Anonnotice can be used to display information only to anonymous/IP users, not logged-in users. Alternatively, by 'blanking' the anonnotice and replacing it with nothing (not even a space or empty paragraph!), then the sitenotice can be used as a "logged-in users only" notice to display information only to editors. When "Anonnotice" contains nothing, no notice is shown to anonymous users. When it contains "-" it disables the message in favour of Sitenotice. If it contains anything else, it will be rendered to anonymous users instead of the Sitenotice (including a "hide" button).
MediaWiki:Watchlist-messages is displayed at the top of Special:Watchlist for all users who use this feature.
The CentralNotice, found at meta:Special:CentralNotice, is an extension which can display banners at the top of a select group of Wikimedia sites simultaneously.
Geonotice, at Wikipedia:Geonotice, allows location-specific notices – and is a candidate for integration into MediaWiki.

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This page has archives. Sections older than 14 days may be automatically archived by when more than 3 sections are present.

See Wikipedia:Watchlist notices for documentation of how to add, maintain or hide watchlist notices.

Unreferenced articles November 2024 drive

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Requesting a watchlist notice to display for the next seven days:

Hate unreferenced articles? Sign up for the Unreferenced articles November 2024 backlog drive and earn barnstars!

Thank you! – DreamRimmer (talk) 14:35, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:32, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE November 2024 drive

Please post the following message:

Thank you. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:42, 31 October 2024 (UTC) (edited 08:00, 1 November 2024 and 03:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC) (UTC))[reply]

@Novem Linguae, Xaosflux, and Firefangledfeathers: as you were involved in handling the last such request. Please post this soon, as the drive is already in its second day. Dhtwiki (talk) 03:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Petition to WMF

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Per Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)#Visibility, could the following be added:

In response to potential disclosures of editors’ personal information by the Wikimedia Foundation, a petition to the WMF is collecting signatures.

The wording is adapted from WP:CENT; feel free to edit, as speed is the priority right now. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Endorse as necessary and having community consensus at that location. Tazerdadog (talk) 18:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done House Blaster (talk • he/they) 20:26, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a change to

There is a petition to the WMF in response to potential disclosures of editors’ personal information by the Wikimedia Foundation.

We should lead with the primary item + link, and then give context. Cremastra (u — c) 00:08, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Sohom (talk) 15:58, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting an extension as the open letter remains relevant and is still collecting signatures. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:40, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, until the end of the month — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 15:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheresNoTime: Now might be a good time to swap it out for the blackout RFC, and if that RFC fails we can swap it back in. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:41, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]