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See also: Wikimedia News | Wikimedia blog | Signpost — Report news here: Internal news media Goings-on in the past few months +/− August 2026 August 25 : Global GLAM Call August 2026 September 2026 September 4 – September 6: WikiConference India 2026 in Kochi, India September 18 – September 20: Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania September 24 – September 27: WikiConference North America 2026 in Edmonton, Canada October 2026 October 2 – October 4: Language Diversity Conference in Accra, Ghana October 9 – October 10: Open Knowledge: Wikimedia & Research in the CEE Region in Katowice, Poland Older goings-on August 2026 August 7 – August 9: WikiMeet Venezuela 2026 in Mérida, Venezuela July 2026 July 10 – July 12: OKI - Train the trainer 2026, Hyderabad, India July 21 – July 25: Wikimania 2026 in Paris, France June 26 – July 15: The call for session proposals for WikiConference India 2026 is now open. Have an idea, or project to share? Submit your proposal and be part of the conference program. July 26: 1st of 2 Wikimedia Café sessions regarding Wikimedia governance reform, including potential follow-ups to the Movement Charter, at 15:00 UTC July 26: 43rd DCW Conversation Hour, Wikipedia Admin & Patrol Tools, featuring Sohom Datta (English Wikipedia Administrator) on 26 July, 3:30 PM UTC. July 27: 2nd Wikimedia Café session on the same topic, at 03:00 UTC July 28: July Global GLAM Call June 2026 June 9 – June 23: Voting period for the proposed changes to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is open. (voting information / proposed changes / link to vote) June 23: June Global GLAM Call registration is open! Interpretation in Arabic, French and Kiswahili. June 27: 1st of 2 Wikimedia Café sessions regarding the English Wikipedia Editor Reflections project, with featured guest User:Clovermoss, at 15:00 UTC June 28: 2nd Wikimedia Café session on the same topic, at 03:00 UTC June 17 – June 30: The endorsement period for the ESEAP Community Connector Cycle 2 is open! Review the candidates and endorse your preferred until 30 June 2026, 23:59 AoE. Check your eligibility with the AccountEligibility tool June 29: 42nd DCW Conversation Hour, Insights on Steward Operations and Local Admin Rights, featuring Martin Rulsch (Wikimedia Steward) on 29 June, 3:00 PM UTC. May 2026 May 1 – May 3: Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan, Italy May 4: All editions of Wikinews will close and become permanently read-only on 2026-05-04. See the announcement here. May 15 – May 17: ESEAP Conference 2026 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan May 22: 41st DCW Conversation Hour, Revive Your Community: Lessons from Wikimedia Sicily, featuring Lea Lacroix, Community Engagement Consultant, founder of Wiki Sud Italia and Wikimedia Consultants Network, on 22 May, 13:30 UTC. May 22: EduWiki Knowledge Showcase, May, 2026, on the role of humour in educational and collaborative wiki spaces, and How Large Language Models Mask Student Wikipedia Contributions, featuring Ziko van Dijk, and Hector Gabriel on 22 May, 14:00 UTC. May 26: Global GLAM Call, 26 May 2026, 13:30-15:00 UTC May 30: At 15:00 UTC (Saturday in most time zones), the first of two Wikimedia Café sessions this weekend focusing on the the Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan, at a time friendly to the Americas, Africa, and Europe. May 31: At 05:00 UTC (Sunday in most time zones), the second of two Wikimedia Café sessions this weekend focusing on the the Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan, at a time friendly to Asia and the Pacific. May 19 – June 2: Voting phase for 2026 U4C elections is open. (voting information / all candidates / link to vote) January 1 – May 30: Discussions about the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan for 2026–2027. April 2026 April 11: Wikimedia Café meetup at 14:00 UTC (Saturday in most time zones), focusing on the the 2026–2027 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan. Featured guests: Kelsi Stine-Rowe (senior manager, Movement Communications), and Sam Walton (senior product manager, Moderator Tools). April 28: April Global GLAM Call, 28 April 2026, 8:00-9:30 UTC March 2026 March 7: Wikimedia Café meetup at 15:00 UTC focusing on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app. Featured guests: software developers User:Misaochan and User:RitikaPahwa4444, and Wiki Project Med chair User:Doc James. March 13 – March 14: Northwestern European Hackathon in Arnhem, Netherlands March 20 – April 15: Scholarship application for WikiConference India 2026 is open. The conference will take place from 4th - 6th September 2026 in Kochi, India. March 24: EduWiki Knowledge Showcase, March 2026 to spotlight Wikimedia education projects from the ESEAP, CEE, and MENA regions. March 25: Server switch at 15:00 UTC March 29: 39th DCW Conversation Hour, Wikimedia Futures Lab: Insights and Experiments, featuring Nicole Ebber, Chief of Staff, Wikimedia Deutschland, on 29 March, 17:00 UTC. February 2026 February 6 – February 27: 2026 Wikimedia Steward elections voting is running until 27 February 2026, 14:00 (UTC). January 2026 January 20: Bernadette Meehan steps in as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. January 15 – January 31: Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. January 15: The Wikipedia 25 Virtual Celebration takes place on 15 January 2026, 16:00 (UTC) December 2025 November – December 31: The Wiki Science Competition 2025 on Commons October 30 – December 11: Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and Case Review Committee accepting applications until 11 December 2025. November 2025 November 22 – November 23: CEE Youth Group Meeting 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia October 2025 October 3 – October 5: German language WikiCon 2025 October 3 – October 5: Knowledge Mine. Wikipedia goes underground Katowice and Zabrze, Poland. October 4 – October 5: French language WikiCon 2025 in Cotonou, Benin. October 16 – October 19: WikiConference North America 2025 in New York, United States. October 8 – October 22: Wikimedia Foundation Board selection: Voting period (vote here) October 24 - October 25: Wiki Leaders Training 2025 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 25: WikiConference Seoul 2025 in Seoul, South Korea October 30 - November 1: GLAM Wiki 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal October 31: Last day to request a scholarship with the Wikimedia Foundation to support your travel to Wikimania 2026 in Paris, France August 2025 August 5: Wikimania 2025 pre-conference in Nairobi, Kenya August 6 – August 9: Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya August: Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps on Wikispore + Wikinews August 27 – August 31: WikiCite 2025 in Bern, Switzerland July 2025 July 29 – October 7: Wikimedia Foundation Board selection: Campaign period (guidelines) June 2025 June 27 – August 15: There is a public consultation about the future of Wikinews. June 27 – July 27: There is a public consultation about Wikispore as a future incubator of new Wikimedia sister projects. June 17 – July 8: 2025 Board election: Call for candidates May 22 – June 5: Wikimedia Foundation Board selection: Submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer May 28 – June 11: 2025 U4C Elections are open for candidate questions! June 3 – June 17: Voting phase for 2025 U4C elections is open (voting information / all candidates / link to vote) May 2025 May 23 – May 25: ESEAP Strategy Summit 2025 in Manila, Philippines January 10 – May 30: Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2025-26 Collaboration May 16 – May 18: Youth Conference 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic May 2 – May 4: Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey May 1 – May 15: Wikimedia Foundation Board selection: Review and comment on the proposed rules for the upcoming selection process March 2025 March 23: Discovery of account compromises March 19: Server switch at 14:00 UTC February 2025 February 14 – February 16: Wikisource Conference 2025 in Bali, Indonesia February 6 – February 27: 2025 Steward elections voting is running until 27 February 2025, 14:00 (UTC) February 4: Office hour for the banner and logo policy update initiative at 16:00 UTC January 2025 January 30: Conversation with the Trustees at 14:30 to 16:00 UTC. January 30: Community Resilience and Sustainability Conversation Hour at 20:00 UTC. Deputy General Counsel Jacob Rogers will be present to discuss supporting and defending community self-governance. January 15 – January 31: Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. November 2024 November 22: Let’s Connect Learning Clinic: Gender Sensitivity Training in Wikimedi…