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Invitation to Organize Feminism and Folklore 2026

Dear Wiki Community,

We are pleased to invite Wikimedia communities, affiliates, and independent contributors to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2026 writing competition on your local Wikipedia.

The international campaign will run from 1 February to 31 March 2026 and aims to improve coverage of feminism, women’s histories, gender-related topics, and folk culture across Wikipedia projects.

About the Campaign

Feminism and Folklore is a global writing initiative that complements the Wiki Loves Folklore photography competition. While Wiki Loves Folklore focuses on visual documentation, this writing campaign addresses the gender gap on Wikipedia by improving encyclopedic content related to folk culture and marginalized voices.

What Can Participants Write About?

Communities can contribute by creating, expanding, or translating articles related to:

• Folk festivals, rituals, and celebrations
• Folk dances, music, and traditional performances
• Women and queer figures in folklore
• Women in mythology and oral traditions
• Women warriors, witches, and witch-hunting narratives
• Fairy tales, folk stories, and legends
• Folk games, sports, and cultural practices

Participants may work from curated article lists or generate new article suggestions using campaign tools.

How to Sign Up as an Organizer

Organizers are requested to complete the following steps to register their community:

1. Create a local project page on your wiki (see sample)
2. Set up the campaign using the CampWiz tool
3. Prepare a local article list and clearly mention:
   • Campaign timeline
   • Local and international prizes
4. Request a site notice from local administrators (see sample)
5. Add your local project page and CampWiz link to the Meta project page

Campaign Tools

The Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced tools to support organizers and participants:

• Article List Generator by Topic – Helps identify articles available on English Wikipedia but missing in your local language Wikipedia. The tool allows customized filters and provides downloadable article lists in CSV and wikitable formats.
• CampWiz – Enables communities to manage writing campaigns effectively, including jury-based evaluation. This will be the third year CampWiz is officially used for Feminism and Folklore.

Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access the tools

Learn More & Get Support

For detailed information about rules, timelines, and prizes, please visit the Feminism and Folklore 2026 project page.

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out via:

• Meta talk page
• Email us using details on the contact page.

Join Us

We look forward to your collaboration and coordination in making Feminism and Folklore 2026 a meaningful and impactful campaign for closing gender gaps and enriching folk culture content on Wikipedia.

Thank you and best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2026 International Team

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Death only with reference, please

When you add a person to the list of those who died, by date, please also provide a reference. Looking at the current list, most entries don't have a reference. Eptalon (talk) 11:16, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

It’s been happening quite recently and often I find people who aren’t really dead at all so it’s also very important to double check if it’s true or not. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 13:55, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

I just went through a cited the February entries, using primarily enwiki's sources (which I checked). Part of this is my mistake, since I merged the February entries from Deaths in February 2026 without thinking too much about the sources. Many of the January entries still need sources, and I will get around to it soon if nobody else does. I'd still encourage some other folks to have a look. Garsh (talk) 22:39, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

I just saw this now, I've added Neil Sedaka to Deaths in February 2026.

However when I tried to look at a previous death to reference how to do, I stumbled upon Antonio Tejero. Based on the first sentence(?), the format is currently as of now (30 April 1932 – 25 February 2026), however when I later checked on Sedaka after I added the info, it was changed to (March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026). I would presume that's the correct way? Patandor (talk) 00:01, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

In Europe, some Latin/South American counties and other countries the dating format they use is day month year (i.e. 27 February 2026). In the U.S., the common dating format is month day year (i.e. February 27, 2026). TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:03, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for a quick response and clarification! Patandor (talk) 00:06, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

It is now march; All people who died in February now have a source. The January entries have been moved to Deaths in January 2026, over the redirect. Many of these still need sources. Eptalon (talk) 10:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I would also suggest we remove all entries from the January listing that don't have a reference like mid-March... Eptalon (talk) 11:56, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Timestamps

Super random, but do Unix timestamps work on Wikipedia? Like, non UTC times for viewers. Is it available as a clientside software mod? 💠Ely - Talk💠 14:11, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Different?

Are Wikipedia and Simple Wikipedia different? Erakilos (talk) 09:38, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, they are different. Simple English Wikipedia is much smaller. We also place more emphasis on the fact that articles should be easy to understand for most people. But the philosophy is the same: by default anyone can change any article, with very few exceptions. Just try,look at a few articles of subjects you find interesting. When you find an article that has problems or that does not mention some things it should simply improve it. Welcome Eptalon (talk) 12:52, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! I thought Simple Wikipedia was not a WM project, like a forked wiki. I’ve contributed on Miraheze before, so I’m familiar with how wikis operate. I’ll explore and see where I can make improvements.

Appreciate the welcome! Erakilos (talk) 13:09, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

And, yes this is a Wikimedia project. Imagine it as another language... Eptalon (talk) 15:22, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

familytree.js

This is a very useful template, can someone help get it working here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daduxing/familytree.js I tried importing it to my userspace but it does not work https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Immanuelle/familytree.js Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 22:12, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

@Immanuelle The template is detracted and just doesn’t work anymore. It requires a lot of work to get it fixing again. PieWriter (talk) 02:11, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@PieWriter what do you mean by detracted? Deprecated? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 02:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, deprecated. autocorrect…… PieWriter (talk) 03:01, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@PieWriter the entire family tree template is deprecated? On all wikis? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 22:23, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@Immanuelle The entire script is on every wiki, when you try to use it on a page, etc Athena, it just replaces that chart with a broken version. PieWriter (talk) 00:45, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh when did that happen? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 01:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I have no idea PieWriter (talk) 01:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@PieWriter so is it disabled and nobody can use it? Is there a place where the deprecation is documented? I might be able to fix it. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 00:56, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

It’s not disabled. I don’t think the deprecation is documented anywhere either. PieWriter (talk) 02:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

PieWriter (talk) 00:46, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

New Wikiproject

Hey guys, if you want to join WikiProject Chemistry click here. Thanks for reading this! thetree284 (talk and edits) 22:31, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Colors of markers

Bringing this content dispute here for a wider audience. I opened a discussion at Talk:Expo (marker) the other day but no replies have come. The other day I removed color tables at Sharpie and Expo (marker). In my view they are trivia and are original research as presented. The sources, in some cases, were just pictures of the boxes of the markers leading the editors to make their own conclusions/assumptions as to what the colors, hex codes, and such were, thus, original research. User:SillyChillDude has since restored them saying that they are "not trivial when talking about school/art supplies" and that other articles on supplies have them.

As far as I can see, Crayola also has them. List of Crayola crayon colors is a standalone that exists at the English Wikipedia as well. I think that article makes sense because Crayola's color history is well documented and is a source of independent coverage. I note that at Crayola there are tables of colors for their markers and colored pencils. Those seem to be more problematic with weaker sourcing and weaker independent coverage. I think that they also should be removed.

I ask the general community for opinions here to help resolve this content dispute rather than becoming a back and forth edit war. CountryANDWestern (talk) 11:52, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I think there is at least one standard; see en:List of RAL colours. Each color has a name, and a color code. The one I mention is used for industrial applications though. It is unlikely that the one for Crayola, or the Expo (Marker) are different. Eptalon (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

My apologies for not responding on Talk:Expo (marker), seeing as both of us were the ones going back and forth on the edits. As far as official hex codes for the colors, using the "Inspect" tool on this archived copy of the official Expo Marker website, you can see the hex codes of those little color boxes that let you select the color. I don't know if you'd want to count that as official or not. I still don't think it's trivial (especially for Crayola and Sharpie, as most of those colors have history behind them), but if the general consensus is in agreement, I would take you up on your idea of making a list of those colors rather than table/color boxes. SillyChillDude (talk) 18:47, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

RAL colors is what you use when you tell them you want a brown garage door and they ask what kind of brown - industrial applications Eptalon (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

and those numbers are unrelated to the RGB codes you get when you inspect the web page Eptalon (talk) 18:59, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Spotlight...

Hello, I just wanted to point out, that yesterday, the page Ali Khamenei got over 3.800 views. On an average day the rest of the month, it gets 36 views. Once again, this might be a reason to improve the page, as it might be the first (and perhaps only) thing people see on this Wikipedia. The page is currently semi-protected, only autoconfirmed users can change it. Eptalon (talk) 12:11, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Baby Globe

Hello! I was wondering if anyone is in favor of displaying the Baby Globe feature on our Wikipedia! ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 22:41, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Sure, looks cute! I mean, I won't personally get to see it as I don't use Vector 2022. This also has to be toggled on by the user so I am not too concerned about it being distracting. It seems as though any admin can just turn it on, so little effort involved too. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 23:48, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Sure, something to make wikipedia ‘fun’. PieWriter (talk) 00:47, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't mind. Since I use monobook I won't see it but it is overall harmless and can be toggled by users if they find it annoying.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 07:20, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

It is even a case of you toggle it on, so if you find it annoying, just don't even turn it on in the first place :D --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 23:02, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Unreliable source?

I was about to format the only source used in the page about Injil but I think I should ask this here first, "is that source reliable?"-Baangla (talk) 14:08, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. This source is rather not reliable - it seems to be some kind of personal blog, without any review. For more info see WP:VER and WP:RS. BZPN (talk) 14:11, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thanks!-Baangla (talk) 14:14, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Gendered ship language

 (change conflict)  I'm not 100%, but is it standard on simple to not refer to ships as 'she'. --IWI (talk) 12:31, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@ImprovedWikiImprovment where does it say that? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk | changes) 20:34, 4 March 2026 (UTC)