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===Ideas (unsorted)===
 
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*Create a tool that can take as input any article and return the most similar GA or FA. This tool could be linked from talk pages to help editors identify model articles to use as inspiration to guide development. <span style="border:3px outset;border-radius:8pt 0;padding:1px 5px;background:linear-gradient(6rad,#86c,#2b9)">[[User:Sdkb|<span style="color:#FFF;text-decoration:inherit;font:1em Lucida Sans">Sdkb</span>]]</span> <sup>[[User talk:Sdkb|'''talk''']]</sup> 14:29, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
   
 
===Lightning talks===
 
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*Re-proposing [[Submissions:2024/Untangling Wikipedia: Organizing Content for Clarity and Growth]] as apparently this is where most lighting talks will go. [[User:Mathnerd314159|Mathnerd314159]] ([[User talk:Mathnerd314159|talk]])
 
*Re-proposing [[Submissions:2024/Untangling Wikipedia: Organizing Content for Clarity and Growth]] as apparently this is where most lighting talks will go. [[User:Mathnerd314159|Mathnerd314159]] ([[User talk:Mathnerd314159|talk]])
*Why editing matters to me as a staff member? [[User:Seddon|Seddon]] ([[User talk:Seddon|talk]]) 14:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
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*How machine translation is wreaking havoc on small Wikipedias ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZjNqmTY2P89PxVyoskvaSD6YF9hXTxiA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115609954189424076075&rtpof=true&sd=true Slides]). (Time: anytime before the break) [[User:Nataev|Nataev]] ([[User talk:Nataev|talk]]) 18:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
*How machine translation is wreaking havoc on small Wikipedias. (Time: anytime before the break) [[User:Nataev|Nataev]] ([[User talk:Nataev|talk]]) 18:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
 
 
*Practice and potential of [[m:CentralNotice]] for North America, and all of its regions and subregions. [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 00:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
 
*Practice and potential of [[m:CentralNotice]] for North America, and all of its regions and subregions. [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 00:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
*Coverage of Central Asia (the five -stans) on English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata. (Time: anytime after the break). [[User:Nataev|Nataev]] ([[User talk:Nataev|talk]]) 01:35, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
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*Coverage of Central Asia (the five -stans) on English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13H4JLFPV4nxw4B1nUDocT-5U2gFyxlGf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115609954189424076075&rtpof=true&sd=true Slides]). (Time: anytime after the break). [[User:Nataev|Nataev]] ([[User talk:Nataev|talk]]) 01:35, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
 
*Announcing winners of the [[w:Wikipedia:Wiki Science Competition 2023 in the United States|Wiki Science Competition 2023 in the United States]]. [[User:Antony-22|Antony-22]] ([[User talk:Antony-22|talk]]) 01:39, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
 
*Announcing winners of the [[w:Wikipedia:Wiki Science Competition 2023 in the United States|Wiki Science Competition 2023 in the United States]]. [[User:Antony-22|Antony-22]] ([[User talk:Antony-22|talk]]) 01:39, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
 
*Native topic concerns on Wikipedia that all editors need to be aware of, presented by chairman of the [[w:Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas|Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas]] Bernard Barcena on behalf of 32 Native tribes and organizations. 14:30–15:45 (2:30–3:45 PM). Followup at [[Submissions:2024/Open Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]]. [[User:Pingnova|Pingnova]] ([[User talk:Pingnova|talk]]) 03:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
 
*Native topic concerns on Wikipedia that all editors need to be aware of, presented by chairman of the [[w:Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas|Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas]] Bernard Barcena on behalf of 32 Native tribes and organizations. 14:30–15:45 (2:30–3:45 PM). Followup at [[Submissions:2024/Open Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]]. [[User:Pingnova|Pingnova]] ([[User talk:Pingnova|talk]]) 03:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
*Introducing [[meta:Grants:Project/MSIG/Wiki Term Base|Wiki Term Base]], an in-progress project to standardize vocabulary on multilingual Wikiprojects --[[User:عباد ديرانية|Abbad]] ([[User talk:عباد ديرانية|talk]]) 15:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC).
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*Introducing [[meta:Grants:Project/MSIG/Wiki Term Base|Wiki Term Base]], an in-progress project to standardize vocabulary on multilingual Wikiprojects ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yh1xrg3RFlbulPa6nEDwageNWpW3RbWi0UdZDVunwos/edit?usp=sharing slides]) --[[User:عباد ديرانية|Abbad]] ([[User talk:عباد ديرانية|talk]]) 15:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC).
 
* The Wikipedia Library; Updates from 2023-2024 Financial Year [[User:Vipin|Vipin]] ([[User talk:Vipin|talk]]) 16:18, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
 
* The Wikipedia Library; Updates from 2023-2024 Financial Year [[User:Vipin|Vipin]] ([[User talk:Vipin|talk]]) 16:18, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
* SportsArchive: Preserving the history that teams and leagues are losing –[[User:IagoQnsi|IagoQnsi]] ([[User talk:IagoQnsi|talk]]) 18:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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* SportsArchive: Preserving the history that teams and leagues are losing ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ixhXC4GuNNWs7utWI8xSESXDw3VOSOhGJ4NEpqtWCy0/edit?usp=sharing slides], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Whdx0xFPSw9L1zdu7vrRb6cTbTu94C9P/view?usp=sharing pdf]) –[[User:IagoQnsi|IagoQnsi]] ([[User talk:IagoQnsi|talk]]) 18:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
* Charts extension - Successor to the Graph extension [[User:KFilbert-WMF|KFilbert-WMF]] ([[User talk:KFilbert-WMF|talk]]) 21:55, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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* Charts extension - Successor to the Graph extension [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10fmQAhV7ieOCaYqyqxl4X-dt4dj9fM73_QQh76Dtnak/edit] [[User:KFilbert-WMF|KFilbert-WMF]] ([[User talk:KFilbert-WMF|talk]]) 21:55, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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* Designing a Wikidata Edit-a-thon for the Black Teacher Archive [[User:Fernsebner|Fernsebner]] & [[User:Teyilee|Teyilee]]
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* Why English Wikipedia needs to be friendlier to active niche communities like roads and anime. [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]] ([[User talk:Barkeep49|talk]]) 15:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&hidepreviousrevisions=1&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&tagfilter=canned+edit+summary%7Cchanging+height+or+weight%7Cremoval+of+copyvio+templates%7Cextraneous+markup%7Clarge+unwikified+new+article%7CRapid+reverts%7Cautobiography%7Cpossible+birth+or+death+date+change%7Cpossible+libel+or+vandalism%7CPossible+self+promotion+in+user+or+draftspace%7CPossible+self+promotion+in+userspace%7Cpossible+unreferenced+addition+to+BLP%7Cuserspace+spam%7Cpossible+vandalism%7Cpossibly+inaccurate+edit+summary%7Creverting+anti-vandal+bot%7CPossible+disruption%7CSection+blanking%7Cshouting%7Cvery+short+new+article&limit=250&days=30&enhanced=1&damaging__maybebad_color=c3&damaging__likelybad_color=c4&damaging__verylikelybad_color=c5&urlversion=2 Second-pass] recent and related changes patrol. (I prefer before the break.) [[User:ComplexRational|ComplexRational]] ([[User talk:ComplexRational|talk]]) 16:20, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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* Improvements to the copyvios tool. [[User:The Earwig|The Earwig]] ([[User talk:The Earwig|talk]]) 18:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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* Mastodon and collaborative social media [[User:Legoktm|Legoktm]] ([[User talk:Legoktm|talk]]) 19:08, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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* Calculator widgets on pages [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] ([[User talk:Bawolff|talk]]) 20:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

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WikiConference North America 2024 • Indianapolis
Unconference-style scheduling

WikiConference North America 2024 will include unconference sessions in room IP216 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm on Saturday, October 5, where anyone can propose or spontaneously organize a mini-presentation, discussion, or workshop on a wiki-related topic.

See 20-second intro video to unconferencing.

You are welcome to add yourself to the list below with topics you'd like to present on. Adding your name and a timeslot below serves as a "noticeboard announcement" for your activity and does not guarantee you the space at that time. The room is available on a first-come-first-served basis.

Unconference

Meetup/workshop topics

Please propose topics and time frames. Organizers will put them on the wiki schedule here.

Editathons

Ideas (unsorted)

  • Create a tool that can take as input any article and return the most similar GA or FA. This tool could be linked from talk pages to help editors identify model articles to use as inspiration to guide development. Sdkbtalk 14:29, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Lightning talks

Lightning talks are short back-to-back presentations of 5 minutes each. You can propose them here with your own topics!