Start your request for a CentralNotice banner campaign here!
The aims of this process are as follows:
To improve community access to central notice through a clear and transparent process.
To improve best practice and ensure greater consistency in campaign implementation.
To improve communication around campaigns. Creating clear forums for feedback on campaigns, providing metrics back to campaigns and also a clear method for assessing community consensus for campaigns relating to advocacy.
To reduce potential clashes between campaigns
Requests must be made, at minimum, 14 days in advance of any campaign
Step #4 : Add it to the calendar and check for conflicting campaigns in your period for language/geotargeting. Contact the organizers of the other campaigns to solve them!
Step #5 : Notify target projects and geographic affiliates. Add edit diff links to request.
Step #6 : CN Admin & Community feedback [7 days]
Advocacy/Payments: WMF Legal Review [21 days])
Step #7 : Approval/rejection
Step #8 : CN Admin sets up campaign (recommended to allow for up 3 days)
Step #9 : Campaign enabled
List of currently active volunteer CentralNotice administrators:
For normal requests, a central notice admin will close the discussion. In the areas of advocacy, the stewards team may be called upon to assess consensus.
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Both
What countries will your campaign target?
Utah, US
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description -WikiPortraits is hosting a Wikipedia Day event at Park City, UT, US, during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Although coordination is occurring on enwiki, there will be Commons and Wikidata presentations. enwiki already has a banner.
Is it possible to do the State of Utah, US? At w:en:Wikipedia:Geonotice/list.json, we are using "corners" : [[38, -109], [42, -114.1]] for our coordinates.
Metrics - Please see the Wikimedia Metrics section on the Grants page.
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Registered users only, more than 500 edits
What countries will your campaign target?
no specific country target, all projects in the Ukrainian language
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - From January 25 to February 2, 2025, as part of the celebration of the birthday of the Ukrainian Wikipedia, the annual Wikimarathon will be held - an all-Ukrainian event to create new articles. Help organize events in Ukraine and abroad or patrol articles. Registration for organizers is open until January 20, 2025.
Metrics - 300 participants, 1000 articles created
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Both
What countries will your campaign target?
Global
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Wiki Loves Folklore, an annual international photography contest hosted on Wikimedia Commons from February 1st to March 31st, serves as a global initiative to amass a diverse collection of media. The primary objective is to contribute content to Wikipedia and other online platforms, all under free licenses. The contest focuses on capturing and showcasing unique images that represent and document the intangible cultural heritage of various communities worldwide.
Structured with both national coordinators and an International Team, the campaign ensures comprehensive coverage. National coordinators, responsible for organizing Wiki Loves Folklore within their respective countries, play a vital role in fostering local participation. Simultaneously, the International Team steps in to organize the contest in countries lacking designated national coordinators, thereby addressing the representation gap within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
Metrics - We will share the report with Metrics like this
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Do you want to request one campaign for all participating countries and another one for all remaining countries again? For the former, it seems that c:Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2025/Organize has the most up-to-date list. But what are your expectations? Will many more show up? It would make more sense to create the campaigns when it's more clear.
Furthermore, do you plan separate campaigns again like the Bangladesh version last year? It would be helpful to have a list of such special campaigns in advance as well.
Last year, we have kindly asked the organizers to motivate a volunteer to help out with setting up the campaign. Could you find a volunteer CentralNotice admin? Best, —DerHexer(Talk)20:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Logged in users; visibility restricted via JS to eligible users only
What countries will your campaign target?
All
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Logged In users
What countries will your campaign target?
French
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
@Adoscam: Thank you for submitting your request. Before we can progress it, we need additional information because the request template was not completely filled.
From looking at the landing, this doesn't look like a campaign for improving articles but for organizing events. Is that correct?
You didn't mention the target language(s). French only?
Country would be France only, not French nor French-language countries, right?
The link to the banner is not very clear to me. Do you mean this banner code? It's made in Wiki code but we need it in HTML/CSS/JavaScript; however, I think that I am capable of converting it.
Lastly, you are requesting a campaign of more than 14 days duration. Please note that according to the new CentralNotice guidelines these campaigns require community communication. Please link to a notification of the French community where you also link to this request.
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Any
What countries will your campaign target?
All
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - We plan to distribute a survey to capture the challenges faced by new Toolforge users during their tools' set up process. Users with this profile are not active in (or generally haven't joined yet) public communication channels or mailing lists, and we don't have express permission from them to be contacted. If CN admins could recommend a more suitable communication channel, we'll of course evaluate the option.
The survey will help us gather initial feedback about these users' experience, and recruit them for future in-depth interviews to validate a UI-based solution we've been working on. All in all, the goal is to collect insights to inform the design requirements of a proof of concept (Phabricator task: T381266)
Metrics - We'd like to get at least 10 valid responses to the survey and recruit a minimum of 5 participants from the same target group to participate in future usability testing sessions.
Google forms can't be a landing page for a banner. Per CentralNotice/Usage_guidelines#Banner_requirements, "Wikimedia Domains Only — Banners must link only to Wikimedia Foundation or Affiliate-controlled websites, except when using officially approved surveys (see below). They should not include trademarks owned by for-profit entities." Also, please reach out to your colleague's at the Foundation to agree on the usage of CN for survey's. Ciell (talk) 20:37, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Non-fundraising campaigns need to be checked, approved and activated by volunteer CN admins, too. Best, —DerHexer(Talk)23:41, 3 December 2024 (UTC) PS: The request template should be filled at some point.[reply]
Thanks for the helpful comments! The request was updated: I added further details regarding our goals and reflected latest decisions (e.g., use of LimeSurvey, change in campaign dates). Conversations with CN coordinators and survey specialists are taking place internally to validate the request or – in lack of approval – find suggestions for alternative channels aligned with our limitations. SSanchez-WMF (talk) 21:28, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Once your CN coordinators have created both the banner as well as the campaign in line with the mentioned guidelines, volunteer CN admins can take a look. The campaign duration looks reasonable and WWikitech is a project which rarely receives banners, so once we hear that the survey itself has been approved, we should be able to give our approval as volunteer CN admins as well.
Thanks @Johannnes89 and all for helping to guide this! I'll be working with @SSanchez-WMF to help on the survey side, and I agree this seems like a good candidate for a wikitech banner after discussing off-wiki with Sarai :). I assume this request may stay open into January as the team works to get all the components together (in case it's affecting the CN admins' workflows, no action needed for now). - TAndic (WMF) (talk) 19:51, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Logged In users
What countries will your campaign target?
DE AT CH
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Thanks for submitting the request so early! I don't see an issue with volunteer CentralNotice admin approval as required by CentralNotice/Usage guidelines#Policies for Affiliates and WMF Staff. I want to point out though (as mentioned last time [1]), that I would expect WMDE CentralNotice admins to create both campaign and banner, instead of relying on volunteers (which is also what the CentralNotice guidelines ask for). Best --Johannnes89 (talk) 17:59, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. You can create both the banner as well as the campaign via the CN admin interface. Once you link the created campaign & banner on this page, volunteer CN admins can take a look. If no-one reacts, you can ping one of the admins mentioned at CentralNotice/Request, preferably (or Ciell who is not on the list, but also active and very helpful as well). Johannnes89 (talk) 19:06, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Martin Urbanec:@Vermont: Hi, as I am new to this and also that kind of CN admin who is here in the role of a representative of an affiliate, I need and would like to ask you to take a look at the two campaigns I have set up - if they are alright (also technically) and can be activated. Thank you! --Manfred Werner (WMAT) (talk) 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
as this is a long lasting competition, please used intervalls
2025-01-07 → 2025-01-31
2025-07-01 → 2025-07-15
2025-09-01 → 2025-10-05
Which projects will you be targeting?
Wikipedia/Commons/Wikidata/Wikivoyage
What languages will you be targeting?
German
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Both
What countries will your campaign target?
Austria
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Per CentralNotice/Usage guidelines campaigns running longer than two weeks usually require community approval. Even if this is an established campaign, the unusually long duration should be discussed with the de(-AT) community.
Personally I think the duration might be ok, if the banner is running on a low impression diet and with limited traffic, in order to make sure it doesn't annoy editors (and readers) again and again for many weeks... Johannnes89 (talk) 18:40, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. You can create both the banner as well as the campaign via the CN admin interface. Once you link the created campaign & banner on this page, volunteer CN admins can take a look. If no-one reacts, you can ping one of the active CN admins mentioned at CentralNotice/Request, preferably (or Ciell who is not on the list, but also active and very helpful as well). Johannnes89 (talk) 19:06, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed the start date of the campaign in January from 1st to 7th, also talked about it with Christian. It's because I am on vacation around new year's eve and have very limited internet access in this time, so it would be difficult to act if there are issues with the banner or the campaign. --Manfred Werner (WMAT) (talk) 13:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Martin Urbanec:@Vermont: Hi, as I am new to this and also that kind of CN admin who is here in the role of a representative of an affiliate, I need and would like to ask you to take a look at the two campaigns I have set up - if they are alright (also technically, I am not sure about the close button here) and can be activated. Thank you! --Manfred Werner (WMAT) (talk) 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good to me. I don't see a close button in the CN interface preview for some reason, but it works in the onwiki preview [6].
Restarting the banner cycle every week effectively means users will see the banner 12 times which seems a bit much to me. I suggest either limiting it to two impressions per cycle (= 8 total impressions in 3,5 weeks) or extending the cycle a bit, e.g. to 67435200 seconds (1.5 weeks -> 9 total impressions). Johannnes89 (talk) 11:49, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Both (Logged In users and Anonymous Users)
What countries will your campaign target?
Mexico
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Throughout the month of February, we invite participants from diverse regions to capture and share images of women in science, contributing to the Wikimedia Commons repository. The photographs can depict researchers, professors, students in laboratories, engineers in the field, and any woman engaging in scientific activities. This collection aims to showcase the diversity and impact of women in science, enriching both Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia projects.
Metrics -
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Banners - Standard banner, with this logo on the left side and this logo on the right side. Text centered: "#NosotrasenlaCiencia ¡Celebremos la diversidad de las científicas, tus contribuciones ayudan a visibilizar su trabajo!"
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Anon
What countries will your campaign target?
Germany, only the region of Berlin
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Leading up to the campaign in 2024 where we already established a small community, we want to find more people for a monthly Meetup for young wikipedians in Berlin to establish a bigger community of active users.
Metrics -
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Headline (bold): Teile dein Wissen in der Wikipedia!
Normal text:
for geographic-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und möchtest regelmäßig Informationen über die von dir besuchten Orte in der Wikipedia ergänzen? Dann komm am 09.01., 18 Uhr, in Berlin zu „Jugend editiert“!
for history-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und fasziniert von Geschichte? Ergänze fehlende Informationen zu historischen Ereignissen und komm am 09.01., 18 Uhr, in Berlin zu „Jugend editiert“!
for sport-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und vermisst einige Informationen über deinen Lieblingssportler/-in in der Wikipedia? Dann komm am 09.01., 18 Uhr, in Berlin zu „Jugend editiert“!
for tech-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und begeistert von Technologie? Ergänze regelmäßig Artikel zu innovativen Entwicklungen! Sei dabei bei „Jugend editiert“ am 09.01. um 18 Uhr in Berlin!
for art-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und liebst Kunst in all ihren Facetten? Schreibe über deine Lieblingskünstler/-innen und -werke bei „Jugend editiert“ am 09.01. um 18 Uhr in Berlin!
for music-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und möchtest regelmäßig über die neuesten Titel deiner Lieblingsinterpreten schreiben? Dann komm am 09.01., 18 Uhr, in Berlin zu „Jugend editiert“!
for science-related articles:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und interessiert an Wissenschaft und Forschung? Bringe regelmäßig dein Wissen ein und komm am 09.01., um 18 Uhr, zu „Jugend editiert“ in Berlin!
for other topics:
Du bist unter 26 Jahre alt und möchtest regelmäßig mit Anderen Artikel zu deinen Lieblingsthemen schreiben? Dann komm am 09.01., 18 Uhr, in Berlin zu „Jugend editiert“!
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Both
What countries will your campaign target?
Slovakia
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Taxpayers in Slovakia may ask that 2% of their income tax be distributed to an NGO of their choosing. WMSK would like to give their supporters this option. Thank you.
Metrics - No metrics are needed.
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
is it possible to only show the banner on, let's say, 5th refresh on the projects? We don't want to spam the users with the banner on every page, if possible; if not, showing on every page is fine.
this banner is almost definitely not dark mode compatible - can someone help me with that?
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Logged In users, Anonymous Users
What countries will your campaign target?
no specific country target, all projects in the Ukrainian language
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Wikimedia Ukraine’s largest project in the education field right now is the article contest “Wikipedia for School”, which encourages teachers and other educational specialists to improve coverage of school curriculum topics on Ukrainian Wikipedia.
Metrics - 50 participants, 250 articles improved
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
both
What countries will your campaign target?
Czech Republic
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
Description - Senior Month is our yearly campaign targeting seniors (or their relatives). We do want to promote the courses and give the people easy ability to sign up for the courses.
Metrics - Number of seniors that sign up for a course
What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?
@Janbery: Thanks for providing the banner source. However, we cannot activate the campaign when the source code does not include a close option. I tried to add it myself from the standard banner but failed. Please ping me with an updated version of your code. Nevertheless, I created the campaign and banner (as of now; preview). Please note that for community campaigns longer than 2 weeks, local community approval is required as per the new CN guidelines. Therefore, please add a link to the notification of the local community about the campaign, thanks in advance. Best, —DerHexer(Talk)12:57, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the comment, @DerHexer. I have edited the banner code to include a closing button. Could you please confirm that it works now? I will update you with the banner runtime issue shortly. All the best, janbery (talk) 15:25, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Janbery: Yes, it worked for me, I just used the more common JavaScript call for closing the banner. I'm not sure if that has different effects. — For me, it looks good now and I could activate the campaign after you have informed the community. What is meant with the banner runtime issue? Best, —DerHexer(Talk)12:25, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?
Logged-in users with less than 100 edits
What countries will your campaign target?
All
Banner/Campaign Diet:
To be determined by Central Notice admin
What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?
We'd like to continue the campaign from last year (request). The banner will only be running for two days before the first Wednesday of each month, and will be targeted to users with less than 100 edits. Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) (talk) 08:24, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Requests must be made, at minimum, 14 days in advance of any campaign
For normal requests, a central notice admin will close the discussion. In the areas of advocacy, the stewards team may be called upon to assess consensus.
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