The Wikimedia Community server is a Discord server for discussion of Wikipedia and related projects.
Joining[]
Guidelines[]
First and foremost, the server is for discussions relevant to Wikipedia and related projects. Each channel has a general topic, such as #english-wikipedia focusin on English Wikipedia, and #commons focusing on Commons. Wikimedia supports free speech but some statements can be disruptive and are ususally innapropriate in channels. The channel #offtopic exists for discussions that are not solely focused on project work.
Keep in mind the public nature of Discord and the fact that the chat history is avaliable to anyone that joins. Crituiques of users should be discussed in private message with them if possible, rather than risking publicly embarrasing them. Try to put yourself in their position to see whether or not what you say may offend.
Most importantly, Wikipedia:Civility is considered to apply to Discord.
General behaviours to avoid:
- Insulting others or swearing excessively.
- Canvassing for votes in WP:RFA, WP:AFD, WP:DRV, etc., or for article nominations or reviews.
- Organsing, engaging in, or advocating harrasment of users - whomever they may be.
- "Outing" others by publishing personal information about them or linking to sites or repositories that do, or otherwise extensively discussing private matters or subjects unrelated to Wikipedia.
- Making graphic descriptions, solicitations, or promotions of sexuality, violence, or illegal drugs. "Not Safe for Work" content in general should be considered off limits. If you have doubts, ask a moderator privately.
- Spamming links or the same phrases repeatedly, either all at once or over time.
- Operating bots that send messages or are operated through typing in the channel without the explicit permission of moderators.
- Using nicknames that mislead or confuse others about who you are. Nicknames are a form of expression, but it should be clear to chatters who you are at all times, such as suffixing your normal name in parenthesis.
- Posting large gifs or memes with no context or relation to the discussion or purpose of a channel.
- Excessively pinging moderators or admins for non-critical issues, either as a group or individuals. Please be considerate of alerting individuals of issues that aren't emergencies as they may be sleeping, at work, etc.
- Anything that may violate the Discord Guidelines or Terms of Service. Users who cross this line may be removed without any warning, depending on the severity. Keep in mind that while Wikipedia and Commons and the like are "NOTCENSORED", this is not the case for Discord, whose own Guidelines and Terms of Service take precedence. Many topics should not be linked or embedded, such as "not safe for work" content or piracy, and should be avoided. The Discord Guidelines can be read here. The Discord Terms of Service are here.
These guidelines are not exhaustive. Please use common sense when using the server. Moderators may use their discretion to remove and ban users from the server for any reason.
Channels[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#info
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A read-only channel with notices such as the basic rules and a link back to this document. Users are adviced not to mute this channel as any changes or updates to rules will be posted here. |
#wikiauthlog
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A read-only channel that reports when a user has authenticated with WikiAuthBot |
#botcommands
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A channel for running bot commans, such as WikiAuthBot's .whois |
Discussions[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#administration
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A private channel for Discord moderators, administrators and stewards for discussion of issues related to moderation of the server |
#logger
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A private channel for moderators, administrators and stewards where a bot posts server alerts such as joins, leaves, message edits and message deletes. This exists purely for the benefit of server moderation and shortcomings in Discord's audit log. |
#general
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A general channel for any topic related to Wikimedia. This is also the welcome channel and is available to unauthenticated users. |
#technical
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For technical topics, including MediaWiki, Lua, templates, edit filters, AWB, etc. |
#offtopic
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A channel for off-topic discussions. You can mute this channel if you desire. |
Sites[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#english-wikipedia
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For topics specific to English Wikipedia. |
#commons
|
For topics specific to Commons. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to Commons, not English Wikipedia. |
#meta
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Topics including Metawiki, global Wikimedia, Stewards or crosswiki issues. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to Meta, not English Wikipedia. |
#wikidata
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Discussions about Wikidata. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to Wikidata, not English Wikipedia. |
#simple-english-wikipedia
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For topics specific to the Simple English Wikipedia and Simple English Wiktionary projects. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to Simple English Wikipedia, not English Wikipedia. |
#english-wikiversity
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For topics specific to the English Wikiversity project. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to English Wikiversity, not English Wikipedia. |
WikiProjects[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#team-b-vital
|
A collaborative effort to bring Stub and Start class Vital articles up to a B class if possible, similar to WP:Articles for Improvement. See Wikipedia:Discord/Team-B-Vital for more details. |
#wpanimanga
|
WikiProject Anime and Manga |
#wpbiology
|
WikiProject Biology and sub-projects |
#wpcci
|
Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations and Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup |
#wpcomics
|
WikiProject Webcomics, WikiProject Comics, and related sub-projects |
#wpengingeering
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering and descendant projects, Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways, and related infrastructure projects. |
#wplgbt
|
Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies and related |
#wpmedicine
|
WikiProject Medicine, WP:COVID-19, and related medical projects. |
#wpmusic
|
WikiProject Music, WikiProject Songs, and WikiProject Albums, and related musical projects |
#wpspaceflight
|
WikiProject Spaceflight |
#wpsport
|
WikiProject Sports and its many sub-projects |
#wpvg
|
WikiProject Video Games |
Wikimedia Affiliates[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#wmcanada
|
Wikimedia Canada. Notice: In this channel, WikiBot replies with links to WMCanada, not English Wikipedia. |
Feeds[]
| Name | Topic |
|---|---|
#enwiki-new-page-feed
|
New page feed from mainspace. Patrolled edits are excluded. |
#enwiki-new-page-feed-large
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New page feed from mainspace, only articles greater than 2500 bytes. Patrolled edits are excluded. |
Server bots[]
- Logger - Responsible for the #logger channel. Records various server alerts for server moderation purposes.
- WikiAuthBot - Responsible for assisting users with identifying their Wikipedia name and marking them as a Confirmed User. In any channel, post the message .auth and the bot will private message you with instructions. You must be able to receive messages for this to work. This relies on OAuth.
- WikiBot - Responsible for adding helpful links when users post Wikilink and Template syntax. For example, if you post
[[WP:Discord]], WikiBot will reply with an actual link to the page. WikiBot is also responsible for the new page feed channel.