Re: Upcoming Language Community Meeting (May 29th, 15:00 UTC) & Unicode Topics

Srishti Sethi via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> Thu, 28 May 2026 18:11:00 -0700
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Hi all, This is a reminder that the Language Community Meeting is taking
place this coming Friday, May 29th, at 15:00 UTC. Please see more details
and sign up here: <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/=
Community_meetings#29_May_2026
>.

Looking forward to your participation!

Cheers,
Srishti

On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM Srishti Sethi <[email protected]=
g> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> We are excited to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is
> happening soon on May 29th at 15:00 UTC! If you would like to join, simpl=
y sign
> up on the wiki page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localizati=
on/Community_meetings>
> .
>
> This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on
> language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis=
,
> and collaborate on solutions. In the upcoming meeting, we will hear
> presentations on topics such as building a living dictionary for Dagbani
> and the Starter Kit Dashboard MVP.
>
> Got a topic to share? Whether it is a technical update from your project,
> a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, =
we
> would love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add
> agenda items to the document here
> <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-may-2026>.
>
> Also, a quick update - Wikimedia Foundation renewed its Associate
> membership with the Unicode Consortium earlier this year for another year=
.
>
> As part of this membership, a coordination group has been set up to help
> bridge community needs with the Consortium. If you have come across any
> language or script related issues in your work on Wikimedia projects that
> could benefit from Unicode=E2=80=99s involvement, it would be great to he=
ar about
> them. You can learn more about ongoing topic explorations here
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_membership_with_Unicode_Consortium#Un=
icode-related_topics_under_exploration>.
> Feel free to share thoughts on this talk page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:WMF_membership_with_Unicode_Consorti=
um> or
> reach out directly.
>
> Also, feel free to translate this message into your local language and
> share it on your village pump or other community channels to help spread
> the word.
>
> We look forward to your ideas and participation at the Language Community
> Meeting. See you there!
>
> Cheers,
> Srishti
>
> Srishti Sethi (she / her)
>
> Senior Developer Advocate
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
>
>
>

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reminder</span>=C2=A0that the=C2=A0Language=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">C=
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"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization=
/Community_meetings#29_May_2026">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_L=
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div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello everyone!<br><br>We are excited=
 to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is happening soon on =
May 29th at 15:00 UTC! If you would like to join, simply=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Co=
mmunity_meetings" target=3D"_blank">sign up on the wiki page</a>.<br><br>Th=
is is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-relat=
ed projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborat=
e on solutions. In the upcoming meeting, we will hear presentations on topi=
cs such as building a living dictionary for Dagbani and the Starter Kit Das=
hboard MVP.<br><br>Got a topic to share? Whether it is a technical update f=
rom your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpre=
tation support, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this =
message or add agenda items to the document=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://etherpa=
d.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-may-2026" target=3D"_blank">he=
re</a>.<br><br>Also, a quick update - Wikimedia Foundation renewed its Asso=
ciate membership with the Unicode Consortium earlier this year for another =
year.<br><br>As part of this membership, a coordination group has been set =
up to help bridge community needs with the Consortium. If you have come acr=
oss any language or script related issues in your work on Wikimedia project=
s that could benefit from Unicode=E2=80=99s involvement, it would be great =
to hear about them. You can learn more about=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.me=
diawiki.org/wiki/WMF_membership_with_Unicode_Consortium#Unicode-related_top=
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i.org/wiki/Talk:WMF_membership_with_Unicode_Consortium" target=3D"_blank">t=
alk page</a>=C2=A0or reach out directly.<br><br>Also, feel free to translat=
e this message into your local language and share it on your village pump o=
r other community channels to help spread the word.<br><br>We look forward =
to your ideas and participation at the Language Community Meeting. See you =
there!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Srishti</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"ba=
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