Wikis World is a Mastodon social media server for wiki enthusiasts. This account is used for instance announcements and other news.
This account is the admins (@taavi and @legoktm) in a trench coat, DMs are not monitored actively.
| About | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_World |
| Rules | https://wikis.world/about |
| Financial | https://opencollective.com/wikis-world |
With the news that botsin.space is closing, we've had multiple requests for hosting bots on #WikisWorld. We are looking to formalize our draft bot policy, if you have a wiki-related bot and would like to host it here, please let us know if this policy would work for you or if you'd want to see changes.
See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_World/Bots and you can leave feedback at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikis_World#Bots,_redux
Wikis World has been upgraded to Mastodon 4.3!
The upstream announcement has a good summary of all the changes: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/
We're also looking into tweaking the CSS to make things look...better.
If you have any issues or questions regarding the upgrade (or just in general) please let us know!
Upgrade installed!
Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.2.13.
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
Update part #2: we've officially joined Open Collective Europe and can accept donations again!
https://opencollective.com/wikis-world
(Note: our balance is not $0, it's ~$490, we're just waiting on funds to be transferred back.)
Recurring donations that were paused will receive a message asking to resume it. If you're able to donate, we appreciate it, but you're under no obligation to do so.
For context, we're currently paying $70/mo for hosting, or about $850/yr.
An update on our fiscal host situation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_World/2024-09
tl;dr: you'll see our Open Collective account being temporarily emptied while we transition to Open Collective Europe
Upgrade installed!
Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.2.10.
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
I will be starting the installation of Mastodon v4.2.10 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.10
Our fiscal host, Open Collective Foundation (OCF), have announced plans to dissolve by the end of this year. We're still looking at our options and will communicate more once we've decided what's next for us.
In the meantime, wikis.world will continue operating as usual. We won't be able to accept any more donations after March 15th - however we have enough funds at OCF already to last us until their shutdown so this will not cause any near-term issues.
#WikisWorld is now running Mastodon 4.2.5, which contains today's security patch.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.5
Thanks to @mastohost for getting us updated so quickly.
I will be starting the installation of Mastodon v4.2.5 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.5
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