Wikisource:News/2019-05/Other news

A lot of Newsletters

English Wikipedia recently created a directory of Wikimedia newsletters. At the time of writing, there are nearly two hundred publications included (both inactive and active). This publication is featured among them, and it is the only one listed serving the Wikisource community.

Many newsletters do fail, but Wikisource:News hopes to remain steady in its activity.

Playing with m:Special:UrlShortener

Wikimedia now has a new URL shortener. Now may be a great time to make a link to your favorite text or author!

Here are some cool links to check out:

Wikisource Location	Shortcut	Short URL
Main Page	Main	w.wiki/s
Wikisource:News	WS:NEWS	w.wiki/3aL
Wikisource:WikiProject Validate	WS:WPV	w.wiki/3aM
Wikisource:Scriptorium	WS:S	w.wiki/3aN
Wikisource:Scriptorium/Help	WS:H	w.wiki/3aP
Wikisource:Administrators' noticeboard	WS:AN	w.wiki/3aQ
Portal:The Yale Shakespeare	None	w.wiki/3aT
Wikisource:Community portal	None	w.wiki/3aW

This article was written by the creator of the above short URL links. Wikisource:News makes no endorsement of these links nor their intended targets.

2019 affiliate-selected Board seats process

The Wikimedia user group, Wikisource Community User Group (WCUG), is an eligible entity to participate in this year's affiliate-selected board of trustee seats selection process. User:VIGNERON, an administrator on Commons, French Wikipedia, and Multilingua Wikisource was selected to represent WCUG. He will have the important task of voting on behalf of the wikisource community during this process. At press-time, no nominated candidate has mentioned Wikisource specifically in their candidate statement.

Users have been encouraged by the Wikimedia Foundation to ask questions to the candidates here.