The Discovery team has also investigated updating the footer and there are two tickets for possibly taking on this work to update the template (work to do <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142540> and community involvement <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142541>).
To date, we haven't done much work or investigation on either ticket. Cheers, Deb -- Deb Tankersley Product Manager, Discovery IRC: debt Wikimedia Foundation On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The footers are controlled at 3 different levels: > * The interface messages built into MediaWiki > * Hook handlers that override those interface messages with other interface > messages specifically for Wikimedia projects in the WikimediaMessages > extension > * Local message overrides controlled by local wiki admins > There are also two different sets of footers (and corresponding interface > messages), one set for desktop and another set for mobile. > > So the answer to your question is "a lot of different people". On the WMF > side, I would say that probably no one "owns" the footers, but I would > nominate the Reading team to address any issues (since they are most > familiar with the mobile components). On the community side, you can check > the histories of the following interface messages on a particular wiki: > * wikimedia-copyright > * privacy > * aboutsite > * disclaimers > * contact > * wikimedia-developers > * wikimedia-cookiestatement > * mobile-frontend-view > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Zhou Zhou <zz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Would anyone know who maintains the footers on our projects below linking > > to our policies and terms? The second footer especially appears it might > be > > automatically set somewhere. > > > > > > - Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike > > License > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_ > > Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License>; > > additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms > > of Use <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use> and > Privacy > > Policy <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy>. > > Wikipedia® > > is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > <https://www.wikimediafoundation.org/>, a non-profit organization. > > > > > > - Privacy policy <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy > > > > - About Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About> > > - Disclaimers > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer> > > - Contact Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/ > wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us > > > > > - Developers > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_contribute> > > - Cookie statement > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Cookie_statement> > > - Mobile view > > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page& > > mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile> > > > > > > -- > > Thanks! > > > > Zhou > > > > Zhou Zhou > > Legal Counsel > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > zz...@wikimedia.org > > > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal > advice > > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please > see > > our legal disclaimer > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l