Few days ago, I was reading about an initiative against mass surveillance named "The Day We Fight Back", also is honoring to Aaron Swartz and SOPA Blackout Anniversary; many important websites are supporting this movement. Is not a call-to-action at all but I want to know if Wikimedia Foundation or Chapters are supporting this movement https://thedaywefightback.org/
Regards.
Omar Sansi
(please excuse cross-posting)
Hi everyone!
I posted the latest in the string of program evaluation reports on Meta
today, on Wiki Loves Monuments:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM
Highlights of the report include:
* About 17% of the images uploaded through Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 are in
use on our projects.
* The majority of Wiki Loves Monuments participants are new users; however,
the survival rate of new users is low (1.7% of the 2012 participants made
at least one edit and 1.4% uploaded at least one new file to Commons six
months after the event).
* Half of the existing editors who participated in Wiki Loves Monuments
2012 also participated in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, with new users making
up for the other half.
* The global Wiki Loves Monuments organizing team helps support Wiki Loves
Monuments organizers around the world, providing replication opportunities
via direct support. This makes it easier for someone to organize their own
Wiki Loves Monuments contest.
Questions are welcomed and encouraged on the talk page.
On behalf of the Program Evaluation team,
LiAnna
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Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
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Hoi,
At this moment Wikipedia "red links" provide no information whatsoever.
This is not cool.
In Wikidata we often have labels for the missing (=red link) articles. We
can and do provide information from Wikidata in a reasonable way that is
informative in the "Reasonator". We also provide additional search
information on many Wikipedias.
In the Reasonator we have now implemented "red lines" [1]. They indicate
when a label does not exist in the primary language that is in use.
What we are considering is creating a template {{Reasonator}} that will
present information based on what is available in Wikidata. Such a template
would be a stand in until an article is actually written. What we would
provide is information that is presented in the same way as we provide it
as this moment in time [2]
This may open up a box of worms; Reasonator is NOT using any caching. There
may be lots of other reasons why you might think this proposal is evil. All
the evil that is technical has some merit but, you have to consider that
the other side of the equation is that we are not "sharing in the sum of
all knowledge" even when we have much of the missing requested information
available to us.
One saving (technical) grace, Reasonator loads round about as quickly as
WIkidata does.
As this is advance warning, I hope that you can help with the issues that
will come about. I hope that you will consider the impact this will have on
our traffic and measure to what extend it grows our data.
The Reasonator pages will not show up prettily on mobile phones .. so does
Wikidata by the way. It does not consider Wikipedia zero. There may be more
issues that may require attention. But again, it beats not serving the
information that we have to those that are requesting it.
Thanks,
GerardM
[1]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/01/reasonator-is-red-lining-your-da…
[2] http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/test/?lang=oc&q=35610
Hi,
I came across this interesting thread and I would like to contribute with results of our recent TAO project (Third Age Online). We did R&D in the context of a joint EU project with respect to Wikipedia and Accessibility. A summary you can find here:
http://www.thirdageonline.eu/project-tao-2/software-development/mediawiki-a…
among others containing a link to a tracking list for developers: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals/Accessibility_Tracking
Some of the accessibility issues that have been identified in our study have already been fixed by the team of the German Chapter of Wikipedia, but there is still a lot to do in order to improve the situation.
Kind Regards,
Eduard
----------------------------------------
Eduard Klein
BUAS Bern University of Applied Sciences
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Yes, indeed.
Collaborating to get a well advertised clearing centre running would be a very good first step. But to get over the usual issue that nobody in the community comes forward to point out where the gaps are (which may not be surprising as the people we want to contact here are by definition already excluded from the community) we need outreach to the relevant impairment/disability groups to get their members involved. That is something that the Chapters would be good at, as many such groups/charities are national ones. There are quite a few in the UK, and no doubt more in Germany and elsewhere.
Outreach is what the chapters do!
Best regards
Michael
____________
Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK
On 15 Jan 2014, at 11:44, rexx <rexx at blueyonder.co.uk<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
> The single biggest problem, Michael, is that when one talks in the abstract, we end up chasing illusory problems that don't actually have any impact. It's very difficult to create systems that are always 100% accessible by all if we start by trying to second-guess what accessibility problems visitors might encounter.
>
> What we need is a well-advertised "clearing centre" where anybody who experiences an accessibility problem on one of our sites can register their problem, which would then allow us to examine it and provide the most effective solution.
>
> I'm quite happy to continue giving advice on the issues covered at
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility
>
> and I'd like to see it adopted as default on the WMUK Wiki, but I question the value of volunteers re-inventing the wheel by chasing "gaps" that I'm not at all sure actually exist.
>
> --
> Doug
>
>
>
>
> On 15 January 2014 11:08, Michael Maggs <michael at maggs.name<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
> Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward? Obviously a lot of good work has already been done, but perhaps it now needs some long term commitment and leadership to ensure that what has been done is made easily accessible, and to work on filling gaps in functionality (covering all aspects of disability).
>
> Michael
>
> WMUK Chair
>
> > On 15 Jan 2014, at 09:34, Jon Davies <jon.davies at wikimedia.org.uk<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
> >
> > How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
> >
> >
> >> On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hoi,
> >> One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
> >> serves one function for people who have a handicap with their perception.
> >> It has the OpenDyslexic font for people with dyslexia. There are multiple
> >> ways functionality can be provided who have a visual handicap. The size of
> >> the characters can be increased, the colour scheme can be changed (some
> >> people only see yellow on white..)
> >>
> >> If there is one thing wrong with the ULS, it is not in the functionality
> >> but by the utter lack of visibility. ULS is a major component of MediaWiki
> >> and it is not given prominence, Truly how are people going to find
> >> OpenDyslexic... (we are talking about 7 to 10% of a population)...
> >>
> >> Work is done to get more support for webfonts on mobile phones.. It is
> >> being developed.
> >> Thanks,
> >> GerardM
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Hi, Ms Alex, Hi everyone.
Congrats to Ms. Alex Wang, hats off to your 'much experience in thedeveloping world'.
nice pics
nice to come across you.
(Kadambas,Royals of South India, Our proud heritage, Secrets of Velliapura)
by: Siyona, Goa, India.
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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Alexandra Wang joins the WMF Grantmaking team
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Hi, everyone.
I'm thrilled to announce that as of last week, WMF's new Project and Event
Grants (PEG) Program Officer is Alex Wang. She will be supporting the PEG
program's scaling up, and will enable us to offer our grantees a much
higher level of support in project management and frequent check-ins during
grant execution.
She brings great expertise in project management, event planning, and
grantmaking in the non-profit sector, including much experience in the
developing world. Before joining Wikimedia, she worked with the
ClimateWorks Foundation and the Energy Foundation, in sustainable energy
projects in India, Europe, and China. (She's fluent in Mandarin.)
When she wasn't setting up non-profits from scratch in India, she could be
found practicing and teaching yoga, installing solar panels in rural
maternity clinics in Nepal, and taking photos in precarious situations
(mostly while mountaineering and backcountry skiing)[1].
In 2003-2004, she could also be spotted riding a pony around Ulaanbaatar in
her quest to study the development of the Morin Khuur (upright two-stringed
violin[2]) along the Silk Road[3].
We are very excited to have her join the WMF Grantmaking team, and look
forward to improving our ability to serve the needs of applicants and
grantees alike.
Asaf
[1] http://www.alexwangphotography.com/adventure/ [4]
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morin_khuur ;
https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%85%D1%83%D…
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
[4] I personally also recommend her portraits:
http://www.alexwangphotography.com/
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Dear Wikimedians,
We are delighted to update you today regarding the upcoming Wikimedia
Conference[1], which will be held in Berlin on April 10-13, 2014. We,
Daniela and Wenke from WMDE's event team, look forward to making the
logistics as smoothly as possible for everyone involved and to supporting
you in the upcoming months.
Please find below important information regarding the registration
procedure, program, eligibility for participation as well as specifics in
regards to travel and hotel bookings.
==Registration now open! ==
Registration for the Wikimedia Conference 2014 is now open. Persons who are
selected by their organization to represent them at the conference need to
register via the registration form.[2]
The registration will close on Monday, February 17. For visa applicants we
strongly recommend to register until Monday, February 3, 2014 and to check
the amount of time needed for applications to Schengen states.
We will publish all participants’ names on the meta page shortly after
their registration in order to help affiliations check that only their
selected representatives have registered. Please make sure to check this
page regularly.[3]
==Program outline==
The program team has published an outline of the program[4], based on all
feedback and discussions from the previous weeks. The conference will cover
two main themes: '''Organization, structures and grants''' and '''Success
and impact'''. All invited entities are asked to select their
representatives carefully according to these themes. The program team
especially encourages people with an interest in movement structures,
strategies, impact as well as collaboration and partnership to participate.
The official program of the conference will start on Friday, April 11,
2014. Groups who would like to arrange separate or special meetings are
welcome to use the conference venue on Thursday[5] already. Please get in
touch with the event management team to make respective arrangements.
==Who is invited to attend?==
We are glad to be able to invite not only Chapters but embrace the chance
to welcome the two newer affiliation forms in Berlin, too. Chapters and
Thematic organizations who have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia
Foundation before January 15, 2014 are encouraged to send two
representatives. For those who have not budgeted for the conference in
their annual plan or project grants, there are scholarships available for
two persons each. Organizations who would like to send more than two
persons will have to book and pay for all their travel and accommodation
themselves.
User groups who have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation
before January 15, 2014 AND have shown public signs of activity in the
preceding six months by publishing a blog post, report or announcement or
requesting a grant are invited to send two representatives. These are:
Wikimedians of Nepal, Esperanto kaj Libera Scio (ELiSo), Wikimedia
Community User Group Greece, New England Wikimedians, Wikisource Community
User Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil. For those who have not
budgeted for the conference in their annual plan or project grants, there
are scholarships available for two persons each.
We also hope that several members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees and staff, the Funds Dissemination Committee as well as the
Affiliations Committee will participate in the conference. We see a huge
advantage in having their representatives on site and encourage them to
take part in a range of talks and discussions.
==Travel and hotel booking==
If you are a representative of a Chapter, Thematic organization or User
group and WMCON14 funding is included in your annual/project plan, please
arrange your travel as well as hotel booking yourself.
If you are a representative of a Chapter, Thematic organization or User
group and WMCON14 funding is not included in your annual/project plan, WMF
will arrange your travel and WMDE will do the hotel booking for you.
If you belong to the FDC, AffCom, WMF Board or WMF Staff, travel and hotel
booking is done by WMF for you.
All these groups are requested to register! Which group you belong to will
be requested in the registration form and which further steps you need to
take will be explained in your personalized confirmation email.
We are grateful that the Wikimedia Foundation is covering the costs for the
logistics and travel of the Wikimedia Conference and is helping with travel
and hotel bookings this year. Thank you for supporting this important
event!
Wikimedia Deutschland is looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in
April! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via
wmcon(a)wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments.
Best regards,
Daniela & Wenke
Wikimedia Deutschland
wmcon(a)wikimedia.de
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Registration
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Participants
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Open_Thursday
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Hi, everyone.
I'm thrilled to announce that as of last week, WMF's new Project and Event
Grants (PEG) Program Officer is Alex Wang. She will be supporting the PEG
program's scaling up, and will enable us to offer our grantees a much
higher level of support in project management and frequent check-ins during
grant execution.
She brings great expertise in project management, event planning, and
grantmaking in the non-profit sector, including much experience in the
developing world. Before joining Wikimedia, she worked with the
ClimateWorks Foundation and the Energy Foundation, in sustainable energy
projects in India, Europe, and China. (She's fluent in Mandarin.)
When she wasn't setting up non-profits from scratch in India, she could be
found practicing and teaching yoga, installing solar panels in rural
maternity clinics in Nepal, and taking photos in precarious situations
(mostly while mountaineering and backcountry skiing)[1].
In 2003-2004, she could also be spotted riding a pony around Ulaanbaatar in
her quest to study the development of the Morin Khuur (upright two-stringed
violin[2]) along the Silk Road[3].
We are very excited to have her join the WMF Grantmaking team, and look
forward to improving our ability to serve the needs of applicants and
grantees alike.
Asaf
[1] http://www.alexwangphotography.com/adventure/ [4]
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morin_khuur ;
https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%85%D1%83%D…
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
[4] I personally also recommend her portraits:
http://www.alexwangphotography.com/
--
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
[cross-posted]
Following discussion at:
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#FLAC_on_Apple_devic…>,
about the difficulty of playing Wikimedia audio and video on mobile
devices, we've added red links to:
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Media_help>
for iOS and Android.
I'm sure some of the readers of these lists have the requisite
knowledge, to populate those pages; so please do!
The issue arose during a project I've been running with the BBC:
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project>
in which they've released clips of broadcast material under open
licence, for the first time.
Assisting mobile users to play our media more easily will lend weight
to future requests to them and other archive holders, to release
audio-visual resources under open licences.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk