Dear all,
It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and
related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
blocked in your calendar.
We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in
relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
from our teams in the next few days.
Best regards,
Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
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Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Hey All,
After providing a tool for collaboratively editing a published video on a
Wikipedia page itself, we at VideoWiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VideoWiki> are moving to the next stage
where we will be building a collaborative annotation tool that will allow
Wikimedians to collaboratively "*annotate, edit, and translate*" any text
in a video (*in-video text*), thereby allowing for users to remix, re-use,
and translate any video into multiple languages.
The aim of the project is to make collaborative editing of videos possible,
and consequently see an improvement of video content in the Wikimedia
Universe.
The project grant for the same can be found here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/VideoWiki/Annotation_and_Awa…>.
Please do provide your thoughts, comments, and feedback. Also, if you find
the project interesting and important, please drop your endorsement.
Regards,
Pratik
Hoi,
Apparantly at Commons they have standardised themselves to only support
Wikipedia.
At Wikidata we have people who are notable according to our standards. We
are actively asking them for images to illustrate our information. The best
suggestion we get is: do not ask for images because they are deleted at
Commons.
When this is what awaits us when we standardise on one label Wikipedia, it
is obvious that this is the worst scenario for the "other" projects. The
projects who operate to different standards who have notability criteria
different from English Wikipedia.
Thanks,
GerardM
Hi all!
Just to note that I support keeping the "Wikimedia" brand rather than renaming
to "Wikipedia" because there are several other important and popular wikimedia
projects.
--
Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/
Understand what Open Source is - https://shlom.in/oss-fs
Learn from mistakes of others; you won't live long enough to make them all
yourself. — Source unknown via Nadav Har’El
Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
Hi all,
I’m excited to share with you our FY1819 Fundraising Report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2018-19_Report>. This report
is an opportunity to provide insight into our revenue model and the
strategy that goes into creating an impactful fundraising campaign. A
sincere thank you to the millions of donors in nearly 30 countries who
support our mission.
I'd also like to thank everyone who contributed and collaborated on this
document: Online Fundraising, Major Gifts & Endowment, Fundraising
Operations, Donor Services, Fundraising Tech, Legal, Communications,
Finance and more! Special thanks to Thea Skaff for once again project
managing this entire effort.
We welcome your feedback and questions on the talk page.
Thank you,
Pats
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*Pats Pena (she/her) *
Director, Online Fundraising I Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94104
ppena(a)wikimedia.org I +1 (415) 816 3349
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate.
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*
Please Note: If I am emailing after hours or on the weekend, it's because
Wikimedia allows me an awesome flexible schedule. Please do not respond
until reasonable business hours in your timezone, unless of course I am
shouting for help ;-)
Hello colleagues,
I'm forwarding this announcement to additional email lists.
Most public WMF meetings that are livestreamed on Youtube remain
available for replay after the meeting, and I'm guessing that this one
will be also.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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From: Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Technical Talks] Data and
Decision Science at Wikimedia with Kate Zimmerman, 26 February 2020 @
6PM UTC
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello folks,
Just a reminder that this talk will take place Wednesday 26 February 2020
at 6 PM UTC.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Srishti
*Srishti Sethi*
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:57 PM Sarah R <srodlund(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> It's time for Wikimedia Tech Talks 2020 Episode 1! This talk will take
> place on *26 February 2020 at 6 PM UTC*.
>
> This month's talk will be in an interview format. You are invited to send
> questions ahead of time by replying to this email, or you can ask during Q
> & A section of the live talk by asking through IRC or the Youtube
> Livestream.
>
> Title: Data and Decision Science at Wikimedia
>
> Speaker: Kate Zimmerman, Head of Product Analytics at Wikimedia
>
> Summary:
>
> How do teams at the Foundation use data to inform decisions?
>
> Sarah R. Rodlund talks with Kate Zimmerman, Head of Product Analytics at
> Wikimedia, about what sorts of data her team uses and how insights from
> their analysis have shaped product decisions.
>
> Kate Zimmerman holds an MS in Psychology & Behavioral Decision Research
> from Carnegie Mellon University and has over 15 years of experience in
> quantitative and experimental methods. Before joining Wikimedia, she built
> data teams from scratch at ModCloth and SmugMug, evolving their data
> capabilities from basic reports to strategic analysis, automated
> dashboards, and advanced modeling.
>
> The link to the Youtube Livestream can be found here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CRsiwYM9w
>
> During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at
> #wikimedia-office
>
> You can watch past Tech Talks here:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks
>
> If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more
> here:
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Te…
>
> Note: This is a public talk. Feel free to distribute through appropriate
> email and social channels!
>
> Many kindnesses,
>
> Sarah R. Rodlund
> Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy
> srodlund(a)wikimedia.org
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This is out in several newspapers now.
"Snøhetta shall create new visual profile for Wikipedia-owner" [1]
A quick Google Translate dump
The mission is the largest in the field of graphic design ever, writes
Dagens Næringsliv.
- For me personally, this is very big, but you see it in a larger
perspective - Norway, Norwegian design and graphic design - then this
is one of the largest international customers who have come to Norway
and chosen a Norwegian design agency. So it's very big, says strategic
advisor Sanda Zahirovic in the design department in Snøhetta to the
newspaper.
Eight companies were in the competition for the assignment. Creative
director Heather Walls at Wikimedia will not go out with Dagens
Næringsliv with what other companies were talking about, but says that
Snøhetta was the obvious choice.
Snow hood founder and partner Kjetil Trædal Thorsen cannot say how
much the contract is worth, but emphasizes that the work is devoting a
good deal of resources during the project period, which is half a
year.
[1] https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/mRd1pp/snoehetta-skal-skape-en-ny-visue…
Hi everyone!
I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] Wiki Cemeteries User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group
aims to collaborate around the scope of cemeteries with existing
Affiliates; connect with new partners and editors, especially in the field
of traditional genealogy; understand cultural sensitivities around the
theme of cemeteries; understand cemetery culture, including the role of
caretakers, specialty items (e.g. flags for veterans, flower wreaths), and
so forth.
Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
Regards,
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Cemeteries_User_Group
<http://womeninjournalism.org>
<http://womeninjournalism.org>
<http://womeninjournalism.org>