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* Mohammed Bachounda <http://bachounda.com/>*
Leader Wikimedia Algeria UG
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 2:20 PM William Chan <william(a)wchan.hk> wrote:
It's donate(a)wikimedia.org.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 19:05 Mohammed Bachounda <bachounda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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* Mohammed Bachounda <http://bachounda.com/>*
Leader Wikimedia Algeria UG
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 2:05 AM Joseph Seddon <jseddon(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Apologies for the delay. Two overview pages covering the technical and
> business side of the project:
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OKAPI
>
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OKAPI
>
> Regards
> Seddon
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:29 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > A well-provisioned bulk api has been missing for some time. Thanks
for
> > working on this. And clearing up the
recommended way for WP content
to
> > appear and be linked in third-party
searches and infoboxes is
important
--
> the sort of thing that an internal policy (and way to subscribe to
feeds)
> > can help.
> >
> > I do hope we can host this on WM or openstack infrastructure, and do
it
> in
> > a way that expands and improves the solid existing frameworks for
HTML
> > dumps :)
> >
> > S
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 8:43 AM Chris Keating <
> chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It's interesting that of all the strategy recommendations, two are
so
> far
> > > being implemented. One is the Universal Code of Conduct, which has
at
>
least
> > had plenty of discussion and publicity, that even precedes the
strategy
> > > process. The other is this, which hasn't been particularly
prominent
> > > before, but the WMF seems to have
a team working on it just a
couple
of
> > weeks after the final recommendations
were published.
> >
> > So while doing this is one of the strategy recommendations, it
doesn't
> seem
> > that is is now happening *because of* the strategy
recommendations....
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:46 AM Gergő Tisza <gtisza(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > You can find some more discussion at
> >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Re…
> > > >
> > > > As I mentioned there, the premise of the recommendation is that
the
> >
> movement needs new revenue sources; in part because the 2030
strategy
> > is
> > > > ambitious and requires a significant increase in resources, in
part
> >
because
> > > our current lack of diversity (about 40% of the movement's budget
is
> from
> > > donations through website banners, and another 40% from past
banners
> via
> > > email campaigns and such) is a strategic risk because those
donations
> > can
> > > > be disrupted by various social or technical trends. For example,
> large
> > > tech
> > > > companies which are the starting point of people's internet
> experience
> > > > (such as Facebook or Google) clearly have aspirations to become
the
end
> > point as well - they try to ingest and
display to their users
directly
as
> > much online content as they can. Today, that's not a whole lot of
content
> > (you might see fragments of Wikipedia infoboxes in Google's
"knowledge
> > > panel", for example, but nothing resembling an encyclopedia
article).
> > Ten
> > > > years from now, that might be different, and so we need to
consider
> how
> > > we
> > > > would sustain ourselves in such a world - in terms of revenue,
and
> also
> > > in
> > > > terms of people (how would new editors join the project, if most
> people
> > > > interacted with our content not via our website, but interfaces
> > provided
> > > by
> > > > big tech companies where there is no edit button?).
> > > >
> > > > The new API project aims to do that, both in the sense of making
it
> >
> possible to have more equitable arrangements with bulk reusers of
our
> > > content (who make lots of money
with it), and by making it easier
to
> > reuse
> > > content in ways that align with our movement's values (currently,
if
> you
> > > reuse Wikipedia content in your own website or application, and
want
to
> > > provide your users with information about the licensing or
provenance
> > of
> > > > that content, or allow them to contribute, the tools we provide
for
> > that
> > > > are third rate at best). As the recommendation mentions, erecting
> > > > unintentional barriers to small-scale or non-commercial reusers
was
>
very
> > > much a concern, and I'm sure much care will be taken during
> > implementation
> > > to avoid it.
> > >
> > > Wrt transparency, I agree this was communicated less clearly than
> ideal,
> > > but from the Wikimedia Foundation's point of view, it can be hard
to
know
> > when to consult the community and to what extent (churning out so
much
> > > information that few volunteers can keep up with it can be a
problem
> too;
> > > arguably early phases of the strategy process suffered from it).
This
> > is
> > > a
> > > > problem that has received considerable attention within the WMF
> > recently
> > > > (unrelated to API plans) so there's at the very least an effort
to
make
> > the
> > > process of sharing plans and gathering feedback more predictable.
> > > Also, the pandemic has been a huge disruption for the WMF.
Normally,
> by
> > > > this point, the community would have been consulted on the draft
> annual
> > > > plan, which is where new initiatives tend to be announced; but
that
has
> > > been delayed significantly due to so many staff members' lives
being
> > > upheaved. Movement events where
such plans are usually discussed
had
to
> > be
> > > cancelled, and so on.
> > >
> > > (Written with my volunteer hat on. I was involved in the strategy
> process
> > > and helped write the recommendation snippet Yair quoted upthread;
I'm
not
> > involved in the API gateway project.)
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