Hi Anass,
Thank you very much for this report! It really highlights both the strength
of the demand/need for hubs, and the many challenges that we will face in
setting them up.
The list of areas where there is and isn't a consensus among the people you
spoke to is very useful and clearly highlights some questions which need
answers from a movement level.
I was also interested to read that Arabic-speakers firmly wanted an Arabic
hub (or possibly two, depending on what scale the hubs end up as) - and not
a "Middle East and North Africa" hub, let alone a "Middle East and Whole
of
Africa" hub. Given what you say in the report regarding the communities
feeling they have little in common and different needs, this is
understandable. But it does also raise the question of which hubs would
cover/support the Turkish and Farsi communities. We are probably going to
encounter many more questions of scope like this one as more areas take
steps to define what they want from hubs.
Thanks,
Chris
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 5:27 PM Anass Sedrati <sedranas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
I would like to inform you that I have published a report related to
Wikimedia Regional Hubs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Implementation/Regional_Hubs_Draft_Plan>
from the perspective of the Arabic speaking community. The report is ready,
and complies background of the region, as well as different opinions and
analysis of the community views on hubs, before providing recommendations
on the way forward. It was funded by a rapid grant from the Wikimedia
strategy & governance team.
I believe that this report can be useful for all of you interested in the
implementation of Wikimedia hubs, and in the Wikimedia strategy in general.
I am also encouraging those who can to create similar reports for their
regions, so that experiences and insights are shared.
If anyone has a question, please feel free to contact me (through email or
on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Anass_Sedrati>), and I will
be happy to discuss this further.
Have a good evening/day everyone!
Best regards,
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*Anass SEDRATI*
Wikimedia MA User Group
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