Great news indeed!
Thanks,
Saroj
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 6:48 AM, Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Specifically in response to Pete's questions about
documents:
We have posted the Grant application materials on Foundation Wiki, with a
section linking to them on the Commons Grant Information page.[1]
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
Sloan_Grant#What_did_the_grant_application_look_like.3F
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 12:52:57 -0800
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of
structured data on Commons
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Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one thing,
the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if
there
were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos
to WMF and Sloan for
the
focus on this issue!
If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted grant
in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's usability
grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2 million
in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF board
members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the
Sloan
Foundation's influence, when it sought to
place an observer in WMF board
meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about the
dangers of restricted grants.
It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants. Will
somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of publishing
the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
-Pete
--
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
[1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
in-our-future/
[2]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
[3]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
Initiative_project_details
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran <wmoran(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Wikimedia community,
>
> It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant
from
the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation> [1] to
expedite
development of structured data on Commons. The
grant will be given over
the
course of three years, and will allow us to
develop a team, in
collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can
focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
describing the media files on Commons.
This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders,
and
external partners who contribute heavily to
Commons, such as GLAMs, can
be
involved in the development.
We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope,
available
> on Commons
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_
data/Sloan_Grant>
> [2]. A blog post about the grant is also
available on the Wikimedia
blog
>
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
structured-data>
> [3].
>
> We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for
the
> project. If you have questions, Alex
Stinson, the Foundation’s
GLAM-Wiki
strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications
for
> the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant.
Stay
tuned for
more details about the project in the coming months.
We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to
your
participation in its development.
Thank you,
Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
*Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
*Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement *
*Wikimedia Foundation*
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/ Sloan_Grant
structured-data
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