Hello all,
This is a reminder that the "Writing Wikidata queries" workshop is coming
up! It will take place this Sunday, June 21st at 9 am IST on the Zoom
platform:
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/99498586419
More details of the workshop are here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Workshops#Wr…
.
Remember to bring a computer with you as hands-on activities will be a part
of this workshop.
We look forward to your participation! :)
Cheers,
SWT Indic Workshop Series Team
Hi,
The individual grantee for Wikiconference India 2020 grant had secretly
done a WMF Contract job with the Community Program Team some month ago.
There was no public announcement for the job so I believe no selection
process or hidden selection and no public documentation that he was
working. My question is why was he given the job depriving other community
members from India who want to work but apply and get rejected. What was
the need of WMF to hide the process by not informing or documenting.
So on Wikiconference India grant WMF was applying to WMF and WMF was going
to accept WMF grant. Atleast from WMF grant comments it looks because
community blamed grant taking so much money.
To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money.
Thanks,
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:53 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #001 digest and future calls
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
This is an update on the Wikimedia Clinics[1] pilot:
On June 15th we hosted the first Wikimedia Clinic call. It was well
attended (~25 volunteers, not counting WMF staff), with a good mix of
experience levels and countries of origin. As promised, we publish a
*digest* of the call[1], edited for clarity and brevity, and aiming for
maximal value to readers whether or not they attended the call, with links
and information added after the call to complement the information given
during it.
To accommodate different time zones, we are about to host the second
Wikimedia Clinic in a few hours, June 17th at 8:00am UTC. The meeting link
is [3].
We have also added three more Wikimedia Clinic time slots, which you can
always see in the Clinics page on Meta[1], where the meeting links are
given too. I also paste the times here for your convenience:
Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC (today, soon!)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 08:00am UTC
Sunday, June 28th, 17:30 UTC
Wednesday, July 1st, 17:30 UTC
We at the Community Development team are already finding this a useful
model, and have already drawn some valuable feedback that will translate
into future work from us. One example is a *movement-facing* Introduction
to the Wikimedia Foundation module (see the digest[2]).
Cheers,
A.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/001
[3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://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
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://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
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From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM
Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of
post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated
through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun. It can also offer
opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got
around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate
in writing.
To better support members of the community during this time, the Community
Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in trying an
experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where any
active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for
advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on.
You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even if
you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang out,
or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.
We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host
them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people
as possible).
Each clinic session:
* would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and
volume of conversation
* would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed to
be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but they
are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call itself,
but as later follow-up.
* would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be
edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes
would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be
shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0].
These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or
regularly-scheduled calls! Every channel or call you are already using
continues to exist. No important announcements will be made on these
calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them.
Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls, less
narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only specific
topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and welcoming for
people not sure whether their question or dilemma is appropriate for one of
the other channels.
If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other
languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English.
So, let's give this a try! The first two calls are scheduled for:
Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[1].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2].
and
Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4].
Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed. Feel
free to join us with anything Wikimedia-related that's on your mind, or
just to hang out.
Feedback and questions welcome.
Cheers,
Asaf
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
[2]
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26536320&sln=17.5-19…
[3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due
[4]
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26539200&sln=8-10&a=…
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://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
Hey Everyone,
I hope you all staying safe and well. The WMF has run a couple of
fundraising tests that I've notified you about previously but we delayed
our main campaign into the summer.
We are looking to run another test next week so you will notice banners
running during the day of Tuesday 16th June. Many thanks to those for
provided feedback and alerted the fundraising team to mentions in local
media. Your support is hugely appreciated.
As before:
* If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a
phabricator ticket [https://phabricator.wikimedia
.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=118862].
* If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having
difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate(a)wikimedia.org.
* If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them to
our fundraising ideas page [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki
/Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas].
Thank you all!
--
Seddon
*Community and Audience Engagement Associate*
*Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*
Dear Wikimedians,
The Movement Strategy core team is proud of having reached the milestone of
sharing the final recommendations in mid May [1]. We have been engaging
with affiliates, communities, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other
stakeholders eversince to ensure the recommendations and principles are
received and understood.
Phase 2 of Movement Strategy is wrapping up
As shared in an email earlier [2], phase 2 of Movement Strategy has wrapped
up with the finalization of the recommendations, bringing to an end the
mandate of the working groups, writers, reviewers, strategy liaisons, and
other individuals who contributed to this movement-led process. The core
team is also concluding its work by the end of June 2020. We are reflecting
on what we have learned together and making sure that the volumes of
knowledge generated in the process is made available for the benefit of the
movement as well as a smooth transition to implementation.
The transition to implementation
>From here, focus and collaboration will shift to the implementation of the
recommendations and the required transition steps to ensure the process
remains open and transparent. The Movement Strategy principles [3] will be
the guiding framework to ensure transition will be inclusive and empowering
for the movement. The global pandemic forced us to cancel this year’s
Wikimedia Summit in Berlin and we lost the chance to work together. Yet, we
gained the opportunity to expand the circles of participants in virtual
implementation discussions. Particularly, the aim is to better include
online contributors, technical developer communities, and smaller user
groups.
The transition to implementation needs to be carefully and inclusively
designed, with multiple pathways for engagement and with urgency so the
momentum that we have generated together over the past two years is not
lost. Implementation discussions will take place virtually commencing
September 2020. The goal is to produce a one-year plan that identifies
which parts of the recommendations need to be worked on first, in what
sequence, and with what resources and support structures.
Call for nominations
Online engagement with a high number of diverse participants from across
our movement will be challenging. Therefore, the Wikimedia Foundation is
convening a small design group to collaboratively shape the transition to
implementation, including the setup and scope of the virtual events. The
idea for the design group is to bring together community members reflecting
different parts and regions of the movement (CEE, ESEAP, Indaba, Iberocoop,
North America, South Asia, WikiArabia, WikiFranca), representatives from
the EDs and chairpersons groups, and WMF staff. The design group will have
project management and facilitation support.
Open design will be used for this work so anyone interested can
participate, share insight, and provide feedback on the discussions. Community
members and Movement Strategy enthusiasts who are not part of the design
group are invited and highly encouraged to provide feedback online in
parallel as reviewers, and to later take part in the decisive virtual
discussions.
For the design group, we are asking for one individual nomination from
Wikimedians from South Asia (Wikimedians from India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Srilanka, Pakistan).
-
The task will be to work with a diverse group of people from across the
movement to design how the process of online events will be set up.
-
The nominee should be familiar with the Wikimedia movement, interested
in strategy, and ideally an active online contributor from the projects OR
from an underrepresented community.
-
The work is scheduled to begin in the third week of June and planned to
conclude at the end of July.
-
During this time, you will meet 5 times virtually as a whole group for
two hours each time, and you will be expected to carry out some
asynchronous work in between meetings.
-
Please also consider diversity criteria during the nomination.
Traditionally we have lacked prolific online and technical contributors in
the discussions, and there has been an inclination towards male
participants and those from high-income “Western” countries. We hope that
you can help us bring a more diverse range of perspectives into design
discussions.
Please nominate (self nomination is also welcome) Wikimedians from your
region here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030> [4]. In
the case of multiple nominations endorsements received, engagement with
the local and global wiki communities and onwiki contribution will be
considered to select one representative.
We will organize office hours Wed. June 10 @ 17:00 UTC (Google Meet link
<https://meet.google.com/uun-pzmb-kti>) and Thurs. June 11 @ 08:00 UTC (Google
Meet link <https://meet.google.com/rva-yqaq-zdk>) to answer any questions.
We are also available to clarify things via email, in your wiki or on
social media. Kindly indicate your nominee by *June 21, 2020. *
We look forward to hearing your thoughts and receiving your nominee for the
Movement Strategy transition design group. In the meantime, please don’t
hesitate if you have any questions.
Regards,
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-June/094960.html
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030
--
*Tanveer Hasan*
Information and Knowledge Liaison
Wikimedia Movement Strategy
2030.wikimedia.org