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Wikimedia Ghana UG: Sub-Saharan Africa visit?
by Sandister Tei 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

We will be happy to meet with you. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei Via Samsung Mobile On 27 Feb 2018 7:15 pm, "Asaf Bartov" <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Some of you know me, but for those of you who don't, let me introduce myself briefly: I am a program officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, and work in the Community Resources (formerly called Grantmaking) team. While I handled grants in the past, I am now working on capacity-building activities with emerging communities, in a program called Community Capacity Development[1] (CCD, [[m:CCD]]), one aspect of which -- the Community Capacity Map[2] (CCM, [[m:CCM]]) -- you may have run across on the Wikimedia-l in the past few weeks. I write today to ask whether your community would be interested in discussing a possible visit to Sub-Saharan Africa by me, with several related goals in each country I'd visit, including: * a strategy/planning workshop with the group of active contributors. This would build on any existing plans or strategy you have, and also integrate thinking about the broad goals identified in the movement strategy project's phase 1 (presented at Wikimania in Montreal in August 2017.) * Meetings with important existing/prospective partners (if deemed helpful) * Public speaking (if deemed helpful) * capacity-building workshops for your community members, on topics such as (I'll need your help in determining which of these would be useful): ** Free licenses, non-free licenses, copyright, and OTRS (or: How to contribute to the Wikimedia Commons) ** Composing encyclopedic prose from a neutral point of view (NPOV) ** Negotiating notability and reliability requirements on Wikipedia ** Conflict management for Wikipedians ** Group facilitation skills ** Introduction to Wikidata ** Querying Wikidata with SPARQL ** Modern tools demonstration ** How to build a partnership ** etc. Some logistical details: *If I come, it would be after the Wikimedia Conference and before Wikimania, i.e. between late April and early July. * If I come, I would probably stay in Africa for between two and three weeks total, to have enough time for the above in several countries, and to accommodate your needs and availability. * I will have a budget for some domestic travel, to bring key volunteers together * No expenses are expected from your group's budget. Only your time and cooperation. Please take some time to discuss this idea and let me know if your community is sufficiently interested that we should discuss it further, over email or a video call. If you feel this would not be very helpful, or you really can't accommodate any additional activities before July this year, *please* don't feel obligated to respond. I am genuinely interested in helping, and there are other communities I could be supporting with this budget and time, so I won't be offended or upset, promise! :) I look forward to hearing from you. Asaf [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCM _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

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Fwd: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Update on Wikimedia partnerships
by Isaac Olatunde 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

FYI, Isaac ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Samantha Lien" <slien(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Feb 16, 2018 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Update on Wikimedia partnerships To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Sending in a re-formatted version: > > Hi everyone, > > As we consider the new strategic direction we identified from Wikimedia > 2030[1], the Foundation is evolving how we work with partners to address > barriers to participating in free knowledge around the world. > > After careful evaluation, we’ve decided to discontinue the Wikipedia Zero > program[2] as one of the partnership approaches we offer. Over the course > of this year, we won’t be taking on any new Wikipedia Zero partnerships, > and current partnerships will expire. > > The Wikipedia Zero program was first created to address one barrier to > participating in free knowledge globally: high mobile data costs. Through > the program, we partnered with mobile operators to waive mobile data fees > for their customers to freely access Wikipedia on mobile devices. In the > program’s six year tenure, we have partnered with 97 mobile carriers in 72 > countries to provide access to Wikipedia to more than 800 million people > free of mobile data charges. As stewards of Wikipedia Zero, I want to > congratulate and thank the Global Reach team for the success of this > program during its tenure, and for their leadership in continuing to > support new and meaningful partnerships aligned with our movement’s values > and vision. > > In the past couple of years, we identified a few developments that have > impacted Wikipedia Zero’s continued relevance. Beginning in 2016, we’ve > seen a significant drop off in adoption and interest in Wikipedia Zero, and > as a result, our reach today stands at a quarter of where it was at its > peak. During this time, we also conducted research[3] to better understand > the full scope of barriers to using Wikipedia around the world. For > example, awareness is one of the key issues we identified - even when > people have smartphones and use Facebook, Google, or WhatsApp, many of > those same people have never heard of Wikipedia. In addition, limited > local language content is another barrier we identified that inhibits the > discovery and use of our projects. > > We’ve had initial success with projects and partnerships[4] designed to > build awareness in parts of the world where Wikipedia is not widely known > or used. These successes have given us several ideas for where we may take > our partnership work next, and over the coming year, we will explore other > ways we can leverage the findings from our research and the Wikipedia Zero > program to direct future work with partners. > > We remain committed to creating impactful partnerships that align with our > own values and direction for the Wikimedia movement’s future. We look > forward to sharing more information and updates on our work with partners > in the coming year. > > Thank you, > Lisa > > We’ve also published a blog post about this announcement here: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/16/partnerships-new-approach/ > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Insights and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers > [4] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/21/nigeria-wikipedia-awareness/ > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Lisa Gruwell <lgruwell(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Lisa Gruwell <lgruwell(a)wikimedia.org> > > Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 1:08 PM > > Subject: Update on Wikimedia partnerships > > To: "Staff (All)" <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > > > *Hi everyone,As we consider the new strategic direction we identified > from > > Wikimedia 2030[1], the Foundation is evolving how we work with partners > to > > address barriers to participating in free knowledge around the world. > After > > careful evaluation, we’ve decided to discontinue the Wikipedia Zero > > program[2] as one of the partnership approaches we offer. Over the course > > of this year, we won’t be taking on any new Wikipedia Zero partnerships, > > and current partnerships will expire. The Wikipedia Zero program was > first > > created to address one barrier to participating in free knowledge > globally: > > high mobile data costs. Through the program, we partnered with mobile > > operators to waive mobile data fees for their customers to freely access > > Wikipedia on mobile devices. In the program’s six year tenure, we have > > partnered with 97 mobile carriers in 72 countries to provide access to > > Wikipedia to more than 800 million people free of mobile data charges. As > > stewards of Wikipedia Zero, I want to congratulate and thank the Global > > Reach team for the success of this program during its tenure, and for > their > > leadership in continuing to support new and meaningful partnerships > aligned > > with our movement’s values and vision. In the past couple of years, we > > identified a few developments that have impacted Wikipedia Zero’s > continued > > relevance. Beginning in 2016, we’ve seen a significant drop off in > adoption > > and interest in Wikipedia Zero, and as a result, our reach today stands > at > > a quarter of where it was at its peak. During this time, we also > conducted > > research[3] to better understand the full scope of barriers to using > > Wikipedia around the world. For example, awareness is one of the key > issues > > we identified - even when people have smartphones and use Facebook, > Google, > > or WhatsApp, many of those same people have never heard of Wikipedia. In > > addition, limited local language content is another barrier we identified > > that inhibits the discovery and use of our projects. We’ve had initial > > success with projects and partnerships[4] designed to build awareness in > > parts of the world where Wikipedia is not widely known or used. These > > successes have given us several ideas for where we may take our > partnership > > work next, and over the coming year, we will explore other ways we can > > leverage the findings from our research and the Wikipedia Zero program to > > direct future work with partners. We remain committed to creating > impactful > > partnerships that align with our own values and direction for the > Wikimedia > > movement’s future. We look forward to sharing more information and > updates > > on our work with partners in the coming year. Thank you, LisaWe’ve also > > published a blog post about this announcement here: > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/16/partnerships-new-approach/ > > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/16/partnerships-new-approach/>[1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > movement/2017/Direction > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > > movement/2017/Direction>[2] > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero>[3] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Insights > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Reach/Insights> and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers>[4] > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/21/nigeria-wikipedia-awareness/ > > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/21/nigeria-wikipedia-awareness/>* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > *Samantha Lien* > Communications Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 1Montgomery Street > Suite 1600 > San Francisco, CA 94104 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Abidjan hosts the 2nd training of African Wikimedia Developers Project
by Samuel Guebo 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

*Dear all,I am excited to inform you that the African Wikimedia Developers Project (AWMD) <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Africa_Wikimedia_Developers_Project> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Africa_Wikimedia_Developers_Project>[1] will have its second training session in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This event was made possible thanks to a close collaboration between Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d’Ivoire (WCUG-CI) and Open Foundation West Africa, along with other local partners.From February 16 to 17, around 25 developers will learn how to improve or develop on the Mediawiki software as well as the overall technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects. Following the training session in Accra last year and its encouraging outcomes <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/19/african-wikimedia-developer-community/>[2], the step of Abidjan intends to build on the lessons learned so far and continue to expand the volunteer community of the Africa Wikimedia Developers Project (AWMD). As a reminder, AWMD is a project that focuses on recruiting volunteer African Developers for the benefit of the Wikimedia Movement. Its main goal is to increase the number of volunteer developers who can solve related Wikimedia issues on the continent and in the movement at large. Stay tuned for more updates soon!Cheers,* [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Africa_Wikimedia_Developers_Project [2] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/19/african-wikimedia-developer-community/ *_______________________________________________________* *Samuel Guebo* *Vice-chair of Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire <http://wikimedia.ci> (WCUG-CI)GLAM-WIKI Coordinator in Côte d'Ivoire* *(225) 77 34 17 21 / 40 27 28 37**Join me on : Facebook <http://facebook.com./samuel.guebo> / Twitter <http://twitter.com/samuelguebo> / Blog <http://samuelguebo.co>*

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Wikimania 2018 Call for Submissions
by Emna Mizouni 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

*Dear Wikimedia community,On behalf of this year’s Wikimania programme committee,we are pleased to announce that Wikimania 2018, is now accepting proposals for workshops, discussions, presentations, or research posters to give during the conference. To read the full instructions visit the event wiki and click on the link provided there:https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>Whether you are a community member of one of the Wikimedia projects, or a fellow open content creator or consumer, we welcome your proposal for a session. Please forward this information to others you think might be interested in presenting.Deadline for submissions is 23:59 UTC on Sunday March 18, 2018. This is approximately 6 weeks away.ThemeThis year, the conference will be taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, where the organisers are giving this Wikimania an unique flavor—an explicit theme based in African philosophy: “Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward.”Read more about this theme, why it was chosen, what it means for the conference program, at the Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/05/wikimania-cape-town-ubuntu/>.Throughout the conference program, this theme will be tightly held, but loosely defined - in order to encourage a diverse range of responses to the theme. It is our hope that this change will give us the opportunity to further our goal of creating the “sum of human knowledge”, by encouraging greater diversity and inclusion in who participates, and what we discuss, at Wikimania.To learn more, and to make a proposal for Wikimania Cape Town 2018, please visit:https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>Sincerely, Program committee co-chairs Emna Mizouni, Felix Nartey, and Liam Wyatt.* -- --- Emna Mizouni Carthagina President GLAM coordinator and Spokesperson - Wikimedia TN User Group Member - Affiliations Committee - Wikimedia Movement *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 <https://donate.wikimedia.org>*

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Wikimedia Fan Club (WFC), University of Ilorin ( Unilorin)
by Olushola Olaniyan 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Dear all, In the year 2016, the Wikimediq UG Nigeria started the initiative to establish Wikimedia Fan Club in all the major tertiary institutions in Nigeria to deepen the understanding of wikipedia among Nigerian students . We are glad to inform you that University of Ilorin from North Central of Nigeria has officially registered Wikimedia Fan Club to organize all Wikimedia related activities in the university campus. This milestone was crystallised by Daniel Obiokeke (user: Danidamiobi) and his team from University of Ilorin with the help from Wikimedia User Join me to thank them for the excellent work. Regards Olaniyan Olushola CEO - Data Access Systems Ltd President- WUGN Treasurer- FOSSFA Member, Affiliations Committee (Affcom) Mobile +2348167352512 (Nigeria) Email: Olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com Treasurer(a)fossfa.net Twitter: Oluwanishola73 Skype: Ozone734 Facebook: Olaniyan Shola User: Olaniyan Olushola

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Fwd: First Open Call 2018 Next Generation Programme
by Kelsey Merkley 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Great opportunity ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Prince Claus Fund <communications(a)princeclausfund.nl> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 at 11:42 Subject: First Open Call 2018 Next Generation Programme To: <kelseywiens(a)gmail.com> *Presenting* *First Call for Proposals Next Generation Programme* Open Call Next Generation 2018 <https://princeclausfund.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=956986ac2912b1da0…> Mash P is a musician and © WAYout member *The Next Generation Programme* In our last newsletter (December 2017) we already announced the new programme The Next Generation. In this newsletter, only dedicated to The Next Generation, we want to share more information about the programme and we are pleased to announce the first call within the programme (Call 2018). 'The Next Generation’, a 3-year programme (2018 - 2020), designed to work with and for young people (now aged 15 - 30) worldwide through arts and culture. It aims to develop their talents and self-confidence, to break down stereotypes and prejudice and to foster openness to others. Through this Open Call the Prince Claus Fund will support one-year initiatives by and for young people that inspire them to contribute to their societies in ways that make them more inclusive and accepting of differences. The programme is designed to create safe spaces for young women and men where they can explore the possibilities of different stories or alternative narratives that allow them to imagine different ways of being. The Next Generation Programme follows the ‘not about us without us’ principle. The programme relies on the meaningful participation of young people, working with them, utilising their talents and acknowledging their own potential irrespective of age, gender or background. We encourage projects with and for young people by arts organisations (i.e. visual arts, photography, film-making, theatre, literature, digital media etc.), artistic collectives, creative hubs, artists and cultural practitioners. We especially support projects that stimulate young people to engage in some or all of the following focus points: - Developing a wide range of narratives about possible identities, particularly those censored or marginalised for political, religious, cultural, economic or other reasons. - Creating safe spaces where young artists, participants and audiences can safely explore and develop their identities. - Helping young women and men to creatively and confidently challenge restrictive gender-norms. Photo Ghanaian Fans in Accra ©James Iroha Uchechukwu The Next Generation Programme will offer safe spaces and facilitate alternative narratives and learning through exchange. *The ultimate goal of a peaceful, inclusive society, with opportunities for all requires:* 1. Space for cultural expression 2. Alternative narratives 3. Opportunities for exchange Open Call Next Generation 2018 <https://princeclausfund.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=956986ac2912b1da0…> The 2018 call for The Next Generation seeks proposals, which enable young people (ages 15-30) in countries eligible from Africa and the Middle East to explore, define and represent their identities through arts and culture in a project that lasts a maximum of one year. *Geographical Focus* Spread over the three years, the programme will support cultural activities in countries on the OECD’s DAC list. 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Call for endorsement for Wiki Loves Women
by Florence Devouard 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Hello everyone We submitted a grant request for Wiki Loves Women in Tanzania and Uganda this year. If you are interested by the topic, please consider reading what we propose for this new episode : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Africa/Wiki_Loves_Wo… And if you are supportive, please take a couple of minutes to endorse it ;) All my best Florence

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AffCom Elections
by yamen bousrih 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Dear All, I'm happy to inform you that our friends Emna Mizouni and Sami Mlouhi have been respectively re-elected and newly elected members of the AffCom! Congratulations for them and for Tunisia and good luck ! [Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee appointments | | | [Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee appointments | | | Thanks Yamen

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Fwd: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)
by Asaf Bartov 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 1:59 PM Subject: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, *How many Wikimedia communities have embraced advanced Wikidata use? How many have active social media accounts, and are there geographic or cultural patterns to which groups have and have not? Which groups have a written, current strategy? What are the most common gaps in capacity in Latin America? or in Eastern Europe? What kind of investment in capacity building would be likely to bring the most value?* To answer these questions and more, we invite all of you to participate in the new *Community Capacity Map (CCM)*: a *self-assessment exercise* for communities, groups (whether formally recognized user groups or not), thematic organizations, and chapters, to *map capacities* across the movement, with a view to identifying *existing gaps* as well as *opportunities for capacity-building*. The CCM is here on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map The context for this work, as well as "likely-asked questions, with answers" ("LAQ"?), are explained here, including an answer to "*why should I take the time to read all this?*" -- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About (and also pasted at the bottom of this e-mail, for your convenience.) The self-assessment is to be done based on the detailed *Guidelines* provided here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines I am looking forward to learning more about your groups' and orgs' capacities and gaps, and to do my best to play matchmaker between those needs and our available resources and opportunities. While I encourage you to begin contributing straightaway, *there is no deadline *-- this is envisioned to be a long-term, ongoing, and tracked-over-time tool -- so contribute if and when your group is able to make the time. (don't forget to scroll down to the LAQ!) Warmly, Asaf Bartov Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities ========================================== Likely-asked questions, with answers this exists with working links and [modest] formatting here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About#Likely-asked_q… Why do this at all? The Community Resources team is doing this to attempt a more *comprehensive* view of capacities and gaps across the movement, to enhance our existing, anecdotal and ad-hoc, impressions of only some of the communities and affiliates. See the goal statement above. Why now? The CCM experiment is an implementation of one of the recommendations made at the conclusion of the Community Capacity Development pilot year <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development/Overall_pilo…> . Why should I spend the time to read through it or go through the self-assessment? There are a couple of reasons you may want to put in the time: First, by self-assessing your group/organization's capacities and gaps, you are giving WMF and other potential investors in community capacity a chance to provide your group/org with resources and opportunities to *build up* those capacities. Secondly, self-assessing according to the Guidelines page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines> may be in itself a worthwhile exercise and discussion-starter for your group/org, pointing at potential areas for proactive work by *your org/group itself*, for example in your next annual plan. Finally, self-assessing (at least some) capacities today would enable you to review and re-assess in six months, or two years, and see how your group/org has developed (or not) in each of these aspects. So does WMF expect all groups and organizations to do this? No. This is an opportunity and a tool. Like all other tools, you are free to use it or not, and we certainly understand that it would take time and that you may have more pressing priorities in your group/org. We *hope* as many groups, organizations, and communities eventually take the time to self-assess, at least on some capacities, but it is not mandatory, and there would be no penalty for not participating. Would we have to provide self-assessments for *all* of the capacities? No. Feel free to self-assess on as many or as few capacities as you are able to, interested in, or find relevant. You can also add assessments gradually, as your group/org finds time to discuss and agree on assessments. Should I assess capacities in the context of my wiki community, my user-group/chapter, or what? It depends. It may make sense to do separate assessments, or just one. For example, while the English community has plenty of bot builders and technical experts, you may belong to a small community contributing in English in a country with little or no bot-building expertise, such as Wikimedians in Uganda. In this case, it would make sense to describe the capacities of the Ugandan group you're part of, and not of the whole English Wikipedia community. On the other hand, it is possible that there is a very high degree of overlap between the Estonian community's capacities and the Estonian chapter's capacities, and in that case, it may be most useful to assess just once, for the Estonian community *or* Wikimedia Estonia, or possibly once for the community for on-wiki capacities, and separately for Wikimedia Estonia only for the organizational and off-wiki capacities. See the Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines> page for more details. Okay, and suppose we did put in the time and provided some assessments. What can we expect next? You can expect, at the very least, one program officer at Community Resources paying attention to your contribution, and possibly, depending on each specific capacity and assessment, that officer may have resources or opportunities to suggest to your community/group/org. *The more groups provide assessments, the better-informed WMF would be*, and the more likely it would be that *WMF could allocate resources and create training opportunities* for your group. Shared needs in a region would increase the likelihood of WMF acting even further, as it would allow economizing on the investment by training/supporting several groups/communities at once. Are you saying if X number of communities demonstrate need Y, WMF is *guaranteed* to allocate resources to fill that need? I'm afraid not. But it does make it *more likely*, in that it demonstrates the need, making it easier to argue for it in internal budgeting and allocation discussions, and to marshal internal WMF resources (such as borrowing the time of subject experts at WMF to conduct training or mentor groups). Okay, so how would WMF decide which communities to offer resources to? There's no simple deterministic algorithm, but WMF would prioritize emerging communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Defining_Emerging_Comm…> over other communities, larger groups serving larger populations over smaller ones, and at least at first, would probably prioritize "low-hanging fruit" -- lower-cost/lower-risk investments, as we learn and improve this program's use of resources. Wouldn't the fact these are self-assessments mean we'd be comparing apples to oranges, given some groups would overestimate or underestimate their own capacities? No. We do understand there are some cultural tendencies (some cultures are more self-critical than others, or have rosier or more pessimistic views of future prospects and current capabilities). However, we think the fairly coarse granularity of the assessments (none/low/medium/high), coupled with *the Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines>* for self-assessing, would lead most groups to make reasonably comparable assessments. Ultimately, these would remain subjective and unscientific assessments; but they would certainly at least indicate a group/org's *own* perception of their capacity. And before WMF (or others interested in investing in capacity building) make a decision to tackle a particular capacity with a particular community/group/org/region, we would be sure to take into consideration *all the relevant context* we have, i.e. not just the aggregate of the self-assessments in the CCM, but also all the accumulated experience, context, and history we are aware of at WMF, regarding that community/group/org/region. Okay, this may not be *the worst* idea ever to come from WMF We're glad you think so. :) What if none of this turns out the way you hope? Then we'll archive these pages and look for other ways to do effective capacity building. The CCM is an experiment, based on observed needs and an expectation that it would be useful. But we are ready to learn that it may not, and to change course if necessary. Let's give it a shot, though! What if I have another question? Use the talk page! :)

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Invitations: Wikipedia Day Sun. Jan. 14th @ Ace Hotel NYC, & Black History Month Sat. Feb. 24th @ The Schomburg Center - Free
by AfroCROWD 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

[1] [2] [3] [4] June 2017 Opportunities & News Learn to edit Wikipedia at these exciting events: "Collecting Resistance: Histories of Social Justice in Detroit" Wikipedia Editathon and Oral History Capture at the Allied Media Conference, Detroit When:Sunday, June 18th, 2017, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Where: Wayne State University, State Hall Room 137,Detroit, MI Not in Detroit? - No worries, edit with us [5] online AfroCROWD is headed to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference, an exciting gathering of changemakers from all over the country happening June 15-18th at Wayne State university, Detroit, Michigan. Join us in person or [6] onlinefor a Wikipedia learn-to-edit-a-thon and oral history capture focused on curating the history of civil rights and social justice movements in Detroit through firsthand and researched accounts. Afro Free-Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) and the Radical, Libraries, Archives and Museums track (RadLAM) invite participants to share testimonies at an oral history listening Station, or get trained on how to add and edit articles on Wikipedia. Wikipedia coaches and members of RadLAM will be on-hand to help. Learn more about the [7] Allied Media Conference here. *For those attending in person, please bring a laptop and [8] register for a Wikipedia account ahead of the event. You can also edit alongside of us the day of the event via the [9] AfroCROWD Wiki meetup page. [10] Sign Up Other Wikipedia Happenings Flash opportunity to connect with the Hip Hop Hacks community starting this weekend! Hip Hop Hacks Monthly Music Hackathon Saturday June 10, 2017, 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (wiki workshop 2-4 pm) at Spotify, 45 W 18th St, 3rd Floor Join us on Saturday, June 10th for [11] Hip Hop Hacks at the Monthly Music Hackathonincluding Wikipedia participation in a general hacking event. The theme this time is [12] hip hop. Note that this is a general hackathon and not exclusively a Wikipedia event. There will be a Wikipedia workshop there from 2-4 pm for anyone who wants to learn to edit. Some people at this event are producing audio and wish to share it. Wikipedia editors are invited to help them upload this audio and integrate it into relevant Wikipedia articles. The hackathon is being introduced to us in association with the Wikipedia presentation happening at the [13] International Conference of Auditory Displayin Pennsylvania. Important>> [14] Please sign up so security will let you in![15] [16] Sign Up The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon NYCwill be held Thursday June 22, 2017at the [17] Museum of Modern Art. Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBTQ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the [18] Black Lunch Tableproject. This is the third annual Wiki Loves Pride editathon at MoMA - see [19] 2015 editionand [20] 2016 edition. [21] Sign Up Wikimania 2017 Join us! August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. Wikimania 2017, the 13th annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement, is being held August 9-13, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. This is an action packed, fun, global conference of all things Wikipedia that is open to the public. Each year the conference is held in a new country. This year, we are happy to have it in our back yard. Whether you actively edit Wikipedia, mostly enjoy reading the content, have thought of doing more with Wikipedia, or are just curious about the free knowledge movement, Wikimania is for you. Learn more about [22] [23] Wikimania 2017 here.More registration information coming soon. WikiConference North America 2017 We are pleased to announce that [24] WikiConference North America 2017will be held in Montrealon Wednesdayand Thursday, August 9-10thas a pre-conference to Wikimania(Friday-Sunday August 11-13th).August 9-10 in Montreal, Canada Wednesday, August 9th:Culture Crawl at various cultural institutions in Montreal. Focus: galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and monuments. Thursday, August 10th:This day will be full of programming, with a keynote, tracks, and lightning talks followed by the official Wikimania kick-off receptionthat evening at the conference venue, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal. Interested in providing feedback and helping make WikiConference great? We've set up a [25] quick feedback formfor you to send us your ideas; also feel free to e-mail us at[26] info(a)wikiconference.org. For more info head to: [27] Website- [28] Twitter- [29] Facebook Don't miss the Wiki-Train! On August 8, Wikimedia New York Cityis planning a [30] Adirondack Wiki-Train Ride, a special pre-conference train ride from New York City to Montreal. This is a day-long train trip mostly through the beautiful Upstate New York countryside (8:15 am - 7:11pm). If you are interested in attending, [31] check out the event page and sign up! We are also working on getting low cost[32] [33] accomodationfor the conference. Right now they are as low as $40/night. Stay tuned. [34] Sign Up Recent Events Brooklyn Library Skillshare In May, AfroCROWD was pleased to participate in the fourth annual Skillshare at the Info Commons of the Brooklyn Library. We joined technologists, designers, and other free culture supporters for a day of learning through workshops, demonstrations and presentations by people from throughout the New York City area. Congratulationsto the Brooklyn Library organizers for another successful event. Join the Global Wikipedia Community today with AfroCROWD! 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