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Fw: [Wikimedia-l] Internship opening: product management at WMDE
by Olatunde Isaac 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Forwarding important information about an opportunity to intern in product management with Wikidata at Wikimedia Deutschland. Best, Olatunde Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> Sender: "Wikimedia-l" <wikimedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:11:28 To: <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Wikimedia Mailing List<Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Internship opening: product management at WMDE Forwarding info about an opportunity to intern in product management with Wikidata and the good people at Wikimedia Deutschland. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lydia Pintscher" <Lydia.Pintscher(a)wikimedia.de> Date: Mar 24, 2016 07:24 Subject: [Wikidata] internship opening: product management at WMDE To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." < wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hey folks :) I am looking for someone to support me me with my product management work at WMDE as an intern. If you'd love to work with me and the rest of the team, love Wikidata and want to learn, this might be the thing for you. More details are here: https://wikimedia.de/wiki/Internship_Product_Management Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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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Wikimania WikiAfrica:Meetup
by Mounir Touzri 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Hi all; During Wikimania an African meetup will be organized to discuss about projects in the region and how to promote African content in Wikimedia projects. Add your name to this page below if you want to join the meetup. https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups/WikiAfrica -- Amicalement Mounir Touzri Wikimedia Tunisia member

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Wikimania: Posters (also for the teams-people who can not attend Wikimania)
by Iolanda Pensa 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

I would like also to strongly encourage you – also if you can not attend Wikimania - to propose a poster to present your group or activities you are doing. deadline 30 March https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Posters <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Posters> iolanda

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Re: [African Wikimedians] WIKIDABA 2017 in Nigeria
by Alex Wang 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Apologies. Please note that *July 1, 2016* we will launch the new Conference Support Program. Cheers, Alex > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Olatunde, >> >> It's exciting to hear you're hoping to plan WikiIndaba 2017 in Nigeria! >> >> Please note that while the last date to submit a Project & Event Grant >> under the current grant structure is May 30, 2015, beginning July 1, 2015 >> we will be launching a new Conference Support program to specifically >> provide more support for conference organizers. I would recommend you wait >> to apply until that program launches. >> >> You can read more about the new grant structure here: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outco… >> >> If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to let >> us know. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> >>> Date: 14 March 2016 at 14:35 >>> Subject: [African Wikimedians] WIKIDABA 2017 in Nigeria >>> To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>> >>> Dear African Wikimedian, >>> >>> On behalf of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, I'm pleased to announce >>> our intent to host WIKIDABA 2017 in Lagos State or Abuja, the federal >>> capital territory, Nigeria. We wish to inform you that we have the consent >>> and endorsement of major stakeholders in open knowledge movement in >>> Africa[FOSSFA] ( Free and Open Source Software for Africa) and the Federal >>> Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Information and Communication >>> Technology. >>> >>> Since 30th May 2016 is the last day to apply for a grant under the >>> current Project & Event Grant, we aim to submit our proposal prior to this >>> deadline. We will appreciate any suggestion that will help to achieving a >>> successful WIKIDABA 2017. >>> >>> Being a huge event and it’s about us (African Wikimedian). We therefore, >>> request for collaboration with any willing groups in Africa. >>> >>> Warmest regards, >>> >>> Olatunde Isaac, >>> Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Nigeria >>> Coordinator, The Wikipedia Library, Yoruba. >>> Secretary, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. >>> Phone: +2348166620737 >>> Email: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com >>> User page: Wikicology >>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Douglas Ian Scott >>> 司道格 >>> Skype: douglas0scott >>> South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-ZA-Board mailing list >>> Wikimedia-ZA-Board(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-za-board >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alexandra Wang >> Program Officer >> Project & Event Grants >> Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> >> +1 415-839-6885 >> Skype: alexvwang >> > > > > -- > ---- > Kacie Harold > Interim Program Officer - Project and Event Grants > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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Wikimania
by Isla Haddow Flood 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Hello All Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. thanks! Isla Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager: WikiAfrica Username: Islahaddow

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Wikimania : Community Village
by Florence Devouard 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Hello I know that most of you will unfortunately not be at Wikimania, so my question is directly to those who will get there... has any of you the intent of submitting (or already submitted) a request for a "1 table 2 chairs" at the Community Village ? https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_village Best Florence

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WLX Jury tool
by Florence Devouard 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Hello guys I wanted to give you a first feedback regarding the organization of WLA and in particular the organization of the jury and of the global vote. The reason why I offer this feedback now is because I read in the local teams feedback that the votes should be more transparent. I could not agree more... I should however also outline that the photo selection is one of the contest element that is very bad for my health. Last year, we had no special tools but 6000 images to rank. We did that in several parts, but mostly using google docs. I spent a HUGE amount of time (and when I say HUGE, I really mean HUGE) managing the images and the selections proposed by the jury. It was truely awful. This year, I was more optimistic because I had been told of the Jury Tool made by Ilya. In terms of jury, we selected images in 3 rounds (the Community picture was a fourth round). The first round was on the Jury Tool with only wikimedians. It worked well generally, except that - I had to ask Ilya *many* times to set up the tool - one jury member was not very reactive The second round was again on the Jury Tool, with all jury members. It worked more or less ok, except that - I had to ask Ilya many, many, many, many, many times to set up the tool - some jury members were not reactive - some jury members voted only for a selection of images, which somehow does not work very well in selecting the best images Which means that at the end of the second round, there was no clear winner And the problem is that this tool allows only two roles. The admin role see everything. The jury role sees only his votes. Which is not very satisfactory in terms of transparency. The third round ended up on Google Docs again. Because after waiting for Ilya to set up the tool for MANY weeks, I GAVE UP. We could have done the third round on Commons (pretty much in the same way than the community vote), but then... we would have needed to train our non wikimedia jury to actually edit Commons. Which is nice... but probably beyond what they were ready to do. In short... the vote was a nightmare in 2014. And it put me in murderous mood in 2015. So I am still looking for an acceptable way of judging 8000+ images in - a reasonable timeframe - in a transparent fashion - without spending HOURS of time on it I have opened a page on the IdeaLab to discuss the Jury Tool. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WLX_Jury_Tool_:_improved_too… At least... I discover that I was not the only one victim of a non-reactive developer :) But let me just say that unless the tool is improved during the year (or unless a new tool is made available), the way pictures are selected will have to be changed dramatically. Maybe it means we should stop working with an external jury ? Maybe it means we should first select images at the local level then at the global level as WLM is doing (but then giving no price for countries with no local team ?) I dunno. But we have an issue there. I am interested to know how people involved in other contests actually do. Florence

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Re: [African Wikimedians] WIKIDABA 2017 in Nigeria
by Alex Wang 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Hi Olatunde, It's exciting to hear you're hoping to plan WikiIndaba 2017 in Nigeria! Please note that while the last date to submit a Project & Event Grant under the current grant structure is May 30, 2015, beginning July 1, 2015 we will be launching a new Conference Support program to specifically provide more support for conference organizers. I would recommend you wait to apply until that program launches. You can read more about the new grant structure here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outco… If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to let us know. Cheers, Alex ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> > Date: 14 March 2016 at 14:35 > Subject: [African Wikimedians] WIKIDABA 2017 in Nigeria > To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > Dear African Wikimedian, > > On behalf of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, I'm pleased to announce our > intent to host WIKIDABA 2017 in Lagos State or Abuja, the federal capital > territory, Nigeria. We wish to inform you that we have the consent and > endorsement of major stakeholders in open knowledge movement in > Africa[FOSSFA] ( Free and Open Source Software for Africa) and the Federal > Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Information and Communication > Technology. > > Since 30th May 2016 is the last day to apply for a grant under the current > Project & Event Grant, we aim to submit our proposal prior to this > deadline. We will appreciate any suggestion that will help to achieving a > successful WIKIDABA 2017. > > Being a huge event and it’s about us (African Wikimedian). We therefore, > request for collaboration with any willing groups in Africa. > > Warmest regards, > > Olatunde Isaac, > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Nigeria > Coordinator, The Wikipedia Library, Yoruba. > Secretary, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. > Phone: +2348166620737 > Email: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com > User page: Wikicology > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-ZA-Board mailing list > Wikimedia-ZA-Board(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-za-board > > -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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WIKIDABA 2017 in Nigeria
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Dear African Wikimedian, On behalf of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, I'm pleased to announce our intent to host WIKIDABA 2017 in Lagos State or Abuja, the federal capital territory, Nigeria. We wish to inform you that we have the consent and endorsement of major stakeholders in open knowledge movement in Africa[FOSSFA] ( Free and Open Source Software for Africa) and the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. Since 30th May 2016 is the last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event Grant, we aim to submit our proposal prior to this deadline. We will appreciate any suggestion that will help to achieving a successful WIKIDABA 2017. Being a huge event and it’s about us (African Wikimedian). We therefore, request for collaboration with any willing groups in Africa. Warmest regards, Olatunde Isaac, Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Nigeria Coordinator, The Wikipedia Library, Yoruba. Secretary, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. Phone: +2348166620737 Email: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com User page: Wikicology Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.

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Wikimania
by Douglas Ssebaggala 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

Hi, as a seasonal contributor here, a few comments.......... Saw this heated discussion a few days back by fellow Africans, and there's reason for all the concerns about the selection process, scholarship distribution, e.t.c I also did not get a scholarship, because i did not apply :) however, let's wish the folks who were selected like in Tunisia all the best, and we also focus on more that the WMF has to offer to the community. Am hopeful all discontented voices have been heard and appropriate action will be taken. -- Douglas. Skype: douglo.m | Twitter: @douglaseru <https://twitter.com/douglaseru> | Mob: +256 772 422524 Project Manager - Wiki Loves Africa 2015 (Uganda) Web: www.wikilovesafrica.org Twitter: @Wikiuganda <https://twitter.com/wikiuganda>

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