Hello fellow wikimedians!
Hot on this wonderful interview with Trevor Noah, we are honoured to be
able to ask you to save the date for the 23rd April for the launch of
WikiAfrica Hour, where Ceslause Ogbonnaya will interview Katherine Maher
on her journey through Wikimedia and her impressions of and hopes for
Africa's Wikimedians will be expressed. Please join us this Friday ...
more details: https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour .
Regards,
Ceslause Ogbonnaya
Hi everyone,
Last week the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met to decide on a
plan for the 2021 Board elections. And based on the feedback from the
recent Call for Feedback about Community Board Seats, the Board Governance
Committee created a proposal. Below you can find a summary of the
resolution, which was approved unanimously.
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The Board plans to hold the selection process as soon as possible. The
draft timeline plans for the call for candidates opening June 8 and a
voting period July 20 to August 3.
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The Elections Committee will determine the voting method. The committee,
in consultation with Wikimedia Foundation staff, may request a delay of up
to three months to implement the voting system.
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Four seats will be up for selection, the three due for renewal and a
fourth from the approved Board expansion. The two other new
community-and-affiliate seats approved will be selected during 2022,
together with the two affiliate seats that will be due (four in total).
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The Board will note the skills and experiences they would like selected
trustees to have. Candidates will complete the evaluation form
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approving_Trustee_Evaluati…>,
but for information only.
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The Wikimedia Foundation will provide communications support to the
Elections Committee. We want to support candidates and promote the
elections, particularly in underrepresented groups.
Please check the related announcement on meta for details.[1]
The full proposal is available on Foundation Wiki.[2]
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021…
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BGC_Community_Trustee_Selection_…
Best wishes,
Zita and the Facilitation team
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Zita Ursula Zage
Board Governance Facilitator- Sub-Saharan Africa
Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF)
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Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
The Core Organizing Team (COT) [1] is excited to take on organizing our
first-ever virtual Wikimania! Many thanks to the Wikimania Steering
Committee [2] for entrusting us with the task of bringing our community
together and celebrating the movement.
This year marks Wikipedia’s 20th birthday [3], and the theme for the 2021
Wikimania will be centered around this fantastic milestone. We want to make
this edition a celebration of all the humans that have made achieving it
possible.
As the COT, we find it important to keep you informed and involved
throughout the process of organizing Wikimania 2021 and we would appreciate
your great support.
We will be reaching out to the wider community for your input on various
aspects to inform some of our decisions. To begin with, we would like to
ask for your opinion on a few things;
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Entertainment
What kind of entertainment options would you ideally like to see during a
virtual Wikimania? Do you have any ideas for singers, dancers, or any
suggestions for other types of entertainment?
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Swag
How would you propose we go about swag for a virtual Wikimania? What are
some good ideas for virtual conference swag?
Let us know your thoughts using this LimeSurvey link
<https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/479123?lang=en> [4]. The survey will
collect anonymous responses and will remain open until the 5th of May 2021.
We are looking forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions, and will be
sharing more with you as we move towards making a decision on these aspects
for our virtual Wikimania!
Thanks and speak soon!
*Winnie Kabintie (User: Ms_Kabintie), on behalf of the Wikimania 2021 Core
Organizing Team *
[1]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Save_the_date_and_the_Core_Organi…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20
[4] https://survey.wikimedia.it/index.php/479123/lang/en/newtest/Y
ReplyForward
<https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=en&utm_medium=web&utm_sour…>
<https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/>
<https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/>
<https://www.google.com/gmail/about/policy/>
*Youtube*: https://bit.ly/2vObQ69
Hi all,
One last major update before #WikiForHumanRights "right to a healthy
environment" launches next Thursday. Apologies for cross-posting.
To learn more about the campaign see:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights
*Join the launch event! *
We are hosting a launch event April 15 at 1500 UTC available with live
translation in UN languages: learn more at
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/04/02/live-event-join-us-for-the-launch-of-…
*Edit in the challenge!*
Like the WikiGap Challenge, we encourage you to join our international
editing competition focused on topics related. We have international topics
identified by UN Human Rights, UN Environment and UNICEF. Come create or
expand those articles or bring your own!
Join us at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights_Challenge
*Join community events! *
There is a list of community events for the campaign, many of which are
digital and available for all:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/2021/Events
More events will be coming soon, and if you would like to organize --
please see my previous email:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2021-March/096344.html
*Promote in your community!*
Please share this in your communities where possible!
Thank you!
Alex Stinson
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Alex Stinson
Senior Program Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter: @sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors
through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns
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From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:20 PM
Subject: Proposal for quick multi-stakeholder IGC focused on Movement
Charter
To: Wikimedia Affiliates <all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
To do things most expeditiously and with representation from all
stakeholders, I propose an Interim Global Council of 21 members, with the
sole purpose and power of drafting a Movement Charter text:
*7 chosen by all affiliates together
(This would not be a full ASBS-style election, but by general
consensus-based discussion through SWAN and similar channels, and could
include several members with WG experience.)
*7 directly elected by the community on Meta
*7 appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation
These members should all be selected by May 1, and would then work together
to draft the Movement Charter. After one or two months of collaborative
writing, the text will then be submitted to the community on Meta for
proper ratification of the various articles.
I would welcome any input to be shared on-wiki at the following talk
section, of course variations on these ideas are welcomed as well:
* * *
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Tr…
* * *
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear Community,
(apologies for cross-posting!)
Prizes or awards are key to volunteer organisations such as Wikimedia. It's
one way of providing motivation or encouraging continuous participation.
Even so, it's often very hard to decide on what could be an ideal prize for
a campaign. We have been hearing lots of questions from organizers about
appropriate criteria, types and amounts as prizes for a campaign. The
Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team invites you to our next virtual office
hour on 25th March at 3:00pm UTC via zoom[1] to discuss this topic with
organizers experienced at using prizes as part of competitions.[2]
The Campaigns Office hour is an opportunity to learn about how others have
organized content campaigns, new or emerging tools and tactics, and ask
questions about how campaigns have been implemented by other organizers.
The goal of this office hour will be to evaluate organizer concerns and
challenges, with a particular focus on helping photography campaigns and
content writing campaigns in creating consistent prize philosophies within
the Wikimedia Movement. Our recent office hour explained the 2021
WikiForHumanRights Campaign dubbed “Right to a Healthy Environment” (watch
video).[3] We talked about decentralized activities around the theme and
how to access mentoring and rapid grants.
Join us for the next office hour:
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25th March at 3:00pm UTC
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Via Zoom - https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95921708595
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95921708595&sa=D&s…>
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Topic: Evaluating ideal use of prizes or rewards for campaigns
Looking forward to learning, discussing and sharing with you!
Cheers,
Felix Nartey
[1] - https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95921708595
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95921708595&sa=D&s…>
[2] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team#Office_…
[3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QEE60hcFk
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Felix Nartey
Senior Program Officer, Campaigns
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear All
[Excuse the cross posting]
This is a quick save the date notification for the upcoming webinar as part of Wiki Loves Africa.
Webinar topic: Make your images useful on Wikipedia!
Date: Saturday, 27th March
Time: 10am (UTC+1)
Link: to be shared on the Telegram, Twitter and Facebook page prior to the webinar.
The webinar will cover the many ways in which images can be seen by the Wikimedia community. It will cover the information to include when uploading images, how to use categories properly, what other elements can be added, and how to add to other images through contests such as WPWP and the ISA tool.
We look forward to seeing you there!
warmest
Isla
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wikilovesafrica
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wikilovesafrica
Wiki Loves Africa telegram group:; https://t.me/joinchat/Smc82GM-udKv5iwV
Hallo. I'm cross-posting this to a few lists. Please send any questions to
the project's talkpage.
We would like to find two or three language communities who would be good
matches to help to guide some long-term improvements to the lexicographic
data part of Wikidata, and the closely related work in the Wikifunctions
wiki and the Abstract Wikipedia project, over the next few years. We are
looking for communities that are open to trying out new things, and have an
interest in linguistics and coding.
Participating communities will hopefully find that this project will lead
to long-term growth in content in Wikipedia and Wiktionary in and about
their language. See
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Lexicographical_d…
for more detailed information (including some suggested criteria). Please
help us identify potential good matches.
Thank you!
p.s. A translated/translatable version of this message is on meta-wiki, if
you'd like to share it elsewhere:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Quiddity_(WMF)/Lexicographical_message
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Nick "Quiddity" Wilson (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation