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: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:39 PM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic digest #007 posted; Clinic #008 featuring
Research at 18:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #007. [1]
The topics discussed were:
* Statistics tools demonstrations (+Bonus demonstration of stylometric
analysis to uncover sock puppets)
* What is "Wikimedia research"
* In person events
* Wikimedia in Mainland China
* Technical feedback on Jitsi
I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]
In a couple of hours, at 18:00 (6pm) UTC, we will be having Wikimedia
Clinic #008, at this link[2]. The call today would feature a short talk by
Leila Zia, director of the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation,
offering an overview of what the team does as well as some recent research
examples, but the call will as always also welcome whatever
Wikimedia-related topics attendees want to bring on.
PLEASE NOTE: experimentally, this call will take place using the free
software Jitsi-based Wikimedia Meet. Desktop/laptop computers can connect
directly via the link[2] but if you want to connect using a mobile device
(phone or tablet) you will need to download the Jitsi app[3] first and use
that to connect via the link[2].
A.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/007
[2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikimediaClinic008
[3] https://jitsi.org/downloads/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinic/007
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
Hello everyone,
With grant support from the Wikimedia Foundation, AfLIA
<https://web.aflia.net/>'s Wikipedian in Residence and Curriculum
Development Consultant will adapt the OCLC's *Wikipedia + Libraries Better
Together* curriculum to the African context and train Librarians from all
Library types in 30 African countries.
Do you wish to know which skills will be learned?
Which African countries the Librarians will come from?
How knowledge from African communities will ‘be liberated’ through this
Project and more?
Read more in this blog post
<https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-project-for-african-librarians-liberating-k…>
titled Wikipedia project for African Librarians: Liberating Knowledge
<https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-project-for-african-librarians-liberating-k…>
and
subscribe to the WikiAfLibs <http://eepurl.com/g_MDWT> Project
<http://eepurl.com/g_MDWT> Newsletters to keep updated on all activities.
Regards,
Good day all ,
>From 1st - 22nd August, Wikimedia Community User Group - Uganda and
Wikimedia Community User Group - Tanzania will be making their contribution
to making Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in our regional #
1Lib1Ref by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content!
That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or
archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to
Wikipedia. This might fall out of the traditional time frames for the #
1Lib1Ref campaign but we couldn’t be more excited to support another round
of activities.
Full resources and guides for participating are available on the <http://
1lib1ref.org> campaign website ( <http://1lib1ref.org> http://1lib1ref.org).
You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and
Events Dashboard for our event and region, and using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag
in your edit summary. Support us in the following ways :
1. Login here to enrol for our regional campaign :
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WikiCommunity_User_Group-Ugan…
2. Follow us on social media : Twitter - @Wiki Uganda
<wikiuganda(a)gmail.com> ,@Wiki_Tza <https://twitter.com/wiki_Tza> ,
Facebook : Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
<https://www.facebook.com/WMCUGU/>, Wikimedia Tanzania
<https://www.facebook.com/Wikimediatz/>
3. Sharing the word as far and wide as possible...
Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in East
Africa. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable!
Kind regards
Alice
Hi everyone,
I thought to give feedback on the Strategy Transition process which is a followup on the movement strategy recommendations.
The Design Group is burdened with the task of designing the transition process.
The transition group meets weekly, and we have had five meetings.
The first meeting was an introductory meeting to what the task was and also getting to know each other in the team.
The second meeting focused on building ‘Building Trust and Framing the Work’. This meeting got the design team members to know each other better and it did explain what the design process will look like. At this point, most of the participants were still lost at the responsibility of the group. Some of the questions we asked were:
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Who is involved in the transition phase and the implementation phase?
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How do we frame the prioritization discussion?
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How do we agree on the same initiatives?
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Not necessary to share the same priorities/initiatives, but where should the events draw the line in terms of feasibility and coherence?
The second meeting focused on ‘ What is needed for the design process’. And something that stood out in that meeting was that the recommendations needed to be broken into smaller actionable items.
The third to fifth meeting focused on the below items:
1. People: This focuses on who are those that we will need to engage to get involved with the process? How do we identify and reach these people?
Q: How do we ensure that people are enabled and empowered to participate?
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Identify INCLUSIVITY criteria or standards
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Identify SELECTION and PARTICIPATION criteria or standards
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Identify COMMUNICATION tools and approaches
2. Process: This discusses what, how, and when. What do we want to do to get people engaged? When do we get them engaged and how do we get them engaged?
Q: How do we create a process that is clear and understandable for all participants, yet also serves the complexity of the discussions and our movement?
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Identify HOW to build a shared approach to prioritize initiatives
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Identify HOW to build a shared approach to sequence initiatives
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Identify HOW to build a shared approach to assign initiatives to stakeholders
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Identify HOW to plan for the next steps towards implementation
3. Legitimacy: This has to do with acceptability of the process. As a large movement, how do we ensure that everyone’s voice is heard?
Q: How do we ensure legitimacy of the transition to implementation and the decisions made?
One of the issues that has resonated all through the engagements we have had was inclusivity. As Africans, this is huge for us. We have several factors that may reduce our engagement in the transition process. Factors like language, skills, power, internet access, etc. All of these are being considered in the process.
At the end of the day, the design team is working towards a series of events that will take place between September-November 2020. Of course, due to the current global pandemic, these events will be virtual.
I will, therefore, appreciate feedback on how we (our communities inclusive) can participate in these events (main events, pre-events, and post-events).
I am happy to mention that Anass and Bachounda are both members of the design team and they are also here. So they can contribute to this and also answer your questions.
You can check for updates on Meta via https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…
Thank you.
Kayode Yussuf
From Max Klein
*About the humainki project*
Do you have a passion for social-good technology? Humaniki is a
project that generates and tracks statistics about who is
represented in Wikipedia, helping to address diversity gaps with
data tools. This project is a Wikimedia Foundation-funded grant,
being built in collaboration with the Wikimedia community. Let's
make the data diversity dashboard and API that Wikimedians deserve.
Learn more at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Maximilianklein/humaniki>
*Role: Community UX Researcher*
Full Job
Description:https://notconfusing.com/images/Community_UX_Researcher.pdf
The role of community UX Researcher is to facilitate the co-design
process of creating humaniki. You will identify community groups
with whom to partner, elicit their product needs, and synthesize it
into a design specification. Liaising between the community and the
humaniki engineering team, in multiple rounds of development, you
troubleshoot and make decisions to ensure the tool is effective.
Finally, you'll communicate the project's development through blog
posts, online trainings and other media.
*Role: Frontend Software Engineer*
Full Job Description:
https://notconfusing.com/images/Frontend_Software_Engineer.pdf
The role of the software engineer is to build the humaniki web-app
in collaboration with the lead engineer. After familiarizing
yourself with the technical history of the project, and receiving
the design specification from our community UX researcher you will
give input into the stack and architecture. You develop web and
data-visualization features and make them ready for user testing, as
part of an iterative development cycle. Supporting a launch of the
tool, you monitor and fix bugs to make sure the application is
robust for users.
Make a great day,
Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/
Hello,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation would like to introduce a new community
blog. It's called "Diff" (diff.wikimedia.org) and is a blog by – and
for – the Wikimedia volunteer community to connect and share
learnings, stories, and ideas from across our movement. We'd like to
encourage you to learn more about Diff and how it can help you in
sharing and learning from your fellow Wikimedians.
Everyone is invited to contribute!
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-…
The name “Diff” is in reference to the wiki interface that displays
the difference between one version and another of a Wikipedia page. It
also reflects the “difference” our communities and movement make in
the world every day.
For some background, Diff builds on lessons and experiences from the
Wikimedia Blog, the Wikimedia Foundation News, and Wikimedia Space;
previous posts from these channels are archived on Diff. The channel
is primarily intended for community-authored posts, in which
volunteers can share their stories, learnings, and ideas with each
other.
Diff offers a simple and accessible editorial process, moderated by
Foundation communications staff and open to volunteers, to encourage
participation from all — especially emerging and under-represented
communities. Additionally, content on Diff can be written and
translated into languages to reach a wide audience. Diff also has a
code of conduct and comments can be flagged and moderated.
Still curious to learn more?
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-…
Yours,
Chris Koerner (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear African Wikimedia communities,
I am excited to share an update on the recent partnership between AfLIA and
the WMF. [1] This partnership was secured as part of an outreach strategy
for 1Lib1Ref: facilitating Wikimedia community access to libraries who
offer expertise and access in national and continental knowledge, and often
make great allies for other local activities like editathons or GLAM
partnership.
The cooperation includes several projects aimed at introducing librarians
to the Wikimedia community as well as ensuring librarians can support our
communities across Africa. As part of this partnership we piloted a
localized version of 1Lib1Ref (African Librarians Week) [2] which exceeded
our expectations and is currently engaging more than 842 librarians. Thanks
to our regional ambassadors (*Georges, Pamela, Ingrid & Ayo*) who played a
key role in the success of the May campaign.
We realized early on that AFLIA was eager to train more of their community.
We supported them to apply for a project grant, because we knew how
resource intensive it could be to develop successful, large scale library
training.[3] The grant has been approved and AfLIA is looking forward to
working closely with our communities to provide training and onboarding
librarians within their networks into the respective Wikimedia communities
on the continent.
We want to make sure that all of the existing Wikimedia community groups
throughout the continent benefit from this partnership. The goal is to
train librarians so that they can become part of all our communities, the
partnership will likely continue to bring:
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Opportunities to advise on the training in the grant, and use the
professional training materials
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Connections with regional and national library associations
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Connect with enthusiastic library leaders in your context
The team for the project is hiring a *Wikipedian in residence (WiR)*
and a *Curriculum
Development Consultant*.[4][5] Please follow the links to apply for any of
the roles if interested.
Reach out to me or Alex Stinson (astinson(a)wikimedia.org) if you would like
to be part of the conversation with AfLIA and take advantage of their
network in your respective countries.
Best,
[1] - https://web.aflia.net/
[2] - https://twitter.com/hashtag/AfLibWk
[3] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/AfLIA/Wikipedia_in_African_L…
[4] - https://web.aflia.net/job-opening-wikipedian-in-residence/
[5] - https://web.aflia.net/job-opening-curriculum-development-consultant/
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Felix Nartey
Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*
FYI.
Isaac
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From: Maggie Dennis <mdennis(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020, 16:21
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Volunteers sought; Interim Trust and Safety Case
Review Committee
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello, all.
Nutshell: this is a call for applications to volunteer for the Interim
Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review Committee)
which will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct escalation process
pathways are defined and established. Text below explains what the
committee is intended to do and what is required of applicants. If it
resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you
think appropriate!(Translatable version on Meta [1])
*
The Board of Trustees has recently asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put
together an interim volunteer community review process to help support
Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a
functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity,
this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust &
Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community
administrators or governance bodies. A permanent review process for Trust &
Safety team cases will be created later as part of the final stages of the
Universal Code of Conduct, but this quickly constituted interim Case Review
Committee will be asked to serve until it is functional, anywhere from
January 1 2021 to June 30 2021. This is a critical layer of oversight to
ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that the
Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so.
We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an
interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify,
please apply.
First, there’s a page on Meta with more information about how this
committee will work,[3] but, in brief, it will review the case files of
qualifying Trust & Safety investigations that are appealed either by the
person who requested the T&S investigation or by a person sanctioned as a
result of one. We anticipate that members may need to dedicate an average
of about 5 hours of work a week reviewing case files. As this is a new
process, it may prove significantly less; if it proves more, it may be
necessary to expand the review committee. You will be asked to meet with
the rest of the group on a quarterly basis to discuss the committee itself
and how it might be improved.
There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If
you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee
charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions
of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then
want to apply, please write to legal(a)wikimedia.org using “Case Review
Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your
credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role.
Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an
administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What
experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to
professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require
legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only
be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists.
Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as
much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are
lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current
availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide
translations for the interim process.
This is an important role and a new direction in collaborations between
Trust & Safety staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance
right in protecting communities - both in supporting community members and
recognizing community autonomy.
Please submit your application by the end of July 18th.
Best regards,
Maggie
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Char…
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Maggie Dennis
Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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