Wanted to share this with African affiliates, from Andrew Lih
(User:Fuzheado), especially since the brand survey ands and potentially
other steps begin on July 7 -
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From: Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:42 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open for signing on Meta - Community open letter on
renaming
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
There is currently a community open letter on renaming [[m:COLOR]] that
requests a pause to renaming activities being pursued by the Wikimedia
Foundation 2030 Brand Project. The open letter focuses on concerns about
the process and not about specific naming choices.
Individual editors and affiliates (via their designated representative) can
sign with their logged-in account to show support.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
Coming up: There is currently a branding survey that runs until July 7
(link below). There is concern that the consultation process and options on
the survey do not adequately reflect community sentiment, given the effect
name changes for the foundation and movement would have. This was a major
motivation for the open letter.
Thanks go out to more than 70 participants from Wikimedia affiliates who
took part in our recent meetings to discuss the brand project issue. The
result was more than a dozen editors who help create the open letter.
With 50 major chapters and affiliates and 600+ individuals signing the
statement, we are seeing great interest in this issue.
Regards,
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
LINKS:
Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR) on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
2030 Brand Project main page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…
Brand survey for individuals:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD
(If there are options you would like to highlight outside of the three
provided, it is possible to write in your own options and views at the end
of the survey)
Brand survey for affiliates:
A link should have been sent to the affiliate liaisons or affiliate
contacts. If you have not received any correspondence, please contact Essie
Zar (ezar -at- wikimedia.org) of WMF.
English Wikipedia Signpost article about the issue and a Q&A interview with
the document writers and collaborators:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-06-28/Inter…
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From: Erica Litrenta <elitrenta(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:13 PM
Subject: Re:Announcing a new sister project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia
To: <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Dumisani Ndubane <ndubaneds(a)gmail.com>, Nkansah Rexford <
seanmavley(a)gmail.com>, <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com>
Hello.
(Apologies for cross-posting, and that you are likely not reading this
message in your native language: translations of the full announcement may
be available on Meta [1], and will be posted to all the wikis in the next
few days. Please consider helping with translations in the meantime.
Thanks!)
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved a new sister
project, temporarily titled "Abstract Wikipedia" [2].
Its goal is to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual
fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more
knowledge in more languages. You can learn more on Meta [1] and can also
join the new dedicated mailing list [3].
Talk to you soon!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/June_…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
Erica Litrenta
Manager, Community Relations Specialists
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Elitre_(WMF)
Hello.
(Apologies for cross-posting, and that you are likely not reading this
message in your native language: translations of the full announcement may
be available on Meta [1], and will be posted to all the wikis in the next
few days. Please consider helping with translations in the meantime.
Thanks!)
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved a new sister
project, temporarily titled "Abstract Wikipedia" [2].
Its goal is to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual
fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more
knowledge in more languages. You can learn more on Meta [1] and can also
join the new dedicated mailing list [3].
Talk to you soon!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/June_…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
--
Erica Litrenta
Manager, Community Relations Specialists
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Elitre_(WMF)
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, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #004; Wikimedia Clinic #005 happening
in a couple of hours
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The digest from Wikimedia Clinic[0] #004 has been published[1]. For your
convenience, here is a list of the topic titles discussed:
* Community friction in outreach on Turkish Wikipedia
* Announcement about Celtic Knot 2020 Conference (Virtual)
* Consultations between the WMF and the meta Community
* Translation of the {{Cite Q|...}} from English to Spanish?
* International conflict observatory
* Can you recall a great talk or presentation outside Wikimedia that really
inspired your Wikimedia work?
If any of this interests you, I encourage you to read the digest[1].
And here's a reminder that you are invited to attend Clinic #005, about to
take place at 17:30 UTC (in under three hours as of this posting), at the
Google Meet link below[2].
Also, we have just scheduled an experiment-within-an-experiment, a
Wikimedia Clinic *en español*, for July 16th at 18:00 UTC. That call will
take place mostly in Spanish. Everyone is welcome. See the main meta
page[0] for the link.
Cheers,
A.
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/004
[2] https://meet.google.com/eqo-qokn-mwj
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
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 7:41 PM
Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #003; Wikimedia Clinic #004 happening
in an hour
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The digest from Wikimedia Clinic[0] #003 has been published[1].
And here's a reminder that you are invited to attend Clinic #004, about to
take place at 17:30 UTC (in under an hour as of this posting), at the
Google Meet link below[2].
Cheers,
A.
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/003
[2] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg
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
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:12 PM
Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia
clinic in Spanish!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
We have now published the digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002[1]. If you missed
previous announcements about the Wikimedia Clinic idea, please see its page
on Meta[2].
As announced, it contains a compact summary of the topics discussed,
augmented by links and some follow-up information that was not available
during the call. I invite you to skim the topic list and see if there's
something of interest for you.
Upcoming Wikimedia Clinic calls are:
Call #004 - Sunday(!), June 28th, 17:30 UTC [3]
Call #005 - Wednesday, July 1st, 17:30 UTC [4]
Also, we are experimenting with a Wikimedia Clinic in Spanish! It is still
being scheduled, and I will keep you posted as soon as the date and time
are known. That call will be held primarily in Spanish (everyone is
welcome, of course), and will welcome discussions in Spanish.
Cheers,
Asaf
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/002
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[3] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg
[4] https://meet.google.com/eqo-qokn-mwj
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
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:05 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
A quick reminder that we will be having another Wikimedia Clinic open call
today, in about three hours, at 08:00 UTC.
The Wikimedia Clinics calls are open video calls (using Google Meet) where
any active Wikimedian is 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.
It's relaxed and informal. The calls are a Friendly space
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy>. Attendees are
expected to:
- Listen with patience and respect.
- Share your experience, but remember others' contexts are very diverse,
and may not match yours.
- Be of service.
The Google Meet link is https://meet.google.com/hmb-hfjk-jtk
NOTE: I know the Branding project is still a topic of interest and debate
for many of you. While you are welcome to bring it up during a clinic and
share thoughts with each other, I'm afraid this upcoming call won't have
new information from WMF's side beyond the last communication from the
Board, and those interested in further engagement on the topic would be
able to get more answers on the same general channels on Meta and the
Wikimedia-l mailing list they have already been using. Again, the topic is
not taboo on the Wikimedia Clinic, but I do want to set expectations for
people who may only attend hoping to hear new information about it.
Cheers,
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
Hi all,
There's some more time over the weekend, as per the timeline
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…>
[1]
for voting on nominees to the Implementation design group.
Great candidates and endorsements so far, it will be a very interesting
process for the selection team.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…
*Wikimedian in Uganda
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda>*
*Ssebaggala Douglas | **Skype: douglo.m |** Twitter**:* @douglaseru
<https://twitter.com/douglaseru> | *Mob - Uganda: +256 772 422524*
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 12:24 AM <
african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: Our nominee for Movement Strategy (Isaac Olatunde)
> 2. Re: Our nominee for Movement Strategy (Emna Mizouni)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:47:08 +0100
> From: Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
> <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Our nominee for Movement Strategy
> Message-ID:
> <
> CAEKHrP65OKKmMvhvUz52jvpxW020cqvPDt5-Jj_09uFFHTmzVg(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Dear African Wikimedian colleagues,
>
> I present to you Isla Haddow-Flood, known as User:Islahaddow on the
> Wikimedia projects. Isla has been involved in the Wikimedia movement for
> close to a decade with experience in project management, community
> management, and volunteers retention. I’ve found her to be generally
> helpful, low-key, and dedicated to the mission and vision of the Wikimedia
> movement in Africa and beyond.
>
> Isla is someone whose works continue to challenge and inspire me.
>
> Isla is a founding member of Wiki Loves Africa, a project known to have
> activated many Wikimedia communities in Africa, and has co-lead the project
> since 2014. She is a co-founder of the Wiki Loves Women, Kumusha Takes
> Wiki, and WikiChallenge African Schools WikiFundi to mention a few.
>
> She was previously a member of the Grant Advisory Committee for the
> Wikimedia Foundation and was involved in the planning of the first Wiki
> Indaba in Cape Town in 2014. She was also involved in planning for the
> Wikimania in 2018 and she was recognized for her work by the Wikipedia
> co-founder, Jimmy Wales.
>
> She is not new to the movement strategy as she previously served on the
> advocacy working group of the movement strategy.
>
> I have no iota of doubt in Isla's competency, temperament, judgment, and
> effective representation of the African Wikimedia community at the movement
> strategy team.
>
> On this note, I nominate Isla Haddow-Flood to represent us at the Strategy
> Design Group. Thank you.
>
> Isaac Olatunde
>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, 18:36 Justice Okai-Allotey, <owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I support Sandister's nomination as well.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Justice.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 5:11 PM Oral Ofori <oralofori(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Sandister is a great pick,
> >>
> >> She has my full backing and I actually hope she also gets the nod as
> >> well...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Fingers crossed,
> >> Oral Ofori
> >>
> >> ☎+1202.706.9881
> >> 💻contact(a)oralofori.com
> >> 🌍https://linktr.ee/the1africandream
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 11:55 AM Nkansah Rexford <seanmavley(a)gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yes Sandister, I support your nomination.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to feedback from others.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 1:48 PM Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I am more than happy to nominate myself if I can get the community's
> >>>> backing.
> >>>>
> >>>> __
> >>>>
> >>>> Br
> >>>>
> >>>> Sandister Tei
> >>>> Wikipedia | Programs @ 97.3 Citi FM/Citi TV | Digital Media
> >>>>
> >>>> Call/WhatsApp: 0204266290
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent Via My Galaxy
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, 9:03 am Isla Haddow Flood, <
> >>>> isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Sandister,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where do we nominate people? What is the process?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Warmest
> >>>>> Isla
> >>>>>
> >>>>> > On 17 Jun 2020, at 10:36, Sandister Tei <sandistertei(a)gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Hi all,
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > This just a reminder that we have to nominate someone for the next
> >>>>> step in the Movement Strategy.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Asap.
> >>>>> > __
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Br
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Sandister Tei
> >>>>> > Wikipedia | Programs @ 97.3 Citi FM/Citi TV | Digital Media
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Call/WhatsApp: 0204266290
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Sent Via My Galaxy
> >>>>> > _______________________________________________
> >>>>> > African-Wikimedians mailing list
> >>>>> > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >>>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list
> >>>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
> >>>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> > --
> > *Regards*
> > *Justice Okai-Allotey*
> > *Freelance Digital Marketer*
> >
> > Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 Skype: okai_allotey
> >
> > |Avenger - Urithi Labs <https://www.facebook.com/urithimedia/>|
> > |Social Media Lead - Wikimedia Ghana User Group
> > <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaGhanaUG/>|
> > |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey
> > <
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-n…
> >
> > | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany>
> |
> > Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> |
> > |Website: *https://about.me/okai-allotey <https://about.me/okai-allotey
> >*|
> >
> >
> >
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>
Hi all,
This just a reminder that we have to nominate someone for the next step in
the Movement Strategy.
Asap.
__
Br
Sandister Tei
Wikipedia | Programs @ 97.3 Citi FM/Citi TV | Digital Media
Call/WhatsApp: 0204266290
Sent Via My Galaxy
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!
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
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