Re: [African Wikimedians] Open for signing on Meta - Community open letter on renaming

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 - ---------- Forwarded message --------- 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… _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians