Forwarding an article from Wikimedia-l about readership and authorship of
English Wikipedia's information about Ebola, and the quality and authorship
of English Wikipedia's medical content in general.
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
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From: MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:27 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source
for Information on Ebola"
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
http://nyti.ms/1rHy4fK
Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola
Noam Cohen
October 26, 2014
The New York Times
Neat! (And a bit terrifying.)
MZMcBride
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Hi all,
A few months ago, the Learning and Evaluation team started a new
communication outlet to reach out to the Wikimedia community: Learning
Quarterly, a newsletter that has recently launched its second issue.
Find it on Meta at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2014/1/2
Through this means we seek to share the learning about programs and
practices taking place in the movement, including information around new
learning resources, blog posts written by the team, learning patterns, and
recent initiatives in IdeaLab that need community support.
Learning is a key aspect of community and program development[1], and we
strive to socialize this knowledge to the community at large. Help us by
spreading the word! [2]
If you want to find out what were the hot topics from the past quarter,
read further on metrics, or learn what other community members are doing in
different parts of the world, subscribe to the Global Message delivery list
[3] and have it sent to your wiki of preference. You can also read the
latest issue on the Evaluation portal on Meta [4] or subscribe to our
bi-weekly announcements *[5]*.
If you are coordinating a Wikimedia program or project, and would like to
be featured in the newsletter, please leave a comment on the Second issue
Discussion page or email eval(a)wikimedia.org
Cheers!
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Dear colleagues,
As you may have heard,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Editor_Interaction_Data_Extracti…
is an individual engagement grant proposal. I am working on this proposal
with volunteer assistance and advice from Aaron Halfaker (WMF), Haitham
Shammaa (WMF), and Fabian Flöck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe_Institute_of_Technology>).
We are still developing this proposal, and plan to have it finalized in the
next few days.
We would greatly appreciate your comments on whether you support or oppose
the general concept of this project, and any suggestions about how to
refine the proposal.
Additionally, we would like to hear from you about which sets of editor
interaction data, and what visualizations of editor interaction data, would
be most relevant to your interests. We intend to prioritize our outputs
with your comments in mind.
Please comment on the proposal talk page. Questions and feedback, both
positive and critical, are helpful to us as the proposers, and also help
the Individual Engagement Grants Committee [1] to assess the proposal.
Regards,
Pine
[1] I am a member of the Individual Engagement Grants Committee. I am
recusing from reviewing proposals in this funding round.
Hi! A small technical question on the EduProgram extension. A teacher
has created a course page with a typo in the name and I've noticed I
can't change it. When I click Edit on a course page, I'm only allowed to
edit the description text field, start and end dates and the enroll
token. There's no fields for the corse name and term. This is the same
with other course pages including those I created myself. I have the
ep-coordinator user right. How does it work?
Hey everyone,
School's started. What's going on where you are? Tell the world about it in
the education newsletter!
Head to the newsroom on Outreach wiki and give us an update. We'll format,
proofread and copyedit it for you.
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom
The deadline for submissions is next Wednesday 15 October by midnight UTC.
Thanks!
Anna Koval & Leigh Thelmadatter
This Month In Education
--
Anna Koval, M.Ed.
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 x6729
akoval(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
this is a short announcement to say we are hosting Office Hours for
consultation on program reporting. If you want to contribute to Round II of
Data Collection *[1]* and are struggling with the report form, or have
questions about the process, we are here to help. Join us next Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday, on IRC #wikimedia-ped:
Oct 13, from 1500 - 1700 UTC (8 to 10 am PDT)
Oct 16, from 00 - 0200 UTC (October 15, 5 to 7pm PDT)
Oct 16, from 1400 - 1600 UTC (7 to 9am PDT)
Thanks for your time and attention!
Cheers,
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
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*[1] *
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Dear Wikimedian friends and colleagues,
>
>
> tl;dr We have just launched our second round of voluntary reporting. This
> is the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs we've
> done so far as a movement, and all program leaders are invited to take
> part. :-) You can do so here:
> https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD (or get in
> touch with the L&E team for support).
>
> As we did in the Fall of 2013, we invite community members leading and
> evaluating Wikimedia programs to share their data with the rest of the
> movement (i.e., Edit-a-thons, Editing Workshops, On-wiki Writing
> Contests, Photo Events, etc.). Last year’s data was collected and
> analysed in a series of reports that was the beginning of telling the
> Wikimedia story of impact: the incredible work of over 60 program leaders
> implementing 119 programs or projects in 30 countries across the world.
> This helped us start building a set of good and best practices for
> effective programs across our movement.[1] This year’s data drive will be
> critical to help us continue to do and learn better from each other.
>
> To best prepare, program leaders can review the reporting items [1] and
> start gathering that data you have filed away about your programs since the
> last reporting round. We are looking for data on programs completed any
> time from September 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. You can ask
> questions directly on the reporting form preview [2] or on our portal talk
> page [3]. If you are planning to report and may need support from us, do
> let us know so that we can help in any way needed.
>
> When ready, you will find the reporting collector at:
>
> https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD
>
> We also welcome your data in different formats. For example, if you have
> already reported data elsewhere, we are happy to work with you to make the
> process as easy as possible. Message eval(a)wikimedia.org and we can work
> out the easiest way to include your data.
>
> We are expanding the number of programs covered in the reporting this
> year, and extend the reporting window longer for some new programs, GLAM,
> and Wiki Loves Monuments. See the schedule below for timelines for
> reporting for each program type.
>
> Data submission deadlines by program:
>
> Due by October 20th
>
> -
>
> Edit-a-thons/editing parties
> -
>
> Editing Workshops
>
>
> Due by November 3rd
>
> -
>
> On-wiki Writing Contests
>
>
> -
>
> Photo Events (Wiki Loves Earth, WikiExpeditions, WikiTakes, etc.)
> -
>
> Wikipedia Education Program
>
>
> Due by November 17th
>
> -
>
> Conferences
> -
>
> GLAM Content Donation
> -
>
> Hackathons
> -
>
> Wiki Loves Monuments (2013 and 2014)
> -
>
> Wikimedian in Residence
>
>
> Remember, reporting is voluntary but the more people do it, the better
> representation of programs we can make. This voluntary reporting allows us
> to come together and generate a bird’s eye view of programs [4]. We want to
> understand the impact of programs across different contexts, to examine
> both more broadly, and more deeply, what works best to meet our shared
> goals for Wikimedia and to, together, grow the awesome [5] in Wikimedia
> programs!
>
> On behalf of the Learning and Evaluation team, thank you for your time and
> support in this initiative.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Anasuya
>
> Resource links:
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2013
>
> [2]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdA…
>
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation
>
> [4]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Report_(beta)_Poster_Wik…
> [5] http://www.nbp.org/nbp/images/book_photos/MAG-AWESOME.jpg
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation*
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list
> WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments
> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
>
Dear edu community,
After the Education Program extension was recently enabled on Ukrainian
Wikipedia, the next step for us is to learn how to use it:) And while
there's plenty of useful information about it on English Wikipedia as
well as on Glamwiki, I wasn't lucky enought to find out one thing: are
the course pages (in the Education program: namespace) supposed to be
reused when fresh group of students comes in on the following year?
I.e., do the teachers usually just edit the old course page, remove all
the students and start again with the same page or copy the course plan
into a new page?
Thanks,
Yury Bulka
Thanks so much, Dan. :)
Hope this helps, Kosta. :)
CCing [Education-l] so they know that we got answers to these questions.
Anna
On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Dan Andreescu <dandreescu(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> I have some questions about the metrics tool:
>>
>> 1. Can I share my cohorts with other users, so that they can produce
>> their own reports?
>>
>
> Not yet, but this is a feature that we'll be working on sometime in the
> near future.
>
>
>> 2. I'm sure there was an option for individual results on users. I do
>> have some old analysed data but I cannot find it now that I want to create
>> new reports. Is it removed? Without it I can see that a number of students
>> are still active editors but I cannot find who they are.
>>
>
> On the report creation page, in the "Configure Output" section, click on
> the metric you want individual results for, then check the "Individual
> Results" checkbox. Use this feature with care if your cohort is really big
> (like many thousands of users or more) because if combined with time series
> or long time ranges it can produce a lot of output.
>
--
Sent from Gmail Mobile
Hello,
I have some questions about the metrics tool:
1. Can I share my cohorts with other users, so that they can produce their
own reports?
2. I'm sure there was an option for individual results on users. I do have
some old analysed data but I cannot find it now that I want to create new
reports. Is it removed? Without it I can see that a number of students are
still active editors but I cannot find who they are.
Konstantinos Stampoulis
geraki(a)geraki.gr
http://www.geraki.gr
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Οι παραπάνω απόψεις είναι προσωπικές και δεν εκφράζουν παρά μόνο εμένα. Το
μήνυμα θεωρείται εμπιστευτικό μόνο εάν το έχω ζητήσει ρητά, διαφορετικά
μπορείτε να το χρησιμοποιήσετε σε οποιαδήποτε δημόσια συζήτηση. Δεν έχω
τίποτε να κρύψω. :-)
Minutes and slides from last week's mid-year review meeting of the
Foundation's Wikipedia Education Program team are now available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarter…
.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> to increase accountability and create more opportunities for course
> corrections and resourcing adjustments as necessary, Sue's asked me
> and Howie Fung to set up a quarterly project evaluation process,
> starting with our highest priority initiatives. These are, according
> to Sue's narrowing focus recommendations which were approved by the
> Board [1]:
>
> - Visual Editor
> - Mobile (mobile contributions + Wikipedia Zero)
> - Editor Engagement (also known as the E2 and E3 teams)
> - Funds Dissemination Committe and expanded grant-making capacity
>
> I'm proposing the following initial schedule:
>
> January:
> - Editor Engagement Experiments
>
> February:
> - Visual Editor
> - Mobile (Contribs + Zero)
>
> March:
> - Editor Engagement Features (Echo, Flow projects)
> - Funds Dissemination Committee
>
> We’ll try doing this on the same day or adjacent to the monthly
> metrics meetings [2], since the team(s) will give a presentation on
> their recent progress, which will help set some context that would
> otherwise need to be covered in the quarterly review itself. This will
> also create open opportunities for feedback and questions.
>
> My goal is to do this in a manner where even though the quarterly
> review meetings themselves are internal, the outcomes are captured as
> meeting minutes and shared publicly, which is why I'm starting this
> discussion on a public list as well. I've created a wiki page here
> which we can use to discuss the concept further:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_r…
>
> The internal review will, at minimum, include:
>
> Sue Gardner
> myself
> Howie Fung
> Team members and relevant director(s)
> Designated minute-taker
>
> So for example, for Visual Editor, the review team would be the Visual
> Editor / Parsoid teams, Sue, me, Howie, Terry, and a minute-taker.
>
> I imagine the structure of the review roughly as follows, with a
> duration of about 2 1/2 hours divided into 25-30 minute blocks:
>
> - Brief team intro and recap of team's activities through the quarter,
> compared with goals
> - Drill into goals and targets: Did we achieve what we said we would?
> - Review of challenges, blockers and successes
> - Discussion of proposed changes (e.g. resourcing, targets) and other
> action items
> - Buffer time, debriefing
>
> Once again, the primary purpose of these reviews is to create improved
> structures for internal accountability, escalation points in cases
> where serious changes are necessary, and transparency to the world.
>
> In addition to these priority initiatives, my recommendation would be
> to conduct quarterly reviews for any activity that requires more than
> a set amount of resources (people/dollars). These additional reviews
> may however be conducted in a more lightweight manner and internally
> to the departments. We’re slowly getting into that habit in
> engineering.
>
> As we pilot this process, the format of the high priority reviews can
> help inform and support reviews across the organization.
>
> Feedback and questions are appreciated.
>
> All best,
> Erik
>
> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings
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> VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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