Congratulations to everyone who will be traveling to attend Wikimania 2015.
Special high five to our education program folks attending!!
Looking forward to seeing you in Mexico City!
Samir
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From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Wikimania Scholarship Recipients Announced
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
On behalf of the Scholarship Committeee and WMF, congratulations to the 104
people who were awarded
a scholarship to attend this year's Wikimania being held in Mexico City
July 15-19, 2015. WMDE is sponsoring 13
of these. Other chapters are providing additional scholarships as well,
and will announce later on.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2015_WMF_Scho…
The 2015 program involved a major re-design of the application and
selection process. Preliminary outcomes have already been aggregated,
including a preliminary list of topics for investigation next year.
Highlights include:
• ~28% identified as Female
• ~73% indicated they were from the Global South
• ~26% received a scholarship to attend Wikimania 2014
• Of these repeat applicants, most submitted good/great 2014
post-conference reports
• The average Phase 2 score for recipients was 8.9, with 70% of
recipients scoring a 9 or above
See:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars/2015_Outcomes
Updated information about registration, accommodations, and the program for
Wikimania '15 will be available on or before
May 1, 2015.
Ellie Young
WMF Conference Coordinator
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Forwarding internship recruiting announcement from WMF Communications.
Please forward to current students and others who would be interested in
internships.
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: Juliet Barbara <jbarbara(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:24 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Communications is looking for interns!
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
The WMF Communications team is recruiting interns for summer 2015! We’re
currently evaluating candidates and welcome any qualified individuals to
apply. Strong candidates have a deep appreciation for the Wikimedia
mission, excellent communications skills, and an interest in the field of
Communications. We encourage any community members to also share their
usernames and their favorite projects.
Open positions with links to job descriptions can be found below. To apply,
click the “Apply Now” button at the top right of the job description. We
strongly encourage a cover letter in addition to a resume. Internships last
at least three months and we are open to remote interns.
Communications Intern
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/56547?t=wast7k#.VTVcipPF_yB>
(general)
Multimedia Storytelling Intern
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/56546?t=3qvtgc#.VTVdQJPF_yA>
Design Intern
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/56551?t=mt3d56#.VTVcbJPF_yA>
Social Media Intern
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/56549?t=cs6ria#.VTVdVZPF_yA>
Research and Insights Intern
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/56557?t=2pe53k#.VTVdZpPF_yA>
Feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested.
Best,
Juliet
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I would love to see a grant from the WEF to pay humans to do Revision
Scoring as a Service as per
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service
Can someone please put that in IdeaLab and send me the URL?
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Jason Radford <jsradford(a)uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I wanted to share two projects currently under consideration for IdeaLab
> funding and which may be of directly related to engaging new and seasoned
> editors. If you are interested or know someone who might be, let me know.
> If you have feedback for these projects, please submit it on their
> discussion pages.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
>
> Wiki Controversy Monitoring Engine
> Call for Developers
>
> Purpose: The controversy monitoring engine maintains a real-time rating of
> the controversiality of Wikipedia articles by listening to the live stream
> of edits from Wikipedia. We need someone who is interested in building the
> web interface and interactive visualizations around these controversies to
> enable administrators to monitor, investigate, and, if need be, intervene to
> deescalate controversies. The goal is to create a site like
> stats.wikimedia.org editors and admins can use to identify and deescalate
> controversies.
>
> Requirements: Knowledge of web development, web-based visualization, and\or
> data analysis using Wikipedia's API or WikiData.
>
> For More Information: see
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Controversy_Monitoring_Engine
>
>
>
> Consciousness-Raising Repository
> Call for Working Group Participants
>
> Purpose: We're putting together a group of diverse Wikipedians to help put
> together a repository of stories from users experiencing marginalization on
> Wikipedia. Whether first timers or old timers, we're looking to recruit
> users interested in engaging the community around marginalization. The
> purpose of the repository is to serve as a database of knowledge about the
> forms marginalization can take and as an outlet for users experiencing
> marginalization.
>
> Requirements: Interest in working with marginalization and marginalized
> groups. Interest in the Wiki-community. Willing to attend an hour-long
> biweekly meeting.
>
> For more information:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Consciousness_Raising_Repo…
>
> --
>
> Jason Radford
> Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Chicago
> Visiting Researcher, Lazer Lab, Northeastern University
> Connect: LinkedIn, Twitter, University of Chicago
> Play Games for Science at Volunteer Science
>
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Hello everyone,
Please check Leigh and Anna's new post on the WMF blog about the recent
massive editathon held at Tec de Monterrey. It was a new experience to
learn from. In other words, it's worth reading.
Link:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wiki-learning-edit-a-thon-mexico/
Regards,
Samir
P.S. If you have seen the post on social media or other mailing lists, then
sorry for cross posting :)
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Wikimedia Foundation
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selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
Fantastic blog post. Forwarding to the Education mailing list.
Congratulations, Leigh.
Pine
On Apr 13, 2015 2:44 PM, "Andrew Sherman" <asherman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> We just published "Wiki Learning holds massive edit-a-thon at Tec de
> Monterrey in Mexico City" to the blog. URL:
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wiki-learning-edit-a-thon-mexico/
>
> Thanks to Anna koval for helping write and edit this story.
>
> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
>
> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
>
> * Wiki Learning holds massive edit-a-thon in Mexico City, with 300
> students editing 90+ articles. (link)
>
> * Tec de Monterrey holds massive Wikipedia editing event as part of its
> Innovation Spaces program held each semester.
>
> *Facebook/Google+*
>
> ... A massive three-day edit-a-thon was held by Tec de Monterrey's
> Wikipedia Education Program (Wiki Learning) in March 2015, on three
> campuses in Mexico City. Nearly 300 students participated, creating or
> translating 90+ articles to Spanish Wikipedia. They also uploaded hundreds
> of photos, as well as 27 informative radio programs produced by campus
> radio.
>
> (too long) ... Tec de Monterrey's Wikipedia Education Program (Wiki
> Learning) held a massive three-day editathon with the participation of
> almost 300 students who created/translated 90+ articles to Spanish
> Wikipedia as well as review these and other articles. They also uploaded
> hundreds of photograhs as well as 27 informative radio programs produced by
> campus radio.
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Andrew Sherman
> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>
> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
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