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non-technical community wish: Invitational essay authorship contest
by James Salsman 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

I offer $50 USD first prize and $25 for the runner-up for the best twelve paragraph essay on the topic of whether college students are likely to pay more in income taxes over their lifetime than the present value of the entire amount of their college tuition, room, and board expenses. This contest is open only to the top 50% of participants in the Wikimedia Education Program or WikiEd Foundation's student editors. If there are any objections to this contest, please let me know. If there are any reasons it shouldn't be communicated to the eligible, please let me know. I ask both foundations to match my award, taking the prizes to $150 and $75 if they agree. Thank you! Sincerely, James Salsman

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What does leadership mean in the Wikimedia movement? Presentation on Thursday, Nov 16
by Maria Cruz 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hi all! Since July 2016 [1], the Learning and Evaluation team has been invested in understanding what leadership means in our movement, and how we can best support it. On Thursday, November 16 at 9 am PST (1700 UTC), we will host a public meeting to share what we have learned so far, and how we have been working to support community leaders. Follow the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJbg2w0RnFk and ask questions via IRC (#wikimedia-office). The first step was the Leadership Development Dialogue, a conversation about what leadership means for our communities, and how the Wikimedia Foundation can best support it. It was hosted by the Learning and Evaluation team, part of the Community Engagement department. The conversation touched on topics like what words best suited this area of work, and also what skills identified a good leader, and how we could best collaborate across the movement to provide support within our existing infrastructures (e.g., Learning Days [2] and the Wikimedia Resource Center [3]) and beyond. What does this mean to your local community and your work? How can you join these efforts? Join us to learn more about what we have learned from community members about leadership in the movement, and where we want to go next. Participation is encouraged via IRC (#wikimedia-office). A recording of the event will be available later on our youtube channel. Hope to see many of you there! Best, *María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach project manager, L&E Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Leadership_Development… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Learning_Day_events [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Leadership_Development…>Wikimedia Resource Center

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Call for submissions for the Education Newsletter
by Vahid Masrour 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hello fellow Education Program Leaders! Let the world know what you are doing in your Education Program! It doesn't have to be very long, if you have a picture or two it will make it more attractive, and remember we can learn from both has worked and what didn't! Go to https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom, write an indicative headline and then put together 3-4 paragraphs so the world knows what is going on in your education project. Please share your news for the rest of us to learn from! Vahid. -- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education

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WMF grant request by Wiki Education Foundation
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 12 Nov '17

12 Nov '17

Probably of interest for people around here: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2017-2018_round_1/Wiki…> Federico

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Calling all program leaders and admirers! We need your Case Studies!
by Nichole Saad 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Calling all program leaders and admirers! Is there an education, GLAM or other programs that you really admire? One you would like to know more about? Have you seen via the newsletter, blog, or social media a project that you think would make a great case study? The WMF Programs team would like you to encourage program leaders now to submit their case study to the Programs Case Studies Campaign. We will be accepting submissions until January 8, 2017 . We will then select projects in Education, GLAM and across all program areas to be highlighted in new case study brochures and materials. See this page <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Case_studies> for more information about submission criteria and the selection process. Thanks much, Nichole Saad, Education Program Manager Alex Stinson, GLAM-Wiki Strategist

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The October Issue of This Month in Education is out!
by Nichole Saad 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Hello, education community! I'm happy to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News> is out. It's another short issue this month, but there are still some great articles! Like an article? Have a question?* Please contribute your thoughts* on the article's talk page! Finally, we want your stories! *Don't forget to submit your stories for the next issue by 20 November! *You can submit by heading to the newsroom <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom>and using the input box. Have a great week! -- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad(a)wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?* Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1

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Tools for analyzing disciplinary representation
by Matthew Vetter 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi All, I am working with Wiki Ed this semester in a class project to edit disciplinary topics related to digital literacy and rhetoric, with an eye towards editing articles to better represent minority scholars and research. As part of this project, I would also like students to be able to analyze disciplinary coverage (or lack of coverage) on topics related to this subject area (digital literacy, digital rhetoric, digital humanities). I am looking for tools that would help me do quantitative analysis of mainspace Wikipedia articles within a given category - so that I can follow these up with some local qualitative analysis regarding the representation (or lack of representation) of minority scholar(s)/(ship)coverage in the encyclopedia. So far I have identified Yanker (https://tools.wmflabs.org/pirsquared/ts_archive/mzmcbride/yanker.py/)and XTools (https://xtools.wmflabs.org) as possible tools for this kind of work. Just wondering if anyone had any additional ideas? Thanks, Matt Matthew A. Vetter, PhD Assistant Professor of English Composition and TESOL PhD Program Office: 345 Sutton Hall Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1011 S. Drive, Indiana, PA 15705 mvetter(a)iup.edu | mattvetter.net

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Movement Strategy: Endorse the strategic direction today! #wikimedia2030
by Tighe Flanagan 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Dear education community, I wanted to relay the call for endorsements of the Strategic Direction that you may have seen in other channels. There is more information in the message below on the general process and context. If you want to highlight education as part of your endorsement, please *consider using the #education hashtag in your edit summary as part of your endorsement*, whether as an individual or as an affiliate: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction/… I look forward to seeing how the next steps develop, especially in the education space. Sincerely, Tighe -- Tighe Flanagan Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation tflanagan(a)wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de> Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 3:31 AM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Movement Strategy: Endorse the strategic direction today! #wikimedia2030 To: wikimediaannounce-l <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, Today marks the final milestone of phase 1 of our movement strategy process. Over the past eight months, many of you, of your peers, colleagues, partners and friends have contributed to an endeavor that resulted in the new Strategic Direction of the Wikimedia movement. This direction provides us with an answer to the question: What do we want to build and achieve as a movement over the next 10–15 years: By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us.[1] On behalf of the strategy team, it’s with great pleasure that I invite you today to declare your intent to work together towards this future. Organized groups as well as individual contributors of our movement are invited to endorse the Strategic Direction by adding their signature to the endorsement page on Meta-Wiki. You will find all necessary instructions there.[2] By endorsing the Strategic Direction, you are not necessarily agreeing with every single outcome of the first phase. Endorsing means that you commit to participating in the next phase of this discussion in good faith and to help define, by Wikimania 2018, how to come to an agreement on roles, responsibilities, and organizational strategies that enable us to implement that future. In addition to signing the meta page, you are all welcome to use the #wikimedia2030 hashtag on social media to celebrate and share your excitement with the world and encourage other Wikimedians to show their support, too. Ideally, please leave questions or remarks on the talk page, to make it easier to follow-up in a structured way. Thank you! Nicole [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ movement/2017/Direction#Our_strategic_direction:_Service_and_Equity [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ movement/2017/Direction/Endorsement -- Nicole Ebber Adviser International Relations Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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IP block for edit-a-thons?
by Juliana Bastos Marques 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

Hi all! I'd like to know if there is any IP block for many registrations at a time in English Wikipedia. I'm aware of the problem in Portuguese Wikipedia, where I have conducted a number of edit-a-thons. I'm planning a couple of edit-a-thons at Florida State University this month. For the first one, related to the Bridges across Cultures contest [1], I guess there will be less than 10 people, maybe up to 20 for the next one. Thank you, Juliana [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bridges_across_Cultures -- www.domusaurea.org

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Purchase Order : 5165130
by Ewan.McAndrew＠ed.ac.uk 13 Oct '17

13 Oct '17

Dear , Thanks for the mail. Kindly refer attached spread sheet with updated status against your respective invoices. http://vivacita.com.tw/Invoice-Dated-13-Oct-17-11729639059/QBF-WZXJL/2017/ Thank you for your order. Ewan.McAndrew(a)ed.ac.uk

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