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Call for Committee Members for the EduWiki Conference
by João Alexandre Peschanski 05 Jan '23

05 Jan '23

Hello. This is a call for program and scholarship Committee Members! Who will speak at our EduWiki Conference? Who will receive a scholarship? We need volunteers who want to answer these questions. We are going to form two committees that will help put together the program and schedule and the participants' list for the EduWiki Conference. In May 2023, the Serbian capital of Belgrade will host the next EduWiki conference. It is organized by the Wikipedia & Education User Group, with support by Wikimedia Serbia. We are going to form two committees: a program committee and a scholarship committee. The program committee will care for a program that best represents the global and diverse community of Wikimedia related education. The participants of the conference want a well-balanced program with high quality contributions. Participants can apply for a scholarship to travel to Belgrade and stay there. The scholarship committee will evaluate the applications and decide who receives a scholarship, in a fair and timely fashion. Do you want to be a committee member? Please apply until December 7, 2022, through this form https://forms.gle/wpjGUwsqBdTZRDXB6 . We will ask you via the form which committee(s) you want to join and what your relevant experience is. The Wikipedia & Education User Group board members will assess the applications to the committees and provide answers in a timely manner. We expect to onboard committee members by mid-December. Add https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2023 (under construction) to your watchlist for more information! Please, feel free to reach out to me (joalpe(a)wmnobrasil.org) or other Wikipedia & Education User Group board members if you have any questions. Cheers, João Alexandre Peschanski on behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group

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Dates? (Was: Call for Committee Members for the EduWiki Conference)
by Željko Blaće 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

On Thursday, November 24, 2022, Thais Morata <tmorata10(a)gmail.com> wrote: > When in May? I could not find that. > Hopefully not 17-22nd of May as this is prefered range of dates for Queering Wikipedia 2023 hybrid conference (just after IDAHOT May17). Best wishes - Z. Blace

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Re: call for application
by Onwuka Glory 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

Hello, Thanks very much for this information. I wish to know the criteria for this application. Thanks ONWUKA GLORY

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Re: Eduwiki Committee
by Onwuka Glory 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Hi, Thanks so much for informing me about the call for program and scholarship committee members who will speak at the Eduwiki conference. Please, include me as a member of both committee. Also enlist me as one of those who will answer questions. Thanks once again and accept my best wishes. ONWUKA GLORY (P. HD- inview). University of Nigeria, Nsukka Faculty of Education Department of educational foundations, Childhood unit. Co-coordinator, Owerri Wikimedia network Imo State.

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Re: Eduwiki mailing list.
by Onwuka Glory 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Hi, Thanks very much for reaching out to me. I wish that you would include me in what ever Eduwiki is doing. Thanks once again for your consideration. ONWUKA GLORY

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Joining request
by oladimeji Ismail 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

I am Oladimeji Ismail opeyemi wikimedian Editors username Abike25 which to joined the edu wiki

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Wikipedia & Education User Group: Board Elections Results!
by Shani Evenstein Sigalov 19 Nov '22

19 Nov '22

Dear EDUWiki enthusiasts, Voting for the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board concluded on November 10th. After carefully examining the votes, here are the results: * Out of 77 votes (after removing 3 duplicates), only 24 were valid votes made by the User Group's members - 53 votes were counted out as invalid, as they were not made by members. I encourage all of you to check if your username appears on the membership list <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_G…> . If it is not, please apply for membership <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeglKZ4Ex5W7PjhDIkWsTNrFJqxnjLV1Bf…>, so you can better engage with the User Group and cast your vote during the next election process. Although the candidacy was made after the call for candidates had expired, the Board chose to allow it and the voting form included an option to vote for 6 candidates. * Out of the 24 valid votes, here is the distribution of votes: 14 votes supported the current 5 Board members (LiAnna Davis, Susanna Mkrtchyan, Ziko van Dijk, Filip Maljkovic and João Alexandre Peschanski) remaining as the Board. 10 Votes supported 6 candidates: the 5 existing Board members mentioned above, and Bukola Olutola James, who presented her candidacy during the General Assembly. As the majority of members voted to keep 5 seats, the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board for the coming two years is: LiAnna Davis, Susanna Mkrtchyan, Ziko van Dijk, Filip Maljkovic and João Alexandre Peschanski. Additionally, as the Board was impressed by Bukola's desire to join the Board and engage more with the UG's activities, the Board has offered Bukola to be an advisor to the Board, which she has accepted. This role will allow her to learn more about the Board's work and the UG's activities first hand, and apply as a candidate in a timely manner in a future election round. I'd like to thank the Board for its continued work and hope you join me in wishing them all another productive and successful term! Sincerely, Shani Evenstein Sigalov Special Advisor to the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board

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Prototyping a collaborative training tool that can support real-time collaborative writing
by Richard Nevell 09 Nov '22

09 Nov '22

Hello everyone, Abd Alsattar Ardati (University of St Andrews) and collaborators are studying online Wikipedia training and editing to prototype and evaluate a *collaborative training tool that can support Wikipedia trainers to train newcomers to Wikipedia remotely*, and we want to *invite you* to participate in our *research study anonymously*. If you agree to participate in this study, please click on the following questionnaire link so we can find out how familiar you are with Wikipedia and whether you have any experience in Wikipedia editing. *It will take ~2 mins to complete*. At the end, *you will be redirected to an online social ideation and voting tool called Tricider* to *view, comment, and vote on others' ideas about designing an online Wikipedia training tool* and to add your ideas for others to discuss and vote on. Please beware of the Tricider website's adverts that would look like part of the listed ideas. https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8GuEdzPOGFaFrRc Your contribution is important. Thank you. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the researchers. Their details are below: *Contact Details* Researchers: Abd Alsattar Ardati (aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) Dr Sara Thomas (sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk) Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk) Dr Kirsty Ross (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) Supervisors: Prof Ian Gent (ian.gent(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) Dr Alexander Voss (alex.voss(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) Dr Uta Hinrichs (uh3(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) Dr Angela Miguel (arm14(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) School of Computer Science University of St Andrews Jack Cole Building North Haugh St Andrews KY16 9SX +44 1334 46 3262 -- Dr Richard Nevell (he/him) Programme Coordinator and Connected Heritage Project Lead <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513 and Scotland No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5-11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…> .

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"Ask Me Anything" Sessions on Movement Charter
by Chitraparna Sinha 04 Nov '22

04 Nov '22

Dear community members, During the 2022 Wikimedia Summit, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee> (MCDC) presented the first outline of the Movement Charter, giving a glimpse on the direction of its future work, and the Charter itself. The MCDC then integrated the initial feedback collected during the Summit. Before proceeding with writing the Charter for the whole movement, the MCDC wants to interact with community members and gather feedback on the drafts of the three sections: *Preamble*, *Values & Principles*, and *Roles & Responsibilities* (intentions statement). The Movement Charter drafts will be available on the Meta page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content> on 14 November 2022. Community wide consultation period on Movement Charter will take place from 20 November to 18 December 2022. Learn more about it here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Community_Consultation>. With the goal of ensuring that people are well informed to fully participate in the conversations and are empowered to equitably contribute their perspective on the Movement Charter, three *“Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter"* sessions have been scheduled for different timezones. Everyone is invited to attend these conversations. The aim is to learn about Movement Charter - its goal, purpose, why it matters, and how it impacts your community. MCDC members will attend these sessions to answer your questions and hear community feedback. The “Ask Me Anything” sessions accommodate communities from different timezones. Only the presentation will be recorded and shared afterwards, conversation will not be recorded. Below is the list of planned sessions: - *Asia/Pacific*: 4 November 2022 at 09:00 UTC (your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1667552400>). Interpretation is available in Chinese and Japanese. - *Europe/MENA/Sub Saharan Africa*: 12 November 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1668265257>). Interpretation is available in Arabic, French and Russian. - *Latin America/North America/ Western Europe*: 12 November 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1668265257>). Interpretation is available in Spanish and Portuguese. You will find more details on the Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Community_Consultation>; Zoom links will be shared 48 hours before the session. *Call for Movement Charter Ambassadors* Individuals or groups from all communities who wish to help include and start conversations in their communities on the Movement Charter are encouraged to become Movement Charter Ambassadors <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Movement_C…> (MC Ambassadors). MC Ambassadors will carry out their own activities and get financial support for enabling conversations in their own languages. Regional facilitators <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Team> from the Movement Strategy and Governance team are available to support applicants with MC Ambassadors grantmaking. If you are interested, please sign up <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Movement_C…> . If you have specific questions, you can reach out to me ( csinha-ctr(a)wikimedia.org), write to the MSG team (strategy2030(a)wikimedia.org), or write on the MS Forum <https://forum.movement-strategy.org/>. Regards, Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>) Facilitator, South Asia, Movement Strategy and Governance <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance> (MSG)

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Action needed: Vote for the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board!
by Shani Evenstein Sigalov 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Dear all, Thanks to those of you who were able to attend the *General Assembly today!* If you weren't able to attend, you can* watch the recording here*. <https://youtu.be/AABAFHRDljc> As part of the Assembly, we kicked off *voting for the user group's board*. *All five existing board members* (LiAnna Davis, Susanna Mkrtchyan, Ziko van Dijk, Filip Maljkovic, and João Alexandre Peschanski) are running again. *Another candidate*, Bukola James, was nominated during the meeting; she introduced herself to voting members beginning at 25:55 in the YouTube recording. Since she was not nominated prior to the start of the meeting, she is not included in the form, but you are welcome to write her in -- If you select "no" to the full re-election question, you will get an opportunity to write in candidates. According to the User Group's by-laws, there can be up to 7 board members, so you can vote for all six candidates running if you'd like; simply write in their names. *Voting will be done via this Google Form <https://forms.gle/BMDGU5NzFnxb9i7q6> *and is open to anyone who was a member of the user group at the time voting began. Please check if your username is listed on this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_G…> under "Members List", and if so, please feel free to participate and vote! *Voting is open until 16:00 UTC on Tuesday, November 10 *(one week from the start of the meeting). As a special advisor to the group, I was asked to oversee the process. I will therefore be analyzing your votes and announcing the results. All the best to all the candidates! Shani. --------------------------------------------------- Shani Evenstein Sigalov Special Advisor, Wikipedia & Education User Group.

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