This is significant since good public policy work can make easier for all
women around the world to have access to Wikipedia to read and edit, to
have less concerns about censorship, and to protect the privacy of women
who want to edit on controversial topics.
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
Wikipedian in Residence
at Cochrane Collaboration
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From: Stephen LaPorte <slaporte(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:56 PM
Subject: [Publicpolicy] Introducing the public policy site
To: Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
We wanted to let you know about a new site that we launched to support your
work on public policy and communicate how public policy affects the
Wikimedia projects to advocacy groups (https://policy.wikimedia.org). The
site includes position statements on access, copyright, censorship,
intermediary liability, and privacy. We hope that it will make it easier
for advocacy groups to collaborate with the Wikimedia community on issues
within these areas.
You can read more about the site in this blog post:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/02/new-wikimedia-public-policy-site/
Thanks,
Yana & Stephen
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Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
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Hey everyone,
This is Chris Schilling (User:I JethroBT). The Wikimedia Foundation
Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals for
funding new experiments from August 31st to September 29th. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> As a former grantee in
developing the Co-op mentorship space <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Reimagining_Wikipedia_Mentorship>,
I encourage you to explore IEG as means to reduce or bring attention to
gaps we see in our projects whether that be in our readership,
participation, or in our content.
Your idea could involve building new tools or software, organizing a better
process on your wiki, conducting research to investigate an important
issue, or providing other support for community-building.Whether you need a
small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD) Individual Engagement
Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition
to other expenses like travel, materials, and rental space. Project
schedules and reporting are flexible for grantees, and staff are available
on Meta to support you through all stages of your project.
Do you have have an idea, but would like some feedback before applying?
Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and
guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request. IEG Program Officer Marti
Johnson and I will also be hosting several Hangouts for real-time
discussions to answer questions and help you make your proposal better -
the first will happen on September 8th. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
Please feel free to get in touch with Marti (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) or me
with questions about getting started with your idea.
I'm looking forward to seeing your grant ideas that will support our
community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your
idea into motion, and submit your proposal this September! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>
With thanks,
Chris
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Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
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