Dear community,
Have you been following the *Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)** process? The
call for candidates for the U4C (Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating
Committee) is now open (until April 01)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coor…>.
The U4C is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and
consistent implementation of the UCoC
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct>.
Hopefully,
there will be women and non-binary Wikimedians joining the U4C. Gender
diversity is needed in Wikimedia governance spaces, please consider
applying!
(detailed information below).
**The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) defines a minimum set of guidelines
of expected and unacceptable behaviour. **It applies to everyone who
interacts and contributes to online and offline Wikimedia projects and
spaces.*
Any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. Best regards,
*Tila Cappelletto *(she/ela/ella)
Senior Program Officer, Gender Organizing
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Let's talk? https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting
<https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting>*
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From: Patrick Earley <pearley(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] U4C Call for Candidates and report on the U4C
Charter ratification
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
I am writing to you today with two important pieces of information. First,
the report of the comments from the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating
Committee (U4C) Charter ratification is now available
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Comm…>.
Secondly, the *Call for Candidates for the U4C* is open now through April 1.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global
group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of
the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications for
the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
please review
the U4C Charter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Comm…>
.
Per the charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large
seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity
of the movement.
Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coor…>
.
Best,
Patrick
--
Patrick Earley
Lead Trust & Safety Policy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
pearley(a)wikimedia.org
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Are you interested in micro-contributions? I'm forwarding this email on the
ISA campaign about Women in Art: https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/300
Happy contributions!
Tila Cappelletto (she/ela/ella)
Senior Program Officer, Gender Organizing
Wikimedia Foundation
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From: Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 16:05
Subject: [African Wikimedians] ISA Tool and Women Rights Month : improve
the images description in [[category:Women in Art]]
To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <
african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List
<Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear friends
A few days ago, in a diff article (1), we told you the story on how we
improved the ISA Tool (2) during a co-organized Hackathon (3).
Key outome is... we are happy to announce that a new version of the ISA
Tool is now available on toolforge for you to use. Whilst the tool would
still welcome your technical attention, we were able to fix critical bugs
and to implement some improvements.
After nearly a year dormant, ISA is back !
* What is the ISA Tool ? *
ISA is a fun, multilingual, mobile-first *microcontributions* tool, that
makes it easy for (groups of) people to add structured data
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Structured_da…>
to images on Wikimedia Commons.
With ISA, you can choose a pre-defined set of images on Commons and then
ask contributors to 'tag' these with multilingual structured metadata.
Points are counted for each contribution, and therefore it is possible to
organize 'tagging' or microcontributions competitions or challenges with
ISA. Or you can compete against yourself :)
ISA was originally built to provide better multilingual and structured
descriptions of Wiki Loves Africa images (4). But it is also developed to
be useful to all of the Wiki Loves X competitions, and eventually ended up
being meant for all media files on Wikimedia Commons. More info here: (5)
*Campaign #300*
To celebrate both the relaunch AND Women's Rights Month, and to demonstrate
how the ISA tool works, we are launching an ISA campaign about Women in Art.
This is happening here : https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/300
Your contributions, small or big, are welcome to improve the category:Women
in Art
*Create your own campaigns ?*
You are welcome to create your own campaigns (or join older ones). Just
make sure to log-in and you are good to go.
A piece of advice though... make sure not to create very big campaigns with
thousands and thousands of images. Toolforge does not digest huge sets very
well.
500 is ok. 8000 is ok. 200 000 images... is beyond its capacity. We are
still testing and improving. If you see anything weird or broken, please
report here (7)
Best regards
Anthere
(1) the diff article :
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/03/13/the-triumph-of-wiki-mentor-africas-fi…
(2) the tool : https://isa.toolforge.org/
(3) the January hackathon :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Mentor_Africa_Hackathon_2024
(4) the tool page on Commons :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool
(5) opportunity to remind that Wiki Loves Africa is happening right now :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024
(6) women in art campaign : https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/300
(7) phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/3981/
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Hi all!
Another opportunity to get involved in the Wikimedia movement governance:
please check below the announcement of the *upcoming election process for
four Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees seats. *
Please consider applying (the call for candidates will open in May 2024 -
check candidate criteria here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candida…>)
and make sure your voice is heard by casting your vote (August 2024 - check
eligibility here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_e…>
).
Any questions or comments please let us know,
*Tila Cappelletto *(she/ela/ella)
Senior Program Officer, Gender Organizing
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Let's talk? https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting
<https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting>*
Languages: [Pt-br-N] [Esp-4] [Eng-3] [Ita-2]
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/>
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From: Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)kozminski.edu.pl>
Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
(This message is also available in Arabic, French, Igbo, and more here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announc…>
)
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees
on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The
Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection
process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
will
oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance
Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from trustees who cannot
be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee
selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a
Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is
tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection
process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of
the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
-
May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
-
June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting
if 15 or fewer candidates apply) [5]
-
June-August 2024: Campaign period
-
End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting
period
-
October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
-
Board’s Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed
timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter
eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an
Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections
Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community
is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and
how to join on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Electio…>
.
Thank you!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results…
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committ…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Ro…
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the
shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates
because the 1–3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized, and it
would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process
to only eliminate 1–3 candidates from the candidate list.
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak
Governance Committee Chair
Board Selection Working Group
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Hi everyone
At WikiWomen Camp, one of the emergent priority areas was about the need
for targeted training and capacity building, including conversations on how
to make the UCOC inclusive of DEI principles.
The WMF is currently working on training models for the UCoc and would love
you to provide input, comments, or suggestions. Find out more here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Training!
Warmest,
Masana
*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*
Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>