Dear all,
I am Cristian and I am new to this list. I am not new to the movement, I
have been part of Wikimedia Italy for the last 12 years, 7 of which I
have spent serving in the board.
I wanted to share this project that I have just proposed for a project
grant:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Community_Health_Metrics:_Un…
We are team of 3 researchers from Eurecat, a research center in
Barcelona. We have quite an extensive experience doing research on
Wikipedia both on content and user interactions.
Our aim is to study editor's lifecycle to identify factors associated
with editors leaving the project and make what we discover available
through dashboards that can be used by the communities to plan further
actions.
In particular, the proposal includes a focus on gender and other factors
characterizing underrepresented groups, for example native language, or
country of origin. We plan to identify which user have disclosed
information about gender through userboxes (an approach already used in
the literature) and focus our analyses using that information.
We understand that this kind of analysis raises possible concerns
regarding privacy. For this reason, we plan to present results
aggregated and at page-level, not at editor level. We would love to hear
your feedback on these points.
We would like to involve the community as much as possible when choosing
on which metrics we should focus on, and we would like to hear your
feedback.
Thank you.
Cristian
I decided to join this mailing list when I saw it on another editor's
userpage. My experience with other mailing lists is Wikimedia-I, where I've
sent out the WMYHTW threads for the past month. Anyways, I'm interested in
the gender gap on Wikipedia, so it's probably a good idea to stay informed
via this mailing list.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss)
Hi all, and apologies if you receive this email several times – I will be
posting it to multiple mailing lists.
Wikimedia Norge would like to organize a regional Wikimedia Diversity
Conference in 2020 for Europe, with the hope of many other regional
conferences on the same topic being held in the near future. The Wikimedia
Diversity Conference 2020 will provide a meeting place for discussing,
debating and generating recipes for change concerning diversity in the
Wikimedia movement.
We will be sharing more updates regarding a possible conference later in
2020. For now, we are working on drafting a grant proposal to the Wikimedia
Foundation to support the conference. As part of the drafting the proposal,
a Community Engagement Survey is crucial to understand what community
members are expecting out of such conference. In that regard, Wikimedia
Norge invite all those who are interested in the topic of diversity to take
part in the survey.
Please take the survey here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEaXc2AIaaFgKiQUWCDdnJKLd26KA8_DD…>
or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEaXc2AIaaFgKiQUWCDdnJKLd26KA8_DD…
*Participants*
For a Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2020 we would like to invite
participants who are decision-makers in the movement (volunteers, board or
staff members of a Wikimedia affiliate) or highly engaged in projects about
knowledge equity and diversity. The conference will be an opportunity for
the participants to discuss solutions for implementation of the 2030
movement strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20> on
knowledge equity.
Best regards,
*Jon Harald Søby*
Prosjektleder / Prosjektleiar / Prošeaktajođiheaddji / Project Manager
Wikimedia Norge / Wikimedia Noreg / Wikimedia Norga
+47 977 67 510
jhsoby(a)wikimedia.no
Hi gendergap-l members,
We are writing to let you know that the time is quickly approaching for the
next round of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Project Grants program. On January
21, we will launch the Round 2020/1 open call, with a final proposal
deadline of February 20 for all submissions. Importantly, this will be the
only open call for Project Grants in the current fiscal year, so we’d love
to get your help in making sure that your community is aware of this
funding opportunity, and has time to plan a proposal, if desired.
Should you become aware of prospective applicants, you can let them know
that:
-
Prospective grantees are welcome to reach out to
projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org with questions before the open call begins.
-
We offer these pages on Meta to help applicants plan projects and
complete a grant proposal:
-
Tutorials for writing a strong application <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial>
-
General planning page for Project Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Plan>
-
Program guidelines and criteria <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Learn>
Every round, we make our best effort to recruit committee members, who
volunteer to help review and make funding decisions about grant
applications. Would you also please take a moment to consider whether you
can suggest any individuals you think might make a strong contribution in
this role? Please consider:
-
Are there individuals who could offer strong insights into the regional
community that you would recommend?
-
Are there thematic areas you think are especially important for the
movement right now? Are there individuals with strong expertise in those
areas you think might be willing to volunteer for Project Grants committee
work?
-
Are there individuals whose judgement or skill sets have impressed you,
who might be willing to serve in this capacity?
Please let us know! We appreciate your help with these requests.
The full 2020/1 Round schedule is also listed on the Project Grants
proposal webpage <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>, and is
also copied here for easy reference.
Round 1 2020 schedule
-
Open call: January 21 - February 20, 2020
-
We will be planning virtual proposal workshops co-hosted by Project
Grants Program Officers and thematically relevant Wikimedia Foundation
staff members with expertise in GLAM, education, software, ets. The
workshops will support live, real-time discussions to support applicant
proposals.
-
Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 20, 2020
-
Staff eligibility review: February 21 - March 2, 2020
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Community review: March 3 - March 16, 2020
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Committee review: March 17 - April 8, 2020
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Grantees announced: Friday, May 15, 2020
-
Grants disbursed: June 2020
You can contact us at projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org (reaching Marti Johnson,
Chris Schilling and Janice Tud) if you would like more information about
Project Grants or the upcoming round.
With thanks,
Chris and Marti
*Chris Schilling* (him/his/they/their)
User:I JethroBT (WMF)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation Grants
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear all,
Art+Feminism is looking for an Executive Director
<http://www.artandfeminism.org/executive-director/> to help further the
vision we've developed over the past six years. Please forward on the call
below to anyone you think might be a good fit!
The Executive Director sets the strategic vision and executes the annual
plan in collaboration with the Lead Organizers and manages relationships
with the Board of Directors. The Executive Director, Lead Co-Organizers,
and the Project Administrator form the Core Leadership Team of
Art+Feminism. The Executive Director must have strong project management
skills, a demonstrated history of work at the intersection of the arts and
social justice, an understanding of intersectional feminist organizing
principles, experience generating diverse financial support, and a
knowledge of the Wikimedia community or another open source/online
community. Art+Feminism is entering into its seventh year but this will be
our first year as a non-profit. While we do have great systems in place for
community organizing, we seek an Executive Director who is also skilled at
operations and development, and committed to developing leadership among
other members of the team. Because the position requires international
outreach and coordination, fluency in at least one language other than
English is preferred.
The Executive Director’s responsibilities include:
Leadership
*Work with the Core Leadership Team to provide a strong day-to-day
leadership presence that incorporates our mission, vision, and values into
our everyday operations.
*Work with the Board of Directors and the Core Leadership Team to develop
the project’s mission, vision and values.
*Draft strategic planning documents alongside the rest of the Core
Leadership Team.
*Represent Art+Feminism at art and social justice conferences, events, and
Wikimedia Community gatherings.
*Manage all staff and contractors, including the Project Administrator
*Collaborate with the lead organizers to plan and implement the annual
campaign.
Development
*Lead development goals and activities including grants administration and
reporting.
*Lead various fundraising activities.
*Write grant proposals and compile supporting documents.
*Recruit Board Members and cultivate Board.
*Work with Core Leadership Team and Regional Organizers to identify and
cultivate new funding sources.
Marketing and Communications
*Work with the Core Leadership Team to oversee the development and
execution of an annual communications plan, including marking, social
media, and educational programming.
Operations
*Co-manage key institutional partnerships, such as with the Museum of
Modern Art.
*Maintain and ensure the execution of project timelines.
*Establish, improve and maintain efficient operations and project
management platforms.
*Direct and administer all financial plans and work with the Project
Administrator to manage accounting processes for grant reporting and
federal reporting.
*Oversee regular meetings with Core Leadership Team members
*Compose budgets for specific programs and processes.
*Oversee risk management and legal activities, such as contracts
*Work with the Project Administrator to analyze and improve operations and
workflows.
Qualifications
*Must be passionate about and have experience with the arts, intersectional
feminism, and open source culture.
*Must have demonstrated a commitment to developing leadership among other
members of the team.
*Requires proven fundraising and development experience.
*Requires a minimum of 3 years of non-profit leadership experience or
equivalent experience; 5 years preferred.
*Requires strong self-awareness and high emotional intelligence.
*Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
*Requires a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain productive working
relationships with colleagues (e.g. staff, volunteers, donors, and board
members.)
*Preferably have strong financial management skills and analytical
abilities.
*Preferably have experience editing, organizing, or analyzing Wikipedia.
*Preferably have experience with metrics/analytics tools.
*Preferably have experience with project management and customer relations
tools (we use Slack, Streak, and Trello.)
*Requires flexibility to work evenings and weekends, and to travel for the
role.
Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors. This position is
entirely remote; the Core Leadership Team, which is located in four
different cities, meets weekly via videochat. The candidate must be legally
authorized to work in the United States. Due to our funding structure, this
role is currently a one-year contract beginning September 1, 2019, with an
expectation for renewal, pending the successful accomplishment of the above
tasks.
Salary Range: $60-75,000/year. This is currently an independent contractor
position but may be transitioned to employee status, depending on our legal
and accounting advice.
*Application Deadline: August 13, 2019*
Art+Feminism provides equal employment opportunities to all without regard
to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation,
national origin, age, disability or genetics. Candidates from groups
underrepresented in tech are especially encouraged to apply.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to us at
info(a)artandfeminism.org.
All best wishes,
--
Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg + Melissa Tamani, Lead
Co-Organizers
info(a)artandfeminism.org
www.artandfeminism.org
ᐧ
Hi Gender gap enthusiasts,
CivilServant is hosting a *Research Summit in Stockholm the day after
Wikimania* with Wikipedians interested in testing tools to make their
Wikipedia projects thrive. We know the gender gap and systemic bias
communities are constantly innovating ways to improve the quality and
breadth of their Wikipedias;* CivilServant collaborates with Wikipedia
communities to study which approaches and tools are most effective.* If
you're interested in learning how to test innovations for the gender gap
community - or possibly collaborating with CivilServant, consider joining
us in Stockholm on August 19th. *The summit is free and scholarships are
available to cover travel and accommodation costs*. Applications due June
10th.
More information at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CivilServant%27s_Wikimedia_studies/Summit_S…
Best,
Max Klein
Data Scientist, http://civilservant.io/
Tomorrow we will host another event in the series "Women in the Wikimedia
movement
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FComm…>",
the first one in 2019.
The theme, "Balance for better", is inspired by this year's International
Women's Day global campaign theme. This virtual event will focus on
empowering women through training and capacity development. We will host a
panel of women from across the movement who are dedicating efforts to
training other women to become contributors or organizers in the Wikimedia
movement.
*Panelists:*
- Manavpreet Kaur, co-founder of Punjabi Wikimedians User Group,
organizer of the first women training for Punjabi Wikimedians.
- Mariana Fossati, Wikimedia Uruguay member, co-leads campaign Visible
WikiWomen
- Natacha Rault, member of Wikimedia France, founder of project Les sans
pagEs
After learning from their experiences, we will dive into a conversation
about why this work matters, common challenges and how we can best support
each other.
Join us to learn, ask questions and be inspired!
This event will be live-streamed on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQASOgrrc_I
*Marti Johnson*
*Pronouns: she/her/hersProgram Officer*
*Individual Grants*
*Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*1 Montgomery, Ste. 1600*
*San Francisco, CA 94104*
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: Mjohnson_WMF
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share
<http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it
a reality!
Support Wikimedia
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Zack McCune <zmccune(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 7:13 PM
Subject: Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals
To: <wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
:: Apologies for cross-posting to multiple mailing lists. We want to ensure
we spread the word about this opportunity to as many people as possible. ::
Hi all,
We are writing today to invite you to be a part of a community review on
Wikimedia brand research and strategy.
Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation set out to better understand how the
world sees Wikimedia and Wikimedia projects as brands.[1] We wanted to get
a sense of the general visibility of our different projects, and evaluate
public support of our mission to spread free knowledge.
We launched a global brand study to research these questions, as part of
our planning toward our 2030 strategic goals.[2] The study was commissioned
by the Board, carried out by the brand consultancy Wolff Olins, and
directed by the Foundation’s Communications team.[3][4] It collected
perspectives from the internet users of seven countries (India, China,
Nigeria, Egypt, Germany, Mexico and the US) on Wikimedia projects and
values.
The study revealed some interesting trends:
- Awareness of Wikipedia is above 80% in Western Europe and North America.
- Awareness of Wikipedia averages above 40% in emerging markets,[5] and is
fast growing.
- There is awareness of other projects, but was significantly lower. For
example, awareness of Wikisource was at 30%, Wiktionary at 25%, Wikidata at
20%, and Wikivoyage at 8%.
- There was significant confusion around the name Wikimedia. Respondents
reported they had either not heard of it, or extrapolated its relationship
to Wikipedia.
- In spite of lack of awareness about Wikimedia, respondents showed a high
level of support for our mission.
Following from these research insights, the Wolff Olins team also made a
strategic suggestion to refine the Wikimedia brand system.[6] The
suggestions include:
- Use Wikipedia as the central movement brand rather than Wikimedia.
- Provide clearer connections to the Movement projects from Wikipedia to
drive increased awareness, usage and contributions to smaller projects.
- Retain Wikimedia project names, with the exception of Wikimedia Commons
which is recommended to be shortened to Wikicommons to be consistent with
other projects.
- Explore new naming conventions for the Foundation and affiliate groups
that use Wikipedia rather than Wikimedia.
- Consider expository taglines and other naming conventions to reassert the
connections between projects (e.g. “______ - A Wikipedia project”).
This is not a new idea.[7][8]
By definition, Wikimedia brands are shared among the communities who give
them meaning. So in considering this change, the Wikimedia Foundation is
collecting feedback from across our communities. Our goal is to speak with
more than 80% of affiliates and as many individual contributors as possible
before May 2019, when we will offer the Board of Trustees a summary of
community response.
We invite you to look at a project summary [9], the brand research [10],
and the brand strategy suggestion [11] Wolff Olins prepared working with us.
For feedback, please add comments on the Community Review talk page [12] or
email brandproject(a)wikimedia.org with direct feedback. You can also use
either of these channels to request to join a group meeting.
We know this is big topic and we’re excited to hear from you!
- Zack McCune and the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/how-does-the-world-see-wikimedia…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
[3] https://www.wolffolins.com/
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Defining_Emerging_Comm…
[6]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-brand-p…
[7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/029991.html
[8]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AStrengthening_and_un…
[9]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear…
[10]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Wikipedia_and_Wikimedia_Bran…
[11]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wikimedia_brand_strategy_proposal…
[12]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_r…
--
Zack McCune (he/him)
Senior Global Brand Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
--
Zack McCune (he/him)
Senior Global Brand Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Thanks for sharing this Mia! Îm really glad to read that it can be an ongoing project and not just an equality token on March, 8.
I have a question: do you have a budget for transportation for people who want to attend and babysitting facilities?
Could it be possible for organizers to get a volunteering certificate from the sweedish embassy as a kind of aknowledgement of the work done?
Thank you for your commitment on these issues!
Kind regards,
Natacha / Nattes à chat
> Le 21 févr. 2019 à 16:19, Mia Jacobsson <mia.jacobsson(a)wikimedia.se> a écrit :
>
> WikiGap 8 March 2019
>
>
> WikiGap is an initiative taken to close the gender gap and other gaps
> relevant for diversity of Wikipedia. The initiative is made possible by a
> cooperation between Wikimedia Sverige, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign
> Affairs, Swedish embassies and Wikimedia affiliates, volunteers and local
> organizations around the world. WikiGap was first organized in March 2018
> and now we would like to do it again. We are planning to organize several
> Wikipedia edit-a-thons during 8 March 2019. The purpose of the edit-a-thons
> is to create more articles about women to achieve a more gender-equal
> Internet – and a more gender-equal world and by doing so reduce the gender
> gap a bit.
>
> The 8 March is just the starting point of the campaign. If the embassy,
> your local partner and you finds a better date to cooperate and implement a
> WikiGap event during 2019 then that also works.
>
> Main page on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap
>
> The background to WikiGap 2019
>
> The initiative started in March 2017 with a sister edit-a-thon in four
> languages between the Swedish embassy in New Delhi and Stockholm
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India-Sweden_edit-a-thon.
>
> During 2017 the Swedish embassies in Pretoria and Washington DC also
> successfully hosted Wikipedia edit-a-thons with Wikimedia chapters. In 2018
> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to increase outreach and the number
> of partnering Wikimedia affiliates and we decided to implement WikiGap 2018
> together.
>
> Together with the Ministry we have developed a toolkit for how embassies
> should organise Wikipedia edit-a-thons, and they are committed to surfacing
> the achievements of women in the world’s largest encyclopedia, in
> partnership with Wikimedia affiliates and other local organisations.
>
> Changes from previous year
>
> This year we’re also going to have an online-competition which is called
> the WikiGap Challenge during the first month of WikiGap.
>
> The WikiGap Challenge is an attempt to connect the individual events with
> each other. It is also a possibility for the organizing Wikimedia
> organizations and volunteers to highlight important women from their
> context that they believe deserve articles on multiple languages.
>
> More information about the contest will be shared with local organizers
> shortly
>
> and on the WikiGap Campaign portal on Meta.
>
>
> How you can join?
>
> The WikiGap invites broad and diverse participation, just like last year,
> and allows for local adaptations to the theme. If you think that you have
> an interest in taking part of WikiGap but have any questions about the
> implementation you can either contact the Swedish embassy in your country,
> they have all the material that you need to make this event a success, or
> you can send me a question – I’m more than happy to help you sort out some
> question marks.I will be out of office February 25 to March 4 so please
> send a copy of your request to info(a)wikimedia.se and someone at the office
> will get back to you as soon as possible.
>
> If you don’t think that you will be the main organizer of WikiGap in your
> country or if you are a part of a larger team, I, as part of coordinating
> the WikiGap, would like you to please help share this information with the
> right individuals.
>
> Are you interested in taking part of WikiGap 2019?
>
> Please send me an email to confirm your interest. At the WikiGap portal
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap> on Meta you can find a list of
> WikiGap events <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap/Events>. Use this
> space to find events and share details of your own WikiGap event, such as
> user name of the organizer(s), your local theme and if you’re merging the
> event with other wiki initiatives.
>
> Here you will find some more information about WikiGap:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap/Events
>
> Join WikiGap on Programs & Events Dashboard to show impact
>
> We also have a WikiGap campaign 2019
> <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/campaign_wikigap_2019/overv…>
> up on Programs & Events dashboard
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs_%26_Events_Dashboard> to
> facilitate running and keeping track of all events on various language
> version. Please go in there and register your event as soon as possible.
>
> Please help us spread the word about WikiGap.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mia Jacobsson
>
> Wikimedia Sverige
>
> Coordinator for WikiGap 2019
>
>
> --
> *Mia Jacobsson*
> Projektledare utbildning och lärande
> Wikimedia Sverige
>
> Phone: +46(0)73-383 26 70
> Email: mia.jacobsson(a)wikimedia.se
> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
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Hi Micru,
in general, there may be better venues to ask this kind of question, e.g.
the Wiki-research-l and Gendergap mailing lists (both CCed). But for a
partial answer, the paper by Marit Hinnosaar reviewed here looks at these
stats (if not their long-term trend):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2015/December#Does_adve…
E.g. "On a typical (median) day in September 2014, no one read 26 percent
of the biographies of men versus only 16 percent of the biographies of
women."
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 3:35 AM David Cuenca Tudela <dacuetu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any statistics that track the evolution of page views of
> male/female biographies in the different Wikipedias?
>
> Regards,
> Micru
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