Forwarding on behalf of Nicole Ebber (WMde) who has asked if the GLAM-Wiki
community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in consulting for the
Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right. She and I have
both been involved in the steering committee to set this process up. This
request is particularly if you would like to nominate yourself as
'discussion coordinator' responsible for inviting, hosting and summarising
the discussion of this section of the Wikiverse. Please see details below.
Sincerely,
-Liam
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: 8 March 2017 at 13:31
Subject: [Strategy] Join the discussion on our strategic direction (Cycle
1: 10 March to 10 April)
In the last couple of months, Wikimedia Foundation staff, a designated
strategy team and a Community Process Steering Committee have designed
a process to gather input from all voices in the Wikimedia movement to
define the strategic direction of our movement over the next 15 years.
The process until Wikimania is divided into three discussion cycles,
and cycle 1 will run from 10 March to 10 April. And we need your
participation!
There are different options for your group to participate: You can
discuss in person, onwiki or on other online platforms, as well as
virtually via telephone or video conferences. We have created a
toolkit that will support you with designing and hosting these
conversations.
We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to
volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator. This person will receive
and invitation to a Discussion Coordinator training and is responsible
for:
* Inviting people to the discussion
* Hosting the discussion
* Summarizing the discussion
Please use the following links:
* Sign-up to be a Discussion Coordinator:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/
1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
* Use the discussion toolkit for organizing your group's
conversations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
movement/2017/Toolkit
* Find out more about the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would
love to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take
the chance to shape the future of our movement together. I am very
much looking forward to making this happen with all of you! Stay tuned
for updates on the process that we will publish next week, and please
reach out to me with any question you might have in the meantime.
Sincerely,
Nicole
PS - Note that all summaries submitted by 20 March will be used in the
strategy track during WMCON in Berlin 28 March - 2 April. If your
group meets after WMCON but by 10 April, your summary will still be
synthesized before Cycle 2 begins (late April).
PPS - I have joined the team as Track Lead on 1 March, which is made
possible through an agreement between Wikimedia Deutschland and the
Wikimedia Foundation. In the sense of a strategic partnership, our two
organizations have agreed that I will invest most of my time until the
end of the year towards this new role.
--
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.
Hey All,
Just wanted to remind you that the Project Grant proposals are still open.
The grants that frequently get funded, are ones related to or iterating on
our programs.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Alex Wang" <awang(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mar 6, 2017 7:22 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] One week left to submit a Project Grant Proposal
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hello!
*There is just over a week left to submit a Project Grant proposal* <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> by the March 14 deadline.
If you have ideas about how you could enhance the work of Wikimedia
volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others to apply as
well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant
request.
-
Submit a grant request <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
-
Learn from examples of approved projects in Project Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>,
Individual Engagement Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging> or Project and
Event Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Requests#Grants_
funded_by_the_WMF
>
Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) with
questions about getting started with your idea.
Warm regards,
Alex
--
Alexandra Wang
Program Officer
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: alexvwang
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Dear all,
The idea of ingesting heritage data into Wikidata on a large scale is getting more and more traction.
To get an overview of what has already been done, have a look at: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_heritage
Several further projects are under way.
In 2017 members of the "Wikidata + GLAM" Community are planning to attend various international conferences and hackathons.
I think it would be nice to have a couple of dedicated meet-ups where we can discuss hot issues related to Wikidata + GLAM, where we can exchange experiences, and where the non-initiated can meet those among us who have been sticking around on Wikidata for a while.
>From a casual enquiry on the Wikidata + GLAM Facebook group I have gathered the following conferences/hackathons that might be of interest:
· Wikimedia Hackathon, Vienna - 19-21 May 2017<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017>
· LODLAM Summit, Venice - 28-29 June 2017<https://summit2017.lodlam.net/>
· Wikimania Hackathon, Montreal - 9-10 August 2017<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>
· Wikimania Conference, Montreal - 11-13 August 2017<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>
· GLAM+Wikidata Gathering, Lausanne - 14 September 2017<http://make.opendata.ch/wiki/event:2017-09> (proposal)
· Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon, Lausanne - 15/16 September 2017<http://make.opendata.ch/wiki/event:2017-09>
· WikidataCon, Berlin - 28/29 October 2017<https://www.facebook.com/events/1358386070859989/>
If you are interested in issues related to the ingestion of heritage data on Wikidata, please indicate which events you are planning to attend this year by filling in the following Doodle:
http://doodle.com/poll/h4yxihtpcwgmyux6
If you are aware of any further events of relevance in this context, please let me know and I will add them to the poll.
Kind regards,
Beat Estermann
_____________________________________________________
[OpenGLAM.ch_Logo.jpg]
Beat Estermann
Coordinator OpenGLAM CH Working Group
http://openglam.ch<http://openglam.ch/>
Berne University of Applied Sciences
E-Government Institute
Brückenstrasse 73
CH-3005 Bern
beat.estermann(a)openglam.ch<mailto:beat.estermann@openglam.ch>
Phone +41 31 848 34 38
Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon, Lausanne, 15-16 September 2017 - Save the date!
Personally, I welcome this change. Some trainees just do not pick up that they are changing the live version of the site, even after lengthy explanations and demonstrations: it just goes against their experience of how the web works. Some very, very popular sites have this Save/ Publish distinction. I see that there can be some confusion about "Publish" in draft space, but I think people need to be reminded that creating or altering a draft is making something visible to the public, unlike other platforms in which you can create a "draft".
Thanks for the explanation, Sherry.
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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:50:52 +0000
From: "Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder" <ssnyder(a)wikimedia.org>
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
"glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [GLAM] Changes to the 'Save' button
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*Nutshell: The big, blue button will soon say "Publish page" instead of "Save page", because when you click it, the contents get published on the
internet.*
I apologize for cross-posting this to the GLAM and Education lists:
A long-requested change to the "Save" button may finally happen towards the end of March. This is a button that anyone leading a workshop about editing is going to talk about, so I wanted to make sure that you didn't get surprised by this change.
Last year, the WMF looked into an old request to clarify the language on the "Save" button, which confuses some new contributors. The main problem is that it is unclear whether "Save" means "save a private copy" (as it does on most websites these days) or "irrevocably post this to the internet". This confusion apparently explains a few unwanted behaviors, such as editors who save the page ("just to be safe") before previewing their changes.
There are some other reasons behind to do this: It creates some inconsistency in the interface, as some things (e.g., Special:Preferences) get saved but kept private, while other things (e.g., normal wiki pages) get saved and immediately published. It is also difficult to translate the label into some languages, as the word has multiple possible translations in some languages.
The plan, therefore, is to change "Save" to "Publish". Instead of the big blue[1] button saying "Save page" (for a new page) or "Save changes" (when you edit an existing page), the button will instead say "Publish page" or "Publish changes".
The upside to this small change is that new contributors will understand that all of their edits go to the public immediately.[2] The downside is that all of the documentation and help pages is going to be out of date.
This plan was announced on the wikis last August, and is tentatively scheduled for sometime in March. I hope that this extra note will keep you from getting surprised in front of a group and give you enough time to update any handouts that you might be using in the future.
Relevant links:
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132 – main task (best place to
figure out if this gets postponed again)
- Special:Translations&message=Publishpage
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&me…>
(translation
status)
- Special:Translations&message=Publishchanges
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&me…>
(translation
status)
[1] The color of this button in all of the older wikitext editors will be changing this week. It's going to be big and blue.
[2] This is true even when the wiki is using FlaggedRevisions or PendingChanges, because the un-accepted changes can be seen by the general public from the history page or from &oldid URLs, regardless of whether the revision has been accepted.
--
Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing)
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation
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*Nutshell: The big, blue button will soon say "Publish page" instead of
"Save page", because when you click it, the contents get published on the
internet.*
I apologize for cross-posting this to the GLAM and Education lists:
A long-requested change to the "Save" button may finally happen towards the
end of March. This is a button that anyone leading a workshop about
editing is going to talk about, so I wanted to make sure that you didn't
get surprised by this change.
Last year, the WMF looked into an old request to clarify the language on
the "Save" button, which confuses some new contributors. The main problem
is that it is unclear whether "Save" means "save a private copy" (as it
does on most websites these days) or "irrevocably post this to the
internet". This confusion apparently explains a few unwanted behaviors,
such as editors who save the page ("just to be safe") before previewing
their changes.
There are some other reasons behind to do this: It creates some
inconsistency in the interface, as some things (e.g., Special:Preferences)
get saved but kept private, while other things (e.g., normal wiki pages)
get saved and immediately published. It is also difficult to translate the
label into some languages, as the word has multiple possible translations
in some languages.
The plan, therefore, is to change "Save" to "Publish". Instead of the big
blue[1] button saying "Save page" (for a new page) or "Save changes" (when
you edit an existing page), the button will instead say "Publish page" or
"Publish changes".
The upside to this small change is that new contributors will understand
that all of their edits go to the public immediately.[2] The downside is
that all of the documentation and help pages is going to be out of date.
This plan was announced on the wikis last August, and is tentatively
scheduled for sometime in March. I hope that this extra note will keep you
from getting surprised in front of a group and give you enough time to
update any handouts that you might be using in the future.
Relevant links:
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132 – main task (best place to
figure out if this gets postponed again)
- Special:Translations&message=Publishpage
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&me…>
(translation
status)
- Special:Translations&message=Publishchanges
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translations&namespace=8&me…>
(translation
status)
[1] The color of this button in all of the older wikitext editors will be
changing this week. It's going to be big and blue.
[2] This is true even when the wiki is using FlaggedRevisions or
PendingChanges, because the un-accepted changes can be seen by the general
public from the history page or from &oldid URLs, regardless of whether the
revision has been accepted.
--
Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing)
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation