Dear GLAMers,
After many many (many!) hours of work, I'm excited to share that the program
for the GLAMWiki Conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program> in Tel Aviv is 90%
ready!
We need your help to finalize it, so please check it out and pay close
attention to the following --
1) If you are presenting - please make sure your name is spelled right and
a correct link to the username is available. If not, please update it. It's
a wiki. :)
2) Please check the link to your submission page - we need you to check
first that the right page opens, and then that the content is updated with
the right type of session, the right people and the right description. A
few submissions were either merged or changed format from their original
submission, so this is especially important.
3) Check out the time of your sessions and let me know if there are any
clashes we might have missed.
4) If your submission got approved and you don't see yourself in the
program, please let me know ASAP.
5) Make sure you sign up for sessions that you find interesting using the
right link from the program page (rather than going through all the
submissions). As mentioned, we had a few submissions that might have merged
to one, and you want to be sure to sign up in the right page.
I'm here is you have any questions / issues regarding the program. If you
have any other questions (re anything *but* the program - visa,
scholarships, accommodations, food, travel etc), please contact Gitit from
the WMIL organizing team via this email - events(a)wikimedia.org.il
Finally, I'd like to thank the program committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Volunteer/Program_committee>
and Deror for working on this with me for so long. We all hope to have a
fruitful and enjoyable time together!
Cheers,
Shani.
Today I proposed a product plan [1] for Event Tool based on the two Sept. 6 metrics posts—here [2] and here [3]—that I brought to this list a few weeks ago. The proposed program of work is designed to turn Grant Metrics into a simple but capable tool that will meet the metics needs of most event organizers—a “one-stop shop,” as one organizer called it, for getting the data that many organizers now laboriously assemble from multiple sources.
I’ve called the project laid out in the two posts reference above “ambitious but achievable,” and I think that’s a good description. Now it’s your turn again: does this direction look right? Is there anything we can add that would make it work better for you? And—since it’s possible we won’t get to everything—are there any features here you think we could drop or put on our low-priority list? If you have ideas or questions, now is the time to bring them forward. We’re listening!
[1] Sept. 19, 2018: Proposing a product plan for ‘Event Tool’ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[2] Sept. 6, 2018: Proposed metrics features—what do you think? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[3] Sept. 6, 2018 (continued): New data and reports in detail https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
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Joe Matazzoni
Product Manager, Community Tech
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Vahid,
Thanks for this email. However, I have two concerns
1. Can a term other than "dashboard admin" be used to describe this role?
The term "admin" has other uses already, and I am concerned about the
potential for confusion, including among people who are communicating in
English as a second language. Also, with the NDA requirement this position
sounds more like a functionary role than an admin role, which I think is
another reason for using a term other than "dashboard admin". Perhaps
"dashboard functionary" or "dashboard technical support specialist" would
be clearer. What do you think?
2. I am also concerned about adding yet more work to the already
significant load that is being carried by volunteers. Given that WMF has
ample financial resources to address an incremental increase in support
needs, I think that WMF should be capable of handling support requests and
generating reports for the Dashboard without asking volunteers to increase
the already considerable scope of our work.
Thank you,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
Hello Programs & Events Dashboard users community!
The Programs & Events Dashboard has proven itself to be a key tool for many
community organizers, including Program Leaders that work in the fields of
education, GLAM, edit-a-thons, and in Affiliates.
As this tool matures, it is becoming necessary to make sure that it has the
community support it needs. One of the aspects of this is to formalize a
group of Dashboard Admins that can help the community by providing it with
basic support when needed.
We are therefore calling for volunteers that want to participate in this
field. Their expected responsibilities will cover the following:
-
Providing support to users and Affiliates
-
Monitoring & reporting on the use of the Dashboard
Dashboard Admins, like many other roles in the the Wikimedia community will
be required to sign a Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the Wikimedia
Foundation, in order to ensure that data privacy policies are respected by
all.
Ideally, we want to cover all “major” languages, as well as all the
languages that actively use the P&E Dashboard.
All Admins will be required to take a (short) online training [1] on how to
be Admins, besides demonstrating knowledge on how to use the Dashboard.
The selection process will be as follows:
1.
Sign up to indicate your interest
2.
Take the online training [1]
3.
A selection committee composed of Vahid Masrour and Sage Ross will
select the first cohort of Admins.
If you think you can assist the movement by performing this function,
please sign-up here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs_%26_Events_Dashboard/Admins
Best Regards,
Vahid.
[1]
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/learning-and-evaluation/dash…
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
Hello colleagues,
I'm not familiar enough with Wikisource to evaluate this guide, but I'm
forwarding it in case others are interested. Please direct questions and
comments to Ananth.
Regards,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ananth Subray <ananth.subray(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 6:25 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Handbook
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>
Dear All,
We all know that Wikisource is one of the trending Wikimedia projects. We
are getting many new editors and new books to Indic language Wikisource's.
At the same time, we even noticed that there are many problems faced by the
new editors and a few of the existing editors. To help all of the editors
we have created a Handbook titled as *Wikisource Handbook for Indic
communities
<
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource_Handbook_for_Indian_Comm…
>.
*Which is now available[1] to everyone to make the best use of it. I
request everyone to share this with all those who are in need of support in
editing Wikisource.
Authors of the book: Bodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P V.
[1].
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource_Handbook_for_Indian_Comm…
Thanks and Regards,
*ANANTH SUBRAY P V*
Programme Associate
Access to Knowledge program
The Centre for Internet & Society
+91-9739811664
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A few weeks back we asked event organizers for ideas about the event metrics they need [1]. We got a lot of great ideas that the CommTech team and I studied carefully. The result, which I’ve just posted on wiki, is a proposal for an ambitious yet achievable set of metrics tools and new reports. The ideas are presented in two parts: the first post describes new metrics features at a high level [2]; the second lists the data types and specific reports we're proposing in detail.
i invite event organizers of all types to review these ideas and please provide your feedback. Did we hit the right balance? What is missing? Please help us help you. We’re listening!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Tools_for_program_and_event_…
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Joe Matazzoni
Product Manager, Community Tech
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of $324,500 in support from
the Swedish Postcode Foundation for our project FindingGLAMs
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs>.
We will work in collaboration with UNESCO and the Wikimedia Foundation to
achieve a number of ambitious goals over the 15 month long project. We will
work to:
- Collect and include data about GLAM[1] institutions around the world
on Wikidata (e.g. where they are located). This will be done both through a
campaign and from batch uploads of datasets;
- Batch upload collections of media files, in collaboration with the
Structured Data on Commons program;
- Organize networks of experts to discuss issues with disseminating
different types of material through the Wikimedia projects;
- Create a white paper consisting of a number of case studies based on
the work and discussions outlined above;
- Communicate about the Wikimedia movement’s work with GLAMs at
conferences;
- Organize a number of activities both on- and offline to use the
material. This include some work around Wikimania 2019 that will take place
in Stockholm, Sweden.
We hope many of you would like to get involved in the project and work with
us to connect to GLAM partners in your countries. At this point we are
looking for your help to identify institutions that maintain lists of GLAM
institutions (similar to the collection of monuments lists for WLM) and
later to identify GLAM institutions with specific types of collections that
would like to work with the Wikimedia movement.
Please contact the project manager John Andersson (
john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you have any questions. If you are
interested to take part, please sign up on the project portal at Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs
As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:FindingGLAMs_2018/Ansökan
[1] GLAM is an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
We look forward working with you!
Best regards,
John
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John Andersson
Executive Director
Wikimedia Sverige
Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se <JohnAndersson86(a)hotmail.com>
Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm