Dear offline community,
We've been remiss in keeping the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team page (WP1) up to date on the English Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team
This is not too surprising, because most of the work nowadays is done in Github or at Kiwix, and WP1 is much more automated. But this rather small group is still the one that coordinates all the collation of assessment data on the English Wikipedia, and writing the new bot over the last couple of years has involved writing 15,000 lines of new code (by people much smarter than me).
There is now a vote to delete or make the main WP1 page "historical":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia_1…
Please feel free to share your opinions there.
Thanks,
[[User:Walkerma]]
Prof. Martin A. Walker
Chair, Dept. of Chemistry
SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, NY 13676 USA
+1 315 2672271
walkerma(a)potsdam.edu
ORCID: 0000-0001-9202-0356
Hi,
After announcing the libzim7 release a few days ago, we are proud to
release the version 1.0.0 of Python-libzim. Python-libzim is our Python
binding for the libzim and the version 1.0.0 supports fully the libzim7.
Here is the complete changelog:
* [breaking] Uses new libzim 7-based API for both reader and writer
* No more namespaces
* Defaulting to zstd compression
* Python 3.9 support
* Uses libzim's own test ZIM files to test reader
* Code-coverage now includes Cython code as well
* macOS releases are signed and notarized
* Early-failure on invalid destination ZIM path
The Python-libzim is a pretty recent software library which has been
launched in 2020 and allows easily any (Linux/macOS) Python developer to
read and write ZIM files. You can easily install it with "pip", more
details at: https://pypi.org/project/libzim/
Almost all our openZIM scrapers (but not the Mediawiki one) are written
in Python and many of them rely already on the Python-libzim. If you are
a Python expert or beginner, your help is welcome to improve it... or
relying scrapers. Here is where to start:
https://github.com/openzim/python-libzim.
Happy coding!
Kelson
--
Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: https://kiwix.org/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* Wiki: https://wiki.kiwix.org/
Hmmmm
Dear friends
Sj and I have received this information from Mervat, related to the
voting of selectors for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
affiliate selectors group. This is an important step in the selection of
Drafting Charter Committee Members. As a result of the elections, 15
committee members will be elected and tasked with writing the Mouvement
Charter, which will in particular establish the roles and
responsibilites of the future Global Council for mouvement governance.
At this stage, I must say that despite the title of this email, it looks
generally as a rather complicated process to me
We were also offered that visual to better understand what's going on
here...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Wikimedia_Movement_Char…
Step 1 is "ok". We were listed in the "Thematic Group" of voters. Which
seems perfectly suitable. There are 8 geographical regions and 1
thematic group. The next step is currently being discussed amongst
Affiliates representants. The formely approved process is that all
Affiliates should meet according to their "region/thematic" and agree to
vote on a Selector. The Selector will in turn cast the vote. The current
proposition is to "shunt" the Selector here, and have Affiliates vote
within their group, and let the vote decide of the people selected by
the group. I will follow up on that ... ermmm... very administrative
issue... and will have a talk with Sj to make sure we cast the Affiliate
vote (be it directly, or through a Selector).
This being said, I wanted to share with you the complete list of
candidates and invite you to have a look. If you have private comments
about the candidates (big opposition or big support), please write to Sj
and I privately about it
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…
Florence
-------- Message transféré --------
Sujet : Clear steps for setting up Movement Charter Drafting Committee
selection group
Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:52:11 +0300
De : Mervat Salman <msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Pour : meta.sj(a)gmail.com, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org>
Dear Wikimedians for Offline Wikis representatives,
I am following up on the long email we sent to you last week regarding
the setup process of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee affiliate
selectors group. We are following up with a quick step-by-step summary
to make the request more clear:
*
Step 1 - We are using a regional approach. Verify that your
affiliate appears in the right region in the list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>.
If yes, no action needed. If not, please correct it.
*
Step 2 - All affiliates in the region will nominate 1 selector for
the whole region. Arrange an online meeting, social media
conversation or wiki page to decide the process for your region.
*
Step 3 - Run the process of selecting the selector.
*
Step 4 - Notify the Movement Strategy and Governance team of the
outcome, so we can set up and convene the group of selectors.
*
These steps should be completed by October 10, 2021.
*
Movement Strategy and Governance team is readily available to
support or facilitate any regional discussions at any of the
described steps.
The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be available to answer
any questions or specifications you may have regarding this.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
*
*
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi,
this is with a great joy that I can announce to you:
We have finally released the major version 7.0.0 of the libzim.
This is one of the biggest libzim releases we have ever made:
* Almost one year of effort
* ~100 tickets https://github.com/openzim/libzim/milestone/2?closed=1
* Code coverage increased from 50% to 85%
* 15K lines of code changed
This new release brings:
* A strongly rewritten new API: search engine, suggestions, creator, ...
* Most notable change is that now namespaces are "hidden" by the API
* Ability to add hints to articles
* New index with only the user visible/front articles
* Backward and forward compatibility is secured
* Other bug fixes and improvements, check
https://github.com/openzim/libzim/blob/master/ChangeLog
The ZIM file format specification has itself only changed a little, see:
https://wiki.openzim.org/w/index.php?title=ZIM_file_format&type=revision&di…
A cascade of new releases will be done in the next weeks to bring all
the benefits of this latest libzim in both openZIM scrapers and Kiwix
readers.
I use the opportunity of this release to send a particular "Thank you!"
to the Wikimedia Foundation which has been supporting us for many years
now. This hard work on a low level library like the libzim would not
have been possible without its support.
For the Kiwix team
Kelson
--
Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: https://kiwix.org/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* Wiki: https://wiki.kiwix.org/
Still about the Mouvement Charter.
1. Vote by individual member
The team is really working on innovative solutions to help us cast our
vote....
This is not the vote itself, but a vote for a selection of questions
that will be asked to all candidates, to help us identify which
candidates best represent our individual positions.
This is now the time for you as individual to select 15-20 statement.
Upvote statements you woul like to see included in the voting advice system.
See guidelines below in Cornelius message.
All of you are welcome to participate.
2. Affiliate vote.
The decision making process has still not be finalized. But a telegram
channel has been created for Affiliates contacts to get together and
discuss...
Flo
-------- Message transféré --------
Sujet : [Wikimedia-l] Quick upvoting of statements for the Movement
Charter Election Compass until Sunday, Oct 3
Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:38:36 -0300
De : Cornelius Kibelka <ckibelka-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Répondre à : Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Pour : Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
TL;DR: Upvote your favorite Movement Charter Election Compass statements
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
until October 3rd.
///////////////////////////////////////
Hello everyone,
in roughly 10 days, on October 11, we will start the voting on the
community candidates for the drafting committee that will draft the
Movement Charter. We got 72 candidates running for the committee!
To be able to guide all of you through so many candidacies, we want to
provide a Voting Advice Application. You can find the prototype here on
Toolforge <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>.
Over the last week, we got 110 statements proposed by community members:
On values and principles, on resource allocation, on the charter
drafting process. Thank you very much!
*The next step is now to select 15 to 20 of these statements for the
final advice application -- your turn! *Upvote the statements you would
like to see included in the voting advice application:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
You can vote on as many statements as you like, but only one vote per
statement. *Think about which statements you would like to see the
candidates positioning themselves to, which might help you in your
decision-making.* The ~20 statements with the most votes will be
selected and send to the candidates on Monday, October 4th.
All of this is an experiment, we're happy to get feedback!
Best regards
Cornelius
--
Cornelius Kibelka (he/him)
Event Coordinator
Movement Strategy + Governance
2030.wikimedia.org <http://2030.wikimedia.org>
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
/Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate.
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/>/
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear Wikimedia affiliate representatives,
We are contacting you today because you are an important part of forming
the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>.
The Movement
Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
process
recommended the creation of a “Movement Chater.” The Charter will be a
document defining roles and responsibilities for all parts of the Wikimedia
Movement. The Drafting Committee will create a draft of the Movement
Charter. The process will include researching and consulting with
communities, experts, and organizations.
Timeline
We have created together
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Events/Documentation/27_J…>
a process for setting up the committee:
Now - September 14Everyone can nominate themself for the common candidate
pool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
October 11-24
All (eligible) Wikimedians across all project communities vote on the
candidates to elect 7 members
October 11 - 24
Wikimedia affiliates will select 6 members of the committee (through a
group of selectors).
October 25 - 31
The WMF appoints 2 members of the committee.
By October 31
Drafting Committee announced
More detailed process overview can be accessed on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_…>
.
Affiliate engagement
Wikimedia affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia Movement and
thus in creating this Movement Charter. We kindly ask you to support us in
the following several tasks:
-
The nominations are still ongoing! Who in your networks would make an
excellent candidate for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Encourage
and support them to nominate themself. We are especially looking for
people with experience in organizational governance and international
collaboration. Demonstrated cultural, linguistic, and inclusivity awareness
is important. (The matrices for diversity and expertise can be seen here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Diversi…>
).
-
The affiliates will select their candidates via 9 selectors. All
affiliates are divided into eight geographic regions and one “thematic
region.” Each region chooses one person (selector). The division follows
existing regional collaborations with some adaptations to avoid overlap
(e.g. Africa). You, as an affiliate representative, please check the
list and correct it
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>,
if you feel that you "belong" to another region.
-
We then ask you to convene on the regional level and define your
representative in the selector group. It is up to each region on how to
select your selector, but doing it in a transparent way (e.g. on Meta) is
helpful. The selector needs to be selected by October 10, 2021 (before the
election for the online communities starts)
-
The 9 selectors will convene later and will choose candidates from
the common
pool of candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
.
For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the process
for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact us at
any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2030(a)wikimedia.org).
Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to
working on this with you.
Best regards,
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org
Hello
A few days ago, Wikimania took place. I thought it could be useful to
put all former presentations related to the offline projects in a
specific category.
Thus I created :
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Offline_Projects
I went quickly through 2021 and 2019 and added some of the presentations
I could find.
Please if you presented a talk at a previous wikimania session in
related to offline projects, add the category to it
Thanks
Flo
Hello friends
Time is ticking and here is now the moment to fill up our Annual Report
as a Wikimedia Affiliate.
I started a draft page here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Reports/June_2021
For inspiration, former reports are there :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Reports
Please take the time to quickly drop a summary of your offline
activities or news
Also, if you have a tiny bit of time, do not hesitate to clean-up and
tidy the meta pages related to Offline. Many are outdated and would
benefit from a bit of love.
Flo
Hello
Hope all is well with you.
I'm contacting you to ask if you could kindly spread this message among the
members of the Wikimedians for Offline Wikis in the ways you think are
more appropriate.
The announcement is about the draft of the enforcement guidelines of the
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). The draft will be discussed and commented
on for about two months so that the drafting committee can revise it
according to the suggestions coming from the movement.
Should there be any questions about the draft, the UCoC or any other
subject linked to them please do not hesitate to contact me.
Many thanks and have a nice day and weekend :-)
Mervat
== Announcement ==
Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review
The Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committe…>
would
like comments about the enforcement draft guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft…>
for
the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>. This review
period started the 17 August 2021.
Community and staff members collaborated to develop these draft guidelines
based on consultations, discussions, and research
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Discussions>.
These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward.
Provide comments about these guidelines by 17 October 2021. The committee
will be revising the guidelines based upon community input.
Everyone may share comments in a number of places. Facilitators welcome
comments in any language on the draft review talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_…>
or
by email. Comments can also be shared on talk pages of translations, at
local discussions, or during round-table discussions and conversation hours.
There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft
guidelines:
Wikimania 2021 session
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions/Universal_Code_of_Con…>
(recorded
16 August)
Conversation hours
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
-
24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
Roundtable calls
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
-
18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC
The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large
number of communities. Having a shared understanding is important. If you
do not see a conversation happening in your community, please organize a
discussion. Facilitators can assist you in setting up the conversations.
Discussions will be summarized and presented to the drafting committee
every two weeks. The summaries will be published here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>
.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best;
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org
Hi,
We are proud to announce that Kiwix Hotspot v2.4 is out and ready to be
used on Windows/macOS/Linux:
https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-hotspot/v2.4.5/
As I write this email, I realize that no release announcement, for Kiwix
Hotspot, has been made since Summer 2019! This is really not fair to the
product on which we have invested so much energy and which is developing
well its own audience.
As a reminder, the Kiwix Hotspot is a click-and-play solution to create
offline library on Raspberry-Pi hardware. Download and run the soft on
your computer, choose the works & softwares you love in the library and
Kiwix Hotspot will prepare automatically your micro-SD card. It has
never been that easy to create and offline library on Raspberry Pi.
So many things has been improved in this new milestone (and the other
one before), that I have no other choice than to just to share the
CHANGELOG here:
https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-hotspot/blob/master/CHANGELOG
What is important to notice as well, is that we have a fully working
Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) version of Kiwix Hotspot. The so-called
"Kiwix Hotspot Cardshop" allows users to build there own custom RPI
image "in the Cloud". You can buy an access to it for a cheap price at
https://www.kiwix.org/en/cardshop-access/.
Regards
Kelson
--
Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: https://kiwix.org/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* Wiki: https://wiki.kiwix.org/
