Wikimedia-l November 2013

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Invitation to WMF November 2013 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 5, 19:00 UTC
by Praveena Maharaj 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The current structure of the meeting is: * Review of key metrics including the monthly report card, but also specialized reports and analytic * Review of financials * Welcoming recent hires * Brief presentations on recent projects, with a focus on highest priority initiatives * Update and Q&A with the Executive Director, if available Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further information about how to participate. We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Praveena -- Praveena Maharaj Executive Assistant to the VP of Engineering and Product Development +1 (415) 839 6885 ext. 6689 www.wikimedia.org

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Increase in page views for the last 3 months
by Strainu 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Hi, Looking at the summary reports per language, I've noticed a linear, significant increase in pageviews for many European languages (ro, bg, hu, fr) Wikipedias in the last 3 months. This is not happening for Asian languages or Russian and is not obvious from the report card. Has anything changed in the reporting or the visit patterns for these Wikipedias? It looks pretty weird to have a 100% increase for Romanian in just 3 months [1]. Thanks, Strainu [1] http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryRO.htm

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Become a member of the Affiliations Committee!
by Bence Damokos 01 Dec '13

01 Dec '13

// For translated versions, please consult https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_… // Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members. The main focus of AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups. This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our membership. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically: is * Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide * Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process * Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions * 5 hours per week availability[2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour phone meeting * International orientation * Very good communication skills in English * Ability to work and communicate with other cultures, languages andcultures * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF * Knowledge of different legal systems, experience in community building and organising is a plus * Communication skills in other languages are a major plus * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus In 2012 new types of affiliations were introduced and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers come together forming communities that further our mission around the world. Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on the above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January 2014. If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our vice-chair Carlos Colina at jewbask AT wikimedia.org.ve by December 5, 2013. You will get a confirmation that your application came through. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or Carlos. We are happy to chat or have a phone/VoIP call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.[3] Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_… [3] A translatable version of this call is avaliable at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_…, please help translate and distribute it among your networks!

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Fwd: Wikimedia Conference - Come to Berlin in April 2014!
by Pavel Richter 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

tl;dr: Wikimedia Conference 2014 in Berlin https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 Venue: Tagesspiegel Tagungszentrum, near Potsdamer Platz Date: April 10-13, 2014 Registration: Will open in January Dear Wikimedia friends, It is my pleasure to invite you to come to Berlin for the 2014 Wikimedia Conference.[1] We will be hosting the event from April 10-13 at Tagesspiegel Tagungszentrum, in the heart of Berlin. In addition, I am delighted that the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee will hold their annual meetings as part of the conference as well. This will give us all the opportunity to talk, discuss ideas, exchange experience, build capacities and shape the future of our movement together. I am extending this invitation also to the board and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation, and I hope that they again choose to join us for a couple of productive days. == Themes and program == The program team [2] has already kicked-off its planning process and is now collecting topics and themes from all movement entities. Team members come from several entities and countries in the movement, including the Wikimedia Foundation, and generously volunteered to manage this process together. They will present the major themes and goals for the conference within the coming weeks. The team is supported by Anna Lena Schiller, who is facilitating the whole process in the months before and after the conference. Nicole Ebber, as head of WMDE’s International Affairs unit, is a member of the program team and will also liaise between the team, the event management and the facilitator. == Participation and registration == Based on the conference themes, the program team will make a recommendation regarding the number and type (board, staff) of representatives per affiliation. This includes a consultation with the AffCom to come up with a decision upon inviting Thematic Organizations, User Groups and affiliations-to-be. We will open the registration in January, after the program team has presented the conference themes and goals. By following this order, we aim to motivate and consult the participating organizations to send representatives and experts according to the conference’s themes. == Travel, accommodation and supply == We are delighted that the Wikimedia Foundation has agreed to cover the general costs of the event. Several organizations have included the travel and accommodation costs in their FDC proposals, project and events or other WMF grants and are responsible for covering these costs and booking their flights/trains themselves. For all those who have not budgeted for the conference, travel grants are offered and can be applied for in the registration process. Their bookings will be handled by the WMF travel coordinator. Following the same principle, we will offer standard 4-bed-rooms in a hostel for everyone. Hotel beds will be available, but please not that the travel grants only allow for the hostel accommodation. We will block a range of beds in nearby hotels for that purpose. Free food will be provided on all conference days at the venue, and Wikimedia Deutschland will host a light dinner at the new WMDE office every evening, plus a social program on Friday and Saturday. Our event manager Wenke Storn will be the main contact for all questions regarding the logistics, you can reach out to her and her team via wmcon(a)wikimedia.de <wmcon(a)lists.wikimedia.de>. On behalf of the Wikimedia Deutschland board, I am looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in April! Best regards, Pavel Richter [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme_team With kind regards, Pavel Richter Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel

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Fundraising mysteries
by James Salsman 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Hi Megan, Per the attached graph of the https://frdata.wikimedia.org/yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv data, your announced October 4th fundraising test on 100% of anonymous users was anticlimactic. But what the heck did you do on September 2nd and October 22nd, and would you please do that every day? Even if it falls off at the same rate as the July test, that still means you could produce an endowment sufficient to do away with fundraising at current spending levels in less than eight months. Best regards, James Salsman

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Which Wikipedias have had large scale bot creation of articles this year?
by Steven Walling 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Hi all, My team is doing some background research in to Wikipedia article creation right now.[1] One question I'd like answer is which Wikipedias are currently (i.e. this year) running bots to create many articles. I know that Lsjbot has run (or is running) on Swedish (sv), Cebuano (ceb), and Waray-Waray (war). It seems to me that, by looking at the stats for new articles per day,[2] Dutch (nl) and Vietnamese (vi) Wikipedias might have also been running bots? Am I wrong? I'll be posting more about our article creation research work soon. We'll need feedback from non-English Wikipedians in particular, since as a team we only have extensive experience creating articles on enwiki. Many thanks, -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/ 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_article_creation 2. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesArticlesNewPerDay.htm

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Why was right wing Burschenschafter Frank Schulenburg participating in the FDC-session?
by Thomas7 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Nicole Ebber wrote in the german Wikimedia Mailinglist: > Beraten wurde > das FDC während seiner Sitzung von Sue Gardner, Garfield Byrd, Stephen > LaPorte, Asaf Bartov, Frank Schulenburg und Anasuya Gupta von der > Wikimedia Foundation. What are the reasons, that right wing "schlagende Burschenschafter" Frank Schulenburg was allowed to participate in the FDC-Session? In a lot of german universities "schlagende Burschenschafter" and "Schlagende Verbindungen" are not allowed for good reasons. Thomas7 ----- Thomas7 @ Facebook Faschistoide und mobbende Administratoren Der braune Mobbing-Skandal um Brummfuss und seine Naziwarnseite Geldverschwendung beim Wikimedia-Verein -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Why-was-right-wing-Burschenschafter-Frank-… Sent from the WikiMedia Foundation mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Increase in page views for the last 3 months
by James Heilman 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

However we have seen a 20-30% drop in pageviews coming out of this tool http://toolserver.org/~alexz/pop/view.php Mr.Z-man has looked into it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mr.Z-man/pageview but has not seem to have found the reason yet. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference in Karlsruhe, Germany
by Romaine Wiki 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Hello Denis, Yes, you are right. Thanks for the correction. What I tried to say is that the chapter helped organizing, supporting the community as it is founded for. It was a great conference! Romaine --- Thank you for the report, Romaine. Please allow me a small, though important correction: the WikiCon has always been an event organized from within the community and not by the chapter itself. Wikimedia Deutschland assists and supports the event-committee in every way as wanted and needed, changing year by year from pure grantmaking to strong organizational support. Wikimedia Deutschland understands this event, where this year approx. 250 people met and worked collaboratively, as a climax of the German communities' calendar. The amount of ideas, projects, discussions, and real-life-interaction is overwhelming and very inspiring. Thanks to all volunteers making this wonderful event possible now for the fourth time. Best regards, Denis Barthel

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The Europeana Fashion Challenge
by John Andersson 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Hi everybody! I just wanted to highlight our online contest, the Europeana Fashion Challenge.[1] We launched the Challenge during a week when three fashion edit-a-thons took place: in Sweden, Israel and Italy and the idea with the contest is to increase retention rate amongst the beginners and to attract more people to take part online. The edit-a-thons were productive, however, we have been having a hard time getting the participants/fashion experts to sign up and participate in the contest so far. I am saying so far as there still is 16 days left of the contest! Now I would ask all of you smart people for help! First of all to take a close look on the pages for the Challenge and see if there is anything we could change to make it easier to participate? Secondly, to spread the word about the contest so that other people take part! Everybody are welcome and there is a really nice book bundle sponsored by ten different fashion museums. Best, John - - - - John Andersson Wikimedia Sverige Project Manager Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se Skype: johnandersson86 Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @WikiEuropeana and @WikimediaSE Would you like to support free knowledge and Wikipedia? Please consider becoming a member of Wikimedia Sverige! We need your support.

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