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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications
by ENWP Pine 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Hi Maggie, what's happening with the Ombudsman Commission scope RFC? Thanks, Pine > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:04:09 -0800 > From: Maggie Dennis <mdennis(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > Functionaries email list for the English Wikipedia > <functionaries-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications > Message-ID: > <CAMuth1y1GkyU4ZxK8XzJc-HkpXLVM+T+0j9oy3wRtwU5FM1_KQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi > > It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members > to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all > Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the > privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate > between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being > investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive > Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For > more on their duties and roles, see > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission > > This is a call for community members interested in volunteering > for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be > experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used > the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the > CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be > able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when > to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the > past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict.) > > Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and > must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as > the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is > a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. > > If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a > note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the > commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is > deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are > appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :) > > Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you > think may be interested. > > Thank you! > > Maggie > > > > -- > Maggie Dennis > Senior Community Advocate > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > >

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[Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour today December 11, 2013 at 1700 UTC
by Runa Bhattacharjee 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Hello, This is a reminder that the Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting an IRC office hour from 1700 to 1800UTC later today on #wikimedia-office (FreeNode). Please see below for the event details. Thanks Runa === Event Details === What: WMF Language Engineering Office hour When: December 11, 2013 (Wednesday). 1700-1800 UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20131211T1700 Where: IRC Channel #wikimedia-office on FreeNode ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattacharjee(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:19 PM Subject: Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on December 11, 2013 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC To: MediaWiki internationalisation <mediawiki-i18n(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org [x-posted] Hello, The Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting an IRC office hour on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 between 17:00 - 18:00 UTC on #wikimedia-office. (See below for timezone conversion and other details.) We will be talking about some of our recent and upcoming projects and then taking questions for the remaining time. Questions and any other concerns can also be sent to me directly before the event. See you there! Thanks Runa === Event Details === What: WMF Language Engineering Office hour When: December 11, 2013 (Wednesday). 1700-1800 UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20131211T1700 Where: IRC Channel #wikimedia-office on FreeNode -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia NL in October and November
by Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

The report of our activities in October and November is available: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederl… It is also included in this email. Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland tel. (+31) (0)6 31786379 www.wikimedia.nl *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht *Wikimedia Nederland: report on October and November 2013* *COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors* -Wikimedia Nederland Conferentie The annual Wikimedia Nederland Conference on November 2 was attended by 138 people, many of whom had never attended a Wikimedia-event before. The organisers has put together a varied programme, with presentations on topics ranging from the way historians use Wikipedia to the latest software developments. An introductory course on Wikipedia editing was especially popular. -Editor Training Public Library Amersfoort WMNL is exploring ways of cooperating with public libraries. We organised an edit-a-thon with an introductionary training in the public library of Amersfoort. 12 people attended, 6 of whom had never edited pages before. -Wikizaterdag 12/10, 26/10 9/11, 23/11 As usual, the Wikimedia Nederland office was open every second and fourth Saturday of the month. *WORK: content, collaboration and activity development* -Editathon The Hague Although Wiki Loves Monuments officially took place in September, we had a small editathon aimed at improving articles on the monuments of The Hague on October 12. The Monument Service of The Hague provided background information. -Wikipedians in Residence Two new Wikipedians in Residence started work in October. Hans Muller and Arie Sonneveld will work with the group of 12 specialised academic libraries. Sandra Fauconnier has been selected as the Wikipedian in Residence for The Great Wikipedia Expedition project, a project of foundation for academic heritage (SAE) and the Tropenmuseum. -Design Editathon Centraal Museum (28 October) As part of our ongoing cooperation with the Centraal Museum in Utrecht we organised an editathon on Design. The 35 participants worked on the articles on important Dutch designers. -ECNC photo competition WMNL supported the international conservation NGO ECNC in organising a photo competition among its network of partners institutes. As a result 165 images on the relation between humans and nature were uploaded to Commons. For WMNL this was also a pilot to see if and how initiatives by other organisations can lead to specific new content. -Catharijne Convent, Utrecht A first meeting has taken place with the Museum Catharijne Convent to discuss joint activities in 2014. This museum focusses on religious art and heritage. -550 years of parliamentary history A group of WMNL volunteers and WP-editors has started a project aimed at improving content concerning the history of the Dutch parliamentary system. *WMNL* -New WMNL Website The new WMNL website was launched. It provides information about Wikimedia Nederland’s mission and activities for the general public. -Media coverage An interview with three members of the WMNL community (WMNL Board Member and WIkipedian Paul Becherer, Wikipedian in Residence Hay Kranen and WMNL Director Sandra Rientjes) appeared in the national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on November 9 Sandra Rientjes was interviewed on national radio November 10. *MONEY* The FDC recommended to allocate WMNL € 304.000 in funds for 2014. This is 94% of the amount originally requested. *GLOBAL: International collaboration* -Diversity Conference, Berlin WMNL staffmember Denise Jansen attended the Diversity Conference in Berlin. -Wikipedia Seminar, Kulturrad Norway WMNL staffmember Sebastiaan ter Burg spoke at a Wikipedia seminar in Oslo -Community meetings in Germany WMNL president Ziko van Dijk was a guest at the Cologne work shop in October and, together with another member, at the WikiCon in Karlsruhe in November. -Flemish OER conference, Brussels Ziko van Dijk represented WMNL at the 15th Anniversary Meeting of KlasCement, a Flemish initiative similar to Wikiwijs, in the Flemish ministry of education in Brussels (October). *ORGANISATION: board, management and support* -The board met in Utrecht on October 10 and via Skype on November 7. -Boardmember Anke Peereboom resigned from the Board in September due to workpressure. Boardmember Hans Muller resigned in November to avoid any suggestion of a possible conflict of interest following his appointment as Wikipedian in Residence. *Upcoming:* -End-of-year festive Wiki Saturday will be on December 21 in the WMNL office in Utrecht. -The New Years Reception will take place on January 18, 2014, in The Hague. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
by James Forrester 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Forwarding for info. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the final selection is made in April 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. The main criteria are as follows: * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community as we can make it; * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and activities; * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or want to learn; * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late March and early April; and * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's community for those that don't read these mailing lists. Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. Yours, -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity)

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: November 2013
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume III – November 2013* ------------------------------ Australia and New Zealand report: From East to West http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/A… Belgium report: Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/B… France report: Mass uploads; Wiki Loves Monuments; Edit-a-thon; GLAM conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/F… Germany report: MS Wissenschaft; Science Gallery; Zugang gestalten; Science 2.0; OKFest 2014 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/G… Italy report: Libraries and librarians (but there are still shoes) http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/I… Mexico report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 award ceremony; Day of the Dead photo contest winners http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/M… Netherlands report: Edit-a-thon Amersfoort; Wikipedia seminar Oslo; Wikimedia Nederland Conference; Europeana Fashion http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/N… Spain report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Fundación Joaquín Díaz González; Wiki Party in Salamanca http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/S… Sweden report: Motorcycles, Norway and shoes http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/S… Switzerland report: Wiki Loves Monuments Awards Ceremony; Wikipedians in Residence; Image Donations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/S… UK report: Open content at the BBC; edit-a-thons; photography http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/U… USA report: GLAM-Wiki Activities in Philadelphia and Vancouver, Washington http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/U… Open Access report: Open Access Button and Berlin 11 conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/O… Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/E… ------------------------------ Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Ongoing searches for Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director and VP of Engineering
by MZMcBride 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Hi. Is there a status update about the search for a new Executive Director? I checked <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ED_Transition_Team>. Relatedly, there's now a position opening for a VP of Engineering (<http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=ods8Xfwu>). Big changes ahead, it seems. MZMcBride

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Hackathon 2014 - Save the Date! May 9th - 11th 2014
by Manuel Schneider 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Dear all, just a short note from Wikimedia CH that we are currently preparing the 2014 Hackathon in Zürich. Contracts are about to be signed and we want to let you know that you can count on us to create you an unique experience in Switzerland. Date: May 9th - 11th Location: Youth Hostel Zürich A preliminary page can be found on MediaWiki.org More to come soon! Feel free to contact us in case of questions! Charles and Manuel -- Manuel Schneider - Chief Information Officer Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 340 66 22 - www.wikimedia.ch

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Wikimedia Organizations First Employee Study
by Jessie Wild 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Hello! Just wanted to give a brief update on a piece of analysis recently posted regarding the* first employee hiring of Wikimedia organizations*. For those who contributed, *THANK YOU* for your participation! The main information can be on found on meta: * Background of information[1] * Survey results[2] Though a very small sample set, the main takeaways of the survey are: - Organizations tend to hire in one of two scenarios: (a) there is a particular activity that needs to occur which is* time-sensitive* and hard to manage via volunteers (events, partnerships); (b) the amount of *administrative work* required to maintain and grow activities is overwhelming to volunteers - *All types of hiring* and staffing are used! Interns, contractors, employees, part-time, full-time. When the workload is known to be re-occurring, it is most needed to have staff over contractors. - It is essential that *job descriptions accurately portray amount of admin work* - Currently, there are *not clear on-boarding plans*, and this can cause some growing pains with a Board of Directors which are generally used to be more hands-on - Organizations are* hiring sooner* upon recognition by AffCom While not earth-shattering results, they provide us a good starting point on better understanding why, how, and when to shift away from an all-volunteer model. It helps bring up some consistencies across groups as well as discrepancies. This is just one input into better understanding the state of and trends in our movement organizations. If you have thoughts, PLEASE - participate in conversation on the talk page. It would be great to capture more stories from the ground of the purposes and challenges of bringing on a new employee. If you have experiences from other volunteer organizations, please feel free to augment the conversation with these as well! Thanks - Jessie [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey/20…> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey/20… -- *Jessie WildGrantmaking Learning & Evaluation * *Wikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>

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Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
by MZMcBride 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Hi. I thought there was an explicit agreement that fundraising banners will not obscure the site interface, as it's bad for usability and annoys users. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/111477931 seems to break this agreement. What's going on? MZMcBride

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The Wikipedia Gap
by Romaine Wiki 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

In various research and media articles is written that in several subject groups Wikipedia is missing a lot of articles and those groups are relatively unrepresented. How can we as Wikipedia get clear which subject groups are missing? How can we get lists of less represented subject groups and the articles in those groups? Let us get practical, ow can we fill the gap? Greetings, Romaine

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