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>
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> 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.
>
>
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
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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>,
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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
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Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
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Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
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.
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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)
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
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/>
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
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