Wikimedia-l April 2015

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Recognition of Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research
by maorx＠wikimedia.org.ve 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Dear all, The Affiliations Commitee has approved the recognition[1] of the Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research as a Wikimedia User Group. The focus[2] of this new group is the integration of the Brazilian and Lusophone academic community into the Wikimedia movement, thus supporting the development of new projects, research, contests, events and other activities. Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the family! Parabéns e tudo de bom! Carlos 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedi… 2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brazilian_Group_of_Education_and_…

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Access to Private Information Policy: How Long Will This Be Left a Question Mark?
by Trillium Corsage 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

I'm writing to get an answer (from anybody at the WMF) on the status of the WMF's policy access to private (i.e. IP, Browser, etc.) information. Each day thousands of people edit Wikipedia and deserve to know what measures, if any, are taken to avoid divulging to the wrong sort of people this sensitive information about them. On 25 April last year, the board of trustees approved, in a non-public and scantily-documented meeting, a policy that accords Checkuser and Oversight and other statuses to "community" members appointed by a community process with essentially a mere two requirements: provide an email address, and assert that you are 18 or over. Name, address, NOT required. Is this truly an adequate way to protect the privacy interests of all those that edit Wikipedia? Well, I don't think so, but my purpose right now is to try to eliminate the ambiguity of what is actually occurring at this time. One source of this ambiguity is the edit of the WMF's James Alexander (http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Access_to_nonpublic_data_p…) on 6 June, in which he wrote: "This policy has been replaced by a new [[m:Access to non public information policy|Access to non public information policy]], which was approved by the Board of Trustees on 25 April 2014. However, this policy remains in force until the new processes mandated by the new policy are put into place. A future announcement will be made to those affected before the new policy goes in effect." It's now the future (and after nine months, quite so), so what is the policy? The old policy mandated that those seeking the accesses fax or secure email a from of identification. Casual and rank-and-file Wikipedia editors were repetitively told that the checkusers and oversighters etc. were "identified to the WMF." This was incredibly misleading because the practice of Philippe Beaudette was to shred and otherwise destroy the identifications after marking the noticeboard. It is apparent to any plain-spoken individual, I think, that you can't tell people that those granted these accesses are "identified to the WMF" when you have shredded the documents and all that is left (except in Mr. Beaudette's memory) is a checkmark by a username on a noticeboard. It wasn't a semantic dodge predicated on the definition of "identified," rather it was in my opinion a smoke-screen. Mr. Beaudette felt loyalty to the privacy of the administrators, and evidently none to the common editors whose IPs and so forth he was exposing to them. The immediately above is not necessarily a criticism of the old policy, which taken at face value strongly implies that the WMF keeps the identifications on file, on a secure computer, or in a physical safe. It's rather that Mr. Beaudette operated for years in open defiance of the policy. To his credit though, apparently he impelled the Board to rewrite the policy in a manner corresponding to his actions. BUT MY QUESTION NOW is: "What is the status of the policy?" For example English Wikipedia just got three new checkusers: Bbb23, Callanecc, and Mike V. What information were they required to provide? Proper documents, or merely an email address and assertion that they are over 18? Trillium Corsage

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Events and editathons with journalists
by David Parreño Mont - Comunicació 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Hi, Last month, Andrea from Italy asked about events with journalists. You can find at our monthly report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia/March_2015> a highlight about the Wikipedia Day at Catalunya Radio. Looking forward to hear your experience at International Journalism Festival :) Best, David Parreño Mont www.davidparreno.cat -- On 13th of March, from 8am and throughout the day, Amical Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia> and Ramon Barnils Group organized an Edit-a-thon at Catalunya Ràdio headquarters <https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Viquimarat%C3%B3_Ramon_Barnils>, the Catalan public radio station. The event lasted 12 hours with live connections every half an hour. The aim of the initiative was to improve the article of the eminent journalist Ramon Barnils <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Barnils>, a founder of Catalunya Ràdio, updating and renewing his entry and other related items. Catalan Wikipedia celebrated its 14th anniversary on the 16th of March, just when it is about to reach 500,000 articles, and the 14th of March was the 14th anniversary of the death of Ramon Barnils. 25 Wikimedians attended (8 new) the edit-a-thon in different turns. All the radio programs of that day were focused on Wikipedia: Wikipedians were interviewed on the factual programmes, the analysis program discussed on the impact of Wikipedia, the comedy show made jokes about Wikipedia, and the game show asked trivia questions about Wikipedia. The Ramon Barnils Group and relatives released photos of the journalist into Wikimedia Commons. The Catalan public TV and many digital media covered it, too. In addition, Wikipedians improved the Wikidata item and the Wikiquote page of Ramon Barnils, and made a lots of pics and recorded the voice of the journalists of Catalunya Ràdio for Wikimedia Commons. You can find the images here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Viquimarat%C3%B3_Barnils> and here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Catalunya_R%C3%A0dio>.

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 14 -- 08 April 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Op-ed News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/News_a… In the media: Wikipedia on ''60 Minutes'', Kickstarter, and in the classroom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/In_the… WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/WikiPr… Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Featur… Traffic report: Resurrection week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Traffi… Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Arbitr… Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2015-04-08 PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-08 https://www.facebook.com/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost _______________________________________________ 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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[Wikimedia Announcements] This week on the Wikimedia Blog
by Fabrice Florin 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Hi folks, Here are some of the stories featured this week on the Wikimedia Blog: • Wikimedia Foundation releases latest transparency report http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report/ • The new Content Translation tool is now used on 22 Wikipedias http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/08/the-new-content-translation-tool/ • How content translation improved my wiki edits http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/06/content-translation-improved-my-edits/ • Women and gender diversity on Wikimedia: our top stories http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/03/women-and-gender-top-stories/ • Inspire Campaign receives hundreds of new ideas to increase gender diversity on Wikimedia projects http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/03/inspire-campaign-new-ideas/ • Fighting corruption with Wikipedia: Johnson Oludeinde http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/08/fighting-corruption-johnson-oludeinde/ More stories on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/ Best regards, Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) _______________________________________________ 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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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: March 2015
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

*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 III, Volume V – March 2015* ------------------------------ Upcoming: GLAM-WIKI 2015 from 10 to 12 April 2015 in the Netherlands: http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015 For who goes there, see you at the conference! ------------------------------ Africa report: Closing the gap of the Global South http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Afri… Belgium report: Gendergap and Belgiumgap http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Belg… Catalan areas report: One day at the radio http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Cata… France report: A very busy month! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Fran… Germany report: 1 topic, 2 talks, 3 hours http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Germ… Italy report: Agreements with national cultural institutions and professional associations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Ital… Mexico report: Wiki rides the subway editathon and second edition of the Editatona gender gap marathon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Mexi… Netherlands report: Nature, Art, Feminism and a GLAM-WIKI conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Neth… Poland report: Six months in http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Pola… Spain report: Women's edit-a-thons, Workshops and Miguel Delibes http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Spai… Sweden report: Fashion; BARK; Council of Central Museums http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Swed… UK report: GLAM activities in the UK http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/UK_r… USA report: Wikipedia in Philadelphia & New York http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/USA_… Open Access report: Wikimania Open Access policy; Wikimania; Wikipedia Science Conference; Punch-card microfluidics http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Open… Calendar: April's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Contents/Even… ------------------------------ Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2015/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / 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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** DATE CHANGE ** Invitation to WMF March 2015 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Wednesday, April 8, 18:00 UTC
by Praveena Maharaj 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). Please note, on this occasion, we are holding this meeting on the second Wednesday in April. The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. Each month at the metrics meeting, we will: * Welcome recent hires * Present reports/updates that are focused on a key theme or topic: the theme for April's meeting is Fundraising * Engage in questions/discussions 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 Product & Strategy and the VP of Engineering Wikimedia Foundation \\ www.wikimediafoundation.org

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Ask questions, give feedback on six annual plan grant proposals for the FDC!
by Katy Love 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

tl;dr:[0] Please join the community review for six annual plan grant proposals requesting USD $1.5 million in movement funds. Add your questions and comments to the proposals until April 30! Hello Wikimedians, Round 2 of the Annual Plan Grants program [1] is underway, and the Community Review process is open for your comments and questions. In this round, six proposals were submitted to the Funds Dissemination Committee, by the Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimédia France, Wikimedia Italia, Wikimedia Norge, and Wikimedia ZA -- with total requests of USD $1,531,687. [2] These six proposals, developed based on the organizations' annual plans, include programmatic and operational costs, and are requests for general funding. This year (2014-2015), the FDC has USD $6 million to allocate to movement organizations to help advance our strategic goals. In Round 1, $3,817,956 was allocated to movement organizations, [3] leaving $2,182,044 for Round 2. In mid-May, the Funds Dissemination Committee will meet face-to-face, prior to the Wikimedia conference, to deliberate on and then make recommendations to the WMF Board of Trustees about how to grant funds to these organizations, in order to achieve mission-related impact. We invite you and all other community members to review any or all of the proposals, and to share your thoughts and ask questions on the discussion pages of the proposals. General questions or comments can also be made in the General comments section. [4] The community review period lasts until April 30, 2015. Applicants are also expected to respond to comments and questions during this period, although they are not able to change the proposal form itself after the submission date. The FDC will review the discussion pages and will use the questions and comments as one of their many inputs into the decision-making process. To join other community consultations, visit the noticeboard. [5] You can join in by reviewing the proposals [2] and adding your comments on the discussion pages. Proposals are available in English, but comments and questions can be made in any language. As a member of the Wikimedia community, your review helps make the grantmaking process more transparent, collaborative and robust. Feedback and questions from the community are an important input into the proposal review process, and the FDC considers them seriously. The major milestones for the rest of this round is as follows: [6] * Community review: 1 April 2015 - 30 April 2015 * Staff assessments published: 8 May 2015 * FDC deliberations: 12-14 May 2015 * FDC recommendation published: by 1 June 2015 * Appeals or complaints submitted: by 8 June 2015 * Board of Trustees decision: by 1 July 2015 * Start of new grant terms: 1 July 2015 Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or feedback about the process. You can reach the FDC staff at FDCsupport(a)wikimedia.org Warm regards, Katy Love Senior Program Officer Funds Dissemination Committee Wikimedia Foundation [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round2 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round2/Commu… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Current_community_consultations [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information#Calendar _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Regarding knowledge
by James Heilman 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

While Wikipedia's medical content is far from perfect, Google knowledge graphs however have issues as well. For example they say that Hepatitis C is MAINLY spread by sexual contact. This 2010 review in Hepatology states "Regarding heterosexual transmission, the weight of evidence is that there is no increased risk of sexual transmission of HCV among heterosexual couples in regular relationships" WHO says it is a less common method. The main methods of transmission are injection drug use and unscreened blood transmission. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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Q on the 2013 elections re voter breakdown
by Denny Vrandečić 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Hi, regarding the Wikimedia Foundation elections 2013, I was trying to find a breakdown of the voters, i.e. how many voted based on which requirements, i.e. as editors, developers, staff and contractors, and board members, but I could not find anything. I would appreciate a pointer to that data. Cheers, Denny

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