Hello all,
This year again, there is a long and diverse set of very strong candidates
that have nominated themselves to be considered for appointment to the FDC
[1]. I am very grateful to them for coming forward and wanting to
participate in this important part of our movement's grants program.
It is now time for you, members of our communities; to ask questions to the
candidates. Since this round of candidates will be appointed, it is crucial
that as many people as possible ask questions to the candidates, so as to
allow the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation to have as much
insight as possible as to the skills, competence and motivation of the
candidates.
You can ask questions to all candidates or to specific candidates on this
page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/No…
Note that your questions are also a way for existing FDC members to know
what is important to you all as interested members of the community
regarding FDC activities and work, so please, do participate!
Best,
Delphine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/No…
PS. Please forward this announcement to any list you think is appropriate.
--
Delphine Ménard
Program Officer, Annual Plan Grants
Wikimedia Foundation
Hoi,
I was interested to read the minutes of the most recent Wikimania Committee
meeting, which decided that Wikimania will be held annually from now on,
and that it will be in sub-Saharan Africa (effectively meaning South
Africa) in 2018.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Minutes/2016-06-26
Interestingly, I couldn't see any sign of the Committee's decision being
informed by the WMF's consultation on the future of Wikimania, or anyone
from the WMF's community engagement department being present.
I have to say I'm a bit confused, not least about who actually makes the
decision about how frequently Wikimania happens. Is anyone able to shed any
more light on this?
Thanks,
Chris
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From: Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?
To: "Wikimania General List, (open subscription)"
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My bad I forgot it already is on meta
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Statements/Chapter_chair…
Le 9 juil. 2016 4:50 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Thanks Christophe. I, for one, have had difficulty figuring out what
is going on with Wikimania in regards to varying decisions in
different parts of WMF and the community, so I look forward to the
clarifications.
Personally I am currently neutral on the decision of whether to have
annual Wikimanias, or alternate Wikimanias with years in which there
is emphasis on national or regional conferences. My hunch is that some
research about costs and benefits is needed so that we have reliable
data about a variety of scenarios before making a decision.
Thanks again for working on this.
To the board chairs: I would be interested in seeing that letter. In
the spirit of transparency, would you please publish it on Meta? As
you know I am an advocate for much more transparency from WMF, and I
would like for the affiliates to also to be transparent about
governance matters such as this one.
Thanks,
Pine
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From: Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?
To: "Wikimania General List, (open subscription)"
<wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
The same question was raised to the board a few days ago by chairs of
Wikimedia organizations asking Foundation's board to make sure there's
a comprehensive decision on this very topic.
The chairs letter wasn't public, I let them share it on meta or here
if they want to :)
First step, in my opinion, is to set expectations and define the scope
(in the role of the event but also in the ressources (both human and
financial) we commit to the event.
Katherine is working with the staff to provide groundings.
Here is the answer I provided them with.
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Hi chairs!
First of all, thank you with the email, the feedback is clearly useful
and raises interesting point.
Now, the Wikimania discussion definitly is on the table. Living by
what we said during Wikimania, we, as WMF, will make sure we end up
with a clear answer to your questions but also to the different points
you raise.
Wikimania is an important time in our movement, but as you said it
also comes with costs and challenges that we have to adress. Katherine
is going to meet in the coming days with the staff in charge of that
topic to start that discussion within WMF and provide groundings for a
comprehensive decision.
We will try to be as diligent as possible on that topic, but I would
ask you to keep in mind that as we're in a transition phase and that
might take a little more time than you could expect.
Again thank you for your email, I love the fact that he raises issues
but also includes the challenges we have to take care of :)
We'll get back to you as soon as possible to continue that discussion.
Have all a really great day / night :)
Christophe
While I concur with Coren’s conclusion, I’ll try to neutrally report
on the events at Wikimania which led to this result. :)
Full disclosure: I’m a fan of Wikimania being yearly, and was asked to
serve on the Wikimania Committee after Esino Lario. I was also the
main moderator of the Wikimania 2016 session on the “Future of
Wikimania.” These views are my own, and not anything official from the
committee.
Background: Many folks (I’d say a majority) who I talked to in Esino
Lario early in the conference thought that the decision to do
Wikimania every other year was a done deal, as a result of the IdeaLab
consultation. I told them that might not necessarily be so. The vote
was close, not particularly widely known, and we could still be heard.
Chris Schilling from the WMF, who oversaw the Idealab consultation,
sought me out specifically at the start of the conference and to my
delight, said that the consultation was “just another data point,” and
that it was by no means the final word on things. Obviously, this was
good news to people who were interested in keeping a yearly Wikimania.
I was scheduled to moderate the “Future of Wikimania” discussion
session [1] at the very end of the conference, and encouraged people
to let their views be heard. It was under these conditions that we
entered into the final discussion room and I asked Chris Schilling to
give an opening statement to the room. Most people were happy to hear
him say that it was “just another data point.” During the discussion,
there was overwhelming support to keep Wikimania going every year,
which is not a surprise considering this was *at* Wikimania. I
encourage folks to peruse the Etherpad notes, which are quite
extensive and expertly done by several folks there.
Some views I’d highlight:
- Having yearly Wikimania is important to keep the momentum of the
movement going, according to many
- A case for cancelling yearly Wikimania was to encourage/fund
regional meetups. However, there is no guarantee that those regional
meetups would actually take place, or that WMF would necessarily take
the money saved from Wikimania to fund them. Some folks from Asia
specifically said that there is weaker linguistic, cultural and
geographic synergy for an “Asian” conference like there is in Europe
and Africa, which is why it has been hard to do one.
- One person noted that one trip to Wikimania served the same role as
several international trips to get the same benefit from meeting other
Wikimedians/developers, so there are indeed cost efficiencies in
having a central conference.
Thanks.
[1] https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/The_future_of_Wikimania
[2] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2016-discussion7b
-Andrew Lih
Associate professor of journalism, American University
Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com
WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com
BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com
PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Marc-Andre <marc(a)uberbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 2016-07-08 10:01 AM, Chris Keating wrote:
>>
>> Interestingly, I couldn't see any sign of the Committee's decision being informed by the WMF's consultation on the future of Wikimania, or anyone from the WMF's community engagement department being present.
>
>
> Wikimania is, and always was, a community led and organized event. The WMF, as its traditional biggest sponsor[1], has a great deal of influence in the matter - but ultimately no decision power beyond "fund and resource or not".
>
> The committee's decision has indeed taken into account the consultation you refer to - as well as the roundtable discussion on the "Future of Wikimania" that took place earlier[2]. Our evaluation, which is reflected in that resolution, is that the consultation was clearly flawed and that its conclusion does not reflect consensus - neither of the community members who organize nor of those who attend Wikimania.
>
> -- Coren / Marc
>
> [1] Although "underwrite" might be a better term - the WMF has pretty much shouldered the vast majority of the costs and given the most logistical support year in and year out.
>
> [2] Where the consensus was to overwhelmingly reject that consultation's conclusion in favor or continuing with Wikimania as a yearly even given its irreplaceable role in our movement.
>
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https://medium.com/@mollyclare/taming-the-steamroller-how-to-communicate-co…
A good essay.
TL;DR: Some detailed examples of how to improve communication and
interactions, for the benefit of anyone who uses English as a second
language.
Excerpts, to whet [sharpen or stimulate] your appetite:
> Phrasal verbs in English can be particularly hard to master. Just think
about “cut off” vs. “cut up” vs. “cut over” vs. “cut in” vs. “cut out” vs.
“cut down” vs. “cut back” and you’ll see how confusing it can be when you
recommend “cutting back” on something, or asking someone to “cut it out”.
[...]
> Make your message very clear, especially your request. This is doubly
true for me, because I work with Germans, who are famously direct. The
American habit of softening and burying a request is just confusing and
pointless to them.
> The last thing you and I want to do is overwhelm. We work across language
barriers, not because it’s glamorous or fun or easy, but because we care
about collaborating with people who are different from us [...]. And
non-native speakers are committing to this collaboration even more than we
are: they’re reaching out to us by working in English. [...]
n.b. Yes, there are some over-generalizations and stereotypes in there.
It's still good overall, though! ;-)
I'd like to link it on Metawiki, but I'm not sure where; Any suggestions?
I've gotten (happily) lost in the [[Multilingual]] disambig page, and the
[[Grants:Learning patterns]] pages, but the only place I can find that
collects advice like this, is the first section at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Manual#Guidelines - What page
might I have missed?
Quiddity
Dear Wikimedians,
Ratha Jatra is one of the longest running festivals of Odisha running for
over a month. The festival starts from Akshaya Trutiya and ends after
Bahuda Jatra.This festival dates back to more than 1000 years.
This year, a few Wikimedians from Puri are documenting the process of
building the ratha (chariot) making . They are also uploading every phase
of the building process on Wikimedia Common. Many of the images have been
already uploaded and a lot more are going to uploaded in the due course of
time.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra
You can see the pictures in the project category :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra
Co-ordinators:
1. Jagannath Dora
2. Dinesh Das
3. Dibyadarshi Nayak
4. Ramachandra Nayak
Thanks and Regards
-----------
*Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*"
Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-7537097770
*LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
*Twitter* : @saileshpat
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality"
Hi all,
It’s our privilege to share the list of winners for* Wiki Loves Earth 2016
in Nepal*. Thanks to Wiki Loves Earth International Team for continuing
such a cool project ever and again.
Lastly, thanks to WLE Nepal - 2016 organizing committee, Jurors and all the
intermediaries for your continuous effort, this wouldn’t have been possible
without your precious help.
*Spotlight of the Competitions:*
Campaign period:
*May 1st- June 15th*Total number of photos uploaded:
*2274*Total number of contributors: *271*
*Jurors:*
· Mr. Saroj Dhakal
· Mr. Nirmal Dulal
· Mr. Steinsplitter
*Organizing Committee:*
1. Bijay Chaurasia - *Coordinator*
2. Zeetendra Shah
3. Nabin Sapkota
4. Biplab Anand
*Top 10 photos selected by jurors:*
* More details in this link
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2016/Winners#Ne…>
*S.N.*
*File Name*
*Description*
*Author*
*1*
*File:Himalayan yaks in the Everest region.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_yaks_in_the_Everest_regio…>
*English: Himalayans Yak in the Everest Region.**नेपाली: सगरमाथा* *क्षेत्रमा
रहेका* *याकहरू*
*[[User:Ceedra|Agnes Kwong]]*
*2*
*File:Reflection of Annapurna I.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflection_of_Annapurna_I.jpg>
*English: Reflection of Annapurna Mountain in fresh water.**नेपाली:
अन्नपूर्ण हिमालयको* *सफा* *पानीमा* *देखिएको* *छाया*
*[[User:MarijaGrujovska|Marija Grujovska]]*
*3*
*File:Gosainkunda_lake.JPG*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gosainkunda_lake.JPG>
*English: A full view of sacred Gosaikunda Lake. **नेपाली:नेपालको* *रसुवा*
*जिल्लामा* *अवस्थित गोसाइँकुण्ड ताल*
*[[User:Pratapbaniya|Pratap Baniya]]*
*4*
*File:Phewa Lake (**फेवा ताल) **Sunset View 2158.JPG*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phewa_Lake_(%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%87%E0%A…>
*English:Golden hour seen from Phewa Lake.**नेपाली: फेवा* *तालबाट* *देखिएको*
*सुर्यास्तको*
*दृश्य*
*[[User:Bijay chaurasia|Bijay Chaurasia]]*
*5*
*File:Hornless one horned rhino.JPG*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornless_one_horned_rhino.JPG>
*English:One horned Rhino in Chitwan National Park. **नेपाली: चितवन
राष्ट्रिय* *निकुञ्जभित्र* *रहेको* *एक सिङ्गे गैंडा*
*[[User:Prasiddha92|Prasiddha]]*
*6*
*File:Lone Trekker.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Trekker.jpg>
*English: Full of Mountains and open sky in Manaslu trekking range.**नेपाली:
मनास्लु* *पदयात्रा* *क्षेत्र अन्तर्गतको* *रमणीय हिमालहरूको* *दृश्य*
*[[User:Hemantachy|Hemanta Kumari Chaudhary]]*
*7*
*File:Gokyo Lakes 01.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gokyo_Lakes_01.jpg>
*English: Gokyo Lakes**नेपाली: गोक्यो* *ताल*
*[[User:Wang Lama Humla|Wang Lama Humla]]*
*8*
*File:ACAP Upper Mustang Tangyejpg.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ACAP_Upper_Mustang_Tangyejpg.jpg>
*English:View of Tangye Village Monastery, Upper Mustang.**नेपाली: माथिल्लो*
*मुस्ताङ उपत्यकामा* *अवस्थित* *वौद्ध गुम्बा*
*[[User:PatriciaSauer|Patricia Sauer]]*
*9*
*File:Spotted Deers at Meghauli, Chitwan National Park.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spotted_Deers_at_Meghauli,_Chitwan_…>
*English:Spotted Deers at Chitwan National Park.**नेपाली: चितवन* *राष्ट्रिय*
*निकुञ्जभित्र* *रहेका*
*जङ्गली हरिणहरू*
*[[User:Sushila Gurung|Sushila Gurung]]*
*10*
*File:Mt.Ama DablamIMG 8365.jpg*
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt.Ama_DablamIMG_8365.jpg>
*English:Mt.Ama Dablam Above Clouds.**नेपाली: बादलले* *छेकिएको* *रमणीय
आमादब्लम हिमाल*
*[[User:Wang Lama Humla|Wang Lama Humla]]*
*Regards*
Bijay Chaurasia
Coordinator, Wiki Loves Earth 2016 - Nepal
+977-9805919644
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