Dear all,
I am sharing with you what I just also added to the endorsement Meta page:
During our Board meeting on Saturday, we agreed that both the Board and the
Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland wholeheartedly and unanimously
support the new Strategic Direction. In light of its fundamental nature, we
will submit the new Strategic Direction to our general assembly for
deliberation and final approval on November 18, 2017.
We all look forward to shaping the future of our movement together in the
coming weeks, months and years.
Best regards,
Tim Moritz Hector
--
Tim Moritz Hector
Chair of the Board
Wikimedia Deutschland
2017-10-26 10:27 GMT+02:00 Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Today marks the final milestone of phase 1 of our movement strategy
> process. Over the past eight months, many of you, of your peers,
> colleagues, partners and friends have contributed to an endeavor that
> resulted in the new Strategic Direction of the Wikimedia movement.
>
> This direction provides us with an answer to the question: What do we
> want to build and achieve as a movement over the next 10–15 years: By
> 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the
> ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be
> able to join us.[1]
>
> On behalf of the strategy team, it’s with great pleasure that I invite
> you today to declare your intent to work together towards this future.
> Organized groups as well as individual contributors of our movement
> are invited to endorse the Strategic Direction by adding their
> signature to the endorsement page on Meta-Wiki. You will find all
> necessary instructions there.[2]
>
> By endorsing the Strategic Direction, you are not necessarily agreeing
> with every single outcome of the first phase. Endorsing means that you
> commit to participating in the next phase of this discussion in good
> faith and to help define, by Wikimania 2018, how to come to an
> agreement on roles, responsibilities, and organizational strategies
> that enable us to implement that future.
>
> In addition to signing the meta page, you are all welcome to use the
> #wikimedia2030 hashtag on social media to celebrate and share your
> excitement with the world and encourage other Wikimedians to show
> their support, too.
>
> Ideally, please leave questions or remarks on the talk page, to make
> it easier to follow-up in a structured way.
>
> Thank you!
> Nicole
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Direction#Our_strategic_direction:_Service_and_Equity
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Direction/Endorsement
>
>
> --
> Nicole Ebber
> Adviser International Relations
> Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
> V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
> Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
> anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
> Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Affiliates mailing list
> Affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates
>
The board of Wikimedia Israel, on behalf of the Wikimedia Israel chapter,
wish to express its support and endorse the strategic direction, drafted by
the movement’s strategic team.
The board read, discussed and decided unanimously to endorse the strategic
direction and to express its gratitude for the movement's efforts so far.
WMIL was proud to take part in this process. We hosted several board &
community meetings to discuss the different topics raised by the strategic
team in each phase. We also hosted a salon strategy dinner [1] with a group
of experts from the communication, education and high-tech industries.
We found these meetings not only a contribution to the strategic process
but also as a great opportunity for our members to share and listen to
their friends’ ideas and visions for our movement. It was super important
and interesting to listen and learn from experts outside of our movement
and we will look forward to hosting these kinds of meetings and working
groups outside of the current strategy process as part of our yearly work.
We wish to thanks the whole team involved with leading this process so far
and we look forward to working together on the next phase of this
discussion.
Thank you!
*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Wi…
I share Lodewijk's concerns here. My understanding is that local chapters
have no control/authority over any language community. Unless we want
language communities to be under the control of local chapters or user
groups, language communities should be allowed to choose their
representatives if they must be represented.
Regards,
Isaac.
On Oct 23, 2017 7:16 PM, "Lodewijk" <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote:
That all depends on the goals that the conference sets itself, as always :)
As I understood it, the conference is intended for structured and organized
groups, rather than to be a representative forum for the whole movement. In
2017, I understood there to be mostly two events taking place in the same
location - with some overlap in program. In that sense, this was quite a
unique situation because of the strategic process.
The first question would be whether you accept each challenge as a goal. If
being representative of the whole movement becomes the goal, the structure
probably needs to be overhauled much more, and the default invitation for
all groups may have to be reconsidered. One representative from the
Japanese community wouldn't cut it, then (for example).
On the other side, I could also imagine a different goal, which would be to
fill certain gaps in input diversity from the participants. This could be
input from certain language communities, or from certain cultures where we
even lack readership. This would make more sense to me - as it would not
imply a representation as much. In part it would lead to a similar
consideration and outcome, but it would force you to also consider other
areas where input is lacking from. For example, allied movements or project
communities beyond Wikipedia (for example, the collective of developing
language communities in Africa or communities that are government-blocked -
of which I'm uncertain if they are covered by affiliates). This would also
send the message to the communities you ask to send a representative what
you expect of such participant (if that would indeed be your goal).
There could be many other goals of course, that you (plural) could have in
mind. I'm not sure which applies best. I would suggest not to deviate from
the official line that chapters don't represent language communities,
though. That is, unless this official line has changed.
Warmly,
Lodewijk
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Cornelius Kibelka <
cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Hi Lodewijk, hi JP,
>
> Over the last years, we received the feedback that the Wikimedia
Conference
> would not be as (globally) representative as it could or should be. For
the
> Wikimedia Conference 2017, several “Community Leaders” were invited to the
> conference to be heard for the Movement Strategy process, but the
> selection/invitation process was not as clear as it could have been.
>
> To be more representative on a global scale and to have more different
> people from different regions present at the conference, we needed clear,
> transparent and non arbitrary criteria. However, there is no solution that
> covers every possible challenge. Therefore, we chose to give this approach
> – with clear criteria – at least a try for the Wikimedia Conference 2018.
> Also, as we expect more changes in the Movement in the upcoming year, this
> approach is a try for 2018 only, as an overhaul of the whole concept of
the
> Wikimedia Conference will be needed anyway.
>
> Additionally, I want to highlight this, because this was criticized in the
> past as well, all regularly eligible affiliates may send at least two
> representatives.
>
> I’m aware that this approach implies challenges, though. I’m happy to
> receive suggestions on how to come up with equally clear and transparent
> criteria.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Cornelius
>
>
> On 23 October 2017 at 19:37, Jean-Philippe Béland <jpbeland(a)wikimedia.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > I share the questions of Lodewijk
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 19:22 Cornelius Kibelka, <
> > cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Of course, I meant:
> > >
> > > "The registration process will start on November 24, *2017* and will
> end
> > > sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018."
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Cornelius
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Cornelius Kibelka
> > >
> > > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
> > > for the Wikimedia Conference
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 23.10.2017 18:04 schrieb "Cornelius Kibelka" <
> > > cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de>:
> > >
> > > > Dear Wikimedians, dear representatives of Wikimedia affiliates,
> > > >
> > > > A few weeks ago, we announced that the next Wikimedia Conference
will
> > > take
> > > > place from April 20 to 22, 2018 at the Mercure Hotel in
> Berlin-Neukölln
> > > > (same location as in 2017). This email contains information about
the
> > > > program themes and the Eligibility Criteria for invited affiliates
> > > > including the relevant reporting deadlines.
> > > >
> > > > == Program Themes ==
> > > >
> > > > As in the previous editions of the conference, the Wikimedia
> Conference
> > > > 2018 will again focus on three core themes.
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > Movement Strategy: In November 2017, phase 2 of the Wikimedia
> > Movement
> > > > Strategy Process will start. Its main goal will be to answer the
> > > question
> > > > "How do we implement the strategic direction", which means
> > > identifying the
> > > > roles and resources needed for execution, and the activities it
> > > involves.
> > > > In order to ensure participation from the organized part of the
> > > movement in
> > > > this next phase, we will again host a three-day track on movement
> > > strategy.
> > > > This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia
> Foundation.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > Partnerships in the Wikimedia Movement: Wikimedia organizations
> and
> > > > groups have a wide variety of experiences and knowledge in
working
> > > with
> > > > partners to achieve our mission. Based on the conversation at the
> > last
> > > > Wikimedia Conference, Wikimania, and regional Wikimedia
> conferences,
> > > we aim
> > > > to continue to offer a space for conversations, experience
sharing
> > and
> > > > learning around partnerships within and outside the Wikimedia
> > > movement.
> > > > This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia
> Foundation’s
> > > Global
> > > > Reach & Partnerships team, WMDE’s Partnerships & Development team
> > and
> > > the
> > > > volunteer “Partnerships group”.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > Capacity Building & Learning: The Wikimedia Conference currently
> is
> > > > one of the main spaces for learning and sharing among Wikimedia
> > > affiliates.
> > > > Again, we will host a track with sessions that are designed
> > according
> > > to
> > > > the participants’ needs, wishes and experiences. This track will
> be
> > > > designed in close consultation with WMF’s Learning & Evaluation
> > team,
> > > and
> > > > will complement the pre-conference Learning Days.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > == Eligibility Criteria ==
> > > >
> > > > The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia
> Conference
> > > > 2018 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia
> > > > Foundation.
> > > >
> > > > Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown
> signs
> > of
> > > > recent activity (within the last six months) and be up-to-date on
> their
> > > > reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). Moreover,
> > > > affiliates need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia
> > > > Foundation before April 19, 2017.
> > > >
> > > > == Participant number regulation ==
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups may send two
> > > > delegates. Chapters and Thematic Organizations which employ at
> least
> > > 0.5
> > > > FTE by Sep 1, 2017, may send one additional delegate who is a
paid
> > > staff
> > > > member.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > Allied organizations may send two delegates.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > The biggest ten language/project communities (by numbers of
active
> > > > editors [>5 edits/month]) that are not represented by any
> affiliate,
> > > or
> > > > have an affiliate, which is not eligible because it was
recognized
> > > after
> > > > April 19, 2017, may send one delegate.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > As per September 2017, the biggest communities without an
> > > > (eligible) affiliate representation are the Japanese,
> Vietnamese,
> > > Tamil,
> > > > Bengali, Slovak, Croatian, Hindi and Malay, Wikimedia Commons
> and
> > > > Wikivoyage communities.
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > The user groups West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (for the
> > Bengali
> > > > community), Hindi Wikimedians User Group (for the Hindi
> > > community), Wikimedia
> > > > Community User Group Malaysia (for the Malay community), as
> well
> > as
> > > > the Commons Photographers User Group (for the Wikimedia
Commons
> > > > community) and the Wikivoyage Association (for the Wikivoyage
> > > > communities) may send one delegate. For the language
> communities
> > > (Japanese,
> > > > Vietnamese, Tamil, Slovak, Croatian), decision finding and
> making
> > > process
> > > > on who will be the one person sent to the conference, need to
> be
> > > made in
> > > > the public (on-wiki).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > == Registration timeline ==
> > > >
> > > > The registration process will start on November 24, 2018 and will
end
> > > > sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018. The link will be
> provided
> > > on
> > > > Meta.[1]
> > > >
> > > > If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the
> > > > Wikimedia Conference, please
> > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Conference,+please&entry=gmail&source=g>
> do
> > > not hesitate to send us an e-mail to
> > > > wmcon(a)wikimedia.de.
> > > >
> > > > Warm regards,
> > > >
> > > > Daniela Gentner & Cornelius Kibelka
> > > >
> > > > Wikimedia Conference team
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cornelius Kibelka
> > > > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
> > > > for the Wikimedia Conference
> > > >
> > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> > > > http://wikimedia.de
> > > >
> > > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge
> allen
> > > > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
> > > > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
> > > >
> > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
> V.
> > > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg
> > > unter
> > > > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt
> für
> > > > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207
> > > >
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> for the Wikimedia Conference
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> http://wikimedia.de
>
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Dear Wikimedians, dear representatives of Wikimedia affiliates,
A few weeks ago, we announced that the next Wikimedia Conference will take
place from April 20 to 22, 2018 at the Mercure Hotel in Berlin-Neukölln
(same location as in 2017). This email contains information about the
program themes and the Eligibility Criteria for invited affiliates
including the relevant reporting deadlines.
== Program Themes ==
As in the previous editions of the conference, the Wikimedia Conference
2018 will again focus on three core themes.
-
Movement Strategy: In November 2017, phase 2 of the Wikimedia Movement
Strategy Process will start. Its main goal will be to answer the question
"How do we implement the strategic direction", which means identifying the
roles and resources needed for execution, and the activities it involves.
In order to ensure participation from the organized part of the movement in
this next phase, we will again host a three-day track on movement strategy.
This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia Foundation.
-
Partnerships in the Wikimedia Movement: Wikimedia organizations and
groups have a wide variety of experiences and knowledge in working with
partners to achieve our mission. Based on the conversation at the last
Wikimedia Conference, Wikimania, and regional Wikimedia conferences, we aim
to continue to offer a space for conversations, experience sharing and
learning around partnerships within and outside the Wikimedia movement.
This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global
Reach & Partnerships team, WMDE’s Partnerships & Development team and the
volunteer “Partnerships group”.
-
Capacity Building & Learning: The Wikimedia Conference currently is one
of the main spaces for learning and sharing among Wikimedia affiliates.
Again, we will host a track with sessions that are designed according to
the participants’ needs, wishes and experiences. This track will be
designed in close consultation with WMF’s Learning & Evaluation team, and
will complement the pre-conference Learning Days.
== Eligibility Criteria ==
The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Conference 2018
are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation.
Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of
recent activity (within the last six months) and be up-to-date on their
reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). Moreover,
affiliates need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia
Foundation before April 19, 2017.
== Participant number regulation ==
-
Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups may send two delegates.
Chapters and Thematic Organizations which employ at least 0.5 FTE by Sep 1,
2017, may send one additional delegate who is a paid staff member.
-
Allied organizations may send two delegates.
-
The biggest ten language/project communities (by numbers of active
editors [>5 edits/month]) that are not represented by any affiliate, or
have an affiliate, which is not eligible because it was recognized after
April 19, 2017, may send one delegate.
-
As per September 2017, the biggest communities without an (eligible)
affiliate representation are the Japanese, Vietnamese, Tamil, Bengali,
Slovak, Croatian, Hindi and Malay, Wikimedia Commons and Wikivoyage
communities.
-
The user groups West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (for the Bengali
community), Hindi Wikimedians User Group (for the Hindi
community), Wikimedia
Community User Group Malaysia (for the Malay community), as well as
the Commons Photographers User Group (for the Wikimedia Commons
community) and the Wikivoyage Association (for the Wikivoyage
communities) may send one delegate. For the language communities
(Japanese,
Vietnamese, Tamil, Slovak, Croatian), decision finding and making process
on who will be the one person sent to the conference, need to be made in
the public (on-wiki).
== Registration timeline ==
The registration process will start on November 24, 2018 and will end
sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018. The link will be provided on
Meta.[1]
If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the
Wikimedia Conference, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail to
wmcon(a)wikimedia.de.
Warm regards,
Daniela Gentner & Cornelius Kibelka
Wikimedia Conference team
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018
--
Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207
Video featuring Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation, in conversation with Harvard Law School Professor Yochai
Benkler:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2017/luncheon/10/Maher
The material in this video touches on many points related to the Wikimedia
movement's strategic direction, as discussed in other current threads on
this list.
On 25 April 2017 at 22:59, Jimmy Wales <jimmywales(a)wikia-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Today I announced a new initiative, outside of my Wikimedia activities,
> to combat fake news. It is important to me that I share directly with
> all of you information about this new initiative early on.
>
> The new project will use a wiki-style setup and experiment with
> bringing together professional journalists and community contributors to
> produce fact-checked, global news stories. At launch, we'll be using a
> hacked version of wordpress and we'll be evaluating whether that's the
> right tool moving forward. Wordpress has a lot to
> commend it (free software, mature platform, used by lots of newsrooms,
> active developer ecosystem) but also has some philosophy that's quite
> "top down" in a way.
> (Not many people would think in a wiki way when setting up a newsroom!)
>
> This new initiative, Wikitribune, will be a learning experience - my
> vision is one that I've had a hard time explaining... except to
> Wikimedians who tend to immediately
> get it.
>
> While I am launching this project independent from Wikipedia and the
> Wikimedia Foundation, it is my plan that this new project will work
> alongside Wikimedia in the free knowledge movement. For example, I hope
> that the numerous Wikinews/Wikinoticias/Wikinotizie/etc. communities can
> collaborate with the Wikitribune community in way that allows both to
> learn and benefit from each other. Additionally, Wikitribune will
> utilize the same Creative Commons license (CC-BY) as other free content
> projects in
> the news space - so they can take the stories written by our
> professional journalists and communities and make use of them.
>
> You can find out more information about Wikitribune at:
> https://www.wikitribune.com
>
> Thank you for your time and I'm happy to answer questions! (But I'm
> quite swamped with everything at the moment so please forgive me if I
> answer in bursts!)
>
> --Jimbo
Would anyone like to give an update, with some verifiable sources, on
what has happened to Wikitribune? Perhaps it will remain at an
indefinite "venture capital stage" with no launch date, or maybe there
been a decision to pull the plug?
I have been hunting around for publications since the announcement on
this list, and believe there has been none apart from a poorly judged
"taster" article, based on an interview with Richard Curtis, which
appeared intended to promote a forthcoming charity event aimed at
media luvvies. The "taster" had a poor reception for its bias and
errors.[1][2][3]
In the light of how huge "fake news" has become this year, it is
surprising that the team of journalists employed by Wikitribune for
over six months (fack check please?) have missed out on the
opportunity to be seen influencing press coverage of say, Trump,
Brexit, Facebook ads or even planet Niburi by providing their own fact
checks.
Links:
1. Taster article:
https://medium.com/wikitribune/wikitribune-taster-1-the-great-and-the-good-…
2. Times response to the taster:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jimmy-wales-wikitribune-s-weak-debut-rat…
3. Related announcement of launch edition, Aug 2017:
https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/wikitribune-announces-launch-editor-and-p…
Thanks,
Fae
--
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Hi all,
I’m delighted to share that a final version of the Wikimedia movement's new
strategic direction has been posted on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10422143
The drafting group[1] bravely spent several weeks reading, considering, and
(when possible) responding to the comments posted about the previous
drafts. Attempting to capture and synthesize the aspirations and opinions
of a global movement based on hundreds of offline and online conversations
is no easy task. Please join me in thanking them not only for taking on
this formidable process, but for helping develop something I believe we can
all be proud of.
I am optimistic that this strategic direction provides every individual and
entity within the Wikimedia movement something to be excited about.
Beginning on October 26, we will be asking for individual contributors and
organized groups to endorse this new strategic direction for our movement.
I encourage you to spend the intervening days discussing this direction and
determining if you and/or your group will be endorsing it. You will find
more information about the endorsement day and the process on the
direction’s meta page next week.
The endorsement concludes phase 1 of the process, and we are currently
drafting the next steps of the process. The main goal of phase 2 will be to
answer the question "How do we implement the strategic direction", which
means identifying the resources needed for execution, and the activities it
involves. A first rough overview of this phase is being developed on Meta.
Take a look! [2]
On a different note, we have completed the move into our new office space
at One Montgomery Tower![3] Once again, thank you to everyone on staff who
was involved in making the move so seamless, and to all of you for your
patience over the past couple of weeks. Later this month, once we are more
settled in, we will be sharing photos and information about our new space
on the Wikimedia Blog.
Stay tuned!
መልካም ቀን። (Amharic translation: “Have a nice day”),
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Dra…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030/Process_planning
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_headquarters
Hello everyone,
I would like to share the first edition of the New Developers Quarterly
Report <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_Developers/Quarterly/2017-10>
that the Developer Relations team has produced. This report covers metrics,
survey analysis and lessons learned from new developers focused activities
in the previous quarter (July-September 2017).
If you have questions and feedback that you would like to share with us,
please add them on the discussion
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:New_Developers/Quarterly/2017-10>
page.
To receive a notification when a new report is published, subscribe here
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Newsletter/11/subscribe>.
We plan to release a report every quarter and take action items identified
from the key findings for improving our existing methods and processes. The
next release will be in January 2018.
If you have any questions, comments, and concerns, we will be more than
happy to hear them!
Thanks,
Srishti
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Srishti Sethi
Developer Advocate
Technical Collaboration team
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SSethi_(WMF)