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[Foundation-l] Improving search in Wikipedia through quality and concept discovery
by Brian J Mingus 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

This paper (first reference) is the result of a class project I was part of almost two years ago for CSCI 5417 Information Retrieval Systems. It builds on a class project I did in CSCI 5832 Natural Language Processing and which I presented at Wikimania '07. The project was very late as we didn't send the final paper in until the day before new years. This technical report was never really announced that I recall so I thought it would be interesting to look briefly at the results. The goal of this paper was to break articles down into surface features and latent features and then use those to study the rating system being used, predict article quality and rank results in a search engine. We used the [[random forests]] classifier which allowed us to analyze the contribution of each feature to performance by looking directly at the weights that were assigned. While the surface analysis was performed on the whole english wikipedia, the latent analysis was performed on the simple english wikipedia (it is more expensive to compute). = Surface features = * Readability measures are the single best predictor of quality that I have found, as defined by the Wikipedia Editorial Team (WET). The [[Automated Readability Index]], [[Gunning Fog Index]] and [[Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level]] were the strongest predictors, followed by length of article html, number of paragraphs, [[Flesh Reading Ease]], [[Smog Grading]], number of internal links, [[Laesbarhedsindex Readability Formula]], number of words and number of references. Weakly predictive were number of to be's, number of sentences, [[Coleman-Liau Index]], number of templates, PageRank, number of external links, number of relative links. Not predictive (overall - see the end of section 2 for the per-rating score breakdown): Number of h2 or h3's, number of conjunctions, number of images*, average word length, number of h4's, number of prepositions, number of pronouns, number of interlanguage links, average syllables per word, number of nominalizations, article age (based on page id), proportion of questions, average sentence length. :* Number of images was actually by far the single strongest predictor of any class, but only for Featured articles. Because it was so good at picking out featured articles and somewhat good at picking out A and G articles the classifier was confused in so many cases that the overall contribution of this feature to classification performance is zero. :* Number of external links is strongly predictive of Featured articles. :* The B class is highly distinctive. It has a strong "signature," with high predictive value assigned to many features. The Featured class is also very distinctive. F, B and S (Stop/Stub) contain the most information. :* A is the least distinct class, not being very different from F or G. = Latent features = The algorithm used for latent analysis, which is an analysis of the occurence of words in every document with respect to the link structure of the encyclopedia ("concepts"), is [[Latent Dirichlet Allocation]]. This part of the analysis was done by CS PhD student Praful Mangalath. An example of what can be done with the result of this analysis is that you provide a word (a search query) such as "hippie". You can then look at the weight of every article for the word hippie. You can pick the article with the largest weight, and then look at its link network. You can pick out the articles that this article links to and/or which link to this article that are also weighted strongly for the word hippie, while also contributing maximally to this articles "hippieness". We tried this query in our system (LDA), Google (site:en.wikipedia.org hippie), and the Simple English Wikipedia's Lucene search engine. The breakdown of articles occuring in the top ten search results for this word for those engines is: * LDA only: [[Acid rock]], [[Aldeburgh Festival]], [[Anne Murray]], [[Carl Radle]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Phil Spector]], [[Plastic Ono Band]], [[Rock and Roll]], [[Salvador Allende]], [[Smothers brothers]], [[Stanley Kubrick]]. * Google only: [[Glam Rock]], [[South Park]]. * Simple only: [[African Americans]], [[Charles Manson]], [[Counterculture]], [[Drug use]], [[Flower Power]], [[Nuclear weapons]], [[Phish]], [[Sexual liberation]], [[Summer of Love]] * LDA & Google & Simple: [[Hippie]], [[Human Be-in]], [[Students for a democratic society]], [[Woodstock festival]] * LDA & Google: [[Psychedelic Pop]] * Google & Simple: [[Lysergic acid diethylamide]], [[Summer of Love]] ( See the paper for the articles produced for the keywords philosophy and economics ) = Discussion / Conclusion = * The results of the latent analysis are totally up to your perception. But what is interesting is that the LDA features predict the WET ratings of quality just as well as the surface level features. Both feature sets (surface and latent) both pull out all almost of the information that the rating system bears. * The rating system devised by the WET is not distinctive. You can best tell the difference between, grouped together, Featured, A and Good articles vs B articles. Featured, A and Good articles are also quite distinctive (Figure 1). Note that in this study we didn't look at Start's and Stubs, but in earlier paper we did. :* This is interesting when compared to this recent entry on the YouTube blog. "Five Stars Dominate Ratings" http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/09/five-stars-dominate-ratings.html… I think a sane, well researched (with actual subjects) rating system is well within the purview of the Usability Initiative. Helping people find and create good content is what Wikipedia is all about. Having a solid rating system allows you to reorganized the user interface, the Wikipedia namespace, and the main namespace around good content and bad content as needed. If you don't have a solid, information bearing rating system you don't know what good content really is (really bad content is easy to spot). :* My Wikimania talk was all about gathering data from people about articles and using that to train machines to automatically pick out good content. You ask people questions along dimensions that make sense to people, and give the machine access to other surface features (such as a statistical measure of readability, or length) and latent features (such as can be derived from document word occurence and encyclopedia link structure). I referenced page 262 of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to give an example of the kind of qualitative features I would ask people. It really depends on what features end up bearing information, to be tested in "the lab". Each word is an example dimension of quality: We have "*unity, vividness, authority, economy, sensitivity, clarity, emphasis, flow, suspense, brilliance, precision, proportion, depth and so on.*" You then use surface and latent features to predict these values for all articles. You can also say, when a person rates this article as high on the x scale, they also mean that it has has this much of these surface and these latent features. = References = - DeHoust, C., Mangalath, P., Mingus., B. (2008). *Improving search in Wikipedia through quality and concept discovery*. Technical Report. PDF<http://grey.colorado.edu/mediawiki/sites/mingus/images/6/68/DeHoustMangalat…> - Rassbach, L., Mingus., B, Blackford, T. (2007). *Exploring the feasibility of automatically rating online article quality*. Technical Report. PDF<http://grey.colorado.edu/mediawiki/sites/mingus/images/d/d3/RassbachPincock…>

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[Foundation-l] Fwd: 18.1831, All: Call for Participation: Wikipedia Volunteers
by GerardM 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

Hoi, I have asked and received permission to forward to you all this most excellent bit of news. The linguist list, is a most excellent resource for people interested in the field of linguistics. As I mentioned some time ago they have had a funding drive and in that funding drive they asked for a certain amount of money in a given amount of days and they would then have a project on Wikipedia to learn what needs doing to get better coverage for the field of linguistics. What you will read in this mail that the total community of linguists are asked to cooperate. I am really thrilled as it will also get us more linguists interested in what we do. My hope is that a fraction will be interested in the languages that they care for and help it become more relevant. As a member of the "language prevention committee", I love to get more knowledgeable people involved in our smaller projects. If it means that we get more requests for more projects we will really feel embarrassed with all the new projects we will have to approve because of the quality of the Incubator content and the quality of the linguistic arguments why we should approve yet another language :) NB Is this not a really clever way of raising money; give us this much in this time frame and we will then do this as a bonus... Thanks, GerardM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LINGUIST Network <linguist(a)linguistlist.org> Date: Jun 18, 2007 6:53 PM Subject: 18.1831, All: Call for Participation: Wikipedia Volunteers To: LINGUIST(a)listserv.linguistlist.org LINGUIST List: Vol-18-1831. Mon Jun 18 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875. Subject: 18.1831, All: Call for Participation: Wikipedia Volunteers Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar(a)linguistlist.org> Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry(a)linguistlist.org> Reviews: Laura Welcher, Rosetta Project <reviews(a)linguistlist.org> Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/ The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, and donations from subscribers and publishers. Editor for this issue: Ann Sawyer <sawyer(a)linguistlist.org> ================================================================ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html ===========================Directory============================== 1) Date: 18-Jun-2007 From: Hannah Morales < hannah(a)linguistlist.org > Subject: Wikipedia Volunteers -------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:49:35 From: Hannah Morales < hannah(a)linguistlist.org > Subject: Wikipedia Volunteers Dear subscribers, As you may recall, one of our Fund Drive 2007 campaigns was called the "Wikipedia Update Vote." We asked our viewers to consider earmarking their donations to organize an update project on linguistics entries in the English-language Wikipedia. You can find more background information on this at: http://linguistlist.org/donation/fund-drive2007/wikipedia/index.cfm. The speed with which we met our goal, thanks to the interest and generosity of our readers, was a sure sign that the linguistics community was enthusiastic about the idea. Now that summer is upon us, and some of you may have a bit more leisure time, we are hoping that you will be able to help us get started on the Wikipedia project. The LINGUIST List's role in this project is a purely organizational one. We will: *Help, with your input, to identify major gaps in the Wikipedia materials or pages that need improvement; *Compile a list of linguistics pages that Wikipedia editors have identified as "in need of attention from an expert on the subject" or " does not cite any references or sources," etc; *Send out periodical calls for volunteer contributors on specific topics or articles; *Provide simple instructions on how to upload your entries into Wikipedia; *Keep track of our project Wikipedians; *Keep track of revisions and new entries; *Work with Wikimedia Foundation to publicize the linguistics community's efforts. We hope you are as enthusiastic about this effort as we are. Just to help us all get started looking at Wikipedia more critically, and to easily identify an area needing improvement, we suggest that you take a look at the List of Linguists page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_linguists. M Many people are not listed there; others need to have more facts and information added. If you would like to participate in this exciting update effort, please respond by sending an email to LINGUIST Editor Hannah Morales at hannah(a)linguistlist.org, suggesting what your role might be or which linguistics entries you feel should be updated or added. Some linguists who saw our campaign on the Internet have already written us with specific suggestions, which we will share with you soon. This update project will take major time and effort on all our parts. The end result will be a much richer internet resource of information on the breadth and depth of the field of linguistics. Our efforts should also stimulate prospective students to consider studying linguistics and to educate a wider public on what we do. Please consider participating. Sincerely, Hannah Morales Editor, Wikipedia Update Project Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable ----------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-18-1831

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics
by Bill Takatoshi 25 Apr '20

25 Apr '20

>>> The people who are loudest in their demands for consensus >>> do not represent the Wikimedia movement. >> >> The voices loudest for the WMF doing something against the >> Trump administration are not representative of the Wikimedia >> movement either.... > > Is the Community Process Steering Committee currently > prepared to "engage more 'quiet' members of our community" > with a statistically robust snap survey to resolve this question? Anyone can go to Recent Changes and send a SurveyMonkey link to the most recent few hundred editors with contributions at least a year old, to get an accurate answer. Will a respected member of the community please do this? I would like to know what the actual editing community thinks of the travel ban and their idea of an appropriate response. I don't want to see community governance by opt-in participation in obscure RFCs. I would offer to do this myself, but I value keeping my real name unassociated with my enwiki userid. -Will

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Fresh data on the gender gap in content
by Asaf Bartov 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Hullo everyone. I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of articles about women out of all articles about humans*. Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a table, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap (please see the *caveat* there.) I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in those results, but I will quickly point out the following: 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story there. I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light. 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of articles about women among all biographies. 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced. Good job, Japanese Wikipedians! I wonder if you have a good sense of what drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop culture coverage.) 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced. 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to eventually have some sense of trends and changes. 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a dent in these numbers! For example, it seems I am personally responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew Wikipedia! :) 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities. Perhaps you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :) 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request. Or you can do it yourself, too. :) A. [1] https://query.wikidata.org/ [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Why We Read Wikipedia in your language
by Leila Zia 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Hi all, ==Background== In November 2016, I presented the result of a joint research that helped us understand English Wikipedia readers better. (Presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIaMuWA84bY ). I talked about how we used English, Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia readers' inputs to build a taxonomy of Wikipedia use-cases along several dimensions, capturing users’ motivations to visit Wikipedia, the depth of knowledge they are seeking, and their knowledge of the topic of interest prior to visiting Wikipedia. I also talked about the results of the study we did to quantify the prevalence of these use-cases via a large-scale user survey conducted on English Wikipedia. In that study, we also matched survey responses to the respondents’ digital traces in Wikipedia’s server logs which enabled us in discovering behavioral patterns associated with specific use-cases. You can read the full study at https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05379 . ==What do we want to do now?== There are quite a few directions this research can continue on, and the most immediate one is to understand whether the results that we observe (in English Wikipeida) is robust across languages/cultures. For this, we are going to repeat the study, but this time in more languages. Here are the languages on our list: Arabic, Dutch, English, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish (thanks to all the volunteers who have been helping us translating all survey related documents to these languages.:) ==What about your language?== If your language is not one of the six languages above and you'd like to learn about the readers of Wikipedia in it (in the specific ways described above), please get back to me by Monday, April 24, AoE. I cannot guarantee that we can run the study in your language, however, I guarantee that we will give it a good try if you're interested. The decision to include more languages will depend on: our capacity to do the analysis, the speed at which your community can help us translate the material to the language, the traffic to that language, a couple of sentences on how you'd think the result can help your community, and your willingness to help us document the results for your language at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Reader_Be… (Quite some work will need to go to have readable/usable documentations available and we are too small to be able to guarantee that on our own for many languages.) Best, Leila -- Leila Zia Senior Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation

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Copyright enforcement?
by The Cunctator 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

I've been a bit out of the loop on this for a while, so please be kind to the oldbie - what's current Wikimedia policy on adaptive reuse of Wikipedia content into non-free publications? E.g. Graphiq https://www.graphiq.com/terms-and-conditions http://colleges.startclass.com/l/1929/Harvard-University and Google https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/ https://www.google.com/search?q=harvard+university I recognize that Google gives Wikimedia a lot of money, even if the foundation isn't very transparent about that, but I'd think that doesn't free the company from following CC BY-SA.

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election
by matanya moses 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Greetings, The certified results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Results Congratulations to María Sefidari (User:Raystorm), Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), and James Heilman (User:Doc James) for receiving the most community support. Subject to a standard background check, they will be appointed by the Board at their August meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the elections committee, the Wikimedia Foundation staff advisors to the committee, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5,581 votes cast, with 5,120 of those being valid. The 461-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 34. (Some of the recast votes were also struck.) Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/20/board-of-trustees-elections-2017/ More statistics on the elections and a post-mortem from the committee will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Post_mo… The committee would like to thank everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it, again, one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee _______________________________________________ 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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Wiki Indaba - Letter to Katherine (L2K)
by Felix Nartey 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

Dear Katherine, I hope this email finds you well. As resolved from the recent Wiki Indaba 2017 in Accra, Ghana please find attached the L2K.[1] This letter consists of the feedback collected from participants on two sets of questions (explained further in the letter). The organizers of Indaba analysed this data on behalf of the African conference participants. We would also like to take the opportunity to appreciate Wikimedia Foundation support including Asaf Bartov and Kacie Harold from Community Engagement, Jack Rabah from the Global Reach Team, and Zack McCune from the Communications Team. See you soon at our next Wiki Indaba in Tunisia. Best, - Felix Nartey [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2017/Letter_to_Kather…

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April 7: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#12)
by Katherine Maher 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Hi all! I apologize that we have not had a formal update the last couple of weeks — with Wikimedia Conference, the associated Board meeting, and our regular annual planning, I dropped the ball. The good news is that — as you have probably seen and heard — a lot of discussions are taking place! This week, I’m experimenting with a different type of update: now that the conversations have launched, I will be sharing fewer bullet points about the process, and more paragraphs about the overall work that is going on around the movement. As more conversations happen, I hope future updates will continue to be substantive, sharing key themes and discussions as we see them emerge. Last week, more than 350 Wikimedia community leaders from 70 countries and many different stakeholder groups converged on Berlin, during the annual meeting of movement affiliates, the Wikimedia Conference. This year, leaders from movement affiliates were joined by an additional 200 leaders from across the Wikimedia movement to participate in a program track focused on movement strategy. In addition to participating in some in-person discussions about our shared future direction, volunteers also discussed ways to help spread this effort across their activities and groups. You may be wondering — where are the minutes from our meetings in Berlin? Great question. Unusually for our community, the Berlin strategy track was almost entirely analog, with markers and paper and sticky notes. The facilitation team is in the process of digitalizing all of these materials, from session notes to summaries and final statements. You can keep an eye (or watch) on the Sources page[1] to keep track as additional materials are posted - and jump in to respond and discuss as appropriate! The discussions in Berlin are just one of the many ways people across the movement have been able to engage in the strategy process since my last update. Approximately 50 volunteers and groups are helping coordinate discussions and several on-wiki discussions are already underway. This cycle (the first of three) will run until April 15th, so there’s still a week to share your thoughts - please do! All of these are opportunities for you to contribute your thoughts on the question, "What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?" For example, if you think we should go to deep space (after all, we've gone to the Moon[2]), tell us more! Have a quick thought you want to contribute? We want to hear it! Check out the participation page on Meta-Wiki's movement strategy portal for more information on where and how you can engage in this global conversation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10152617 As conversations continue, we are busy following along. Summaries of the on-wiki discussions are being posted on Meta-Wiki,[3] along notes from 64 recent discussions (and counting!)[1] We are thrilled to see the many different ways and places our community are finding to have this important discussion about our future. As key themes emerge across communities, I hope to share them here. About communications: recently, Nicole provided an overview of the progress and plans for Track A during our monthly activities and metrics meeting.[4] We are also working on a blog post announcing the official start of the movement strategy process. In addition to these communications, we’ll keep updating these weekly updates. We appreciate all the positive and constructive feedback we have received on these updates so far, and invite you to send us more on-wiki.[5] As we know, the more communications about what is going on, the better. Thank you for your continued engagement in this process. I have to confess that while I’ve been excited about these conversations, I wasn’t fully certain how everything would go once we launched. There is a big difference between having a lot of notes on a whiteboard, and actually starting a free-wheeling, global, multilingual community conversation with such a wide and diverse group of people. Three weeks into the launch of the first discussion, I’m genuinely humbled by what everyone is bringing to the conversation. This community is brilliant, our vision is inspiring, our challenges are great (and exciting), and we have so much opportunity ahead. I’m grateful to be able to work alongside you. Schönes Wochenende! (German translation: “Have a good weekend!”) Cheers, Katherine PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[6] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Su… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updat… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/7_… -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org

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Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center
by Maria Cruz 29 Jul '17

29 Jul '17

Hi all, As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center, and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones. This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can support them. We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it! If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete. A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub. Looking forward to more collaborations! Best, María [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/… -- María Cruz Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement

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Asian Athletics Championships Editathon 2017
by Sailesh Patnaik 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Hello everyone, Today the Odia Wikipedia community organized the Asian Athletics Championships Editathon[1] in collaboration with the Sports and Youth Services Department of the Government of Odisha. During the editathon, more than 15 articles were created or improved in both English and Odia Wikipedia. As a result of the editathon, the official website of the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships is now licensed under Creative Commons 4.0.[2] Now, Wikipedians can use the content and images of the event in different language Wikipedias. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Asian_Athletics_Championships_2017_… [2] odisha2017.games ----------- *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"

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Fundraising pilot on Facebook
by Samuel Patton 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Hi everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a project we're trying on the Foundation's fundraising team. Thanks to all the help and advice we've received from our colleagues in Communications, Legal, and Community Engagement. *I've posted this announcement as an update on Fundraising's Meta Page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/Updates>, and would be happy to answer questions and keep the discussion up there.* Over the next three weeks, the Advancement team will be conducting a small fundraising pilot on Facebook and Instagram. This will involve sponsored posts, served in English to people in the United States, that will direct users to donate to the Foundation using our own donation processing pages. Fundraising is always interested in exploring new ways to reach people who find value in Wikipedia and are interested in supporting the Foundation’s mission. Advertising across social networks is a proven and popular way for nonprofits to find new supporters and build organizational awareness, and we’re excited to dip our toes into this. Like the many tests we run for Fundraising, this pilot will involve experiments testing different imagery, copy, and calls to action. We hope to answer the question: how well does our on-Wikipedia.org messaging perform when presented on another site? It will also examine how our appeals perform across demographic and interest groups. *Where will the ads appear?* This pilot will use “sponsored posts,” which is what Facebook calls content that appears in the news feed of Facebook users. They will also appear on Instagram as “sponsored stories” that appear within the flow of photo and video posts users scroll on that network. (Instagram is a Facebook property.) They will not appear as banners, pop-ups, or display ads that appear alongside the news feed. This is a test in what is called “native” advertising, meaning it uses the same content display area that users expect from Facebook and Instagram. *How will you target your ads?* In addition to the broad parameters of language (English) and country (U.S.), we have identified a few target audiences that might respond particularly well to our appeals: educators, philanthropists, and frequent consumers of news. We will build these audiences based off self reported information about educational achievement, news readership, and philanthropic interest. I've included details on each audience below. In addition to these, we have discussed the value of comparing effectiveness across other characteristics - age, gender, etc. A large part of the value in running this experiment is to *learn* whether there are any demographic differences in how people respond to our messaging. If this experiment does give us compelling info about who is more likely to donate, that is exciting! And we'll talk as a group about what to do with that knowledge. *Can users opt out?* Of course. Users can hide individual ads if they are not of interest to them. This is also something we can measure to better understand how to not annoy or impose on social media users in future fundraising drives. *Who is working on this?* Fundraising is partnering with the social media folks in Communications to run this test. The promotion and measurement of ads is being managed by a small company called Middle Seat. *Will you keep us in the loop?* Absolutely. By July 15 we intend to share an overview of our testing so far. Stay tuned for more updates! sam ----------------------- *Possible target audiences:* *STUDENTS & EDUCATORS* *How likely to donate are current students and educators?* Age: 18 - 65+ Target: Current students above high school level and educators based on self-reported “job title” Reach: 1,000,000+ *PHILANTHROPISTS* *How likely to donate are Facebook users interested in both philanthropy and donating to charitable causes?* Age: 18 - 65+ Target: Facebook users with self-reported interests in philanthropy and donating to charity Reach: ~460,000 *NEWS READERS* *How likely to donate are Facebook users whose behavior suggests they’re daily news consumers?* Age: 18 - 65+ Target: Facebook users with interests and behavior that suggests daily news consumption Reach: ~1,000,000

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June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)
by Katherine Maher 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Hi y'all! *Summary: Cycle 2 has concluded, and we are sharing a revised plan for Cycle 3 based on your feedback.* Thank you to everyone that participated in Cycle 2![1] A quick overview of participation: - More than 50 Wikimedia groups, including: -- Art+Feminism User Group -- WikiDonne's User Group -- Wikimedia Ghana User Group -- Wikimedia Poland - More than 1,000 individual participants - Nearly 2,300 statements In addition to the weekly summaries already available on Meta-Wiki,[2] we will also be posting a final report in the coming weeks. Over the past few weeks I’ve heard from many of you with feedback, concerns, and excitement regarding the movement strategy. Thank you, truly, to everyone that has reached out to share your thoughts. They have been so helpful in understanding your perspectives and needs. Some things I’ve heard: - Curiosity around how the findings from the different tracks will come together - Request from affiliates for more time to engage more deeply in these topics - Passionate and divergent ideas from non-editors who support our vision - A desire to get as many endorsements from around the movement on the strategic direction as possible I asked the strategy team for help in responding to this feedback, so we could improve the process based on what you were telling us. After discussions with the team and community advisors, we have decided to move to a more flexible schedule, and change the timeline. This will provide more time for discussions in your own communities. We also hope you will use the time to deeply consider the research emerging from the New Voices track,[3] and incorporate it into the way you are thinking about our future. Here is the new proposed timeline: - July: Complete Cycle 3. Integrate insights from New Voices. Draft the strategic direction. - August: Share the strategic direction. Wikimania! Finalize the direction. - September: Sign on! Confirm support from around the movement. As July approaches, we will share more information about opportunities to participate in drafting the strategic direction[4] and engage with New Voices content.[3] Thank you for your patience as we worked through these improvements, and again, thank you for the feedback! *On a related note* As you have hopefully noticed, Wikimania is a part of the strategy process and it is coming up soon! (I’m so excited!) A draft program schedule has been posted[5]. The schedule includes five keynote sessions from great speakers such as Esra'a Al Shafei [6] and Evan Prodromou,[7] more than 100 community-submitted talks, and two days of hackathon and pre-conference activities. Early bird pricing for registration ends on July 10 and the deadline for booking accommodations in the hotel is June 30, so if you have not done so already - please register today![8] Bene habeas (Latin translation: “May it be well for you”) Katherine PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[9] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/Re… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Participate [5] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esra%27a_Al-Shafei [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou [8] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/23… -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org

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Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia
by Cristian Consonni 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

Hi, I have written a proposal about setting up an onion (hidden) service to serve Wikipedia over Tor: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wiki… I was thinking about this and I also discovered that the Internet Archive is experimenting with a very similar idea: www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/750-Freedom-of-Information.ht… I would like to have some feedback on this, I am also in contact with the author of the aforementioned proxy which could be able to give some help in setting it up. Thank you. Cristian

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All mails going to Spam for Live users?
by Rehman Abubakr 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Hi, All emails from Wikimedia-l started to automatically drop into my Spam folder as of a few days ago. I use an "@live.com" email address (from Microsoft Outlook). Anyone else facing this? Thanks and regards, User:Rehman<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman>

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Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan FY2017-2018
by Katherine Maher 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan is now on Meta.[1] This year we are continuing to adhere to the three strategic priorities laid out in the 2016-2018 interim strategic plan: reach, communities, and knowledge. Across the organization, we've introduced cross-departmental programs and planning, with a holistic approach to program support that draws on our community, technical, and other capacities. We feel that this new approach creates stronger and better outcomes for programs, and is also clearer as to what the Foundation is prioritizing. Some examples of these cross-departmental programs include New Readers, Structured Data, and Community Health, which have been discussed on this list and on wiki throughout the past year. Throughout the rest of the organization and department programs, we're continuing to invest in the areas we identified through the 2016-2018 interim strategic plan, as well as core work such as operational improvements, deepening diversity and inclusion, improving privacy and security, and funding the Wikimedia endowment. Thank you all for your support over the past year. Your participation in the movement strategy process launched this year is deeply appreciated, and it is remarkable to think that next year's plan will begin to incorporate the directions we design together. In the meanwhile, I'm looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during this open comment period. Yours, Katherine [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_ Plan/2017-2018/Draft -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org

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Better public reporting for WMF $1m or $2m+ projects
by Fæ 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Could an unpaid volunteer who is not a WMF employee, or contractor, or consultant, please have a go at answering my polite request for links to "monthly or quarterly financial reports" from a few days ago, below? I don't think this needs any time from employees to confirm whether published versions exist or don't exist, and I don't want to be publicly shamed for asking a question.[1] I have searched through the WMF web pages with regard to the 2017 movement strategy,[2] but have yet to find any references or evidence that there are regular reports of when or how the budgeted $2.5 million is being spent. Considering the large size of this project, and especially the significant sums of money going to consultants, I am sure everyone can appreciate there is bound to be interest from the wider community in the progress of the spend and any unplanned spend. I would expect that the strategy project has regular monthly tracked spending reports, certainly I would find it hard to believe that the WMF CEO and CFO do not require that level of tracking and reporting. If nothing is published, then that would be a jolly good thing for our movement to push for improved /public/ governance of $1m+ projects, especially those with large sums going to consultants chosen using non-open bid procedures, to deliver better transparency in line with our movement values. The cost of this improvement would be zero. There can be no doubt that summary reports already exist and there is unlikely to be any reason for secrecy that would convince the community that when spending very large sums of donated money, we can be ethically transparent and accountable, but be unable to answer these simple questions publicly. Should the WMF CEO feel that publishing monthly or quarterly reports on $1m+ projects is a pointless burden, then perhaps the CEO and WMF board could agree at what level of spend there should be better transparency, perhaps any identifiable programme spending more than $2m? Raising as a separate thread, as we have probably drifted away from Pine's original question and intent.[3] Links: 1. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-June/087910.html Statement from Greg and Anna. 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 Strategy pages on Meta. 3. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-June/087854.html Pine's question. Thanks, Fae On 27 June 2017 at 12:31, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 June 2017 at 04:33, Anna Stillwell <astillwell(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > ... >>> * How much is this timeline extension projected to cost, and from what >>> source are the funds being drawn? (Note that this doesn't assume that the >>> decision was a bad one, but I very much want to know the source of the >>> funds and how much is likely to be drawn from it.) >> >> We've got this covered, Pine. We are fiscally managing this process and all >> of our contracts well. Thank you for your concern. >> >>> * Could you also discuss what measures are being taken to control costs in >>> the strategy process? >>> >> >> We have plenty of measures in place to monitor costs (e.g., we don't need >> to control them because they are not out of control, we are within our >> budget). Also, describing financial metrics at any lower level of detail >> would be a waste of the strategy budget since we are within it. >> >> Always good to hear from you, >> /a > > Anna, > > I'd love to examine the more detailed monthly or quarterly financial > reports that demonstrate your assurance, and can be both examined and > understood by volunteers like us. Could you provide a link to them > please? No doubt the WMF wrote transparency and accountability right > into the contracts, so that being transparent and accountable is not > considered a "waste of the strategy budget" but instead is an activity > absolutely critical to its success. > > Thanks, > Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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What's making you happy this week? (Week of 25 June 2017)
by Pine W 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

I like a tool for Wikidata that Hay created which is called VizQuery. More information about it is below. What's making you happy this week? Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hay (Husky) <huskyr(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:10 PM Subject: [Wikidata] A visual way to query Wikidata To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." < wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hey everyone, i've made a tool that allows you to query Wikidata in a visual way without using SPARQL. It's called VizQuery: http://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery/ The possibilities of using Wikidata to do interesting queries are endless, and the current query service allows for very powerful queries indeed. However, i feel that for the general public, especially those who are not that technical, it might be a bit overwhelming and difficult for them to learn a complex language such as SPARQL. To make people familiar with the concept of queries i believe a somewhat less intimidating approach might be useful, hence this tool. VizQuery is only capable of doing a subset of possible queries. It's basically simple triples, variables (prefixed with '?') and literals (between "quotes"). You can do pretty powerful queries with only those things though. For example, here's a query with vegetarians who are married to a vegetarian: http://bit.ly/2sydpmW Under the hood VizQuery uses Ruben Verborgh's SPARQL.js library to convert between JSON and SPARQL, so theoretically every SPARQL query you could do in the regular query service can be done in VizQuery. However, many queries won't work because the visual interface only supports a subset of options: it's pretty hard to create user-friendly GUI representations of many of the complex SPARQL features. :) Anyway, i'd like to hear what you think. Bugs, feature request and pull requests are also welcome on my Github page: https://github.com/hay/wiki-tools Kind regards, -- Hay _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Conference 2017: Report and more learning material published
by Cornelius Kibelka 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

Dear Wikimedians, Three months ago, we welcomed many of you in Berlin to work, discuss and get inspired at the Wikimedia Conference 2017. We have now published our extensive and colorful grant report for this event, and you can read it on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Report In the meantime, the documentation of all sessions is complete. Check it out on Meta as well: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Documentation While preparing the report, we have also written three learning patterns to capture and share our experiences with other movement event organizers. 1) “Timing, Communication, Preparation: How to support your event participants in the best way to get a Schengen Visa” https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/Timing,_Communication,_Pr… 2) “Briefing calls with speakers: A simple way to improve conference sessions” https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/Briefing_calls_with_speak… 3) “The Buddy Project: Let’s make your conference more newbie friendly!” https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/The_Buddy_Project:_Let%E2…! And if you think, “wow, that’s a lot!”: David Saroyan, Visiting Wikimedian at Wikimedia Deutschland from January until April, wrote a blog post about his experience in the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/why-i-visiting-wikimedian/ We would like to thank all participants, partners, affiliates and experts who have contributed to making this such a great event, and the Wikimedia Foundation for their generous support. Thank you, Happy reading, Cornelius, Nicole, Daniela and Wenke (the WMCON team) PS: Stay tuned for our upcoming announcement of the Wikimedia Conference 2018 dates. -- 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space started in Belgium
by Romaine Wiki 01 Jul '17

01 Jul '17

Hi all, Today at 1 July the photo contest Wiki Loves Public Space started in Belgium. This year is the first year in what we have during the full Summer freedom of panorama <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama> in Belgium ( info <https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama>), which means that modern buildings and artworks in the public space can be photographed and freely be published. For years it was not possible to illustrate articles with photos of modern buildings and artworks in the public space due the limitations of the Belgian copyright law. To celebrate this freedom and to compensate the many years of not being allowed to upload photos of these Belgian subjects (and thus bare articles), we organise this photo contest. During the Summer months July and August 2017 you can participate by uploading your photos from modern buildings, public artworks, heritage monuments and memorials, present in the public space in Belgium. Also photos you made earlier are welcome! See for more information about how to participate at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Public_Space_2017_in_… This photo contest is supported by Wikimedia Belgium <https://be.wikimedia.org>. Romaine

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Wikipedia: The Text Adventure
by Johan Jönsson 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

http://kevan.org/wikitext/ Nice concept. //Johan Jönsson -- http://wikipediabloggen.se

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Recognition of the Wikipedia Library User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized the Wikipedia Library User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to combine and multiply collaboration with libraries and librarians, from edit-a-thons hosted at libraries to the Wiki Loves Libraries outreach campaign and the broader institutional and publisher outreach of the Wikipedia Library, and to serve as a forum open to all Wikimedia community members and any librarians interested in working with Wikipedia. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group

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Board approval of FDC recommendation 2016-2017- Round 2
by Dariusz Jemielniak 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Dear members of the Wikimedia community, On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, I write to confirm that the board has approved [1] the full slate of the FDC’s Round 2 2016-2017 recommendations [2] for the Annual Plan Grants. We also have taken good note of the FDC recommendations concerning the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan. In this round, 4 organizations will be receiving a total of roughly US $1,605,000. Grants are made in local currency, so the USD figure is approximate. One entity appealed to the Board about the recommendations of the FDC. The Board has carefully considered the appeal. After considering all of the information, the Board decided not to override the recommendations of the FDC, and separately responded to the appeal in more depth.[3] The Board wants to thank the Funds Dissemination Committee members and staff for the time and effort they have put into this process, as well as all members of the community who have participated in this round of review, analysis and deliberations. We appreciate that so many Wikimedians have contributed to this participatory process, and we value those efforts. Thank you to all the organizations who submitted proposals in this round, and for the work that the volunteers and staff of these organizations have put in to further our movement’s mission. Volunteers are at the heart of the Funds Dissemination Committee. We are lucky to have a committee comprised of nine dedicated community members who give a lot of their time and energy into making this funding program a reality. We thank you all for your work this year. Five of the members of the FDC have terms that have ended this year. I want to thank Itzik Edri (User:Itzike) and Michael Peel (User:Mike Peel) for their years of service to this committee and congratulate (Michał Buczyński (User:Aegis Maelstrom), Lorenzo Losa (User:Laurentius), and Liam Wyatt (User:Wittylama) for their reelection. I also welcome back Osmar Valdebenito to the FDC and welcome Katherine Bavage as a first timer on the FDC and congratulate them both for being elected. The Board is looking forward to working with you. Sincerely, Dariusz Jemielniak (“pundit”), on behalf of the WMF Board of Trustees [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_approval_of_FDC_recom… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_ro… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_reco…

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June 29: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#20)
by Katherine Maher 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

Hi all! *Summary: The summary of the Cycle 2 discussions is now online.* A summary of the Cycle 2 discussions has been posted on Meta-Wiki.[1] Please review the summaries, they’re really informative![2] In the meantime, I wanted to highlight some of the things you said during this most recent cycle: Australian Community participants said we can only create a trusted source of knowledge if we are a good community. They also discussed problems dealing with new users, and more appropriate help in starting editing.[3] Some participants in the Wikimedia Chile Strategy meetup believed that without healthy and inclusive communities, content will become “impossible and irrelevant”.[4] Marco Correa Pérez, Wikimedia Chile President, and the language liaison for the Spanish community, also spoke about this event during our monthly metrics and activities meeting earlier today.[5] Members of the Wikimedians of Korea User Group talked about improving human translation capabilities, the environment for multimedia uploading, understanding cultural diversity, and mobile editing.[6] On the French Wikipedia discussion participants think we should involve experts to improve the verifiability of content, stop “confronting” humans against machines. They believe that if we want Wikimedia to be a force in the broader knowledge ecosystem, Wikimedia must partner with institutional actors to build legitimacy.[7] We will be starting Cycle 3 in the next few days. In addition to the community and organized group discussions, we have hosted conversations with more than 150 experts and partners or potential partners. We have also been conducting research in both countries where Wikimedia is well known, and those regions where we are not. This final cycle is dedicated to considering the findings from these conversations with experts and independent research. We want to consider the challenges and opportunities that have been identified, and how we may want to evolve in response to changes in the world around us. These conversations, along the results from cycles 1 and 2, will be used by the drafting group to write the draft strategic direction, which will be available for your review in August. *On a related note* We are in the middle of a holiday week in the United States, and as a result some Foundation staff are enjoying time off with family and friends. Responses may be a bit delayed as a result. I wish everyone enjoying holidays have a safe, restful, and joyful time away! Bene habeas (Latin translation: “May it be well for you”) Katherine PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[8] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Cy… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Cy… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Cy… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Cy… [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Cy… [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/29… -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org

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Draft Wiki Ed Annual Plan 2017-18
by LiAnna Davis 30 Jun '17

30 Jun '17

(Standard apologies for the cross-post!) The Wiki Education Foundation's draft annual report for 2016–17 and draft annual plan for 2017–18 is now available on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Annual_Plan_2017-… This marks the first time that Wiki Ed staff have solicited Wikimedia community comments and questions on our draft. We're doing so this year based on conversations with members of the Simple APG Committee. As you can see in our plan, Wiki Ed intends to enter the FDC process this fall. During the review process from the Simple APG committee this spring, committee members raised concerns about a lack of opportunity for comments on Wiki Ed's draft annual plans. While we always publish our board-approved annual plan on our website, we haven't offered a draft for comments in the past. In an effort to be more transparent and respond to the Simple APG committee's feedback, I've posted the draft of the annual plan on Meta and invite comments and questions from the broader Wikimedia community on the draft talk page. Comments made prior to May 28 will be taken into account when Wiki Ed staff prepare a final version of the plan for the board to vote upon. As with all nonprofits, our board is the final decision-maker on our annual plan. LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Director of Programs; Deputy Director Wiki Education Foundation www.wikiedu.org

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