Wikimedia-l September 2017

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Call for support: soweego project
by Marco Fossati 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

[Begging pardon if you have already read this in more specific Wikimedia mailing lists] Hi everyone, You may be aware of the StrepHit project: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Va… And of the Wikidata primary sources tool: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Primary_sources_tool While the StrepHit team is building its next version, I'd like to invite you to have a look at a new project proposal. The main goal is to add a high volume of identifiers to Wikidata, ensuring live maintenance of links. Do you think that Wikidata should become the central linking hub of open knowledge? If so, I'd be really grateful if you could endorse the *soweego* project: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Hjfocs/soweego Of course, any comment is more than welcome on the discussion page. Looking forward to your valuable feedback. Best, Marco

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Thanks to our colleagues from DE, NL, SE, UK and ES
by Nadine Le Lirzin 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

We sincerely thank our colleagues from WMDE, WMNL, WMSE, WMUK and WMES. We have been very happy to receive your wishes of support and help. Actually, you already did what was the most important for us: make us feel we are part of a community. Thanks! We would be glad to accept your feedback on your own chapters experience and we will contact you soon. If some of you are considering coming to Strasbourg for the *WikiConvention francophone* of October 19-21 (https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2017/fr) it would be a great pleasure for the community to benefit from your input. At the latest, we will meet you in April in Berlin. Thanks again to you, And to all who sent us marks of sympathy, The board of Wikimédia France

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Wikimedia France short update
by Florence Devouard 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

I thought the electoral commission would forward the results but over 24h hours after the GA closed... apparently not. So very brief summary: Saturday, Wikimedia France held a full day General Assembly. The agenda was here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Assemblée_générale/septemb… Results of votes are available there : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/WMFR_AG_2017-09-09.pdf Key points * Emeric (chairman until end of June) resigned the day prior to the General Assembly * the remaining board (5 people) was constituted of Samuel (Chair), Marie-Alice (Vice Chair), FloFlo (treasurer), Edouard and Florence Raymond (not me...) * Raymond, who was an appointed board member, was confirmed by the General Assembly * the General Assembly voted by 73% the "lack of trust" in the previous board * however, the General Assembly voted to retain the remainer of the previous board despite the distrust, in order to allow transfer of information and to support the new board during the audit. * Floflo and Edouard will finish their term in 6 weeks (may resign earlier). Samuel and Marie-Alice indicated they would resign at the earliest convenience, only staying to help the transition and the audit * 6 new people were elected on the board. 4 for slightly more than a year, 2 for a duration of 6 weeks. All of those are experienced members, including former board members and former president (I suppose presentations will follow next week) * the chapter mailing list is reopened * the members whose new memberships or renewal had been rejected will be invited to re-apply * the prior vote passed in July to expell members will be cancelled * the GA also voted to support the adoption of a non-discrimination policy, for a complete revamping of the conflict of interest committee, and for a financial audit to be done. Sides notes Next General Assembly will take place around 20th of October and will be the opportunity to elect new board members to fill the remaining seats. Except for the appointed board member, it is likely the board will be entirely renewed in the next few weeks (compared to this last summer one). Also, WMF published two documents to guide the next few months WMFr site visit report - septembre 2017 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMFr_site_visit_report_-_septembre_2017 Grant expectations for Wikimedia France - 2017-2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_Wikimedia_France_-_2… I wish the best to the new board. They have a lot of work to do to rebuild the complete mess left by the previous management. Please, help them as much as you can. Florence

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Wikimedia Foundation Office Move
by Jaime Villagomez 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hello, The Wikimedia Foundation’s lease at 149 New Montgomery is expiring this month. We announced our intention to move the Foundation to a new office space in our published 2017-18 Annual Plan and are now pleased to pass along some exciting news and important updates about our relocation to the One Montgomery Tower in San Francisco, California.[1] This new location is only a few blocks from our current office. The building is a gold LEED Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building,[2] allowing us to reduce our environmental footprint. We will all be on the same floor supporting our office space priorities for collaboration and reducing our square footage making the move cost neutral. Our 149 New Montgomery office will be closed for two weeks (September 18 - September 30) to finalize the move to this new space. During that time, The San Francisco staff will be working remotely. The move team has spent the last several months preparing and implementing a smooth transition with minimal disruption to our work and responsibilities. We will reopen in the new office space on October 2. We have posted more information on Meta-Wiki about this new space and the final move timeline: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_headquarters Please allow me this opportunity to extend a special thank you to the members of the Wikimedia Foundation staff, and particularly the Finance and Facilities teams, who provided input during this process. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Montgomery_Tower [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design… Saludos, Jaime Jaime Villagomez *Chief Financial Officer * *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628 <415.839.6885%20%C2%A0ext%206628>* *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.Donate. <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*

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WMF position on SESTA/ Sec 230?
by David Gerard 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/stop-sesta-congress-doesnt-understand… What's our position/analysis on this? - d.

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Identified users
by John Erling Blad 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

In some cases it would be a lot easier and/or better if it was possible to identify and not just authenticate an user. This could include such things as turning on real name for identified users, or limiting elevated rights to them, thereby avoiding renomination of banned users. In a lot of countries it is now possible to get access to systems with highly trustworthy identification. This is at least possible in several European countries, and I bet it will be quite common in the coming years. If some users are identified and some not, what would be the pros and cons? I guess the difference should be visible somehow, but would it be necessary to show who is identified everywhere? It could perhaps be interesting to show the persons real names, but that would not be necessary? I can't see that identification at the system should imply public disclosure of the same information. Some pros; - reclaiming user accounts would be somewhat easier - real names could be used (no impersonation) - user verification of various public departments - proofs of identity for copyright claims Some cons; - non-identified users might feel they are second rate citizens - easier to stalk users with real names ((trans)gender problem?)

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Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!
by Anna Torres 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Dear all, Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen. The new Board was define as follows: * President: Ivana Lysholm * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni * Secretary: Mariano Pérez * Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena * Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti * Deputy Treasurer: Patricio Molina * Board members: Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge Abreu * Deputy Board members: Beatrice Murch, Leandro Kibisz We especially want to congratulate Ivana Lysholm, who takes over her role as President of the association. We also want to thank the work of Galileo Vidoni during the last 5 years as president. During his administration we have grown significantly as an organization; we have tripled the number of activities and staff, and fostered our reach and presence nationally and internationally. We hope that you join in the congratulations and that more than ever, we continue to build a solid, sustainable and diverse organization in Argentina! Hugs, -- Anna Torres Adell Directora Ejecutiva *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*

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Content Translation office hour and online meeting on September 20, 2017 (Wednesday) at 1300 UTC
by Runa Bhattacharjee 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

[x-posted announcement] Hello, Wikimedia Foundation’s development team working on Content Translation - the tool that helps you create new Wikipedia articles by translating from another article, would like to invite you for an online office hour session scheduled for Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 at 13:00 UTC. This will be an open session to talk about recent changes to Content Translation and ongoing development. You can know more about Content Translation on the project page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation> or even watch a short video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3btQ5fpn4sA>. We have discussed Content Translation in the past as part of the office hours hosted by WMF Language team. The last was in June and you can watch the recording at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Euhu4Q7HF4 . This session is going to be an online discussion over Google Hangouts/Youtube with a simultaneous IRC conversation. Due to the limitation of Google Hangouts, only a limited number of participation slots are available. Hence, do please let us know in advance if you would like to join in the Hangout. The IRC channel will be open for interactions during the session. Please read below for the event details, including local time, youtube session links and do let us know if you have any questions. Thank you Runa == Details == # Event: Content Translation office hour session # When: September 20th, 2017 (Wednesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170920T1300) # Where:On IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD-BKoSj-oY # Agenda: Recent updates about Content Translation, and Q & A. -- Engineering Manager, Global Collaboration (Contributors) Wikimedia Foundation

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September 26 deadline for new Project Grant proposals
by Marti Johnson 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

The open call for the Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program is currently underway. There is still time to submit a proposal, with a final deadline of September 26 for all submissions. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other support for community-building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal: * Tutorials for writing a strong application: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial> * General planning page for Project Grants: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Plan> * Program guidelines and criteria: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Learn> Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us at <projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org> if you would like feedback or more information. We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by September 26! < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply> Please feel free to get in touch with me (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with your project! Warm regards, Marti *Marti JohnsonProgram Officer* *Individual Grants* *Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* +1 415-839-6885 Skype: Mjohnson_WMF Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>

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[Outreachy Round 15] Applications are now open
by Srishti Sethi 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Hello all, Applications for the Outreachy December 2017 to March 2018 internships are now open. If you are interested in participating, learn application process steps and ideas for Wikimedia projects here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_15 Help us spread the word among your friends <https://twitter.com/mediawiki/status/908648125979549696> about Wikimedia’s participation in Outreachy Round 15. If you are interested in learning in-depth about GSoC 2017 and Outreachy Round 14 projects <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/06/gsoc-outreachy-wikimedia-2017/>, attend the showcase on September 21st, at 17:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GSoC+2017+and+Out…> via YouTube live (link to view the broadcast <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjMelgjYKFo>). Cheers, Srishti -- Srishti Sethi Developer Advocate Technical Collaboration team Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SSethi_(WMF)

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