The Wikimedia Foundation security team is implementing a new password
policy and requirements. [0] You can learn more about the project on
MediaWiki.org. [1]
These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged
accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a
minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted
to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in
length.
These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you
think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let
us know on the talk page. [2]
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Password_policy
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Security_Team/Password_strengtheni…
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Security_Team/Password_streng…
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
This mailing list is usually positive, but we need to talk about
something rotten. I was linked to this Meta RfC by my Russian colleague:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Administrator_abuse_on…
The author and commentators, with notable evidence, allege that admins
and editors on Croatian Wikipedia are biased in favour of far-right
denialist talking points, especially in regards to World War II, and use
their rights to continue this type of deal. From my further readings,
the problems in Croatian Wikipedia exist for a long time with the same
participating actors. This RfC exists for 2 years already without any
signs of notice from the WMF or Meta stewards, all while nothing is
changing and the local press is continuing to report about this (maybe
authors should get American coverage to get any support, though). What
exactly is the course of action on this and what has already been done
in regards to this by Meta stewards or WMF?
Editors have tried to sound their alarms via different means:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=857974834#2013_controversy_about_right-wing…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_231#On_the_stat…
Support of extremist viewpoints should be the most pressing issue for
Wikimedians, as we must recognise that our articles have consequences,
and unabashed defence of Nazis in Wikipedia in one of the official
languages of the EU is a big deal. I personally had to organise with
others before to remove genuine jihadist view points from being reported
as facts in one of Wikipedias (successfully), in the last year I also
had to report to one steward that admin in one Wikipedia was deleting
all (seemingly not bad) content in regards to LGBT without any
explanation (unsuccessfully).
Every time significant institutional bias towards non-neutral and
harmful view points goes unnoticed, we poison our readers, especially
students, and discourage other people from constructive contribution in
our projects. Perhaps, on the larger point, it is good to talk about
some kind of committee akin to CoCC that would safely enforce the
founding principles of our projects, if these issues go unnoticed so much.
I hope that something will be done with this eventually.
Oleg
Dear Wikimedians,
If you wish to be part of the Wikimedia Summit 2019 [1] and you have
not yet registered, please be reminded that registration closes on
Monday, December 17, 2018. You can sign up using the link below [2].
== Eligibility criteria ==
Please have the eligibility criteria [3] for participating in the
Wikimedia Summit in mind and make sure that your affiliate is marked
as ready to register before filling out the registration form.
Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs
of recent activity, be up-to-date on their reporting [4] and need to
have have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation
before January 1, 2018 in order to attend the Wikimedia Summit.
It’s all set and you have been selected to represent your affiliate?
Then please proceed with submitting the registration form [5].
== Office Hour ==
We already had two office hours some time ago where people asked
specific questions on the Wikimedia Summit, like visa procedures,
eligibility criteria, program design, etc.
We would be happy to organize another office hour, but we are a bit
unsure, if there’s interest to enjoy another one. So please answer
(briefly) directly to wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de if you are interested in
another office hour that could take place before December 20.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Cornelius & Michelle
For the Wikimedia Summit Organizing Team
Wikimedia Deutschland
wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Registration_Informat…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Eligibility_Criteria
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Registration_Informat…
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From: <emily(a)mysociety.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 16:37
Subject: [mySociety-community] New Wikiproject Proposal/Wikidata
post-election updating toolkit
To: mysociety-community <mysociety-community(a)mysociety.org>
Hello everyone —
We at mySociety have posted a new Wikiproject proposal for a 2019 project
grant:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikidata_post-election_updat….
We need your feedback and comments on the project.
What we’ve done — and what we want to do
Wikidata now has up-to-date and consistent data on political position
holders in current national legislatures for at least 39 countries
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/mySociety/EveryPolitician/Fi…>
(and work in progress for over 60 countries), thanks to work by volunteer
community members on the Wikiproject every politician. mySociety worked as
part of this project with a Wikimedia Foundation grant in 2017-18.
There is now a real possibility for Wikidata to become the definitive
source of data about democracies worldwide — but only if that data can be
maintained sustainably. A significant risk is that elections and other
major political changes quickly render data on political position holders
and legislatures in Wikidata out-of-date.
We’re proposing a Wikidata post-election updating toolkit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikidata_post-election_updat…>
project, which aims to ensure that data on elected representatives is
substantially correct and complete within a month following an election,
leading to improved quality and consistency of data in Wikidata over time.
We’ll work as part of the Wikidata community to create and signpost tools
and pathways that help contributors to quickly, easily and consistently
update data following an election or other political change.
How community members can get involved in the project
If you’re already active around data relevant to political position
holders, legislatures, or elections in Wikidata, we’d like your feedback
and help to test the new tools and guidance and ensure that they are
consistent with the emerging consensus around modelling these types of data.
In particular, if you live in a country or major region that has an
upcoming election, please talk to us about piloting the tools! We’d like
for you to test the project tools and guidance to update data following
your country’s election, and to give us feedback on the value and
appropriateness of the approach in your context and political system.
In general, we’re keen to encourage discussion and evaluation of Wikidata
as a source of current position holder data.
Please review our proposal
If you’re interested in this, and are active on Wiki projects, please have
a look and review our proposal here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikidata_post-election_updat…
Thanks!
~Emily
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Delivery Manager
mySociety
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Hello everyone,
The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place on Thursday, December 6th, 2018 at 19:00 UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIAaeTJmJ. We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
During the November/December 2018 meeting, we will have end of year lighting talks from staff and community members to update us on various Wikimedia projects and initiatives.
Meeting agenda:
• Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes
• Lightning talks - 2-5 minutes each
• Questions and discussion - 5 minutes
• Wikilove - 5 minutes
Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about the meeting and how to participate:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings
The January 2019 monthly activities meetings will will take place on Thursday, January 31st, 2019, starting at 19:00 UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). If you would like to sign up to participate, please visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings/Sign_…
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Gregory Varnum
Communications Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Pronouns: He/Him/His
Dear fellow Wikimedians,
At our general assembly in Berlin this weekend, the members of Wikimedia
Deutschland elected a new supervisory board.
The new board consists of seven members:
* Lukas Mezger (re-elected, new chair)
* Daniel Reisener (treasurer)
* Sabria David (re-elected)
* Kilian Kluge
* Peter Dewald (had previously been co-opted to the board)
* Marcus Cyron
* Harald Krichel (re-elected)
The board convened for its first meeting on Sunday and named Sabria David
and Harald Krichel as deputy chairs. Daniel Reisener, Kilian Kluge
(User:Cirdan), and Marcus Cyron are new to the board, so please join me in
welcoming them.
I would like to wholeheartedly thank our former board members Kurt Jansson,
Sebastian Moleski, Johanna Niesyto, and Gabriele Theren for the great work
and their commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland in the past years. I
especially want to extend my thanks to Tim Moritz Hector, who has chaired
the board for the past five years.
At the general assembly, we also decided to have only one instead of two
formal assemblies per year, and amended our rules concerning membership
fees. Additionally, the members approved the annual plan for 2019 as well
as our first multi-year strategy, and we had an open debate on how
Wikimedia Deutschland should interact with democratically-elected parties
that do not align with our strategic goals. Lena Stammler (re-elected),
Daniel Baur (re-elected), and Peter Neitzel were elected as auditors.
The board will re-convene in January to set goals for our 18-month term
(shortened because of the bylaws change) and I am very much looking forward
to working together with the new team.
Kind regards,
Lukas
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Hello Everyone,
The Independent Auditors’ Report of the Wikimedia Foundation for the fiscal
year ending 30 June 2018 is now available at:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/
We have also posted on Meta-Wiki answers to frequently asked questions
(“FAQ”) about the Independent Auditors’ Report:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_reports/Financial/Audi…
The external audit is conducted annually by an independent third-party
audit firm (KPMG) as a part of our financial oversight, and provides an
overview of basic information about the organization's financial position
and its financial activities. This Independent Auditors’ Report has been
approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee -- a board
subcommittee -- and presented to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
for their review.
Saludos,
Jaime
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