Wikimedia-l May 2018

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an observation on economic biases in Wikipedia
by James Salsman 12 May '18

12 May '18

The more I survey different language wikipedias, the more I am convinced an effort at the chapters level is needed to address this problem: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/2018-April/006256.html It occurred to me that this Max Roser video might help: A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvskMHn0sqQ I hope in particular that objectivists and former objectivists would share their thoughts on it. Best regards, Jim

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Looking for an Animation artist for Wikipedia Video
by Rupika Sharma 11 May '18

11 May '18

Hi everyone, Does anyone knows an amazing animation artist? We are hiring someone for a one-time project for animation video for Punjabi Wikipedia. Although, our budget is small and the video duration will be around 90 seconds, please let me know if anyone knows someone who might be right fit for the project. Warm Regards Rupika Sharma

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How to deal with spam subscription to mailing list
by Isaac Olatunde 11 May '18

11 May '18

Hi all, We have been receiving tens of subscription to our mailing list ( wikimedia-ng(a)lists.wikimedia.org) from aol.com addresses. Today alone we have received over 30 subscription from that domain addresses and we find this very problematic. I'll need the help of a more experienced list administrators in dealing with this. Thank you, Isaac

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Recognition of the Wikitongues User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 11 May '18

11 May '18

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikitongues User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group is working to promote and preserve linguistic diversity worldwide, and aims to increase the scope of language content across the Wikimedia projects and to expand their overall linguistic diversity. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/ Resolutions/Recognition_Wikitongues_User_Group [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitongues

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Recognition of the Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs
by Kirill Lokshin 11 May '18

11 May '18

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to identify and correct gaps in knowledge representation, and to increase the number of editors who belong to minorities, underrepresented groups, and other social groups who have not had access to information technologies in Spain. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiesfera

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: April 2018
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 May '18

10 May '18

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue IV, Volume VIII – April 2018* ------------------------------ Australia report: HerStory in Alice Springs and Australasian Open Access Strategy http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Aust… Belgium report: Everybody WIKI http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Belg… Brazil report: Labs to introduce Wikidata and its potentialities in Brazil http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Braz… Catalan areas report: Event: Role of Wikimedia in the era of Open Science http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Cata… France report: City of Grenoble http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Fran… Italy report: Libraries in the spotlight http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Ital… Macedonia report: Macedonian Wikiexpeditions exhibition and workshops with Wiki Clubs members http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Mace… Netherlands report: 325,000 images from Dutch photo archives uploaded by Mr.Nostalgic http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Neth… Philippines report: First Wikipedian in Residence in the Philippines http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Phil… Portugal report: Partnerships, GLAMs & Art+feminism http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Port… Serbia report: Strong support from the Ministry of culture and information of Republic of Serbia: Financing the three WIR programs and realizing GLAM seminars http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Serb… Sweden report: National museum of world Culture; Sounds and pronunciations; Nordic Museum http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Swed… Tunisia report: Upload Book http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Tuni… UK report: National Library of Wales and Oxford University http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/UK_r… USA report: April showers http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/USA_… Wikidata report: April Love http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Wiki… WMF GLAM report: Wikipedians in Residence and Travel http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/WMF_… Calendar: May's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Contents/Even… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2018/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter _______________________________________________ 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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Was macht dich diese Woche glücklich? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 15 April 2018)
by Pine W 09 May '18

09 May '18

*Conference* The 2018 Wikimedia Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018> starts this week in Germany. The core conference will occur from the 20th through the 22nd. *WMF Research Showcase* On Wednesday, the WMF Research Showcase <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#April_2018> will include presentations on two subjects that I think will interest a number of Wikipedians: 1. "The Critical Relationship of Volunteer Created Wikipedia Content to Large-Scale Online Communities" 2. "The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System, a Closer Look" *Photography* As often happens, Wikimedia Commons contributors have selected some great pictures of the day for this month <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Potd/2018-04>. Here are a few examples: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_lynx_-_05.jpg 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mezquita_de_Agha_Bozorg,_Kashan,_Ir… 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soyuz_TMA-13_Edit.jpg 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rho_Ophiucus_Widefield.jpg 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indosylvirana_urbis-Kadavoor-2017-0… 6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Zafra,_Campillo_de_Due%… 7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrus_front_over_Austnesfjorden,_A… 8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChlingsallee_Tulpenbl%C3%BCt… What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Board of Trustees March 2018 meeting minutes
by Charles M. Roslof 07 May '18

07 May '18

Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved and published minutes from its meeting on March 27, 2018: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2018-03-27 Best, Charles M. Roslof Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation croslof(a)wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. _______________________________________________ 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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Research Showcase May 8, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)
by Sarah R 07 May '18

07 May '18

Hi Everyone, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT), 18:30 (UTC). (Please note this meeting is on Tuesday this month). YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cHxlGgEt4 As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research showcases here. <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#Upcoming_Showcase> Case studies in the appropriation of ORESBy *Aaron Halfaker*ORES is an open, transparent, and auditable machine prediction platform for Wikipedians to help them do their work. It's currently used in 33 different Wikimedia projects to measure the quality of content, detect vandalism, recommend changes to articles, and to identify good faith newcomers. The primary way that Wikipedians use ORES' predictions is through the tools developed by volunteers. These javascript gadgets, MediaWiki extensions, and web-based tools make up a complex ecosystem of Wikipedian processes -- encoded into software. In this presentation, Aaron will walk through a three key tools that Wikipedians have developed that make use of ORES, and he'll discuss how these novel process support technologies and the discussions around them have prompted Wikipedians to reflect on their work processes. Exploring Wikimedia Donation PatternsBy *Gary Hsieh*Every year, Wikimedia Foundation relies on fundraising campaigns to help maintain the services it provides to millions of people worldwide. However, despite a large number of individuals who donate through these campaigns, these donors represent only a small percentage of Wikimedia users. In this work, we seek to advance our understanding of donors and their donation behaviors. Our findings offer insights to improve fundraising campaigns and to limit the burden of these campaigns on Wikipedia visitors. Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Technology, Wikimedia Foundation

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Apa yang membuat anda gembira minggu ini? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 6 May 2018)
by Pine W 06 May '18

06 May '18

I was happy to read about the new features in the latest release of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. My understanding is the app is developed and maintained by community members with funding from WMF and GSoC in addition to volunteer time. Also, I was happy to see GSoC participants introducing themselves and their projects on Wikitech-l. I am grateful to the WMF staff who are listening and responding civilly to the questions and comments on MediaWiki regarding the page previews feature. The project plan appears to have been designed thoughtfully. Finally, I liked reading portions of English Wikipedia's article about CubeSats. What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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