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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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