Wikimedia-l October 2019

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Was macht dich diese Woche glücklich? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 13 October 2019)
by Lucas Werkmeister 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Hello, this week’s email is coming from a new sender, since Pine always says we’re also allowed to start the thread :) I am thankful that the software migration from HHVM to PHP7 in production is mostly completed. Many people participated in this work, but some especially prominent (Phabricator) names seem to be Jdforrester-WMF, Krinkle, jijiki, Joe, and Reedy – apologies to the people that I inevitably missed. This migration also unlocks many code style improvements that were previously blocked on HHVM compatibility requirements, and Daimona has been very active here, modernizing code and configuration across lots of source code repositories: thank you! The Commons Picture of the Day for 15 October 2019 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erftstadt_10-2017_img07_Schloss_Gra…> was taken in Germany. The English description is "Gracht castle in Erftstadt, Rhein-Erft-Kreis (Germany)"; there are no other descriptions or captions yet. The photo was taken by User:A.Savin <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:A.Savin>. Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week. Lucas ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister ) PS: Did you know? In Germany, the week starts on Monday, not Sunday! I kept the email subject aligned to Sunday, though, in case referring to the “week of 14 October” would confuse anybody :)

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Greener travel and the ethics of carbon offset for Wikimedia community events
by Fæ 14 Oct '19

14 Oct '19

In the discussion about the report from the WMF relating to sustainability, mention was made of the potential use of carbon offset. As part of planning a conference for next year, we could ask or require participants to factor in payments for carbon offset. With no experience in examining carbon offset projects, we are cautious about making any policy to do this, in particular it would be a bad blunder if we start paying in to a carbon offset project that turns out to be a bad or controversial choice later on. Has the WMF or Affiliates made any prior choices for carbon offset projects, or could the community work out which of the many projects might be the most ethically responsible and well governed to choose from? An a bonus to tack on, we have used phrases like ''encouraging greener travel options'', which one might interpret as doing things like preferring train travel rather than using flights within the same country. However if, say, a participant can fly within the country at half the cost and get to an event in a couple of hours rather than spending several times longer travelling, is it a reasonable/ethical approach to just fly for convenience and buy some carbon offset "points" (and so flying may well still be significantly cheaper than going by train). Thanks, Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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Що робить вас щасливими цього тижня? / What’s making you happy this week? (Week of 6 October 2019)
by Pine W 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Hello, This week's email is late and short, for which I apologize. I have a collection of information to share but I am trying to catch up on a backlog of email and today is already so late in the week that I decided to send a short email. I thank WMF Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (specifically <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Marostegui/>MArostegui <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Marostegui/>, Samwilson <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Samwilson/>, and Joe <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Joe/>) for timely engagement with a problem that some users encountered in September. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232698. Also see https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-October/092638.html for the "Wikimedia Production Excellence" newsletter for August 2019. The Commons Picture of the Day for 11 October 2019 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desenka_meadow_2016_G1.jpg> was taken in Ukraine. The description is "Meadow at dawn near Desenka railway halt. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, Vinnytsia Raion." The photo was taken by User:George Chernilevsky <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:George_Chernilevsky>. Also, I would like to thank User:Ата <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0> for making rapid translations into Ukranian on the few occasions that I have requested them, including the Ukranian translation for this email's subject line. Ата appears to be a frequent translator. Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Ombuds Commission now accepting nominations for 2020
by Karen Brown 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Hello all, Please accept my apologies if you are receiving this a number of times today. We have sent it out to multiple mailing lists in order to reach as many community members as possible. Please feel free to forward this to any other community mailing lists you believe are relevant. It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman Commission (OC). This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser and Oversight tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Volunteers serving in this role should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy[1] and the privacy policy[2]). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. If you are interested in serving on this commission, please write me ( kbrown(a)wikimedia.org) an email off-list to detail your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission typically consists of ten members; all applications are appreciated and will be carefully considered. The deadline for applications is the end of day on 31 December, 2019. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be qualified and interested. Thank you! -Karen Brown On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety team 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy 2. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy -- Karen Brown Trust & Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation kbrown(a)wikimedia.org

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Best practices for awarding scholarships
by Fæ 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Plans for a Wikimedia LGBT+ conference and workshops in 2020 are moving forward. We would very much like to learn and borrow successful experiences from other conferences. This conference is expected to be relatively modest in size, around 50 attendees, and is to be hosted in Linz, Austria. We are planning on opening up applications for scholarships very soon, to allow several months for early booking of travel tickets and visa applications where needed. Naturally this means we have to create a process for assessing applications to a hopefully short and non-subjective checklist (we are all volunteers after all!). Can anyone recommend documented good practices for assessing applications for travel grants and expenses for similar sized events? Some issues we have discussed that need to be addressed before finalizing our policies are: * Creating a fair assessment process that balances the diversity of attendees against other metrics like on-project experience, for example ensuring that we have a healthy gender balance and a wide geographic representation * Whether it may be better to prefer the simplicity of assessing for full scholarships, or whether partial payments are a good way of ensuring wider access * How to draw up rules for travel and partial scholarships for folks planning on making this part of a holiday, as often happens for those travelling long distances * When to recommend that specific Wikimedia Affiliates should provide grants and expenses, which may have additional requirements for applications and reporting * How to build in incentives for greener travel options, even where this may not be the cheapest option You can read the conference proposal at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Kawayashu/Queering_Wikipe… and everyone is welcome to provide suggestions and feedback on the discussion page there, if on-wiki editing works better for you than email. :-) Thanks Fae -- Wikimedia LGBT+ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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Wikimania 2020 will be on August 5-9. Bangkok, Thailand.
by Roman Bustria Jr. 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Dear Wikimedians, I am delighted to announce that Wikimania 2020 will happen from 5-9 August, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. We will announce other details in the upcoming weeks. For now, you may start planning your Asian tour iterinary. You may consider doing a side trip in other ESEAP countries like Myanmar, Cambodia, Japan (Olympic Games), Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and many others. Kind regards, Butch Bustria Wikimedia ESEAP

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: September 2019
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

*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 IX, Volume IX – September 2019* ------------------------------ Colombia report: The GLAM team from Wikimedia Colombia in OpenConLatAm http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Finland report: Photographs and events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> France report: European Heritage Days http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Indonesia report: Image donation by Indonesian Air Force http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Italy report: Wikimedia Italia Summer School http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Sweden report: Open cultural heritage; More libraries in Africa on Wikidata; Global MIL Week 2019 Feature Conference; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Wiki Loves Monuments http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> UK report: Oxford, Khalili Collections and Endangered Archives http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> USA report: Hispanic Heritage and Disability Awareness Month http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Special story: Help the Movement Learn about Content Campaigns & Supporting newcomers in Wikidata training courses! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Wikidata report: Tie a knot in your handkerchief http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> WMF GLAM report: GLAM Manager Role Announced! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> Calendar: October's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents/… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Contents…> ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About> Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Single <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2019/Single> Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM <https://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM> Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom> -- Romaine For 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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Recognition of the North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to develop content related to the history and cultural heritage of North-West Russia on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in multiple languages. 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/North-West_Russia_Wiki-Historians_User_Group

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Statement of Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong regarding possible internet censorship in Hong Kong
by William Chan 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Dear all, Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong has released the following statement in response to the effect to the local community from the use of Emergency Regulations Ordinance within the city: *** Free speech, expression and access to uncensored web services are some of the fundamental requirements for anyone living in Hong Kong to access Wikipedia and its sister projects, which is also a protected right under the Basic Law of Hong Kong. Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong is in dire concern regarding recent moves by the government. The usage of such ordinance can bring negative effects to the local community and members of the public who want to access Wikipedia: 1. Usage of the ordinance can restrict the organization of offline meetups in Hong Kong 2. Usage of the ordinance can also restrict access to Wikipedia and its sister projects Such worries are not fabricated, as a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong expressed such possibility of removing internet access within Hong Kong through enacting relevant provisions. We hope all members of the public, especially the police, the government itself, protesters, etc. to remain calm and not to initiate violence. We also continue our stance to conference participants and organizers not to use Hong Kong as a transit point for going to/from events. *** William Chan (User:1233) Board Member, Education Programme Coordinator Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [LGBT] Best practices for awarding scholarships
by Fæ 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

The Wikidata profiles is a bit of a tangent, here's another nudge that the thread is really about best practices for managing scholarships for volunteers. Now indulging the tangent myself :-), care will be taken for all attendees for this planned LGBT+ conference to feel safe and welcome by participating. Though some participants may have public profiles and be published, most will not, and it's likely that even some with profiles will prefer to take part without it being an issue. The conference will be transparently governed and the outcomes will be public and of public benefit, but there are jolly good reasons not to have participants feeling that they are being live streamed and any video frame might be used out of context in trollish commentary about them or to out them. We regularly, and have recently seen, minority groups targeted with harassment, threats, abuse and other unwelcoming hounding just for being visible participants on related Wikipedia topics. It's the reality of our public space and there is no easy fix for it, but we can be honest about it, and do more to act on it in a timely way. Thanks, Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 09:53, Matej Grochal <ggrosi48(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all > > interesting idea with Wikidata. However, especially in the LGBT+ > community there might be a disharmony in what is online and what is > offline. Would we require people to out themselves? What about > countries where it is safer to assume an identity? > > Matej

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