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WikiConference North America live stream
by phoebe ayers 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Dear all, We are looking forward to WikiConference North America here at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts this weekend! We will be welcoming around 250 people over the four-day weekend, with a museum and cultural institution culture crawl on Friday, conference sessions on Saturday and Sunday, and discussion/hackathon focused on reliability and credibility on Monday. For those who can't be here with us in person, we have a live stream planned of three of our session rooms on Saturday and Sunday. To access the stream, go here: http://web.mit.edu/webcast/wiki/f19/ We are looking forward to sharing as much of the conference as we can with you all! To find out what is when, the schedule is here (all times eastern time): https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Schedule We have a packed schedule with sessions about education, research, outreach, and more, as well as a special focus/track in our main auditorium on credibility and reliability in the news and media, which our partners at the Credibility Coalition are assisting with. As we think about the future of Wikipedia as a reliable source in a world where social media platforms and media networks are struggling with issues of misinformation and credibility, we hope that this program will be both timely and helpful. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope you are able to tune in online. Phoebe, for WCNA -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *

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2020 Community Wishlist Survey: Now Accepting Votes
by Ilana Fried 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

The 2020 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting votes! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. From now until 2 December, you can vote for which proposals you want us to address. We'll accept the top 5 wishes into our plans for next year.How to vote: Use the "Support" button at the top of each proposal. You can vote for as many proposals as you like. You're also allowed to canvas and encourage other editors to vote for a particular proposal.If you have questions about the survey, you can check out the survey page. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your votes!Links: • Survey Page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020 • Voting Rules: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020#voting • Proposals (click on a proposal to cast your vote): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020/Tracking

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Books & Bytes – Issue 36, September – October 2019
by UY Scuti 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

*Books & Bytes – Issue 36, September – October 2019* Highlights: - #1Lib1Ref January 2020 - #1Lib1Ref 2019 stories and learnings *F*rench* version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!* Read the full newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/September-… For more updates, follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikilibrary>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheWikiLibrary/> and join the Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/> The Wikipedia Library Team http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library Books & Bytes is a bi-monthly newsletter of The Wikipedia Library, focusing on recent, ongoing and upcoming activities and events in TWL and relevant topic areas. Read our previous newsletters here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter> and subscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Sign_up>!

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Wiki Techstorm 2019: live on YouTube
by Ciell Wikipedia 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hi everyone, Last year the gender gap working group of Wikimedia Netherlands organized the Women Tech Storm (May 2018) and the first Wiki Techstorm (October 2018). The Techstorm is a very diverse conference, open and inviting to everyone. Our main aim is increasing diversity within the broader Wikimedia movement, as well as decreasing the gender gap by emphasising on the participation of women and non-binairy people to the event. The Techstorm offers workshops and guidance for people with beginning or intermediate experience in coding and/or Wikimedia skills, and has a high mentor-student ratio. This Friday and Saturday the 22nd and 23rd of November, we come together in Amsterdam for the Wiki Techstorm 2019. For this years event, we approached our cultural partners, and have added an extra layer. By working together with our friends from GLAM institutions all over the Netherlands, we have collected media and data that will be shared through Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata this upcoming weekend. This means our participants get hands on experience on how to process specific tasks, and the institutions get a better idea of what can be done with their input (collections), what they can ask of us, and how to get the best results. There will be 11 workshops, on various fields of developments within Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. We also invited a few of our expert developers from the Netherlands, to help us develop and renew apps and tools. Curious about the event? Or would you like to know the basics of Wikidata or Commons, al the newest on structured data, how to create a map using Wikidata, or how to scrape a website? Please join us through our live streams on the Wikimedia Nederland YouTube channel. Go to our live stream overview <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Techstorm#Live_streams> on Mediawiki for the link per session. More information about this years event can be found on Mediawiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Techstorm>, an extensive report about our 2018 activities <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Techstorm_2018/Report_Wiki_Techstorm_20…> is also available. Vriendelijke groet, Ciell

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[Wikimedia Research Showcase] November 20, 2019 at 9:30 AM PST, 17:30 UTC
by Janna Layton 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. We’ll have a presentation from Martin Potthast of Leipzig University on text reuse in Wikipedia and other presentation from the Wikimedia Foundation’s Isaac Johnson on the demographics and interests of Wikipedia’s readers. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIko_V1k09s As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You can also watch our past research showcases here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase This month's presentations: Wikipedia Text Reuse: Within and Without By Martin Potthast, Leipzig University We study text reuse related to Wikipedia at scale by compiling the first corpus of text reuse cases within Wikipedia as well as without (i.e., reuse of Wikipedia text in a sample of the Common Crawl). To discover reuse beyond verbatim copy and paste, we employ state-of-the-art text reuse detection technology, scaling it for the first time to process the entire Wikipedia as part of a distributed retrieval pipeline. We further report on a pilot analysis of the 100 million reuse cases inside, and the 1.6 million reuse cases outside Wikipedia that we discovered. Text reuse inside Wikipedia gives rise to new tasks such as article template induction, fixing quality flaws, or complementing Wikipedia’s ontology. Text reuse outside Wikipedia yields a tangible metric for the emerging field of quantifying Wikipedia’s influence on the web. To foster future research into these tasks, and for reproducibility’s sake, the Wikipedia text reuse corpus and the retrieval pipeline are made freely available. Paper <https://webis.de/publications.html#?q=wikipedia%20ecir%202019>, Demo <https://demo.webis.de/wikipedia-text-reuse/> Characterizing Wikipedia Reader Demographics and Interests By Isaac Johnson, Wikimedia Foundation Building on two past surveys on the motivation and needs of Wikipedia readers (Why We Read Wikipedia <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#November_2016>; Why the World Reads Wikipedia <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#December_2018>), we examine the relationship between Wikipedia reader demographics and their interests and needs. Specifically, we run surveys in thirteen different languages that ask readers three questions about their motivation for reading Wikipedia (motivation, needs, and familiarity) and five questions about their demographics (age, gender, education, locale, and native language). We link these survey results with the respondents' reading sessions -- i.e. sequence of Wikipedia page views -- to gain a more fine-grained understanding of how a reader's context relates to their activity on Wikipedia. We find that readers have a diversity of backgrounds but that the high-level needs of readers do not correlate strongly with individual demographics. We also find, however, that there are relationships between demographics and specific topic interests that are consistent across many cultures and languages. This work provides insights into the reach of various Wikipedia language editions and the relationship between content or contributor gaps and reader gaps. See the meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Reader_Be…> for more details. -- Janna Layton (she, her) Administrative Assistant - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Café online meeting for November 2019
by Pine W 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Hello colleagues, For this month's Wikimedia Café online video meeting we will continue last month's discussion regarding Wikimedia activities and organizations in India. Additional topics may be added to the agenda. Please see the page on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Caf%C3%A9> for more information, and watch the page for any updates particularly to the schedule or the agenda. Signing up for the meeting is optional, but is helpful to the organizers so that we can estimate how many people will attend. Signing up for the meeting also informs us who we should notify individually if there are significant changes, such as to the schedule for the meeting. The meeting style will emphasize discussion rather than presentation. People are welcome to participate as listeners only if they prefer. If there are any problems with connecting to the meeting or if you have any questions or comments then please write on the Meta talk page. Regards, Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Chief of Community Engagement to leave the Foundation
by Paul J. Weiss 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

I find the disbanding of the Community Engagement department at WMF to be quite concerning. I will go so far as to say that I view it as a mistake that will have negative impacts well into the future. For one thing, the structure of an organization is in some sense a statement of priorities. I believe this move does indeed say to employees, the community, allied organization, and the rest of the world that the WMF is now placing less value on engaging the community. Given that many in the community have been feeling this already, this is not an opportune time to make this transition, even if it were a good idea for other reasons. Another issue is the specific placement of individual teams. For example, you say that returning the Trust & Safety team to the Legal department is intuitive. It certainly is not to me, and that move in particular is concerning. The team's homepage on Meta states that it "identifies, builds and – as appropriate – staffs processes which keep our users safe; design, develop, and execute on a strategy that integrates legal, product, research, and learning & evaluation to proactively mitigate risk as well as manage the overall safety of our online and offline communities when incidents happen." The legal aspect is only one of many in the team's purview, and hopefully not a large one. In my experience, units within legal departments take a very legalistic view of their work. As one example, many colleges and universities have an office for students with disabilities. In the US, those that are in legal or policy departments tend to focus very much on doing the minimum they have to do under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), rather than being student-centered. (This is the case here at the University of Washington.) Compare this to the focus of units for women, students of color, etc., often hierarchically under student services, who are much more proactive and supportive. I definitely do not want Trust & Safety to narrow its focus to ensuring enforcement & reducing liability. As you know, legal but negative behavior is a significant threat to the future of Wikipedia and sister projects. The team needs to be organizationally placed to maximize, not minimize, its access to resources, the community, and other staff as well as its impact. Placing it in Legal could, for example, decrease significantly contact and trust from our community members whose experience with laws is that they are used as weapons and tools to oppress rather than engendering fairness and cooperation. Please, please carefully consider the all ramifications of this reorganization before it is implemented. Thank you, Paul Weiss Libcub on en.wp --------- Original Message --------- Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Chief of Community Engagement to leave the Foundation From: 'Katherine Maher' <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 11/15/19 3:36 pm To: 'Wikimedia Mailing List' <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello everyone, I am writing to let you know that Val D’Costa, Chief Community Engagement Officer, is leaving the Wikimedia Foundation. I also want to share some changes we’re making around how the Foundation organizes staff in the Community Engagement department. Val joined us last January, bringing nearly three decades of experience launching and growing international initiatives in emerging markets. With the Wikimedia 2030 movement strategy as a guide, Val and her team drafted an ambitious new vision for the work of Community Engagement—focused on decentralization of power and resources, safe and welcoming spaces, equitable collaboration, increased language and cultural fluency, dedicated programs for groups such as women and young people, and expansive partnerships in service of free knowledge. With this vision in hand, Val and I both see this as the right juncture for her to move on to her next professional challenge. While she will be leaving the position of Chief of Community Engagement, she will remain on as a consultant to me for a brief period. I am deeply appreciative of Val’s time with us at the Foundation and want to thank her for the contributions she has made to the Wikimedia movement. She has been a passionate and persuasive advocate for our mission and pushed us to expand our vision of what could be possible for our movement. I wish her the absolute best in what she does next. *== What comes next for Community Engagement ==* I'll be direct -- we are making changes to the CE department structure. We will not be starting a search for a new Chief of Community Engagement. Instead, over the course of the next few weeks, the seven teams currently within the Community Engagement (CE) department will be integrated into the Foundation’s other departments. By January, all of the teams will have joined their new departments, and “Community Engagement” will no longer be a standalone department. The teams currently in CE will be integrated with other Foundation departments aligned with executive leadership goals and based on their scope and focus, as well as how they might grow in the future. Some of these alignments are intuitive, such as Trust & Safety returning to the Legal department; others might not be immediately apparent. *== What does this mean for your work? ==* Although we have a good sense of which teams will integrate with which departments, we are still meeting with the individual teams to work on the specific details of the transition. Our focus is on continuity for existing community programs and support for Foundation staff in making this change. You may hear from staff seeking input on those arrangements, and I want to thank you in advance for any feedback you may have. We expect to wrap up these conversations in early December, to begin transitions in mid-December, and for the transitions to be completed by the beginning of January, at which point we’ll be able to share an overview of the new arrangements in full. The work of the Community Engagement teams will remain the same throughout this period of transition. For example, if you need something from Trust & Safety or Community Resources, they’ll continue to be here to work with you. If you have a project or program underway with a CE team or staff member, that work will also continue. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Greg Varnum at gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org or leave your question in Wikimedia Space [1] and we’ll make sure we find an answer to your question. *== Why are we making this change? ==* The Community Engagement department has grown and evolved since it was created in 2015. We have brought in people with an increasingly diverse set of skills and backgrounds and introduced new support for additional languages, geographies, and areas of work, such as community health. While this has helped the Foundation come a long way in addressing the needs of the movement, it has also created complexity. The breadth of activities and competencies now supported by the department is quite large—today, we have people working on issues as diverse as GLAM collection management, participatory grantmaking, and contributor safety—and increasingly, across many geographies, cultures, and languages. This has created challenges for how we effectively coordinate such a range of specializations, how we assess their efficacy and impact against our mission. At the same time, as the Foundation has grown, we have developed capacities in other departments who will be good partners to those serving our community mission. In making these changes, we see an opportunity to align the functions of the Foundation with the future of the mission and movement, and better serve long-time contributors and emerging communities alike. Over time, we anticipate these new arrangements will deepen the understanding of community efforts among all Foundation staff and programs, integrate community perspective across program design and support, and open up space for bold and fresh thinking about how to move our movement forward. *== What about the future? ==* Some people may be wondering, what does this mean for the proposed work in the Annual or Medium Term plans, or the planned restructure of the Community Engagement department to a new regional approach? We remain fully committed to the work and goals of the Medium Term Plan. For example, although Val was not able to attend Indaba to celebrate with the African community, our COO and Deputy General Counsel, Janeen Uzzell and Tony Sebro, both attended. The planned restructure and expansion of CE was intended to help us support the community in achieving these goals. This includes the MTP’s focus on building a thriving movement, increasing community health and diversity, and growing among new languages, regions, and audiences. We set these goals as part of our interpretation of the Movement Strategy, and they will remain our focus for the medium term. I still believe we need to make many of these changes, as well as be prepared for further changes that may arise from the recommendations of the Movement Strategy Working Groups. We see a future that could include improved regional support, and expanded programmatic support for emerging communities, whether those are new languages, geographies, or areas of practice. However, we are putting those plans on hold for the next few weeks, while we focus is on supporting the existing teams through this transition. I want us to make sure that goes well, before turning our attention to the future. That said, I fully expect to resume work on how we expand our support for these critical new areas in the first quarter of the new calendar year. == Final thoughts == I want to be absolutely clear that these changes are in no way an indication that the Foundation is decreasing our commitment to support for the movement. I hope you see how this offers an opportunity to do the exact opposite—to set us up to support the movement in the best way we can. For those with an interest in Wikimedia history, it’s worth noting that the Foundation has taken many different shapes over the years. In 2014, teams focused on community support were embedded in other departments. At the time, we were much smaller, and our ability to truly engage with the full breadth of the movement was more limited. In 2019, the community engagement teams are better resourced, more global, and more representative of the movement (although there’s always space for continued improvement). We see this as the right moment to integrate the perspectives, experiences, and skills of these teams across the Foundation, ensuring that support for the movement is woven into all the Foundation’s work. As Wikimedians, we know change is a constant—and it is through change that we often do our best work, solve our hardest problems, and find our new path forward. Thank you in advance as we take this next step to support the future of our movement. Sincerely, Katherine [1] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/wikimedia-foundation-chief-of-community… Katherine Maher (she/her) Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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WikiForHumanRights Update: Communications tools and a guide for running events
by Alex Stinson 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

Hello all! I want to give a brief update on the WikiForHumanRights Campaign which began its soft launch last Friday! We are already seeing multiple online events starting and several in person editathons. Special thank you to the communities in Argentina and Armenia who are already editing! Looking forward to more activities being shared at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize Also, Wikimedia Argentina created a kit for working with partners to run in person events for Human Rights! Check it out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Sensitive Additionally, we updated the communications toolkit for the campaign at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Share . We are going to begin increasing Social Media starting around December 10th! As you see the campaign being talked about from @Wikimedia and on the hashtag #WikiForHumanRights -- we need your help to share it. If you have any questions or are considering organizing an event, please let us know. Cheers, Alex Stinson ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:36 PM Subject: WikiForHumanRights: Help us Organize the Campaign, November 15-January 30 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimania 2019 < wikimania19(a)wikimedia.org> Cc: Luisina Ferrante <educacion(a)wikimedia.org.ar> Hello all, and apologies for crossposting! I hope you are doing well! As you may have noticed when we announced the partnership in August [1]: the Wikimedia Foundation is working with the UN Human Rights to help expand the availability of knowledge about human rights online. As one of our first collaborations, we are going to be running a campaign from November 15 - January 30 to add and improve knowledge about human rights on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. The initial focus of the campaign will be on improving articles about topics related to the UN Declaration of Human Rights and youth standing up for human rights. More information about the campaign is also available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights We would like to invite you to get involved in the campaign in one of several ways: Help us build the list! - We need your help identifying more topics related to youth involved in human rights that don’t have articles on Wikipedia or could use further improvement. We would like to represent many different languages and geographies in the campaign. To propose topics for the list, see instructions at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/List#Adding_a_topic_to_t… Organize an online or offline event! We need your help finding community leaders from throughout the Wikimedia to: - Host an online campaign on your language Wikipedia! To learn more about hosting a local topical campaign see the kit here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Campaign - Hold an in person editathon with local human rights organizations or partners! To learn more, check out the kit here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Editathon Promote the campaign starting Dec. 10 for International Human Rights Day! Help us amplify your efforts around the campaign and publicize it to wide audiences. We’ll be sharing a communications toolkit (including graphics) soon with suggestions on reaching out to folks about the campaign. - Reach out to local media and supporters: Journalists and the public can help add momentum to the campaign through storytelling and spreading the word. - Promote the campaign on social media: We’ll be using #WikiForHumanRights to promote the campaign on social media, when we increase the communication to the public on 10 December If you want to help in other ways, let us know on the discuss space #human-rights tag <https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/do-you-have-questions-about-organizing-…> or by emailing Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org and Luisina Ferrante < educacion(a)wikimedia.org.ar> If you are interested, let us know by indicating your interest to organize in the Organize sections linked above! Note: We are still updating the communications assets for the campaign! To watch for those materials, add https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Share to your meta watchlist. Have questions? If you have questions, we are going to be hosting an office hour next Tuesday <https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/community-office-hour-wikiforhumanright…>, or you can ask questions on the discuss space #human-rights tag <https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/do-you-have-questions-about-organizing-…> . Looking forward to your engagement with the campaign! Alex Stinson, Wikimedia Foundation Luisina Ferrante, Wikimedia Argentina [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/16/wikimedia-and-un-human-righ… -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM -- Alex Stinson Senior Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM

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Movement Strategy: Synthesizing the recommendations and next steps
by Nicole Ebber 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

Hi everyone, I wanted to share some updates about movement strategy with you all. The core team has spent the last few weeks developing and finalizing a plan to take forward the work that the nine working groups have done and, from this, create one set of recommendations. To ensure enough time to do this effectively and to facilitate community input on the synthesized recommendations as well as endorsement, we have adapted the movement strategy timeline.[1] == What’s next for working groups == The nine working groups are currently putting any remaining finishing touches on the current, second iteration of their recommendations[2]. This version reflects inputs and perspectives that were shared by the movement online and in person prior to, during, and after Wikimania, including at many strategy salons and the two regional summits. Any final bits of relevant research will be integrated, and some groups may make small refinements to their work. They are also in the process of ranking their recommendations to indicate which ones, in their perspective, are the most foundational for driving change in our movement. Following this, working group members will conclude the duty that they signed up for by 1 November. We are incredibly grateful to each working group member for their tireless efforts and engagement. In the meantime, the core team and contracted strategy liaisons will also be working to share back information with online and offline communities about how their feedback has been reviewed and incorporated into the existing drafts of recommendations. == Synthesizing recommendations == The focus over the next few months will be on synthesizing the 89 recommendations to develop one set. To help create a product that is concise and clear, overlaps in the content will be identified to see where certain recommendations could be merged. Others may be forwarded for consideration to the implementation process. Others might conflict and need to be reconciled. To do this work, a new working group will be formed, comprised of existing working group members who are interested in continuing to contribute. This new group will consist of: * Writers who will synthesize the recommendations and develop one coherent set. * Connectors who will help writers make sense and further integrate existing material, research, and input from community conversations, both past and upcoming. * Reviewers who will bring in specific additional perspectives, expertise, contexts, advise at different times of the process. The sign up process for this new group is currently underway, and best ways to support the content creation are being assessed. We will provide updates here soon. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Best wishes, Nicole [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Overvie… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… -- Nicole Ebber Adviser International Relations Program Manager Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Join us at the Wikimedia Summit in Berlin on 3-5 April 2020
by Abraham Taherivand 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

Dear Wikimedia Affiliates, It’s with great pleasure that we invite movement Affiliates to join us at the Wikimedia Summit 2020, which will be held at Seminaris Conference Center in Berlin from 3-5 April.[1] With the Wikimedia Summit 2019, we refocused the event entirely on Movement Strategy and Wikimedia’s path towards 2030. Building upon this concept, next year’s Summit will again be designed around the needs and opportunities of “Wikimedia 2030”.[2] In spring 2020, the recommendations for change will be finalized and we will have clarity on how to adapt to move strongly and successfully in the movement’s Strategic Direction. The Wikimedia Summit 2020 will be an important transition away from strategy development and into the long awaited implementation of the recommended changes. The event will first aim to create clarity and shared understanding of the recommendations, and then initiate the implementation across movement organizations in a collaborative way. The main part of that conversation is to discuss prioritization and sequencing of the recommendations, and agree upon responsibilities in bringing each recommendation to life – globally, regionally, and on the local level. This will have to be a deeply collaborative process, engaging all parts of the movement together. We invite all eligible Wikimedia affiliates to be part of this conversation. To ensure that we use the in-person time as best as possible, we ask Affiliates to only send delegates who will come with a good understanding of the movement strategy process and the draft recommendations, and are ready to take agency and responsibility to design and implement the recommendations in collaboration with every part of the Movement and our partners. We will ensure these criteria are met by asking targeted questions in the registration form. As the recommendations affect every part of the movement, from WMF to affiliates and beyond, we will need all the right people at the table to design the implementation. A number of Board and staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland will take part at the event, and we are also looking forward to invite of some members of the final writing group and of the Affiliations Committee to join us in Berlin. The registration to the event will open tomorrow, so watch out for the email with all logistical information around the event including contact details. On behalf of our organizations, we are looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in April! Best regards, Abraham Taherivand, Wikimedia Deutschland Katherine Maher, Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020 [2] https://2030.wikimedia.org -- Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de

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Yahoo/AOL warning
by effe iets anders 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

(I'm not the most technical person, so feel free to correct imprecisions or add better suggestions) It feels like a blast from the past, but it turns out there's still a fair amount of Yahoo/AOL users that are part of our community. Just a fair warning: as has been known for a while now (at least 2013 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58414>), yahoo (and AOL?) emails through mailman lists are often treated as spam by gmail email recipients. This has gotten worse: I understand Yahoo may have blacklisted lists.wikimedia.org altogether, and emails are bouncing. I noticed for some 50-100 email Yahoo and AOL addresses on the Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list that they bounced back, and eventually got automatically unsubscribed. So if you or a friend has a Yahoo or AOL email address - you/they may be at risk of being unsubscribed from (some?) Wikimedia mailing lists without notification. The only 'fix' that you can do, that I'm aware of, is slowly moving to a different provider, if you want to be active on these lists. The issue is being tracked without much visible activity here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232417 (there may be more relevant tickets). Best, Lodewijk

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Ce te face fericit săptămâna asta? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 17 November 2019)
by Pine W 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

*"The Wait"* This is a short film <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film> regarding wildlife photography <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_photography>. The film has scenes of European bison <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison> in Romania <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania>. The narration is in French, and English subtitles are available. I think that wildlife photographers for Wikimedia Commons will find this film to be relatable. https://vimeo.com/180080686 *Related images* Image 1 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_of_Altamira_and_Paleolithic_Ca…>: A drawing of a European bison <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison> in the Cave of Altamira <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira>, Spain. The cave is a UNESCO World Heritage Site <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site>. In 1879, amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelino_Sanz_de_Sautuola> was led by his daughter María to discover the cave's drawings. One study estimates that the oldest drawings were made approximately 36,000 years ago. Image 2 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turnir.jpg>:* Bison bonasus* sparring in a nursery of the Russian Academy of Sciences <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences> in Shebalinsky District <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebalinsky_District>, Republic of Altai <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Altai>, Russia. Closing comments * Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Thanks to User:Jmabel <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel> for the Romanian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language> translation. * 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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Wikitongues 2018-2019 User Group Report now available
by Daniel Bogre Udell 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

Hi all, Daniel (user: bogreudell) from Wikitongues here. Our User Group’s annual report is now available. In summary, the Wikitongues User Group was recognized as a Wikimedia user group in May 10, 2018. Between May 3rd, 2018 and May 2nd, 2019, Wikitongues contributed 220 language videos to the Wikimedia Commons, representing 189 unique languages. To promote multilingualism on Wikipedia projects, we organized translate-a-thons and worked with other User Groups and Wikimedia affiliates to develop the record-a-thon event model. Thank you, Daniel

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Update regarding Wikipedia video tutorial project ("NavWiki")
by Pine W 16 Nov '19

16 Nov '19

Hello colleagues, I have resumed work on my video tutorial project for Wikipedia and the sister sites. I am hoping that eventually there will be video tutorials and/or interactive tutorials in multiple languages, but for now I am focusing on producing a small number of videos for English Wikipedia to test the process and to get feedback from the community. These videos will be designed for "organic" new users who become active on Wikipedia without first being involved in a formal program that provides guidance for new contributors, but I think that the videos may also be useful for formal Wikimedia program organizers to share with their participants. A project space is live on Outreach Wiki: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/NavWiki. I invite you to look at the organization of the space and let me know if you have any feedback. Comments and questions may be left on the project talk page <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:NavWiki>. I am hoping to publish two videos for English Wikipedia by the end of 2019, and to collect feedback on them until at least January 2020 before deciding on significant next steps. If the feedback is positive then then I hope to produce more videos in the future and/or to adapt the videos for additional languages. If you would like to sign up for the project newsletter, you can do that at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tutorials_N…. Regards, Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Wikimedia Foundation Chief of Community Engagement to leave the Foundation
by Katherine Maher 16 Nov '19

16 Nov '19

Hello everyone, I am writing to let you know that Val D’Costa, Chief Community Engagement Officer, is leaving the Wikimedia Foundation. I also want to share some changes we’re making around how the Foundation organizes staff in the Community Engagement department. Val joined us last January, bringing nearly three decades of experience launching and growing international initiatives in emerging markets. With the Wikimedia 2030 movement strategy as a guide, Val and her team drafted an ambitious new vision for the work of Community Engagement—focused on decentralization of power and resources, safe and welcoming spaces, equitable collaboration, increased language and cultural fluency, dedicated programs for groups such as women and young people, and expansive partnerships in service of free knowledge. With this vision in hand, Val and I both see this as the right juncture for her to move on to her next professional challenge. While she will be leaving the position of Chief of Community Engagement, she will remain on as a consultant to me for a brief period. I am deeply appreciative of Val’s time with us at the Foundation and want to thank her for the contributions she has made to the Wikimedia movement. She has been a passionate and persuasive advocate for our mission and pushed us to expand our vision of what could be possible for our movement. I wish her the absolute best in what she does next. *== What comes next for Community Engagement ==* I'll be direct -- we are making changes to the CE department structure. We will not be starting a search for a new Chief of Community Engagement. Instead, over the course of the next few weeks, the seven teams currently within the Community Engagement (CE) department will be integrated into the Foundation’s other departments. By January, all of the teams will have joined their new departments, and “Community Engagement” will no longer be a standalone department. The teams currently in CE will be integrated with other Foundation departments aligned with executive leadership goals and based on their scope and focus, as well as how they might grow in the future. Some of these alignments are intuitive, such as Trust & Safety returning to the Legal department; others might not be immediately apparent. *== What does this mean for your work? ==* Although we have a good sense of which teams will integrate with which departments, we are still meeting with the individual teams to work on the specific details of the transition. Our focus is on continuity for existing community programs and support for Foundation staff in making this change. You may hear from staff seeking input on those arrangements, and I want to thank you in advance for any feedback you may have. We expect to wrap up these conversations in early December, to begin transitions in mid-December, and for the transitions to be completed by the beginning of January, at which point we’ll be able to share an overview of the new arrangements in full. The work of the Community Engagement teams will remain the same throughout this period of transition. For example, if you need something from Trust & Safety or Community Resources, they’ll continue to be here to work with you. If you have a project or program underway with a CE team or staff member, that work will also continue. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Greg Varnum at gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org or leave your question in Wikimedia Space [1] and we’ll make sure we find an answer to your question. *== Why are we making this change? ==* The Community Engagement department has grown and evolved since it was created in 2015. We have brought in people with an increasingly diverse set of skills and backgrounds and introduced new support for additional languages, geographies, and areas of work, such as community health. While this has helped the Foundation come a long way in addressing the needs of the movement, it has also created complexity. The breadth of activities and competencies now supported by the department is quite large—today, we have people working on issues as diverse as GLAM collection management, participatory grantmaking, and contributor safety—and increasingly, across many geographies, cultures, and languages. This has created challenges for how we effectively coordinate such a range of specializations, how we assess their efficacy and impact against our mission. At the same time, as the Foundation has grown, we have developed capacities in other departments who will be good partners to those serving our community mission. In making these changes, we see an opportunity to align the functions of the Foundation with the future of the mission and movement, and better serve long-time contributors and emerging communities alike. Over time, we anticipate these new arrangements will deepen the understanding of community efforts among all Foundation staff and programs, integrate community perspective across program design and support, and open up space for bold and fresh thinking about how to move our movement forward. *== What about the future? ==* Some people may be wondering, what does this mean for the proposed work in the Annual or Medium Term plans, or the planned restructure of the Community Engagement department to a new regional approach? We remain fully committed to the work and goals of the Medium Term Plan. For example, although Val was not able to attend Indaba to celebrate with the African community, our COO and Deputy General Counsel, Janeen Uzzell and Tony Sebro, both attended. The planned restructure and expansion of CE was intended to help us support the community in achieving these goals. This includes the MTP’s focus on building a thriving movement, increasing community health and diversity, and growing among new languages, regions, and audiences. We set these goals as part of our interpretation of the Movement Strategy, and they will remain our focus for the medium term. I still believe we need to make many of these changes, as well as be prepared for further changes that may arise from the recommendations of the Movement Strategy Working Groups. We see a future that could include improved regional support, and expanded programmatic support for emerging communities, whether those are new languages, geographies, or areas of practice. However, we are putting those plans on hold for the next few weeks, while we focus is on supporting the existing teams through this transition. I want us to make sure that goes well, before turning our attention to the future. That said, I fully expect to resume work on how we expand our support for these critical new areas in the first quarter of the new calendar year. == Final thoughts == I want to be absolutely clear that these changes are in no way an indication that the Foundation is decreasing our commitment to support for the movement. I hope you see how this offers an opportunity to do the exact opposite—to set us up to support the movement in the best way we can. For those with an interest in Wikimedia history, it’s worth noting that the Foundation has taken many different shapes over the years. In 2014, teams focused on community support were embedded in other departments. At the time, we were much smaller, and our ability to truly engage with the full breadth of the movement was more limited. In 2019, the community engagement teams are better resourced, more global, and more representative of the movement (although there’s always space for continued improvement). We see this as the right moment to integrate the perspectives, experiences, and skills of these teams across the Foundation, ensuring that support for the movement is woven into all the Foundation’s work. As Wikimedians, we know change is a constant—and it is through change that we often do our best work, solve our hardest problems, and find our new path forward. Thank you in advance as we take this next step to support the future of our movement. Sincerely, Katherine [1] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/wikimedia-foundation-chief-of-community… Katherine Maher (she/her) Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Research Showcase - Feedback time
by Leila Zia 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Hi all, Wikimedia Research Showcase [1] is almost six years old and we're using the birthday opportunity to step back and reflect on the past, celebrate the contributions by more than 70 speakers and many of you who participated in the discussions, and plan for its future. We would like to ask for your input as we're thinking about the future of the Research Showcases. We want to hear from those of you who participated in the showcases and/or watched them, as well as those of you who decided this is not something for you. :) In order to gather your input, we have put together a survey that we'd appreciate if you participate in. Link to survey (please note that the link will take you to Google Forms [2]): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecgn8cMu5IfTYRgn93bfOiJVEIL09RRf_… Your contributions to this survey can help us in our thinking as we move forward. Please submit your responses by 2019-11-22. Sincerely, Jonathan Morgan and Leila Zia Research, Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase [2] If you want to participate but not through Google Forms, ping me off-list and I'll send you a pdf file you can fill and send back to me (it won't be anonymous though. sorry.). I'm not attaching it to this email as some lists may put my email in the moderation queue with an attachment. (And I don't /think/ I can upload it to Commons.)

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#1Lib1Ref in January 2020!
by Felix Nartey 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Librarians and library lovers, >From *January 15th to February 5th* we will be joining together around the world to make Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in *#1Lib1Ref *by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content! That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to Wikipedia. This is the fifth year of the #1Lib1Ref campaign and we couldn’t be more excited to support another year of activities. Full resources and guides for participating are available on the campaign website <http://1lib1ref.org> (http://1lib1ref.org). If you are planning to host a coffee hour <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit> or a edit-a-thon focused on #1Lib1Ref, and you need funding for the event, you will be able to apply for a Rapid Grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid>. For the best chance of approval, requests should be made in the month of November, since requests related to #1Lib1Ref will be given priority by the Grants team during November. You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and Events Dashboard for your event, institution, or region, and using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag in your edit summary. Login to start a new event or join an existing one for the January campaign here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_january_2020/overv… Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in January. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable! You can join the 1Lib1Ref community via the Libraries ( libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org), and 1Lib1Ref (1lib1ref(a)lists.wikimedia.org) mailing lists, or by joining the Wikimedia + Libraries User Group: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group You can learn about last year's campaign and what we learnt in our recently released blog post on Wikimedia Space: https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/10/29/what-we-learned-from-1lib1ref-2019/ Cheers, The Wikipedia Library team -- *Felix Nartey* *Global Coordinator* *The Wikipedia Library <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>* *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>* *+233242844987 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | **+447452508504* *Skype:Flixtey*

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Amical Wikimedia statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security
by Toni Hermoso Pulido 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

FYI https://www.wikimedia.cat/2019/11/13/statement-about-the-spanish-new-royal-… -- Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security On November 5th, The Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Royal Decree-Law 14/2019 (https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/11/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-15790.pdf), which was passed on October 31st, whereby the General State Administration reserves the right to suspend, exceptionally and precautionary, the transmission of data and the connection to Internet claiming reasons of public order. According to Chapter IV, modification of the Law 9/2014 of General Telecommunications, the State reserves the right to take over any types of infrastructure, network, service or digital resource that may affect public security within the framework of national defense. The power of immediate action is granted to the Government of Spain for the closure of websites and other services through the Ministry of Economy and Business, as well as the control and operation of all networks during transitory periods described as exceptional. No prior judicial requirement is needed. From Amical Wikimedia we hereby express our profound disagreement with this new decree and our growing concern for the restriction of digital rights in Spanish territory. First of all, the lack of debate on this law in Parliament, its approval under a caretaker government, during the electoral campaign and under the formula of a royal decree-law represents a drastic regression of the freedom to information in key moments. Secondly, vaguely defined concepts such as “national security,” “public order,” “transitional period,” or “exceptional situation” allow for indiscriminate action based on political interests for the repression of ideological dissent. Thirdly, we are concerned that the preamble of this law contextualizes and aims to justify the adopted measures for the ongoing socio-political mobilizations in different areas of the Spanish territory. Amical Wikimedia, in this regard, has previously declared itself in favor of the organization of actions that defend basic civil rights and the freedom of expression throughout all the Catalan-speaking areas. The abovementioned decree seriously violates the freedom of information, which should be open and accessible to the public as is the case of Wikipedia and its sister projects. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights upholds that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. There are recent precedents of digital censorship which have had very serious social impact. In February 2014, the Turkish parliament passed the Law No. 5651, granting new powers to the state telecommunications authority regarding Internet regulation. A few years later, on April 2017 and making use of this law, access to all idiomatic versions of Wikipedia were blocked based on Turkish Government claims of state-funded terrorism on the English Wikipedia. For all these reasons, Amical Wikimedia reaffirms its rejection of this decree-law and demands its immediate withdrawal. Our organisation stands unequivocally in favor of digital freedom and the human rights of expression, peaceful assembly, and access to information. -- Toni Hermoso Pulido Amical Wikimedia ------------------------- https://www.wikimedia.cat

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: October 2019
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '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 X, Volume IX – October 2019* ------------------------------ Australia report: WikiD at the Design Museum http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Au… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/A…> Colombia report: Wikimedia Colombia in Argentinean event http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Co… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/C…> Czech Republic report: Wikipedia Week of Libraries in Broumov http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Cz… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/C…> Estonia report: Nordic cooperation + Wikisource + library information http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Es… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/E…> Finland report: Collaborative histories http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Fi… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/F…> France report: GLAM working group at WMFr; Partnership with AAF http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Fr… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/F…> Indonesia report: Numismatic items from Sumatran Numismatic Museum http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/In… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/I…> Malaysia report: Wikipedia Penang Meetup 2 @ Tuanku Fauziah Museum and Gallery, University of Science Malaysia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Ma… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/M…> Netherlands report: Share Your Data master classes for GLAMs; New project manager WMNL; Images from Africa http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Ne… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/N…> Norway report: Radio Cinema at the National Library in Oslo http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/No… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/N…> Sweden report: Nordic Museum publications on Wikidata and Commons; Wikipedia training in Härnösand; Open cultural heritage data in focus in Visby http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Sw… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/S…> UK report: Khalili; Museums + Tech; Oxford WIR placement ends http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/UK… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/U…> USA report: Spooky Autumn meetups http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/US… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/U…> Special story: #WikiForHumanRights http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Sp… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/S…> Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Getting started, Tool highlights, Blog posts and presentations about SDC http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/St… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/S…> Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes–Issue 35, July–August 2019 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Wi… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/W…> Wikidata report: We Are Seven http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Wi… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/W…> Wikimedia and Libraries User Group report: October 16th meeting minutes http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Wi… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/W…> Wikisource report: Community Wishlist Survey 2020 and Wiki Advanced Training 2019 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Wi… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/W…> WMF GLAM report: 1Lib1Ref, Wikimedia Sweden Research and other updates http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/WM… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/W…> Calendar: November's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/Ev… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2019/Contents/E…> ------------------------------ 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/October_2019/Single <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_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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What's making you happy this week? (Week of 10 November 2019) / ߡߎ߲߬ ߞߵߌ ߟߊ߫ ߛߍߥߊ߫ ߞߎ߲߬ߢߐ߮ ߣߌ߲߬ ߞߘߐ߫؟
by Pine W 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

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Announcement about Wikimedia Canada / Annonce au sujet de Wikimédia Canada
by Jean-Philippe Béland 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

(La version française suit.) Good day all, A few weeks ago, I announced the new composition of the Board of Directors of Wikimedia Canada. Now, I would like to introduce its new Executive Committee, including a new President, that was nominated at the last Board meeting on November 4th. The new Executive Committee of Wikimedia Canada is composed of: - President: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf (User:Lea-Kim <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lea-Kim>) - Vice President: Michael David Miller (User:BiblioQC <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BiblioQC>) - Secretary: Amber Berson (User:13ab37 <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:13ab37>) - Treasurer: Guillaume Lafrance (User:Glafrance <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Glafrance>) Our new President, Lëa-Kim, is a librarian at the Direction des bibliothèques of Montreal City and a long-time Wikimedian. She is a member of the Board of Directors since 2017 and was the Vice President for the last year. She will announce her vision and her priorities for Wikimedia Canada in the next few days on the main page of WMCA's wiki [1]. She is currently in Cambridge, Massachusetts participating in the WikiConference North America [2]. Until then, here are the main priority axes of Wikimedia Canada for the upcoming year: - Developing the Wikimedia projects in the indigenous languages of Canada, and improving content on Wikimedia projects about the indigenous peoples of Canada. - Increasing the diversity of contributors to free knowledge from Canada, especially working towards reducing the gender gap on Wikimedia projects, both in terms of contributors and content. - Continuing to maintain a high level of corporate maturity and professionalism within Wikimedia Canada, and obtaining the charity status with the federal government in order to diversify our revenue streams. - Expanding the activities of Wikimedia Canada across the country. If you have any questions about Wikimedia Canada, do not hesitate to contact me, to use our main talk page [3], or to join our general mailing list [4]. Thanks, (Version française) Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Il y a quelques semaines, je vous ai annoncé la composition du nouveau conseil d'administration de Wikimédia Canada. Maintenant, j'aimerais vous présenter son nouveau comité directeur, incluant sa nouvelle présidente, qui a été nommé lors de la dernière réunion du conseil d'administration le 4 novembre. Le nouveau comité directeur de Wikimédia Canada est composé de : - Présidente : Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf (Utilisatrice:Lea-Kim <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lea-Kim>) - Vice-président : Michael David Miller (Utilisateur:BiblioQC <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BiblioQC>) - Secrétaire : Amber Berson (Utilisatrice:13ab37 <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:13ab37>) - Trésorier : Guillaume Lafrance (Utilisateur:Glafrance <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Glafrance>) Notre nouvelle présidente, Lëa-Kim, est une bibliothécaire de la Direction des bibliothèques de la ville de Montréal et une Wikimédienne de longue date. Elle est membre du conseil d'administration depuis 2017 et était la vice-présidente depuis la dernière année. Elle annoncera sa vision et ses priorités pour Wikimédia Canada au cours des prochains jours sur la page principale du wiki de WMCA [1]. Elle est présentement à Cambridge (Massachusetts) pour participer à la WikiConférence nord-américaine [2]. Jusque là, voici les principales axes prioritaires de Wikimédia Canada pour l'année à venir : - Développer les projets Wikimédia en langues autochtones du Canada et améliorer le contenu des projets Wikimédia au sujet des peuples autochtones du Canada. - Accroître la diversité des contributrices et des contributeurs au savoir libre provenant du Canada avec un focus particulier pour réduire le fossé des genres sur les projets Wikimédia, tant en termes de contributrices que de contenu. - Continuer à maintenir un haut niveau de maturité corporative et de professionnalisme au sein de Wikimédia Canada et obtenir le statut de bienfaisance auprès du gouvernement fédéral afin de diversifier nos sources de revenus. - Étendre les activités de Wikimédia Canada à travers tout le pays. Si vous avez des questions au sujet de Wikimédia Canada, n'hésitez pas à me contacter, à utiliser notre page de discussion principale [3] ou à rejoindre notre liste de diffusion générale [4]. Merci, Jean-Philippe Béland Wikimedia Canada / Wikimédia Canada [1] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page [2] https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Main_Page [3] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_talk:Discussions [4] https://discussions.wikimedia.ca/lists/listinfo/general

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Recognition of the Wikimedians of Mali User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikimedians of Mali User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to promote the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects in Mali, and to support and encourage people to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content under free licenses or in the public domain. 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/Wikimedians_of_Mali_User_Group

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Where are the editors of your projects?
by Leila Zia 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Hi all, The Analytics team at the Wikimedia Foundation [0] has recently started releasing monthly data that gives you some information about the count of active editors [1] per country contributing to the different Wikipedia language editions. You can review the full announcement [2] and play with the data [3]. I'm sharing this information on this list as many of the activities of affiliates and volunteers of Wikipedia are focused on specific geographies (through organizing events such as editathons, building partnerships, running contests such as Wiki Loves *) and you may be interested in monitoring how the geography of the editors in your projects change over time. If you think the data is of interest to you and you need help using it, I have some pre-baked news for you. ;) The Research team, which I'm a member of, will start (experimental) monthly IRC office hours starting January and you can drop by and ask for help to use the data. (I also just noticed that Analytics will start their own office hours in January [4] though I'm less sure about the scope of theirs.) Best, Leila [0] https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/analytics/ [1] Active is defined based on two categories of contributions: 5-99 edits/month and 100 or more edits/month. [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2019-November/006702.html [3] https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/ [4] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics#Contact

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Recognition of the Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to promote Wikipedia editions in the languages of the North Caucasus; to develop content related to the North Caucasian languages, culture and communities in Wikimedia projects in different languages; and to recruit new participants into the Wikimedia movement, especially in the regions of the North Caucasus. 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/Wikipedians_of_North_Caucasus_User_Group

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Wikimedia Summit 2020: Registration now open!
by Cornelius Kibelka 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Dear Wikimedians, We are delighted to announce that the registration for the Wikimedia Summit 2020 [1], which will be held in Berlin from Friday, April 3, through Sunday, April 5, is now open! Following Katherine’s and Abraham’s invitation, we would like to provide you with important information regarding the eligibility for participation, participant number regulation, registration procedure, specifics in regards to the travel and hotel booking as well as the visa application process. == Eligibility criteria and participant number regulation == The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Summit 2020 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation. Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups must have shown signs of recent activity (within the past six months as of September 30, 2019) and be up-to-date on their reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 1, 2019). [2] Moreover, affiliations need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation before January 1, 2019. Before registering for the conference, please check the eligibility and status overview of your affiliate as well as the participant number regulation on meta [3]. == Registration information == We invite all eligible Wikimedia Affiliates to take part in the Wikimedia Summit. To ensure that we use the in-person time as best as possible, we ask Affiliates to only send delegates who will come with a good understanding of the movement strategy process and the draft recommendations, and are ready to take agency and responsibility to design and implement the recommendations in collaboration with every part of the Movement and our partners. People, who are selected by their organization to represent them at the conference, need to register via the registration form.[4] The registration deadline is Monday at midnight CET, December 16, 2019. Please note that we won’t be able to accept and process registrations after this deadline. We are looking forward to welcoming members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and staff as well as the Affiliations Committee in Berlin. We see a huge advantage in having their representatives participate on site. Please also register via the registration link [4]. In addition to the core-conference, a post-conference “Train the trainers” is organized by the WMF Community Development team. Should you be interested in participating in this event, you can indicate your interest in the registration form. Further information on the registration process can be retrieved from meta [5]. == Hotel and travel booking == The Wikimedia Summit will take place at the Seminar Campus Hotel in Berlin’s green neighbourhood Dahlem.[6] A high number of hotel rooms directly located in the same building have been reserved for the conference participants. Based on WMDE’s great experiences at WikidataCon and following our aim to reduce the environmental impact of this event, we will provide vegetarian catering only during this event. Representatives of affiliates with an annual plan grant (group 1) will need to book and pay for their hotel rooms as well as travel individually. Our hotel group code and price information can be found on meta [7]. Affiliates, which don’t receive funding via an annual plan grant (group 2), will be supported by WMDE for their hotel needs and travel booking. Members of the WMF Board, AffCom or WMF staff (group 3) receive travel and hotel booking support by the WMF travel department. As for additional participants specifically invited by the Program Curator, Cornelius, to complement the conference program (group 4), WMDE will assist you with your hotel and travel booking. We advise you to check meta [3] to which group you belong to. == Visa information == Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin [8] to find out whether you need a visa for travelling to Germany. In case you are in need of a visa, we advise you to register until December 1, 2019, so that WMDE can assist you with the application process and send you the required visa documents sufficiently in advance. All relevant information and necessary steps to undertake are also described on meta [9]. Wikimedia Deutschland is looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in April! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments. Best regards, Jana, Florian, and Cornelius Wikimedia Summit Organizing Team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Eligibility_Criteria [4] https://forms.wikimedia.de/apps/wmsummit2020/form.html [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Registration_Informat… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Venue_and_Hotel [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Travel_and_Hotel_Book… [8] http://wmde.org/germanyvisa [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Visa_Process_and_Assi… -- Cornelius Kibelka Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207

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