Wikimedia-l May 2019

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interpretation of CC NC from SUISA
by Yury Bulka 20 May '19

20 May '19

> From: Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> > > In 2009 Creative Commons published "Defining Noncommercial", a 250-page > report presenting survey data on what people consider to be > "noncommercial". There is a copy of the report at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_NonCommercial_license Thanks a lot, I didn't know about this report. > Creative Commons calls NC licenses "non-free", which I think is a great > place to start any conversation about them. Good point. Best, Yury.

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Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Tchad
by Kirill Lokshin 20 May '19

20 May '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] Wikimedia Community User Group Tchad [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to promote use of the Wikimedia projects by people in Chad, to act as a hub for Chadian Wikimedians and as a voice for the Chadian Wikimedia community, and to organize conferences, meetings, in workshops in Chad. 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/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Tchad

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If we had proper language models…
by John Erling Blad 19 May '19

19 May '19

Microsoft has unveiled an idea about a grammar and style tool for Word. [1] I proposed something similar for detecting problematic grammatical constructs in the content translation tools.[2] It is a couple of years ago now, and I closed the task. [1] https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-debuts-ideas-in-word-a-grammar… [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162525

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Thank you and farewell
by Sati Houston 18 May '19

18 May '19

Hi All, After almost 5 years at WMF, I’ve decided to move on from the Foundation. My last day will be June 4th. These last few years have been an unexpected journey. When Anasuya Senguta and Jessie Wild recruited me in 2014, I didn't know what awaited me. I didn't know that I could learn so much about epistemology, power, resilience, and community in such a short period of time. I couldn't know how indelibly I would change - in my perspectives, my approaches, and my beliefs. But I have learned *so much*. From the countless conversations I've had and observed. From working with hundreds of staff and volunteers to understand different community needs <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development>[1], build new tools <https://eventmetrics.wmflabs.org/>[2], reflect <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Strategy/Wikimedia_Foundation_grantm…>[3] on current programs, understand the breadth and depth of our gaps <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_equity_report_2018>[4], understand our longer-term impact <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Impact>[5], and find the path forward. And because we are Wikimedia, it's unsurprising that I leave having learned the limits of my own knowledge, the power of collective discourse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking>[6], and the weight of my own power and privilege in seeing systemic, cultural change happen. This journey honestly wasn’t an easy ride. I laughed and cried, triumphed and despaired, argued and made up; I felt supported and isolated, powerful and powerless. I saw the tremendous beauty that Wikimedia creates and the long road still to come. But despite the rough ride, when I think back on my time here I will always treasure the kaleidoscope of small moments that brought me joy: grammar advice from Asaf, introducing Felix to Korean food, learning that many of you are artists or musicians or poets, learning wikitext (yes, I actually enjoyed that), dancing until my feet hurt, learning to love karaoke, impromptu lunches and dinners, and many *many* walks and virtual coffee chats. So thank you all for sharing your wisdom, humor, and time with me. Thank you Wikimedia for being a place that I could grow and learn. I will still be around on the interwebs (and in San Francisco if you ever are in town), and look forward to watching how you grow. For now, I leave you with this quote: "In a complex, technological world, most of us are experts at something. More importantly, being a true expert means having a healthy dose of humility. If you have really studied something and really gone deep into how it works, then you should come away knowing how much you don't know. *In a sense, that is the real definition of an expert — knowing the limits of one's own knowledge.*" - Adam Frank, National Public Radio [7] With much love, Sati [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development [2] https://eventmetrics.wmflabs.org/ [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Strategy/Wikimedia_Foundation_grantm… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_equity_report_2018 [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Impact [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking [7] https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/07/522992390/why-expertise-matters -- Sati Houston Senior Strategist, Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>

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Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2019 Early Bird Registration is Now Open!
by Liam Wyatt 18 May '19

18 May '19

Forwarding from Wikimania-l: Attention Everyone (and please spread the word): Early Bird Registration is now open for Wikimania 2019 on our Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2019-registration-60631780287> page. This discount pricing ends on May 24th so don’t delay! Online registration will be open from today to July 30th, 2019. For more information please visit: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration Wikimania 2019 will be held at Stockholm University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_University>, Sweden <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden>, from 14th to 18th August 2019. The venue will host the majority of the conference, hackathon, meetups, and pre-events. We would like to encourage all speakers and attendees to register early and book their flight and travel as soon as possible. If you have questions about visas, please visit our wiki visa page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas>. If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact: wikimania-info(a)wikimedia.org Don’t forget: If you want to make a presentation, run a workshop, or display a poster during Wikimania, the Call for Submissions is NOW OPEN <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> We hope you can join us in Stockholm this summer! Isabel Cueva, WMF Event Program Manager on behalf of the Wikimania ‘19 Organizing Team -- *Isabel Cueva* Event Program Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Recognition of the Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to support the community of active contributors that develop content about Bénin, its story, culture, and people; to promote Beninese indigenous languages on Wikipedia and its sister projects; and to develop partnerships with national and international institutions to promote use of and contribution to Wikipedia. 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/Wikimédiens_du_Bénin_User_Group

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Recognition of the WikiClassics User Group
by Kirill Lokshin 15 May '19

15 May '19

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the WikiClassics User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to improve the quantity and quality of information about classical antiquity on the Wikimedia projects. 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/WikiClassics_User_Group

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Reunião de Direcção sábado
by Paulo Santos Perneta 15 May '19

15 May '19

Olá, É essencial que façamos uma reunião de direcção o mais brevemente possível, para tratar destes assuntos: - Votação para o conselho de administração da WMF (escolha dos candidatos q apoiamos) - Aplicação aos Strategy Salons para discussão da Estratégia 2030 ao nível de afiliado - RG / conferência nacional em Setembro O Gonçalo sugeriu o sabado, a qualquer hora. Alguém tem preferência na hora? Abraço, Paulo

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Qu'est-ce qui te rend heureuse cette semaine? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 12 May 2019)
by Pine W 15 May '19

15 May '19

I think that the mobile Suggested Edits feature and the related analysis are interesting. I am forwarding text from that discussion. Also, I was happy to see the recognition of two new user groups. They are the WikiClassics User Group and the Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group. What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Charlotte Gauthier Date: Tue, May 14, 2019, 08:07 Subject: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Stats & data from launch of Suggested Edits on Wikipedia Android app Thanks for this great info, Mikhail, and for the work that went into producing this useful - and beautiful! - report. We do indeed have plans to experiment with the thresholds to find the optimum balance point between wide adoption and maintaining contribution quality, to extend the feature with new microcontribution types, and to begin intensive testing to find ways to encourage users to explore more of the feature, and to inspire long-term use. Advertising new contribution types and re-activation of editors who have previously tried the feature will be one of the mainstays of our push messaging strategy. If anyone is interested in our particular plans over the next year, don't hesitate to get in touch. We've already been having wider discussions with several teams on how we could possibly work together towards mutual goals. Cheers, Charlotte On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:37 PM Mikhail Popov <mpopov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I wanted to highlight a few really interesting pieces of data/stats > regarding the release of the Suggested Edits feature on Wikipedia app for > Android. These come from the daily report > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…>, > which is also where you'll find a brief description of the feature. > > First, at this time 25.3% of editors (whose contributions are being > tracked since launch of the backend) have unlocked the feature by making > the 5+ title description edits > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Short_descriptions> > currently required to unlock it. (See: unlock stats > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…>) > That's 632 editors out of the 2495 editors who have made at least one title > description edit since April 5th. We have plans to experiment with this > threshold and see what happens if we lower the barrier to entry. > > > By the way, we don’t expect all logged-in users to edit or unlock the > feature (by making the required number of title description edits), as > there are incentives on the mobile apps to use an account just for reading > (e.g. reading list syncing > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/05/25/synced-reading-lists/>). > However, perhaps we should advertise this ability better (especially to > logged-in users) and that those title descriptions don’t require any > knowledge of wikitext. > > > And since the production release, the feature has had a steady stream of > 20+ users unlocking it per day. What are our users doing with it once they > unlock it? They’ve been using it! (Sorry if the text in the included graph > is too small to be legible, it's larger in the report.) > > Nearly half of all title description edits made with the Android app each > day are coming in from editors using the Suggested Edits feature to add & > translate descriptions. More than half, even, on some days! Furthermore, > some of those edits are made by users who have previously used the feature. > Every day we have some editors who are using Suggested Edits for the first > time, but there are also quite a few who are returning to the Editor Tasks > screen & contributing more. (See: edit stats > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…> > ) > > “Okay, so what’s the quality of those 200-400 descriptions being added > every day?” you might ask. Well, one way we can check that is to check how > many of those edits are reverted within 48 hours. Turns out, almost none > of them: > > This is especially impressive when compared to the proportion of other > title description edits that are reverted. (See: revert rate > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…> > ) > > When the user goes to the Suggested Edits screen and opens a task, they > begin receiving suggestions of articles to add descriptions to (or > translate descriptions, if they have unlocked that next tier of Suggested > Edits). On average, users express interest in editing 30-40% of those > suggestions. Among the suggestions they tapped to edit, they end up > actually making an edit around 60% of the time (although the average varies > from 40% to 70%). (See: interactions > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…> > and other engagement stats > <https://analytics.wikimedia.org/datasets/wikipedia-android-app-reports/sugg…> > ) > > Since the suggested edits are currently completely random, this leaves us > with a lot of room for improvement by, say, employing machine learning and > simple recommendation systems to suggest articles without title > descriptions that are similar to articles the user has added title > descriptions to previously. (Just a thought.) For example, in my own > experience with the suggestions I tend to skip articles that I don’t feel > confident enough to write short descriptions for, which are often articles > well outside my interests. > > We’re still in the first month of the production release, so it’s hard to > draw conclusions about the longevity of this feature. These early numbers > are promising, and hopefully the number of editors using this feature > continues to grow because then those editors might be inspired to edit > articles too (if they haven’t yet). Of course, if we see people get bored > over time we might have to consider ways to encourage/inspire long-term > use. We also have plans to explore ways to recognize users for their > contributions. > > So congratulations to the Android & Reading Infrastructure teams and > congrats to Rita Ho (now on the Growth team) for an impressive release. We > all look forward to the addition of image caption translation and seeing > the impact of the expanded Suggested Edits v2 on Structured Data on Commons. > > > Thanks for reading! :D > > Cheers, > Mikhail > > -- > *Mikhail Popov*, Data Analyst (he/him) > Product Analytics <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Product_Analytics> // > Audiences <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Audiences> // Wikimedia > Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > Other info (including PGP): https://people.wikimedia.org/~bearloga/ > _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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Dispute between Common and Outreach
by Mister Thrapostibongles 15 May '19

15 May '19

Hello all, There seems to be a dispute between the Outreach and the Commons components of The Community, judging by the article "Wikimedia Commons: a highly hostile place for multimedia students contributions" at the Education Newsletter https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/April_2019/Wikimedia_Com… As far as I can understand it, some students on an Outreach project uploaded some rather well-made video material, and comeone on Commons deleted them because they appeared to well-made to be student projects and so concluded they were copyright violations. But some rather odd remarks were made "Commons has to fight the endless stream of uploaded copyrighted content on behalf of a headquarters in San Francisco that doesn't care." and "you have regarded Commons as little more than free cloud storage for images you intend to use on Wikipedia ". Perhaps the Foundation needs to resolve this dispute? Thrapostibongles

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