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Wiki Movimento Brasil will support the WikidataCon 2021
by Léa Lacroix 28 Nov '20

28 Nov '20

Hello all, As previously announced, the WikidataCon 2021 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021> will take place in October next year, in a distributed hybrid format: most of the contents will be spread online, while user groups may be able to organize local events, depending on the situation in their region. We’re very happy to announce that after discussing with several organizations who were particularly involved with Wikidata events in the past, we partnered up with Wiki Movimento Brasil to support the organization of the conference. You may already have heard of the awesome series of events Wikidata Labs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Labs> organized by Wiki Movimento Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movement_Brazil_User_Group>. They are also involved in several other Wikidata-related projects, building partnerships with GLAM organizations and supporting the community in Brazil. By working together, we will ensure that the program includes a great diversity of speakers and we will prepare a physical event to gather the Wikidata community in Brazil. The selection process for the partner location included a pre-selection of several organizations in countries outside of Europe and North America, and took in account several criteria, focussing on the past experiences in organizing events, the reliability and sustainability of the group, as well as various practical considerations. Part of the WikidataCon budget provided by Wikimedia Germany will be used to support events in Brazil and including participants from this country. If you’re interested in knowing more about the process, feel free to contact me, I’ll gladly give more details. Of course, the participation of other chapters, user groups and local Wikidata communities is still very welcome: in the next few months, I’ll share more information about how local groups can be involved in running side events or participate in the program design. Frequent updates about the conference and further announcements will take place on wiki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021>. The talk page is the best place to ask questions and discuss about the organization of the conference. You can also contact me at any time if you have questions or suggestions about the WikidataCon 2021. We’re very excited to work hand in hand with Wiki Movimento Brasil and to experiment with the new hybrid format of the conference together! Thanks for your attention, -- Léa Lacroix Community Engagement Coordinator Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Congratulations to all interns selected for Outreachy Round 21!!!
by Gopa Vasanth 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

Hello everyone, Please join me in welcoming 7 interns we have accepted through Outreachy Round 21! :) We received over 28 applications for 8 projects we promoted during the application period. See below for more information on the accepted projects: *Outreachy Round 21* * Name, Project <link>, Mentor(s)* 1. Aisha Khatun, Analyze community authored functions that build Wikipedia infoboxes and more <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263678>, Adam Baso 2. Liudmila Kalina, Analyze community authored functions that build Wikipedia infoboxes and more <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263678>, Adam Baso 3. Jesse Amamgbu, Build a tool for inferring what countries are associated with a given Wikipedia article <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263646>, Isaac Johnson 4. Harshinee Sriram, Create a Not Safe for Work (NSFW) media Classifier for Wikimedia Commons <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264045>, Daniyal Abbasi and Chaitanya Mittal 5. Kay Wong, Create Machine Learning datasets to measure content reliability on Wikipedia <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263860>, Miriam Redi and Diego Saez-Trumper 6. Harriet, Evaluate Microsoft Playwright as replacement for our browser automation <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262682>, Željko Filipin and Vidhi Mody and Soham Parekh 7. Ogechi O, Review and improve Lua documentation on meta and mediawiki < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254956>, Doug Taylor and Pavithra Eswaramoorthy You can stay up to date on the progress of selected projects by keeping an eye on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_ <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_21>21/Bi-weekly_Reports We wish all interns have a wonderful winter working on projects and a huge thank you to all the mentors involved in this edition! Cheers, Gopa Vasanth, Pavithra & Srishti (Wikimedia org admins) -- Regards Gopa Vasanth <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gopavasanth> Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham <http://www.amrita.edu/> | Blog <https://gopavasanth.wordpress.com/> amFOSS <https://amfoss.in/@gopavasanth> | GitHub <https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth> “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”

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Global Conversations Dec. 5+6 - registration information
by Kaarel Vaidla 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Hi everyone, Close to 250 people participated in virtual Global Conversations that took place on November 21 and 22. The discussion continues on December 5 and 6 and we warmly invite you to take part. Registration is open until December 4. [1] What happened already Nearly 50 communities and affiliates shared their priorities in advance and can continue to do so. [2] Based on those priorities, the first set of events on Nov. 21+22 took discussions further by asking Wikimedians from around the world which of the 45 Movement Strategy initiatives are most important to globally coordinate and start implementing in 2021. For some of the initiatives, implementation means further discussions and scoping. Take a look at the results. [3] What do you think about the priorities? What is missing? What would make you want to play an active role in implementation? Coordination will vary from one initiative to another. Some can be implemented on their own, some will involve diverse communities and affiliates of different sizes working together, and others may require support from the Wikimedia Foundation. What happens next During the next set of discussions on December 5 and 6, we will focus on the top global priorities and start discussing what implementation can actually look like. What are the steps needed to put Strategy into action? Everyone’s invited to help enrich these conversations. Since implementation will be different from one context to another, we need as many voices as possible included to create a movement-wide implementation plan. Based on the feedback, we would like to continue the great momentum of the first set of events and will provide social opportunities for Wikimedians to connect. We will also provide space to hold short lightning talks [4] on how to implement certain initiatives. If you have ideas, please share them with others. If you are unable to attend, we will share the results and raw data on Meta so we can still benefit from your input. What is provided As for the first set of events, we will provide live interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Russian, and Spanish. In the registration form, please let us know if you require language support as well as internet data package upgrade or childcare for the duration of the event. Familiarize yourself with the initiatives already prioritized, register early, and continue the conversation on December 5 and 6. See you there. On behalf of the Support Team, Kaarel [1] Registration is open until Dec. 4: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeldyqX2vhR53yjUEzmhFg_y8phoCbPy4m… [2] Map and table of priorities from affiliates and communities: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit… [3] Report page on Meta with the emerging global priorities: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit… [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk -- Kaarel Vaidla (he/him) Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Education Office Hours
by Sailesh Patnaik 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Dear Wikimedians, Join the education team for this months' Education office hours on 25th November 2020 at 14:30 UTC! The office hours are a dedicated time and an online space to have conversations and discussions related to Wikimedia and education activities, listen and learn from each other's projects and experiences. We will be providing some updates on Wikidata Education Week, and on some of our ongoing projects. If you are interested, join us! You can find more details to join the meeting here: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/November_2… Looking forward to seeing you all then, Please let me know if you have any questions, also reach out to me if you want a calendar invitation for this meeting. If you are using Wikimedia projects in education and want to share your work with the community, please submit an article in the education newsletter: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Newsroom Best! -- *Sailesh Patnaik* Wikimedia Foundation | Program Associate, Education User:SPatnaik (WMF)

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Our need of OA research – materials?
by Johan Jönsson 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

Hi folks, What are our best resources to point to our need for open access research? I'm looking for explanations, testimonials, collections of research on how OA is used on Wikipedia (e.g. Teplitskiy, Lu, Duede: “Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science”) and so on – anything to not have to reinvent the wheel. Have you put together anything explaining this from a Wikimedia perspective? (The Wikipedia Library has "why we need access to research", which is useful, but not exactly the same thing.) //Johan Jönsson (in his volunteer capacity) --

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New Board of Wikimedia Canada // Nouveau conseil d'administration de Wikimédia Canada
by Jean-Philippe Béland 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

(Le français suit) Last Saturday, Wikimedia Canada held its Annual General Meeting. Thanks to all the members who participated. We are welcoming two new Board members: Catherine Bernier, involved with the GLAM-Wiki projects with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), and Thérèse Ottawa, referent of the WikiClub Metapeckeka (the WikiClub of the Atikamekw Community of Manawan) and very dedicated in the project to develop the Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin (the Wikipedia in Atikamekw language). Benoit Rochon, Ha-Loan Phan, and Michael David Miller were re-elected to the Board. Wikimedia Canada is proud that its Board of Directors is still composed of a majority of women and to welcome a member of the Atikamekw First Nation as a director, as well as maintaining a representation from the LGBTQ+ community. We are sure that this will help us to continue and further our efforts in terms of inclusiveness and diversity. (Version française) Samedi dernier, Wikimédia Canada a tenu son assemblée générale annuelle. Merci à tou(te)s les membres qui ont participé. Nous souhaitons la bienvenue à deux nouvelles membres du conseil d'administration : Catherine Bernier, impliquée avec les projets GLAM-Wiki avec Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), et Thérèse Ottawa, référente du WikiClub Metapeckeka (le WikiClub de la Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan) et très dévouée au projet de création de la Wikipetcia Atikamekw Nehiromowin (la Wikipédia en langue atikamekw). Benoit Rochon, Ha-Loan Phan et Michael David Miller ont été ré-élu(e)s au conseil d'administration. Wikimédia Canada est fier que son conseil d'administration continue d'être composé d'une majorité de femmes et d'acceuillir une membre de la Première Nation Atikamekw comme administratice, en plus de conserver une représentation de la communauté LGBTQ+. Nous sommes convaincu(e)s que cela va nous permettre de continuer et de renforcer nos efforts en termes d'inclusion et de diversité. Jean-Philippe Béland -- Wikimédia Canada, chapitre national soutenant Wikipédia 535 avenue Viger Est, Montréal (Québec) H2L 2P3 https://ca.wikimedia.org info(a)wikimedia.ca -- Wikimedia Canada, national chapter supporting Wikipedia 535 Viger East Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H2L 2P3 https://ca.wikimedia.org info(a)wikimedia.ca

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Q2 WMF Fundraising
by Joseph Seddon 23 Nov '20

23 Nov '20

Hey Everyone, Since the pandemic started the fundraising team has been working flat out to ensure the Wikimedia movement has the financial resources to continue with its work. We planned one of the busiest summers we had ever faced and that put the movement in a good place. Even with that work, the end of year fundraising in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the USA and the United Kingdom remains critically important. Approximately half of the annual funds for the Wikimedia movement are raised in the final quarter of the year. Due to the pandemic and its impacts on people's lives, our team's capacity was also reduced and so we factored in more time into our work. This year we kicked off our E-mail fundraising programme in these countries earlier in September. This programme focuses on asking previous donors to reaffirm their support to Wikimedia and our English campaign will continue steadily through the rest of this calendar year. The key to growing our donor base is our fundraising banner campaigns but at the same time we try to keep the disruption these campaigns cause to a minimum. We don’t fundraise year round and generally we are fundraising for around one month in any country. As for other campaigns, we test in advance to stress test our systems, explore new ideas, and improve workflows etc. all in time for the busiest period of the year. This year we will be looking to begin the main campaign Nov30/Dec1 Tuesday, December 1. We will look to fundraise through the month of December. Our content evolves every year and all the feedback we get from community members, donors and social media feeds directly into our testing programme. We’ll also be proactively following up with ways for community members to propose test ideas for our messaging. There are a number of ways you can report issues. For the non-urgent feedback, you can email directly to seddon {{at}} wikimedia.org. If you prefer real time you’ll find me on #wikipedia-en on IRC, the Wikimedia General Chat on telegram and in the English Discord server. If you see any technical issues with the banners or payments systems please do report it on phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?template=118862 If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS, or social media with questions about donating or having difficulties in the donation process, please refer them to: donate {{at}} wikimedia.org. Here is also the fundraising IRC channel where you can raise urgent technical issues: #wikimedia-fundraising ( http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23wikimedia-fundraising&uio=d4) >From myself and on behalf of my colleagues, can I thank everyone for the patience and support fundraising is given from across the movement both throughout the year and especially over the coming weeks. -- Seddon Senior Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Community User Group Albania - Report
by Nafie Shehu 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

Dear Wikimedians, Below you can find the report of the Wikimedia Community User Group Albania for 2019:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania… If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. Best regards, Nafie On behalf of Wikimedia Community User Group Albania members _______________________________________________ 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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Campaigns Office Hour Final Pilot Update -- Office Hour December 2nd!
by Felix Nartey 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

Hello Everyone, In September we asked for your participation in a pilot office hour series which would take place over the last 3 months. December marks the end of our pilot: we are organizing Campaign office hours to experiment with a new communication channel about campaign practices in the movement. The next pilot office hour will be on 2nd December at 3:00pm UTC via the zoom link.[1] The session will focus on: Sharing lessons and strategies from 1lib1ref, and our growth strategy in CEE for January and discussions on the way forward for the campaign's office hour and other communication opportunities around campaigns. Don’t miss our last of the pilot series: we want to learn about your questions, experiences, new ideas for content campaigns and the way to further engage and provide support to your communities. After the office hour, we will be evaluating our office hours, and will reach out to learn more from your priorities about campaign communications. Looking forward to learning, discussing and sharing with you! Best, Felix Nartey [1] - https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/94391226637?pwd=MHovSVBnczdicnJLUWVTK2RXRGNuUT09 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/94391226637?pwd%3D…> -- Felix Nartey Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*

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Please join Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation for an English Wikipedia community conversation
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

Join Wikimedia UK and Katherine Maher for a community discussion on our priorities for 2021 Tuesday 17th November from 5 to 7pm UTC In 2017 the Wikimedia Foundation facilitated the creation of a strategic direction <http://kiskeacity.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=B2712F1&e=113E0B7&c=77108&t=0&l=1320A9…> to guide the global Wikimedia movement into the future. The goal is that by 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join. Over the past three years, people from across the global Wikimedia movement have come together to discuss how we can work towards this. The result is a set of underlying principles and ten recommendations, each with accompanying initiatives and actions. We are now in a transitional stage between the creation of the strategy and its implementation. This is a crucial moment to explore how the English language community can contribute to the implementation of the strategy, and have a say in how the recommendations are prioritised. Inspired by the Movement Strategy's 10-year vision, Wikimedia UK would like to hear from volunteers based anywhere in the world who contribute to English Wikipedia about where the movement should focus its efforts in 2021. The meeting will be held over Zoom on Tuesday 17th November from 5 to 7pm UTC. We will be joined by a number of Wikimedia Foundation staff members including: Katherine Maher, Executive Director/CEO Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff Mehrdad Pourzaki, Community Relations and Communications, Movement Strategy Kaarel Vaidla, Lead Movement Process Architect Please sign up to the event through this Google Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6h49tEmEMGBwa4EIcPGmw6j3aGNeXWh2…> (or email me, if you would prefer). The zoom link will be sent out in advance of the call. In the meantime you can find out more about the movement strategy and the ten recommendations here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…> . I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting! With best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK

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