Wikimedia-l February 2020

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Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled
by Abraham Taherivand 29 Feb '20

29 Feb '20

Dear all, It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and related side events in Berlin have been cancelled. Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates blocked in your calendar. We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow from our teams in the next few days. Best regards, Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation -- 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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Video Annotation and Translation Tool - VideoWiki Project Grant
by Pratik Shetty 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

Hey All, After providing a tool for collaboratively editing a published video on a Wikipedia page itself, we at VideoWiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VideoWiki> are moving to the next stage where we will be building a collaborative annotation tool that will allow Wikimedians to collaboratively "*annotate, edit, and translate*" any text in a video (*in-video text*), thereby allowing for users to remix, re-use, and translate any video into multiple languages. The aim of the project is to make collaborative editing of videos possible, and consequently see an improvement of video content in the Wikimedia Universe. The project grant for the same can be found here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/VideoWiki/Annotation_and_Awa…>. Please do provide your thoughts, comments, and feedback. Also, if you find the project interesting and important, please drop your endorsement. Regards, Pratik

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Why renaming to Wikipedia will wreak havoc on other projects
by Gerard Meijssen 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

Hoi, Apparantly at Commons they have standardised themselves to only support Wikipedia. At Wikidata we have people who are notable according to our standards. We are actively asking them for images to illustrate our information. The best suggestion we get is: do not ask for images because they are deleted at Commons. When this is what awaits us when we standardise on one label Wikipedia, it is obvious that this is the worst scenario for the "other" projects. The projects who operate to different standards who have notability criteria different from English Wikipedia. Thanks, GerardM

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U.S. Policy Comment Period for Open Access [important]
by Jake Orlowitz 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

Hi all, Amazingly, the U.S. science and technology policy office is considering making *all* publicly funded research *open access*. If you are a U.S. citizen, PLEASE comment by March 16th. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-03189/request-for… Cheers, Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz(a)gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz <http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz> book: welcometothecircle.net

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I support keeping the "Wikimedia" brand
by Shlomi Fish 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi all! Just to note that I support keeping the "Wikimedia" brand rather than renaming to "Wikipedia" because there are several other important and popular wikimedia projects. -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ Understand what Open Source is - https://shlom.in/oss-fs Learn from mistakes of others; you won't live long enough to make them all yourself. — Source unknown via Nadav Har’El Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .

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FY1819 Fundraising Report
by Patricia Pena 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi all, I’m excited to share with you our FY1819 Fundraising Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2018-19_Report>. This report is an opportunity to provide insight into our revenue model and the strategy that goes into creating an impactful fundraising campaign. A sincere thank you to the millions of donors in nearly 30 countries who support our mission. I'd also like to thank everyone who contributed and collaborated on this document: Online Fundraising, Major Gifts & Endowment, Fundraising Operations, Donor Services, Fundraising Tech, Legal, Communications, Finance and more! Special thanks to Thea Skaff for once again project managing this entire effort. We welcome your feedback and questions on the talk page. Thank you, Pats -- *Pats Pena (she/her) * Director, Online Fundraising I Wikimedia Foundation 1 Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94104 ppena(a)wikimedia.org I +1 (415) 816 3349 *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* Please Note: If I am emailing after hours or on the weekend, it's because Wikimedia allows me an awesome flexible schedule. Please do not respond until reasonable business hours in your timezone, unless of course I am shouting for help ;-)

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Technical Talks] Data and Decision Science at Wikimedia with Kate Zimmerman, 26 February 2020 @ 6PM UTC
by Pine W 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hello colleagues, I'm forwarding this announcement to additional email lists. Most public WMF meetings that are livestreamed on Youtube remain available for replay after the meeting, and I'm guessing that this one will be also. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Technical Talks] Data and Decision Science at Wikimedia with Kate Zimmerman, 26 February 2020 @ 6PM UTC To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello folks, Just a reminder that this talk will take place Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 6 PM UTC. Hope to see you there! Cheers, Srishti *Srishti Sethi* Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:57 PM Sarah R <srodlund(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > It's time for Wikimedia Tech Talks 2020 Episode 1! This talk will take > place on *26 February 2020 at 6 PM UTC*. > > This month's talk will be in an interview format. You are invited to send > questions ahead of time by replying to this email, or you can ask during Q > & A section of the live talk by asking through IRC or the Youtube > Livestream. > > Title: Data and Decision Science at Wikimedia > > Speaker: Kate Zimmerman, Head of Product Analytics at Wikimedia > > Summary: > > How do teams at the Foundation use data to inform decisions? > > Sarah R. Rodlund talks with Kate Zimmerman, Head of Product Analytics at > Wikimedia, about what sorts of data her team uses and how insights from > their analysis have shaped product decisions. > > Kate Zimmerman holds an MS in Psychology & Behavioral Decision Research > from Carnegie Mellon University and has over 15 years of experience in > quantitative and experimental methods. Before joining Wikimedia, she built > data teams from scratch at ModCloth and SmugMug, evolving their data > capabilities from basic reports to strategic analysis, automated > dashboards, and advanced modeling. > > The link to the Youtube Livestream can be found here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CRsiwYM9w > > During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at > #wikimedia-office > > You can watch past Tech Talks here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks > > If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more > here: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Te… > > Note: This is a public talk. Feel free to distribute through appropriate > email and social channels! > > Many kindnesses, > > Sarah R. Rodlund > Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy > srodlund(a)wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Project Grant Proposal for Education Program
by Rocky Masum 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hello All, Hope all of you are doing well. I'm proposing a Wikimedia Foundation Project Grant for Wikipedia Education Program in Bangladesh. Please check it out and endorse it if you support it. Proposal link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikipedia_Education_Program_… Thank you in advance. Regards, Masum-al-Hasan Rocky EC Member <https://bd.wikimedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC…>, Wikimedia Bangladesh <https://bd.wikimedia.org/>

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Snøhetta and Wikimedia
by John Erling Blad 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

This is out in several newspapers now. "Snøhetta shall create new visual profile for Wikipedia-owner" [1] A quick Google Translate dump The mission is the largest in the field of graphic design ever, writes Dagens Næringsliv. - For me personally, this is very big, but you see it in a larger perspective - Norway, Norwegian design and graphic design - then this is one of the largest international customers who have come to Norway and chosen a Norwegian design agency. So it's very big, says strategic advisor Sanda Zahirovic in the design department in Snøhetta to the newspaper. Eight companies were in the competition for the assignment. Creative director Heather Walls at Wikimedia will not go out with Dagens Næringsliv with what other companies were talking about, but says that Snøhetta was the obvious choice. Snow hood founder and partner Kjetil Trædal Thorsen cannot say how much the contract is worth, but emphasizes that the work is devoting a good deal of resources during the project period, which is half a year. [1] https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/mRd1pp/snoehetta-skal-skape-en-ny-visue…

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Recognition of the Wiki Cemeteries User Group
by Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] Wiki Cemeteries User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to collaborate around the scope of cemeteries with existing Affiliates; connect with new partners and editors, especially in the field of traditional genealogy; understand cultural sensitivities around the theme of cemeteries; understand cemetery culture, including the role of caretakers, specialty items (e.g. flags for veterans, flower wreaths), and so forth. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Cemeteries_User_Group <http://womeninjournalism.org> <http://womeninjournalism.org> <http://womeninjournalism.org>

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