Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation launched Wikimedia Space to experiment
with new ways to connect volunteers, increase movement participation, and
showcase community stories. While we remain committed to this important
goal, based on lessons learned through the Space prototype, the Foundation
has decided to close Discuss Space. The Space blog, which continues to fill
a need to share news for the movement by the movement, will continue in a
new home. Please continue to submit community-focused stories [1], so that
we may share them with the movement.
To learn more about the next steps, check the full announcement at
https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/02/18/next-steps-on-wikimedia-space/
We have learned a lot from this initiative and want to thank all Space
users [2] for their time and contributions. We also invite everyone
interested in documenting lessons learned and discussing next steps to join
us in taking this effort even further, either at the About Wikimedia Space
category in Discuss [3] or the Space talk page in Meta [4].
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Space/Editorial_guidelines#How_to…
[2] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u?period=all
[3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/about-wikimedia-space/2
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Space
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Quim Gil (he/him)
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
Hi everyone,
We’re in week 4 of community conversations about the movement strategy
recommendations. Thank you to everyone who has already taken part. The
community conversations will continue until Friday, February 21 - you
can get involved on Meta[1] in Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi,
Spanish, and Portuguese, strategize with your community or
organization, or send the core team your feedback to
strategy2030(a)wikimedia.org.
This current round of community conversations is the last opportunity
to suggest improvements to the recommendations. They will be finalized
before the end of March, and then published for the movement to
understand them, reflect on what they mean in their project, local, or
thematic context, and move into implementation.
== Movement feedback: what happens next ==
All feedback is being collected, reviewed and analyzed on an ongoing
basis. Here are the next steps after February 21:
* Week commencing February 24: the core team will summarize all the
feedback received in a report. You are welcome to continue commenting
and discussing during this time, but the discussions will not be as
closely facilitated and documented.
* Week commencing March 2: the core team will publish the above report
on Meta to give the movement an opportunity to review the content and
give feedback as to whether it accurately reflects their input. The
closing date for this is March 6. This summary report will then be
finalized and published.
In mid-March, the feedback from the Board of Trustees, movement
conversations and reviewers' input will be considered in the creation
of the final, improved set of recommendations. A rationale for things
that have not been considered will be provided, too. Our aim is to
have the recommendations finalized and published in late March. More
about the actual integration work coming soon.
== Video and podcast about our work; one-pager ==
Members of the core team - Tanveer Hasan, Information and Knowledge
Liaison, and Mehrdad Pourzaki, Information and Knowledge Manager -
recently held a presentation about all the recommendations at the
Wikimedia Foundation All Hands. They provide a quick, concise overview
of every recommendation and also some insight into how each was
developed. Video of the presentation [2] and the presentation slides
[3] are now on Commons.
Jan Ainali has interviewed me for his podcast Wikipedia Podden. I’m
speaking with him about the past, present and future of movement
strategy[4].
The one-pager created by Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) has been very
popular. Again, a big thank you to Andrew for putting this together.
In addition to Arabic, English, and Hindi versions, it is now also
available in Farsi [5, 6].
== Meeting notes from the office hours ==
We have published a condensed summary of the meeting notes [7] from
the office hours that were held by the core team on Thursday, January
30. The notes provide an overview of the key points and questions that
were raised during the two calls as well as summaries of the
responses.
== Do you have further questions? ==
Members of the core team will join the upcoming Wikimedia Café on
February 15 [8], which will focus on the movement strategy
recommendations. The Wikimedia Café is a community-led meeting hosted
by User:Pine and User:Bluerasberry, and we are happy to take part and
help answer any questions people may have about the recommendations.
Additionally, if you are looking for more information about any of the
above topics or about the movement strategy in general, take a look at
our FAQ section [9].
Happy weekend,
Nicole
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_movement_strategy_recomme…
[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Movement_Strategy_at_W…
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP_72_-_Wikimedia_2030,_a_strategy_…
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:One-page_overview_of_the_first_vers…
[6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%91%D8%B5_%D8%…
[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports…
[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Caf%C3%A9
[9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequen…
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Nicole Ebber
Leiterin Internationale Beziehungen
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.
For clarification, from the website:
* Deadline for applying for scholarships: *17 March 2020* 23:59 UTC-12:00
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC-12:00>
* Apply here: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81GOJ9AFVdPHZgp
and frequently asked questions:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ
Best,
Lodewijk
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 9:24 PM Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikimania is fast approaching, this year it'll be held in Bangkok and as
> always the Wikimedia Foundation has a limited number of opportunities to
> assist people to attend. There are two types of scholarships the first
> being a full scholarship which covers, travel, accommodation, and
> registration, the second a partial scholarship that covers accommodation
> and registration.
>
> This year for the first time East, South East Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP)
> as collaboration between the region we'll be your host for Wikimania. The
> region has placed a high importance on collaboration and knowledge sharing
> this years Wikimania program will reflect that. Our theme is;
> *Power of Diverse Collaboration*
> *Sharing knowledge brings people together*
>
> How does this impact on scholarship? ESEAP is looking for people who are
> prepared to share their knowledge to help develop potential future
> leaders. We'll be looking for two broad areas of contributions, from those
> who have successfully developed programs, and those newer contributors who
> want to develop their skills to do more but have never been to a Wikimania
> to broaden their support networks.
>
> As you apply please agree to share your details with the local affiliate
> should they also have scholarships available. When answering questions if
> you have urls to reports, dashboards, and events please provide them.
> Rather than writing lots of words again let your past recordings speak.
>
> On behalf of the ESEAP community, and the Scholarship committee we look
> forward to seeing you in Bangkok in August.
>
> --
> Gnangarra
> Wikimania Scholarship committee Co-chair
>
> *Power of Diverse Collaboration*
> *Sharing knowledge brings people together*
> Wikimania Bangkok 2020
> August 5 to 9
> hosted by ESEAP
>
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> Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
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Wikimania is fast approaching, this year it'll be held in Bangkok and as
always the Wikimedia Foundation has a limited number of opportunities to
assist people to attend. There are two types of scholarships the first
being a full scholarship which covers, travel, accommodation, and
registration, the second a partial scholarship that covers accommodation
and registration.
This year for the first time East, South East Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP) as
collaboration between the region we'll be your host for Wikimania. The
region has placed a high importance on collaboration and knowledge sharing
this years Wikimania program will reflect that. Our theme is;
*Power of Diverse Collaboration*
*Sharing knowledge brings people together*
How does this impact on scholarship? ESEAP is looking for people who are
prepared to share their knowledge to help develop potential future
leaders. We'll be looking for two broad areas of contributions, from those
who have successfully developed programs, and those newer contributors who
want to develop their skills to do more but have never been to a Wikimania
to broaden their support networks.
As you apply please agree to share your details with the local affiliate
should they also have scholarships available. When answering questions if
you have urls to reports, dashboards, and events reports please provide
them. Rather than writing lots of words again have your past recordings
speak.
On behalf of ESEAP community, and the Scholarship committee we look forward
to seeing you in Bangkok in August.
--
Gnangarra
Wikimania Scholarship committee Co-chair
*Power of Diverse Collaboration*
*Sharing knowledge brings people together*
Wikimania Bangkok 2020
August 5 to 9
hosted by ESEAP
Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra
Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
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Hi all,
The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, February 19,
at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. We’ll have presentations from Jeffrey V.
Nickerson on human/machine collaboration on Wikipedia, and Lucie-Aimée
Kaffee on human/machine collaboration on Wikidata. A question-and-answer
session will follow.
YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj0z20PuGIk
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:
Autonomous tools and the design of work
By Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Stevens Institute of Technology
Bots and other software tools that exhibit autonomy can appear in an
organization to be more like employees than commodities. As a result,
humans delegate to machines. Sometimes the machines turn and delegate part
of the work back to humans. This talk will discuss how the design of human
work is changing, drawing on a recent study of editors and bots in
Wikipedia, as well as a study of game and chip designers. The Wikipedia bot
ecosystem, and how bots evolve, will be discussed. Humans are working
together with machines in complex configurations; this puts constraints on
not only the machines but also the humans. Both software and human skills
change as a result. Paper
<https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3359317?download=true>
When Humans and Machines Collaborate: Cross-lingual Label Editing in
Wikidata
By Lucie-Aimée Kaffee, University of Southampton
The quality and maintainability of any knowledge graph are strongly
influenced in the way it is created. In the case of Wikidata, the knowledge
graph is created and maintained by a hybrid approach of human editing
supported by automated tools. We analyse the editing of natural language
data, i.e. labels. Labels are the entry point for humans to understand the
information, and therefore need to be carefully maintained. Wikidata is a
good example for a hybrid multilingual knowledge graph as it has a large
and active community of humans and bots working together covering over 300
languages. In this work, we analyse the different editor groups and how
they interact with the different language data to understand the provenance
of the current label data. This presentation is based on the paper “When
Humans and Machines Collaborate: Cross-lingual Label Editing in Wikidata”,
published in OpenSym 2019 in collaboration with Kemele M. Endris and Elena
Simperl. Paper
<https://opensym.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/os19-paper-A16-kaffee.pdf>
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Janna Layton (she, her)
Administrative Assistant - Product & Technology
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
[You can safely skip this message if you have already seen it in the
Wikidata mailing list, and pardon for the spam]
Hi everyone,
---------------------------------------------------------------
TL;DR: soweego 2 is on its way.
Here's the Project Grant proposal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Hjfocs/soweego_2
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Does the name *soweego* ring you a bell?
It's an artificial intelligence that links Wikidata to large catalogs [1].
It's a close friend of Mix'n'match [2], which mainly caters for small
catalogs.
The next big step is to check Wikidata content against third-party
trusted sources.
In a nutshell, we want to enable feedback loops between Wikidatans and
catalog maintainers.
The ultimate goal is to foster mutual benefits in the open knowledge
landscape.
I'd be really grateful if you could have a look at the proposal page [3].
Can't wait for your feedback.
Best,
Marco
[1] https://soweego.readthedocs.io/
[2] https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Hjfocs/soweego_2