Wikimedia-l April 2020

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Movement Strategy: Finalizing the recommendations and further process
by Nicole Ebber 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Hi everyone, I wanted to share some updates from movement strategy with you. We are currently integrating feedback into the recommendations and finalizing them. However, due to the impact of COVID-19, we have adjusted our work plan and timeline [1] a little. == Updates to the movement strategy timeline == The COVID-19 pandemic is having an enormous effect on people and their day-to-day lives, and I want to give the core team, strategy liaisons, and integrators and writers ample space to adjust to this and take some time for themselves if needed. This means we have slowed down the pace of our work and now aim to publish the final recommendations in April. Discussions about implementation will start at the virtual Wikimedia Summit [2], which will be held online in May (dates are to be confirmed). This will be the first in a series of virtual events that move from engaging with the recommendations and transitioning into implementation. We will, of course, share further updates about this as soon as possible. == Status update on the recommendations: integrating feedback == Over the past few weeks, a team of Wikimedians [3] has been working to integrate feedback received from the Movement, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, and former working group members who have been reviewing the content [4]. They have used this to make the ideas and the language more concise and clear; identify overlaps in content and combine ideas where applicable; as well as address areas of debate. A lot of rich input was received from across the Movement, and this has helped improve the recommendations further. We are grateful for all the feedback. We are almost there and excited to share the final recommendations with you in April. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Stay safe and healthy, Nicole [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Overvie… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working… -- 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.

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Netha wins 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award!
by Subhashish 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well in a difficult time like now. There is a good news - Netha Hussain has won the 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award. [1][2] Congratulations Netha - this is such a proud moment for all of us! Also, see WikiProject COVID-19, where Netha is a leader, for those who are interested to contribute on coronavirus-related articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19 1. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source 2. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1255513602951430145 Subha

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WikiGap Online Challange
by Olushola Olaniyan 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Hello friends, We invite you to join us in a 2 week long WikiGap Online Writing contest starting today 29 April to 13 May. Amazing prizes are available for participants. The contest is organized in partnership with the Swedish Embassy in Nigeria, African Women in the Media, Women in Red, Wiki in Africa and Wikimedia Sverige Kindly check the project landing page for more details https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Nigeria_Online_Challenge/Participan… Stay Safe Olaniyan Olushola

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Books & Bytes – Issue 38, January – April 2020
by UY Scuti 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

*Books & Bytes – Issue 38, January – April 2020* Highlights: - New partnership - Global roundup *Esperanto and F*rench* versions of Books & Bytes are now available on meta!* Read the full newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/January-Ap… 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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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Netha wins 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award!
by Rajeeb Dutta 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

A great news and a proud moment for all Indians. Congratulations Dr. Netha. All my best wishes. Thanks Subha for sharing. Best Regards, Rajeeb. (U: Marajozkee) (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity) > On 29-Apr-2020, at 9:03 PM, Parul <sri.parul(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Congratulations, Netha! So proud of you and this award this very well deserved. > > Thank you for sharing, Subhashish. > >> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 8:59 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Congratulations Dr. Netha !! >> >> And thanks Subha for the update !! >> >>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 8:48 PM Subhashish <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hope everyone is keeping safe and well in a difficult time like now. There is a good news - Netha Hussain has won the 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award. [1][2] >>> >>> Congratulations Netha - this is such a proud moment for all of us! >>> >>> Also, see WikiProject COVID-19, where Netha is a leader, for those who are interested to contribute on coronavirus-related articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19 >>> >>> 1. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source >>> 2. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1255513602951430145 >>> >>> Subha >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- > Thanks! > > Parul > > My Blog > My Professional Profile > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Is the Wikimedia-movement apolitical?
by John Erling Blad 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

It is said quite often that the Wikimedia-movement is apolitical. In strongly believe the movement with its goal has never been, and never will be apolitical. When we say that knowledge should be free and fully available for everyone, then we make a political statement. It may not align with you favorite love/hate political party, but it is still a very strong political statement. So please, don't claim the movement to be apolitical. We may not align with any specific political party in any specific country, but we are still not apolitical. /jeblad

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Passing of User:Kattenkruid
by Pine W 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Dear Wikimedia-l colleagues, I am writing to share the news of the passing of User:Kattenkruid. He was an administrator on Dutch Wikipedia who made over 73,000 contributions. His final edit to Dutch Wikipedia placed a welcome template on another user's talk page. His user talk page on Dutch Wikipedia, https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overleg_gebruiker:Kattenkruid, holds more information regarding his passing. Many comments have been left there. May he rest in peace. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 16, Issue 4 – 26 April 2020
by Wikipedia Signpost 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

News and notes: Unbiased information from Ukraine's government? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/News_a… In the media: Coronavirus, again and again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/In_the… Discussion report: Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Discus… Featured content: Featured content returns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Featur… Arbitration report: Two difficult cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Arbitr… Traffic report: Disease the Rhythm of the Night http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Traffi… Gallery: Roy is doing fine and sending more photos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Gallery Recent research: Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Recent… Essay: Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Essay By the numbers: Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/By_the… Opinion: Trusting Everybody to Work Together http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Opinion On the bright side: What's making you happy this month? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/On_the… Interview: Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/Interv… In focus: Multilingual Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/In_foc… WikiProject report: The Guild of Copy Editors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/WikiPr… Single-page view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single https://facebook.com/wikisignpost https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- *Signpost* team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost> _______________________________________________ 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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Wikimedia Meet
by Amir Sarabadani 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

Hey, "Wikimedia Meet" [0] (https://meet.wmcloud.org), is a project in Wikimedia CloudVPS for Wikimedians to meet virtually instead of using commercial services like Zoom which might have security and privacy implications [1][2]. Currently it's a jitsi (jitsi.org) installation. If you want to just use/test it, let me know and I create you a user and password. You can share the username and password with anyone you want to meet but please do not post it publicly. In your email you can also give me your desired user and password. **Do not reuse any password**. You can also contact any of the ticketmasters instead of me: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet#List_of_ticketmasters In order to make this project more robust, I'm looking for Ticketmasters too, Ticketmasters create accounts for others (It doesn't require any technical knowledge, you fill a form in web for others) If you want to help maintaining it (which would be greatly appreciated) let me know and I give you the needed access. I put the technical documentation in mediawiki.org [3]. There are several bits you can help with, like puppetizing it, scalability, observability, improving authentication, trying to see if BBB can be used as well, and so much more. You can find the tickets in the phabricator board and assign a ticket to yourself if you feel like helping out. [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet [1] https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/ [2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet Hope that would be useful for our users :) Best -- Amir (he/him)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics
by Bill Takatoshi 25 Apr '20

25 Apr '20

>>> The people who are loudest in their demands for consensus >>> do not represent the Wikimedia movement. >> >> The voices loudest for the WMF doing something against the >> Trump administration are not representative of the Wikimedia >> movement either.... > > Is the Community Process Steering Committee currently > prepared to "engage more 'quiet' members of our community" > with a statistically robust snap survey to resolve this question? Anyone can go to Recent Changes and send a SurveyMonkey link to the most recent few hundred editors with contributions at least a year old, to get an accurate answer. Will a respected member of the community please do this? I would like to know what the actual editing community thinks of the travel ban and their idea of an appropriate response. I don't want to see community governance by opt-in participation in obscure RFCs. I would offer to do this myself, but I value keeping my real name unassociated with my enwiki userid. -Will

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