Hello! Just a quick update: the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was
notified by staff on the night of July 7th that the briefing of July 8th
needs to be rescheduled because of the illness of one of the key staff
members. We are looking for a new date before the August board meeting, and
we shall share an updated timeline in a few days.
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Vice Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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Hi Peter,
I hear and understand your worries. I’d like to reassure you that we are
very aware of the fact that no single person and no selected group of
people can speak for the community as a whole. This is one of the big
challenges all such efforts have to tackle. Representation here is not
meant in the sense of legal or political representation. But by speaking
for themselves, we hope that volunteers and staff coming from different
language communities, holding different roles within the movement and
bringing different experiences of engagement with the movement into the
process will at least bring diverse valuable perspectives to the creation
of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct.
Before they start drafting, they are already now working their way through
a reading kit which will make them familiar with the input from the
movement strategy process as well as prior community consultations our team
has done at regional Wikimedia conferences and Wikimania as well as through
facilitated conversations with 19 different language communities. The data
is published on Meta here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Community_feedbac…
and here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Initial_2020_Cons….
This community feedback will inform the drafting process.
This draft will then be brought to the communities for review starting
August 24, as outlined in the timeline here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Timeline. We are
still looking for ways to make more people aware of this important part of
the process. Please spread the word of this upcoming community comment
period, to help us get wider participation!
I hope the above makes sense to you, looking forward to your engagement
with the draft end of August and in September,
Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
Trust and Safety Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.
We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
qualified pool of applicants.
For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.
More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee>
[1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [2]. Please
note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
draft review period starting from August 24.
Best regards,
Christel
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
Trust and Safety Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi all,
Have there ever been a serious discussion on the idea of having a network of Wikipedia branded (co)editing spaces / coffee shops / tea rooms around the world?
They could work so that a chapter may apply from the WMF a license to run a Wikipedia coediting coffee shop. The WMF could provide some basic things such as Wikipedia branded coffee cups, barista aprons and specification of the tables, chairs, menu etc. Each Wikipedia coediting space could also offer some local delicacies.
The coediting space could seek for profit (shared between the chapter and the WMF?), but the primary aim would be to be self-sustainable.
I am sure there are some cons, but I made a quick list of pros:
* Outreach and education
* Community building
* Jobs for Wikipedians
* Fun places for all Wikipedians to visit when in town
Any thoughts?
- Teemu
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http://www.teemuleinonen.fi
+ 358 50 351 6796
Hey All
Here is the annual report for Wikimedia Medicine for 2019
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMMED/Reports/2019
If people have questions let me know.
Best
--
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
For the avoidance of doubt, the London meetup has moved online, and become
a bit more of a skillshare/clinic type of event.
Meeting 157 is on the 9th August.
We have always been open for attendees from beyond zone 6, in the past we
had visitors from as far afield as the south coast, Barnstaple, Australia,
Coventry and even Tipton. But prior to Covid you had to be physically in
London for the afternoon.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/157#Attending
Now you only have to aspire to be in London at some point, that and have
access to the internet (which I suppose limits access to zones 1 to 12)..
WSC
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Dear all,
It is a real pleasure to announce the agreement reached between Basque Wikimedians User Group and the Government of Navarre to finance projects for the knowledge of Wikimedia platforms in that region.
The agreement, of an initial duration of 6 months and endowed with 25,000€, will serve to initiate work related to local knowledge, GLAM and to multiply the educational program that we have already been carrying out.
You can read more about this agreement in our blog: http://wikimedia.eus/2020/07/wikipedian-euskarazko-eduki-digitalak-sortu-za…
And you can learn more about it in Spanish in the Governments website: https://www.navarra.es/es/noticias/2020/07/23/el-gobierno-de-navarra-foment…
Sincerely
Galder
Hello,
Today I stumbled upon this public phabricator ticket [1] created by someone
from WMF starting with:
"My team is creating bi-weekly HTML Dumps for all of the wikis, except for
wikidata as part of the paid API project."
I have so many questions:
- What is the "paid API" project? Are we planning to make money out of our
API? Now are we selling our dumps?
- If so, why is this not communicated before? Why are we kept in the dark?
- Does the board know and approve it?
- How is this going to align with our core values like openness and
transparency?
- The ticket implicitly says these are going to be stored on AWS ("S3
bucket"). Is this thought through? Specially the ethical problems of
feeding Jeff Bezos' empire? (If you have seen this episode of Hasan
Minhaj's on ethical issues of using AWS [2]). Why can't we do/host this on
Wikimedia infrastructure? Has this been evaluated?
- Why is the community not consulted about this?
Maybe I missed announcements, consultations or anything, forgive me for my
ignorance. Any pointers is enough. I also understand diversifying our
revenue is a good tool for rainy days but a consultation with the community
wouldn't be too bad.
[1]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254275
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5maXvZ5fyQY
Best
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Amir (he/him)
