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Wiki Loves the Olympics 2020
by Santiago Navarro 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hello, although finally 2020 is not an Olympic year, you can replace some of that nostalgia by editing about the Olympic and Paralympic Games (in any language) between 15 July and 15 August. There are many articles to create and improve. You can find more information on Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics_2020. Greetings -- Santiago Navarro Sanz Presidente Wikimedia España www.wikimedia.es

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Invitation for Education Office hours, July 2020
by Sailesh Patnaik 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hi everyone, Join us for the July education office hours on 16th July 2020 at 12:00 PM 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 having discussion around Community communications collaborators, get more information here: https://w.wiki/WKR and also how to use Wikidata in education. 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/July_16_20… Looking forward to seeing you all then, Please let me know if you have any questions. Do you want to reach out to the education team for a 1:1 consultation? Request for a slot for consultation for your education work ( ttps://outreach.wikimedia. org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Space <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Space> ) by filling this google form ( http://bit.ly/EduOfficeSpace ) Dhanyabaad! -- *Sailesh Patnaik* Program Coordinator, Education

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Wikimedia Clinic digest #005; call in Spanish today
by Asaf Bartov 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Dear Wikimedians, The digest from Wikimedia Clinic[0] #005 has been published[1]. For your convenience, here is a list of the topics discussed: * Generating tables on Wikipedia from Wikidata * Are you active in affiliates? Why or why not? * How to connect with local Wikimedians? * Datasets relating to Wikimedia activities by country? * ReplyTool If any of this interests you, I encourage you to read the digest[1]. And here's a reminder that you are invited to attend Wikimedia Clinic #006 *in Spanish*, about to take place today at 18:00 UTC, at the Google Meet link below[2]. While the call will be in Spanish without translation into English, the *digest* of this call will be offered in both languages. Cheers, A. [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/005 [2] https://meet.google.com/mjv-dxvk-jjb Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Wikimedia Foundation statement on new Hong Kong security laws
by Sherwin Siy 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Dear all: As some of you might already be aware, the Chinese government has recently passed and started implementing a new national security law applicable in Hong Kong which prohibits a broad range of speech and grants wide-ranging surveillance powers to authorities. We are concerned that this law may have serious implications for protection of the privacy of users on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Foundation, potentially enabling authorities to request personal user data. After consultation and discussion, the Foundation’s Legal Department has prepared a public statement in response to this law and the potential threats to Wikipedia user privacy. We encourage you to review and share this statement with anyone who may be interested or impacted: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/07/15/new-chinese-national-securi… We take protection of your data very seriously, and we will continue to defend our values around user privacy with any government, as we have in the past. Our thoughts are with our community in Hong Kong who are directly facing these new challenges. We hope this statement will make clear that we stand with them and will strive to protect their right to digital privacy. Thank you, Sherwin -- Sherwin Siy (he/him) Senior Public Policy Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia Research Showcase] July 15, 2020: Medical Knowledge on Wikipedia
by Janna Layton 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, July 15, at 9:30 AM PDT/16:30 UTC. Wikipedia is one of the most important online resources for health information. This has been especially highlighted during the Covid-19 pandemic: since the beginning of the year more than 5000 articles related to Covid-19 have been created receiving more than 400M pageviews. Therefore, for this month’s showcase our two invited speakers will help us get a better understanding of the state of medical knowledge in Wikipedia. In the first talk, Denise Smith will give an overview on how Wikipedia's health content is used by different audiences (public, students, or practitioners). In the second talk, Giovanni Colavizza will present results on how editors on Wikipedia find, select, and integrate scientific information on Covid-19 into Wikipedia articles. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIV26lWrD9c 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: Wikipedia for health information - Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource By Denise Smith (McMaster University, Health Sciences Library & Western University, Faculty of Information & Media Studies) Wikipedia is the most frequently accessed web site for health information, but the various ways users engage with Wikipedia’s health content has not been thoroughly investigated or reported. This talk will summarize the findings of a comprehensive literature review published in February. It explores all the contexts in which Wikipedia’s health content is used that have been reported in academic literature. The talk will focus on the findings reported in this paper, the potential impact of this study in health and medical librarianship, the practice of medicine, and medical or health education. - D.A. Smith (2020). "Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review". PLoS ONE. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228786 COVID-19 research in Wikipedia By Giovanni Colavizza (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Wikipedia is one of the main sources of free knowledge on the Web. During the first few months of the pandemic, over 4,500 new Wikipedia pages on COVID-19 have been created and have accumulated close to 250M pageviews by early April 2020.1 At the same time, an unprecedented amount of scientific articles on COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic have been published online. Wikipedia’s contents are based on reliable sources, primarily scientific literature. Given its public function, it is crucial for Wikipedia to rely on representative and reliable scientific results, especially so in a time of crisis. We assess the coverage of COVID-19-related research in Wikipedia via citations. We find that Wikipedia editors are integrating new research at an unprecedented fast pace. While doing so, they are able to provide a largely representative coverage of COVID-19-related research. We show that all the main topics discussed in this literature are proportionally represented from Wikipedia, after accounting for article-level effects. We further use regression analyses to model citations from Wikipedia and show that, despite the pressure to keep up with novel results, Wikipedia editors rely on literature which is highly cited, widely shared on social media, and has been peer-reviewed. - G. Colavizza (2020). "COVID-19 research in Wikipedia". bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.10.087643v2 -- Janna Layton (she/her) Administrative Assistant - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> -- Janna Layton (she/her) Administrative Assistant - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Clinic en español. jueves, 16 de junio, a las 18 hs UTC
by Asaf Bartov 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Estimados y estimadas Wikimedistas, (Les pedimos que compartan este mensaje a todas las personas que consideren que podrían beneficiarse de esta invitación. Puede que no sea parte de los canales más relevantes o grupos). En estos tiempos tan complejos con la pandemia, y la posterior complejidad que surgirá durante la post-pandemia, el contacto e interacción humana con nuestros y nuestras compañeras de Wikimedia, aunque sea a través de una videollamada, puede sernos útil, relajante y divertido. También nos da la oportunidad para hacer esas preguntas que siempre quisimos realizar, pero nunca pudimos hacerlas; o hasta explicar situaciones que pueden ser complejas de articular por escrito. Es así que el equipo de Desarrollo Comunitario de la Fundación Wikimedia, ha estado experimentando con videollamadas abiertas (usando Google Meet) para que cualquier persona activa en los proyectos Wikimedia pueda participar, realizar consultas o recomendaciones sobre cualquier iniciativa o problema relacionado con Wikimedia en el que se encuentren trabajando. También es un espacio para compartir y recibir retroalimentación, aún si no tienen ninguna pregunta o duda concreta, o si simplemente quisieran conectarse y compartir sus experiencias con las demás personas. Llamamos a esta iniciativa: Clínicas de Wikimedia (nos traen cualquier “caso” que tengan en mente, y vamos a hacer lo posible por ayudarles), y se estarán realizando varias veces al mes (alternando entre zonas horarias y días, para que la mayor cantidad de personas puedan participar) Cada sesión de la clínica puede durar hasta 90 minutos, y garantizamos que participen al menos dos personas de la Fundación Wikimedia en la llamada. Esto no quiere decir que vamos a tener todas las respuestas, pero nos comprometemos a ayudarles a conseguirlas, aún si no es durante la llamada, podemos hacer un seguimiento posterior a sus consultas y trataremos de resolverlas. Cada llamada tendrá un resumen que será editado para mayor claridad y estará disponible para los y las voluntarias interesadas. Este resumen contendrá también enlaces hacia herramientas o recursos que hayan sido mencionados durante la llamada, y será compartido y archivado en Meta[0]. Aquí un ejemplo reciente [1] (en inglés). ¡Estas llamadas *no* reemplazarán ningún canal existente ni tampoco llamadas previas que hayan sido agendadas! Todos los canales o reuniones que utilicen o ya tengan seguirán existiendo. No se realizarán anuncios de gran magnitud durante estas llamadas, ni tampoco queremos que se sientan con la obligación o el estrés de participar. Más bien, estas clínicas serán una nueva forma de comunicación directa y apoyo, con un enfoque menos restringido o limitado que otros canales existentes (donde sólo ciertos temas son tratados), y esperamos que sean más accesibles para las personas que no están tan seguras sobre si su tema o problema es apropiado para alguno de esos canales. Ya que estas llamadas (que hasta el momento han sido en inglés) parecen ser útiles, nos complace ahora también poder ampliarlas al español, y esperamos que más adelante también podamos realizarlas en otros idiomas, y así dar un mayor acceso a este recurso más allá de la barrera idiomática con el inglés. No soy fluido en español, así que esta vez sólo participaré en la llamada, pero será co-facilitada por Melissa y Selene; y Edna junto a Cassie tomarán las notas (en español). ¡Les invitamos a unirse si es que este horario les funciona! Nuestra primera llamada en español está agendada para el jueves, 16 de junio, a las 18 hs (6pm) UTC (15 hs - 3pm Buenos Aires, 20 hs - 8pm Madrid, etc.), en este link[2] de Google Meet. Les recordamos que no hay ninguna agenda fija, ni tampoco se requiere preparación previa para esta llamada. Siéntanse libres de participar y acompañarnos con cualquier tema relacionado a Wikimedia que tengan en mente, o simplemente para pasar el rato. ¡Cualquier comentario o duda es bienvenida! Saludos, Asaf Esta vez con el apoyo de Melissa, Selene, Edna y Cassie [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/004 [2] https://meet.google.com/mjv-dxvk-jjb Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Wiki Movimento Brasil Statement on Bill 2630/2020
by Chico Venancio 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

A legislative proposal against Fake News is underway in the House of Representatives in Brazil. Contradictorily, the proposal affects projects that act against misinformation. As it is currently written, bill 2630/2020 may be a severe obstacle for Wikimedia projects in Brazil, as well as other open educational and collaborative projects. The UG Wiki Movimento Brasil wrote a statement regarding some points that our legislative representatives should consider as the law proposal advances. The statement was written with support of other civil society entities, the Coalizão Direito na Rede[1], the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team and the office of a federal deputy active in the case. Please, help us spread the statement and pressure Brazilian representatives for more public debate! The document is available on Commons both in English and Portuguese. It is also published in our wiki in English[2] and Portuguese[3]. [1]http://plfakenews.direitosnarede.org.br/ [2]https://w.wiki/Wvk [3]https://w.wiki/WtU Chico Venancio on behalf of WIki Movimento Brasil User Group

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Membership in and Wikimedia-related proposals for Advisory Commission on Strengthening Vitality of Tatar language
by Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, This is to let you know that: 1. on July 6th I was named into the Advisory Commission to the Republic of Tatarstan President on the Matters of Preservation and Strengthening Tatar language vitality (Presidential decree in both Russian https://president.tatarstan.ru/legis/?law_id=303501 and Tatar https://president.tatarstan.ru/legis/?law_id=303521, state languages of the Republic) - a voluntary body consisting of regional executive and legislative government members, various recognized academicians, writers and community members, shown as Wikimedia Russia member. 2. ahead of the first in-person meeting (tomorrow, July 15th, on the premises of the Republic's Parliament), I prepared and shared in Russian https://w.wiki/Wn8 the following: (full text available in English below, copied to Commission secretary). * (I) my personal current understanding of the appropriate survival niches for non-dominant languages in the digital era & * (II) Wikimedia community best practices that can be applied by our worldwide stakeholders for strengthening their language position if their context is somewhat similar. regards, farhad P.S. I do hope that respective undertaking might also be of benefit to other Russia and internationally based non-dominant language communities, as majority of Tatar's speakers reside outside of the Republic, where the language enjoys some public support. P.P.S. Coincidentally, all this happened in the process of preparation towards Celtic Knot 2020 Online-only Wikimedia Language Conference https://w.wiki/HVv - our Russian Wikinews report was published today https://ru.wikinews.org/?curid=4658720 -- Farhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan / Wikidata:Q34036417 I. Content niche analysis for non-dominant languages of the planet. Country, cultural or language borders don't matter much in digital era. Irrespective of where one lives, a language which is neither national, regional auxiliary or international working language can only be preserve own importance for humans as a channel for consuming various digital content on personal hobbies: * fishing and gardening, knitting and popular science, cartoons, football or haut couture fashion ... * entertainment by various social, political and glamour activists and clowns from around the world * choosing where to go for vacation or what to do on the weekend with friends or guests wherever you live (Moscow, New York, etc.) Conscious public use of some non-dominant language to demonstrate belonging to some ethnocultural entity is only likely when the speaker is proud of one's specific identity (i.e. it is prestigious somewhere, is a basis for some positive discrimination). II. Wikimedia community best practices and possible measures to strengthen Tatar (and other non-dominant language position) within the niche described in I. Generating useful and exciting contemporary content in some specific language is key for preservation of its use in digital domains. But the possibility of reusing it easily and widely (without the obstacles of archaic copyright system) might be even more important, thus possible steps would be: 1. to extend CC-BY use to all Tatar content generated or published using Tatarstan's regional budget — tatarstan.ru adopted this in September 2018 (official news reprinting part of Russian Wikinews article at https://digital.tatarstan.ru/index.htm/news/1273420.htm ) 2. to study possibilities of retrospective release of whatever is still "copyright locked" (all content in museums, books, magazines, schools, encyclopedias etc.) — 2018 case with Russia's first paper encyclopedia https://w.wiki/Wma , 2011 case with Kazakh Encyclopedia https://w.wiki/Wmp 3. to apply international experience of running contests and initiating projects around Wikimedia content creation or improvement (as part of Wikimedia Education, collaboration with various cultural institutions) — Basque and Welsh community experiences for secondary education https://w.wiki/Wmb would be particularly applicable (latter currently in English only, will dubb it into Russian soon), see first steps in Tatarstan at https://w.wiki/WDz 4. to use Wikidata offered opportunities to assure Tatarstan's e-gov services availability in all supported languages of the planet, and then help promoting such an approach to make all countries' and their regional e-gov services available in Tatar as well — no such examples just yet, but this knowledge base is in public domain (СС0 legal license), thus it can be not only edited, but also downloaded and then used autonomously in full or in part (keeping in mind for e-system security needs). Note: Wikidata and Wikipedia support various alphabets. A number of Wikipedia language sections, including Kazakh, offer a choice of Arabic, Cyrillic or Latin script for content presentation (automatic transliteration).

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Volunteers sought; Interim Trust and Safety Case Review Committee
by Maggie Dennis 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

Hello, all. Nutshell: this is a call for applications to volunteer for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review Committee) which will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct escalation process pathways are defined and established. Text below explains what the committee is intended to do and what is required of applicants. If it resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you think appropriate!(Translatable version on Meta [1]) * The Board of Trustees has recently asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put together an interim volunteer community review process to help support Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity, this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust & Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community administrators or governance bodies. A permanent review process for Trust & Safety team cases will be created later as part of the final stages of the Universal Code of Conduct, but this quickly constituted interim Case Review Committee will be asked to serve until it is functional, anywhere from January 1 2021 to June 30 2021. This is a critical layer of oversight to ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that the Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so. We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify, please apply. First, there’s a page on Meta with more information about how this committee will work,[3] but, in brief, it will review the case files of qualifying Trust & Safety investigations that are appealed either by the person who requested the T&S investigation or by a person sanctioned as a result of one. We anticipate that members may need to dedicate an average of about 5 hours of work a week reviewing case files. As this is a new process, it may prove significantly less; if it proves more, it may be necessary to expand the review committee. You will be asked to meet with the rest of the group on a quarterly basis to discuss the committee itself and how it might be improved. There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then want to apply, please write to legal(a)wikimedia.org using “Case Review Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role. Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists. Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide translations for the interim process. This is an important role and a new direction in collaborations between Trust & Safety staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance right in protecting communities - both in supporting community members and recognizing community autonomy. Please submit your application by the end of July 18th. Best regards, Maggie [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Char… -- Maggie Dennis Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Fwd: Re: [Wikitech-l] CI and Code Review
by Maarten Dammers 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Of interest to the wider community. I really hope this is not part of a larger pattern of the WMF ignoring community. Maarten -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] CI and Code Review Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 22:40:38 +0200 From: Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> Reply-To: For developers discussing technical aspects and organization of Wikimedia projects <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hi Greg, On 06-07-2020 19:39, Greg Grossmeier wrote: > First, apologies for not announcing this last week. A short work week > coupled with a new fiscal year delayed this until today. > > tl;dr: Wikimedia will be moving to a self-hosted (in our datacenter(s)) > GitLab Community Edition (CE) installation for both code review and > continuous integration (CI). tl;dr: WMF decides to do a major change without any community consultation. Community members are upset. More at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vpbt50rwxgb2r6qn Maarten _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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