For the privacy policy question, that box is standard for anything hosted
with Cloud Services.
I'd trust Amir wouldn't do that but it reduces the responsibility of WMCS.
Thanks.
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 08:56, Count Count <countvoncount123456(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
>
> Thanks for providing another communication tool.
>
>
>
> Some questions:
>
>
>
> - Is there a reason why we are not using Wikimedia account SSO for the
>
> chat?
>
> - The Terms link leads directly to the Tech Code of Conduct. Shouldn't
>
> it link to https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en
> instead?
>
> After all terms are usually more than just a Code of Conduct.
>
> - The linked privacy policy
>
> <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Chat/Privacy_Policy>
> is
>
> a bit scary. It states that there is no expectation of privacy as my
> chats
>
> could be published at any time and that the administrators might have
>
> access to my username/password combination, which should not at all be
>
> necessary. Is that really the intent here?
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Count Count
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 2:00 AM Amir Sarabadani <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Due to the current situation, there are more and more collaborations
>
> > happening online instead. and now you can see Wikimedia-related
> discussion
>
> > groups in Slack, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and many more. Besides
> being
>
> > scattered and inaccessible to people who don't have accounts in those
>
> > platforms (for privacy reasons for example), these platforms use
>
> > proprietary and closed-source software, are outside Wikimedia
>
> > infrastructure and some harvest our personal data for profit.
>
> >
>
> > IRC on freenode is a good alternative but it lacks basic functionalities
> of
>
> > a modern chat platform. So we created Wikimedia Chat, a mattermost
> instance
>
> > in Wikimedia Cloud. Compared to IRC, you have:
>
> > * Ability to scrollback and read messages when you were offline
>
> > * Push notification and email notification
>
> > * You don't need to get a cloak to hide your IP from others
>
> > * Proper support for sharing media
>
> > * Two factor authentication
>
> > * A proper mobile app support
>
> > * Ability to add custom emojis (yes, it's extremely important)
>
> > * Profile pictures
>
> > * Ability to ping everyone with @here
>
> > * much much more.
>
> >
>
> > You can use Wikimedia Chat by going to https://chat.wmcloud.org, anyone
>
> > can
>
> > make an account. This is part of Wikimedia Social suite [1], the oher
>
> > similar project is "Wikimedia Meet". [2]
>
> >
>
> > Some notes:
>
> > * This is done in my volunteer capacity and has been maintained by a
> group
>
> > of volunteers. If you're willing to join the team (either technical or
>
> > enforcing CoC, kicking out spammers, other daily work), drop me a
> message.
>
> > * Privacy policy of Wikimedia Cloud applies: https://w.wiki/aQW
>
> > * As a result, all messages older than 90 days get automatically deleted.
>
> > * As a Wikimedia Cloud project, all of discussions, private and public
> are
>
> > covered by Code of conduct in technical spaces: https://w.wiki/AK$
>
> >
>
> > Hope that would be useful for you, if you encounter any technical issues,
>
> > file a bug in the phabricator.
>
> >
>
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Social_Suite
>
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet
>
> >
>
> > Best
>
> > --
>
> > Amir (he/him)
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
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>
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>
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
>
> >
>
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Thanks,
Samuel
Hello,
Due to the current situation, there are more and more collaborations
happening online instead. and now you can see Wikimedia-related discussion
groups in Slack, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and many more. Besides being
scattered and inaccessible to people who don't have accounts in those
platforms (for privacy reasons for example), these platforms use
proprietary and closed-source software, are outside Wikimedia
infrastructure and some harvest our personal data for profit.
IRC on freenode is a good alternative but it lacks basic functionalities of
a modern chat platform. So we created Wikimedia Chat, a mattermost instance
in Wikimedia Cloud. Compared to IRC, you have:
* Ability to scrollback and read messages when you were offline
* Push notification and email notification
* You don't need to get a cloak to hide your IP from others
* Proper support for sharing media
* Two factor authentication
* A proper mobile app support
* Ability to add custom emojis (yes, it's extremely important)
* Profile pictures
* Ability to ping everyone with @here
* much much more.
You can use Wikimedia Chat by going to https://chat.wmcloud.org, anyone can
make an account. This is part of Wikimedia Social suite [1], the oher
similar project is "Wikimedia Meet". [2]
Some notes:
* This is done in my volunteer capacity and has been maintained by a group
of volunteers. If you're willing to join the team (either technical or
enforcing CoC, kicking out spammers, other daily work), drop me a message.
* Privacy policy of Wikimedia Cloud applies: https://w.wiki/aQW
* As a result, all messages older than 90 days get automatically deleted.
* As a Wikimedia Cloud project, all of discussions, private and public are
covered by Code of conduct in technical spaces: https://w.wiki/AK$
Hope that would be useful for you, if you encounter any technical issues,
file a bug in the phabricator.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Social_Suite
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet
Best
--
Amir (he/him)
Hi,
It seems the WMF is going through another crisis of institutional
memory, with the T&S team taking center stage. It's not really
important what they did wrong, it's minor compared with other faux-pas
they did in the past.
I was wondering though if the organization as a whole has learned
anything from major crisis in the past and if there is a formal way of
passing to newcomers information such as when and how to contact
communities, what's the difference between a wiki, a community and an
affiliate etc.?
Strainu
Hello everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation has submitted our annual Form 990 for the Fiscal
Year 2018-19 to the US Internal Revenue Service
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service> (IRS) and posted
on-wiki[1]. The Form 990 is the annual financial reporting, known as an
“information return,” which the IRS requires nonprofit organizations in the
United States to file.
In addition to posting the Form 990 on-wiki, we have also posted an
accompanying page with answers to frequently asked questions related to the
form and information we reported.[2]
Here are a few key highlights on this year’s Form 990:
- The Wikimedia Foundation's total revenue for fiscal year
2018-2019 was US $118.6 million. Our total expenses during this period were
US $90.1 million and our total net assets at the end of the fiscal year
were US $165.6 million.
- At the end of our fiscal year 2018-2019, our revenue exceeded our
expenses by US $28.5 million, which increased our operating reserve to
$166.5 million, or the equivalent of 17-18 months of expenses per the
fiscal year 2019-2020 annual plan
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/…>.
As reported under our prior Form 990, we have been maintaining the
operating reserve at 17-18 months. Our goal is to have sufficient reserve
funds to conservatively provide at least 12-18 months of operating expenses
in order to mitigate against unforeseen risk, secure operational stability,
and ensure the overall financial health of the organization. This principle
is consistent with many other financially stable, non-profit organizations
that are rated by Charity Navigator <https://www.charitynavigator.org/>.
With a stable and secure reserve, we have the ability to fund specific
Wikimedia Movement investment opportunities that may arise.
- During the fiscal year 2018-2019, we continued to experience
growth in our fundraising revenue and success that was attributed to our
fundraising campaigns.
- We continue to invest in programmatic activities and evaluate to
ensure that our allocation percentage is at or above the standard benchmark
of 65%. During the fiscal year 2018-2019, we invested 74% in programmatic
activities, 14% in Management & General activities, and 12% in fundraising
activities. For fiscal year 2019-2020, we continued to maintain our
commitment to our programmatic activities and invested approximately 76% of
our total spending.
- Our expenses increased due to the investment to support our
strategic direction with the focus on knowledge equity and knowledge as a
service, that is outlined in the Annual Plan
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/…>.
The major programmatic areas are to evolve our systems and structures and
to grow new contributors and content.
- Our Governance, Management, and Disclosure practices are
committed to maintaining best practices for non-profit charitable
organizations, we’ve achieved a score of 100% from Charity Navigator for
our accountability and transparency and meet the IRS requirements as
applicable.
Through reports and discussions like these, the Wikimedia Foundation will
continue to strive to provide a responsible level of transparency and
accountability. I imagine there are other questions, and I invite you to
review the on-wiki FAQ[2], or post your questions on the discussion page
should you have any.
Thank you to the Foundation's Audit Committee for their oversight and our
Staff for their work in developing this year's Form 990 and related
communications for filing and public disclosure.
Best Regards and Be Well,
Jaime
[1] - https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/financial-reports/
[2] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRS_tax_related_information/2018_Wikimedia_…
Jaime Villagomez
Chief Financial Officer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*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/>*
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia is participating in the winter edition of this year's Outreachy <
https://www.outreachy.org/> [1] (December 2020–February 2021) and plans to
mentor ~6 interns! The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website
is September 24th, 2020.
This round will be a bit different for Wikimedia–we are considering keeping
the focus of projects on data science and engineering. We hope that with a
particular theme, interns will have more opportunities to interact with and
support each other, and in turn, they will have a more fulfilling
experience! For example, a project could be to analyze publicly available
Wikimedia datasets to create valuable tools that can help perform vital
tasks or generate insights that help make data-informed decisions. A
project's nature could be coding or non-coding (documentation, design,
research, outreach, translation, etc.). Though we plan to prefer the
projects related to the theme, we still encourage you to reach out if you
have other ideas.
If you would like to share an idea for a project that you would like to
mentor or you are not familiar with the program and want to learn anything
more about it, feel free to reply to this email or leave a note on <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258524> [2].
About the Outreachy program:
Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS), coding and non-coding projects with experienced
mentors. These internships run twice a year–from May to August and December
to March. Interns are paid a stipend of USD 5,500 for the three months of
work. They also have a USD 500 stipend to travel to conferences and events.
Interns often find employment after their internship with Outreachy
sponsors or jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship.
This program is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy expressly
invites the following people to apply:
- Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people.
- Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or
discrimination in the technology industry in their country of residence.
- Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are
Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian,
Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
See a blog post highlighting one of our intern's experience participating
in Outreachy program with Wikimedia <
https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/08/26/lalithas-story-an-outreachy-inter…>
[3]
Some tips for mentors for proposing projects:
- Follow this task description template when you propose a project in
Phabricator: <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> [4].
Add #Outreachy (Round 21) tag to it.
- Remember, the project should require an experienced developer ~15 days
to complete and a newcomer ~3 months.
- Each project should have at least two mentors, and one of them should
hold a technical background.
- When it comes to picking a project, you could propose one that is:
- Relevant for your language community or brings impact to the
Wikimedia ecosystem in the future.
- Welcoming and newcomer-friendly and has a moderate learning curve.
- A new idea you are passionate about, there are no deadlines
attached to it; you always wanted to see it happen but couldn't
due to lack
of resources help!
- About developing a standalone tool (possibly hosted on Wikimedia
Toolforge), with fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core
infrastructure, it
doesn't necessarily require a specific programming language.
- See roles and responsibilities of an Outreachy mentor <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors> [5].
We look forward to your participation!
Cheers,
Wikimedia organization admins for Outreachy
(Pavithra, Gopa, and Srishti)
[1] https://www.outreachy.org/
[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258524
[3]
https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/08/26/lalithas-story-an-outreachy-inter…
[4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello,
This is an announcement about a new installment of the Language Showcase, a
series of presentations about various aspects of language diversity and its
connection to Wikimedia Projects.
This next installment will deal with the Translatable modules project—a
proposal to make a framework that will make the localization of Scribunto
Lua modules as convenient as the localization of MediaWiki and extensions.
Everyone is welcome, especially developers of modules and templates in all
wikis!
This session is going to be broadcast over Zoom, and a recording will be
published for later viewing.
Please read below for the event details, including local time, joining
links and do let us know if you have any questions.
Past Language showcases:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_engineering/Showcase
Thank you!
Amir
== Details ==
# Event: Language Showcase #7
# When: September 2, 2020 (Wednesday) at 02:00 PM UTC
check local time:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200902T1400
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200826T1200>
# Where:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95167235390
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/96185098382>
Meeting ID: 951 6723 5390
# Agenda:
Translatable modules project—a proposal to make a framework that will make
the localization of Scribunto Lua modules as convenient as the localization
of MediaWiki and extensions.
--
Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Hello,
This is an announcement about a new installment of the Language Showcase, a
series of presentations about various aspects of language diversity and its
connection to Wikimedia Projects.
This next installment will deal with the Translatable modules project—a
proposal to make a framework that will make the localization of Scribunto
Lua modules as convenient as the localization of MediaWiki and extensions.
Everyone is welcome, especially developers of modules and templates in all
wikis!
This session is going to be broadcast over Zoom, and a recording will be
published for later viewing.
Please read below for the event details, including local time, joining
links and do let us know if you have any questions.
Past Language showcases:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_engineering/Showcase
Thank you!
Amir
== Details ==
# Event: Language Showcase #7
# When: August 26, 2020 (Wednesday) at 12:00 UTC
check local time:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200826T1200
# Where:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/96185098382
Meeting ID: 961 8509 8382
# Agenda:
Translatable modules project—a proposal to make a framework that will make
the localization of Scribunto Lua modules as convenient as the localization
of MediaWiki and extensions.
Hi all,
I don't see any messages about the Desktop Improvements to wikimedia-l, so
I've decided to forward one from wikitech-l.
If I understand correctly, Desktop Improvements are changes to the desktop
version of the Vector skin, which are to be built throughout the next year,
features being added one by one. Several wikis already enjoy them by
default, and users of other wikis can find a respective tick in their
preferences to make new Vector visible.
Current features are said to not be permanent anyway but wouldn't it be
good for more people to see them while they are still work in progress?
See email text and links below.
*--*
*Vira Motorko // Віра Моторко*
mobile: +380667740499 | facebook: vira.motorko
<https://www.facebook.com/vira.motorko> | wikipedia: Ата
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ата>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
Від: Olga Vasileva <ovasileva(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: ср, 5 серп. 2020 о 15:33
Subject: [Wikitech-l] First desktop improvements features now available on
early adopter wikis
----
Hi all,
We’re happy to announce that the first two of many changes focused on
improving the desktop experience of the Vector skin [1] have been released
as a user preference to all projects and as default on a set of early
adopter wikis: Basque, Farsi, French, and Hebrew Wikipedias, French
Wiktionary, and Portuguese Wikiversity.
Since its introduction in 2009, the Vector skin has changed little, while
the needs of our readers and editors have shifted significantly, as have
their expectations for a quality reading experience that focuses on the
content itself. Over the next year, the readers web team [2] will be
researching and building out improvements to the desktop experience based
on research and existing tools built by our communities.
Our goal is to create a more welcoming reading and editing experience -
something that feels familiar yet makes it easier and quicker to read,
edit, and perform common functionality.
Our first change, a collapsible sidebar, allows users to collapse the
lengthy menu on the left side of the page. We believe this change improves
usability by allowing people to focus on the content itself - on reading,
editing, or moderating.
Our second change introduces a maximum line width to our content on pages
such as article pages and discussion pages. Studies have shown that
limiting the width can lead to better retention of content, as well as a
decrease in eye strain
You can opt into these features by unchecking “legacy vector” from the
appearance tab of your user preferences.
We’d also like to note that these are the first of a series of changes and,
as such, their visual characteristics are not permanent. Also - there might
be bugs. If you notice an issue or would like to learn more about the
project itself - please head to our project page [3].
Thank you!
Olga
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Vector
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Readers/Web/Team
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements
--
*Olga Vasileva* // Senior Product Manager // Web
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate
<http://donate.wikimedia.org/>. *
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Hello all,
I have been advised by the WMF that if anyone is concerned about being sexually harassed they must report this to AN/I and there are no private mechanisms to report this sort of thing.
Is this for real?
Chris Sherlock
Sent from my iPhone