Dear Wikimedians,
we have published the Wikimedia Poland 2020 grant report on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia_Poland…
*Highlights and ideas to take to your orgs and communities:*
- on-line trainings and meetings grew our audience and helped us engage
long-time community members who have never attended live events
- inviting Wikimedia Foundation product & development staff to talk to
the community during an on-line event can greatly sped up consensus
building on enabling new features
- we can scale each employee's efforts through connecting them with a
group of volunteers (and vice versa, but more on that in our 2021 report)
- podcasts can be a good vector to reach potential partners and inspire
them to come to us
- as more partners want to work with us to make culture open and
accessible, we need a robust process to maintain high efficiency
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on this list or reach out to me
privately.
--
Z poważaniem · Kind regards
Łukasz Garczewski
Dyrektor ds. operacyjnych · Chief Operating Officer
tel: +48 601 827 937
e-mail: lukasz.garczewski(a)wikimedia.pl
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Informacje na temat przetwarzania znajdują się w Polityce Prywatności
<https://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Polityka_prywatno%C5%9Bci>. Kontakt:
rodo(a)wikimedia.pl
Dear Wikimedians,
Last year, the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation launched a pilot
teacher training program that helped teachers use Wikipedia in their
classrooms. Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/education/reading-wikipedia-in-the…>
provided a professional development opportunity to over 500 teachers in
Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines with a localized curriculum and
resources aligned with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework.
Throughout this 9-week program, teachers developed vital media and
information literacy skills for the 21st century, including understanding
how information is produced, accessing and evaluating content online, and
identifying biases and knowledge gaps. All through the power of Wikipedia
<https://www.k12digest.com/changing-the-narrative-the-power-of-wikipedia-to-…>!
You can read more details about the pilot program and its impact in our
final report
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf>
[1].
Now, we are opening up the opportunity to more Wikimedians, mission-aligned
organizations, and individuals to participate in a Training of Trainers
(ToT). By the end of the ToT, participants will be certified to lead
training for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. They will be able to adapt
& implement the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in their local
contexts to help teachers use Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool. Participants
who successfully complete the ToT will also have access to a pool of
funding that can support their local activities. You can learn more about
the ToT timeline and curriculum on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroo…>
.
We think you or members of your community would be a great fit! We invite
you to attend an information session on Thursday, July 29 at 13:00 UTC via
Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95280050770>. The team will share more
detailed information, answer questions, and announce the open call for
applications. If you have any questions ahead of this event, please don’t
hesitate to reach out to the team at education(a)wikimedia.org
We look forward to seeing you at the information session!
--the Education Team
[1]The program report
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf>
shows us how teachers’ attitudes towards Wikipedia changed as they moved
through the curriculum, responded to practical assignments and reflection
questions, and participated in synchronous sessions led by local
coordinators of the program. For example, one of the participating teachers
from Bolivia said that at first he “thought that Wikipedia was a platform
like Google, but now I value all the volunteer work done by the community
behind it”. The program model also supported members of the local Wikimedia
affiliates to improve their capacity to organize and lead education
initiatives. Currently, the Wikimedians of Bolivia
<https://twitter.com/wikimedia_bo/status/1415057167804162049> user group is
launching the second edition of the program! The resources
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_classr…>
created for the program are available on Wikimedia Commons in English,
Spanish, Arabic, and Tagalog, and they are free for anybody to use, adapt
and share.
--
Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Andreas Kolbe writes:
> It's worth noting that Yumiko's article (now also on fastcompany.com)
> quotes the WMF as saying it "does *not often* get involved in issues
> related to the creation and maintenance of content on the site."
>
> That "not often" actually indicates a little publicised but significant
> departure from past practice when the WMF would disclaim all responsibility
> for content ....
>
WMF did not "disclaim all responsibility for content." Instead, WMF
disclaimed primary responsibility for content, and still does. When WMF was
understaffed, as it typically was during Wikipedia's first decade, we made
a point of steering certain complaints and legal demands to the editor
community as a default choice. The policy reasons for this choice were
straightforward. But WMF directly intervened on a number of occasions,
typically as required by law.
Mike Godwin
Under the title "*Openness <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness>*", "
انفتاح <https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD>"
the Algerian Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Algeria> has the honor to
organize the first remote conference of its kind directed at the
Wikimedians community, in which it invites Arab user groups in the Arab
region and all users of the Arabic Wikipedia encyclopedia to participate in
it by submitting talks under this title. The conference will be from 15 to
17 October 2021
We believe in the importance of the Wikimedia community, especially the
Arab community, in the perspective of openness towards global free
knowledge content, to offer this information in Arabic through Wikipedia
and its sister projects to every human being in this universe.
The Wikimedia Algeria user group is organizing the Wiki Arabia Algeria 2021
conference, which will be virtual for the first time in the Arab world from
15 to 17 October 2021 under the title "Openness".
We are honored to invite you to participate and enrich this conference,
which is an opportunity to share your topics and experiences with the Arab
region.
*We suggest to you four main points that need cessions during the
conference*:
- How can we achieve this openness?
- How do we increase the quantity and quality of content in the Arabic
Wikipedia and its sister projects?
- What are the strategies that should be adopted to publish outstanding
content in the Arabic Wikipedia and its sister projects?
- How do we maintain the pace of enriching good and new content in the
Arabic Wikipedia and its sister projects?
In order to present your important conference, you can fill in the
intervention form via the following link :
https://www.wikiarabia2021.com/en_GB/event/propose-2/track_proposal
As a reminder, the *deadline *for submission of interventions is *September
15, 2021 at 23:59 UTC*
If you have any questions or inquiries, please email us at
*program(a)wikiarabia2021.com
<program(a)wikiarabia2021.com>*.
You can visit the conference website via this link :
https://www.wikiarabia2021.com/en_GB/event/propose-2/page/lmqdm-wyky-rbyw-2…
We invite you to visit the rest of the Meta pages
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiArabia/2021>, Facebook
<https://web.facebook.com/wikiarabia2021>, Twitter
<https://twitter.com/Wikiarabia2021>or Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wiki.arabia/>
All appreciation and respect
*Mohammed Bachounda*
On behalf of the organizational team of WikiArabia Algeria.
* Mohammed Bachounda <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bachounda>*
Leader Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Algeria>Algeria
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Algeria> UG
WikiArabia 2021 Algiers
<https://www.wikiarabia2021.com/en_GB/event/propose-2/page/lmqdm-wyky-rbyw-2…>
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Dear Wikimedians,
The pseudonymous list subscriber "hillbillyholiday" is on moderation.
This is an opportunity to re-iterate that the Universal Code of Conduct[1]
applies to all Wikimedia spaces, including mailing lists hosted on the
Wikimedia servers, like this one. Asserting, even indirectly ("anyone")
that one's interlocutor is a Nazi, violates the UCoC, and will not be
tolerated.
Long-time subscribers know we tolerate a lot of criticism of projects,
plans, and opinions on this list -- even *unfounded* criticism -- provided
it is *civil* and compliant with behavior expectations.
Please refrain from further violations of the UCoC, but by all means
continue to disagree with each other and to express criticism.
Asaf Bartov, list admin (volunteer role)
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
--
Asaf Bartov <asaf.bartov(a)gmail.com>
Wiki Indaba 2021 is less than three months away and we are calling upon you
to lend your skills, passion and experience by joining our team of
volunteers who will work with the core organizing team of members of the
Wikimedia community user group Uganda .
We have identified and defined roles that we believe can make our plan for
this conference a reality. Planning such an event is an opportunity to work
with other Wikimedians. Your support will help us make the first virtual
Wiki Indaba a memorable conference.
Please through the required roles here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2021/Call_for_volunte…
And send in your application through this form by 7th September 2021
https://framaforms.org/wiki-indaba-2021-call-for-volunteers-1630157958
Kind regards,
Geoffrey Kateregga
Wiki Indaba 2021 Communications Lead
Dear all,
I would like to announce the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2021>, which
is scheduled to take place from 5-7 November and will be a virtual event
for a second consecutive year.
This year's conference will be labelled with the slogan "Meet for a Better
Future!" and its programme will be mostly filled with session proposals
received through a call for submissions, while there will also be a handful
of sessions that will feature keynote speakers or will be formatted as
plenary discussions on important topics from the Wikimedia movement. *You
can submit your session proposal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2021/Submissio…>
until
the extended deadline of 30 September 2021.*
Considering that the event will take place in an online environment and
there are no significant barriers for participation, we would like to
encourage participation and session proposals by people from outside the
region of Central and Eastern Europe.
In case you have any questions regarding the conference, please do not
hesitate to contact the Organising Committee members
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2021/Developme…>.
You can also read the official blog post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/20/announcing-the-wikimedia-cee-online-m…>
announcing the event in order to get more information about it.
Best regards,
Kiril Simeonovski
...considering recent discussions on Wikimania and here, this is maybe a
useful opinion piece from https://
UNDARK.org/2021/08/12/wikipedia-has-a-language-problem-heres-how-to-fix-it/
It is packed with good insights and while I do not agree with all this, the
final sentence feels kind of brilliant: ... to achieve its stated mission
to “help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge,” they might first need
to create the sum of all Wikipedias.
Best Z. Blace