Wikimedia-l January 2022

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Wikimedia France - New board & Annual report
by Diane RANVILLE 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

Hello dear Wikimedia community, We are very happy to present you the latest annual report of Wikimedia France (attached). We would also like to introduce you to our new board, elected at our last general meeting, with 4 new members and a new directing committee: * Capucine-Marin Dubroca Voisin, Chairperson _(newly elected)_ * Jonathan Mouton, Vice-Chairperson _(newly elected in this role)_ * Pascal Radigue, Treasurer * Diane Ranville, Secretary _(newly elected in this role)_ * Julien Gardet * Agnes Lafourcade _(newly elected)_ * Roger Gotlib * Nadine Le Lirzin * Pierre-Yves Beaudouin * Carole Renard * Antoine Srun _(newly elected)_ * Cédric Tarbouriech _(newly elected)_ We would like to thank Pascale Camus-Walter and Benoît Soubeyran, whose mandate ended on this occasion, for their commitment to the movement. We would also like to extend our thanks to Pierre-Yves Beaudouin who, after 5 years of intense dedication as a chairperson, left his role to Capucine-Marin, while remaining in the board to ensure continuity. The board now includes new faces from all around France, including from overseas territory La Réunion. It is also composed of 7 men and 5 women, among which we are very proud to welcome our first non-binary chairperson, Capucine-Marin (she/they), a seasoned wikimedian whose deep commitment to free knowledge and equity will continue to show with this new role in the movement. Please feel free to reach out to the new board if you would like to discuss projects or ideas. With wikilove, DIANE RANVILLE Secretary of Wikimédia France

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Seeking community recommendations for Equity Fund grantees
by Nadee Gunasena 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Hi all, I’m writing to share the latest update on the Equity Fund, a pilot program created by the Wikimedia Foundation to address the barriers to free knowledge experienced by Black, Indigenous, and communities of color around the world. As we've shared on Diff today [1], based on feedback from the first round of Equity Fund grants we are continuing to iterate on our process for choosing grantees and increasing community participation. Today, we are opening up the second round of Equity Fund grantees and are seeking community recommendations. We know that many of you work closely with and are aware of external organizations that can help advance the movement’s goals and address equity gaps. We invite recommendations from current Wikimedia volunteers and communities through an intake form available on Google survey [2] and LimeSurvey [3]. We’ll be taking your suggestions for Round 2 through February 18. Thank you to those that have already submitted recommendations! You can read more about the current status of the Equity Fund, criteria for grantees, as well as other updates around community participation with the Equity Fund on Diff [1]. We invite your questions and feedback on Meta [4]. Thank you, Nadee Gunasena, on behalf of the Equity Fund Committee [1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/20/next-steps-for-the-equity-fund-and-ho… [2] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctHahuVnJQQNG2eo_3F7aB1Z2jQi1JxhN… [3] https://equity-fund.limesurvey.net/162641 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund -- *Nadee Gunasena* Executive Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ᐧ

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Invitation to Episode 9 of WikiAfrica Hour
by Ceslause Ogbonnaya 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Hello Everyone! I hope this finds you well. This is to invite you to the Episode 9 of WikiAfrica Hour, titled "Offline tech bridge", slated to hold on 28th January 20221, at 4:00 pm UTC. Details: https://bit.ly/WikiAfricaHour Regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour 2. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyG_DCysivx59E2olI_BEcQ

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How to innovate in free knowledge: Mapping the movement's innovation capacity
by Kannika Thaimai 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

Dear Wikimedians, Today I am excited to share a document [1] with you that I hope will help initiate the conversation around how to ‘innovate in free knowledge’. This document directly refers to recommendation 9 “Innovate in Free Knowledge” [2] of the Movement Strategy that calls for the exploration and expansion of free knowledge projects. The aim is to stay relevant and to serve our movement’s vision to give access to the sum of human knowledge. Building upon this recommendation, our team at Wikimedia Deutschland outlined different stages of innovation – taking into account the different structures, people, processes of support that innovators and innovations might require at each stage in order to grow. The paper maps out how each innovation stage is or isn’t existent within our movement. And uncovers what is still clearly lacking: While it is not surprising to see structures and processes in place to support the development of existing Wikimedia projects, there are only few support structures and resources to promote new free knowledge projects that are equally needed for the movement to evolve, grow and to become sustainable. The outlined examples are far from exhaustive, so don’t see this as the final and absolute version of the mapping. This map is one way to raise awareness and make ‘innovate in free knowledge’ become more relevant in our movement. Please have a look, and leave your comments and/or questions on the talk page. We are more than happy to engage in conversations and eager to hear additional perspectives, insights, and feedback from across the movement related to this topic. Please also reach out to me directly to explore ways to take the conversation forward. All the best Kannika [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Innovation_Engine/Bui… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/innovationengine/unlo… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/innovationengine/unlo…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/innovationengine/unlo…> --- Kannika Thaimai (she/her)*Innovation Engine - Strategy Lead*>> WMDE innovation engine strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Innovation_Engine> >> UNLOCK Accelerator <https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/ 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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Updates on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Review
by Xeno (Jack) 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

Hello everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has provided an update on the ratification process for the updated Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines [1]. In the next few weeks, the UCoC project team will provide more information on how to participate in the ratification process. The timeline has been updated on Meta [2] as the UCoC project team prepares for the voting process that will take place in early March. To help to understand the process better, the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team will be hosting Conversation Hours on the 4th of February 2022 at 15:00 UTC, and also on the 4th of March 2022 (exact time to be announced). We are urging everyone to join the conversation hours and dialogue with the UCoC project team on the voting process [3]. In the meantime, please take a look at the revised and translated Guidelines [4] that the drafting committee has been hard at work on over the last few months to improve and clarify. There is a comparison page if you would like to see the changes to the guidelines since the draft review last year [5]. You can leave your comments on the talk page as well [6]. Finally, the UCoC and MSG teams want to deeply thank the Drafting Committee for their hard work and dedication in finding equitable ways of applying the UCoC in ways that work for both our growing and more established community processes across the movement. Thank you, Xeno (WMF) Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_…

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General Maintenance at Commons
by Gnangarra 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

Kaya I have created a wishlist for Commons to have all the phabricator tickets(approximately 900) fixed, the video upload issues to be fixed, tfa to be added to existing tools. Via a team of Staff and volunteers being created to focus on Commons. Two fold fix the existing problems, and then make it possible to bring new multimedia content to the projects. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Multimedia_a… Its in your hands now. -- GN.

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Community Wishlist Survey 2022 is coming. Help us and prepare
by Szymon Grabarczuk 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022> starts in less than two weeks (Monday 10 January 2022, 18:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220110T1800>). We, the team organizing the Survey, need your help. - Translate important messages <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=agg-Co…> and/or - Promote the Survey <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey/Help_us> among anyone and everyone you know who has an account on wiki. Promote the Survey on social media, via instant messaging apps, in other groups and chats, in your WikiProject, Wikimedia affiliate - wherever contributors with registered accounts may be. - You may also start thinking about ideas for technical improvements or even writing them down in the CWS sandbox <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey/Sandbox>. *Why are we asking?* - We have improved the documentation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey/FAQ>. It's friendlier and easier to use. This will mean little if it's only in English. - Thousands of volunteers haven't participated in the Survey yet. We'd like to improve that, too. Three years ago, 1387 people participated. Last year, there were 1773 of them. We hope that in the upcoming edition, there will be even more - if you help us with translations. Also, you are better than us in contacting Wikimedians outside of wikis. We have prepared some images to share. More to come. *What is the Community Wishlist Survey?* It's an annual survey that allows contributors to the Wikimedia projects to propose and vote for tools and platform improvements. Long years of experience in editing or technical skills are not required. Thank you for your time and attention. To those who have participated in the Survey - many thanks for your dedication. See you in January! Szymon Grabarczuk (he/him) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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"content was" when deleting pages - is it useful?
by Amir E. Aharoni 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Hallo! There's an old MediaWiki feature: When an administrator deletes a page, a bit of its content is automatically added to an edit summary. This is later viewable in deletion logs. If you edit in the English, German, or Italian Wikipedia, then you haven't actually seen this feature in years, because administrators in these wikis essentially removed it by locally blanking the system messages that make it work. In many other wikis, however, this feature is still working. Is it actually useful? Or should it perhaps be removed? Here's a Phabricator task about it: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299351 If you have an opinion, weigh in there or here. Thanks! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 postponed
by Jayanta Nath 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Hello, We want to give you an update related to Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 (or WMWM2022) was to be conducted on 18 to 20 February 2022, and is postponed now. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022 Currently we are seeing a new wave of the pandemic that is affecting many people around. Although WMWM is an online event, it has multiple preparation components such as submission, registration, RfC etc which require community involvements. We feel this may not be the best time for extensive community engagement. We have also received similar requests from Wikimedians around us. Following this observation, please note that we are postponing the event, and the new dates will be informed on the mailing list and on the event page. Although the main WMWM is postponed, we may conduct a couple of brief calls/meets (similar to Stay Safe Stay Connected call) on the mentioned date, if things go well. We'll also get back to you about updates related to WMWM once the situation is better. Stay safe, Jayanta Nath on behalf of WMWM Centre for Internet and Society

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Wikidebate: from the existence of God to the legality of polygamy
by Felipe Schenone 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Hi all! For some time now there's been a project called Wikidebate on Wikiversity: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikidebate The project has matured over the years, receives occasional contributions, drives some 7000+ views a month and ranks first on some search keywords like "objective reality" and "subjective reality". I feel it has potential, but the truth is it hasn't been growing much lately. So today I thought I could ask others for their wisdom: do you have any ideas on how to help it grow? Maybe doing something to the home page, the flow for creating new debates, or the title conventions? Feel free to reply here or at the main talk page of the project: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:Wikidebate Thanks !!

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