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Most visited articles in 2022
by Romaine Wiki 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Every year it reaches the headlines of the news: the top 10 or top 100 of most visited Google searches of the past year in my country. This I have seen in some other countries too. People are interested and with making this data public, something positive is said about Google (besides all the negatieve news about them during the rest of the year). This is something simple Wikimedia could do too: sharing this kind of data (*by country*) with the world. It would bring Wikipedia closer to the public, more positive awareness. Or otherwise making this data available to the local chapters so they can bring positive news about Wikipedia. Romaine

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December Wikimedia Foundation Board Meeting Outcomes
by Nataliia Tymkiv 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met for their final meeting of 2022 on December 7. Two members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) – Érica Azzellini and Manavpreet Kaur – were invited to join the meeting as Board Visitors <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_visitors>. == Board Business == Quite a bit of regularly scheduled Board business was covered, including: - Appointing Mike Peel [1] to the Board and reappointing Shani Evenstein Sigalov to her second term [2]. Their terms will run from December 7, 2022 until December 31, 2025. You can read more about Mike and Shani here on Diff [3]. - Most of the work of the Board is done via its committees. Each year each Trustee’s committee assignments are approved to serve on individual Board committees, either as full members or as alternates. The new membership is listed here [4]. - The Board also approved the September 8 Board meeting minutes [5]. == Governance Reforms == During the meeting, the Board also approved changes to the Affiliations Committee Charter [6]. Also, the Community Affairs Committee (CAC) is to oversee the Affiliations Committee on behalf of the board from now on, and will be responsible for any future revision of the Affiliations Committee Charter, and for appointing Board Liaisons. CAC will likewise be providing oversight to the Language Committee [7]. These changes will help CAC to work more directly with the advising Board committees, to assess and provide support, and to make changes quicker if needed. == 2022 Board Selection Review == The Board also received an update from the Governance Committee on their recent meeting with the Elections Committee in November. The past selection process was challenging because of the lack of clarity on the roles of all the bodies involved. The Board acknowledges that the process became overcomplicated, and changes mid-process added more confusion and frustration. For the next Board selection process, there would be more clearly defined roles for the Elections Committee, the Governance Committee / Board Selection Task Force, and Foundation staff, to avoid slowdowns and lack of clarity on process. These updated roles and responsibilities will be made public to help voters and candidates understand how decisions are being made. The Board agreed with the recommendation from the Governance Committee to seat Trustees in 2024 at the December board meeting, so that there is enough time to plan the next selection process, and make all necessary changes to the SecurePoll software etc. == Foundation Updates == During the meeting the Board also received a report from staff on the current financial outlook as well as an update on year-end fundraising revenue: the first week <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fundraising/2022_banners#First_week…>of the revised banner campaign on the English Wikipedia shows a roughly 50% decline in donations. As this was information for only one week, the Board needs more data to understand the implications, and will therefore be meeting again with staff in January to discuss next steps. After the Board meeting there was an open Q&A session with Foundation staff, to discuss the meeting outcomes, and the fundraising data. == 2023 Meeting Dates == The regular 2023 Board meeting dates have been set and the Board will be meeting: - March 9-12, New York, USA - June 21 (Virtual) - August (Wikimania, Singapore, the exact date(s) TBD) - December 6 (Virtual) == Open Conversation with Trustees on December 15 == I hope to see you at the upcoming CAC Open Conversation with Trustees <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm…>, happening December 15, at 12:00 UTC, on Zoom (write to ask.cac(a)wikimedia.org if you would like to register). As usual, the call will be recorded, and there will be a live YouTube stream. This call will have interpretation into Arabic. As communicated before, the aim is to provide interpretation for any language where there are five or more interested community members, but as mentioned on the page, the requests should have been made at least 5 days before the event. [1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Mike_Peel_to_th… [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Shani_Evenstein_S… [3] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/12/the-wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-two… [4] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_2022 [5] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Review,_Ratification,_and_… [6] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Updating_Affiliations_Comm… [7] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Updating_Language_Committe… Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!*

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Invitation to episode 19 of WikiAfrica Hour
by Ceslause Ogbonnaya 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Dear all, I'm glad to invite you to episode 19 of WikiAfrica Hour, titled "*Free, Open & Cool.*" This episode is dedicated to discussion around what criteria a tool should meet to be used in the Wikimedia and Open movement, tool development, and maintenance. The episode will include a watch-party of the 2022 Wikimedia Coolest tool awards. The episode will host User:Eugene233 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Eugene233>, a volunteer developer in the Wikimedia movement. He is a member of the Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedians_of_Cameroon_User_Group>, and has worked with open source communities like CiviCRM <https://www.civicrm.org/>. He was a volunteer developer on Wikispeech <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikispeech> with Wikimedia SE <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Sverige>. He developed and is maintaining the FormWizard extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FormWizard> for Mediawiki. He's one of the folks behind the ISA Tool <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool> development and maintenance. He recently has been involved in the development of the Scribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scribe> tool. He is currently assisting the Africa Wikimedia Developers Project <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Africa_Wikimedia_Developers_Project> as technical lead, and mentoring developers under the Wiki Mentor Africa program. Date: 16th December 2022 Time: 16:30 UTC Details: w.wiki/5dft Regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya *Host, WikiAfrica Hour*

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Wikimedia Ukraine's annual report for 2021
by Anton Protsiuk 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Hi all, I'm writing to highlight that Wikimedia Ukraine's annual activity report for 2021 has been publicly available on Meta [1]. In 2021, we continued to execute our multi-year strategy [2], which includes five directions – enriching content of Wikipedia and its sister projects, increasing participation in the Wikimedia projects, supporting and helping develop the existing community, increasing public awareness about Wikimedia, and advocating for policy changes needed to advance free knowledge (notably freedom of panorama in Ukraine). Some of the highlights in 2021 include supporting the Wiki Loves Earth photo competition on the international scale; holding a big Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine contest; organizing multiple campaigns to bridge gender gap on Ukrainian-language Wikipedia and Wikiquote; publishing a handbook on Wikipedia for teachers as part of our Wikipedia in Education program; holding a hybrid all-Ukrainian Wikiconference; working with news media publishers & supporting multiple social media channels to spread awareness of Wikipedia and WMUA's projects. If you are interested in reading about some of the case studies in greater detail, we published articles on Diff about our experience organizing the WikiGap 2021 campaign in Ukraine [3], as well as providing scholarships for online conferences [4]. All of that happened before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which started in February of 2022. Despite Russia continuing to wage its war against Ukraine, Wikimedia Ukraine has kept operating in 2022 – both assisting community members in need and supporting previously planned projects like Wiki Loves Earth internationally, Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine, and much more. We will share a detailed report on our 2022 activity in early 2023, but in the meantime you can review slides from our presentations on the Ukrainian community during the war [5] and Wikimedia Ukraine's approach to planning our future activities [6], as well as read some of the personal stories of volunteers affected by Russia's invasion [7]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia_Ukrain… [2] https://ua.wikimedia.org/?curid=7089 [3] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/20/wikigap-2021-in-ukraine-results-and-i… [4] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/03/21/what-wikimedia-ukraine-learned-by-pro… [5] https://bit.ly/3FpHAT7 [6] https://w.wiki/677V [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine/Stories_of… Best Regards Anton Protsiuk Programs Coordinator at Wikimedia Ukraine

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Luis Bitencourt-Emilio Joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
by Nataliia Tymkiv 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

Dear All, Please join me in welcoming Luis Bitencourt-Emilio to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Luis was unanimously appointed to a 3-year term and replaces a board-selected Trustee, Lisa Lewin, whose term ended in November 2021 [1]. Currently based in São Paulo, Luis is the Chief Technology Officer at Loft, a technology startup in the real-estate industry. He brings product and technology experience from a globally diverse career that has spanned large technology companies including Microsoft, online networking sites like Reddit, and a series of entrepreneurial technology ventures focused in the USA and Latin America. Luis has led product and technology teams across Latin America, the United States, Europe and Asia. He is passionately involved in building and promoting the entrepreneurial ecosystem for Latin American-based startups. Luis has more than two decades of experience across product development, software engineering, and data science. At Microsoft, he led engineering teams shipping multiple Microsoft Office products. At Reddit, he led the Knowledge Group, an engineering team that owned critical functions such as data, machine learning, abuse detection and search. He was deeply involved in Reddit’s growth stage and worked closely with Reddit’s communities in that evolution. Luis also co-founded a fintech startup to help millennials manage and automate their finances. His career has also been shaped by a visible commitment to recruiting diverse leaders. At Reddit, Luis was a key member of the recruitment efforts that achieved equal representation of women engineering directors. Luis says his proudest achievement at Microsoft was building their Brazilian talent pipeline by working closely with local universities to place thousands of engineering candidates at Microsoft, as well as his involvement in expanding global recruitment to markets including Ukraine, Poland, Great Britain, the EU and Mexico. Luis was educated in Brazil and the United States, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with Honors from the University of Maryland. He is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. He is also a proud father and dog lover. I would like to thank the Governance Committee, chaired by Dariusz Jemielniak, for this nomination process as well as volunteers in our Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities who also met with Luis or shared their experiences. You can find an official announcement here [2]. PS. You can help translate or find translations of this message on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Janu… [1] Lisa Lewin served from January 2019 till November 2021: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Lisa_Lewin%E2%80%… [2] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/12/luis-bitencourt-emilio-joins-wikimedi… Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!*

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: November 2022
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

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Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on December 15th
by Shani Evenstein 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

Hello everyone, I would like to invite everyone for this year's last Open Conversation with Trustees <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm…>, which will take place on December 15th. As promised, we are alternating the timing of these meetings and this one will be at 12:00 UTC (find your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1671105652>). As usual, the call will be hosted by the Board of Trustees' Community Affairs Committee (CAC), though this meeting is planned to be a bit different -- more low-key and probably with less topics discussed. The final agenda will be posted on Meta and shared here closer to the event. We will be keeping the 90 minutes call duration, and will include both updates from the Board and an open discussion with your questions. The call will be held on Zoom with a live YouTube stream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lr8jNr1Es>. We’d love to be able to talk with you directly, so we encourage you to join us live on Zoom if you can! *Request the Zoom* link by emailing askcac(a)wikimedia.org. You can also request to join a mailing list that receives the link automagically whenever we host a meeting, by emailing us. You can also email askcac(a)wikimedia.org to *request language interpretation up to 5 days before the meeting*. We will aim to provide interpretation for any language where there are five or more interested community members. Finally, you are welcome to *pre-submit questions* for the Board via the same email, askcac(a)wikimedia.org. Knowing in advance what is on your mind will help us give you more informed answers during the call. So for now, save the date and sign up!. Thank you and we look forward to seeing as many of you there, Shani, on behalf of the CAC. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Chair, Community Affairs Committee Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Foundation Board: welcoming two community-and-affiliate-selected trustees
by Nataliia Tymkiv 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board has appointed the two community-and-affiliate-selected trustees, so please join me in welcoming Mike Peel to the Board of Trustees [1]. I would also like to congratulate Shani Evenstein Sigalov on her re-appointment to the Board [2]. Their terms will run from December 7, 2022 to December 31, 2025. You can read more about them on Diff here [3]. Mike’s first committee assignments will be: member of the Community Affairs Committee (CAC), alternate to the Audit and Product & Technology Committees [4]. Shani remains Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of the CAC, member of the Governance and Product & Technology Committees [4]. She is also a Board liaison to the Affiliations Committee and the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. Also I would like to thank all who took part in the most recent selection process – be it as a voter or as a volunteer or staff member supporting the process. And of course a very special thank you to candidates, who put their names forward [5]. [1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Mike_Peel_to_th… [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Shani_Evenstein_S… [3] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/12/the-wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-two… [4] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_2022 [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_202… Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!*

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WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign Edition
by Euphemia Uwandu 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

Hello Everyone, We are excited to share that we will be running the 2023 edition of the WikiForHumanRights campaign between April - June and will be having our first office hour on 16 January 2023 at 16:00 UTC (Zoom Registration <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RUg8nCsUR2arzMipy-Cl0Q>). We encourage you to join the coordination channel on telegram <https://t.me/+tiAL4ru2TeAxZTFh> for access to regular updates on the campaign. If your community will require funds to run community activities, we recommend that you apply for the upcoming January - March Rapid Grant cycle and let us know of your grant application at campaigns(a)wikimedia.org. We are taking a regional coordination approach in next year's campaign and are looking for volunteer organizers to help coordinate community activities in CEE, ESEAP, South Asia and Francophone Africa. If you are interested in helping coordinate, please reach out to our 2023 Senior Organizing Fellow, Euphemia Uwandu at euwandu-ctr(a)wikimedia.org or campaigns(a)wikimedia.org before January 10. Please refer to this diff post <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/09/renewing-wikiforhumanrights-in-2023-a…>for more information on how we are thinking about the 2023 edition of the campaign. We will be updating the meta page by Early January with more information about the upcoming campaign <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights>. Kind Regards, Euphemia

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New WIKIMOVE Podcast #7: Growing Communities
by Eva Martin 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

Dear all, Our latest WIKIMOVE Episode on growing communities has just dropped! Check it out on our website <https://www.wikimedia.de/wikimove-site/podcast/episode-7-growing-communitie…> and feel free to react to it on our meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE/Reactions> to continue the conversation. WIKIMOVE is also available on the following platforms: Spotify <https://open.spotify.com/show/7olhgddgj7KpWGOzSkPOQJ?si=8907893eb0cd402f> | Apple Podcast <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wikimove/id1635535328> | Google Podcast <https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3…> | Stitcher <https://www.stitcher.com/show/wikimove> Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/user-536754242?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&…> | Deezer <https://www.deezer.com/search/wikimove> | JioSaavn <https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/wikimove/1/Te3xsXx-My8_> | Podchaser <https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/wikimove-4759781> |Youtube playlist <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Jl1-BPyGw&list=PLduaHBu_3ejMiYzcKIGuNuJat…> What's in this episode? In this episode we talk with Anass Sedrati and Pepe Flores, two distinguished Wikimedia activists from emerging communities. They share about the enthusiasm and the struggles that can be found everywhere on the globe where Wikimedians are growing their communities. We talk about how the movement can best support these communities, and how we can build a governance model that gives them a voice. Anass and Pepe also give us an insight into their work with the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. We hope that you will enjoy this episode and look forward to your feedback, Your WIKIMOVE Team Nikki, Nicole, Eva -- Eva Martin Project Assistant Movement Strategy and Global Relations 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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