Усім привіт!
25—29 травня пройде XI міжнародний фестиваль «Книжковий Арсенал» у Києві.
Плануємо мати стенд з презентацією ГО «Вікімедіа Україна» на фестивалі, і
потрібні волонтери, які будуть у ці дні (або один чи кілька днів) чергувати
на стенді.
Волонтери отримають футболки, у яких потрібно буде в ці дні там бути. А
також інші сувеніри із символікою проєктів Фонду Вікімедіа та «Вікімедіа
Україна». Серед можливих завдань, окрім чергувати на стенді та розказувати
й представляти проєкти, може бути також фотографування значущих людей для
Вікіпедії та відвідини заходів на фестивалі для фотографування (звісно,
чергуючись із іншими волонтерами). За потреби можна буде покрити витрати на
дорогу та проживання (або розмістити у когось із вікіпедистів у Києві).
Попередньо планували зосередитися на поширенні матеріалів та інформації про
«свободу панорами», фотоконкурси, освітню програму, і, звісно, про
залучення до проєктів Фонду Вікімедіа. Але конкретніше це почне
викрастилізовуватися вже ближче до заходу. Вітаються й ідеї з оформлення
стенду чи продумування активностей. До 17 лютого ще маємо вирішити чи
будемо й якісь заходи у програмі організовувати, тож якщо у Вас є якісь
думки й щодо цього, пишіть.
Якщо Ви могли б долучитися, заповніть, будь ласка, цю коротку форму, щоб
зібрати необхідну інформацію: посилання на форму для зголошення
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUnadiJMYIGow9nUDDXMmxOIT8ctypqdr…>
З повагою / Best regards,
antanana
Wiki Loves Monuments Ukraine
Wiki Loves Earth International team
Disclaimer: This letter is sent in my Wikimedia volunteer capacity, not as
a Board member of Wikimedia Foundation
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Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on Wednesday, February
23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
[meeting link]
We want to thank those who have expressed interest in speaking during this
call, we had an overwhelming response. Unfortunately we were only able to
choose 3 speakers from the community. We will be sending invitations to
those who have been selected to participate in the meeting shortly. At this
time sign ups for speaking during the call have closed.
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our first ever Community
Development community call!
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Dear fellow Wikimedians -
List members will be aware that Wiki Loves Folklore is taking place right now. [1]
I'm not a member of the international WLF team but I'm suggesting that it would be really good to centralize basic general statistics/metrics for this on the Wiki Loves Competition Tools. [2]
This is controlled through a Scribunto module page written in the Lua programming language. So someone who knows Lua well enough (sadly not me) can (easily?) add Wiki Loves Folklore on the relevant Commons module. [3]
I've mentioned this to the WLF international team during a meeting for WLF organizer that took place today and I proposed asking for help here. Any direct action or suggestions on how to go about this will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Toni
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User:ToniSantWikimedia Community Malta
Web: http://www.wikimalta.org
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore[2]https://wikiloves.toolforge.org
[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:WL_data
Hi all,
The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, February
16, at 9:30 PT/17:30 UTC. The theme is: Collective Attention in Wikipedia.
YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg2aE2m08Qo
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
The Showcase will feature the following talks:
Modeling Collective Anticipation and Response on WikipediaBy *Renaud
Lambiotte <https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/renaud.lambiotte> (University
of Oxford)*The dynamics of popularity in online media are driven by a
combination of endogenous spreading mechanisms and response to exogenous
shocks including news and events. However, little is known about the
dependence of temporal patterns of popularity on event-related information,
e.g. which types of events trigger long-lasting activity. Here we propose a
simple model that describes the dynamics around peaks of popularity by
incorporating key features, i.e., the anticipatory growth and the decay of
collective attention together with circadian rhythms. The proposed model
allows us to develop a new method for predicting the future page view
activity and for clustering time series. To validate our methodology, we
collect a corpus of page view data from Wikipedia associated to a range of
planned events, that are events which we know in advance will have a fixed
date in the future, such as elections and sport events. Our methodology is
superior to existing models in both prediction and clustering tasks.
Furthermore, restricting to Wikipedia pages associated to association
football, we observe that the specific realization of the event, in our
case which team wins a match or the type of the match, has a significant
effect on the response dynamics after the event. Our work demonstrates the
importance of appropriately modeling all phases of collective attention, as
well as the connection between temporal patterns of attention and
characteristic underlying information of the events they represent.
Sudden Attention Shifts on Wikipedia During the COVID-19 CrisisBy *Kristina
Gligorić <https://kristinagligoric.github.io/> (EPFL)*We study how the
COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the severe mobility restrictions that ensued,
has impacted information access on Wikipedia, the world’s largest online
encyclopedia. A longitudinal analysis that combines pageview statistics for
12 Wikipedia language editions with mobility reports published by Apple and
Google reveals massive shifts in the volume and nature of information
seeking patterns during the pandemic. Interestingly, while we observe a
transient increase in Wikipedia’s pageview volume following mobility
restrictions, the nature of information sought was impacted more
permanently. These changes are most pronounced for language editions
associated with countries where the most severe mobility restrictions were
implemented. We also find that articles belonging to different topics
behaved differently; e.g., attention towards entertainment-related topics
is lingering and even increasing, while the interest in health- and
biology-related topics was either small or transient. Our results highlight
the utility of Wikipedia for studying how the pandemic is affecting
people’s needs, interests, and concerns.
--
Emily Lescak (she / her)
Senior Research Community Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation
You can find this message
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…>translated
into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your
language.
Hello Everyone,
My name is Stella Ng, and I am a Senior Manager (Policy) in Trust and
Safety at the Wikimedia Foundation. I am writing with an update on the
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and to address a few outstanding
questions. First let me start by thanking everyone who attended last
Friday’s Conversation Hour where the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2
Drafting committee and the Trust and Safety Policy Team provided an update
on the enforcement guidelines of the UCoC. We also had an opportunity to
respond to several questions with regards to the voting process, the
proposed enforcement guidelines, and the next steps.
As the UCoC Project Team, we realize the importance of these sessions as
they assist us to connect with you, thereby contributing to a better
understanding of the enforcement guidelines and the Universal Code of
Conduct itself. We also view these sessions as extremely important in
highlighting the upcoming voting process. Therefore, we have scheduled two
more sessions that will be held on the 25th of February 2022 at 12:00 UTC,
and on the 4th of March 2022 at 15:00 UTC, and we urge everyone who is able
to attend and dialogue with us. For more information on the upcoming
conversation sessions, please refer here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/2021_consultation…>
.
Similarly, over the last couple of weeks, we have received feedback,
recommendations, and questions with regards to the enforcement guidelines
of the UCoC. As a precursor to our meeting on the 25th of February 2022, I
thought that I could take this opportunity to highlight where we are at
this point.
As many of you are aware, the call for the UCoC was a recommendation
of the 2018-2020
Wikimedia Movement Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
to provide safety and inclusion for everyone. The UCoC policy was then
developed by a volunteer committee and underwent extensive community
consultations with dozens of revisions prior to the Board resolution that
adopted it. The UCoC guidelines should elevate good conduct on Wikimedia
projects and should empower all our communities to address harassment and
negative behavior while creating a more welcoming and inclusive environment
for contributors and readers. I agree with those who built the
recommendation that this will support an environment that will have great
potential to reduce bias and confusion, and to concentrate efforts at the
local level whenever possible.
With that context, I’ll answer some questions that have been posed here, at
the February 4th conversation hour, and on other platforms.
1. Where are we with the vote for enforcement guidelines for the Universal
Code of Conduct (UCoC)
As of now, a vote to ratify the enforcement guidelines for the Universal
Code of Conduct (UCoC) is scheduled for March 7, 2022 to March 21, 2022 via
SecurePoll. For more information on voting, please visit this page here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…>
.
2. Who can vote?
All registered Wikimedia contributors who meet minimum activity requirements
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…>,
affiliate and Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors (employed prior to
17 January 2022), and current and former Wikimedia Foundation trustees will
have the opportunity to vote on the enforcement guidelines proposal in
SecurePoll.
*3. *Are staff forced or encouraged to vote in a specific way?
No, the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation and those of the affiliates are
not encouraged to vote in a specific way. We are encouraging everyone to
vote independently. For the Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines to be
effective, we need honest input to help us detect if there are areas of
needed improvement.
*4. *Will people outside the Wikimedia Foundation be involved in
scrutinizing the vote to verify authenticity?
The UCoC project team has already reached out to multiple non-staff
Wikimedians with experience with global community voting and verification
processes (including the stewards) to request their experienced help in
designing and implementing the scrutinizing of the vote. The scrutinizing
team will be announced as soon as it's finalized.
*5. I*s the Trust and Safety team biased with relation to the outcome of
the vote?
In answering this, let me start by noting that the Trust and Safety unit
has three arms: Policy, Disinformation, and Operations. The team
facilitating the UCoC is the Policy team. The Policy team is not involved
in investigations of user conduct. While we don't believe the Operations
team is or would be biased, this separation of functions was intentional
precisely to avoid inadvertent bias. I lead the Policy team, and we are not
assessed by whether or not this collaboratively created document reaches
approval on its first run or further development is needed. We are,
however, assessed on whether we work well with the community. This means
developing a collaborative approach to enforcing the UCoC that will
function for the community. Our goal is to meet that responsibility as well
as we can.
*6. *What do the UCoC Enforcement guidelines consist of?
The UCoC Enforcement guidelines consist of preventive work (promoting UCoC
awareness, recommending UCoC training, among others) and responsive work
(detailing a process for filing, processing reported violations, providing
resources for reported violations, designating enforcement actions for
violations…) that are intended to help community members coordinate well
together with processes that are fair and equitable across communities to
provide the safest working environment for all.
*7. *Why should I vote?
Ratification of the enforcement guidelines is necessary to finalize
enforcement pathways, processes, and actions for the UCoC. The vote on the
Enforcement Guidelines is designed to evaluate the community’s support for
the UCoC and gather feedback if voters have reservations about the present
proposals. If the enforcement guidelines are not felt to be currently ready
to test, they can be modified until they are.
While there will be time to evaluate how well they are working prior to the
one year review of both the policy and the enforcement approach, we don’t
think it will be possible to fully understand what works and what doesn’t
until we see it in practice.
We also hope that there will be immediate improvement to the conditions
volunteers experience on movement wikis. Clear expectations of behavior and
approaches when disagreements occur should help everyone.
*8. *What happens after the vote concludes?
For the Enforcement Outline to be ratified, the community-led vote will
need to be 50%+1 majority “yes”. From there, the draft will be sent to the
Board of Trustees for ratification.
If the vote produces a majority “no” or an exactly even split, the UCoC
project team will anonymize and publish the reasons given by “no” voters,
and prepare a summarized report. Members of the two UCoC Drafting
Committees will be invited to form a Revisions Committee; this group will
look at improvements to the Guidelines based on concerns raised in the
voting process. Similar to this process, the revisions will be published
for review, and a second vote will be held. This is why, if you decide to
vote "no" on ratification of the current version of the Guidelines, it's so
very important that you provide some comments about what you think needs to
be changed!
*9. I*s there a voter information page that can provide me with all the
information needed for the vote?
Yes, the Foundation has set up a page to provide guidance on the vote. You
can access this page through this
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…>
link.
Finally, allow me to remind you to attend the next conversation hours that
will be held on the 25th of February 2022 at 12:00 UTC, and on the 4th of
March 2022 at 15:00 UTC, so that we can dialogue together.
Best,
Stella Ng
Dear Wikimedians,
The wait is finally over! Registration is now open for EduWiki Week’s
Community Showcase and Connection session. This synchronous 3-hour-long
event includes 9 lightning talks from community members followed by a
social hour. Stay for the whole event or stop by for a few minutes, you’re
all invited to join!
You can find the registration form, important information, and other
details on Meta-Wiki[1]. Registration is required to receive the link to
the meeting. We will be using Zoom for this session. Please register before
February 17.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a proposal for the event!
You will hear the result of your submission by February 11 and the agenda
will be public on February 15.
If in case, you missed submitting a session. Don’t worry! You can host
asynchronous or local events throughout the week or participate in social
media prompts[2]. See our space on Meta-Wiki for more information or
contact me directly.
We look forward to seeing you on Feb. 23 from 13:00 UTC - 16:00 UTC to
celebrate our work and community! Please reach out to me if you have any
questions.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Week_2022
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Week_2022#Asynchronous_Ce…
Best!
Sailesh (on behalf of the EduWiki Week organizing committee)
--
Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_in_Residence_Exchange_Network/2…
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry
🟦🌀💙🌀🟦
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Hello everyone,
The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting
the creation of a global, community-driven Leadership Development Task
Force. The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development
work.
The team is looking for feedback about the responsibilities of the
Leadership Development Task Force. This Meta page shares the proposal
for a Leadership
Development Task Force
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leadership_Development_Task_Force> and how
you can help.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leadership_Development_Task_Force/Participa…>
Feedback on the proposal will be collected from 7 to 25 February 2022.
Thank you,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
It is a pleasure to announce the Steward elections 2022 [1] now accept
votes. I would like to invite all eligible voters[2] to review the list of
the candidates and vote. Voting will remain open until 26 February 2022,
13:59 (UTC).
As always, the confirmation of existing stewards [3] takes place at the
same time as the election itself.
If you have any questions regarding the elections, feel free to contact me
or any other member of the Election Committee. You can also ask any
question in the #wikimedia-stewards-elections-chat IRC channel, or watch
updates in #wikimedia-stewards-elections.
Best regards,
Martin Urbanec
(On behalf of the Election Committee)
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2022
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2022/Guidelines
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Confirm/2022
Communities from the Arabic/MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) Region
Are we ready!! We are meeting in 30 minutes!!
We are calling on all organizers, Wikimedia affiliates, and individuals
from the region to help us organize the #WikiForHumanRights2022 campaign
this year, which focuses once again on the Right to a Healthy Environment
(the newest human right to be recognized by the UN).
Interested and not sure how or what to do? Need help in getting started?
Join our regional support hour for the Mena Region and learn everything you
need to know to begin taking action. We hope to have representatives from
the Community Resources team to share insights on grant-making. You can
read more on our new post on diff here
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/20/join-wikiforhumanrights2022-upcoming-…>-
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/20/join-wikiforhumanrights2022-upcoming-…
Date: Saturday 5th Feb, 2022
Time: 17:00 UTC
Venue: Zoom-https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/89171842866
1.
والتي تركز مرة أخرى على الحق في بيئة صحية (أحدث حق إنساني تعترف به الأمم
المتحدة). هل أنت مهتم ولست متأكدًا من كيفية عمل ذلك؟ هل تحتاج إلى مساعدة
للبدء؟ انضم إلى لقاءات الدعم الإقليمي التي ننظمها لدعم المجتمعات العربية
والناطقة بالعربية وتعرَّف كل ما تحتاج إلى معرفته للبدء!. نأمل أن يكون لدينا
ممثلين من فريق المِنح لمناقشة سبل التقدم للحصول على المنح. يمكنك قراءة
المزيد عن حول هذه اللقاءات عبر الرابط:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-17KOey0124CT8oSBuawnMVhyfHn2pb2/view?usp=…
التاريخ: السبت 5 فبراير 2022
الزمان: 17:00 UTC
الرابط: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84358339696
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