Wikimedia-l April 2022

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Wikidata metrics on the Dashboard
by Will Kent 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

Hi everyone, I'm thrilled to announce that Wikidata metrics are now easily viewable on the Dashboard. Here's a short blogpost the details the hard work that went into this project: https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/04/07/more-wikidata-metrics-on-the-dashboard/ We owe a special thank you to our Outreachy intern, Ivana Novaković-Leković, who worked on the Dashboard code to make this possible. You can see it in action here: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Yale_University/Dura-Europos_… Thanks! -- Will Kent (he/him/his) Wikidata Program Manager WikiEducation @wikieducation will(a)wikiedu.org

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Join #WikiFrHumanrights Launch Webinar_ April 14
by Ruby Damenshie-Brown 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

Dear Wikimedians, The wait is over!!!🤩 The Multilingual Launch Webinar for #WikiForHumanRights is happening live tomorrow 14th April 2022 14:00UTC via zoom. Don’t forget to register- https://bit.ly/36FIJIJ Read more about the event on diff- https://bit.ly/3NCTv3b All are cordially invited! Cheers, Ruby

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Invitation to WikiAfrica Hour episode 12
by Ceslause Ogbonnaya 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

Dear Wikimedians, I write to invite you all to WikiAfrica Hour episode 12, where we shall be engaging our special guest, Maryana Iskander, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation. It's been four months into her Wikimedia Foundation CEO job, what has Maryana Iskander been up to? What's she currently working on? What plans does she have for the movement? Come find out on WikiAfrica Hour episode 12. *Date:22nd April 2022. Time: 4pm UTC. * *You can drop questions for her on the "Questions" page of WikiAfrica Hour Meta page*. Details:https://w.wiki/3E6L Best regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya *WikiAfrica Hour Host*

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Wiki Loves Africa 2022 new deadline
by Ceslause Ogbonnaya 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Dear Wikimedians, On behalf of Wiki In Africa, the organizer of Wiki Loves Africa, I wish to inform you all that the deadline for submitting entries for Wiki Loves Africa 2022 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022> themed *Home + Habitat*, has been extended to *30th April 2022*. Make your entries that are related to the theme and stand a chance to win awesome prizes bit.ly/wla22_enter! Best regards, Ceslause Ogbonnaya

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Open letter on negating race and ethnicity as "meaningful distinctions" in the UCoC
by Anasuya Sengupta 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Tl;dr Urgent need to address the note denying race and ethnicity as “meaningful distinctions among people” in the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). The current wording is highly problematic and can result in endorsing systemic and individual discrimination and violence on the basis of race and ethnicity, rather than preventing it. Dear Wikimedians, We are writing this letter as the Whose Knowledge? user group, both to Wikimedia-l, as well as adding it to the talk page for the UCoC.[0] We endorsed the UCoC in the community voting process because we are committed to its principles and intentions (indeed, some of us have been expressly working towards it within the movement for a very long time, in multiple ways). However, we continue to be deeply concerned about the current wording of a specific note in the UCoC: under Section 3.1 about Harassment, the note under Insults states that “The Wikimedia movement does not endorse "race" and "ethnicity" as meaningful distinctions among people. Their inclusion here is to mark that they are prohibited in use against others as the basis for personal attacks." (emphasis ours)[1] This is both manifestly incorrect and entirely against what we believe to be the principles and intentions of the UCoC. Other Wikimedians have already pointed out the deeply contradictory nature of this statement, including WJBScribe on the talk page in May 2021,[2] but their comments appear not to have been considered yet. By stating that "The Wikimedia movement does not endorse "race" and "ethnicity" as meaningful distinctions among people," those responsible for this text do not seem to fully grasp that: - Even though the concept of ‘race’ as a biological distinction has been refuted, ‘race’ as a social construct has been fully accepted by modern scholars.[3] Even more importantly, we know historically that the concept of ‘race’ was created and developed to serve and justify European colonialism in its quest to enslave, marginalize, oppress, dominate and exterminate black, brown and indigenous peoples in the lands they colonized. This form of “racial science” was also responsible for the genocide of Europeans who would otherwise be racialized as white outside of Europe, in particular during World War II. Since then the concept of ‘race’ has been used to develop and create some of the most wide ranging systems of power and privilege that currently marginalize and oppress the majority of the world. - By denying or not ‘endorsing’ the existence of race as a “meaningful distinction among people”, the Wikimedia movement is not doing non-white people any favors or helping to end racism or racist demonstrations, such as insults based on race. As we’ve said before, being silent about racism doesn’t make it go away. It only creates the perfect environment for the continued existence of the deep structural powers and privileges that created it in the first place.[4] - Additionally, it is equally manifestly important to acknowledge the ways in which the concept of ‘ethnicity’ is used to create “meaningful” - including violently discriminatory - “distinctions” amongst people, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism as two obvious examples. It is equally obvious that the concepts of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ are not equivalent and/or interchangeable, and cannot be used so. - By including such a problematic statement, the UCoC contradicts the movement’s commitment to knowledge equity, clearly stated and approved as part of our Wikimedia Movement Strategy for 2030. The Universal Code of Conduct of a movement that doesn’t “see” race or ethnicity or acknowledge the historical and current effects of our racialized and ethnically-driven world, cannot and will not be able to “focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege.”[5] - Leaving this wording in, also negates the ongoing efforts by individuals and organizations across the movement who work with passion and commitment towards knowledge equity in different ways, including through challenging racist and ethnically discriminatory behavior in our projects. As long-time members of our movement, we assume good faith, and recognize that this current wording may have happened through honest intentions gone badly wrong. As Wikimedians who believe in shared improvements through collective editing, we hope that this mistake too will be immediately acknowledged and removed from the UCoC. We are not entirely sure who is ultimately responsible for this change, but if the Wikimedia Foundation Board is in charge of reviewing the policy, we believe it is incumbent upon the Board to share with us what possible next steps they will take, towards this. We look forward to a UCoC that lives up to its principles and intentions, and we commit to its practice as Wikimedians. With love, respect, and solidarity, Adele and Anasuya with the Whose Knowledge? team, advisors, and friends [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Open_Letter_… [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#3.1_%E2%80%93_Har… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct#%22The_Wikim… [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) [4] https://whoseknowledge.org/media-section/creative-commons-global-summit-201… and https://whoseknowledge.org/media-section/toward-a-wikipedia-for-and-from-us… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#Our_strate… -- *Anasuya Sengupta* +44 7367 868585 *Reimagining and redesigning the internet to be for and from us all* http://whoseknowledge.org *We just launched the first ever State of the Internet's Languages report <http://internetlanguages.org>!* *There can be no love without justice... The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.* *(bell hooks)*

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An Open Letter to Maryana Iskander
by Frederick Noronha 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

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Update: Extended application deadline for Wikimedia Summit 2022
by Cornelius Kibelka 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Dear Wikimedians, I wanted to share a quick update following Wikimedia Deutschland’s announcement of the Wikimedia Summit 2022 last week. I am Cornelius, Event Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Movement Strategy and Governance team, and the contact person for all things around the Summit at WMF’s side. The Movement Strategy and Governance team collaborates with Wikimedia Deutschland on planning and organizing the Wikimedia Summit. - We heard the feedback about the *tough timeline for the application.* Talking to everyone involved, we were able to adjust the timeline for the application: the application deadline is now April 24. This leaves the organizing team about a week to review all applications, the final invitee list for the in-person attendance will be published nevertheless on April 29. - *We’d like to clarify that each affiliate can (and needs) only apply once*. Add the name of your primary representative to the form. If your affiliate has a paid staff member in the position of an Executive Director, please let us know via a short email to wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de, so you’re ‘on the radar’. - We have received and heard repeated questions and suggestions to *open up the online participation/attendance for this event* for more affiliate representatives and individuals interested in Movement Strategy. While we’re reviewing this at the moment with the intention to do so, we’d just like to emphasize our need to make this decision consciously, and not just based on pure logistical questions. It has a huge impact on the concept of the event and the program design overall (especially in the hybrid setting), and will also set a precedent for the upcoming years. We will publish an update on this soon. - Last week, we have hosted two “Questions and Answers sessions” around the Wikimedia Summit. We have published the questions and answers as notes on Meta. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2022/FAQ Thanks for all your feedback and engagement around this event. We’ll keep you posted on the usual channels. If you have any questions in the meantime, please reach out to the organizing team via wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de Cheers Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) Event Coordinator Movement Strategy + Governance 2030.wikimedia.org <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/>* <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Check out the first episode of our new Podcast WIKIMOVE
by Eva Martin 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Dear Wikimedians, We are excited to be dropping the first episode of WIKIMOVE <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE>, the new podcast on everything Wikimedia Movement Strategy. What’s in this episode? We introduce the concept of the pod and then chat about the latest news in our movement. Then, as the main topic of this episode we discuss one of the two pillars of movement strategy: Knowledge as a Service. During our guest interview we learn more about the origin story of the strategic direction and discuss its relevance for the future of our movement and for the way we provide our services. Our guests are… Tochi Precious, Founder of the Igbo Wikimedia User Group Toichi has been working on developing the creativity of young African editors and increasing the number of African language Wikipedias. Guillaume Paumier, Principal Program Manager, Advancement, Wikimedia Foundation Guillaume was instrumental in the earlier stage of movement strategy development and helped write the strategic direction. You can find the audio podcast here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiMove_-_Podcast_Folge_1_final.ogg> and a shortened video version here. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNg1NGxHHHA> Please visit our meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE> to react to the episode and subscribe to get notified of each new release. The topic and guests for our next episode will be announced soon, stay tuned! Looking forward to your feedback, Movement Strategy and Global Relations, Wikimedia Deutschland -- 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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13 Apr '22

Dear all, If you speak a non-hegemonic language or are interested in minority languages in general, please come join us on April 22 at CONTRIBULING [1]! Wikimedia France [2] and Wikimedia Morocco [3] teamed up with the INALCO [4], BULAC [5], NTeAlan [6] and Idemi Africa [7] to put together this second yearly edition of the conference. The focus is on free participative software that help document minority languages. We will have some projects around Wikipedia, Wikidata and Lingua Libre, of course, but some conferences and workshops will also introduce participants to tools outside the Wikimedia movement, as complementary solutions. We will cover a vast array of languages, from Japanese, Teochew (China), Atikamekw (Canada), Marseillais (France) to Fong (Benin) and Tshiluba (DRC). Other sessions will showcase multilingual platforms that can be used for a family of languages or for all languages. The event will be translated live into English for participants joining us on zoom. If you are interested, please feel free to register here: https://framaforms.org/contribuling-2022-registration-form-1648203716 [8] The program and further details are available on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ContribuLing_2022/Program [9] For any further information, please contact _contribuling(a)framalistes.org_. Best, -- RÉMY GERBET _DIRECTEUR EXÉCUTIF_ Executive director _+33 1 42 36 26 24_ [10] _+33 7 84 37 91 04_ [11] _-------------------------------------------------------------------------_ WIKIMEDIA FRANCE Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance _WWW.WIKIMEDIA.FR [12]_ _28 rue de Londres, 75009 PARIS_ [13] Links: ------ [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ContribuLing_2022 [2] https://www.wikimedia.fr/les-inscriptions-pour-contribuling-sont-ouvertes/ [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MA_User_Group [4] http://www.inalco.fr/en/welcome-inalco-website [5] https://bulac.hypotheses.org [6] https://ntealan.org/ [7] https://idemi.africa/ [8] https://framaforms.org/contribuling-2022-registration-form-1648203716 [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ContribuLing_2022/Program [10] tel:+33142362624 [11] tel:+33784379104 [12] http://www.wikimedia.fr/ [13] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1234174880

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UCoC Phase 2 Ratification Results Announcement
by Stella Ng 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

Hello All, We would like to thank the over 2300 Wikimedians who participated in the recently concluded community vote on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>. At this time, the volunteer scrutinizing group has completed the review of the accuracy of the vote and the final results are available on Meta-wiki. A quick summary can be found below: - 58.6% Yes, 41.4% No - Contributors from 128 home wikis participated in the vote - Over thirty languages were supported in the ballot What this outcome means is that there is enough support for the Board to review the document. It does not mean that the Enforcement Guidelines are automatically complete. From here, the project team will collate and summarize the comments provided in the voting process, and publish them on Meta-wiki. The Enforcement Guidelines will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for their consideration. The Board will review input given during the vote, and examine whether there are aspects of the Guidelines that need further refinement. If so, these comments, and the input provided through Meta-wiki and other community conversations, will provide a good starting point for revising the Guidelines to meet the needs expressed by communities in the voter’s responses. In the event the Board moves forward with ratification, the UCoC project team will begin supporting specific proposals in the Guidelines. Some of these proposals include working with community members to form the U4C Building Committee, starting consultations on training, and supporting conversations on improving our reporting systems. There is still a lot to be done, but we will be able to move into the next phase of this work. Many people took part in making sure the policy and the enforcement guidelines work for our communities. We will continue to collaboratively work on the details of the strong proposals outlined in the Guidelines as presented by the Wikimedians who engaged with the project in different ways over the last year. Once again, we thank everyone who participated in the ratification of the Enforcement Guidelines. Regards, Stella Ng on behalf of the UCoC Project Team Senior Manager, Trust and Safety Policy

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