Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the new images from
the Webb telescope. They are truly incredible.
In response to Lodewijk's question, the Foundation's Communications
Department manages the English Wikipedia social media accounts (on Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/>, Twitter
<https://twitter.com/Wikipedia>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/Wikipedia/?hl=en>), as well as the Wikimedia
Foundation accounts. There is more information about that on Meta-Wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media>.
We try to plan the content calendar about one to two weeks in advance, but
we stay flexible to react to current events and Wikimedia news. We always
welcome ideas for articles and content to share from both the Wikimedia
Foundation and Wikipedia channels. You can share ideas with us at any time
via this Google Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchEZ_-8jCJP6E6UQguy_MjOYgoNUfSyzN…>.
Amplifying the work of volunteers in the movement is important to us, and
we value suggestions on opportunities for us to do this further.
Regarding the Webb telescope news, we are planning to share the related
Wikipedia article as this Friday's Article of the Week
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Article_of_the_week> on
Wikipedia's social media channels, and to highlight that the images are
available on Commons. Every Friday, we share an article that is relevant to
current global events and conversations (e.g. we shared about Hajj
<https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1545492143023820813> last week), so
we thought the Webb telescope would be a perfect fit for this week.
We also look for opportunities to retweet posts from others related to
Wikimedia and current topics. For example, we just shared this post from
Wikimedia Chile <https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1546936039968743425>
about the Webb images. With this approach, we can share about the same
topic in multiple ways, from a range of perspectives, and celebrate
community groups. Another way is by sharing blog posts and media coverage
that mention us.
With that in mind, another idea I would like to propose is a blog post on
Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/> that tells the story of how Wikimedia
communities responded to the release of the images and made sure
information and the photos were quickly available on Wikimedia projects.
This is just an idea. If anyone is interested in writing that blog, please
let us know! We can then amplify the post on social media to bring it more
visibility.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Lauren
*Lauren Dickinson (she/her)*
Senior Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:43 PM effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> How is @Wikipedia (and similar accounts) being managed right now? I'm
> mostly curious about the process how the tweets are decided upon - is this
> a staff-driven process or is there some community engagement? Is it planned
> out long in advance, or reactive (or somewhere in between)?
>
> Are there opportunities to better bolster the strengths of our community?
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 9:30 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We should all be answering questions :) The public interest will only
>> grow with the glorious images coming out today.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
>> galder158(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good day,
>>> Yesterday, the James Webb telescope published its first image, called
>>> "Webb's Frist Deep Field" (
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb%27s_First_Deep_Field). An article
>>> about the image existis in 14 languages. The tweet announcing it has
>>> collected in less than a day more than 77.000 RTs and 275.000 likes (
>>> https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1546621080298835970). The main
>>> object of the image didn't have any article at any Wikipedia (not an item
>>> at Wikidata) yesterday. Now we have an article in 8 languages:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMACS_J0723.3-7327 and a category in
>>> Commons.
>>>
>>> Well, the Wikipedia twitter handle didn't tweet anything about this
>>> achievement, and didn't give any contest to the image. (
>>> https://twitter.com/wikipedia).
>>>
>>> We could be answering questions. "By 2030, Wikimedia will become the
>>> essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". We could be
>>> centering free knowledge at Wikimedia.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Galder
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>>
>> --
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Hello all,
The Wikimania Hackathon is August 12-14, just over 2 weeks away! Details
are listed below.
Registration
Registration for the Wikimania Hackathon has now opened [1]! To
register, submit
your information to the Wikimania organizers, which will give you access to
the Wikimania platform [2]. You can also optionally add your name to
the participants
page on the Wikimania wiki [3].
Platform
The Hackathon will take place virtually on Pheedloop, the Wikimania
platform [4]. This platform complies with WCAG 2.1 AA, and will support
screen readers, font adjustments, and many other accessibility features.
Video sessions will be held in Jitsi through this platform.
Format of the event
The Hackathon consists of events spread over three days [5]:
-
On the first day, there will be a pre-Hacking showcase to share project
ideas and find collaborators. Anyone can present a project, and anyone can
come as an observer.
-
Throughout the next two days, there will be open hacking, social events,
and technical sessions. Anyone can offer a session; just claim a slot on
the schedule!
-
Finally, there will be a final showcase to share the projects worked on
during the Hackathon.
Preparing for the Hackathon
There are many ways to take part in the event. Think about what project you
might want to work on (see examples from past Hackathons [6]), add your
idea to Phabricator [7], and consider presenting at the pre-Hacking
showcase. Host a session by adding information to the schedule [5]. Check
out information for newcomers [8]. And don’t forget to register [2]!
Best wishes,
Haley and the Developer Advocacy Team
[1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
[2] https://pheedloop.com/register/wikimania2022/attendee/
[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Participants
[4]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/20/the-platform-powering-wikimania-2022/
[5] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Schedule
[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Showcase
[7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/6030/
[8] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Newcomers
Hoi,
I have asked and received permission to forward to you all this most
excellent bit of news.
The linguist list, is a most excellent resource for people interested in the
field of linguistics. As I mentioned some time ago they have had a funding
drive and in that funding drive they asked for a certain amount of money in
a given amount of days and they would then have a project on Wikipedia to
learn what needs doing to get better coverage for the field of linguistics.
What you will read in this mail that the total community of linguists are
asked to cooperate. I am really thrilled as it will also get us more
linguists interested in what we do. My hope is that a fraction will be
interested in the languages that they care for and help it become more
relevant. As a member of the "language prevention committee", I love to get
more knowledgeable people involved in our smaller projects. If it means that
we get more requests for more projects we will really feel embarrassed with
all the new projects we will have to approve because of the quality of the
Incubator content and the quality of the linguistic arguments why we should
approve yet another language :)
NB Is this not a really clever way of raising money; give us this much in
this time frame and we will then do this as a bonus...
Thanks,
GerardM
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Date: Jun 18, 2007 6:53 PM
Subject: 18.1831, All: Call for Participation: Wikipedia Volunteers
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Date: 18-Jun-2007
From: Hannah Morales < hannah(a)linguistlist.org >
Subject: Wikipedia Volunteers
-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:49:35
From: Hannah Morales < hannah(a)linguistlist.org >
Subject: Wikipedia Volunteers
Dear subscribers,
As you may recall, one of our Fund Drive 2007 campaigns was called the
"Wikipedia Update Vote." We asked our viewers to consider earmarking their
donations to organize an update project on linguistics entries in the
English-language Wikipedia. You can find more background information on this
at:
http://linguistlist.org/donation/fund-drive2007/wikipedia/index.cfm.
The speed with which we met our goal, thanks to the interest and generosity
of
our readers, was a sure sign that the linguistics community was enthusiastic
about the idea. Now that summer is upon us, and some of you may have a bit
more
leisure time, we are hoping that you will be able to help us get started on
the
Wikipedia project. The LINGUIST List's role in this project is a purely
organizational one. We will:
*Help, with your input, to identify major gaps in the Wikipedia materials or
pages that need improvement;
*Compile a list of linguistics pages that Wikipedia editors have identified
as
"in need of attention from an expert on the subject" or " does not cite any
references or sources," etc;
*Send out periodical calls for volunteer contributors on specific topics or
articles;
*Provide simple instructions on how to upload your entries into Wikipedia;
*Keep track of our project Wikipedians;
*Keep track of revisions and new entries;
*Work with Wikimedia Foundation to publicize the linguistics community's
efforts.
We hope you are as enthusiastic about this effort as we are. Just to help us
all
get started looking at Wikipedia more critically, and to easily identify an
area
needing improvement, we suggest that you take a look at the List of
Linguists
page at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_linguists. M
Many people are not listed there; others need to have more facts and
information
added. If you would like to participate in this exciting update effort,
please
respond by sending an email to LINGUIST Editor Hannah Morales at
hannah(a)linguistlist.org, suggesting what your role might be or which
linguistics
entries you feel should be updated or added. Some linguists who saw our
campaign
on the Internet have already written us with specific suggestions, which we
will
share with you soon.
This update project will take major time and effort on all our parts. The
end
result will be a much richer internet resource of information on the breadth
and
depth of the field of linguistics. Our efforts should also stimulate
prospective
students to consider studying linguistics and to educate a wider public on
what
we do. Please consider participating.
Sincerely,
Hannah Morales
Editor, Wikipedia Update Project
Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable
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Dear all,
I want to share with you information related to the activities of the
Wikimedia Community in Republika Srpska. Our final APG report for the
period 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022 is available on the following page:
- Wikimedia Community of Republic of Srpska - Final report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedians_of_R…>
.
If you have any questions or suggestions - we are at your disposal!
Best regards,
Miroslav Tanasković
Wikimedia Community
of the Republic of Srpska
*„**Замислите свијет у коме **свака особа на планети има **слободан приступ
цјелокупном људском знању.* *То је *
*оно на чему ми радимо.“*
Dear Wikimedia Community members,
I would like to share with you all that the WCS user group activity report for the year 2021 - 2022 was published on meta. [1]
Such link was also shared few hours ago on our social media.
Kind regards.A. Marchetti
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiClassics_User_Group/Reports/2021
Dear Wikimedians,
WikiAfrica Hour episode 14 is back & better! What has the WMF elections
committee been up to? What planning and processes are involved in WMF 2022
Board elections?
Don't miss the answers to these questions and more as we engage Abhishek
Suryawanshi from Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, and the Top 6
2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections candidates like
Tobechukwu Precious Friday, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Mike Peel, Kunal Mehta
& Farah Jack Mustaklem, as they share their experiences so far, and
aspirations if elected!
Come prepared with your questions!
Date: 5th August 2022
Time: 4pm UTC
Details:https://w.wiki/4NCj
Regards,
Ceslause Ogbonnaya
*WikiAfrica Hour host*
*You can find this message translated into additional languages on
Meta-wiki.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>*
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• Please
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-W…>*
Hi all,
Volunteers in the 2022 Board of Trustees election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
are
invited to vote for statements to use in the Election Compass
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>.
You can vote for the statements you would like to see included in the
Election Compass on Meta-wiki.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that
best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose
statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale
(agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be
loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering
in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results
will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
- July 8 - 20: Volunteers propose statements for the Election Compass
- July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and
removes off-topic statements
- July 25 - August 3: Volunteers vote on the statements
- August 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
- August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
- August 16: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide
their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning
of August.
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
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Elections Committee*
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Governance Location: Midwestern US (UTC-5)
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