Hello!
This is a friendly reminder for you to spare 5-10 minutes to leave
feedback[0] on the Toolhub taxonomy[1].
The period for providing feedback ends on August 21, 2022.
Toolhub[2] is a catalog of 1500+ tools used by a wide range of Wikimedia
contributors: editors, developers, patrollers, researchers, admins and more.
We want to make finding and categorizing these tools as easy as possible.
The taxonomy is at the heart of how tool search works, and your feedback
would help improve it.
Whether you are a current user of Toolhub or hearing about it for the first
time doesn't matter – your input is valuable and much appreciated either
way!
=== How To Provide Feedback ===
Use the discussion page[3] of the feedback page to provide your responses
to the questions.
You will find more details on the feedback page.
=== Implementation ===
At the end of the feedback round, the team will evaluate and work on the
necessary improvements.
This is expected to be completed by the end of September 2022.
[0]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Data_model/Feedback
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Data_model#Taxonomy_v2
[2]: https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toolhub/Data_model/Feedback
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Seyram Komla Sapaty
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Cloud Services
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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From: LINGUIST Network <linguist(a)linguistlist.org>
Date: Jun 18, 2007 6:53 PM
Subject: 18.1831, All: Call for Participation: Wikipedia Volunteers
To: LINGUIST(a)listserv.linguistlist.org
LINGUIST List: Vol-18-1831. Mon Jun 18 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.
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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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-1831
Dear Wikimedians,
The Wikimania Festival Edition program
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Program/Schedule>
is now live. Please take a look and find the sessions you’re most
interested in!
We are also organising platform practice sessions to give you a quick
orientation. The practice sessions are happening on Monday, August 8, and
Tuesday, August 9 at different times to accommodate all time zones.
Participation details are on the Wikimania Wiki
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Platform_Practice>
Also, a reminder to register if you haven’t already. You can register here:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/wikimania-2022/
Happy exploring!
Sandra on behalf of the Core Organising Team
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*Sandra Aceng*
*Wikimedian, Policy Analyst, Writer, & Gender and ICT Researcher*
Plot 360,Kansanga-Ggaba Road, Kampala Uganda
*Email*: saceng(a)wougnet.org
*Web:* about.me/saceng
*Twitter:* @sandraaceng
*Facebook:* Sandra Aceng
*Skype:* sandraaceng
*Contact:* +256772355760
Dear movement,
How do school children living in poverty access Wikipedia? It is more
difficult than many of us may think.
In 2013, Victor Grigas produced a short film for the WMF, about a
school class in South Africa. The film was made for a (controversial)
campaign then, but it still is a great documentary about poor people
who would like to read Wikipedia but not always have the money for it.
Now I have interviewed Victor about this movie and why he (and
director Charlene Music) made it. It turns out that he had very
personal motives when he proposed this project to his supervisor at
the WMF.
We also talked about the reasons why some people reacted quite
negatively to the movie.
If you are interested in Wikipedia in the global south, about
Wikipedia in Xhosa language and the consequences of apartheid: I
strongly recommend to watch Victor's 2013 documentary. And if
possible, it would be great with you share the links.
Kind regards,
Ziko van Dijk
Link to the interview with Victor Grigas:
https://youtu.be/19cLqpqfC6U
Link to the 2013 movie (with subtitles in English and German):
https://youtu.be/mtD5ccRe-vY
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Dr. Ziko van Dijk | zikovandijk.de
Autor von "Wikis und die Wikipedia verstehen"
Offizieller Wikipedia-Kulturbotschafter 2022-2024
"Niederlande & Deutschland": https://www.youtube.com/ZikovanDijk
Dear all,
You are warmly invited to the Global Advocacy/Public Policy team's monthly
conversation hour. The topic this month is *copyright*.
We are hosting two calls in different time zones:
- *August 26 @ 14:00 UTC* (check your local time
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1661522437>)
- *August 27 @ 8:00 UTC* (check your local time
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1661587237>)
In the first half of the call we will discuss community approaches to
copyright advocacy, which will feature Dimi Dimitrov from the Free
Knowledge Advocacy Group EU as well as Amanda Lawrence from Wikimedia
Australia. After that, it is up to you!
The conversation hour will be on Zoom and will be recorded. The recording
will be uploaded to our Meta-Wiki page. All details including how to add to
the agenda can be found on on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_policy/Conversation_hours_and_Events…>
.
Hope to see you there!
Ziski
***Help us improve our conversation hours! We're accepting feedback via the
MSG Forum
<https://forum.movement-strategy.org/t/feedback-requested-for-pilot-public-p…>.
You can also comment via our Meta talk page, or by emailing Ziski directly
(fputz(a)wikimedia.org <fputz(a)wikimedia.org>). *
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Movement Advocacy Manager, Global Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz(a)wikimedia.org
*UTC timezone
Dear Wikimedia colleagues,
On behalf of Wikimedia Community User Group Malta I'd like to share with you WCM's annual activity report for the year 2021 - 2022, which is now available on meta.[1]
Comments are welcome either by email or on the relevant talk page.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Toni
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Dr Toni Sant
Wikimedia Community Malta
Email: toni.sant(a)wikimalta.org
Web: http://www.wikimalta.org
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Malta/Report…