Greetings to all,
Arabic Wikipedia editors have agreed to hold a day of action to highlight
the plight of the Palestinian people and to call for peace. At 00:00 UTC on
the 23rd of December, the Arabic Wikipedia "went dark", meaning that
Wikipedia will not be editable for 24 hours. Wikipedia remains accessible
for reading, though.
This action stems from the community's sense of moral duty to combat
injustice. Wikipedia communities have previously stood up for human rights
such as by protesting legal travesties like SOPA and PIPA or by showing
solidarity with Ukrainians following Russia's invasion of their country.
May everyone celebrating the holidays - and those who aren't - stay safe,
and may peace and justice prevail throughout the World.
All the best
Farah
Very interesting direction in communication to wider audience by
acknowledging mistakes and failures.
I hope for others in the field will follow and extend towards more
authentic communication and we see less PR tricks.
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Date: Friday, December 15, 2023
Subject: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:
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Hello Z.,
Guess what? We make mistakes. We’re human!
This year we at Mozilla set out to take on more new initiatives, reach for
deeper impact, and go bigger than ever before. A lot of it went well – but
we've also had our fair share of fails, goofs, oopsies, and dadgummits in
2023. And so we thought, why not share with our supporters about times
where we tried things that didn't work out, or that went differently than
expected, or where we simply screwed up?
We thought you might appreciate transparency and honesty about our work,
even when it's not all sunshine and roses. And yes, at the end of this
email, we're going to ask if you can *add a donation to Mozilla's end of
year fundraising drive*
<https://mozillafoundation.cmail20.com/t/y-l-xjhyktk-ddhtvjjdu-h/> – while
we won't promise perfection, we will promise transparency.
So, here’s a highlight of our lowlights and what we learned in 2023:
Mistake #1: Facebook Ads and Privacy Don't Mix
[image: Facebook in a mixing bowl]
We wanted to get more people to sign one of our petitions as part of a
campaign to get TikTok to be more transparent about how it shares user
data. Our marketing team decided to try their hand at running ads on
Facebook to reach people who might not be in the Mozilla universe yet.
*What went wrong:* Mozilla's commitment to user privacy is incompatible
with the data sacrifices required by Meta. Turns out, if you don’t use
Meta’s privacy-intrusive conversion pixel on your website – and you also
refuse to give Meta any of your data – there's little chance of driving
actions with their advertising.
*Lesson learned:* It is impossible to build a movement to hold tech
companies accountable while relying on the tools they want you to use.
We'll stick to places that better represent our values – because that's
also where we'll find people who are most committed to our movement.
Mistake #2: Storms Bring Us Together, But Make Your Backup Plans
[image: People watching a storm]
Mozilla Festival – better known as MozFest – is our global gathering of
artists, activists, researchers, policymakers, and technologists. This
year's MozFest event in Nairobi, Kenya focused on issues around a healthy
internet and trustworthy AI in Eastern and Southern Africa.
*What went wrong:* MozFest got hammered by some truly terrible weather – a
hail storm so bad and so loud it shut down a featured panel conversation;
winds too high to walk between buildings; and a tent even blew over! People
gathered together out of necessity and shared their own awful weather
stories. The next day, the sunlight revealed a group of people who had
literally weathered the storm together and built stronger bonds because of
it.
*Lesson learned:* Sometimes the worst storms bring us closer together. But
also, always have backup plans for how to hold your event.
Mistake #3: Worldwide Media Attention Affects Our Website
[image: Car driving off clift]
When we published our *Privacy Not Included Cars & Privacy buyer’s guide in
September, we knew it would cause a stir. But we didn't dream of the global
news coverage we actually got: *Der Spiegel, Le Monde, Washington Post, El
Pais, The Guardian, Times of India, Wired, * and even *Fox News* – *all in
one day*. (In retrospect, cars wanting to know about your sex life and
genetic information was a huge story.)
*What went wrong: *The part of our website with the buyer's guide
completely crashed. Like, BOOM, down it went, thanks to an unexpected
overwhelming amount of news coverage and traffic. There are some technical
reasons why it went down, but the short version is we hadn't retooled that
part of the website to be more efficient when a lot of people wanted to
look at products.
*Lesson learned: *We simply weren’t prepared for the response we got, but
it wasn't a simple fix either. We're now focusing on bigger, structural
optimizations in our website to make sure nothing like that happens again.
As annoying as it was when so many people wanted to learn more about cars
and privacy, having too much interest in our work is also a good problem to
have.
We're Building a Movement to Reclaim the Internet
The good news is that we try to learn from all our mistakes, adjust our
plans, and move forward on a better path. We get to fail and learn from
mistakes because of the support of supporters like you. Being able to fail
and learn as opposed to fail and quit is what makes Mozilla so strong. Your
donation is the key to that. (Of course, we also have a lot of wins this
year – you'll hear more about them soon.)
And with that, I will end with one final ask for you.
*Will you donate $25 to Mozilla and help build our movement to reclaim the
internet?*
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I hope that you have time here at the end of 2023 to reflect back on some
of your biggest and best mistakes of the year. And then take a moment to
reflect on what you learned, how you grew, and how you are stronger now
thanks to those mistakes. Be kind to yourself when you make a mistake – it
often holds the answer to a question you might never have known you had.
Thank you for laughing, learning, and sometimes failing along with us in
2023 – and for all you do for the internet.
*Ashley Boyd *Senior Vice President, Global Advocacy
Mozilla
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*Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are open until December 18!
Apply now for a full or partial scholarship to attend Wikimania in
person in Poland! *
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This year’s theme will be “Collaboration of the Open”--a celebration of
the ways we work together, in the open and for the larger open movement,
to bring free knowledge to the world. We are working on finalizing the
venue and dates before the end of the year, but can confirm that
Wikimania will be held in Poland sometime between mid-July and mid-August.
To ensure that Wikimedians needing visas for Poland have enough time to
apply, we are starting the scholarships process now. Scholarships will
be available in two forms:
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Full scholarship: travel, accommodation, and registration are provided;
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Partial scholarship: accommodation and registration are provided.
Apply for a Wikimania 2024 scholarship now!
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Scholarships>Make sure to
share your experiences during your Wikimedia movement journey and
support with links. Newcomers are encouraged to apply–this year we are
aiming for newer generations of Wikimedians and those who work on
connecting the Wikimedia Movement to the wider open ecosystem of
knowledge and culture.
The deadline to apply for a scholarship is December 18, end of the day
anywhere in the world. Applicants will be notified of decisions in the
first half of February.
Read more on Wikimania Wiki
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Have questions? You can reach the Scholarships Committee directly at
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Hello, Muli mutya!
It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is
because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with
sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are
just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia projects.
Today, we Wikicelebrate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate>a truly
amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AKibombo> – a contributor to Wikipedia,
Wikidata, Wikisource
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/WikiS…>,
and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3X_-w0tYp4&t=2854s>, and, in her
Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking
librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a
transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo has
become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the sum
of human knowledge
As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me the
responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a community resource
person as well as a teacher.”
Learn more about Alice on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/14/one-librarian-many-achievements-meet-…>
as
we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge.
Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
you think should be celebrated, recommend
<https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate>them.
Happy celebrating!
Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda
*Belinda Mbambo*
Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello wikimedians!
The annual report of Whose Knowledge? is available on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Whose_Knowledge%3F/Reports/2023
Here is a short and sweet summary of what you will find in our report:
- The 6th edition of our #VisibleWikiWomen campaign, *#BodyPlurality
#CuerposPlurales #CorposPlurais: Celebrating the full uniqueness of our
plural body sizes, shapes and identities online*, surpassed our goal,
with +3000 images shared on Commons.
- We convened our partners and friends both virtually and in person for
insightful conversations and learnings on decolonizing structured data and
re-thinking the public domain, including at Wikimania 2013.
- In celebration of the International Mother Language Day, we published
our International Sign (IS) translation of the State of the Internet's
Languages (STIL) summary report and started two research-in-action
processes to look at critical language justice issues online.
- We also joined many global and regional gatherings and conferences
where we held workshops, panels and reconnected/joined/supported our
communities at Wikimania, GLAM Wiki Conference, RightsCon, among others.
- We continue to document our stories and those of our communities in
multimodal ways from our Whose Voices? podcast which features interviews of
our 2022 “Decolonizing the Internet East Africa” convening; to our blog,
social media channels and monthly newsletter.
Explore the full report for further details and to explore our thematic
reports and multimedia resources.
Keep updated via our website (https://whoseknowledge.org/), our social
media channels (@whoseknowledge on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook), and
consider subscribing to our newsletter (https://whoseknowledge.org/join/).
You can also connect with us on our Meta discussion page (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Whose_Knowledge%3F).
In solidarity,
Mariana, Sunshine and the Whose Knowledge? team
--
Mariana Fossatti (she/her/ella)
Decolonizing Wikipedia coordinator | whoseknowledge.org
*Solidarity is not a one-time event
<https://whoseknowledge.org/solidarity-reflections-whose-knowledge/>*
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Hello everyone
I'd like to relay a job opening at Wiki in Africa.
We are hiring a Program Facilitator, with two main roles : Live
BroadCast Facilitator and Lead Ambassador for WikiAfrica Tools.
Paid position, 50% of time, 100% remote
Deadline to apply : 07th of January
Starting : earliest convenience Feb
All details and links to apply here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa/Job
Best
Florence
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Bonjour
Je voudrais relayer une offre d'emploi chez Wiki in Africa. Nous
recherchons un-e Facilitateur-trice pour nos programmes, avec deux rôles
principaux : Facilitateur-trice broadcasting et Ambassadeur-drice pour
les outils WikiAfrica. Poste rémunéré, 50% du temps, 100% à distance.
Date limite de candidature : 7 janvier Début : au plus tôt en février
Tous les détails et liens pour postuler ici :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa/Job
Meilleures salutations,
Florence
Dear friends,
I am sorry for the late invitation. The twelfth DCW Conversation Hour is
happening tomorrow and Tanveer Hasan, the executive director of the Centre
for Internet and Society, India <https://cis-india.org/> (CIS), is our
featured speaker. The conversation hour aims at understanding the
complexities around affiliates and communities in the Wikimedia ecosystem.
Our speaker Tanveer has formerly worked with the Community Resources Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:THasan_(WMF)> at the Wikimedia
Foundation, where he supported the development of the Wikimedia movement in
South Asia. His expertise is not limited to the Wikimedia ecosystem. He has
previously been an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Indian Languages
in Higher Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Social_Sciences> (TISS),
in Mumbai, as well.
The conversation hour is scheduled at 6:00 pm IST (12:30 UTC) and you can
join through this link.
<https://hour.dcwwiki.org/event/dcw-conversation-hour-december-2023/> I
look forward to your meaningful participation in this conversation hour.
*Thanks and regards,Aafi*
*Founder: Deoband Community Wikimedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia>*
Hi all,
You are invited to the quarterly Conversation hour led by Maggie Dennis,
Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability, on 30 November
2023 at 4 pm UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1701360000>.
Maggie and others from the team will discuss Trust and Safety, the
Universal Code of Conduct, Committee Support, and Human Rights.
If you are a Wikimedian in good standing (not Foundation- or
community-banned), write to let us know you will be attending the
conversation and/or share your questions. More information about attending
this conversation hour
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability/Con…>
and notes from previous conversation hours can be found on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CR%26S_meetings>.
Best,
--
Jackie Koerner (she/her)
Communication Specialist, Community Resilience and Sustainability Location:
Midwestern US (UTC-5/-6)
Let's talk: https://calendly.com/jkoerner-wmf
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>