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Happy #May17 #IDAHOT #IDAHOTBITQ
by Željko Blaće 17 May '24

17 May '24

What is May 17th? The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics. The date of May 17th was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. https://may17.org One year ago in 2020 we started QueeringW in hope #1 Queering Wikipedia conference would be happening with a year of delay...now we hope it is in 2022! Meanwhile we are "Together, we Resist, Support, and Heal" <https://twitter.com/may17org> Happy #May17 #IDAHOT #IDAHOTBITQ for those who celebrate and would support https://www.instagram.com/QueeringW @may17org <https://twitter.com/may17org> #IDAHOT <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IDAHOT?src=hashtag_click> #IDAHOT2021 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IDAHOT2021?src=hashtag_click> https://twitter.com/QueeringW

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Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter
by Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

Dear Pete and The Cunctator, Surely, Twitter is getting worse by the day, and, surely, Elon is not the best practices person in the world. And, indeed, the WMF has lots of things to tackle and worry about. Nevertheless, the WMF has a Communications Team and the Communications Team has a Social Media department, and the Social Media department's job is to handle social media. So, even if these shouldn't be our main concern, is something we may talk about. Sincerely, Galder ________________________________ From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 2:44 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Twitter has a poor recent record on protecting its users from government interference and privacy invasion, an area in which the Wikimedia community and the WMF have typically taken a keen interest. In 2015, Wikimedia's then-general counsel took pride in the WMF's perfect score on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) rating system for ethical response to government interference, a series that ran under the title "Who Has Your Back?" https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/06/29/whos-got-your-back/ As far as I can tell, the EFF hasn't run these ratings since 2019. In that year they focused on the issue of censorship (the specifics of the ratings varied in different year. They didn't consider Wikimedia that year, but Twitter got 3 stars out of a possible 6, putting it behind such companies as YouTube, Medium, the Google Play Store, and the Apple Store. Now, in 2023, Twitter has apparently ceased self-reporting relevant data altogether to the Lumen group, which is connected to Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. But according to the report linked below, it has not refused even one government request for data since Elon Musk took over in 2022. It previously refused about 50% of requests. One example that may resonate for Wikimedians: "Under previous ownership, Twitter actively resisted requests from many of these same regimes. For two weeks in 2014, the platform was banned from Turkey, in part due to its refusal to globally block a post accusing a former government official of corruption. (The executive who led that charge was Vijaya Gadde, one of the first executives fired after Musk took over.)" https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/?ref=nobsb… Twitter's choice to stop submitting data to Lumen as of April 15, 2023: https://twitter.com/shreyatewari96/status/1651865580629114880 I prefer to see the WMF follow the leadership of such organizations as the (USA-based) National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and officially de-emphasize Twitter as a means for public communication. Wikimedia already has one of the top websites in the world; it is better to stand up for important shared values than to overlook this mismanagement of a highly popular website. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 5:27 AM The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com<mailto:cunctator@gmail.com>> wrote: I honestly think the WMF has better things to do than worry about engagement on what is clearly a grossly mismanaged website. On Tue, May 2, 2023, 3:53 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote: Dear Justice, Yes, it works that way, because we are not measuring the total engagement (where @Wikipedia wins @euwikipedia bat not @viquipedia) but the engagement rate per tweet, which is balanced with the number of followers. Another topic is that the take-over by Elon Musk is affecting our engagement, but this should also be taken in account by the Social media team. In fact, there should be a discussion following up here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Social_media#Twitter_verification_chec…. Since the changes on the algorithm affects everyone, the @Wikipedia team should be interested in learning about successful stories and how other social media handles continue having engagement while the one that should be leading is losing engagement every month. Finally, I don't think that any discussion is "settled" if there's no answer. For the moment, the answer to the proposal of working together is silence. Thanks Galder ________________________________ From: Justice Okai-Allotey <owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com<mailto:owulakpakpo@gmail.com>> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:47 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Hi Galder, Twitter has consistently seen a downward trend since the take over by Elon Musk. A lot of people are not using that platform like they did in the past. And I thought this conversations was settled when WMF brought their social media strategy and engagement plan. But it looks like you keep bringing it up. Again you don't expect accounts with less following to have same engagements with accounts with higher following it doesn't work that way. Organizations define their own metrics and so success may mean different things to different organizations. Regards, Justice. On Tue, 2 May 2023 at 07:41, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote: Dear all, The impact of @wikipedia continues going down on Twitter. There's no strategy to turn this trend and the team seems happy with the numbers .https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Social_media#Organic_social_media_strategy_update. For context, the "Engagement Rate per Tweet" (this is the metric that the Communications Team proposed as a benchmark) felt to 0.011% (benchmark average is 0.035% and 0.05% for non-profits). Compare it with 0.27% of the Basque Wikipedia or the Catalan Wikipedia accounts (both have the same impact factor), or the 0.23% of the French Wikipedia account. We are talking about strategies with x25 impact. Some months ago, some users made an offer to collaborate in making the social media communication strategy better, but there's no answer from the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm still waiting for an aswer to the offer. Sincerely, Galder ________________________________ From: Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 11:36 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Dear all, I write to send a small update on this. In a message about the methodology followed to measure success (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Social_media#Re:_Twitter_engagement_qu…), Laura Dickinson posted this: "According to its 2022 report<https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-industry-benchmark-report/>, the median Twitter engagement rate for brands across all industries is 0.037%; for nonprofits specifically, it is 0.054% [our engagement] over the last 28 day period is 2.7%." I have measured the engagement with that methodology (https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-industry-benchmark-report/#title-…) for @Wikipedia in January (Likes+RT+Comments / Number of followers) and the result is: 0.012%, three times lower than the industry standard and 4.5 lower than for non-profits. For context, Basque Wikipedia had 0.055%, Catalan Viquipedia 0.060% and Indonesian Wikipedia an astonishing 2.79%. (You can check the numbers here: https://www.rivaliq.com/free-social-media-analytics/twitter-head-to-head) There's an open question about the strategy followed and a sincere proposal of opening this account to a shared volunteers/WMF administration. Sincerely, Galder ________________________________ From: Àlex Hinojo <alexhinojo(a)gmail.com<mailto:alexhinojo@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 7:42 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter +1 On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 07:13, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net<mailto:peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>> wrote: A Wikipedia account should be under the control of Wikipedians, following the editorial policy for Wikipedia, but they could let WMF do the technical work if such exists. WMF can and should run Wikimedia accounts. WMF running a Wikipedia account could be misrepresentation. Cheers, Peter From: Andreas Kolbe [mailto:jayen466@gmail.com<mailto:jayen466@gmail.com>] Sent: 19 January 2023 02:46 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: F. Xavier Dengra i Grau Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Dear all, The obvious question surely is: Why not let volunteers (co-)run the Wikipedia Twitter account? A number of Wikipedia language versions (French, Catalan, Portuguese, Basque, Waray, etc.) seem to have volunteer-managed Twitter accounts that are doing fine. If volunteers are good enough to write the encyclopedia and curate the main page of each language version, aren't they good enough to write (or suggest) the occasional tweet? Andreas On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:20 PM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> wrote: Hi/Bona nit, This last tweet from @Wikipedia is a good example of what some of us have been mentioning in this list during the past days: https://twitter.com/wikipedia/status/1615756186640334848?s=46&t=7wB7VI4gwIS… Despite the fact that many Wikipedias have already had this new skin deployed since months ago as voluntary testers, not a single mention on their huge contribution was explained on Twitter (neither back then nor today…). We need to go to the 8th tweet of today's publication to read something like "The new features, which start rolling out on English Wikipedia today, were built in collaboration with Wikipedia volunteers worldwide." If this is the situation in which the main account is monopolized only to the English version and its news/articles, why not specifying it as "English Wikipedia" in the profile and in the main link? Days pass by and we keep sharing to this list proofs, data and justified arguments (even collagues offering themselves and willing to trace a joint planning!), but still not a word or single thought from the Comms department. Disappointing, I am sad to say. Kind regards/Salutacions Xavier Dengra El ds, 14 gen., 2023 a 09:52, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> va escriure: Egun on Boodarwun/Gnangarra, You are righth in one thing: it is very difficult to prove a point only from one puntual statistic. That's why I have been tracking statistics for a long time, because patterns are here the most important thing. Neverthless, there is only one way to know if the point me and some other users in this thread are rising is valid: experimenting. @Wikipedia should try something: tweeting 6-7 times a day, with varied topics, "on this day" like tweets, varying timezones and even curiosities about how Wikipedia works (https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1614045362985082881 2 million impressions in 9 hours). Then, after -let's say- one month, if the results (engagement, followers, retention) are better, it would be quite obvious that there's a point changing the social media strategy. If not, if engagement is the same, no obvious uprise in followers or RTs is visible, the current strategy could be validated. Me, personally, I'm ready to help the Communications Team with this task, proposing intercultural items that could be tweeted and promoted. If they want help, they know where to go for it. Again, I think that following the same pattern is a bad communication strategy (as we can see by our own eyes) and trying something new could be better. Is up to the communications team to aknowledge this and give a try. Sincerely, Galder ________________________________ From: Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com<mailto:gnangarra@gmail.com>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 6:00 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Kaya Galder The assumption that despite there being a wider audience the interests of those audience members is exactly the same, if that was true why have multiple channels. What I am saying is that in different communities that doesnt and will never hold true. Using statistics to compare the two is the issue and then complaining about different audience responses to the same event being caused by those posting to the channel. Its not the channel operators, it's the underlying expectation that all audiences are the same and react exactly the same way every time even as the audience is increasing by many orders of magnitude. Boodarwun On Sat, 14 Jan 2023 at 02:06, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote: @Gnangarra: I would doubt on the idea that Pelé is not relevant to the English audience, as it was the most visited article by far that day (https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/topviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=a…), and the second most visited next day, just after the less known Andrew Tate. Also, the account is not ENGLISH Wikipedia. Is called Wikipedia, so it should take into account, even if it tweets only about English Wikipedia (as pointed by @Xavier Dengra) a global audience. Because, again, the goal is "By 2030, Wikimedia is to become the central infrastructure for Free Knowledge on the Internet.". Not only for US centered people, but by a global audience. Even with that in mind, Pelé was the most visited article in English Wikipedia. @Yaroslav: Basque Wikipedia is not one of the few accounts tweeting about Pelé, and in perspective, there are more Basque tweeting accounts per speaker, than there are for other larger languages. We are not competing with major news outlets; we are competing to be "the central infrastructure for Free Knowledge on the Internet". Wikipedia is doing well on that: nearly 2,5 million visits in two days for the article about Pelé only in English. I think that there may be very few web services having 2,5 million visits for a page about Pelé in two days, if there's any. Also, next day the most visited article was about Andrew Tate. So, you are right: we are not a news outlet, but we are visited according to the news. Any strategy that doesn't have this in mind, will fail. You also ask how many tweets a day would be enough. I don't have an answer for this. I would like the communications team to come with one, but they don't seem either to have one. I don't think that tweeting every hour is better, but I'll explain why one tweet per day is a bad strategy, based only in what we know about the Twitter algorithm: * The Twitter algorithm tends to show a tweet to followers and others more often if it gets more engagements (RTs, likes, comments...). So, maximizing engagements seems a something positive if we want to reach to new people. * It also shows an account more often if the user interacts with it. If someone likes, RTs or comments a tweet, it seems that this account will be shown again soon. That's why you see more often tweets from your friends than others. And that's why ideological bubbles are created. * If people are engaged with a tweet, it will be shown more regularly after a tweet by other people you follow once you scroll down. This is why if you open a tweet by a far-right politician, you will see below other tweets by far-right sided politicians and the opposite for left, libertarian, green or vegans. It shows you similar content, based on people's interaction. So, tweeting more doesn't maximize engagement (if you tweet every minute, you will lose it), but tweeting less minimizes engagement. If you only tweet once a day, and you don't get too much attention, your next tweet will be less important for the algorithm, and so on. The only valid strategy is one that gets people engaged to your tweet, so you get more impressions, and this drives more interactions, and this drives more followers. Because, at the end of the day, we want to be "the central infrastructure for Free Knowledge on the Internet". I don't know how much is the ideal thing. In Basque Wikipedia our strategy is to publish 5-6 tweets every day, and then also interact with people talking about Wikipedia or speaking about articles they have created (like @viquipedia does, with great success). Our topics from the 5-6 daily tweets now (2023) are like this: every morning (yes, most of our followers live in the same time-zone) a biography of someone who was born/died on this day; then, something that happened 100 years ago. At noon, an artwork. If the artwork is depicting something interesting, a second tweet linked to that explaining the artwork itself. Two tweets in the afternoon: the first one, optional, about something related to Wikipedia itself (Statistics, projects, some user who has created something cool...) and then science/technology in a broad sense. At evening, we like to tweet something related to current events, if this is interesting. We have a shared doc with the daily tweets and we program them some days in advance. Also, we use MOA to have them copied to Mastodon. I don't know, again, if this is the optimal. I know that is better than one-per-day, because data is obviously better. Engagements, followers and interactions are better this way, as I have proved above. Best, Galder ________________________________ From: F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 3:37 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Cc: F. Xavier Dengra i Grau <xavier.dengra(a)protonmail.com<mailto:xavier.dengra@protonmail.com>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Hi/Bon dia Yaroslav: Also, you say one tweet per day is too little, how may do you think is normal? If I personally see an account which tweets more than say 10 per day (not counting threads) I start thinking may be it is a spam generator. Since 4 years ago we updated the social media methodology for the Catalan Wikipedia Twitter account (approx 4.5M native speakers, 10M audience), we boosted from 15.3K to 45.4K speakers, now being the 4th most followed language of Wikipedia. Our method in a nutshell: we have up to 23 knowledge themes that we oblige ourselves to post at least once every week. The number of our daily tweets vary from 6 to 10 only in content (i.e., articles). This depends on, ofc, whether it's a working day vs a weekend or other time aspects (peak hours). Plus the interactions (RT+kudos) with our wikipedians that share their new articles tagging us, which has been a massive way to appreciate their task and to visibilize to others the task of being a volunteer in Wikipedia. In fact, the latter has been especially critical to bring us huge additional views and to renew a few of our new, most active editing community (especially young users!). If our account, managed by volunteers, can conduct this organized work for a small-medium size language, why should we accept that a whole staffed team from the WMF, firstly, rejects to provide engagement data on our common, biggest handle? And secondly, why should we give up on them preparing a strategy to improve its scope and objectives? Regarding the last question, I'd like to add a last thought: never ever in the 4 years that I've been upfront in the handles in my language, the @Wikipedia account has given a simple, courtesy RT of any knowledge content (articles) from the Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Basque, Catalan, Galician, French, Suda or Portuguese (etc.) existing handles. That should be a key aspect in our debate. Because if @Wikipedia is mostly used as the “central account” for the project, then it should also be very careful 1) to not always post in English and give some room to interact with the other language handles, 2) to stop centering their tweets on English-speaking culture, and 3) to post without clear range of topics to stay balanced. Oppositely, if it is decided that @Wikipedia is only the English-language handle, then it may change its profile name to "English Wikipedia" and not continue as the reference speaker either for the WMF nor for significant news or events. Best/Salutacions, Xavier Dengra ------- Original Message ------- On divendres, 13 de gener 2023 a les 14:56, Yaroslav Blanter <ymbalt(a)gmail.com<mailto:ymbalt@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Galder, on the other hand.. Basque Wikipedia is one of very few accounts twitting on the Pele death in Basque, whereas a lot was twitted in English. I do not think English Wikipedia twitter can compete with major news outlets, they operate on a completely different scale.The low-hanging fruit would be twitting DYKs, FAs, GAs, or may be some other randomly picked stuff. Also, you say one tweet per day is too little, how may do you think is normal? If I personally see an account which tweets more than say 10 per day (not counting threads) I start thinking may be it is a spam generator. Best Yaroslav On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 2:26 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote: Some months have gone since I started this topic in this list, and still, we can't know how much engagement we have at Wikipedia, because data is not available. Twitter is now owned by Elon Musk, things are changing, there are more accounts in Mastodon daily, but still Twitter matters. I have been looking at the Twitter activity in the last days for @Wikipedia and I'm still very worried about the (lack of) strategy followed here. A full team, with staff members, which only produces one tweet per day, a lonely message in the vastness of the ocean, and gets really poor engagement numbers. A couple of weeks ago Pelé, one of the greatest football players of all time, died. (English) Wikipedia Twitter account needed 7 days to tweet about it, even if the article was changed in a few minutes after the death (https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1611363972174778368). The tweet had 13.729 impressions (now we can know the number of impressions), 14 RTs and 129 likes. Wikipedia account has nearly 644.000 followers. If we divide these two numbers, we get a rate of 2,13% of impressions per follower. The same day Pelé died, Basque Wikipedia made a tweet. Not a week after, just when it was news (https://twitter.com/euwikipedia/status/1608541274491211776). The tweet had 964 impressions, 3 RTs and 2 likes. Basque Wikipedia account has 7,956 followers. This is a rate of 12,11% of impressions per follower. x5.68 times larger, relatively than (English) Wikipedia Twitter account. (English) Wikipedia Twitter account has nearly 81 times more followers than the Basque one. English Wikipedia is more visible, because it has a (now golden) verified account symbol, so tweets are more often promoted. English has 1.500 million speakers around the world. Basque has fewer than one million. English Wikipedia should have around 1.000 more followers than Basque Wikipedia. English Wikipedia article about Pelé had 2,5 million pageviews in the two days after his death. Basque had 250 pageviews. This is 10.000 times more pageviews. @Wikipedia has 644.000 followers, and @euwikipedia has nearly 8.000. Audience of English Wikipedia is 10.000 times larger for the same event. Why Wikipedia is not 10.000 times larger? Why doesn't Wikipedia account have 80 million followers? YouTube's Twitter account has 78 million followers. "By 2030, Wikimedia is to become the central infrastructure for Free Knowledge on the Internet.". How could we if Youtube's account has 100x more followers than we have? How can think that we are in a good shape if our tweets are only seen by less than 2% of our followers? I hope that 2023 comes with a change. A change to open these accounts, have a fresh way of thinking on social media ,and building engagement, both with momentum, not losing opportunities, and promoting good content. Sincerely Galder ________________________________ From: Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158(a)hotmail.com<mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:21 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter Dear all, Some weeks ago, we had a discussion here about the different approaches we have for the @wikipedia account at Twitter. We don't know yet how many interactions does the account has, but as I said in the discussion, we try to find ways to measure our work at @euwikipedia. Today I want to share with you that this account was ranked last week as the most influential social-movements account in Basque language (https://umap.eus/ranking/gizartea) and the 10th most influential account in all categories (https://umap.eus/ranking/orokorra). This is a good metric we use to know if we are doing fine or not. Sincerely, Galder ________________________________ From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk<mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 8:50 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 at 18:48, Lauren Dickinson <ldickinson(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:ldickinson@wikimedia.org>> wrote: > Also, Andy, we will follow up this week regarding your questions > about the @WiktionaryUsers and @Wiktionary accounts. Three working weeks have passed since the above was written; I've seen no such follow-up. 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[Wikimediaindia-l] Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India
by Belinda Mbambo 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

Dear Jayantilal, The organizers of WikiConference India have already shared <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Discussions_and_F…> more details about the event including staff engagement. Others invited you <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedi…> to follow up on the talk page. CIS also responded to your question <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedi…> on the list. For your thoughts on their proposal, you can follow up on the grant page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Ce…>. Please note decisions about funding are made by the regional funding committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/South_Asia#Regional_Committee> of volunteers and not by Wikimedia Foundation staff. For your questions about hiring practices, you can read more here <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/05/03/building-a-global-staff-community-at-…>. If you have a question about existing projects, do feel free to contact that project's leads. Your latest question about scholarships combines affiliate staff and contractors with Foundation staff and contractors. To clarify, staff and contractors of the Foundation are not eligible for scholarships based on their paid work. Often though, staff and contractors of the Foundation come from the community itself and actively contribute to community initiatives as volunteers, and represent that work during different conferences. Best regards, *Belinda Mbambo* Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 3:58 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India Dear Maryana Iskander and Wikimedia Foundation, I hope I am not disturbing you or have asked you to be in some place which I should not have. Please note that my concerns are only in good faith and not anything more. Earlier also WMF staff have asked community members to respond on the mailing list and I have not done anything new. Why can't you reply ? If you cannot reply then why you cannot atleast acknowledge. Staff continues to take over community work. Some staff are on scholarship to the Education Conference in Europe as volunteers, some for Wiki Loves Monuments Team discussion, some CIS staff in Universal Code Committee etc. Everything cannot be like they are doing in their individual capacity. Please note WMF contractors also take salaries which are higher than the average Indian salary. It is high time that a policy needs to come up on this with community discussion. Many people have said the same on this mailing list. Even if they are allowed, let there be a clear cut policy. Everything cannot be done by saying what they are doing in their individual capacity. If you cannot have volunteers who are only volunteers and not any full time or contractor or with CIS then what is the point. One more person who was a volunteer at Wiki Conference has now become CIS staff. Job announcement came on 31st July 2022 and recruitment in May 2023. So late but they do not care to reply back. I also wanted to ask them if they will do hardware support in their grant but they did not reply. They have a budget of 1 Crore, 75 Lakhs, 82 Thousand and 4 Hundred. This is too much. If they do not want to give hardware then they should atleast talk to the community and share a plan. I will repeat from what I had said before, "This message is a reminder about the necessity of listening when the community needs to be heard, not just when it's convenient. It's a plea for transparency and accountability—cornerstones of our community and the Wikimedia movement.” On Thu, 18 May 2023 at 2:51 AM, effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jayantilal, > > as I'm reading this, mostly as an outsider from a different community who > has great appreciation for everything that has been accomplished in various > communities in India, I can feel the tension. This is unfortunately nothing > new, and it's an ongoing balance that has to be struck between helping out > as a staff member on one hand, and not undercutting the community to > organize itself on the other. This is a challenge, even with the best of > intentions. This only gets harder when there is a (real or perceived) > struggle for influence/power. I have come to understand that India is an > even more complex situation, due to the influence of CIS. > > I noticed that the WCI organizers have put forward > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Discussions_and_F… in > response to this thread. It might be beneficial for the conversation to try > and follow up with this attempt to conversation, and see how far you get > with regards to the transparency that you seek. If you can achieve this > without the intervention of Maryana, this is probably more advantageous for > everyone involved. That does not mean you have to agree with what is > desirable, but at least you would be able to work from a common base of > facts/information. > > If there are aspects on that page that are possibly misleading from your > point of view, or simply information that is missing, you might be > interested in bringing this up on the talkpage. > > Just a thought, > > Lodewijk > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 2:04 PM Jayantilal Kothari < > jayantilalkkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Maryana, >> >> Your Listening Tour has been a commendable initiative to understand the >> voice of the community. However, the essence of listening lies in its >> responsiveness. >> >> Over ten days ago, we raised concerns that unfortunately remain >> unaddressed. This isn't a single person sentiment but a collective voice >> from the Indian Wikimedia community, a voice that has grown stronger since >> the recent Wiki Conference India. >> >> We're concerned about the WMF India staff's involvement in community-led >> events, notably the Wiki Conference India. While their participation is >> welcome, there's a growing perception of encroachment on community-led >> initiatives. The community's autonomy is being compromised, and several >> experienced community members have voiced this concern on the public >> mailing list. >> >> Furthermore, we've observed that the WMF India Staff is assisting >> community members in crafting emails and guiding them on how to handle this >> mailing list situation. As a community, we believe in the ability of our >> members to speak for themselves. Currently, it appears that only those on >> the WMF payroll—either through grant salary/contract or through WMF-funded >> CIS salary—are speaking on behalf of Wiki Conference India, seemingly under >> the guidance of WMF Staff India. We urge WMF India Staff to step back and >> allow the community to voice their concerns independently. Check the Wiki >> Conference India Team on Meta. Most of them are drawing salaries from WMF >> or CIS or have been previous employees in the last 5 years. Very few are >> people who have always been volunteers. Many of them have also not written >> WMF against their name because they say they did this conference as >> volunteers. Was there no volunteer to come forward and organize? This means >> WMF staff have not been able to grow the community. >> >> We wish to understand the roles, responsibilities, and contributions of >> the WMF India staff who actively participated in the Wiki Conference India. >> Being paid by funds raised through volunteer-built platforms like >> Wikipedia, their active participation in community spaces calls for higher >> accountability. >> >> WMF has spent so much money on Strategy 2030 but the India Conference had >> no session on it why? India is not important or what? Sunday there was a >> session on Strategy 2030 but it was removed without telling participants. >> Why? >> >> We would like to clarify that this is not a request for personal >> information—since the identities of these staff members are already >> publicly known—but a call for professional transparency, as we seek to >> understand their specific roles and contributions. If these staff members >> were comfortable taking to the stage and receiving credit at the >> conference, they should be equally comfortable sharing the scope and impact >> of their work with the community that they serve. Their willingness to be >> in the public eye during the conference should extend to their professional >> commitments and achievements. We're keen to know about the partnerships >> they've formed over the past few years that have benefited Indian >> communities, the initiatives the communications team has launched beyond >> financial incentives for Instagram users, the community projects undertaken >> by other staff members, negative response on fundraising and the hiring >> practices aimed at empowering local user groups. >> >> Considering the nature of these questions, we're interested in >> understanding your strategy for obtaining an unbiased picture of the >> situation. If the primary sources of feedback are the WMF India staff or >> their superiors, it might be influenced by the very concern we raise. >> >> This message is a reminder about the necessity of listening when the >> community needs to be heard, not just when it's convenient. It's a plea for >> transparency and accountability—cornerstones of our community and the >> Wikimedia movement. >> >> We understand that you might be busy, but we would appreciate at least an >> acknowledgment of this email, assuring us that our concerns have been heard >> and will be addressed. >> >> We look forward to your acknowledgment and response. >> >> On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 3:52 AM, Shyamal Bagchi <discard.media3(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> My emails are also being censored. >>> Why is this happening and who is doing it ? >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 00:51, Wiki Prasad <wiki_prasad(a)mail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> i say same thing, my email not posted. it is censored. >>>> >>>> >>>> *Sent:* Monday, May 08, 2023 at 4:48 AM >>>> *From:* "Jayantilal Kothari" <jayantilalkkd(a)gmail.com> >>>> *To:* "Wikimedia India Community list" < >>>> wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, miskander(a)wikimedia.org >>>> *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Request for Transparency Regarding WMF >>>> Staff in India >>>> Hello WCI 2023 Organizing team, >>>> >>>> First of all, thank you for hosting the event. I appreciate your >>>> willingness to engage in discussions and provide clarifications on concerns >>>> related to the conference. However, I would like to remind you that this >>>> email thread is specifically addressed to the Wikimedia Foundation and >>>> Maryana Iskander. >>>> >>>> I am curious if the Maryana/WMF has requested your team or given >>>> authorization for you to justify or defend their actions in this matter. As >>>> this thread focuses on WMF's actions and decisions in relation to the >>>> Indian community, it is crucial to maintain separate discussions for >>>> separate issues to ensure productive and organized conversations. I kindly >>>> request that you start a separate email thread or Meta-Wiki discussion for >>>> addressing concerns related to the conference itself. >>>> >>>> Let's give the WMF the opportunity to address the concerns raised here >>>> directly. Thank you for your understanding, and once again, congratulations >>>> on organizing a successful event. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 10:59 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Bodhisattwa, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your reply. >>>>> >>>>> While Wiki[p/m]edia started out as a pure volunteer project, it has >>>>> long occupied a sometimes uneasy position between some of the biggest and >>>>> most valuable companies on earth, who use our free content to make money, >>>>> and volunteers working for love. This makes culture clashes of some sort or >>>>> another inevitable. I don't have a solution. >>>>> >>>>> I also suspect that you have a point with the "white guilt". What this >>>>> means, of course, is that people are still not "seen". >>>>> >>>>> If you ever feel like writing an op-ed or report about these matters >>>>> for the Wikipedia Signpost >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost>, please >>>>> feel free to send me a mail or just drop into our Newsroom >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom>. >>>>> The Signpost hardly ever has content about India, let alone content written >>>>> by Indian contributors. (The issue due to be published in a few hours' time >>>>> is a rare exception.) It would be great to see that change. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Andreas >>>>> (User:Jayen466) >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 6:55 PM Bodhisattwa < >>>>> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Andreas, >>>>>> >>>>>> There is no denial that money is needed in our region to run programs >>>>>> but there should always be a critical debate, if we are asking too much >>>>>> amount and for the right cause. I can't talk about others but I come from a >>>>>> cross-border language community which has always shown high regards to the >>>>>> value of donation money and expressed concerns in the past, whenever it has >>>>>> felt that money asked in a grant proposal is out of proportionate. So, >>>>>> whenever a grant proposal comes from my language community or from the two >>>>>> affiliates of the region, we brainstorm for days, if not months, to >>>>>> understand if there remains any small chance to waste the valuable >>>>>> resources which are to be entrusted upon us. For example, questions >>>>>> naturally arises in our community that if we really need to or have the >>>>>> luxury to spend this huge amount of around 10 million INR just for a 3-days >>>>>> conference to meet and greet each other after a long time or could that >>>>>> amount of money be invested on local affiliates and communities so that >>>>>> they can sustain themselves and provide quality output for the next decade. >>>>>> There has always been this debate and the people who talked about the >>>>>> second option are quietly moving away from the movement as they were not >>>>>> heard properly or were targeted for their critical analysis. We strongly >>>>>> feel that throwing unnecessary amount of money to whatever proposal comes >>>>>> over from the region is detrimental to the community dynamics as these >>>>>> money spoils people in the communities, brings more mistrusts and >>>>>> corruption and changes the motivation to contribute to the open knowledge >>>>>> movement. Also, huge amount of money does not necessarily translate to >>>>>> delivery of high quality output all the time, good results can come from >>>>>> limited resources too, even with zero budget, if they are planned properly; >>>>>> there are numerous success stories in our movement of those, which are >>>>>> rarely acknowledged or celebrated. >>>>>> >>>>>> What we feel that there might be some 'white guilt' working in the >>>>>> background to reverse colonial sins from the past in the regions which >>>>>> might drive people from the west to approve more money in Africa and Asia >>>>>> without consideration of local inputs. Any voices against these western >>>>>> perspectives to flood local communities with huge amount of unnecessary >>>>>> money are marked as counter-productive, ignored, silenced and bypassed with >>>>>> different regulatory measures imposed upon the community until people stop >>>>>> criticising and get fed up of being ignored. For example, personally, I >>>>>> have developed apathy nowadays regarding whatever is happening around grant >>>>>> process western to our state border of West Bengal until they directly >>>>>> affects us and prefer to remain silent during their community review >>>>>> process. >>>>>> >>>>>> By the way, I have no objection hiring WMF staffs from the region. In >>>>>> fact, a number of staffs and contractors from the region are and were >>>>>> highly respected for their support and understanding of the local >>>>>> communities. But all are not beds of roses. There are multiple evidences of >>>>>> opacities, ignorance, agenda pushing, bossing around, corporate mentality, >>>>>> hijacking of community plans and projects etc. among staffs, which builds >>>>>> walls of mistrusts separating them with the volunteers rather than breaking >>>>>> them. I can't disagree to what Jayantilal implied in his statement. So, to >>>>>> me, staffs are always welcome, but if they have no intention to listen and >>>>>> support for community needs, then we frankly don't need them around our >>>>>> communities to push their own agenda, we can manage ourselves. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Bodhisattwa >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 4, 2023, 18:30 Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Bodhisattwa and all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You raise an interesting point – that the influx of money appears to >>>>>>> have a demotivating effect on Indian volunteers. This has also come up in >>>>>>> discussion elsewhere. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now I have been one of those who have urged the WMF to spend more >>>>>>> money in India. I have always felt that actual spending on the ground has >>>>>>> not matched the Foundation's fundraising messages about how money is >>>>>>> urgently needed to build capacity in Indian and African languages. And I >>>>>>> have argued that hiring staff in India, e.g., makes more sense than hiring >>>>>>> staff in the US, where salary expectations may run to hundreds of thousands >>>>>>> of dollars per year. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How would you resolve these competing considerations? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Andreas (Jayen466) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 3:21 AM Bodhisattwa < >>>>>>> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Coincidentally, just yesterday afternoon, when we were having a >>>>>>>> meeting in Kolkata with volunteers from West Bengal and Bangladesh, these >>>>>>>> concerns came up among other things. We were wondering about the visible >>>>>>>> impact of the increasing number of WMF staffs in India to improve our >>>>>>>> editing and reading experiences, significant partnership development or >>>>>>>> strengthening the communities in the last few years and if they have any >>>>>>>> impact at all in our language community to make our life easier as >>>>>>>> volunteers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyway, if the volunteer communities or team of organizers are not >>>>>>>> strong and vigilant enough, there is always a chance to get something >>>>>>>> hijacked by staffs. This is not new; it has happened before a number of >>>>>>>> times and it will happen a lot more in the future. This could not be >>>>>>>> avoided as I feel the spirit of volunteerism in the Indian communities is >>>>>>>> much much weaker than the past and dying, if not already dead in some of >>>>>>>> the cases. In the last few years, I have seen long term trusted community >>>>>>>> members from all over the country leave the movement frustrated, heart >>>>>>>> broken and exhausted, including from my language community. Increasing flow >>>>>>>> of unnecessary money are rapidly changing the motivation of volunteers with >>>>>>>> a strange notion prevailing nowadays that money is the solution of all >>>>>>>> problems in the region. Community oversight and long discussions on meta >>>>>>>> talk pages about any huge amount of grant proposals are now a thing of the >>>>>>>> past. But who cares? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Unlike the previous wiki conferences, the wider Indian community >>>>>>>> did not get the invitation and space to actively take part in the decision >>>>>>>> making process from the very start of planning this conference which led to >>>>>>>> giving room to WMF staffs, who took over. Without community vigilance, a 3 >>>>>>>> days conference asked and spent 3 times more donation money than the last >>>>>>>> one and has set up precedences of many unwanted things which would burden >>>>>>>> future community programs and events in India. It's not at all surprising >>>>>>>> that even though no one was stopped, but a very few number of volunteers >>>>>>>> from my language community actually applied and participated in the >>>>>>>> conference, even being one of the most active community in the region. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Bodhisattwa >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, May 4, 2023, 00:53 Subhashish <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I find this email better worded than the other one in this list a >>>>>>>>> few days back which was also about different issues. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Some of these issues, though I'm not personally aware of, >>>>>>>>> certainly need to be addressed by WMF. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you for upholding the importance of the community by saying >>>>>>>>> -- "I am okay with WMF staff being paid, but it should not undermine unpaid >>>>>>>>> volunteers and the movement's ethos." Can't agree more. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> While I see public listing of WMF staff and contractors both >>>>>>>>> on-wiki [1] and the Foundation's official site, WMF staff in India might >>>>>>>>> mean staff and contractors who are hired both for long-term and short-term >>>>>>>>> and part-time roles. It could also mean those who play global roles (say, >>>>>>>>> engineering staffers) but reside in India and don't necessarily interface >>>>>>>>> only with the India-based community. Their participation in a national >>>>>>>>> level event could be an one-off thing. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But those nuances apart, the volunteer and staff dynamics >>>>>>>>> certainly is a topic worth discussing. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A worse social phenomenon in India is a foreigner being treated >>>>>>>>> with more dignity than a local. The intersectionality of caste, gender, >>>>>>>>> fluency in English, intergenerational privilege and many other social >>>>>>>>> factors play a role. I still think this is not a standalone issue and >>>>>>>>> should be discussed (and investigated if needed) keeping in mind the >>>>>>>>> intersectionality. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. >>>>>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_staff >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Subha >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 3, 2023, 11:09 PM Jayantilal Kothari < >>>>>>>>> jayantilalkkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dear Maryana Iskander and Wikimedia Foundation, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to request more >>>>>>>>>> transparency about the roles and responsibilities of WMF staff in India. I >>>>>>>>>> am assuming good faith and believe that any issues arising are >>>>>>>>>> unintentional; however, these occurrences seem to be negatively impacting >>>>>>>>>> the overall movement. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It has come to my attention that WMF allocates a relatively small >>>>>>>>>> amount of funds to the Indian community. This implies that a significant >>>>>>>>>> portion of donor money is spent on staff, making it crucial to ensure that >>>>>>>>>> donors and the Wiki community are aware of how the funds are being utilized >>>>>>>>>> and the impact generated. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Firstly, I have noticed that WMF hires non-community staff >>>>>>>>>> members who may be initially unfamiliar with the Wikimedia community and >>>>>>>>>> movement in general. This is not an issue as long as newly recruited staff >>>>>>>>>> members are willing to work collaboratively with the community, rather than >>>>>>>>>> competing with them. Unfortunately, there have been instances where this >>>>>>>>>> has not been the case, such as WMF India staff paying Instagram users >>>>>>>>>> without consulting the community, and the recent WikiConference India, >>>>>>>>>> where WMF staff overshadowed volunteer committees and took over volunteer >>>>>>>>>> roles during conference planning. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Initially, I thought that privacy concerns might be the reason >>>>>>>>>> behind the lack of transparency. However, during the recent conference, I >>>>>>>>>> observed that such staff members were comfortable being on stage and being >>>>>>>>>> identified as WMF Staff amongst friends from the industry whom they invited >>>>>>>>>> to the conference. It appears that more people from the industry are aware >>>>>>>>>> of WMF India staff's existence than the community itself. Some staff >>>>>>>>>> members were keen to take credit for the entire movement and even >>>>>>>>>> conference planning in front of the volunteer community and friends from >>>>>>>>>> the industry. It might help and advance the careers of WMF India staff by >>>>>>>>>> showcasing WikiConference India on their resumes, but the main purpose of >>>>>>>>>> such community events is to give a chance to community leadership and to >>>>>>>>>> celebrate unpaid community members. I am okay with WMF staff being paid, >>>>>>>>>> but it should not undermine unpaid volunteers and the movement's ethos. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The Wiki community looks up to WMF staff for support, but now >>>>>>>>>> there is a fear that WMF staff may hijack community programs and stages, >>>>>>>>>> with WikiConference India being a recent example. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding the roles and >>>>>>>>>> responsibilities of WMF India staff members and their interactions with >>>>>>>>>> volunteer communities. The Wiki community is dedicated to the mission and >>>>>>>>>> will continue to thrive even without WMF staff. I believe it is crucial for >>>>>>>>>> WMF to publicly share the roles, responsibilities, and outcomes of the WMF >>>>>>>>>> India staff over the last few years. This transparency will enable >>>>>>>>>> community members and donors to appreciate the efforts of WMF India staff, >>>>>>>>>> as currently, the impact of their work remains unknown. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I kindly request that WMF provides a list of all WMF India staff >>>>>>>>>> members and their achievements, so we can celebrate their accomplishments >>>>>>>>>> and collaborate with them more effectively. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Looking forward to your response. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> With Regards, >>>>>>>>>> Jayantilal >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jayantilal >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list -- >>>>>>>>>> wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>>>>>>>> wikimediaindia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>>>>>> 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https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedi… -- Regards, Jayantilal Sent from my iPhone *Belinda Mbambo* Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Beginning work on a Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy + AffCom elections update
by Nataliia Tymkiv 23 Oct '23

23 Oct '23

Hello all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees believes that Wikimedia affiliates are a key and integral part of the Wikimedia movement, and affiliates’ success is vital to the Wikimedia movement’s success. To that end, it is crucial to develop a clear vision regarding the affiliates, making it possible to assess whether the Foundation’s investment in, collaboration with, and policy towards affiliates is promoting the right goals. The Board will be embarking on building a Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy in collaboration with the Affiliations Committee (AffCom), the affiliates, and the broader communities. This strategy will help guide the Foundation’s immediate work in supporting affiliates for the next few years. In order to ensure that there is continuity and institutional memory during this process, there will be a delay of the elections for AffCom until after the strategy is complete, and the terms of the current AffCom members will be prolonged (in a separate resolution) to December 31, 2023. While the strategy is under development, AffCom will continue its current responsibilities, in addition to collaborating on the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy. Once the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy is ready, there would be clarity on what is expected from the Wikimedia Foundation for supporting affiliates, and what is expected from affiliates. As the weeks progress in the new calendar year, a plan of the process will be released, including opportunities for communities and affiliates to engage. You can find some FAQs below to assist further understanding of the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy. Best regards, Nat & Shani Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Liaisons to the Affiliations Committee == FAQs == 1. What are Wikimedia movement affiliates? What is AffCom? Wikimedia movement affiliates are "independent and formally recognised" groups of people intended to organise and engage in activities to support and contribute to the Wikimedia movement [1]. Currently there are three active models for affiliates: chapters, thematic organisations, and user groups. The Affiliations Committee (AffCom) advises and makes recommendations regarding the recognition and existence of Wikimedia movement affiliates. 2. How is the work with affiliates at the Wikimedia Foundation organised now? As of now, processes are fragmented across different teams at the Wikimedia Foundation, and some decision making regarding affiliates is happening at different levels. A unified and consistent process is beneficial to all parties, hence the start of the work on the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy. 3. What is the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy? Is this an update of some existing document or something brand new? Until now there has not been any unified vision regarding how the work around affiliates should happen, as there was no affiliate-specific strategy developed before. The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy is to be a blueprint that will guide the Foundation’s immediate work with affiliates. This strategy will be in place to inform and guide the Wikimedia Foundation budget and support to affiliates, until some kind of Movement-wide Affiliates Strategy is developed. 4. Why do we need a Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy? The Affiliates are a key part of the Wikimedia movement as mentioned in the Wikimedia Foundation mission, and their success is integral to the success of the whole Wikimedia Movement. As the affiliate ecosystem has grown in size and complexity, it is increasingly important to review existing approaches and ensure that the focus is on the right areas. The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy will help to strengthen and advance the work of the affiliates.The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy will take into account Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy recommendations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations>. The Strategy will direct Foundation attention to the needs of affiliates and focus resources on those needs towards impact by affiliates. 5. Does the decision of developing the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy change the role of AffCom? There are no immediate changes in the role of AffCom, which is continuing doing its job. However, the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy will direct the future work of the Wikimedia Foundation in support of the affiliates, which could result in revising the role and scope of AffCom. 6. Why are the AffCom Elections delayed? Traditionally, AffCom had elections at least once every year to select (not elect) and appoint members who will serve in AffCom for a period of two years. This year AffCom elections will not be held. Instead, the elections will be delayed as AffCom is a key input for the Board in developing the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy, and adding the burden of selecting and on-boarding new members will encumber the committee and make it difficult for it to discharge its regular duties as well as collaborate on the strategy. If the number of voting members falls below five (per the AffCom Charter <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee_Charter>), elections will nonetheless be held. 7. Will the Movement Charter also have an "Affiliates Strategy" and/or define affiliate roles? While it is reasonable to expect that the Movement Charter will have prescriptions on affiliates and their recognition, and some of these responsibilities might shift to the Global Council once it is formed, it is currently unknown how this will unfold, and it will bear consequences only in years to come. Accordingly, this work is worth doing now so that the available resources are having the impact needed and are best serving the current Wikimedia movement and the affiliate ecosystem in the interim. 8. Is AffCom being asked to propose a Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy? No, AffCom is not expected to propose a Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy. AffCom has been invited by the Board to collaborate and give an expert opinion. While the Affiliations Committee is an advising committee to the Board, the Board is responsible for this strategy and will lead the community and affiliate conversations around it. 9. What is the timeline for this project? The target is to have a draft of the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy for the Board’s approval at Wikimania 2023 (August 2023). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#Affiliates

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Extended call for submissions deadline for Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023
by Kiril Simeonovski 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Dear all, I would like to remind you that the deadline for the extended call for submissions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2023/Submissions> for Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2023>, which will take place in the period 15–17 September, expires today. If you plan to share your learning and experience with the others at this online event, the time for submitting your session proposal is now. Best regards, Kiril

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Re: Mozilla's social media pledge
by SCP 2000 09 Aug '23

09 Aug '23

FYI, I asked WMF Communication Team about any plans of using Mastodon in future. Here is their response [1] "The Digital Communications team has been researching Mastodon and considering our potential involvement with the platform in the future. At this time, we have no plans to create an account for the Foundation or Wikipedia. This is mainly because our observations show us that Mastodon is not yet reaching a large audience, which is one of the key objectives of our communications activity on social media. We will continue to monitor the situation and adjust our recommendations and practices to keep within our objectives." [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?diff=24262780 Regards, SCP-2000 https://w.wiki/_zgcU

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The Endowment, again
by Andreas Kolbe 06 Aug '23

06 Aug '23

Dear all, The WMF appears to have made contradictory statements about the Wikimedia Endowment. Earlier this week, Rai 3, a channel of the Italian national broadcaster, aired a program about Wikimedia and Wikipedia.[1] On their website, they also link to responses the WMF gave to various questions the programme makers asked.[2] One of these questions concerned the Endowment. I quote: *Q: The Endowment has reached $33 million and passed them reaching $100 million today. Why the Wikimedia Foundation didn’t move it to a separate 501e3 entity? Being entrusted into the Tides Foundation is not available to the public any financial report about Wikipedia Endowment. Don't you think there is a lack of information and transparency about a fund that is created through worldwide donations? * *A: Your information is incorrect. The Wikimedia Endowment was established as a separate entity and received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 2022 following a 2021 board resolution. * This answer was given to Rai in November 2022. Now I do recall an October 2022 blog post from the WMF reporting that the WMF's application for a 501(c)(3) non-profit had received approval and that the WMF was "in the process of setting up the Endowment's strategic and operational policies and systems".[3] Has the money actually been moved from the Tides Foundation to this new 501(c)(3)? At the time of writing, the Endowment website continues to tell its readers that the funds are held and administered by the Tides Foundation.[4] Is the information on the Endowment website obsolete?[5] If it isn't, and the money is still with Tides, wasn't the answer given to Rai last November substantially misleading? Andreas [1] https://www.rai.it/programmi/report/inchieste/La-community-8bb003fb-d8cd-42… [2] http://www.rai.it/dl/doc/2023/01/16/1673895524547_RISPOSTE%20WIKI%20MAIL%20… and http://www.rai.it/dl/doc/2023/01/16/1673895525034_TRADUZIONE%20RISPOSTE%20W… [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-10-31/News_… [4] https://archive.ph/S8iI0#selection-2949.0-2949.1007 [5] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/01/11/adding-expertise-to-the-wikimedia-end… refers to the "fact that we met – and even surpassed – our expected timeline for the Endowment’s maturation into a 501(c)(3)."

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A collaboration between three Wikimedia affiliates to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata
by Maria Heuschkel 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

Dear everyone, As presented at last year's WikidataCon <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VxTlBNkyk>, Wikimedia Deutschland has set out to find new ways for collaboration around Wikidata software development to enhance the diversity of our movement, increase Wikibase’s scalability and robustness and breathe life into our movement principles of knowledge equity. With a grant from Arcadia <https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/>, a charitable fund administered by Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, we will be able to implement such a collaboration in the next two years. Today, we are happy to share an exciting update on the progress of this project with all of you. After spending the last few months with conversations with the movement groups who were interested in joining such a partnership, we have now reached a point where we can spread the news about the future partners and projects that will shape this Wikidata software collaboration. Wikimedia Indonesia, the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia Deutschland will be joining forces to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata development and with this, make the software and tools more usable by cultures underrepresented in technology, people of the Global South and speakers of minority languages. Wikimedia Indonesia, a non-profit organization based in Jakarta, Indonesia and established in 2008, is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development & dissemination of knowledge in Indonesian and other languages spoken in Indonesia. Since then, Wikimedia Indonesia has supported the development of 14 Wikipedias in the languages spoken in Indonesia, 12 regional Wikimedian communities spread across the country, and two Wikimedia project-based communities. For this project, in collaboration with Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Indonesia wants to build up a software team of their own in the course of the next 2 years. The tools will hopefully help under-resourced language communities contributing to the flourishing of their languages online through lexicographical data, and also involving the local language communities in contributing to lexemes in Wikidata. Igbo Wikimedians is a group of Wikimedians that are committed to working on various wiki projects related to Igbo language <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_language> and culture. The user group is organizing projects around community building in the Igbo community, content improvement for Wikipedia and its sister project and has established its own Wikidata hub in 2021. The Igbo Wikimedia User Group and their program of the Wiki Mentor Africa <https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa> is aiming at building up technical capacity in African Wikimedia communities by mentoring African developers for Wikidata Tool Development. Wikimedia Deutschland will support the user group in the implementation of their project and mentoring program. Wikimedia Deutschland has been founded in 2004 as a member’s association and is located in Berlin, Germany. Wikimedia Deutschland support communities like the Wikipedia community, develop software for Wikimedia projects and the ecosystem of Free Knowledge, and wants to improve the political and legal framework for Wikipedia and for Free Knowledge in general. Specifically, Wikimedia Deutschland has been working on the development of Wikidata since 2012. Since then, an active and vibrant community of volunteer editors and programmers, re-users, data donors, affiliates and more has formed around Wikidata. Wikimedia Deutschland will be responsible for the administrative setup of those collaborations and the communication with Arcadia. We are also happy to share our experiences and knowledge about establishing software teams, software development in the Wikidata/Wikibase environment, the Wikidata community and providing support for emerging tech communities. If you want to find out more about the partnership, you can read up on this on our project page on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for_Wikidata>, where we will keep updating the community on the progress of this collaboration. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions please use the talk page there to get in contact with us. We are all excited to see those collaborations coming to life! With kind regards, Igbo Wikimedians User Group Wikimedia Indonesia Wikimedia Deutschland -- Maria Heuschkel Projektmanagerin Softwareentwicklung Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de 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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Celebrating Sara Horvat!
by Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Wikimedia projects would not be possible without the work of the countless volunteers, passionately working on bringing free knowledge to the world. Through the year we WikiCelebrate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate> different volunteers and their amazing work. [1] This time we celebrate Sara Horvat, a newcomer, who already brings change to the education projects in Serbia. This young volunteer, apart from editing Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons, works on inviting new people to the movement, and building cooperations with institutions. She would like the public to know more about Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.* I wish everyone could comprehend the importance it has. I wish everyone could see the powerful potential it holds*. – she says. Visit WikiCelebrate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Sara_Horvat> [2] page to learn more about Sara and congratulate her. You can also read about her on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/06/28/celebrating-sara-horvat/> [3] (the post is available in English, Polish, Spanish, French, Swahili and Russian). Each month we will celebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the great people that have contributed so much to bringing us to where we are today, and continue to do so. We warmly invite you to write about the people celebrated each month. If you know them, share some wiki love. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that you think should be celebrated, recommend them <https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate>. [5] Happy celebrating Natalia and Mehrdad [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate/Sara_Horvat [3] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/06/28/celebrating-sara-horvat/ [5] https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate -- *Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska* (she/her) Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (European Region) Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Call to sign and promote an Open Letter about the UK Online Safety Bill
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 30 Jun '23

30 Jun '23

Dear all As some of you may be aware, Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation have been working together over the past months to advocate for changes to the UK Online Safety Bill which is currently going through Parliament. Today, we launched an open letter (with a consortium of signatories from the civil society sector) and would appreciate the wider Wikimedia community's support in amplifying this through your social media channels, if that feels appropriate. Here are some possible tweets that you may want to send - with the first linking directly to the open letter and the bottom two linking to a blog post, published yesterday (which now links to the open letter): Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/KubhY> I signed the @Wikimedia Foundation and @WikimediaUK's open letter to UK government leaders asking to exempt @Wikipedia and other public interest projects from the Online Safety Bill. If you care about free knowledge, join me. #ForFreeKnowledge https://wikimedia.org.uk/2023/06/online-safety-bill-open-letter/ Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/3e1T0> The UK's Online Safety Bill is a threat to @Wikipedia and other public interest projects. I join the @Wikimedia Foundation and @WikimediaUK's call for changes to the Bill before it becomes law. #ForFreeKnowledge https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu… <https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu…> Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/B6g3l> I share the @Wikimedia Foundation and @WikimediaUK's concerns about what the UK's Online Safety Bill means for the future of @Wikipedia. Here's why. #ForFreeKnowledge https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu… With many thanks Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her) Chief Executive

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DCW and its leadership development and skills infrastructure plan.
by Just Aafi 29 Jun '23

29 Jun '23

Greetings everyone! DCW is thrilled to announce the initiation of the "making" of its leadership development and skills infrastructure plan. We look forward to your feedback on this because we want it to be helpful to the global community. We are going to work on it from July 1 onwards. Please check with <https://w.wiki/6tNT> to know more. Best regards, Aafi

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Use of this email list for anti-LGBTQ myths
by L C 29 Jun '23

29 Jun '23

In the light of the posts by Mina Theofilatou, could the list admins take action to either ban the use of this list by Mina or moderate all future posts in line with the UCoC and TCoC? The facts are that in these posts: 24 June: Mina presented as a "valid concern" for Wikimania that there have been incidents of trans women harassing women at events. This promotes that myth that trans women are more dangerous than anyone else. 29 June: Mina promoted the myth that there is a "era of self-identification", where trans women might "exits the bathroom stall with his penis in his hand" which spreads fear of trans women and attempts to normalize the idea that trans women are exposing penises - and it's normal to call trans women men, so it's normal to misgender trans women if you feel like it. Mina attacked trans men using myths about fear of their menstruating. Mina derided the idea of respecting trans people by presenting her clearly transphobic views as self-evident "common decency", therefore making everyone genuinely respectful of LGBTQIA inclusion outside of common decency. Hopefully after these long confessional emails from Mina, no Wikimedia funded events will be hosting Mina or her unnamed friend who is irrationally frightened of trans women. This would be perfectly in line with Wikimedia event and Wikimania safe space policies. I recommend we also remove this email list platform as a way for Mina to permanently publish and promote transphobic myths. As a reminder, persistently avoiding calling trans women "trans women" or trans men "trans men" by using peculiar terms like AMAB, AFAB, MTF, born male, "males who identify as women", is itself an expression of transphobia. It is a sure sign that someone has spent far too long on anti-LGBTQ forums. Reference https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org…

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Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee: Call for New Members
by Nataliia Tymkiv 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee> (Elections Committee) [1] is, from today until April 24, seeking an additional 2–4 members to help facilitate the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee (Board) selection process. The Elections Committee oversees the Board Community- and Affiliate seat selection process. This is a volunteer role, and the appointment is for three years. Please note that while you are a member of the Committee, you will not be able to run for any election overseen by the Committee – this includes the upcoming 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections and any other election for 18 months following the end of your term on the Committee. You will also be restricted in your ability to publicly advocate for community members running in those elections. You can read more in the Elections Charter [2], recently updated by the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Committee (GC) based on the lessons learnt from the previous Elections and the feedback received. The term of the previous members of the Elections Committee expired on March 31, 2023, and some of them confirmed their willingness to continue. After their paperwork is done (if needed), they will be reappointed by the GC along with the new members. Please read carefully the information below before applying or recommending that somebody applies. == Duties and time commitment == The purpose of the Elections Committee is to assist with the design and implementation of the process to select Board Community- and Affiliate-Selected Trustees. The Committee may also assist with similar community-selected positions as determined by the Board. The Committee has responsibilities throughout every phase of the selection process for Community- and Affiliate-Selected Trustees, as established in Article IV, Section 3(C) in the Foundation Bylaws <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(C)_Community-_and_Affil….>, including: - Timeline – Work with Foundation staff to determine and communicate election timeline specifics, based on target end date set by the Board. - Candidacy – Working with Foundation staff and in consultation with the Board, design the process for collecting and reviewing candidate declarations. - Outreach – Work with Foundation staff to reach the various Wikimedia communities with information about the election, including voting and the call for candidates. - Volunteers – Determine whether additional volunteers are needed to assist with election administration, and work with Foundation staff to recruit and coordinate those volunteers. - Communications – Review communications about the election drafted by Foundation staff and collaborate in determining when communications should be issued by the Committee, by staff, or by the Board. - Evaluation – Assist in reviewing candidates based on criteria set by the Board. - Campaigning – Set and enforce rules regarding how candidates can campaign, and oversee the process of asking candidates to answer campaign questions. - Voting – Determine the voting method and voter eligibility criteria, and work with Foundation staff to determine the voting platform and review voter eligibility requests. - Results – Review and announce vote results. You can see a more detailed matrix of responsibilities for different groups organising the Elections here [3]. Elections Committee members sign up for three-year terms and will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. Members can expect to contribute 2–5 hours per week before the selection process and 5–8 hours per week during the selection process. As an Elections Committee member, you will be responsible for: - Attending online meetings between now and the next election (mid-2024) - Attending onboarding and online training in May–June 2023 - Working with the Committee to fulfill its other responsibilities [2] The wider Wikimedia community votes for candidates to be considered for community-and-affiliate selected seats of the Wikimedia Foundation Board [4]. In 2024, the Elections Committee will oversee this selection process for the four community-selected seats with expiring terms. This process will be supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. == Requirements == New members should have the following qualities: - Fluency in English - Responsiveness to email collaboration - Knowledge of the movement and movement governance == Application Process == If you would like to volunteer for this role, please submit your candidacy by April 24, 2023, at 23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth) on Meta at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/No… After this the shortlisted candidates will be asked to participate in an interview with members from the Governance Committee. The interview will be approximately one hour, and a member of Foundation staff will likely be present for note taking purposes. The Governance Committee (GC) will most likely appoint new members at its meeting on May 15, 2023. Given the private information that committee members handle, you must be 18 years of age or older, and be willing to sign the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information [5] if you haven't already. You can view information on how to sign this on Meta-Wiki [6]. You will need to submit proof of your identity and age to the Wikimedia Foundation at secure-info(a)wikimedia.org. You would be able to hold this position on the Committee under a pseudonym, but the Foundation needs to confirm your age and identity. To sum it up: - Please carefully read the information in this letter, and follow the links in it, pay attention to the time commitment requirements - Submit your application by Apr 24, 2023 at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) on Meta at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/No… [7] - Submit proof of your identity and age to the Wikimedia Foundation at secure-info(a)wikimedia.org - If you are shortlisted, please attend an 1 hour interview with the GC members - Sign the documents needed if appointed Thank you in advance for your interest! If you are not interested, but know someone who might be, share this message with them. Please let me know if you have questions. Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv Elections Committee Board Liaison Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elections_Committee_Charter [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Ro… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_inf… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_inf… [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/No… *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!*

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Wikimedia Ukraine's annual report for 2022
by Anton Protsiuk 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Hi all, I’m writing to let you know that Wikimedia Ukraine published and submitted our annual reports for 2022. Most of the past year was overshadowed by Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, which started in late February. Still, the Ukrainian wiki community and Wikimedia Ukraine have continued active work to advance free knowledge in our country. We supported the community of volunteers during the war and told their stories, helped organize two major international content campaigns (international Wiki Loves Earth + Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month), held two photo contests and over a dozen article campaigns on the Ukrainian level, led major community events, cooperated with educators and the GLAM community, worked to improve gender balance on Wikipedia, and much more. Our full report (in Ukrainian) is available here: https://ua.wikimedia.org/?curid=8626 You can read a Diff post with key highlights in English here: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/01/18/wikimedia-ukraines-work-in-2022-in-10… Other English-language materials that shed light on our work in 2022: * Stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war: https://w.wiki/5ZLi * Results of Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine 2022: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/04/20/ukraine-presenting-10-winning-picture… * An entry in the education newsletter on our article campaign for educators devoted to secondary school curriculum subjects: https://w.wiki/68uC * And finally, a look at our cutest project :) – https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/13/wikimedia-ukraines-cutest-project-rew… Best Regards Anton Protsiuk Programs Coordinator at Wikimedia Ukraine

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[Invitation] GLAMWiki 2023 English Community Call
by Bukola James 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Hi Wikimedians, You are invited to join the GLAMWiki English Community Call scheduled to hold in about 13mins from now; 2:00pm UTC. Kindly do well to join the call using the link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrde2vrTkvH9SdLAnsDZgi8e1wFctiIU… Also do well to check out the open call for session proposal and extension of Scholarship application till 6th of July; https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/06/26/call-for-proposals-open-glam-wiki-con… See you soon. Bukola James GLAMWiki Conference 2023 Committee -- Bukola James

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Africa Growth Project Pilot : Invitation for Input
by Veronica Thamaini 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Dear Wikimedians, In response to expressed needs of the communities in sub-Saharan Africa to help achieve growth of the editing communities in the region, the Wikimedia Foundation is working on an experiment-based project dubbed the Africa Growth Project. The project seeks to enhance already existing community efforts by creating a more effective online learning component, which would allow in-person efforts to focus on already-engaged newbies who have obtained a solid foundation in Wikipedia policies and collaboration norms, maximizing the return on investment of human volunteer effort. The hypothesis guiding this experiment is that providing high-quality training to new and existing Wikimedians covering the basics of contribution to Wikimedia (including introducing the many ways to contribute beyond article writing) can double the retention rates of active editors in the region. For the pilot, we will be developing four modules, and we are inviting you to share feedback on outlines for these training modules, which are: - Module 1: Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_…> - Module 2: 101 Ways to Contribute to Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_…> - Module 3: The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_…> - Module 4: Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_…> We hope to benefit from your experience as a Wikimedian in sharing your input on these module outlines, to ensure that they capture what is needed to support community understanding of those policies. We are interested to hear your thoughts on what's missing, what's good, what could be improved, and any suggestions on the modules' and sections' order and pace, great illustrative examples and helpful exercises that would be useful to incorporate. We await this input and will take it all into consideration as we develop the full modules based on these outlines (including whatever change suggestions we accept). We will also be publishing the complete modules on the WikiLearn platform when they are ready. See the details of each module here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_… And share your comments here; https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_… For your input to be useful in our module development, please share your feedback by July 21st, 2023. Thank you, From the Africa Growth Pilot team (Dumisani Ndubane, Veronica Thamaini, Asaf Bartov) -- Veronica Thamaini | Manager of Regional Programs, Community Resources <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimedia Colombia Annual report 2022
by Monica Bonilla 24 Jun '23

24 Jun '23

Hola a todxs, El reporte del capítulo Wikimedia Colombia para el año 2022 está disponible en los siguientes sitios. 1. Sitio web de Wikimedia Colombia <https://wikimediacolombia.org/2022/12/anuario-y-wikimedia-colombia-2022/> 2. Anuario de Wikimedia Colombia <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anuario_WMCO_2022.pdf> 3. Reporte final en Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Pl…> 4. Reporte de término medio en Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Pl…> Saludos cordiales, Mónica Bonilla Hi all, The Wikimedia Colombia chapter report for the year 2022 is available at the following sites. - Wikimedia Colombia website <https://wikimediacolombia.org/2022/12/anuario-y-wikimedia-colombia-2022/> - Wikimedia Colombia Yearbook <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anuario_WMCO_2022.pdf> - Meta Final Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Pl…> - Meta mid-term report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Pl…> Best regards, Mónica Bonilla *Mónica Bonilla-Parra* *Dirección Ejecutiva* ------------------------------ *M. +57 3137476013 - 3122359798* de(a)wikimediacolombia.org <socialmedia(a)wikimediacolombia.org> *www.wikimediacolombia.org <http://www.wikimediacolombia.org>* <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediaco/> <https://t.me/wikimediaco> <https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.co> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikimediaco/> <https://www.youtube.com/@wikimediacolombia4747> Este mensaje y sus adjuntos están dirigidos exclusivamente a su destinatario, pudiendo contener información confidencial bajo secreto profesional. No está permitido su acceso, reproducción o distribución sin autorización expresa de WIKIMEDIA COLOMBIA (WMCO). Si usted no es el destinatario, por favor elimínelo e infórmenos por esta vía. De conformidad con la Ley 1581 de 2012, WIKIMEDIA COLOMBIA (WMCO) puede eventualmente actuar como Responsable de datos personales, en cuyo caso requerirá la autorización expresa del titular para que su información sea tratada como parte de una base de datos. En caso de aplicar, usted podrá ejercer los derechos como titular de datos personales mediante escrito dirigido a WIKIMEDIA COLOMBIA (WMCO), al correo electrónico contacto(a)wikimediacolombia.org o mediante correo ordinario remitido a la dirección Diagonal 61B # 20-39, en la ciudad de Bogotá D.C.

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Wikimedia Research Showcase June 21 at 16:30 UTC
by Pablo Aragón 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Hi all, The next Research Showcase, with the theme of *Wikimedia and LGBTQIA+*, will be live-streamed Wednesday, June 21 at 16:30 UTC. Find your local time here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1687365012>. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOD2ZdxRNfo You can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research or on the YouTube chat. This month's presentations: - *Multilingual Contextual Affective Analysis of LGBT People Portrayals in Wikipedia* - *Speaker*: Chan Park, Carnegie Mellon University - *Abstract*: In this talk, I present our research on analyzing the portrayal of LGBT individuals in their biographies on Wikipedia, with a particular focus on subtle word connotations and cross-cultural comparisons. We aim to address two primary research questions: 1) How can we effectively measure the nuanced connotations of words in multilingual texts, which reflect sentiments, power dynamics, and agency? 2) How can we analyze the portrayal of a specific group, such as the LGBT community, and compare these portrayals across different languages? To answer these questions, we collect the Multilingual Contextualized Connotation Frames dataset, comprising 2,700 examples in English, Spanish, and Russian. We also develop a new multilingual model based on pre-trained multilingual language models. Additionally, we devise a matching algorithm to construct a comparison corpus for the target corpus, isolating the attribute of interest. Finally, we showcase how our developed models and constructed corpora enable us to conduct cross-cultural analysis of LGBT People Portrayals on Wikipedia. Our results reveal systematic differences in how the LGBT community is portrayed across languages, surfacing cultural differences in narratives and signs of social biases. - *Paperː* Park, C. Y., Yan, X., Field, A., & Tsvetkov, Y. (2021, May). Multilingual contextual affective analysis of LGBT people portrayals in Wikipedia. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (Vol. 15, pp. 479-490). <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.10820.pdf> - *Visual gender biases in Wikipediaː A systematic evaluation across the ten most spoken languages* - *Speaker*: Daniele Metilli, University College London - *Abstract*: Wikidata Gender Diversity (WiGeDi) is a one-year project funded through the Wikimedia Research Fund. The project is studying gender diversity in Wikidata, focusing on marginalized gender identities such as those of trans and non-binary people, and adopting a queer and intersectional feminist perspective. The project is organised in three strands — model, data, and community. First, we are looking at how the current Wikidata ontology model represents gender, and the extent to which this representation is inclusive of marginalized gender identities. We are analysing the data stored in the knowledge base to gather insights and identify possible gaps and biases. Finally, we are looking at how the community has handled the move towards the inclusion of a wider spectrum of gender identities by studying a corpus of user discussions through computational linguistics methods. This presentation will report on the current status of the Wikidata Gender Diversity project and the envisioned outcomes. We will discuss the main challenges that we are facing and the opportunities that our project will potentially enable, on Wikidata and beyond. - *Paperː* Metilli D. & Paolini C. (in press). ‘Non-binary gender representation in Wikidata’. In: Provo A., Burlingame K. & Watson B.M. Ethics in Linked Data. Litwin Books. <https://wigedi.com/chapter.pdf> You can watch our past Research Showcases here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase Hope you can join us! Warm regards, -- *Pablo Aragón (he/him)* Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation https://research.wikimedia.org

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Afrika Baraza June Edition - Sign-up for Break-Out Dialogues!
by Bobby Shabangu 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Hi All, The June edition of Afrika Baraza is happening this *Friday, 23 June at 17:00 * *UTC.* We have great conversations lined up in the quest to define the African Agenda within the Wikimedia Movement. Please Sign up <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ef1LB-bFHAnNoTgdzG26E-amJfM1vhDkHYsAb47…> today, to choose a break-out room for your prefered topic. Otherwise you can join by using the link below: Meeting Link <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84739608024> Looking forward to seeing you all this Friday! Kind Regards, Bobby Shabangu, On Behalf of Afrika Baraza Organizing Team

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A new Signpost issue is out
by Andreas Kolbe 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 12 – 19 June 2023 ------------------------------ News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-19/News_… In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-19/In_th… Featured content: Content, featured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-19/Featu… Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-19/Recen… Single-page view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single https://facebook.com/wikisignpost https://twitter.com/wikisignpost https://wikis.world/@WikiSignpost

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MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group - annual report 2022
by Markus Glaser 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Hi all, the annual report of MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group for 2022 is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Annual_Repor… Best regards, Markus Glaser (User:Mglaser)

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New Code of Conduct Committee members
by Martin Urbanec 18 Jun '23

18 Jun '23

Hello everyone, The Committee has finished selecting its new members. The new committee candidates are (in alphabetical order): - Amir Sarabadani - Egbe Eugene Agbor (Eugene233) - Jayprakash12345 - MusikAnimal - Nuria Ruiz (Nurieta) Auxiliary members will be (alphabetically): - Effie Mouzeli - Joris Darlington Quarshie - Martin Urbanec - SD0001 - Tony Thomas (01tonythomas) You can read more information about the members at [1]. List of changes from the last term: - Jay is joining the main committee (served as auxiliary member for several years) - I'm moving to the aux committee - SD0001 and Joris Darlington Quarshie are joining the aux committee - Huji and Luke081515 are leaving the aux committee This is not the final structure. According to the CoC [2], the current committee publishes the new members and call for public feedback for *six weeks* and after that, the current committtee might apply changes to the structure based on public feedback. Please let the committee know (via techconduct(a)wikimedia.org) if you have any concern regarding the members and its structure until *30 July 2023* and after that, the new committee will be in effect and will serve for a year. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee/Members/Candidates [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee#Selection_of_new_m… Martin Urbanec, on behalf of the Code of Conduct Committee

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Information blogging and encyclopedia networks
by Alex Peek 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

Hello everyone, I'm building an online encyclopedia using blog posts. I started this project in 2017 and so far there are 1,921 posts. To facilitate a basic level of consistency between posts, I use the information blogging guidelines <https://econanalysistools.blogspot.com/2022/03/information-blogging-guideli…> . List of posts: https://econanalysistools.blogspot.com/2017/04/econ-analysis-tools-blog-pos… I want to be clear that I believe Wikipedia is a very useful and awesome website. I support everything that the Wikimedia Foundation has done for sharing free knowledge. I decided to make these blog posts instead of contributing to Wikipedia for a few reasons, but mostly because of autonomy and flexibility. Another reason is that Wikipedia articles are oriented towards getting longer, while I want to experiment with shorter collections and lists. My goal is to find other encyclopedia writers who are interested in being part of an online network of connected encyclopedias. Please let me know if you want to get involved or have any feedback. Thanks, - Alex

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees June 2023 meeting agenda
by Chuck Roslof 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Hi all, On June 21, 2023, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will meet virtually for its quarterly meeting. The agenda for the meeting has been published on Foundation Wiki: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agendas/2023-06-21 The primary objective of this meeting is to approve the Annual Plan[1] and Budget[2]. We will share more information afterwards. Best, Chuck [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/… == Charles M. Roslof Lead Counsel Wikimedia Foundation Pronouns: they / he _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list -- wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaannounce-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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[Comunity report(s)] Detect violations of GFDL and GFDL in WMF projects
by Dušan Kreheľ 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Hello. Detect violations of CC BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL in WMF projects from me are public (in Slovak) on: https://krehel.sk/Porusovanie_CC_BY-SA_3.0 https://krehel.sk/Porusovanie_GFDL/ Dušan Kreheľ

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Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire || Wikiconvention francophone - Ouverture des appels à communication et candidatures de bourses jusqu'au 14/07/2023
by Abiba Pauline TRAORÉ 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Bonjour, Nous avons la joie de vous annoncer l’ouverture jusqu'au 14 juillet 2023 des différents appels à candidatures pour les bourses et les communications de la WikiConvention 2023 à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire. Pour postuler, vous êtes invités à visiter le portail Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2023> de la WikiConvention francophone 2023 : - Bourses <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2023/Bourses> - Programmes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2023/Programme> Au plaisir de vous voir toutes et tous à Abidjan ! Cordialement, L'équipe d'organisation locale de WikiConvention Francophone -- Pauline *TRAORÉ* *Communication. Marketing. Projets.* Cultur'Ivoir <https://www.facebook.com/CulturIvoir> | Les jus d'Aby <https://www.facebook.com/lesjusdaby> | Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire <https://wikimedia.ci> 00225 07 08 84 95 31

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DCW Conversation Hour June 2023
by Aaqib Anjum Aafi 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Dear Wikimedians, I am writing this email to invite you to the sixth edition of the DCW Conversation Hour which is taking place virtually on 17 June 2023 at 8:00 PM, IST. The focus of this conversation hour is about how strategic brand equity building and public relation activities can help communities and affiliates to amplify the impact of their Wikipedia projects. Guest Speaker is Chitraparna Sinha, the Founder and Director of Lekhak.xyz, which draws its inspiration from the ancient art of storytelling to build brand equity. Please take a look at DCW's Conversation Hour website https://hour.dcwwiki.org and bookmark it in order to make your presence in the meeting sure. DCW looks forward to your "being" in the Conversation Hour. Regards, Aafi Lead, DCW

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Save the Date - Afrika Baraza June Edition
by Bobby Shabangu 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

English Dear African Wikimedians, I’m writing to invite you to the second edition of Afrika Baraza <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Baraza>, which is going to take place on 22 June 2023 at 17:00 UTC. The word Baraza means “meeting place” in Kiswahili. And as such, Afrika Baraza brings together experienced Wikipedians and new users once every 3 months to have meaningful conversations on all issues related to Wikimedia in the African continent. It is a platform that continues the conversation that took place in WikiIndaba Rwanda 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2022> and a build up to conversations that will take place at WikiIndaba Morocco 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2023>. In this regard, some of the topics include but are not limited to updates on Wiki Indaba 2023; scholarships and programme submissions; What is limiting African Wikimedians from engaging in global movement discussions,...etc. Please use this Zoom link <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84739608024> to join the call. Looking forward to seeing you on the call as we strive to define the African Agenda. Kind Regards, Bobby Shabangu, On Behalf of Afrika Baraza Organizing Team French Chers Wikimédiens africains, Je vous écris pour vous inviter à la deuxième édition d'Afrika Baraza <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Baraza>, qui aura lieu le 22 juin 2023 à 17h00 UTC. Le mot "Baraza" signifie "lieu de rencontre" en swahili. Ainsi, Afrika Baraza rassemble les Wikipédiens expérimentés et les nouveaux utilisateurs tous les 3 mois pour des conversations significatives sur toutes les questions liées à Wikimedia sur le continent africain. Il s'agit d'une plateforme qui prolonge les discussions qui ont eu lieu lors de WikiIndaba Rwanda 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2022> et prépare les conversations qui auront lieu lors de WikiIndaba Morocco 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2023>. À cet égard, certains des sujets abordés incluent, entre autres, les mises à jour sur Wiki Indaba 2023 ; les bourses et les soumissions de programmes ; Ce qui limite la participation des Wikimédiens africains aux discussions du mouvement mondial, …etc. Veuillez utiliser ce lien Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84739608024> pour rejoindre l'appel. Au plaisir de vous voir. Bien à vous, Bobby Shabangu, Au nom de l'équipe organisatrice d'Afrika Baraza Arabic الويكيميديون الأفارقة الأعزّاء، سعيد لكم لدعوتكم للنسخة الثانية من أفريكا برازا (Afrika Baraza) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Baraza>، والتي ستعقد يوم 22 يونيو على 2023 الساعة 17:00 بالتّوقيت العالمي (UTC). تعني كلمة "برازا" "مكان الاجتماع" باللّغة السّواحيليّة. وبالتالي، تجمع أفريقا برازا بين ويكيميديون ذوي خبرة ومستخدمون جدد كل ثلاثة أشهر لإجراء محادثات ذات مغزى حول جميع المسائل المتعلقة بويكيميديا في القارة الأفريقية. وهي منصة تهدف لتواصل المحادثات التي جرت في مؤتمر ويكي اندابا رواندا 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2022> وتمهد للمحادثات التي ستجرى في مؤتمر ويكي اندابا المغرب 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2023>. في هذا الصدد، تشمل بعض المواضيع تحديثات عن ويكي اندابا 2023؛ المنح واقتراحات البرامج؛ أسباب محدوديّة مشاركة الويكيميديون الأفارقة في المناقشات العالمية للحركة ويكيميديا … وما إلى ذلك. يرجى استخدام هذا الرابط Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84739608024> للانضمام إلى المكالمة. نتطلع إلى لقائكم. مع خالص التحية، بوبي شابانغو بالنيابة عن فريق عمل أفريكا برازا <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#m_-657195969690034084_m_2342371732690968006_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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WikiWomenCamp 2023 Scholarships Announcement
by Joy Agyepong 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear Wikimedians, The WikiWomenCamp (#wikiwomencamp) is back after a hiatus of 6 years! The third iteration of the WikiWomenCamp <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp_2023> will be hosted in New Delhi, India, in October 2023. Join us for a transformative experience focused on growth, leadership, and connection. This year's theme is "Map Up, Rise Up," emphasizing women's empowerment and overcoming societal barriers. The Scholarships application period is from 13 June to 4 July 2023 Anywhere on Earth. Scholarships application form <https://forms.gle/eVc5NcpgwQKo6xcY8>: We will review applications in early July and announce results by mid-July. Successful recipients will be notified promptly. The number of available scholarships is 60: 25 seats are for Strategy cohort while 35 are for Capacity Building cohort, as per the program of the WikiWomen Camp. While newcomers are encouraged to apply for the Capacity Building cohort scholarship, experience and engagement in strategic process or discussions is a baseline expectation for the Strategy cohort scholarship. The WikiWomenCamp 2023 organizing team looks forward to hosting you. You can reach out to us at admin(a)wikiwomencamp.org for inquiries and/or information. Best Regards, Joy, On behalf of the WikiWomenCamp Scholarships Team PS: The scholarship application form is built with Google Forms. We initially attempted to use LimeSurvey, but encountered technical challenges that delayed the announcement of Scholarships. We apologize for any inconvenience and assure that your data will be handled securely. Thank you for your understanding.

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Wikimedia Italia - 2022 annual report and financial report
by Iolanda Pensa 12 Jun '23

12 Jun '23

Dear all We are pleased to inform you that we have just submitted the annual report and financial report 2022 of Wikimedia Italia on the affiliates portal. Please find our short presentation in English of our annual report on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EN_DEF_Wikimedia_Highlights_bilanci… Our full report in Italian is available on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilancio_Sociale_2022_Wikimedia_Ita… My very best regards iolanda on behalf of the board of Wikimedia Italia — Iolanda Pensa, chair Wikimedia Italia

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Terms of Use Updated!
by Jacob Rogers 11 Jun '23

11 Jun '23

Hi everyone, This announcement is to confirm that the Wikimedia Terms of Use[1] have been updated effective June 7. This follows the end of the spring consultation[2] held between February and April, and approvals recorded by the Executive Director and General Counsel[3] per the delegation of policy-making authority from the Foundation Board of Trustees.[4] As part of this update, we are also happy to announce that the project license has been upgraded to CC BY-SA 4.0[5]! Technical work has already started on this change. I’d like to extend one last thank you to everyone who participated in the conversation to help us complete this update to serve the community and the projects going forward! Best, Jacob [1]: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/2023_… [3]: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy_talk:Terms_of_Use… and https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Policy_talk:Terms_of_Use… [4] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Delegation_of_policy-makin… [5] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ -- Jacob Rogers Associate General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation Pronouns: He/him NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list -- wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaannounce-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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New WIKIMOVE Podcast: Wikimedia Deutschland for the Movement
by Eva Martin 10 Jun '23

10 Jun '23

Hello everyone, We are releasing today the last WIKIMOVE podcast of the season: *Wikimedia Deutschland for the Movement,* a conversation with WMDE Chair and Executive Director about the role of our organization in the implementation of movement strategy. You can find this podcast on our website <https://www.wikimedia.de/wikimove-site/podcast/episode-12-wikimedia-deutsch…> and all podcast app. Based on the success of our first season, we are excited to announce that we will be back in September with a second season of WIKIMOVE! You can use this summer break to listen to our previous episodes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE/Podcast> and share with us your ideas for this new season on our <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE/Suggestions>meta page. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIKIMOVE/Suggestions> ------------------------------------- *What's in this episode?* The two leading women of Wikimedia Deutschland share why they think movement strategy is critical for the survival of our movement and of free knowledge. They talk about what they see as WMDE’s role in moving towards the strategic direction, what WMDE already does, and how the ways of working of the largest chapter have already changed. *Our guests are…* • Alice Wiegand, Chair of Wikimedia Deutschland since 2017, Wikipedia editor since 2004 • Franziska Heine, Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland, former head of Software Development Find us on all podcast app: Spotify <https://open.spotify.com/show/7olhgddgj7KpWGOzSkPOQJ?si=8907893eb0cd402f> | Apple Podcast <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wikimove/id1635535328> | Google Podcast <https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3…> | Stitcher <https://www.stitcher.com/show/wikimove> Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/user-536754242?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&…> | Deezer <https://www.deezer.com/search/wikimove> | JioSaavn <https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/wikimove/1/Te3xsXx-My8_> | Podchaser <https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/wikimove-4759781> |Youtube playlist <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Jl1-BPyGw&list=PLduaHBu_3ejMiYzcKIGuNuJat…> We hope you enjoy this episode! Your WIKIMOVE Team Nikki, Nicole, Eva -- Eva Martin Program Coordinator 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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🇨🇿 Czech out the Wikimedia Czech Republic annual report
by Natálie Schejbalová 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

Dear all, I am sending you the annual report of Wikimedia Czech Republic <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL_jI-E-fUzfyAqwybaV/https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikim…>in case you are interested in what has been happening in 2022 in Czechia. We have quite profound Programs for Education – Seniors Write Wikipedia, Senior WikiTown, and others. In Programs for Community namely Czech Wiki Photo, Women's Month on Wikipedia or Human Rights Month on Wikipedia. There are also some good points for people interested in GLAM. Additionally, there is a little bit of inspiration to be gained from our promotion (although as the PR specialist, I do not want to brag, haha). Please let me know if you have any questions or tips. Best regards, Natálie -- Natálie Schejbalová PR & fundraising +420 773 663 033 Wikimedia Česká republika | Wikimedia Czech Republic Web <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL7mpseeM4VpkwxAo_Js/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikimedia…> | Facebook <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL739xDI6Vfj1gBaYfsM/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook…> | Twitter <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL_QUH6OOdAPzADa9ZWt/https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%…> | Newsletter <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL70tBfZDo6fmAqBybNZ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikimedi…> *Společně budujeme svět, ve kterém má každý člověk volný přístup k veškerým lidským znalostem a má právo k nim svobodně přispívat. * Přidejte se k nám a podpořte nás <https://streaklinks.com/BicgYL7fH8MtY8ourg_VLb2C/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darujme.w…> v našem úsilí. ᐧ

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Deutschland's Annual Report 2022
by Nicole Ebber 08 Jun '23

08 Jun '23

Hi everyone, I am delighted to share Wikimedia Deutschland’s annual report 2022.[1] The report features our work to set knowledge free and the people behind our diverse projects and successes, and our finances, of course. It contains stories, short interviews, essays around themes like our advocacy work, the founding of Wikimedia Europe and our ongoing campaign “Public Money – Public Good!”, how we welcomed our 100,000th member, hosted the Wikimedia Summit for the first time since the pandemic, and how we continue to engage with our volunteer communities and to develop and strengthen Wikidata and Wikibase – to name just a few of the exciting contents. Take a look! Nicole [1] https://www.wikimedia.de/2022/en/homepage/ -- Nicole Ebber Director Movement Strategy and Global Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 577 11 62-0 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. _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list -- wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimediaannounce-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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Re: [Wren] Re: milestone(s) to be celebrated...
by James Gaunt 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Hi all, Thank you for sharing this. Wikimedia Australia is very proud to have Bianca work with us on this project. Later in July or August we'll post a follow up and share to Diff where Bianca will go into detail about what she found during her residency. Thanks again, and I'll pass on all of the kind words. -- *James Gaunt* (he/him) Communications and Project Coordinator – Wikimedia Australia james.gaunt(a)wikimedia.org.au +61 412 401 512 www.wikimedia.org.au Wikimedia Australia is an independent charitable organisation which supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands upon which we live, work and share knowledge. On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 1:41 AM Rajeeb <marajozkee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations, Bianca Valentino. Thanks for sharing this wonderful news. > Namaste, > Rajeeb. > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 20:19, Michaela Blanc <ab.michaela(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wonderful news!! Thanks for sharing. >> >> Very best, >> Michaela >> >> On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 4:59 AM Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> wrote: >> >>> This really brings joy *(and hope)... >>> >>> https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Announcing_our_First_Nations_Wikipedian_In_Re… >>> >>> Thank you Wikimedia Australia for doing it! >>> Thank you Julia for adding it to MS2023 Forum, >>> though it was not the summary made exclusively for it. >>> >>> Best Z. >>> >>> p.s. >>> should be published/discussed also on: Meta, Wikimedia-L, DIFF... >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Michaela A. Blanc / *she, her, ela >> M.A. Museum Studies/Museum Education, Tufts University >> B.A. Art History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) >> Co-founder: NaPupila - Curatorial Collective, napupila.com.br >> Current: >> 2023 Wikimedian in Residence (WIR), Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) >> 2022-2023 Regional Ambassador, Art+Feminism, New York & Brazil >> SMFA at Tufts: Been Here Before: SMFA Thesis Show, runs through May 21st >> _______________________________________________ >> Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org >

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A new Signpost issue is out!
by Andreas Kolbe 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 11 – 5 June 2023 ------------------------------ News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-05/News_… In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-05/In_th… Featured content: Poetry under pressure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-05/Featu… Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-05/Traff… Single-page view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single https://facebook.com/wikisignpost https://twitter.com/wikisignpost https://wikis.world/@WikiSignpost

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milestone(s) to be celebrated...
by Željko Blaće 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

This really brings joy *(and hope)... https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Announcing_our_First_Nations_Wikipedian_In_Re… Thank you Wikimedia Australia for doing it! Thank you Julia for adding it to MS2023 Forum, though it was not the summary made exclusively for it. Best Z. p.s. should be published/discussed also on: Meta, Wikimedia-L, DIFF...

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Call for feedback on a proposed Third-party resources policy
by Samuel Guebo 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Hi everyone, The Foundation’s Security team is gathering feedback on a draft policy about third-party resources from June 05 to July 17, 2023. Because this policy may impact gadgets and user scripts, inputs and suggestions on its content are warmly welcome. You can read more about the policy and join the discussion on meta-wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Third-party_resources_policy>[1]. Hope to see you there! On the behalf of the Foundation’s Security team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Third-party_resources_policy ___________ *Samuel Guebo* Senior Privacy Engineer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> -- ___________ *Samuel Guebo* Senior Privacy Engineer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Commons Photographers User Group Report
by andrea kareth 03 Jun '23

03 Jun '23

Dear friends, find the CPUG report for 2022 at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Commons_Photographers_User_Group… Regards, Andrea

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Invitation à l'épisode 27 de WikiAfrica Hour,"WikiChallenge Écoles d'Afrique"
by Ceslause Ogbonnaya 02 Jun '23

02 Jun '23

Bonjour à tous et toutes! Avez-vous déjà entendu parler du concours d'écriture WikiChallenge Écoles d'Afrique? Connaissez-vous le rôle de WikiFundi sur Vikidia tout en permettant aux élèves des écoles rurales africaines de raconter l'histoire africaine? Rejoignez-nous sur l'épisode 27 de WikiAfrica Hour, ou il y aura l'annonce officielle des écoles gagnantes du concours 2022-2023, alors que nous discutons du projet WikiChallenge Écoles d'Afrique, son parcours jusqu'à présent et son avenir. Les invité.e.s: 1. Ludovic Issartelle - Directeur Mécénat Afrique et Directeur du Programme des Écoles Numériques, Fondation Orange 2. Mathilde Louis - Chargée de projets pédagogiques, Wikimédia France 3. Reda benkhadra - Co-fondateur, Wikimedia MA User Group 4. Fawaz Tairou - Membre fondateur, Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group 5. Meherzia Bellagha - Enseignante, l'école primaire Avenue Habib Bourguiba Djerba 6. Badian Aliou SIDIBE - Chargé des Projets numérique et communication, la Fondation Orange Mali Date: Le 5 juin 2023 L’heure: 10h 00 UTC+2 Détails: bit.ly/WAH_WC23 Cordialement, Ceslause Ogbonnaya *Hôte, WIkiAfrica Hour*

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