Hi,
On 12/20/22 16:16, David Gerard wrote:
Legoktm runs https://wikis.world which a small number of Wikimedians and WIkimedia groups are already on.
Thanks for promoting us! To clarify, this is absolutely a group effort, with Taavi, Lucas Werkmeister, and Nemo_bis being some of the main people involved.
Our goal is to build the community organically, so we can take the time to properly scale up moderation resources, write documentation, etc. You can browse through our pretty vibrant local timeline, https://wikis.world/public/local, with people discussing public domain day, redactle scores, unattributed use of photos, software patches, and more!
More details and information on how to get an account at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_World.
But yes - recommended best practice for organisations is to run their own instance. Putting an instance up on a domain you own is also a clear stamp of authenticity.
I would say that for most chapters/user groups, running their own instance is a lot of work and overkill; having an account on a regional or thematic server would be better. For larger organizations (like the WMF), it's definitely doable and really should be done.
So on that note, a big shout out to Wikimedia Deutschland for setting up https://social.wikimedia.de! It's really great to see.
Twitter has stayed up so far, but bits are visibly falling off. The assorted official Wikimedia accounts should be posting in the main federation too, from an official presence.
My understanding is that the WMF has some confidential position on this that it is explicitly choosing not to share with community members.[1]
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323837#8442502
-- Kunal / Legoktm