Hi Elena,
If by "branding project" you mean replacing references to Wikimedia with Wikipedia, that is fine with me.
Best regards, Jim
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 1:58 AM Elena Lappen elappen@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks to those of you who have participated in the branding project community consultation so far. We’ve received a lot of helpful feedback via email, on-wiki, and in small meetings with affiliate group members and individual contributors.
I posted this invitation to the project talk page last week [1], but wanted to send a reminder here that we will be hosting a video conference session to give people a chance to see the presentation, ask questions and provide feedback.
When? This Thursday, April 11th from 16:00-17:00 UTC.
Where? https://bluejeans.com/540134391/browser, or call in using your closest local number [2] and enter meeting ID 540 134 391#.
If you’d like to see the presentation but cannot attend, that is no problem—we will be posting a recording to Commons and putting the link on the talk page afterwards.
Thanks,
Elena
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_re...
[2] https://www.bluejeans.com/premium-numbers
-- Elena Lappen Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 7:14 PM Zack McCune zmccune@wikimedia.org wrote:
:: Apologies for cross-posting to multiple mailing lists. We want to ensure we spread the word about this opportunity to as many people as possible. ::
Hi all,
We are writing today to invite you to be a part of a community review on Wikimedia brand research and strategy.
Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation set out to better understand how the world sees Wikimedia and Wikimedia projects as brands.[1] We wanted to get a sense of the general visibility of our different projects, and evaluate public support of our mission to spread free knowledge.
We launched a global brand study to research these questions, as part of our planning toward our 2030 strategic goals.[2] The study was commissioned by the Board, carried out by the brand consultancy Wolff Olins, and directed by the Foundation’s Communications team.[3][4] It collected perspectives from the internet users of seven countries (India, China, Nigeria, Egypt, Germany, Mexico and the US) on Wikimedia projects and values.
The study revealed some interesting trends:
Awareness of Wikipedia is above 80% in Western Europe and North America.
Awareness of Wikipedia averages above 40% in emerging markets,[5] and is
fast growing.
- There is awareness of other projects, but was significantly lower. For
example, awareness of Wikisource was at 30%, Wiktionary at 25%, Wikidata at 20%, and Wikivoyage at 8%.
- There was significant confusion around the name Wikimedia. Respondents
reported they had either not heard of it, or extrapolated its relationship to Wikipedia.
- In spite of lack of awareness about Wikimedia, respondents showed a high
level of support for our mission.
Following from these research insights, the Wolff Olins team also made a strategic suggestion to refine the Wikimedia brand system.[6] The suggestions include:
Use Wikipedia as the central movement brand rather than Wikimedia.
Provide clearer connections to the Movement projects from Wikipedia to
drive increased awareness, usage and contributions to smaller projects.
- Retain Wikimedia project names, with the exception of Wikimedia Commons
which is recommended to be shortened to Wikicommons to be consistent with other projects.
- Explore new naming conventions for the Foundation and affiliate groups
that use Wikipedia rather than Wikimedia.
- Consider expository taglines and other naming conventions to reassert the
connections between projects (e.g. “______ - A Wikipedia project”).
This is not a new idea.[7][8]
By definition, Wikimedia brands are shared among the communities who give them meaning. So in considering this change, the Wikimedia Foundation is collecting feedback from across our communities. Our goal is to speak with more than 80% of affiliates and as many individual contributors as possible before May 2019, when we will offer the Board of Trustees a summary of community response.
We invite you to look at a project summary [9], the brand research [10], and the brand strategy suggestion [11] Wolff Olins prepared working with us.
For feedback, please add comments on the Community Review talk page [12] or email brandproject@wikimedia.org with direct feedback. You can also use either of these channels to request to join a group meeting.
We know this is big topic and we’re excited to hear from you!
- Zack McCune and the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/how-does-the-world-see-wikimedia-...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
[3] https://www.wolffolins.com/
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Defining_Emerging_Commu...
[6]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-brand-pr...
[7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/029991.html
[8]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AStrengthening_and_uni...
[9]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_researc...
[10]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Wikipedia_and_Wikimedia_Brand...
[11]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wikimedia_brand_strategy_proposal_...
[12]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_re...
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Zack McCune (he/him)
Senior Global Brand Manager
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