Hello Rogol,
Thanks for the question. The Annual Plan we follow and share with the
community for review before we begin our work is available on Meta [1]. We
update specific plans on a quarterly basis on our goals pages [2] as they
may evolve over the year. We also provide a number of links for the
specific teams on our Product page and welcome participation, discussion or
connection through those pathways and directly with the feature teams [3].
Specifically the Wikidata, Community Tech, Editing and Discovery teams have
specific objectives and goals in this years annual plan.
Hope this answers your question and certainly engage in the ongoing
discussion around the work on the Commons page [4].
Thanks,
Wes
Wes Moran
Vice President of Product
Wikimedia Foundation
[1]
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonfors(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further
replies. I assume that
the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by the
phrase product roadmap. "A single document" would be nice, but whatever it
is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.
"Rogol"
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić <vrandecic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Rogol,
that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all the
way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further discussions
over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has
been
a topic for commons for more than a decade now.
But it seems I am
misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of the
shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes the
Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
Cheers,
Denny
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
domedonfors(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Denny
Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in
Commons
> project. Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our
product
roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a
pointer
to the roadmap for "features both on the
Wikidata development roadmap,
and
in other products supported by the Wikimedia
Foundation" referred to in
Wes
Moran's initial post on this topic:
But I appreciate the speed of your reply.
"Rogol"
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić <vrandecic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Rogol,
>
> this was the link previously provided on this project:
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> including
> links to previous documents.
>
> Cheers,
> Denny
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
domedonfors(a)gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
roadmap,
so
> > > this grant is not diverting our attention. The grant simply
enables
us
> to
> > accelerate the work we were planning to do". Please would you
publish,
> or
> > point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the
> community's
> > participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia
Movement
> > Strategy and other more tactical
product planning processes.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > "Rogol"
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell <
lgruwell(a)wikimedia.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> > > >
> > > > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts. Like most
> > things,
> > > > there are both good and bad restricted gifts. They can be bad
if a
> >
funder
> > > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> > organization
> > > in direction that they were not planning to go. Or even worse,
when
a
> > > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has
ongoing
> > > maintenance cost that are not
covered in the grant.
> > >
> > > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our
gift
> > > policy
> > > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Gift_policy>. Those are
the
types
> > of
> > dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted
grant.
> > >
> > > Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this
grant
> is
> > > not
> > > > diverting our attention. The grant simply enables us to
accelerate
> the
> > > > work we were planning to do. In terms of restrictions, we have
to
>
follow
> > > through with the plan we submitted. In other words, do what we
said
> we
> > > are
> > > > going to do. I think that accountability is a good thing. And
the
>
Sloan
> > > Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF. If something
changes
as
> the
> > work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable
conversation
> > with
> > > them about adjusting the plan.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hoi,
> > > > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want
> anyway.
> > > > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in
stone
> and
> > > > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With
more
> > > money
> > > > > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> > > > manageable.
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > GerardM
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth <
peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area --
for
one
> > > thing,
> > > > > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more
smoothly
if
> > > there
> > > > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and
Sloan
> for
> > > the
> > > > focus on this issue!
> > > >
> > > > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant
restricted
> > > grant
> > > > > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton
Foundation's
> > usability
> > > > > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant
($1.2
> > > million
> > > > > in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past,
WMF
> > board
> > > > > members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically
--
> > the
> > > > > Sloan
> > > > > > Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an
observer
in
> WMF
> > > > board
> > > > > > meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at
length
> > about
> > > > the
> > > > > > dangers of restricted grants.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted
> grants.
> > > Will
> > > > > > somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice
of
> > > > publishing
> > > > > > the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Pete
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > [[User:Peteforsyth]]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/
2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> >
> > > in-our-future/
> > > > > [2]
> > > > >
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
> > > > > 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
> > > > > and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
> > > > > [3]
> > > > >
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
> > > > > Initiative_project_details
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran <
wmoran(a)wikimedia.org
>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello Wikimedia community,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a
US$3,015,000
> > grant
> > > > from
> > > > > > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > > > > >
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation>
[1]
> > to
> > > > > > expedite
> > > > > > > development of structured data on Commons. The grant
will
be
>
given
> > > over
> > > > > the
> > > > > > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team,
in
> > > > > > collaboration with
the Wikidata team at Wikimedia
Deutschland,
> > that
> > > > can
> > > > > > > focus on integrating the structured data features of
Wikidata
> > into
> > > > > > > describing the media files on Commons.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This work will allow us to expedite features both on
the
> Wikidata
> > > > > > > development roadmap, and in other products supported
by the
> > > Wikimedia
> > > > > > > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure
that
> > movement
> > > > > > > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki
program
> > > > leaders,
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons,
such
as
> > GLAMs,
> > > > can
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > involved in the development.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and
its
> scope,
> > > > > > available
> > > > > > > on Commons
> > > > > > >
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_
> > > > > data/Sloan_Grant>
> > > > > > > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on
the
> > Wikimedia
> > > > > blog
> > > > > > >
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
> > > > > structured-data>
> > > > > > > [3].
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We are currently in the process of identifying the
technical
lead
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the
Foundation’s
> > > > > GLAM-Wiki
> > > > > > > strategist, will be leading the community engagement
and
> > > > communications
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > the project until we hire a community liaison as part
of
the
>
grant.
> > > > Stay
> > > > > > tuned for more details about the project in the coming
months.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and
look
> > forward
> > > to
> > > > > > your
> > > > > > > participation in its development.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
> > > > > > > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement
*
> > > > > > > *Wikimedia Foundation*
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
> > > > structured-data
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