Dear All,
We are a global group of Wikipedia editors who contribute to healthcare
articles across various language Wikipedias. We have been meeting online
regularly to discuss the unique challenges we face in maintaining and
improving healthcare content. After many discussions, we believe it is high
time for healthcare editors to meet in person and collaborate more
effectively.
With that in mind, we are planning the first-ever *Wikipedia Healthcare
Conference*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SWASTHA/Meetups/Wikipedia_Healthcar…>,
scheduled for early next year. This conference aims to bring together
healthcare editors from around the world to share their experiences,
exchange ideas, and work together to improve Wikipedia's medical content.
This is just the beginning, and we want your input! We’ve created a basic
survey to gather feedback and ideas on how we can make this conference as
impactful as possible. Please take a moment to* fill out this community
engagement survey* and share your thoughts:
https://forms.gle/VpBJcBfWbThcni5q8
Additionally, anyone interested is welcome to join our periodic online
meetups. We’d love to see broader participation, both in our meetups and at
the upcoming conference. Our next *Community Meetup is scheduled for
Sunday, August 25th, 2024, at 8:30 PM IST / 11:00 AM EDT*. You can sign up
here:Wikipedia:SWASTHA/Meetups/25August2024 - Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SWASTHA/Meetups/25August2024#Partic…>
The meeting link will be updated on the page and shared in follow-up emails.
*Please complete the survey by August 24th* so we can better gauge
community interest and make this conference a success.
Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our meetups and the
conference!
Best regards,
u:Innocentbunny
The WP:SWASTHA Team
Dear All,
WikiSWASTHA team is hosting a brainstorming session aimed at enhancing
healthcare content on Indic language Wikipedia articles. Its an opportunity
for us to collaborate and discuss potential steps to enrich
healthcare-related information on these Indic wikis.
Date: 21st April, Sunday Time: 6:30 PM (IST)
Inviting all interested members to participate in this session by signing
(~~~~) on the following page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ASWASTHA%2FMeetups%…
We look forward to your participation and insights.
Best regards,
U:Innocent Bunny 🐰
*Please forward this message to any Wikimedia mailing lists/channels or
individual editors who might be interested in attending. *
*This meeting announcement has been translated into Spanish below. A
Spanish translator will be present for the meeting. Thank you and hope to
see you then!*
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Wikimedia LGBT+ August User Group Meeting Information
The next Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group meeting is *Wednesday, August 9th at
4:00pm GMT/UTC+0 (9:00am PT/12:00pm ET)*.
Find your local time here: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1691596856
*Event information:*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT/2023-08-09
The agenda will be updated on the event page. We expect to have 2-3
presentations from invited community members, followed by a discussion of
dead name policies across the different Wikimedia platforms where we edit.
There will also be time for you to propose topics that we all can discuss.
You can also propose topics now on the event page. Anyone who contributes
to LGBT+ topics on Wikimedia platforms, or who might be interested in User
Group activities is welcome to participate.
*Join Zoom Meeting link:* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834966417
Meeting ID: 828 3496 6417
*There will be a meeting lobby. Message the Telegram group if you run into
trouble logging in.
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La próxima reunión del Grupo Usuario Wikimedia LGBT+ es* el miércoles 9 de
agosto a las 4:00pm GMT/UTC+0 (9:00am PT/12:00pm ET).*
Encuentra tu hora local aquí: <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1690819225>
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1691596856
*Información del evento:*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT/2023-08-09
La agenda será actualizada en la página del evento. Esperamos tener 2-3
presentaciones de miembros de la comunidad invitades al evento, seguido de
una discusión sobre las políticas de uso del nombre muerto en las
diferentes plataformas de Wikimedia que editamos. También habrá tiempo para
que propongas temáticas que podamos discutir entre todes. Puedes proponer
temáticas ahora en la página del evento. Cualquiera que contribuya en
temáticas LGBT+ en plataformas Wikipedia, o que podría estar interesade en
actividades de Grupos Usuarios está invitade a participar.
*Únete a la reunión de Zoom con este link:*
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834966417
ID de la reunión: 828 3496 6417
*Habrá una sala de espera en la reunión. Envía un mensaje al grupo de
Telegram si tienes problemas para unirte.
_____
Let us know if you have any questions!
Best wishes,
Dorothy Howard
Wikimedia LGBT+ Administrative Executive
dorothy(a)wmlgbt.org
Hello fellow Wikimedians!
I wanted to invite you and your communities to participate in the second
webinar in a series of two that the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting in
collaboration with the International Science Council. This series examines
the combatting of online disinformation around scientific issues and how
the Wikimedia model can be a tool to share accurate scientific knowledge
with the global community.
This second webinar, Building Special Projects on Wikipedia: The Covid Case
Study
<https://council.science/events/building-special-projects-on-wikipedia/>,
will take place on 30 March at 12:00 UTC. This webinar will be an intimate
conversation with Wikimedian Dr. Netha Hussain and will explore how editors
and researchers can mobilize to create content around special themes on
Wikipedia, focusing on the Wikimedia community’s response to the COVID
pandemic as a case study. You can register and find more information about
these webinars at the link above.
If you were unable to participate in the first webinar, Managing Knowledge
Integrity on Information Platforms, a recording is now available here
<https://council.science/events/managing-knowledge-integrity/>.
Please feel free to share this invitation widely within your communities
and networks.
Thank you!
--
*Ricky Gaines *(he/him)
Senior Human Rights Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
rgaines(a)wikimedia.org
Hi Folks,
We encourage each and everyone of you to create a program submission. You can submit an interactive workshop or panel, a lecture, a short lighting talk or a poster for our dedicated poster session. Submissions are catered to both onsite and online (live or pre-recorded) or a hybrid combination. We would love to see submissions from all over the world, and this year there is a 'Research, Science and Medicine' track for projects relating to Wikimedia online activities that contribute valuable content on public health and wellness initiatives.
The theme for this year's Wikimania is Diversity, Collaboration, Future. Topics that strengthen collaboration and also the future are topics we like to see this year.
Session submissions for Wikimania 2023 are open until 28 March.
Visit the following links for further info:
Wiki page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Diff post: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/28/be-part-of-the-wikimania-2023-program/
Program Submission Form: https://pretalx.com/wm2023/cfp
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Chair, Program Subcommittee
Event lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Dear members of the Wiki Project Med,
We are writing to invite you to be a part of a new project that the
Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is hoping to create. This project
aims to maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia
communities, improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and to help in
the fight against harassment.
As a Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is
important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new
information. This is because your affiliate has professional knowledge
about health related issues, including mental health. Therefore, we are
looking for your input.
For a project that aims to connect volunteers in a way that they can
support each other, your knowledge, skills and experience will be highly
appreciated. For more information on the project, please visit our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peer_Support_Networks_within_the_Wikimedia_…>
.
To tap into that expertise that you already have, we are organizing Focus
group meetings as a next step. In those meetings we hope to learn about
already existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and
better and what support they would need to do so. There will be meetings
that are suited to different time zones, each meeting will last two hours.
Feel free to sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you.
Focus group meetings for affiliate leaders or staff will be held on the
days and times listed below:
4 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
8 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC
25 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Focus groups for individual contributors will meet at these times:
1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC
15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Please feel free to encourage members of other communities to reach out to
us if you believe that this project will be of interest to them
Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of the meetings
listed above and we will send out invites to you. If you are interested and
are unavailble in the above listed times, let us know and we will look for
ways to connect.
Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a similar
offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to concentrate on
the issue that is most important to you, but of course you are also very
welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that capacity is
limited and will highly value any kind of participation!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear Wikimedia affiliate representatives,
We are contacting you today because you are an important part of forming
the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>.
The Movement
Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
process
recommended the creation of a “Movement Chater.” The Charter will be a
document defining roles and responsibilities for all parts of the Wikimedia
Movement. The Drafting Committee will create a draft of the Movement
Charter. The process will include researching and consulting with
communities, experts, and organizations.
Timeline
We have created together
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Events/Documentation/27_J…>
a process for setting up the committee:
Now - September 14Everyone can nominate themself for the common candidate
pool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
October 11-24
All (eligible) Wikimedians across all project communities vote on the
candidates to elect 7 members
October 11 - 24
Wikimedia affiliates will select 6 members of the committee (through a
group of selectors).
October 25 - 31
The WMF appoints 2 members of the committee.
By October 31
Drafting Committee announced
More detailed process overview can be accessed on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_…>
.
Affiliate engagement
Wikimedia affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia Movement and
thus in creating this Movement Charter. We kindly ask you to support us in
the following several tasks:
-
The nominations are still ongoing! Who in your networks would make an
excellent candidate for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Encourage
and support them to nominate themself. We are especially looking for
people with experience in organizational governance and international
collaboration. Demonstrated cultural, linguistic, and inclusivity awareness
is important. (The matrices for diversity and expertise can be seen here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Diversi…>
).
-
The affiliates will select their candidates via 9 selectors. All
affiliates are divided into eight geographic regions and one “thematic
region.” Each region chooses one person (selector). The division follows
existing regional collaborations with some adaptations to avoid overlap
(e.g. Africa). You, as an affiliate representative, please check the
list and correct it
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>,
if you feel that you "belong" to another region.
-
We then ask you to convene on the regional level and define your
representative in the selector group. It is up to each region on how to
select your selector, but doing it in a transparent way (e.g. on Meta) is
helpful. The selector needs to be selected by October 10, 2021 (before the
election for the online communities starts)
-
The 9 selectors will convene later and will choose candidates from
the common
pool of candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
.
For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the process
for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact us at
any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2030(a)wikimedia.org).
Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to
working on this with you.
Best regards,
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org
Dear Wikimedia-Medicine members,
I'm new to WMF (3 months in!) and am part of the new public policy team focused on Global Advocacy - nice to meet you! I'm reaching out with an exciting opportunity to showcase the Wikimedia Medicine Group's work.
The global advocacy team is submitting a handful of session proposals for RightsCon 2022 (June 6-10, 2022), the world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age. Your efforts to make health information more accessible and widely available online, and the community-led events used to this end, align closely with the RightsCon focus. We think this a unique moment to showcase your group's work or problem solve challenges with the diverse audience that comes together for RightsCon.
To apply, please submit your proposal outline by January 10. Details about the process and proposal resources are included in the application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmd5mhxEpFpXiAVIM-_31QJM5UEKDHWov…
You can read more about RightsCon here: https://www.rightscon.org/program/
Don't hesitate to reach out with questions. My name is Ziski and email is fputz(a)wikimedia.org
Warmly,
Ziski
Dear Wiki Project Med representatives,
I am following up on the long email we sent to you last week regarding the
setup process of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee affiliate
selectors group. We are following up with a quick step-by-step summary to
make the request more clear:
-
Step 1 - We are using a regional approach. Verify that your affiliate
appears in the right region in the list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>.
If yes, no action needed. If not, please correct it.
-
Step 2 - All affiliates in the region will nominate 1 selector for the
whole region. Arrange an online meeting, social media conversation or wiki
page to decide the process for your region.
-
Step 3 - Run the process of selecting the selector.
-
Step 4 - Notify the Movement Strategy and Governance team of the
outcome, so we can set up and convene the group of selectors.
-
These steps should be completed by October 10, 2021.
-
Movement Strategy and Governance team is readily available to support or
facilitate any regional discussions at any of the described steps.
The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be available to answer any
questions or specifications you may have regarding this.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org