Thanks for the reminder, Pharos. I've signed the open letter on behalf of the
Wikimedians of Colorado User Group.
I previously filled out my own opinions via the survey sent out earlier, with the comments
below.
If you like, I can also fill out the "Brand survey for affiliates" providing
official responses,
with these or any edits of them we agree on.
Note it is distinct from the "Brand survey for individuals" at
=== possible comments from colorado user group
The survey itself is flawed, with a biased intro and no opportunity for discussion before
its launch.
Thus the results of the survey will be more misleading than helpful.
This proposal creates confusion between Wikipedia (a well-known brand for the
encyclopedia) and the other projects, and co-opts its name.
There are other ways to promote a more overreaching brand. E.g. perhaps the movement
could promote the existing name and message as a part of the top of every page:
"Wikipedia is part of by the Wikimedia Movement, supported by the Wikimedia
Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects".
Wikipedia Network Colorado?
It suggests that our group only works on Wikipedia, when in fact much of our work is on
Commons and Meta.
Go back to the status quo, or use WikiMedia Network
WikiMedia Movement
Bringing the Wikipedia team spirit to all forms of knowledge
WikiMedia .... (or whatever their name is now)
Just don't sow discord in the movement, and confusion for the world, by rebranding to
Wikipedia!
Start from scratch and respect the perspective and work of the various projects.
It would be just fine to reinvest in the name WikiMedia! Use it more effectively on our
existing project pages. Be proud of it!
It might help to capitalize the M as I've done here.
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On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 11:49:04PM -0400, Pharos wrote:
Great if you can decide everything before July 7, when
the brand survey ends.
You should also have received a separate affiliate brand survey email from the WMF
people.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:19 PM Neal McBurnett <neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
We have three yesses so far. I suggest we wait another day or two then submit a group
response if we have consensus.
-Neal
On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 10:05:58PM +0000, Isarra Yos wrote:
Seems reasonable to me.
We should probably get our group back in compliance, though, while we're at it - I
think all we need to do is actually submit
our
that?
-I
On 02/07/2020 19:42, Todd Allen wrote:
It is exactly correct and I have signed it as well.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 10:12 PM Neal McBurnett <neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
See the attachment for an open letter organized by dozens of Wikimedia affiliates
asking for an immediate pause to
renaming
activities by the Wikimedia Foundation,
due to process shortcomings of the 2030 Movement Brand Project.
I just signed the open letter described in the attachment.
Or just visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
and some of the many pages it links to.
I propose that we sign this as the Wikimedians in Colorado User Group.
What do you all think?
Neal McBurnett
http://neal.mcburnett.org/
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From: Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Affiliates <all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:40:05 -0400
Subject: [All-affiliates] Community open letter on renaming on Meta
Dear all,
There is currently a community open letter on renaming [[m:COLOR]] that requests
a pause to renaming activities being
pursued by the Wikimedia Foundation 2030 Brand Project. The open letter focuses
on concerns about the problems with
the
process so far, and not about specific
naming choices.
Individual editors and affiliates (via their designated representative) can sign
with their logged-in account to show
support.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
Coming up: There is currently a branding survey that runs until July 7. There is
concern that the consultation
process and
options on the survey do not adequately
reflect community sentiment, given the effect name changes for the foundation
and
movement would have. This was a major
motivation for the open letter.
Additionally, it has been announced that there will be a WMF board meeting
scheduled in July to discuss the branding
issue,
so it is important to express your views
now.
Thanks to all the affiliates who took part in our recent 2020-06-20 to 21
affiliates meetings to discuss the brand
project
issues, where we had more than 70
attendees. Folks from those calls helped generate the letter through the help of
more
than a dozen editors.
With more than 40 major chapters and affiliates and 500+ individuals signing the
statement, we are seeing great
interest in
this issue.
Regards,
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
LINKS:
Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR) on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
2030 Brand Project main page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…
Brand survey for individuals:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD
(If there are options you would like to highlight outside of the three provided,
it is possible to write in your own
options and views at the end of the survey)
Brand survey for affiliates:
A link should have been sent to the affiliate liaisons or affiliate contacts. If
you have not received any
correspondence,
please contact Essie Zar (ezar -at-
wikimedia.org) of WMF.
English Wikipedia Signpost article about the issue and a Q&A interview with
the document writers and collaborators:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-06-28/Inter…
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