Hi,
I don't usually forward Search Platform meeting announcements to project
lists, but I'll do so this month while I'm thinking about it. If you're
interested in future meeting announcements and other news from the Search
Platform team then you can subscribe to the Discovery email list at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery.
Pine
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From: Trey Jones <tjones(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—March 6th
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
This is a reminder that the Search Platform Office Hours are tomorrow!
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:34 AM Trey Jones <tjones(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> The Search Platform Team
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds
> office hours the first Wednesday of each month. Come ask us anything about
> Wikimedia search!
>
>
> We’re particularly interested in:
>
> * Opportunities for collaboration—internally or externally to the
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> * Challenges you have with on-wiki search, in any of the languages we
> support
>
>
> But we're happy to talk about anything search-related. Feel free to add
> your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting.
>
>
> Details for our next meeting:
>
> Date: Wednesday, March 6th, 2018
>
> Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-9:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET
>
> Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours
>
> Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vyc-jvgq-dww
>
>
> *N.B.:* Google Meet System Requirements
> <https://support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473>
>
>
> Trey Jones
> Sr. Software Engineer, Search Platform
> Wikimedia Foundation
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From: Zack McCune <zmccune(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 12:14 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals
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:: 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(a)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_Comm…
[6]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-brand-p…
[7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/029991.html
[8]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AStrengthening_and_un…
[9]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear…
[10]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Wikipedia_and_Wikimedia_Bran…
[11]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wikimedia_brand_strategy_proposal…
[12]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_r…
--
Zack McCune (he/him)
Senior Global Brand Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Dear all,
Here is the today's IRC log
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/IRC_meeting_2019-02-17
Regards,
Thanks and Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Project advisor
Access to Knowledge program
The Centre for Internet & Society
On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 8:03 PM balaji <balajijagadesh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Balaji
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 7:05 PM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Reminder: Within an hour we have Indic Wikisource IRC . (@8PM IST
>> Sunday) on #cis-a2k
>>
>> Hope to see you there!
>>
>> https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 7:11 PM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Reminder: 17th February 2019 (@8PM IST Sunday) on # #cis-a2k
>>> The IRC Meeting is a support event for Indic Wikisource volunteers.
>>> Hope to see you there!
>>>
>>> Jayanta Nath
>>> Wikisource Project advisor
>>> Access to Knowledge program
>>> The Centre for Internet & Society
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:54 AM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Firstly I would like to thank you for the continuous support and
>>>> contribution to the Wikimedia movement specially in Wikisource.
>>>>
>>>> You are aware that after first wikisourse workshop organized in
>>>> Patiala, the Punjabi Wikisource Community is growing rapidly, reaching a
>>>> total of 7000+ pages proofreaded in last two month. For updated page/
>>>> digitized content you go here[2]
>>>>
>>>> But Indic community members have not got any chance to advantages for
>>>> this kind of Workshop for their language community. Workshop for Wikisource
>>>> of Punjabi, Sanskrit & Kannada language community is completed.
>>>> Assamese, Gujarati & Tamil have shown their interest for workshop in coming
>>>> month. Keeping this in mind we are planning to have an IRC[1] on 17th
>>>> February 2019 (@8PM) for the Indic Wikisource community. Please suggest
>>>> more Agenda for the IRC.
>>>>
>>>> :Agenda
>>>>
>>>> - Update status of what we have done after first IRC and IWCC2018
>>>> - Major issues we faced, and how do I help personally towards the
>>>> specific community ( Offline and Online both)
>>>> - Organize edit-thon for Wikisource ( Offline and Online both)
>>>> - Workshop planning for other community for Oriya Malayalam, Tamil
>>>> and Telugu.
>>>> - Advance Wikisource Workshop for Punjabi Community.
>>>> - Add more if you have to discuss ….
>>>>
>>>> [1]. https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
>>>> [2]. https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Indic_Wikisource_Stats
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jayanta Nath
>>>> Wikisource Project advisor
>>>> Access to Knowledge program
>>>> The Centre for Internet & Society
>>>>
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Reminder: Within an hour we have Indic Wikisource IRC . (@8PM IST
Sunday) on #cis-a2k
Hope to see you there!
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 7:11 PM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Reminder: 17th February 2019 (@8PM IST Sunday) on # #cis-a2k
> The IRC Meeting is a support event for Indic Wikisource volunteers.
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Jayanta Nath
> Wikisource Project advisor
> Access to Knowledge program
> The Centre for Internet & Society
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:54 AM Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Firstly I would like to thank you for the continuous support and
>> contribution to the Wikimedia movement specially in Wikisource.
>>
>> You are aware that after first wikisourse workshop organized in Patiala,
>> the Punjabi Wikisource Community is growing rapidly, reaching a total of
>> 7000+ pages proofreaded in last two month. For updated page/
>> digitized content you go here[2]
>>
>> But Indic community members have not got any chance to advantages for
>> this kind of Workshop for their language community. Workshop for Wikisource
>> of Punjabi, Sanskrit & Kannada language community is completed.
>> Assamese, Gujarati & Tamil have shown their interest for workshop in coming
>> month. Keeping this in mind we are planning to have an IRC[1] on 17th
>> February 2019 (@8PM) for the Indic Wikisource community. Please suggest
>> more Agenda for the IRC.
>>
>> :Agenda
>>
>> - Update status of what we have done after first IRC and IWCC2018
>> - Major issues we faced, and how do I help personally towards the
>> specific community ( Offline and Online both)
>> - Organize edit-thon for Wikisource ( Offline and Online both)
>> - Workshop planning for other community for Oriya Malayalam, Tamil
>> and Telugu.
>> - Advance Wikisource Workshop for Punjabi Community.
>> - Add more if you have to discuss ….
>>
>> [1]. https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
>> [2]. https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Indic_Wikisource_Stats
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>>
>> Jayanta Nath
>> Wikisource Project advisor
>> Access to Knowledge program
>> The Centre for Internet & Society
>>
>
Dear All,
Firstly I would like to thank you for the continuous support and
contribution to the Wikimedia movement specially in Wikisource.
You are aware that after first wikisourse workshop organized in Patiala,
the Punjabi Wikisource Community is growing rapidly, reaching a total of
7000+ pages proofreaded in last two month. For updated page/
digitized content you go here[2]
But Indic community members have not got any chance to advantages for this
kind of Workshop for their language community. Workshop for Wikisource
of Punjabi,
Sanskrit & Kannada language community is completed. Assamese, Gujarati &
Tamil have shown their interest for workshop in coming month. Keeping this
in mind we are planning to have an IRC[1] on 17th February 2019 (@8PM) for
the Indic Wikisource community. Please suggest more Agenda for the IRC.
:Agenda
- Update status of what we have done after first IRC and IWCC2018
- Major issues we faced, and how do I help personally towards the
specific community ( Offline and Online both)
- Organize edit-thon for Wikisource ( Offline and Online both)
- Workshop planning for other community for Oriya Malayalam, Tamil and
Telugu.
- Advance Wikisource Workshop for Punjabi Community.
- Add more if you have to discuss ….
[1]. https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
[2]. https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Indic_Wikisource_Stats
Thanks and Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Project advisor
Access to Knowledge program
The Centre for Internet & Society
Hi,
I have heard from a trusted source few months back that there are talks in
WMF to rebrand all sister projects under the name Wikipedia. If that
happens some day, Wikisource will be no more as it is and it will be called
something like Wikipedia-source etc. The logic for this kind of step is
that people doesn't know or understand Wikimedia, but everyone knows only
about Wikipedia.
I think, the recent blog in the Foundation site is the first step to do
such things.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/how-does-the-world-see-wikimedia…
IMHO, very few people know about sister projects, because they didn't get
the love they needed from WMF or other affiliates. Everything is so
Wikipedia centric. But that can't be the fault of the sister projects.
I hope this rebranding doesnt become true someday.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Forwarding to the Wikisource email list. Thanks for the update.
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From: Rupika Sharma <ons3112(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 6:34 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Results from Punjabi Wikisource Proofreading Contest
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello Everyone,
It is with great pride I would like to share great news with the community.
We did Proofreading contest in Punjabi Wikisource from 21 December 2018 -
31 January 2019 and we have record breaking results.
Starting from 300 proofread pages per month with only about 4-5 editors,
and almost 0 editors with 50+ editors in October, we only had 1269 pages
proofread since past 2 years.
After the contest, we now have community of 24 editors with 50+ edits and
35 participants that joined us via outreach programs and workshops . We
were able to get 5100+ pages proofread in 40 days, making us the fastest
and the most active Wikisource community in India. And as per the latest
stats, we are also the fastest growing Wikisource community globally in
terms of growth and third most active community in terms of pages proofread
after 40 days of the contest. We will continue to validate the proofread
pages from the contest in the next couple months to maintain quality and
reliability.
We hope we can continue to grow and advance the mission of free knowledge
from Punjabi Community.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikisource_Contest
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilover90/Wikisource_editors_stats_with_5…
[4]
https://tools.wmflabs.org/phetools/statistics.php?diff=30&fbclid=IwAR07Yf3N…
[5]
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Indic_Wikisource_Stats/Oct2018-Jan20…
Best Regards,
Rupika Sharma
User:Wikilover90
Punjabi Wikimedians
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Hi all,
The deadline is short and to avoid the confusing vote by email of last
year, we created a page on meta to decide who will be the representative of
the user group to the Wikimedia Summit:
*https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group/Wikimedia_S…>*
The vote will be in two parts:
- starting tomorrow and for a week, people can add their name and a short
explanation on who they are and why they want to go to the summit
- next week, the community vote to designate the representative
For the context, Wikimedia Summit will be in Berlin, 29 March - 2 April
2019 (last year, it was called "Wikimedia Conference" and "Chapters
Meeting" the previous years).
Here is a short report on what happened last year:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Wikisource_Commun…
.
This year, fewer people are invited (one instead of two for us) and the
summit will focus on strategy and governance.
As usual, feel free to ask more and any question.
*Disclaimer: I probably won't candidate myself, except if there is 2 or
less candidates.*
Cheers,
For the Wikisource Community User Group,
Nicolas Vigneron