Hi!
Last time I was mentioning my community ban I got almost 3 years ago.
https://hiddentreasure2.blogspot.com/2022/08/why-was-i-banned-in-english-wi…
Since then I've become the second WIR in Finland. I'm actively training
Wikipedia in Finland (Finnish Wikipedia) but talking about the rules on
English Wikipedia is getting harder as I'm not editing there anymore. I'm
also part of Wikimedia UK's Wikipedia trainers' network and I'm interested
in becoming a mentor for a new Wikipedia trainer (the process takes 1-2
years). As I've been a wiki trainer for nearly 20 years (I was a wiki
trainer before I became a Wikipedia trainer) I think I've got a lot that I
could give to newbies.
In the last Wikimania I was told to try the UTRS process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System
but haven't done it yet. I'm unsure about what the correct strategy here
would be. If I say I'd like to get access so that I could train people
there they may say that someone who has been community banned is not
allowed to train other people as they are problematic persons per se.
I don't know how these requests are handled, in public or by some team. Any
thoughts / hints would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Johanna
*You're invited to submit for the upcoming WikiConference being held in NYC
in October 2025!*
Submit program proposals through this form
<https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Program/Submissions>.
Program submissions are now open for *WikiConference North America (WCNA)
2025*! This year’s conference will take place in *New York City from
October 16–19, 2025*, under the theme “Wiki’s World Fair”— reflecting the
rich cultural diversity of our community and the city of New York. We
invite those interested to submit proposals for the conference particularly
on topics related to: Credibility and online safety, the future of
Wikipedia, and content gaps. As always, we welcome updates from around the
community and all proposals will be given consideration regardless of
topic. Program submissions will be open until June 1st, 2025. WCNA is a
multi-lingual conference and we encourage participants to submit proposals
for programming in Spanish and French as well. Translation services will be
provided during the conference, and presenters are welcome to present
in-person, or virtually. This year’s conference will be set up for hybrid
participation and attendance. We look forward to seeing you in New York
City, or online October 16-19
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hello ������
(Sorry for cross-posting!)
We’re thrilled to announce that submissions are now open for both the GLAM
Wiki Conference 2025 Scholarship Applications and the Call for Program
Proposals!
This milestone is the result of dedicated work by both the Scholarship and
Program Committees, as well as the Core Organizing Team — and we couldn’t
be happier to share this news with you today, on International Museums Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day>.
This year’s conference theme is:
Resilience: Shaping the Future Through Community and Openness
This theme is grounded in three key aims: 1) Building the Future, 2)
Community Resilience, and 3) Digital Resilience.
We believe this is a timely and meaningful theme — one that resonates
deeply across the global open movement and within every part of the
Wikimedia community.
You can find full details, including scholarship criteria and program
tracks, on the Meta-Wiki event page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025
Deadlines:
- Scholarship Application: *7 June*
- Program Call-for-Proposals: *15 June*
Save the date!
The conference will take place 30 October – 1 November 2025, in Lisbon,
Portugal. Stay tuned for updates on registration, opening later in June
2025.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Lisbon — and we look forward to your ideas,
energy, and participation in shaping a resilient future together.
Kind regards,
The GLAM Wiki 2025 Organizing Team
Hello ������
(Sorry for cross-posting!)
We’re thrilled to announce that submissions are now open for both the GLAM
Wiki Conference 2025 Scholarship Applications and the Call for Program
Proposals!
This milestone is the result of dedicated work by both the Scholarship and
Program Committees, as well as the Core Organizing Team — and we couldn’t
be happier to share this news with you today, on International Museums Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day>.
This year’s conference theme is:
Resilience: Shaping the Future Through Community and Openness
This theme is grounded in three key aims: 1) Building the Future, 2)
Community Resilience, and 3) Digital Resilience.
We believe this is a timely and meaningful theme — one that resonates
deeply across the global open movement and within every part of the
Wikimedia community.
You can find full details, including scholarship criteria and program
tracks, on the Meta-Wiki event page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025
Deadlines:
- Scholarship Application: *7 June*
- Program Call-for-Proposals: *15 June*
Save the date!
The conference will take place 30 October – 1 November 2025, in Lisbon,
Portugal. Stay tuned for updates on registration, opening later in June
2025.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Lisbon — and we look forward to your ideas,
energy, and participation in shaping a resilient future together.
Kind regards,
The GLAM Wiki 2025 Organizing Team
Here is the satirical higher law of Wikipedia editing that I alluded to writing earlier, which I wrote for therapeutic reasons. If you are familiar with the language of the KJV translation of the Bible, it will probably make more sense. I actually think that citing primary sources can be very useful.
The Higher Law of Wikipedia editing
Three things doth the Wikipedia editor hate, and four are detestable unto him: a paid position, a careful tongue, a heart that believes in God, and secondary sources from religious adherents. Never act in boldness<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD>, but be completely humble and meek, submitting to all things which thy fellow editors deem worthy for you.
Declare COI continuously without ceasing: Do not declare your COI only in the secrecy of your user page, but also in templates on talk pages, multiplying their vain repetitions lest they fall on deaf ears. Thou shalt declare thy conflict of interest constantly, never ceasing, on your user pages, your edit summaries, and when ye are in your fields, yea, over all your flocks of talk pages.
Sound the trump of all external relationships: Unpaid editors may edit according to their unspoken conflicts of interest, that thy people seeth in public. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. Of you it is required to sound a trumpet of thy external relationships before all of thy editing, that the editorship may see your editing works and judge them against this higher law of editing.
Thou shalt not cite primary sources, theses, or dissertations: The unpaid editor may use primary sources<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary>, self-published sources<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_or_que…>, and theses and dissertations<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SCHOLARSHIP> with knowledge of the rules pertaining to those. Howbeit that there is not in every man that knowledge, if any man see thee which has knowledge cite the primary source, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to cite these things which are offered as sources improperly? And through thy knowledge shall the weak editor perish? Wherefore cite no primary sources while the world standeth, lest you make your brother to offend.
Rule of One Revert: You have heard<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:3RR> that an editor may not revert the same edit more than three times in a 24-hour period, but of you it is required to revert no more than once.
Submit to Articles for Creation: Of unpaid editors it is permitted to create articles directly in the article namespace, but of you it is required to submit new articles to Articles for Creation. The mind of the paid editor is an enemy to Wikipedia; submit yourselves therefore to other editors in fear of their judgement.
Neglect not the opposing viewpoint: You have heard it said, one editor adds their cherry, while another editor adds theirs. This is justice for the unpaid editor. Their laws are not your laws. I say unto you, the paid editor may not cherry pick their sources. She must cite the anti-Mormon and the apologist, the Vogel and the Welch, the arguments in good faith and bad. All things must needs be in order, and the citing shall not contradict any other commandment, neither the citing of primary sources nor the citing of dissertations and theses.
Bear your own burdens: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. These one or two more must not be of thy faith, neither can they be of thy profession, lest you be accused of bearing false witness against thy neighbor in solidarity with thy kinsmen. Bear your own burden, never creating bonds with other editors, which bonds sully the purity of their judgement against thee.
Rachel Helps
Wikipedian-in-Residence
Brigham Young University Library