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[WREN] How to engage experts in Wikimedia COVID-19 related topics
by john cummings 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Hi all I started a conversation on a plan to engage experts (for me starting with UN agencies) on COVID-19 related topics, please take a look and add your thoughts or just a +1 if you think its sensible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_COVID-19#Helping_e… Thanks very much

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WPWP Challenge: Call for participation
by Deborah Jay 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Scroll down for English... Chère Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network, Nous vous invitons à participer à Les pages Wikipédia veulent des photos (WPWP) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos/fr>, un nouveau concours mondial qui se déroulera de juillet à août 2020. Les participants choisiront parmi les pages Wikipedia sans images photo, puis ajouteront un fichier approprié parmi les milliers de photos dans Wikimedia Commons, en particulier celles téléchargées à partir de concours thématiques (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) sur les années. WPWP offre une tâche ciblée pour guider les nouveaux éditeurs à travers les étapes d'ajout de contenu aux pages existantes. Il peut être utilisé pour organiser des ateliers d'édition et des édit-a-thons. L'équipe organisatrice est à la recherche d'une personne de contact au niveau du groupe d'utilisateurs de Wikimedia (géographiquement ou par thème) ou d'un WP linguistique, pour coordonner le projet localement. Nous serions ravis que vous répondiez à cet e-mail ou que vous vous inscriviez directement à l'adresse WPWP Participating Communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos/Participatin…> Merci, Deborah Schwartz Jacobs (utilisateur:Deborahjay / debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com) Liaison communautaire WPWP ============================= Dear Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network, We are inviting you to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos>, a new global contest scheduled to run from July through August 2020: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos> Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years. WPWP offers a focused task for guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. It can be used to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons. The organizing team is looking for a contact person at the Wikimedia User Group level (geographically or thematically) or for a language WP, to coordinate the project locally. We’d be glad for you to reply to this email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos/Participatin…> Thank you, Deborah Schwartz Jacobs (User:Deborahjay / debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com) Communities Liaison WPWP

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Fwd: Data Science News | April 2020
by Jackson, Esther 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Hello, everyone. This newsletter from the UVA School of Data Science includes a great profile of our very own Lane Rasberry and a write-up about his project with Richard Knipel, User:Pharos. I hope everyone is well. Best, Esther ---------------------------- EstherJackson Public Services Librarian The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 O: 718.817.8827, 8834 ejackson(a)nybg.org nybg.org ---------------------------- NYBGSig This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the named addressee, you should not use, copy, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, or destroyed; arrive late or incomplete; or contain viruses. 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We have also responded by diving into various research related projects, ranging from building stochastic spread models, which estimate the survival rates and infection counts, to creating models which forecast when the surge will occur in Charlottesville. Learn more about the School of Data Science's response to COVID-19 in the resource page below. School of Data Science COVID-19 Website<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/845338ae-dab1-4e…]<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> Dean's Blog: Our School During the Pandemic<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/be3daf5c-e100-4d…]<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> School of Data Science Research Related to COVID-19<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> Headlines Creating a Global Museum of Art [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/video_thumbnails_new/05…]<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> All of our MSDS students complete a capstone project. Capstone projects challenge UVA Data Science students to explore, integrate and analyze data to solve real-world problems. Project teams consist of two to four students, one or more faculty advisors, and a sponsor organization. For their capstone project, Sana, Sudeepti, and Logan are working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to increase accessibility to art. They are using data science to improve the search of the museum’s online collection and eliminate bias. Learn more<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/2cbbe74b-3657-4f…] Charlottesville as a Global Hub of COVID-19 Information through Wikipedia Lane Rasberry<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> is bringing University of Virginia research to the forefront of COVID-19 global health communication through Wikipedia. Rasberry is the Wikimedian-in-Residence at the School of Data Science. Currently, Rasberry is writing, editing, and translating COVID-19 articles on Wikipedia. Learn more<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/a93e0323-1643-48…] Dr. Sana Syed, Pediatrician Gastroenterologist at UVA Hospital, is currently an MSDS student, and co-leads the Gut Intelligence Lab. Dr. Syed is dedicated to using data to provide the best information for families going forward after diagnosis. She is using machine learning to study gut structure and function and better her patients' lives. Learn more<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>. How do Historic Colonial Policies Affect Current Air Pollution in Senegal? [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/6ade5aa0-eac3-47…] School of Data Science Presidential Fellows Angelique Demetillo and Dallas Tatman are using data science to study the connections between historical colonial policies and current air pollution in Dakar, Senegal. They are studying satellite and nitrogen dioxide data and leveraging these datasets with ethnographic information. Learn more<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/1b5f5c9a-eb37-4b…] Online MSDS Student Highlights Our MSDS online cohorts are getting their degrees from all over the country. From doctors to manufacturers, our cohorts are made up of dynamic groups of data scientists. Want to know more about our online students? Why data science? What do they plan to do with their MSDS degree? Learn more<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/2eb2794c-814d-4c…] Looking to grow your professional network? UVA’s School of Data Science Executive Education is creating a widespread community where you can build and grow among other pioneers and leaders of the digital future. Learn more.<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/9427a911-a40a-47…] The University of Virginia School of Data Science held their annual Women in Data Science Conference<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> [WiDS] Friday, March 27-- this year in a virtual format, due to COVID-19. The event was originally to be held in Alumni Hall, where the maximum number of people who could attend was 300. With the event moved online, 583 people registered from all over the globe, an unprecedented number for an event hosted by the School of Data Science. Read more about WiDS and how it addressed the current COVID-19 crisis here<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>. If you were unable to participate in the conference, you can view all 2020 Charlottesville Women in Data Science Conference sessions below! 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Thank you to S&P Global<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>, Capital One<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…>, IBM<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> and LMI<https://virginia.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c764916ecb93a82a56046e5…> for your generous support of WiDS. [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/d9b1e6f2-73a6-4b…] [https://mcusercontent.com/c764916ecb93a82a56046e552/images/c215ee48-afec-47…] Alum Abhijith Mandya's Path to Red Hat MSDS '18 Alum Abhijith Mandya attended Mumbai University, where he majored in biochemistry. With a taste of analytics in his first job post undergrad, he knew he wanted to pursue data science. After graduating with his MSDS in 2018, Mandya landed a job as a Business Data Scientist at Red Hat, with help from our career services team. Now, he works with forecasting models and product development. 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WREN call in 5 minutes
by Pharos 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

You can join here: https://zoom.us/j/296649381 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://zoom.us/j/296649381&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AOv…> Thanks, Pharos

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Fwd: [Brand Project] Collaborating on a new brand identity for our movement
by Jackson, Esther 11 Apr '20

11 Apr '20

Hello everyone, The 2030 Movement Brand Project team is still recruiting Affiliate Liaisons. If you are interested in serving as the affiliate, you have until April 18th to express interest. Thank you, Esther ---------------------------- EstherJackson Public Services Librarian O: 718.817.8827, 8834 ---------------------------- Begin forwarded message: From: Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [Wren] [Brand Project] Collaborating on a new brand identity for our movement Date: April 9, 2020 at 8:38:01 PM EDT To: "Jackson, Esther" <ejackson(a)nybg.org<mailto:ejackson@nybg.org>> Cc: Brand Project <brandproject(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:brandproject@wikimedia.org>> [External E-Mail: Verify source before clicking on any links or opening any attachments.] Hi Esther, We wanted to follow up on our previous email with an update on the 2030 Movement Brand Project<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…> based on the new realities we all face due to the global pandemic, share an invitation to an event this month and renew our request for you regarding the project liaison. We know there continues to be so much uncertainty, which is why we are slowing down the process of the project. Big changes are happening to all of us these days. With that, we want to make sure that we respect your time and priorities. This means we are: * Adjusting the timeline approach to have more flexibility for participants and smaller time commitments. * Revising the project schedule month-by-month in order to reflect participants’ needs and the global situation. * Increased messaging (more emails with updates!) announcing what is happening and when. Affiliate Liaisons? We are requesting all Wikimedia affiliates to designate a liaison for the Movement Brand project. This liaison will be the contact point between their affiliation and the project team. We will send the project updates and requests for feedback to this person who will, in turn collect the group’s feedback and send it back to us. If you are interested in participating in the project, please let us know who WREN UG's liaison will be by April 18. Get on the list! Once you and your affiliate agree on the liaison, please add their name to the Affiliate liaisons section of the Participants list on the Brand Network Meta page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brand_Network>. This page, along with the Brand Network group on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork/>, is a discussion venue for the Brand Network where updates, open questions, case studies, and more will be shared. Watchlist the page to follow discussion. Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Please see attached an overall summary of the Brand Project with links to where you can learn more. It gives an overview of the project, shows where we are at in the process, and outlines roles and responsibilities for the affiliate liaisons. This month: LIVE Unified Concept Presentation To honor, celebrate, and conclude the work around the concepts<https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/> referred to in our previous email above, Snohetta and the Brand Project team will present the Unified Concept LIVE on 16 April, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT. Snøhetta will explain how they used the ideas, feedback and conceptual models from the workshops and online exercises to arrive at a final, unified concept. This unified concept will be the foundation for the upcoming work around the naming conventions, visual decisions, and the overall design system. The session will also be recorded and made available for viewing after. You can join us on Zoom<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/769565325> or watch live on Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS72O6Si94Q>. Note: this is not a presentation of a proposal for a naming convention or design. May & beyond We had planned to explore the movement naming conventions in April. We are pushing this out to a later date. Now discussion around naming will happen in May at the earliest, with great care given to how the global pandemic continues to impact our world and our communities. We will send an update on this at the end of April. Although the project timeline will continue to be adjusted based on the global situation, please know all feedback opportunities will be scheduled for two-week-long periods, and you will also get a two-week advance notice before any opportunities happen. This will allow for a full month of planning and engagement at each phase, which will hopefully make participation possible for whoever would like to join. We will get back to you with an update by the end of April with the project schedule for May. In the meanwhile, let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your dedication to our movement and to setting knowledge free. Best, Samir and the Brand Project team. [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/X4m8hlmRtGy-cZojsa18gGS55lLqw9Q-YwUwfhcuB…] Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 4:58 PM Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>> wrote: Thanks Esther, No worries about the liaison question, Esther. Anything can wait now! Stay safe and healthy! [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/X4m8hlmRtGy-cZojsa18gGS55lLqw9Q-YwUwfhcuB…] Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 9:24 PM Jackson, Esther <ejackson(a)nybg.org<mailto:ejackson@nybg.org>> wrote: Thanks for the information, Samir. Our group didn’t have the chance to speak about your request at our meeting today and will hopefully do so at the next meeting. Any additional information you can provide about the costs of this project from the WMF administration is appreciated. Best, Esther ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Esther Jackson Public Services Librarian O: 718.817.<tel:718.817.8827,%208834> 8827, 8834<tel:718-817-8827,%208834> ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ On Mar 18, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>> wrote: [External E-Mail: Verify source before clicking on any links or opening any attachments.] Hi Esther, Thanks for your response to my email and sorry for the late response. I was away from work on Thursday and Friday last week due to a big storm that left me without internet/power. I'm afraid that we don't have an answer to your question about the full project budget as staff do not determine budget allocations. As for the workshop attendees, we shared a survey form on the brand network and encouraged everyone in our movement to fill in the form and join us. In some cases we encouraged a limited number of affiliate leaders, community groups and underrepresented communities to fill in the form and join our workshops. We selected the participants based on their responses to this survey form. Hope that helps and please let me know if you have any other questions! Best, Samir [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/X4m8hlmRtGy-cZojsa18gGS55lLqw9Q-YwUwfhcuB…] Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:52 PM Jackson, Esther <ejackson(a)nybg.org<mailto:ejackson@nybg.org>> wrote: Dear Samir, Thank you for providing all of this information and detail. I would love to learn more about the project, including the cost and how the workshop attendees were selected. Thanks for providing more clarity. Best, Esther Jackson Wikimedian in Residence at the New York Botanical Garden ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Esther Jackson Public Services Librarian The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 O: 718.817.<tel:718.817.8827,%208834> 8827, 8834<tel:718-817-8827,%208834> ejackson(a)nybg.org<mailto:ejackson@nybg.org> nybg.org<https://www.nybg.org/> ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ NYBGSig This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the named addressee, you should not use, copy, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, or destroyed; arrive late or incomplete; or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ ________________________________ From: Wren <wren-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wren-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>> on behalf of Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:34 AM To: wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wren@lists.wikimedia.org> <wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wren@lists.wikimedia.org>> Cc: Brand Project <brandproject(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:brandproject@wikimedia.org>> Subject: Re: [Wren] [Brand Project] Collaborating on a new brand identity for our movement [External E-Mail: Verify source before clicking on any links or opening any attachments.] Hello again! While you work with your group to select a liason for the brand project, we wanted to let you know about an important feedback opportunity that will be going on for the next week. Over the past months, our design partner Snohetta has hosted 8 workshops in Norway, India and online, which included 97 movement members from 41 nations. Participants of the workshops were asked to collectively answer the question “Who are we?” by designing concepts. 23 concepts came out of the workshops. Snohetta has now published these 23 concepts for review<https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/?fbclid=IwAR1YLWd3fiCAAoB1HtzFveokf6…>. We’d like to know, in your opinion, which concepts best represent the Wikimedia movement. You can review the concepts by “liking” your favorites or by leaving comments. We’d like to get as wide of a range of feedback as possible, so please share the link with anyone you feel may be interested in participating. Please let me know if you have any questions Samir [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/X4m8hlmRtGy-cZojsa18gGS55lLqw9Q-YwUwfhcuB…] Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 6:42 AM Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:selsharbaty@wikimedia.org>> wrote: Dear WREN UG members, My name is Samir Elsharbaty. I'm a community brand and marketing coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm reaching out with an update and an invitation to join us in the movement brand project. Last year, we started the movement brand project<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>; a project to evolve the Wikimedia movement’s brand identity system. To do this we have partnered with Snøhetta<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)>, an international branding and architecture agency. Through workshops, exercises, and requests for feedback, Snøhetta is working with Wikimedia communities to create an updated naming convention and design, which will be used by the Wikimedia Foundation and will be opt-in for affiliates. As a Wikimedia affiliate organization, WREN UG is an important stakeholder in this project. I would like to invite you to become part of a process to shape our global shared brand identity. Participation is not time consuming but crucial to direct our work ahead. Over the next five months, the brand team will be helping Snøhetta gather community feedback at key moments. Your involvement would revolve around receiving updates and providing feedback on proposals for a naming convention and brand design. If you are interested, please select one or two people from WREN to act as a Liaison between our team and your group during this process. We will send important updates and all feedback opportunities to that person so that they can share with the group and collect your feedback. This process will arrive at a new branding system that you will be able to adopt if you choose, so we hope that you will decide to participate. In the meantime, here are main hubs for updates and discussion on this project: 1. The brand network on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork>. 2. Snohetta’s project hub, brandingwikipedia.org<https://brandingwikipedia.org/>. 3. The project page on meta<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>. Please reach out to us with any questions or thoughts you may have. I’m looking forward to collaborating with you! Best regards, Samir [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/X4m8hlmRtGy-cZojsa18gGS55lLqw9Q-YwUwfhcuB…] Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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WREN Wed Apr 1 interim meeting
by Pharos 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Hi fellow Wikimedians-in-Residence, We talked a bit during the last call about doing a second meeting 2 weeks afterward, which would be Wednesday April 1. This would be the regular hour, noon New York time. The idea is to bring people together, mutually support and strategize during this time of isolation. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Summit 2020] Preparing a virtual Wikimedia Summit
by Jackson, Esther 21 Mar '20

21 Mar '20

Hello everyone, Here is an update on the Wikimedia Summit process and planning. I will share more information as it is made available to me. For now, our meeting has been pushed from April until May, and it will be virtual. Best, Esther ---------------------------- EstherJackson Public Services Librarian The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 O: 718.817.8827, 8834 ejackson(a)nybg.org nybg.org ---------------------------- NYBGSig This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the named addressee, you should not use, copy, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, or destroyed; arrive late or incomplete; or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ---------------------------- Begin forwarded message: From: "Cornelius Kibelka" (via wmsummit-list Mailing List) <wmsummit-list(a)mailing.wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit-list@mailing.wikimedia.de>> Subject: [Wikimedia Summit 2020] Preparing a virtual Wikimedia Summit Date: March 20, 2020 at 3:02:04 PM EDT To: Wikimedia Summit Participants mailing list <wmsummit-list(a)mailing.wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit-list@mailing.wikimedia.de>> Reply-To: wmsummit-list(a)mailing.wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit-list@mailing.wikimedia.de> Dear all, Thank you for your patience in these unique times. The good news is: there will be a virtual Wikimedia Summit. We need time to plan, design, and work with you all on preparation. We are currently looking at dates in May, and will keep you informed as we move forward. This means, you can let go of the blocked dates in your calendar, 3-5 April. The virtual Wikimedia Summit will be the first in a series of virtual events that move from engaging with the recommendations and closing phase 2 of Movement Strategy and transitioning into implementation, phase 3. These events will be held over a period of 30-60 days after the Summit. For the virtual Wikimedia Summit, we won’t change the participant structure. We would like to use the Summit framework to engage with movement organizations and groups, and work with them on creating an understanding of the recommendations, taking their local or thematic contexts into account. The following virtual events after the Summit will be focusing on implementation, and will be tailored to meet the needs of different movement stakeholders. We will work with experienced facilitators and co-design the events with the respective target groups from across the movement. We have never hosted such a virtual conference – so it’s something completely new for us, and maybe also for you. We aim for a program that is focused on interaction and participation, and not one-directional. I want to give you some insights into what we are thinking about: * To use the “virtual in person” most efficiently, we will ask participants to prepare beforehand; * To accommodate different time zones, we aim to hold repetitive sessions at different times of day; * To accommodate language difficulties, we are looking into subtitling or language specific break-out rooms; * We want to pay special attention to engaging everyone equally, and find ways to support the diverse contexts and habits of people working together online. Please understand that’s all we have to share at this point, and we will keep you all updated with news and next steps. We hope you and those around you are well. Please all take good care of yourselves. See you on the Internet :) Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de<http://wikimedia.de/> Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now<https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207

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[WREN] 🧼 👏 Wed Mar 18 2020 1600 UTC /noon EST monthly meetup...
by Lane Rasberry 19 Mar '20

19 Mar '20

Please join the monthly Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network for the March 2020 meetup. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_in_Residence_Exchange_Network/m… Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/723771630 Meeting ID: 723 771 630 The event is Wednesday 18 March 1600 UTC, noon in New York City. This is a special COVID-19 meetup where everyone is invited to share news of all the events they are not organizing. Add any discussion items to the agenda. -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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[Brand Project] Collaborating on a new brand identity for our movement
by Samir Elsharbaty 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Dear WREN UG members, My name is Samir Elsharbaty. I'm a community brand and marketing coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm reaching out with an update and an invitation to join us in the movement brand project. Last year, we started the movement brand project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>; a project to evolve the Wikimedia movement’s brand identity system. To do this we have partnered with Snøhetta <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)>, an international branding and architecture agency. Through workshops, exercises, and requests for feedback, Snøhetta is working with Wikimedia communities to create an updated naming convention and design, which will be used by the Wikimedia Foundation and will be opt-in for affiliates. As a Wikimedia affiliate organization, WREN UG is an important stakeholder in this project. I would like to invite you to become part of a process to shape our global shared brand identity. Participation is not time consuming but crucial to direct our work ahead. Over the next five months, the brand team will be helping Snøhetta gather community feedback at key moments. Your involvement would revolve around receiving updates and providing feedback on proposals for a naming convention and brand design. If you are interested, please select one or two people from WREN to act as a Liaison between our team and your group during this process. We will send important updates and all feedback opportunities to that person so that they can share with the group and collect your feedback. This process will arrive at a new branding system that you will be able to adopt if you choose, so we hope that you will decide to participate. In the meantime, here are main hubs for updates and discussion on this project: 1. The brand network on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork>. 2. Snohetta’s project hub, brandingwikipedia.org. 3. The project page on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…> . Please reach out to us with any questions or thoughts you may have. I’m looking forward to collaborating with you! Best regards, Samir Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Community Brand and Marketing coordinator Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Re: [Wren] WikiJournal User Group open meeting Feb 27th!
by WikiJournal of Science contact 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

Hello! Thank you to all who came to the meeting. We currently plan to do something similar every 3 months or so. - *Meeting notes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Meetings/2020-02-27>* - *15 min summary presentation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiJournal_Open_Meeting_2020.pdf>* For those more generally interested: - *Mailing list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en>* - *On-wiki discussion <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group>* Hope to see you at the next one! On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:25 PM WikiJournal of Science contact < contact(a)wikijsci.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Please join us for an open webinar on the present and future of the > WikiJournal User Group and its projects! > > *8pm UTC 27th of Feb > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=WikiJournals+Open…>* > *Jitsi attendance link <https://meet.jit.si/WikiJournalUserGroup>* > *Meeting plan and agenda > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HtYenGjKds_JMyL7uIgT8kXKELGwVKeZyZsB5De…>* > > - 20 mins - Presentation, summary & update of the current project > status > - 40 minutes - Discussion, questions, ideas & feedback open to all > participants > > We look forward to seeing you there! > > > > *Bac**kground:* > The WikiJournal User Group runs a set of peer reviewed academic journals > <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group> that have the > unique feature of being highly Wikipedia integrated. Papers can include > links to Wikipedia pages, figures are all uploaded to Commons, and > suitable material (or even whole articles) can be copied over to Wikipedia. > In fact, Wikipedia pages have even been submitted to the journals for peer > review. > > > The concept is to couple the rigour of academic peer review with the > extreme reach of the wiki ecosystem. This improves the accuracy of the > encyclopedia and its sister projects, and rewards authors with citable, > indexed publications. Authors are treated the same whether they are > professors or students, with a focus on the article’s accuracy and > referencing. > > Peer reviews are public (example > <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/DwZlCgZovLtAQBXkCxR07G?domain=na01.safeli…>) and > 75% of reviewers agree to have their identities open. > > > Article formats are flexible and have included: > > > - Broad review article that also becomes a Wikipedia page (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjs/2019.001>) > - Existing Wikipedia page submitted for peer review (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjh/2019.001>) > - Focused review articles that have images or text added to Wikipedia > pages (example <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2017.002>) > - Technical reviews that can accompany a Wikipedia page (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.008>) > - Stand-alone research articles (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.007>) > > *Can't get enough?* > > Follow us at twitter on @WikiJMed <https://twitter.com/WikiJMed> | @ > WikiJSci <https://twitter.com/WikiJSci> | @WikiJHum > <https://twitter.com/WikiJHum> > > See out application to the WMF to found a sister project site > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sister_Project_application_for_Wiki…> > > Join the WikiJournals general mailing list > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en> > > Read this piece in the *Signpost* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/In_fo…> >

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