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Wikimedia Summit 2022 - deadline April 17, 2022
by Andrew Lih 29 Apr '22

29 Apr '22

Hi all, As a bit of a surprise, the Wikimedia Summit 2022 announced they are going to have an in-real-life meeting September 9-11, 2022 (2022-09-09 to 09-11). They are only giving us two weeks to designate one person to apply to attend, which is very fast. I wanted to start this thread to get folks thinking before our meeting tomorrow, to see who might be interested in going. We have rarely had any kind of Wikimedia movement gathering in September of any particular year, so the timing is a bit unusual as it tends to be busy with a number of start-of-school activities in certain places. The focus will be on movement strategy among other things. I'm putting a link to the announcement here. Feel free to send any questions or discuss via email or come to the meeting tomorrow. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2022 -Andrew

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You're invited to a call about Commons and the Wikimedia Foundation’s draft annual plan
by Fiona Romeo 25 Apr '22

25 Apr '22

Hello, Last week, the Wikimedia Foundation shared its draft annual plan on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/…> and invited input via open calls in different time zones <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/…>. You might have noticed that Maryana recognized that Commons is in desperate need of repair and made it a priority for the year ahead. There will be two calls dedicated to Commons: Wikimedia Commons 1 <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81713873148> on Tuesday 26 April at 10:00 to 11:30 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1650967254> Wikimedia Commons 2 <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83877607603> on Thursday 28 April at 16:00 to 17:30 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1651161601> Each call will be open to anyone to attend and you don’t need to register in advance. Commons is such an important project for GLAMs and other content partners. We really hope you can make it to one of the conversations. All the best, Fiona -- *Fiona Romeo* (she/her) Senior Manager, GLAM & Culture Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikidata and arts/cultural NGOs + their networks
by Željko Blaće 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Dear ALL - I am failing to find WikiProject that would fit my urgent work so I started one WikiProject_Cultural_networks (all in kind of draft now) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_networks ... and ... I was also eager to use something for non-profit_non-governmental_organization_working_in_arts_and_culture so I created it https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111597191 but have doubts if this is good approach as Rhizome for example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320757 just used instance of: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31> nonprofit organization <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163740> and art society <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12160242> (in my region art societies, are just art unions and are few) If there is anyone even remotely interested in this and/or free to correct me or brainstorm together please let me know here or join https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/wren and let's chat ;-) Best Z.

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Wiki in Residence meeting (Apr 6) on SDC-based citation and images
by Pharos 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Hi fellow WRENs, Join here on Wednesday: https://meet.google.com/asi-hpms-pxv Wed April 6, 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time - New York A special session from Dominic: This will be a demo and brainstorming session. In the February WREN meeting we discussed a project I have been working on, with WMF project grant funding, to prototype auto-generated captions and/or citations of GLAM images using SDC. We went over a quick demo at the end of the hour, and talked about scheduling a dedicated meeting to discuss it further. We are seeking feedback from community members, especially those that do outreach and/or work with GLAM images, on the current prototype, in order to document use cases and demonstrate need for further technical development by WMF. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Re: WiR and WREN visibility on Wikipedias and Wikimedia (Savannah Cragin)
by Savannah Cragin 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Hello all, My name is Savannah and I also have been working as a WiR at an academic organization focused on better representing writing studies and the humanities broadly. I'm very interested in attending an upcoming meeting about the issue of different WiR visibility in various contexts (especially academic). I will try to make the meeting on Saturday if it isn't too late at night (I'm in the US, PST time). If not, I will take a look at the notes. Cheers, Savannah

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Re: WiR and WREN visibility on Wikipedias and Wikimedia
by Amanda Lawrence 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Great idea. This weekend is good if we can find a time that suits. Not sure we can cover all of Europe, US and Aust/NZ without someone being up at 2am! It would be great if the regular meetings could change times each month so there could be a chance of participating occasionally. The research open office is doing this now. Cheers Amanda On 16 Mar 2022 7:59 am, Mike Dickison <mike(a)rove.wiki> wrote: I would be keen to join a conversation. I'm at UTC+13, so a couple of hours ahead of Australia, but will try to make whatever time we decide on. On 16/03/2022, at 12:38 AM, Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr<mailto:zblace@mi2.hr>> wrote: Dear Amanda and ALL, we can start with a short 30min meeting this Saturday or alternatively Sunday if that works for others? Who else can-would join? On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 7:06 PM Amanda Lawrence <amanda.lawrence(a)rmit.edu.au<mailto:amanda.lawrence@rmit.edu.au>> wrote: Hi Zeljko, Thanks for the suggestion, sorry for the slow response. I'm in CET +10 (Aust Eastern Day Time or AEDT) so it does get tricky. Currently 1pm CET is 11pm AEDT and 7 am ET (daylight savings will end here soon and start other places so may change by an hour). So 1pm CET or earlier would be great for me. I'd love to attend a meeting at some point and get to meet people. Thank you for elaborating. Hope others join in also. Something I've noticed is a lot of the info on WiR is focussed on GLAM orgs but I am in a Research Centre so there are quite different issues and content editing is definitely something I need to do, with colleagues, but also directly myself. Understandable. Mind you there are other WiRs in academia and elsewhere (I am in NGO now) so there are huge differences indeed (can relate to that easily). So it was quite confusing at the beginning seeing that some guides say no paid editing while others say it is fine (for English Wikipedia) and Wikidata seems to be no problem. I gave up on absolute coherence in Wikimedia after finding similar (but also sometimes opposing) info and guidance in different corners on Wikimedia, so I hope you are not discouraged with this situation, but rather proactive to help advance and articulate some aspects :-) There is a big community in health but I am in a social science area so trying to adapt health approaches to a far more diverse and disparate community and subject area. I hear you. Wikimedia Foundation Research team work is also done without a single social science person, but that is hopefully going to change in the future... I'm also interested in working with Wikidata but still trying to work out how that would be effective for my organisation and the field. Join the (big) club. Many try to do this in different fields, while those who already know it also keep expanding their agenda. If anyone has any good links on being a WiR in a social science field I would love to hear about them. I would also love to have us look at this together and come up with a good way to establish an overview of WiRs across topics and fields (timeline exists). Best Z. Blace

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Wiki in Residence meeting (Mar 9)
by Pharos 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Hi fellow WRENs, Join here on Wednesday: https://meet.google.com/asi-hpms-pxv Wed March 9, 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time - New York Note that we will be returning to Google Meet rather than Wikimedia Meet, as the latter is currently not stable enough. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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#OpenMICwithPixelACHE - research consultation on open archiving practices
by Željko Blaće 04 Feb '22

04 Feb '22

Shameless self-promo, but hope to trigger your interest for the online event tomorrow: #OpenMICwithPixelACHE - research consultation on open archiving practices --ON EVENT-- This event is the first open and public recording session in the form of a consultancy for a research+reflection project on the long parallel histories -20 years- of Wikimedia, Creative Commons, and Pixelache Helsinki Festival as a transdisciplinary platform. It is hosted by a network of Pixelache members and Wikimedians for Vorspiel.Berlin guests. At times the ambitions of Open Cultures, Codes and Knowledge, with Wikimedia and the culture of Sharing and Remix have overlapped with media arts festivals like Pixelache, which has promoted open culture, and Wiki methodologies in its early years. However, since then there has been much pragmatism as (not)social (but)algorithmic media and online platforms have abducted, obfuscated, and taken over media festivals in the past decades, in the way that knowledge was accumulated and has been shared. How do we reconcile and learn from tensions, each others' movements and hybrid practices? This first gathering is an open mic session, inviting open culture and digital arts professionals and enthusiasts to join us in a semi structured conversation for cca 60 minutes. Participating in discussion: Florence Devouard (User:Anthere) Željko Blaće (User:Zblace) Rebecca O'Neill (User:Smirkybec) Andrew Gryf Paterson Sumugan Sivanesan Other participants in project: Toni Sant (User:ToniSant) Yupik (User:Yupik) WELCOME! Saturday 5th of February, 2022. @ 15:30 UTC / 16.30 CET / 17.30 EET Online Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82363805313?pwd=eG5DamdoaTB3SGNNWWNaZXpNTjRoUT09#… Event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/2aUVnvpGR --ON PROJECT-- Pixelache Wikimedians-in-residence: This project will prototype the combination podcast production, research and reflection residency which focus on Wikimedia and cultural organisational practices, including archiving. It will discuss and reflect upon the long parallel history -20 years- of Pixelache Helsinki Festival and transdisciplinary platform, which has promoted open culture, and Wikimedia methodologies. Where have these overlapped, gone hand-in-hand and then diverged. We wish to reconcile ambitions with both the Wikimedia and Creative Commons anniversaries. #OpenMICwithPixelACHE - research consultation on open archiving practices is part of the Pixelache Helsinki 20th anniversary programme. As part of the festivities and deeper interrogations in Pixelache Helsinki's 20-year history, we plan to produce 3 discursive podcasts this year, to be presented at the end of 2022. The event is brought to you in partnership with Vorspiel Berlin of CTM & Transmediale festivals with the support of the Wikimedia Foundation. http://pixelache.ac/projects/wikimedians-in-residence --ON HOSTS-- About Pixelache Helsinki: Pixelache is an association of artists, cultural producers, thinkers and activists involved in the creation of emerging cultural activities. Amongst our fields of interest are: experimental interaction and electronics, code-based art and culture, grassroot organising & networks, renewable energy production/use, participatory art, open-source cultures, bioarts and art-science culture, alternative economy cultures, politics and economics of media/technology, audiovisual culture, media literacy & ecology and engaging environmental issues. Pixelache Helsinki is funded by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland (TAIKE) and Helsinki City - Culture and Leisure Department. http://www.pixelache.ac Vorspiel 2022: transmediale and CTM's Vorspiel is a program of distributed partner events in the field of digital art and culture and experimental sound and music, where a variety of partner venues invite local and international audiences to a series of exhibition openings, performances, interventions, artist talks and special events across the city of Berlin. The Vorspiel program was established in 2011, then called DAS Weekend. In each of the past ten editions, over 60 project spaces, galleries and independent cultural actors have curated and organized a rich program of exhibitions, workshops and performances. Vorspiel is meant to be a program for the city of Berlin, connecting different genres and practices for creating opportunities of common exchange and reflection and for bringing together communities and individuals which are dealing with art, technology, politics and identity in a critical way, while also seeking to strengthen the dialog with the two festivals. To create this link, the Vorspiel program will take place before both festivals this year starting from 21 January 2022. http://vorspiel.berlin For more INFO please email co-organisers of the event: Željko Blaće, zblace(a)mi2.hr and Andrew Gryf Paterson, andrew(a)pixelache.ac

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Wiki in Residence meeting (Feb 2)
by Pharos 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Hi fellow WRENs, Join here on Wednesday: https://meet.google.com/asi-hpms-pxv Wed February 2, 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time - New York Note that we will be returning to Google Meet rather than Wikimedia Meet, as the latter is currently not stable enough. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Is (Wikipedian-in-residence, a proposal) to update?
by Željko Blaće 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 6:33 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ZB -- Just seeing this excellent idea. Yes, it is a good time to revisit > and envision what might be possible if this were a much broader and more > universal practice, with a wide range of templates. > Glad to hear you think so. Few people in the WREN list also expressed interest so maybe we start in the upcoming meeting? > I would suggest combining it with a global scholarship program for younger > students -- a multilingual internationally known wikimedia scholarship > program, with matching funds and support via regional partners, would > elevate the principles, the focus on improving public knowledge, and the > practice of self-organization and learning-by-participating that makes us > tick. > OK - I did not hear of it, but curious for sure. Best Z. Blace > SJ > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 1:28 AM Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> wrote: > >> Before this last 21st day in the 21st year of 21st century >> is globally over, I try to re-initiate re-thinking >> on this 15 years old proposal for a Wikipedian-in-residence >> >> http://original-research.blogspot.com/2006/12/wikipedian-in-residence-propo… >> but also articles in (only) 27 language Wikipedias, >> >> Meta, Outreach wiki and elsewhere >> for updating the notion of WIR and roles it performs in Wikimedia, >> an ecosystem of diverse entities, dynamics and relations. >> >> As Wikimedians with wider perspective than a single wiki project, often >> more than a single language and for sure more than single community, gear >> up to discuss and act on 2030 strategy, that includes new initiatives, new >> formations of decentering resources, new content, forms and methods of >> working, with new priorities, conditions, tools, services and what >> not…there is also a value in reflecting and reimagining what is already >> established but often overlooked practice. >> >> Some of the WIR practitioners have been self-reflecting on and off >> publicly https://wikistrategies.net/5-things-wikipedian-in-residence/ >> and engaging with communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9YgFm2eso >> there was also network establishment. >> 3 years ago WREN UG (Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User >> Group) was recognized with the aim to protect the common elements of the >> role and for creating a peer support network of new and experienced WIRs >> for collaboration and to encourage a global professional environment which >> inspires institutions to appoint persons to engage with Wikimedia. >> >> In recent times Wikipedian-in-Residence, is more often >> Wikimedian-in-Residence, in rapid growth of Commons and Wikidata (but also >> in 2021 first one in Wiktionary) and sometimes Wikimedian-at-Large, in more >> generalized practice of strategy or direction setting work. >> Additionally in time of pandemic when doing physical events is >> challenging and many of the (potential) partner organizations are closing >> down or limiting public events to bare essential, short and transient it is >> more important than ever that individuals (rather than cohorts of editathon >> enthusiasts) keep revisiting institutions and work with them in a most >> flexible mode and scale. >> >> Finally to start both re-visioning and maybe even re-positioning WIRs in >> Wikimedia we should think of what this network of ‘free agents’ can bring >> towards 2030, beyond what WMF, affiliates, UGs, HUBs, WikiProjects and >> other organizational forms can. Also think how much more useful this >> initial inspiration of artists, writers and researchers in residence could >> be if these creative and critical roles in the art and cultural sector get >> embraced and encouraged more often and more intentionally. >> >> Z. Blace >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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