[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Fellowship News

Mon Jul 9 12:55:42 UTC 2012

I'll echo Sarah's thoughts regarding Fellowships vs. Wikipedians in
Residence.

There is a very clear difference, in my mind.

With a Wikipedian in Residence, the organization (not Wikimedia) supports,
funds (in most cases), and "houses" (gives desk space and other resources)
to a Wikipedian for the sake of connecting that institution's staff and
resources with the Wikipedia community.  It's working from the external
institution, and connecting with the Wikipedia community.

A Fellowship is a Wikimedia Foundation role, and I'm not going to attempt
to define it again because Steven, Sarah, Siko, and others can do a much
better job than I could : ).  But I would argue that typically a Fellow is
not working to "connect" with one singular outside
institution/organization. They are working on broader goals for the benefit
of the movement.

Hence, I would in no way say that a resident is some lower form of
resident. They are very different things, and both, I would argue, are
continually evolving. (For example, when the residency idea started, none
were paid at all, but as things have progressed and residents become more
sought after, there is now a precedent that they are compensated in some
way -- more and more the position is actually becoming quite lucrative.)

Happy to answer any other questions in this regard,
Lori

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>wrote:

> As a former Wikipedian in Residence and a current fellow - I don't feel
> they are the same thing. At least in the United States! (Especially where
> the title "fellowship" has a scholarly prestige behind it in a way
> residence don't)
>
> I have been both a paid and unpaid resident, and they have both had the
> same equal level of importance in my eyes!  I also was a masters student
> earning college credit for the unpaid internship, so I suppose I was "paid"
> and if you knew the level of pay I was funded for my other residency - its
> peanuts compared to what other paid residence receive (and I am grateful
> for it, don't think I am not).
>
> For those interested in GLAM Wikipedian in residence there is the This
> Month in GLAM newsletter, which I'm unable to access this second.
>
> Also, the fellowship application process is dramatically different then
> the residency process. But, that is based on my role in applying to both,
> and consulting on multiple residency positions!
>
> Wikipedians in residence are also "not" associated with the Wikimedia
> foundation - they are funded by entirely different entities and not managed
> by anyone at the Wikimedia Foundation. I never has a wikimedia email until
> I became a fellow!
>
> I also have completely different goals as a fellow versus my goals as a
> Wikipedian in residence (two times). Exploring ways to close the gender gap
> versus working for the specific mission of a cultural institution to share
> their contents with a broader audience are pretty different and the same
> could be said about other fellows/residence.
>
> Just my two cents as the only fellow thus far to also be a Wikipedian in
> residence! :-)
>
> Sarah
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:14 AM, Hubert <hubert.laska at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> > I can´t see really a difference between Wikipedian in residence and
> > WMF-Fellowships. Except the financial source: WMF-founded vs.
> > Chapter-founded.
> >
> > The goals are the almost the same.
> >
> > What happens with Wikipedian in residence which will not get any
> > salaries? Will this be a third class? Are they maybe unofficial?
> >
> > h.
> >
> > Am 09.07.2012 13:43, schrieb Maggie Dennis:
> >> I haven't spoken to Siko about this at all (first I'm hearing about it),
> >> but I imagine, Richard, that it will focus on the work being done on
> >> fellowships by WMF Fellows.
> >>
> >> Lodewijk, I think it would be great to have a newsletter about the cool
> >> things people are doing around the Wiki World. :) If somebody chooses to
> >> put something like that together, surely having material to incorporate
> >> about Fellows would be useful? The content is freely licensed and can be
> >> reused (and modified) like other material on the projects under the same
> >> terms.
> >>
> >> Maggie
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> while it is great that you do this responsibly, I am indeed also
> wondering
> >>> how we can make this a worth while read. Because while it is a nice
> >>> program, there are many other people around Wiki World doing similarly
> cool
> >>> things (no offence) - as are "real" staff members. By splitting this
> off in
> >>> a seperate news section (as we have been splitting off a lot) I'm
> afraid
> >>> you might be putting the news actually on a bigger distance than you
> would
> >>> otherwise.
> >>>
> >>> Lodewijk
> >>>
> >>> 2012/7/6 Richard Symonds <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk>
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks Siko!
> >>>>
> >>>> Could you explain what exactly this covers? Teahouse, translations,
> small
> >>>> Wikis and dispute resolution is a very wide net - and presumably it
> will
> >>>> change according to which fellows are 'employed' at the time it's
> >>> written.
> >>>> Is there an overarching theme?
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
> >>>> On Jul 6, 2012 11:54 PM, "Siko Bouterse" <sbouterse at wikimedia.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>> I am pleased to announce that the first monthly edition of the
> >>> Fellowship
> >>>>> News is now available on Meta-Wiki!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Come learn what the Wikimedia Fellows have been working on in June:
> >>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Projects covered in this edition include:
> >>>>> *Dispute Resolution
> >>>>> *Gender Gap
> >>>>> *Help Pages Redesign
> >>>>> *Small Wiki Editor Engagement
> >>>>> *Teahouse
> >>>>> *Translations
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Siko Bouterse
> >>>>> Head of Community Fellowships
> >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> sbouterse at wikimedia.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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