[Wikimedia-l] Save the date for our Wikimedia Diversity Conference in Berlin, scheduled for 9-10 November 2013!

[Julia Kloppenburg]

Are you interested in diversity?


People write on every sort of subject, but not all people contribute. We
are aware of the worryingly small number of female contributors to
Wikipedia. Diversity also has many other aspects alongside gender that may
impact the quality and quantity of knowledge that Wikimedia projects aim to
share with the world. We are organizing this conference to help frame and
contextualize what diversity means for Wikipedia and its sister projects,
and to further develop our approaches for increasing diversity.

The conference has two main goals:

The first goal is to establish a sustainable dialogue with collaborators in
Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation and the international
communities to frame the issue of diversity in the context of Wikimedia.
 We aim to build a shared understanding of what diversity means for
Wikimedia projects and why it is important. Our second goal will be to
connect, multiply and create successful initiatives for increasing gender
and other types of diversity in Wikimedia. We aim to turn ideas into action.

Wikipedians, Wikimedians, chapters and affiliates, members of the Wikimedia
Foundation board and staff, interested individuals and experts with a focus
on diversity and Wikipedia – we invite you to join us at highlighting
different aspects of diversity!

What are your ideas?

Please post your suggestions on our MetaWiki page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference>

We will work closely together with our partners from Wikimedia Netherlands,
Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation to ensure a broad range of topics
and views that are important to the Wikimedia universe.

We will offer a limited number of scholarships. These cover costs of travel
and accommodation.

You are invited to apply for scholarships during the process of
registration. The official registration and submission for talks will start
after Wikimania in Hong Kong in the middle of August.

Stay tuned!

Check your e-mail and the conference website
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference>for updates
on registration and the call for participation, or contact
diversity at wikimedia.de for more information.

Feel free to get in touch with us any time, via email or directly via the
Meta page. We are looking forward to seeing you here in Berlin!

Julia Kloppenburg

Cornelia Trefflich


*Save the date!*

Date: 9-10 November 2013

Online: Website<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference>&
Facebook
<http://wmde.org/diversity_berlin>

Venue: GLS Campus Berlin, Germany
Contact: diversity at wikimedia.de

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Julia Kloppenburg

Projektmanagerin

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstraße 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260

http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de/>

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