Hoi, Yes, MediaWiki is used for 290+ languages but that does not imply that it is developed with these other languages in mind. The project descriptions are firmly with the best known (ie English) implementation in mind and it is the use and the users of the most used English implementation that determine its project descriptions. One other way to determine it is the lack of support for everything but Wikipedia. Wikidata is a success because it is the German chapter who largely determines how it is developed. Then again we are not seeing Wikidata improve all of Wikipedia, something it could do with the association of blue and red links with Wikidata items. Probably another cultural distance..
The notion that many people in the US are outside the powerstructures ... It is not only about the US and, as an argument it only indicates how much people outside the US and even more people not with a proper understanding are marginalised. Thanks, GerardM
On 30 March 2018 at 21:00, Caroline Becker carobecker54@gmail.com wrote:
Hi and thank you for your input,
Please note that the WMF budget supports diversity in two ways : _software and technical support, the most basic exemple being Mediawiki which exists in a huge variety of languages _grants to non-US projects, such a rapid grants and project grants.
Also, there is a lot of people left out of structures of power within the US.
Le ven. 30 mars 2018 à 04:05, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net a écrit :
Hi,
This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget
(through
grants to chapters and other affiliates).
That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we
will
focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left
out
by structures of power and privilege”. Why aren’t we increasing our spending in the global south (through local affiliates) at the same rate that we are increasing it in the US?
Thanks, Mike
On 29 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan
for
FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus
on
making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure
that
we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move
us
closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual
Plan,
we
have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an
aggregation
of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a
collection
of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost
in
the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy
reading
the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the
details
of
departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with
detailed
departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth
and
rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the
Annual
Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep
into
the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year
for
cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the
Foundation.
This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of
our
investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our
internal
organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
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