I concur, it sounds sensible.
(I'll note, I'm not actually against the name change proposal - but it's got to be presented to the community properly.)
On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 20:50, Kiril Simeonovski kiril.simeonovski@gmail.com wrote:
HI David,
Yes, it stands to reason to announce on all wikis in a similar way as the announcements about board or steward elections.
Best, Kiril
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 9:46 PM David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On all wikis?
On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 19:19, Yaroslav Blanter ymbalt@gmail.com wrote:
Right.
I guess a central notice about an RfC would be appropriate.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 8:16 PM Kiril Simeonovski < kiril.simeonovski@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
It seems like there is a clear consensus to open an RfC on Meta about
this,
so we can safely move forward with it and close this thread.
Otherwise, we
will most likely keep up boggling our minds with the 20-per-cent
metric and
endlessly discuss how unfortunate is this for the global community
when the
only rational thing we can do is take action and save everyone's time.
Do you have any concluding remarks or comments regarding the RfC?
Best regards, Kiril
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 7:57 PM Ferdinando Traversa < ferdi.traversa@gmail.com> wrote:
I’m against and sincerly I don’t trust this datas (80% agrees? Are
you
kidding me? I’ve seen the meta discussion). I think a Meta CLEAR
VOTE as
suggested here is the best way. Imposing a change like this is a
wrong
decision.
Regards.
Il giorno 6 set 2019, alle ore 05:49, Zack McCune <
zmccune@wikimedia.org>
ha scritto:
*Summary* - We want your help with a voluntary, OPT-IN design
process
for
movement branding. Please join the in-depth discussion group, or
watch
for
updates on Meta-Wiki.
Hello all,
After 4 months of community consultation, spanning dozens of
affiliates,
several mailing lists, community conferences, and Meta-Wiki, I am
pleased
to share a summary of feedback on the proposed 2030 movement brand
strategy
[1].
From more than 319 comments, representing 150 individual
contributors
and
63 affiliates, we assessed 6 major themes in feedback:
Reducing confusion 2.
Protecting reputation 3.
Supporting sister projects 4.
Addressing (legal, governmental) risks 5.
Supporting movement growth 6.
The process of change
Please visit our feedback summary page to learn more [2]. You will
see
examples of comments within each section, along with a rough
indication
of
how many of the comments that we received were related to each
theme.
The comments sometimes contradict one another, showing that across
our
wide
movement’s experience, different points of view are common (and a
sign
of
health!). To visualize these tensions, we have created “polarity
maps”
which are used to help visualize how different arguments coexist in
tension
with each other.
Ultimately, the comments provided from you all are very thoughtful
and
useful guidance on what is needed to make our movement’s branding successful. One can read the 6 themes above as “criteria” for
assessing
branding systems.
== Thanks ==
I would like to thank the organizers of Iberoconf, Wikipedia
Education
Summit, and the Wikimedia Summit for inviting us to hold
discussions
during
their sessions. I would also like to thank my colleagues Elena
Lappen,
Samir Elsharbaty, and Blanca Flores who conducted extensive parts
of
this
consultation. To the hundreds of people, and dozens of affiliates commenting, thank you for reviewing the proposal and offering your perspectives and insights.
== Next steps and staying involved ==
There is considerable support for the brand proposal and general
appetite
to improve our movement’s branding system. Further, we believe that critical feedback on the proposal offers direct guidance for
precisely
what
branding must do to be successful for our movement. We have shared
these
insights and our proposed continuance with the Board of Trustees,
who
approved continuing these efforts.
Acting on community insights, we will be collaborating on formal
brand
naming, visual identity, and brand system design that will use
“Wikipedia”
as the central reference point. The resulting system will be
OPT-IN for
affiliates.
This design process will be guided by a “brand network” – a group
of
volunteers who would like to continue advising on brand during this consultation. Dozens of people have already volunteered, and we
invite
you
to join the group. We will use a group on Wikimedia Space to host
this
discussion and the group will be closed to allow candid
discussions and
room for iterations. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN [3]. If you do not
want
to
commit to the in-depth, longer term discussions that will be
happening
within the brand network group, we will still be tracking comments
left
on
the project’s Meta-Wiki page [4]. Furthermore, all important ideas
and
updates originating from the brand network discussion will be
shared
publicly to mailing lists and Meta-Wiki.
The development of this proposed identity system will take
approximately
6
months. As stated, regular updates will be shared to mailing lists, Wikimedia Space, and Meta-Wiki [4]. Please engage us where you are
most
comfortable! Once complete, community groups will have the power to
decide
if/when they opt in to using the new system.
Yours,
Zack
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-bra...
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_researc...
[3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/g/brand-network and click
the
gray
"Request" button. When your request is approved, you will be able
to
see
and access the brand network discussion category on the Discuss
Space
main
page.
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_researc...
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