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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On all wikis?
On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 19:19, Yaroslav Blanter <ymbalt(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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:
>>>
>>> 1.
>>>
>>> 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-br…
>>>
>>>
>>> [2]
>>>
>>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear…
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_resear…
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Zack McCune (he/him)
>>>
>>> Director of Brand
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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