[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

To me, this award is reaching well beyond the scope of what the Wikimedia community should be doing. It does not, to me, align with our Movement Strategy's recommendations nor their initiatives

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Rapport annuel 2023 - Wikimédiens du Benin User group

Merci beaucoup Georges pour les encouragements Le ven. 5 mai 2023 à 16:31, Georges Fodouop via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> a écrit : > Félicitations pour le travail abattu Wikimedia Benin. > Un seul mot : Continuez > > > Georges Fodouop > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Thanks for your email and concerns about inclusion Andreas. We (Africans) were consulted. And thanks Shola for that response. The key word here is “Pilot”. Looking forward to the results and impact of this project in future. Best regards, Bobby Shabangu On Fri, 05 May 2023 at 18:45,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

I know there are cultures in the world that regard English as a litmus test with regards to whether or not you’re educated, and was wondering if that added a layer of nuance to the conversation. However, this changed my mind: > >> Q: My article is in French, Portuguese, Swahili, or any other

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

Hello Andreas, By way of disclosure I am a researcher at the Yale Applied Cryptography Laboratory and I have been studying the tension between the right to privacy and the need for legal accountability when content is posted online. My working theory is that we need to avoid creating lawless

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Rapport annuel 2023 - Wikimédiens du Benin User group

Félicitations pour le travail abattu Wikimedia Benin.Un seul mot : Continuez Georges Fodouop IT Manager - Wikimedia TrainerCo-founder Wikimedia CameroonUser : Geugeor Le vendredi 5 mai 2023 à 16:08:20 UTC+2, wikimedia Bénin user group a écrit :

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

While I share the concerns expressed, I'm personally enthusiastic about the thoughtfulness and initiative of the Working Group. It might help to explicitly mention the awareness of these language issues in the public presentation of this effort. On Fri, May 5, 2023, 10:45 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote:

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Hi Lodewijk, In your reply to Olushola you said: "I hope you can perhaps also clarify whether 'in English' means that the original article has to be available in English, or that some translation should be available in English." As Shola hasn't provided any clarification on this, note that the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikinews, Local Journalism and History

Hi Adam, Thank you for sharing. It will interest you to know that we (I mean the Gungbe Wikinews Community) see the importance of Wikinews to the African community. After months of working on Gungbe Wikinews creation, The subdomain (guw.wiktionary.org) was finally launched on April 20, 2023 thus

[Wikimedia-l] Rapport annuel 2023 - Wikimédiens du Benin User group

Bonjour, Nous avons le plaisir de partager avec vous le rapport annuel 2023 de Wikimediens du Bénin User group . Si

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

This is so close to being a good thing and then it stumbles on the cultural imperialism of English. It's like they don't understand how this is a slap in the face of many who know the WMF would never do this in their language. Had it just left out that part it would have been great. Now it's like

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Final round of voting open in the seventeenth annual Picture of the Year contest

Thank you. John S. Den tors 4 maj 2023 kl 03:57 skrev Kunal Mehta : > Hi all, > > The final round of voting to determine the seventeenth annual Picture of > the Year is now open! Please cast your vote at and > then share with your communities. This round of voting will be

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to WikiAfrica Hour episode 25

Hi Ces, how are you ? Can you talk on mobile right now\? *Belinda Mbambo* Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 10:45 PM Ceslause Ogbonnaya < cesla...@wikiinafrica.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > WikiAfrica

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Thank you, Effe, for your feedback; I've noted that. This initiative is entirely new, with journalists who are also not Wikimedians as the target audience. With this view in mind, we agreed to engage only African Wikimedians and those who have worked with journalists to understand their thoughts

[Wikimedia-l] Re: May 12⋮14⋮17 >> Queering Wikipedia 2023 Conference

UPDATE: In exactly a week from now we will open QW2023 and you can be in first rows if you check program, check in and register now or this weekend... otherwise we can not guarantee your registration will be processed and checked (safety regulations) in time and approved for priority access.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Thanks a lot, Euphemia and Olushola, As someone who was involved in the discussions about this initiative, I believe it is a positive endeavor and there is no need to be concerned about language diversity with the chosen language. This project is a trial run, and the insights gained from its

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Dear Olushola, Thank you for sharing the work that went into the initiative. I had participated as a volunteer community member with a host of others from the African communities in the community conversations to co-create the initiative. There was an acknowledgement that this is a pilot and