[Wiki-research-l] The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations
Hi all, This email contains information about a new award that we're introducing as well as instructions about how you can nominate scholarly research publications for the award. =Purpose of the award= Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize the researchers behind the research. =Call for Nominations= We invite you to submit nominations for the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the year, which will be handed out at Wiki Workshop 2021 [1]. ==Eligibility criteria== Your nomination must meet the following criteria: * The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons or other Wikimedia projects [2]. * The publication must be available in English. * The research must have been published between January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. ==Selection criteria== The award committee [3] will assess nominations based on methodological excellence, quality of execution, quality of presentation, reproducibility, ethical considerations, potential impact on the Wikimedia projects or the Wikimedia research. ==Nomination process== If you are interested to nominate a scholarly research publication, please do so no later than 2021-03-22 by uploading it to Easychair via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wmfray2020 . We will ask you to provide the following information in your nomination: * Title of the manuscript * A copy of the manuscript you are nominating * A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English). Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome. If you have any questions, please contact wmf-ray-2...@easychair.org. Best, Leila Zia, on behalf of the Selection Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year [1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/ [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/ [3] comprised of myself, Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington) and Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) as of now. More people may be added depending on the diversity of the nominations we receive and as expertise are required. -- Leila Zia Head of Research Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
[Wiki-research-l] Requesting feedback on new Community Resources Grants Strategy proposal
Dear friends and Wikimedians, (apologies for cross-posting!) The Community Resources team announced in January the intention and process to review its current grants programs (Annual Plan Grants, Simple Annual Plan Grants, Project Grants and Rapid Grants) to ensure we are aligning with the strategic direction of the Wikimedia movement, with a focus on knowledge equity and building a thriving movement[1][2]. Now that we have finished our needs review, key stakeholders discussions, community brainstorms, and grantee surveys, we are excited to share with you the draft proposal[3] that has resulted from this work: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021 > We are requesting your feedback on how the proposed grant programs would impact you and how well they align with our movement strategy, which can be provided in the following ways [4]: * Complete a feedback form * Participate in office hours * Discuss on-wiki * E-mail the Community Resources team () More information about these options can be found on our feedback page.[4] After one month when the planned feedback period is over, the Community Resources team will review all community input and make final adjustments to complete the redesign. In April 2021, the Community Resources team will review and incorporate suggested changes and send a final proposal for endorsement and approval by the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation. Working with all our communities to update our grants programs is essential to ensuring that they are useful and address real needs for our communities. Thank you for all of the participation that has brought us to this point. We look forward to the continued engagement in this next step and listening to your ideas. On behalf of the Community Resources team, Chris --- [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Thriving_movement [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved *Chris Schilling* (him//they) User:I JethroBT (WMF) Senior Program Officer, Rapid Grants Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
