Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
I don't think there is anything to fear at all and I am also not sad to see the encyclopedias go the way of LP's. Goodbye and good riddance. I have always been addicted to reading and get annoyed in the bus when it moves too fast for me to read something I see outside somewhere. As a child I always read the encyclopedia entries before and after the one I was looking up. Big time-waster. Today I am a huge fan of CTL-F (or Apple-F for you apple-eaters). In this film they look up the entry on reading which apparently has many meanings. When I look it up in the 1911 encyclopedia today I only see one entry (for a place, not the activity). On the English Wikipedia, this is a rather long disambiguation page today. The information found there is not something that big media and publishing companies put there - it is the result of lots of humble wikipedian-worker-bees over the course of several years. Off the top of my head just glancing at the list I feel certain it is far from complete (where's poetry reading?). Wikipedia is here to stay, long live Wikipedia! http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/RAY_RHU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada emi...@gmail.com wrote: It is interesting to see the reactions, but it just shows the change in how information is saved, disseminated and consumed, from analog to digital medium. I am more worried about how many encyclopedias have closed in the last years. We are moving to a world where Wikipedia is the de facto encyclopedia. This have evolved faster than the concentration of media ownership,[1] and it is dangerous in my opinion. Furthermore, references are links to published works, and who decides what is published or not? The big media and publishing companies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership 2015-07-14 22:22 GMT+02:00 Renata St renataw...@gmail.com: Hi. So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuMnoredirect=1 It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia. These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only to find minimal information (stub) or, worse yet, nothing on the topic. And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds. And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy story (yes, I am a geek). Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad. Renata ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
On 2015-07-15 06:47, Pine W wrote: I agree that finding correct, accurate, current, and NPOV information can be a challenging task, and media literacy is an important skill these days. Good research tasks today go beyond the goal of finding just any book, magazine, journal or webpage that asserts a certain fact. Pine ___ And actually we are already at the stage where these skills become in dispensable for anyone who wants to successfully contribute to Wikipedia. With a very few exceptions (recent sporting results etc) all low-hanging fruit is gone, and one needs to have access to digitized and paper sources, have skills in understanding these sources, and often have some language skills since many needed sources are not in English. Cheers Yaroslav ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland - Fundraising Report
Hi Pine and all, to follow up you're question: We've just posted the learning pattern distilled from our WMDE Fundraising Report. You can find it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Developing_strong_relationships_with_donors_-_more_than_communication_via_banners Cheers, Tobias 2015-05-12 9:37 GMT+02:00 Till Mletzko till.mlet...@wikimedia.de: Hi Pine, Thanks for the pointer. We will do so shortly after the WMCON. Till Am 11.05.2015 um 20:35 schrieb Pine W: Hi Till, thanks very much. Would you please document these good fundraising practices in the Learning Patterns Library? Pine On May 11, 2015 2:12 AM, Till Mletzko till.mlet...@wikimedia.de mailto:till.mlet...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hi everyone, We just released our new WMDE fundraising report. See the detailed report here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/Chapters/WMDE_2014_Report There is also an executive summary of the report on the movement blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/08/fundraising-made-in-germany/ Cheers, Till *_Executive Summary_* From € 700,00 to € 8,200,000 in less than five years. That is an astonishing development. But fundraising is not just about money. Fundraising at Wikimedia Deutschland, and across the entire Wikimedia movement, not only helps us achieve financial goals, it also helps raise awareness for our mission. We reach several million people each day during our fundraising campaign in Germany, making ours the most successful online campaign in the country. With the help of a systematic strategy and comprehensive A/B tests, we have managed to increase our annual fundraising campaign revenue by more than ten times in just five years. This success is the result of a data-driven approach that focuses primarily on donors and their behavior. This Fundraising Report reviews the findings gathered from our latest campaign and assesses how our work has developed over recent years. Thanks to extensive A/B tests and the technical infrastructure that we have built up over the years, we are constantly and systematically collecting data and insights. This allows us to analyze the behavior and payment methods of donors, which in turn helps us to plan and continually improve our campaigns. We have identified five main factors that contribute towards fundraising success at Wikimedia Deutschland, and this report discusses them in detail. *Five factors of successful banners* 1. Relevance: No association, no donation. Our results show that a personal appeal in banners, the use of key words, and particularly references to current events make our appeals more relevant and therefore more persuasive to potential donors. 2. Visibility is something one has to fight hard for. The time span we have in which to draw attention to our message is very short. This Fundraising Report presents findings relating to when is the best time for the banner to appear and analyzes various design decisions, including color scheme. 3. Closer to the reader: If there is one thing that the entire donation process should be–from reading the appeal through to completing a donation – it’s straightforward. The fewer clicks required, the better. This fact is nothing new, and it certainly does not only apply to us, but this report will explain the concrete application of this knowledge in the creation of successful banners. 4. Donation obstacles should be kept to a minimum. Two findings in particular have emerged from our previous years’ work: Firstly, including suggested donation amounts on the banner has proven to provide effective guidance for donors. The lower the sum, the higher the number of people who donate–and the overall success of a campaign is greater when more donors give smaller amounts. Secondly, the option to donate anonymously is very important to many donors. 5. Raising the campaign profile: It pays to communicate fundraising goals and show the progress of donations. In 2014 in particular we saw how effective the creation of dramatic moments within a campaign can be. This report also touches on a surprising topic: the principle of “social proof” demonstrates how the behavior of a group can motivate others to act in the same way, yet Wikimedia Deutschland’s fundraising campaign made good use of the reverse of this effect. Looking back, the five factors all played a crucial role in the success of our campaigns; and looking ahead, their importance for the international movement stretches far beyond monetary
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
Yaroslav, I agree with the second part but disagree with the first part. I think there is still lots and lots of low-hanging fruit, but because we tightened up policies to only include new articles with links to digitized and paper sources, we demand higher skills of Wikipedian editors. The threshold of entry for editors has become higher, but certainly not difficult. I think we still need to explore ways to empower new editors to give them the feeling that their contributions are both valued and needed. Jane On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On 2015-07-15 06:47, Pine W wrote: I agree that finding correct, accurate, current, and NPOV information can be a challenging task, and media literacy is an important skill these days. Good research tasks today go beyond the goal of finding just any book, magazine, journal or webpage that asserts a certain fact. Pine ___ And actually we are already at the stage where these skills become in dispensable for anyone who wants to successfully contribute to Wikipedia. With a very few exceptions (recent sporting results etc) all low-hanging fruit is gone, and one needs to have access to digitized and paper sources, have skills in understanding these sources, and often have some language skills since many needed sources are not in English. Cheers Yaroslav ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
It is interesting to see the reactions, but it just shows the change in how information is saved, disseminated and consumed, from analog to digital medium. I am more worried about how many encyclopedias have closed in the last years. We are moving to a world where Wikipedia is the de facto encyclopedia. This have evolved faster than the concentration of media ownership,[1] and it is dangerous in my opinion. Furthermore, references are links to published works, and who decides what is published or not? The big media and publishing companies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership 2015-07-14 22:22 GMT+02:00 Renata St renataw...@gmail.com: Hi. So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuMnoredirect=1 It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia. These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only to find minimal information (stub) or, worse yet, nothing on the topic. And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds. And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy story (yes, I am a geek). Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad. Renata ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
Oh, the encyclopedias in books, my childhood love and betrayed love! I read encyclopedias as other read comic books, and even read books like statistical yearbooks, table per table And my sense of betrayal when I learnt that wile I thought I had learned knowledge I instead had in way learned misinformation. When Sputnik appeared and the space race around 1960, my books had no info later the 1949 and not a word of Russia being in the race. And having read about races and negroes, probably state of the art when written in 1930-ies, I did not got knowledge that was valid even in the early 1960. And how they quelled my curiosity. When did the population of New York surpass that of London? All my books could not answer that, only giving sizes for a specific year. After my love for encyclopedias ended in frustration when I was i my high-teens, I have regained it now with Wikipedia. Here the info is updated, if he topic is controversial you can read of it and that it is. And how easy it is to find answers coming from many different sources. So the skill of looking up things in written books may have gone down, but the support to satisfy curiosity have grown exponentially. And is not what it is all about. to proved knowledge to grow curiosity in all mankind? Anders Renata St skrev den 2015-07-14 22:22: Hi. So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuMnoredirect=1 It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia. These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only to find minimal information (stub) or, worse yet, nothing on the topic. And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds. And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy story (yes, I am a geek). Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad. Renata ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania 2015] WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania 2015
sorry for crossposting, but not everyone is subscribed to Wikimania-l ;) --- Hello, hello, for those who might haven't seen it: Tomorrow (Thursday) I'm organising a follow-up day for topics discussed at the Wikimedia Conference between 10:00 and 16:00. We will have six sessions, each 90 min long. The topics are: * Ideas for a Movement Roles Consultation * Volunteer Support * Global Advocacy Strategy * International External Fundraising * Processes of Partnerships * Wikimedia Conference formats There is no registration needed, just come along! You can find all the information here: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day PLEASE NOTE: The WMCON Follow-Up Day will take place in the Fiesta Inn Hotel (NOT in the HIlton). The Fiesta Inn Hotel is right next to the Hilton Hotel. You have to take the elevator to the Lobby, there you'll find the rooms C+D. If you have questions or remarks, don't hesitate to contact me. My Mexican phone number is 55 3199 1989. Best regards Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) for the Wikimedia Conference Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. -- Cornelius Kibelka Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) for the Wikimedia Conference Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board
Hey, Wikimedia Portugal, good news! Happy to read them. Also, congratulations for WikiLovesEarth contest. Beautiful photos there! Oona 2015-07-09 14:49 GMT-03:00 Vinicius Siqueira vinicius.sme...@gmail.com: Congratulations to our friends from Portugal! We are very happy to hear such good news. The best wishes from the Brazilian User Group. On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Salvador A salvador1...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move forward. We are waiting to hear more from you in the future. Best! El jul 8, 2015 2:35 a.m., Joao Miguel Vasconcelos mvasconcell...@gmail.com javascript:; escribió: Dear members of the international Wikimedia Community, I would like to announce that Wikimedia Portugal’s General Assembly has elected a Board, as well as other statutory positions. The Board is now comprised of: João Vasconcelos – President André Barbosa – Vice President Cristina Couto Soares – Secretary The official posts are compliant with legal requirements of Wikimedia Portugal, as a legal entity. However, according to an internal regulation change, the activity of Wikimedia Portugal will be coordinated without a hierarchical structure, with neither fixed positions nor formal responsibilities. Members are able to form temporary working groups for specific projects and to collaborate in areas such as: Coordination, Outreach, Communications, Computing activities, Treasury, Fund-raising and other actions. Main coordination of activities will be made through an online collaborative platform, which enables communication between members, such as organizing tasks. I’ll oversee these activities as executive coordinator. This platform should be publicly accessible for the purposes of transparency, visibility of activities, and to encourage new members to participate in the Chapter activities. Regards, Joao -- Joao Vasconcelos *Wikimedia Portugal* ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; ?subject=unsubscribe wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
