Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

2020-07-30 Thread Rajeeb Dutta 
Dear Christel,

Thanks for the update. I like to conga the new committee and wish the best.

Best Regards,
Rajeeb.
(U: Marajozkee)
(Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity) 

> On 31-Jul-2020, at 1:11 AM, Bobby Shabangu  wrote:
> 
> Dear Christel,
> 
> Congratulations. We will be following developments closely and wishing the
> committee all the best.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
> 
>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Peter Southwood 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Christel,
>> I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable
>> policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people
>> represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be
>> fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the
>> task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted
>> regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your
>> intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos  resulting from a small
>> group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be
>> "movement policy" or something to that effect.
>> Cheers,
>> Peter
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
>> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
>> Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
>> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee -
>> Call for participation
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
>> committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
>> publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
>> from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.
>> 
>> We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
>> from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
>> editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
>> Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
>> informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
>> careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
>> qualified pool of applicants.
>> 
>> For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
>> committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
>> movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
>> organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
>> from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
>> movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
>> another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
>> for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
>> are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
>> the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.
>> 
>> More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
>> <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
>>> 
>> [1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
>>  [2]. Please
>> note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
>> draft review period starting from August 24.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Christel
>> 
>>  [1]
>> 
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
>> 
>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
>> 
>> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>> 
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>> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

2020-07-30 Thread Bobby Shabangu 
Dear Christel,

Congratulations. We will be following developments closely and wishing the
committee all the best.

Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Peter Southwood 
wrote:

> Hi Christel,
> I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable
> policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people
> represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be
> fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the
> task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted
> regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your
> intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos  resulting from a small
> group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be
> "movement policy" or something to that effect.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
> Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee -
> Call for participation
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
> committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
> publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
> from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.
>
> We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
> from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
> editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
> Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
> informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
> careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
> qualified pool of applicants.
>
> For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
> committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
> movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
> organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
> from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
> movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
> another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
> for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
> are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
> the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.
>
> More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
> >
> [1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
>  [2]. Please
> note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
> draft review period starting from August 24.
>
> Best regards,
> Christel
>
>   [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Trust and Safety Specialist
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

2020-07-30 Thread Peter Southwood 
Hi Christel,
I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable policy. 
This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people represent the 
communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be fine people and 
may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the task, but they are not 
our representatives, and we expect to be consulted regarding the results of 
this work. I understand that this may be your intention anyway, but we have 
seen too many fiascos  resulting from a small group of people coming up with 
some proposal and WMF declaring this to be "movement policy" or something to 
that effect.
Cheers,
Peter

-Original Message-
From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of 
Christel Steigenberger
Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call 
for participation

Hello everyone,


We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.

We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
qualified pool of applicants.

For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.

More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta

[1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
 [2]. Please
note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
draft review period starting from August 24.

Best regards,
Christel

  [1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct

Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

2020-07-30 Thread Christel Steigenberger 
Hello everyone,


We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.

We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
qualified pool of applicants.

For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.

More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta

[1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
 [2]. Please
note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
draft review period starting from August 24.

Best regards,
Christel

  [1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct

Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia coediting spaces?

2020-07-30 Thread Leinonen Teemu 
> On 30. Jul 2020, at 18.08, Uwe Herzke  wrote:
> In Germany we have several kind of co-editing spaces, listed here:
> 
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community-Space

Thanks you Sänger. Very cool! 

(Global) network of co-editing spaces, with some common principles of 
operations (brand, services, opening hours) could be beneficial for the 
movement. This way affiliates and chapters could easier start and run their 
spaces. 

Do you in Germany have any polices or instructions for the co-editing spaces 
and Stammtisches? 

- Teemu
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia coediting spaces?

2020-07-30 Thread Uwe Herzke 
Hi Leinonen,

In Germany we have several kind of co-editing spaces, listed here:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community-Space

In addition there are as well several "Stammtische" (well, at least
usually, currently of course not):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Treffen_der_Wikipedianer

Some are meeting online now, but most are waiting for better times
without that damned virus.

Greetings from Bremen,

Sänger



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