Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

[Leila Zia]

All: Thanks to those of you who have provided your feedback.

This is your last friendly reminder. If you'd like to share your
thoughts and feedback with us about the taxonomy of knowledge gap
work, the official deadline for it is 2020-09-30 (Anytime on Earth;).
Our team is going to be heads down working on a couple of other
projects in the week of October 5. This means, if you wanted to
provide feedback to us and you didn't get a chance, you're more than
welcome to do so on or before October 11. We're collecting your
feedback at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020
.

Sam, Thanks for sharing your feedback here and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#General_feedback
. Someone from our team or I will write to you more on the meta page.

Peter, I hope you don't mind if we continue the conversation with Sam
on the meta page now that the content is in both places. I see you've
started asking questions from SJ there.

Thanks all!

Leila

Leila Zia
Head of Research
Wikimedia Foundation


On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 11:18 AM Peter Southwood
 wrote:
>
> Good points.
> Are these maybe covered in a future stage of the project?
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf 
> Of Samuel Klein
> Sent: 26 September 2020 19:26
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps
>
> Thank you Leila -- I appreciate the reflection and the update here.  The
> paper is thorough and methodical in its approach, which makes it easier for
> me to see a problem (for my own ideas):
>
> I don't see a focus on the primary tremendous *gaps *-- which for content
> is depth + breadth + freshness, and for contributors is reach, and for
> readers is reach in much of the world.
> I do see an excellent discussion of systemic *bias*, but mostly treated as
> *static* bias of what is there, and less *dynamic* bias of what we exclude
> or disallow or discourage.
>
> I left detailed feedback on meta
> .
> I would welcome any help in aligning the way I think about this w/  your
> work (if that's desired).
> Perhaps best to address there, since it is all about refactoring and may
> benefit from that.  But I am posting the heart of it below for completeness:
>
> ===
> Here are the first things I think of around coverage gaps.  Only the 0th
> item seems to directly fit the current taxonomy...
>
> 0) exclusion via lack of awareness, interest, or expertise
> 1) exclusion via deletionism
> 2) exclusion via topic notability norms (including pop culture + current
> events)
> 3) exclusion via source notability + limiting source formats
> 4) exclusion via license pessimism
> 5) exclusion via file format (!) and codec pessimism
> 6) exclusion of dense specialist knowledge via review bottlenecks
> 7) exclusion via knowledge type [model, dataset, map layer]
> 8) exclusion / rejection via behavior on the projects
> 9) exclusion / rejection under 1-4 via differential application of policy
>
> Some of these, like file-format and review-bottleneck exclusion, are
> primarily technical restrictions.
> Some of these, like the first ~4 above, are social+regulatory+technical
> restrictions that could be alleviated with simple tools (including
> extensions, alternatives, and sandboxes) -- just as nupedia's social
> restrictions were alleviated w/ the technical solution of a wiki for the
> drafting stage.
> And the last two are purely social restrictions, projecting systemic bias
> in the community of practice onto who joins and what contributions are
> welcomed. I'd like to see that subset of gaps addressed directly, and not
> split up across other parts of a taxonomy.
>
> ===
> Wiki♥, Sam.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: guidance and template for prioritization

[Kaarel Vaidla]

 If you are wondering where the [7] in the previous message should be
directed to, here is an answer.

*Bonus content:* We have created *a short overview video of the guidance
for the prioritization and preparation events*, which you can find here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRdHwmvKGbE8Dck1X-O-a3IGHzBXdVpy/view
I truly hope that using a different communication format is helpful for at
least some of you.

You will also note that the video is recorded in Russian (with English
subtitles) and you might.be wondering why.
First of all, we would like to support linguistic diversity in
conversations during the transition and we are committed to continue
working on creating pathways for people to enter the discussions in a range
of languages. it seemed that a message in language other than English would
convey that message and our intention well.
Secondly, last weekend the Russian community held its annual conference
[1], next weekend there will be a virtual convening of Central and Eastern
European Wikimedians [2]. (In the CEE region Russian is rather widely
spoken and sometimes even used as a common language) In this context
choosing Russian felt like a highly relevant option. I hope it makes sense.

Thank you for your kind attention! I look forward to hearing from you and
your communities!
Kaarel

[1]
https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_2020
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2020

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 1:35 AM Kaarel Vaidla  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Happy to follow up on our communication from two weeks ago [1] with
> updates about Movement Strategy.
>
> Conversations are under way on what initiatives from the recommendations
> should be prioritized for implementation in 2021, and how to prepare for
> upcoming global discussions. We are happy to update you with guidance for
> hosting prioritization events, different ways to let us know your
> priorities, and what will come next.
>
> The recommendations and their changes and actions or “initiatives” are
> available in different formats and in multiple languages [2]. There are 10
> recommendations and close to 50 recommended initiatives. The aim of
> prioritization is to understand what people and organizations in the
> movement feel are significant actions we need to take in 2021, and to map
> out opportunities for collaboration to bring movement strategy to life.
>
> Prioritization should be at the level groups, affiliates, and communities
> - local and relevant. To learn more about how to organize your event,
> please consult:
>
>
>-
>
>The guidance for prioritization [3], and
>-
>
>Share your results - directly on Meta [4], by email, or by filling out
>a survey [5] before the end of October.
>
>
> We will come together in November to discuss the priorities that emerge
> from the discussions and co-create an 18-month implementation plan for
> 2021. More information about November’s global events will be shared soon. For
> now and until the end of October, organize locally and share the results of
> your prioritization discussions.
>
> Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or
> comments, strategy2...@wikimedia.org. We will also be hosting office
> hours to answer any questions, Thursday October 1 at 14.00 UTC [6].
>
> On behalf of the Support Team,
>
> Kaarel
>
> [1] Our last post from Sept. 18:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-September/095656.html
>
>
> [2] Movement Strategy recommendations in a variety of formats and
> languages:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations#Want_to_experience_this_content_in_another_format
> ?
>
> [3] Prioritization events central page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Prioritization_events
>
>
> [4] Report your priorities on Meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Prioritization_events#What_you_need_to_do
>
>
> [5] Report your priorities via this survey:
> https://forms.gle/tsEvVJmLPsTrjuzd7
> [6] Join our Office Hours on Thursday Oct. 1 @ 14.00 UTC
> https://meet.google.com/ewx-jofx-kga
> [7]
>
> --
>
> Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)
>
> Movement Strategy 
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>


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[Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: guidance and template for prioritization

[Kaarel Vaidla]

Hi everyone,

Happy to follow up on our communication from two weeks ago [1] with updates
about Movement Strategy.

Conversations are under way on what initiatives from the recommendations
should be prioritized for implementation in 2021, and how to prepare for
upcoming global discussions. We are happy to update you with guidance for
hosting prioritization events, different ways to let us know your
priorities, and what will come next.

The recommendations and their changes and actions or “initiatives” are
available in different formats and in multiple languages [2]. There are 10
recommendations and close to 50 recommended initiatives. The aim of
prioritization is to understand what people and organizations in the
movement feel are significant actions we need to take in 2021, and to map
out opportunities for collaboration to bring movement strategy to life.

Prioritization should be at the level groups, affiliates, and communities -
local and relevant. To learn more about how to organize your event, please
consult:


   -

   The guidance for prioritization [3], and
   -

   Share your results - directly on Meta [4], by email, or by filling out a
   survey [5] before the end of October.


We will come together in November to discuss the priorities that emerge
from the discussions and co-create an 18-month implementation plan for
2021. More information about November’s global events will be shared soon. For
now and until the end of October, organize locally and share the results of
your prioritization discussions.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or
comments, strategy2...@wikimedia.org. We will also be hosting office hours
to answer any questions, Thursday October 1 at 14.00 UTC [6].

On behalf of the Support Team,

Kaarel

[1] Our last post from Sept. 18:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-September/095656.html


[2] Movement Strategy recommendations in a variety of formats and
languages:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations#Want_to_experience_this_content_in_another_format
?

[3] Prioritization events central page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Prioritization_events


[4] Report your priorities on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Prioritization_events#What_you_need_to_do


[5] Report your priorities via this survey:
https://forms.gle/tsEvVJmLPsTrjuzd7
[6] Join our Office Hours on Thursday Oct. 1 @ 14.00 UTC
https://meet.google.com/ewx-jofx-kga
[7]

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Movement Strategy 

Wikimedia Foundation 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moving the technical infrastructure out of the US

[Joseph Seddon]

Agreed. This is a perennial issue.

I believe options are going to be explored for sustainability but right now
legally speaking the US is the best jurisdiction for hosting us now and the
foreseeable future.

Seddon

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 11:30 PM Nathan  wrote:

> Which political system would you prefer, so9q? Just a quick survey finds a
> shortage of totally ideal alternatives with no objectionable political
> activity in recent years.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 6:20 PM  wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > The US seems to me like an increasingly unsafe and unstable place to
> > store data and servers from a privacy- and political perspective.
> >
> > Do you have any plans to replicate or move the servers to datacenters in
> > Europe or elsewhere to protect the community from the risks
> > introduced by the american political system?
> >
> > See https:// youtu.be/mUQ56Tf22pg and
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Strong_Preservation_of_Wikipedia_(&_Wikimedia)_contents_for_the_far_future
> > .
> >
> > Cheers
> > so9q
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moving the technical infrastructure out of the US

[Nathan]

Which political system would you prefer, so9q? Just a quick survey finds a
shortage of totally ideal alternatives with no objectionable political
activity in recent years.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 6:20 PM  wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> The US seems to me like an increasingly unsafe and unstable place to
> store data and servers from a privacy- and political perspective.
>
> Do you have any plans to replicate or move the servers to datacenters in
> Europe or elsewhere to protect the community from the risks
> introduced by the american political system?
>
> See https:// youtu.be/mUQ56Tf22pg and
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Strong_Preservation_of_Wikipedia_(&_Wikimedia)_contents_for_the_far_future
> .
>
> Cheers
> so9q
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[Wikimedia-l] Moving the technical infrastructure out of the US

[so9q]

Hi

The US seems to me like an increasingly unsafe and unstable place to
store data and servers from a privacy- and political perspective.

Do you have any plans to replicate or move the servers to datacenters in
Europe or elsewhere to protect the community from the risks
introduced by the american political system? 

See https:// youtu.be/mUQ56Tf22pg and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Strong_Preservation_of_Wikipedia_(&_Wikimedia)_contents_for_the_far_future.

Cheers
so9q

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Protest

[Dan Szymborski]

This isn't a completely honest description of events. You alternate between
attacking Brown-Haired Girl and asking her not to interact with you and you
chime in with things such as the diff below. It would take an enormously
charitable reading for that thread to be considered anything close to your
description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard=prev=974491119

You have been repeatedly uncivil to other editors; it's not without cause
that the one-way interaction ban in that discussion is going towards you.
For someone who bemoans a toxic environment, you're doing quite a lot to
maintain that environment.

Dan

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 2:21 PM Chris Sherlock 
wrote:

> I don’t have much to say, so I will try to make this short.
>
> I have been told that I have “invoked [my] mental heath as a weapon”, and
> that I should “stop whining”. The full, unedifying, thread can be viewed
> here:
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#BHG
>
> Consequently I have blanked my user and talk page and scrambled my
> password, in protest.
>
> I thank the many, many kind and lovely people on Wikipedia who I have met
> over the years. However, it is quite clear now that Wikipedia is too a
> toxic an environment to continue editing. This is a pity, I had hoped to
> get the Ada Winifred Weekes Baker article to GA status, and continue to
> research and write articles about Australian women (there are hundreds and
> hundred left to go, see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chris.sherlock/Australian_Women_In_Red/ADB
> ).
>
> I ask folks to be kind to one another.
>
> Thank you,
> Chris
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcement of new Foundation office action appeals process

[Brian Choo]

Dear Wikimedians,

This announcement is to increase awareness of a new addition to the
Wikimedia Foundation's office actions appeals process through the Interim
Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (CRC).[1][2] It includes a new way for
some editors who have sought sanction and some editors who have been
sanctioned by the Wikimedia Foundation to appeal.

Historically, some office actions have been appealable through the Trust &
Safety team. The Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (CRC) was
created to provide community oversight of the appeals process. The CRC has
10 volunteer Wikimedia community members and will function until the
Universal Code of Conduct becomes effective in approximately mid-2021, when
we hope to have a more permanent process in place. As mentioned in the
CRC’s charter, the committee will be able to review office actions which
were closed by the Foundation with action or inaction, except statutory,
regulatory, employment, and legal cases as defined by Foundation
attorneys.[3]

The office actions policy is a set of guidelines and procedures regarding
official changes to or removals of content on the Wikimedia projects, or
actions against specific individuals, performed by Foundation staff members
and under the authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, upon receipt of one or
multiple complaints from the community or the public, or as required by
law. Complaints that may lead to enforcement of office actions may include,
but are not limited to, privacy violations, child protection, copyright
infringement or systematic harassment. All office actions are performed
pursuant to the Terms of Use.

Appeals of office actions may be submitted to the CRC by anyone involved in
the office action via email at appeals[at]wikimedia.org. Detailed
instructions on how to appeal may be found on the CRC’s meta page.[1] Some
office cases are not eligible for review. A Foundation attorney will check
each case where appeal is requested to determine its eligibility before
turning over the case files to the committee. For transparency, the
committee chair will be able to review those requests and will therefore
have insight into how many cases are eligible or not.

Please refer to the CRC’s page on meta.wikimedia.org for further
information. You are encouraged to inform your community about this new
appeals process. If you have questions for or about the committee, please
put them on the CRC talk page on Meta or email me at
bchoo-ctr[at]wikimedia.org.[4] The Meta talk page also contains questions
that have already been asked and answered. I will find answers to your
questions and post responses on the Meta talk page.

On behalf of the committee,
Brian Choo
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[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Charter
[4]
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[Wikimedia-l] Wiki of functions naming contest

[Nick Wilson (Quiddity)]

Hello all,

Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project.
This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a
library of functions.[1] The community can create new functions, read
about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will
be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that
can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia
project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.

There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of
candidates, with broad voting beginning on 29 September and 27
October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8
December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and
vote now at meta-wiki:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_contest

Thank you.
Nick / Quiddity

[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_contest#What_is_a_function%3F

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