Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing 'Wiki for X'

2021-03-30 Thread Alex Stinson 
Hi Phillipe and Tulsi,

As you may or may not be aware, I have been guiding an effort to pilot
Wikimedia Foundation capacity for supporting community content campaigns:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team

So we have seen a wide range of different naming conventions for community
campaigns. Wiki Loves typically include photography campaigns, while Wiki
for (or 4) campaigns are typically writing activities with a focus on an
advocacy topic with broad international agreement i.e. representation of
women, SDGs or Human Rights (as Phillipe notes advocacy positions are
complicated ). There are of course exceptions to this pattern (i.e Wiki
Loves SDGS:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki_Loves_SDGs_Nigeria )
because the conventions are accidental cultural phenomena rather than
planned and deliberate .

However, suggesting that there needs to be a uniform naming convention
isn't very helpful across widely divergent campaigns with different goals,
different audiences, and different communication contexts (i.e. languages
or cultures). For me, the more important concern is helping organizers
choose the right name for the audiences they want to engage (that, for
example, activists need to know we are supportive of SDGs, Climate action
or representation of Women rather than trying to document something en-mass
i.e. Butterflies or Monuments). For example, Wikipedia Pages Wanting
Photos, WikiGap, Black Lunch Table and InvisibleWikiWomen all have very
deliberate communication and branding choices behind their names.

If new organizers need help thinking through naming for their own campaigns
-- it's worth exploring the various bits of documentation we are gathering
at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns or reaching out to  my
colleague Felix Nartey or myself.

Glad that we are thinking publically about how we show up in campaigns :)

Cheers,

Alex Stinson



On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 1:41 PM Philippe Beaudette 
wrote:

> I have hesitations.  First of all, “for” implies “in support of”.
> Therefore, wiki for COVID-19 could be read as “wiki in support of
> covid-19”, which I don’t believe is the message you are trying to convey.
>
> Thats why the “loves” works so well. May I ask why you think we need a new
> system for naming conventions here?
>
> Philippe
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:57 AM Tulsi Bhagat 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I hope you're doing well. I would like to introduce 'Wiki for X', a
>> new general format for naming various sorts of Wikimedia community events
>> and outreach campaigns; For instance, we have 'Wiki Loves X' as such 'Wiki
>> for X', where X is whatever the coordinators wish to call the campaign.
>> This is because i believe change is necessary. I hope we can create some
>> brand new impactful ideas for outreach campaigns across the globe with this
>> new general format.
>>
>> With regard to, I've organized Wiki For COVID-19
>>  on Jun 01-Sep 30
>> 2020 and I see there's another event WikiForHumanRights
>>  starting on
>> April 15-March 15 2021 to celebrate Earth Day.
>>
>> Can we please give continuity to this new general format? I really
>> appreciate your input and opinions on this. Thank you for your
>> consideration!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Tulsi
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing 'Wiki for X'

2021-03-30 Thread Philippe Beaudette 
I have hesitations.  First of all, “for” implies “in support of”.
Therefore, wiki for COVID-19 could be read as “wiki in support of
covid-19”, which I don’t believe is the message you are trying to convey.

Thats why the “loves” works so well. May I ask why you think we need a new
system for naming conventions here?

Philippe

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:57 AM Tulsi Bhagat 
wrote:

> Hello,
> Greetings!
>
> I hope you're doing well. I would like to introduce 'Wiki for X', a
> new general format for naming various sorts of Wikimedia community events
> and outreach campaigns; For instance, we have 'Wiki Loves X' as such 'Wiki
> for X', where X is whatever the coordinators wish to call the campaign.
> This is because i believe change is necessary. I hope we can create some
> brand new impactful ideas for outreach campaigns across the globe with this
> new general format.
>
> With regard to, I've organized Wiki For COVID-19
>  on Jun 01-Sep 30 2020
> and I see there's another event WikiForHumanRights
>  starting on
> April 15-March 15 2021 to celebrate Earth Day.
>
> Can we please give continuity to this new general format? I really
> appreciate your input and opinions on this. Thank you for your
> consideration!
>
> Kind regards,
> Tulsi
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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing 'Wiki for X'

2021-03-30 Thread Tulsi Bhagat 
Hello,
Greetings!

I hope you're doing well. I would like to introduce 'Wiki for X', a
new general format for naming various sorts of Wikimedia community events
and outreach campaigns; For instance, we have 'Wiki Loves X' as such 'Wiki
for X', where X is whatever the coordinators wish to call the campaign.
This is because i believe change is necessary. I hope we can create some
brand new impactful ideas for outreach campaigns across the globe with this
new general format.

With regard to, I've organized Wiki For COVID-19
 on Jun 01-Sep 30 2020
and I see there's another event WikiForHumanRights
 starting on
April 15-March 15 2021 to celebrate Earth Day.

Can we please give continuity to this new general format? I really
appreciate your input and opinions on this. Thank you for your
consideration!

Kind regards,
Tulsi
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Meeting of the Wikipedia & Education User Group - you are invited!

2021-03-30 Thread Ziko van Dijk 
Dear friends of free knowledge and education,

A reminder: our Open Meeting is going to start in for about 2 hours. I
am looking forward to see you.

Kind regards
Ziko

Am Fr., 19. März 2021 um 23:24 Uhr schrieb Ziko van Dijk :
>
> Dear friends of free knowledge and education,
>
> On Tuesday, March 30th 2021, we will have our next Open Meeting!
> Please feel welcome to join us at 4:00pm UTC.
> See for your own timezone: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1617120044
>
> This is the link to the meeting room:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87586733540?pwd=SVp0YmZrTEtlWWxxT3Y2UjZxNnFkZz09
>
> We will discuss the shutdown of the WMF's Outreach Wiki and other topics.
>
> Our special guest will be Mossab Banat who will talk about content in
> Arab language. He is a passionate Wikipedian, physician and Wikipedia
> Education Program team leader at Hashemite University in Jordan. He is
> an editor and admin at Arabic Wikipedia. He also a board member at
> Wikimedia medicine and associate editor at wikijournal of Medicine. He
> founded a wiki club under the name of Digital Arabic Content Club at
> the same university. Currently mossab works as Teaching and Research
> Assistant at the Hashemite and as representative of graduate students
> at the University council.
>
> I myself will present a plan for a discussion on ethical questions.
> When we use wikis for educational goals, we have not only to follow
> the rules of the wiki (or an institution we work with). We want to
> make sure that no harm is done - to the wiki or to the learners or
> others involved. We want to give educators and others guidelines or
> recommendations on how to deal with ethical questions and how to avoid
> problems.
>
> So, we hope for a large crowd at our meeting which will last for one
> hour and a half.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ziko van Dijk
> secretary,
> Wikipedia & Education User Group (EduWiki UG)
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group

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