[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours August 03, 2021

2021-08-03 Thread Martin Gerlach 
Just a quick reminder that Wikimedia Research Office Hours will be
happening later today in a bit less than 3 hours (16:00 UTC/9am PT/6pm
CEST).
To participate, join the video-call via this link:
https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours
More information here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
-Martin

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM Martin Gerlach 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly
> Office hours this Tuesday, 2021-08-03, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm
> CEST).
>
> To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set
> agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad
> [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are
> welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to
> attend) can be found here [4].
>
> Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to
> answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia
> volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in
> your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to
> support you in:
>
>-
>
>You have a specific research related question that you suspect you
>should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t
>know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it.
>For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors
>in my wiki?
>-
>
>You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia
>contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to
>improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be
>harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing
>them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to
>work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future.
>-
>
>You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation
>does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates:
>if you are interested in building relationships with the academic
>institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn
>more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of
>Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those
>of you interested more closely in this space.
>-
>
>You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5].
>
>
> Hope to see many of you,
> Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team
>
> [1] https://research.wikimedia.org
>
> [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours
>
> [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours
>
> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
>
> [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html
>
>
> --
> Martin Gerlach
> Research Scientist
> Wikimedia Foundation
>


-- 
Martin Gerlach
Research Scientist
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Board election postponed until August 18th

2021-08-03 Thread Butch Bustria 
Thank you Quim.

Hi Everyone,

In light of this development, ESEAP (East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific)
will hold a special meeting on August 8, Sunday at 02:00 UTC (Saturday
evening in the Americas).

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Hub/Meetings/8_August_2021

Election candidates are free to join in this event and we will simply do a
typical town hall where our regional community members ask question to the
candidates.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 4:47 AM Quim Gil  wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> (You can read this announcement in other languages on
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election
> )
>
> We are reaching out to you today regarding the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation
> Board of Trustees election
> .
> This election was due to open on August 4th. Due to some technical issues
> with SecurePoll, the election must be delayed by two weeks. This means we
> plan to launch the election on August 18th, which is the day after
> Wikimania concludes.
>
>
> For information on the technical issues, you can see the Phabricator
> ticket .
>
> We are truly sorry for this delay and hope that we will get back on
> schedule on August 18th. We are in touch with the Elections Committee and
> the candidates to coordinate next steps. We will update the Board
> election Talk page
> 
> and Telegram channel  as we know
> more. We are translating this announcement on Meta
> 
> and we are starting the mass distribution of the news as we speak.
>
> --
> Quim Gil (he/him)
> Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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[Wikimedia-l] WikiJournal activity and financial report

2021-08-03 Thread Dumisani Ndubane 
Hello Wikimedia participants,

The activity and financial report for WikiJournal has now been submitted
for January 1 - June 30, 2021:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Reports

Best regards,

On behalf of Mikael Haeggstroem

Dumisani Ndubane

Governance Committee Strategist

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join us on July 29th! Information session: Training of Trainers for "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom"

2021-08-03 Thread Sailesh Patnaik 
Dear Wikimedians and friends,Yaay! The wait is over. Now, you can apply
 for the
Training of Trainers for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program. The
call for applications starts from today until 31st August 2021.You can have
more details on this meta page
.
Please feel free to share this within your circle. If you have any
questions regarding the program/application process please reach out to us
at educat...@wikimedia.org.

Best!
Sailesh

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 12:17 AM Sailesh Patnaik 
wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Last year, the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation launched a pilot
> teacher training program that helped teachers use Wikipedia in their
> classrooms. Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom
> 
> provided a professional development opportunity to over 500 teachers in
> Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines with a localized curriculum and
> resources aligned with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework.
> Throughout this 9-week program, teachers developed vital media and
> information literacy skills for the 21st century, including understanding
> how information is produced, accessing and evaluating content online, and
> identifying biases and knowledge gaps. All through the power of Wikipedia
> !
> You can read more details about the pilot program and its impact in our
> final report
> 
> [1].
>
> Now, we are opening up the opportunity to more Wikimedians,
> mission-aligned organizations, and individuals to participate in a Training
> of Trainers (ToT). By the end of the ToT, participants will be certified
> to lead training for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. They will be
> able to adapt & implement the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in
> their local contexts to help teachers use Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool.
> Participants who successfully complete the ToT will also have access to a
> pool of funding that can support their local activities. You can learn more
> about the ToT timeline and curriculum on Meta
> 
> .
>
> We think you or members of your community would be a great fit! We invite
> you to attend an information session on Thursday, July 29 at 13:00 UTC via
> Zoom . The team will share more
> detailed information, answer questions, and announce the open call for
> applications. If you have any questions ahead of this event, please don’t
> hesitate to reach out to the team at educat...@wikimedia.org
>
> We look forward to seeing you at the information session!
>
> --the Education Team
>
> [1]The program report
> 
> shows us how teachers’ attitudes towards Wikipedia changed as they moved
> through the curriculum, responded to practical assignments and reflection
> questions, and participated in synchronous sessions led by local
> coordinators of the program. For example, one of the participating teachers
> from Bolivia said that at first he “thought that Wikipedia was a platform
> like Google, but now I value all the volunteer work done by the community
> behind it”. The program model also supported members of the local Wikimedia
> affiliates to improve their capacity to organize and lead education
> initiatives. Currently, the Wikimedians of Bolivia
>  user group
> is launching the second edition of the program! The resources
> 
> created for the program are available on Wikimedia Commons in English,
> Spanish, Arabic, and Tagalog, and they are free for anybody to use, adapt
> and share.
> --
>
> Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
>
> Program Officer, Education
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>


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Program Officer, Education

Wikimedia Foundation 
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