[Wikimedia-l] Details for the Wikimania 2022 Hackathon

2022-07-27 Thread Haley Lepp 
Hello all,

The Wikimania Hackathon is August 12-14, just over 2 weeks away! Details
are listed below.

Registration

Registration for the Wikimania Hackathon has now opened [1]! To
register, submit
your information to the Wikimania organizers, which will give you access to
the Wikimania platform [2]. You can also optionally add your name to
the participants
page on the Wikimania wiki [3].

Platform

The Hackathon will take place virtually on Pheedloop, the Wikimania
platform [4]. This platform complies with WCAG 2.1 AA, and will support
screen readers, font adjustments, and many other accessibility features.
Video sessions will be held in Jitsi through this platform.

Format of the event

The Hackathon consists of events spread over three days [5]:

   -

   On the first day, there will be a pre-Hacking showcase to share project
   ideas and find collaborators. Anyone can present a project, and anyone can
   come as an observer.
   -

   Throughout the next two days, there will be open hacking, social events,
   and technical sessions. Anyone can offer a session; just claim a slot on
   the schedule!
   -

   Finally, there will be a final showcase to share the projects worked on
   during the Hackathon.


Preparing for the Hackathon

There are many ways to take part in the event. Think about what project you
might want to work on (see examples from past Hackathons [6]), add your
idea to Phabricator [7], and consider presenting at the pre-Hacking
showcase. Host a session by adding information to the schedule [5]. Check
out information for newcomers [8]. And don’t forget to register [2]!

Best wishes,

Haley and the Developer Advocacy Team


[1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon

[2] https://pheedloop.com/register/wikimania2022/attendee/

[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Participants

[4]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/20/the-platform-powering-wikimania-2022/

[5] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Schedule

[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Showcase

[7] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/6030/

[8] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Newcomers
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming bots & scripts workshop on Friday, July 29th, 16:00 UTC

2022-07-27 Thread Srishti Sethi 
Hello all,

We are postponing this workshop as the trainer is unavailable at the
scheduled time due to unforeseen circumstances.

Keep an eye on this thread and the workshops page on the wiki, as we will
share a new date and time for the workshop soon.

Cheers,
Srishti

*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation 



On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 4:18 AM Srishti Sethi  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The sixth workshop on the topic of "How to maintain bots" is coming up -
> it will take place on Friday, July 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more
> details on the workshop and a link to join here: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots>
> [1].
>
> This session will focus on best practices for maintaining bots and tools
> in the Wikimedia ecosystem. It will cover a few practices that can help
> developers run a bot or a tool with help from others, such as picking a
> license, adding co-maintainers to the project, publishing source code,
> writing docs, and much more.
>
> To participate in this workshop, you would need basic familiarity with
> bots or tools development. You can add your discussion ideas in the
> etherpad doc linked from the workshops page.
>
> We look forward to your participation!
>
> Best,
> Srishti
>
> On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_maintain_bots
>
> *Srishti Sethi*
> Senior Developer Advocate
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Maryana Iskander interview in San Francisco Examiner

2022-07-27 Thread Dan Garry (Deskana) 
I wholeheartedly agree with Xavier and Lodewijk.

Dan
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia 2021 Annual Report

2022-07-27 Thread Iolanda Pensa 
Dear all,
Please find below Wikimedia Italia annual report and a short update on our 
board.
My very warm regards
iolanda

--
Iolanda Pensa
Chair Wikimedia Italia

---
Wikimedia Italy had the General Assembly on 24 June, the General Assembly 
elected three new board members:

*Iolanda Pensa (re-elected) 
*Marta Pigazzini (re-elected) 
*Fabio Brambilla

in the same day the board elected Iolanda Pensa as chair. 

The GA also approved the financial report and the activity report for 2021 
[1][2]

[1] 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilancio_Sociale_2021_di_%22Wikimedia_Italia.pdf
 

[2] 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_Responiability_report_2021_wikimedia_italia.pdf
 





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[Wikimedia-l] Re: June Meeting Outcomes from Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

2022-07-27 Thread Yair Rand 
I was under the impression that the community would be both able to read
the annual plan and give feedback on it, before it would be approved by the
Board. I have not been able to find anywhere the actual plan (ie, planned
budgets, projects, etc) for the coming year. Is the intention for the plan
to remain confidential yet again this year? If so, what was the purpose of
starting a process for gaining feedback, if it was never going to include
any actual review? And why did the WMF specifically say that the review
would eventually include the actual details? Was there a change of plans
halfway through the process?

I am confused.

-- Yair Rand

‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 26 ביולי 2022 ב-12:52 מאת ‪Nataliia Tymkiv‬‏ <‪
ntym...@wikimedia.org‬‏>:‬

> Dear all,
>
> Following up on my message from a few weeks ago about prior meeting
> outcomes of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [1], Maryana and I
> wanted to share more information about the board’s most recent meeting in
> June 2022.
>
> The Board spent most of the meeting reviewing the Wikimedia Foundation’s
> Annual Plan, which the Board unanimously approved. This plan is a summary
> of the Foundation’s goals for the coming 2022—2023 fiscal year [2]. The
> plan is now anchored in the strategic direction of our movement strategy:
> knowledge equity and knowledge as a service. It identifies the Foundation’s
> focus on regions and on projects. Thank you to volunteers who provided
> input. There were about 12,000 pageviews of the plan on Meta-wiki (4x
> increase from last year) with 30+ contributors engaging on the talk page
> from across 8 wikis, including Arabic, Swedish, German Wikipedias,
> Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. 750+ community members from all regions of
> the world were reached through ‘two-way planning conversations’ that
> included multilingual support in 15 languages [3]. The final version
> includes an appendix and summary of the feedback we received from these
> processes. The Board of Trustees will continue to partner with Maryana and
> Foundation leadership to share information and invite co-planning with
> communities as the year progresses. Please continue to share any
> reflections and questions about the Annual Plan on Meta; while the plan has
> been approved, we welcome opportunities to explain, elaborate, or take into
> account (and for future planning) things not considered before [4].
>
> There were a few other items on the meeting agenda including an update on
> the Universal Code of Conduct, reviewing [5] the Foundation’s annual
> environmental sustainability report [6] and approving a working capital
> policy for the Foundation [7].
>
> In the spirit of making the board’s work more visible to others, two
> observers from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee joined the Board
> meeting and the Board hosted an open call with Wikimedia Foundation staff
> immediately following the meeting.
>
> The Board will also host a session at Wikimania for conversation and
> answering questions on these topics or others that you may have. We plan
> to meet again in September in Berlin in conjunction with the Wikimedia
> Summit. We hope to see some of you there.
>
> Nat and Maryana
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KDTE47PGO2HIMMWR46DR4IDLLVNR5ZNN/
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023
>
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/draft/Your_Input
>
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/
>
>
> [5]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Updating_Environmental_Sustainability_Commitments,_2022
>
>
> [6]
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/06/27/wikimedia-foundations-carbon-footprint-report-for-2021/
>
>
> [7]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/June_2022_Meeting_Outcomes_from_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Working_Capital_Reserves_Policy
>
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working
> hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You
> should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in
> advance!*
>
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