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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

2020-07-02 Thread Butch Bustria

Congratulations on this new opportunity!

Once it rolls out to us content contributors, we will be glad to be a part
of it.



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:39 AM Denny Vrandečić  wrote:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish! / Stepping down April 15

2021-02-04 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Katherine,

We greatly appreciate your work at the Foundation and we hope for the best
in your future endeavors.

Your term as ED, later as CEO, made significant changes on how we look at
the WMF. Your work made changes to many of us, on how we deal with issues
and opportunities to how we support each other.

We hope your successor would effectively implement the strategic plan and
maintain the openess of community conversations.

I hope that you consider visiting us here in Southeast Asia at
your convenience (add Wikimania) once the pandemic is over.



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 2:36 AM Brad Patrick  wrote:

> Congratulations on a remarkable run! Good luck with the transition and
> we’ll be watching what happens next!
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Brad Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Wikimedia-l  on behalf
> of Katherine Maher 
> *Reply-To: *Wikimedia Mailing List 
> *Date: *Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 12:48 PM
> *To: *Wikimedia Mailing List 
> *Subject: *[Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish! / Stepping down April 15
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
> Earlier today, I announced to my colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation my
> intention to step down as CEO later this spring. April 15th will be my last
> day, marking my seven-year anniversary with the Foundation and the
> movement. This was not an easy decision, but it is the right one. For now,
> I want to share with you why I’m moving on, and what comes next. I’ll save
> the customary email with deeper reflections, memories, and thanks for later
> this spring!
>
>
> In some ways, this was the easiest hard decision I’ve ever made. It’s
> never exactly a good time to step away -- transitions always have some
> rough edges -- but it’s always best to do so when the organization is
> strong, and before you’ve overstayed your welcome. The movement is in a
> good, strong place. Our communities are growing, our readership is too. Our
> 20th birthday, the launch of our Universal Code of Conduct, and the
> movement strategy recommendations are all milestone moments of solidity and
> strength. I have great hopes and confidence in the upcoming plans for
> strategy implementation, particularly the work on the movement charter and
> interim global council. We are healthy and thriving.
>
>
> While we will always have more work to do to become the Wikimedia that we
> want to be, our movement and our organization is in a phase of renewal and
> regeneration. We have deepened our practices of consultation,
> collaboration, and inclusion that will be the foundation of the next decade
> of our work. We have a deep and stable financial position that will help us
> grow and protect us from any storm, and the trust in our projects has never
> been higher. Our communities are poised to take on deeper responsibilities
> of governance, accountability, and leadership, populating a rich,
> representative, and leaderful movement for free knowledge.
>
> The Foundation is also strong, and filled with passionate, values-aligned
> leaders at every level of the organization, deeply committed to the work of
> our movement and mission. Although we don’t always all perfectly agree on
> absolutely everything, we are working more openly and cooperatively with
> our movement than ever before. Collaborative strategic planning,
> sustainable programs to support technical communities and tooling,
> co-development and consultation on transformative new experiences welcoming
> newcomers, cooperative partnerships on public health data, bibliographic
> data, and human rights data -- all of these are signals of much great work
> to come. Even difficult topics, such as brand and movement governance,
> continue to bring people together in nothing less than feisty commitment.
>
>
> Together, we have rich resources of brilliant people, deep passion, and
> compassion. We are making progress on some of our greatest challenges, from
> editor and readership growth, technical debt, representation and
> participation, safety and knowledge equity. I am proud of what we’ve done
> together and grateful for all the ways in which this movement has made my
> life immeasurably richer: friendships that will last a lifetime,
> intellectual curiosity and kinship, and so many memories of *so much
> dancing*, from Accra to Berlin to Chandigarh.
>
> As for me, I’m going to take a break, and a research fellowship, as a
> place to think about what’s next. It’s hard to think about your future when
> you’re fully in your present, and for the past seven years, I’ve been fully
> present for this movement. But as I look around, I see global challenges
> such as polarization, inequality, and climate change, as well as
> opportunities for generational renewa

[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
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>.
> 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 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287859>.
>
> 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
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>
> and Telegram channel <https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat> as we know
> more. We are translating this announcement on Meta
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election>
> and we are starting the mass distribution of the news as we speak.
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Board election postponed until August 18th

2021-08-07 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

On behalf of ESEAP, I would like to express our utmost gratitude to the
candidates who went to our town hall meeting earlier.

We greatly appreciate as well for candidates who attended and also who were
not able to come to put their responses to our town hall questions on the
meta talk page.

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


Thank you.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria



On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 8:20 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> 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
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>.
>> 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 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287859>.
>>
>> 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
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>
>> and Telegram channel <https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat> as we know
>> more. We are translating this announcement on Meta
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election>
>> and we are starting the mass distribution of the news as we speak.
>>
>> --
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[Wikimedia-l] WIKIMANIA Registration closes 23:59 UTC

2021-08-12 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

We wish to remind everyone that Wikimania 2021 registration closes 23:59
UTC today, Thursday, August 12.

The registration link is

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2021-tickets-161884957265

For further information, you can also visit our event wiki at Wikimania.org.

Wikimania Telegram channel is also online at https://t.me/WikimaniaChat

Thank you.




Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
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[Wikimedia-l] Post-event Survey Feedback on Wikimania 2021

2021-08-31 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee, 2021 Wikimania Core
Organizing Team and the Movement Communications team at the Wikimedia
Foundation, we would like to thank the participants of Wikimania 2021!

We would like to know your feedback on the recent event and your
suggestions for improvement.

Please take some time to fill out the Wikimania 2021 post-event survey. The
survey is at https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cAbKYmpaHAXQwOG

The survey will take between 10-15 minutes. It is available in Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish using the drop down
menu in the upper right corner.

You can also view the privacy policy for this survey available at
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021_Survey_Privacy_Statement

If you would like to share feedback but do not wish to take the qualtrics
survey, you may send an email to movementco...@wikimedia.org.

The survey will remain open until September 5.

See you on our next interaction or on Wikimania 2022!


Kind Regards,

Butch Bustria
In behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee, and 2021 Wikimania Core
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-07 Thread Butch Bustria

Congratulations to the 4 winners.

I saw that the STV system unveiled how the 4th and 5th positions (appears
to be from a G7 country and a non G7 country) had switched. I am interested
to know from which sector/s or Wikimedia project brought the switch of
those two positions (starting from the 8th iteration).

I also observed that I have no option to choose which wiki I will
represent. It appears that the system only allows which wiki I first
clicked the central notice link. I tried to go to the other projects and
vote, it allowed me to change my vote (still one eligible ballot) but it
did not change the project I will represent. I am saying this because it
would allow people reading the statistics which project the eligible voter
truly represents.

Despite all the consultations made prior to the elections to bring the
emerging communities/ global south to the board it had not accurately
painted the picture. I would personally suggest in the future not all
candidates vie for the same set of seats. So for instance, there are 4
seats up for grabs, two seats must be reserved for sector A and two seats
for sector B. Candidates must select which sector they represent and cannot
be both. Then the whole electorate votes for candidates for Sector A board
seats and Sector B board seats using the same STV system. Qualifications
for Sector A and Sector B seats shall be different and will be decided by
the board of trustees with consent from an advisory/ electoral committee. I
personally suggest developed communities (from big chapters and wiki
projects with large edit participation) and emerging communities (small to
medium sized affiliates and wiki projects with medium to small edit
participation).

Kind Regards,

Butch

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:52 AM Alice Wiegand  wrote:

> Thanks, Jackie!
> That is indeed different from what I understood and I’m glad about the
> change :-)
>
> Alice.
>
>
>
> Am 07.09.2021 um 23:42 schrieb Jackie Koerner  >:
>
> Hi Alice,
>
> Thanks for asking! The way we are intending "contended" is that it was the
> election everyone was waiting for. :) It was "pushed for" by the community
> for more than a year and now we gladly announce: it happened and here are
> the results!
>
> Best,
>
> Jackie
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM Alice Wiegand  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> congrats to the elected Board members. It’s great to see people stepping
>> up and taking responsibility, especially in times where leadership is
>> needed.
>>
>> Jackie, may I ask for some elaboration on the subject of this thread? You
>> say „most contended … election“ and I wonder what that means. In my
>> understanding this is a nuance of controversial and I don’t get the point
>> where it is more controversial than any other election. Maybe it gets lost
>> in translation, maybe it’s me not having the complete insight of what has
>> been discussed.
>>
>> Alice.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 07.09.2021 um 20:10 schrieb Jackie Koerner > >:
>>
>> *Translations can be found on
>> Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedi
>> a_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09-07/2021_Election_Results
>> *
>> Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Board election. The
>> Elections Committee has reviewed the votes of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation
>> Board of Trustees election, organized to select four new trustees. A record
>> 6,873 people from across 214 projects cast their valid votes. The following
>> four candidates received the most support:
>>
>>
>>
>>1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>>2. Victoria Doronina
>>3. Dariusz Jemielniak
>>4. Lorenzo Losa
>>
>>
>> Waiting for the Board’s appointment
>> While these candidates have been ranked through the community vote, they
>> are not yet appointed to the Board of Trustees. They still need to pass a
>> successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the
>> Bylaws. This process can be longer depending on the country of residence of
>> the candidates. The Board has set a tentative date to appoint new trustees
>> at the end of this month. The Board also has approved
>> 
>> a short extension to the terms of the exiting trustees to allow a smooth
>> transition.
>>
>> Thanks to all the candidates
>> Thanks to all candidates for their participation. They achieved a record
>> in the number of candidates and regional diversity, with more than half of
>> the 19 candidates from regions outside North America and Western Europe.
>> This election used Single Transferable Voting
>> 
>> for the first time. This system does not indicate a number of votes or
>> percentage of support. Rather, it show

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-10 Thread Butch Bustria

We better set a new criteria that board candidates for 2022 and 2023 must
reside outside the 28th parallel north and 42nd meridian east.

Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Thu, 9 Sep 2021, 7:22 pm Mario Gómez,  wrote:

> Fully agree with Mike.
>
> Also, rather than focusing on how different voting schemes would have
> affected some candidates to be one position up or down, wider diversity and
> representativity could be achieved by just electing 8 seats from community
> elections.
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 7:47 PM Mike Peel  wrote:
>
>> I don't get these kinds of arguments.
>>
>> I'm pretty much equally very active on enwiki + Wikidata + Commons -
>> which should I chose as my 'resident' project? Most bytes (Commons),
>> most edits (Wikidata), longest editing time (enwiki) - or something
>> else? Or language for that matter - most of my editing right now is
>> multilingual.
>>
>> I've lived in UK + Brazil + Spain (islands - off the coast of Africa) -
>> am I global north or south?
>>
>> I've worked with two small affiliates: Wikimedia UK (back when it was
>> founded), and Wiki Movimento Brasil - does that count as developed or
>> emerging?
>>
>> What happens to others that fall on both sides of these arbitrary lines?
>>
>> Obrigado,
>> Mike
>> P.S., huge congrats to Rosie, Victoria, Dariusz and Lorenzo, who I know
>> will do great jobs!
>>
>> On 8/9/21 05:36:41, Anupam Dutta wrote:
>> > Congratulations to the winners and the participants also !
>> >
>> > Further to the ongoing discussions, my idea is as follows :
>> >
>> > In this Wikimedia land, a person is the resident of the project
>> > s/he/they have most contributed No arguments
>> >
>> > Now the person can chose to be a worker in 'n' number of projects.
>> > The definition of worker must be clearly defined as per certain number
>> > of contributions made.
>> >
>> > Below that you a tourist..
>> >
>> > In this way elections can have votes from residents and tourists
>> >
>> > Anupamdutta73
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 09:16 Butch Bustria > > <mailto:bustr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Congratulations to the 4 winners.
>> >
>> > I saw that the STV system unveiled how the 4th and 5th positions
>> > (appears to be from a G7 country and a non G7 country) had switched.
>> > I am interested to know from which sector/s or Wikimedia project
>> > brought the switch of those two positions (starting from the 8th
>> > iteration).
>> >
>> > I also observed that I have no option to choose which wiki I will
>> > represent. It appears that the system only allows which wiki I first
>> > clicked the central notice link. I tried to go to the other projects
>> > and vote, it allowed me to change my vote (still one eligible
>> > ballot) but it did not change the project I will represent. I am
>> > saying this because it would allow people reading the statistics
>> > which project the eligible voter truly represents.
>> >
>> > Despite all the consultations made prior to the elections to bring
>> > the emerging communities/ global south to the board it had not
>> > accurately painted the picture. I would personally suggest in the
>> > future not all candidates vie for the same set of seats. So for
>> > instance, there are 4 seats up for grabs, two seats must be reserved
>> > for sector A and two seats for sector B. Candidates must select
>> > which sector they represent and cannot be both. Then the whole
>> > electorate votes for candidates for Sector A board seats and Sector
>> > B board seats using the same STV system. Qualifications for Sector A
>> > and Sector B seats shall be different and will be decided by the
>> > board of trustees with consent from an advisory/ electoral
>> > committee. I personally suggest developed communities (from big
>> > chapters and wiki projects with large edit participation) and
>> > emerging communities (small to medium sized affiliates and wiki
>> > projects with medium to small edit participation).
>> >
>> >
>> > Kind Regards,
>> >
>> > Butch
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:52 AM Alice Wiegand > > <mailto:me.ly...@gm

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Maryana,

Welcome. We hope for the best and we love to reach out to you in one of our
East, Southeast Asia & the Pacific (ESEAP) virtual meetings.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Butch Bustria




On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, 11:36 pm Maryana Iskander, 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
>
> When I read the job position [1] for the next leader of Wikimedia
> Foundation, I noticed that it opened with a seemingly simple statement:
> “Knowledge belongs to all of us.” Does it, really? It’s a striking
> statement. In an increasingly unequal and polarizing world, one in which
> almost nothing belongs to all of us, the idea that knowledge *must *belong
> to all is enough to capture anyone’s attention and imagination – certainly
> mine.
>
> My story is shaped by a twin belief that knowledge can also set us free.
> Shortly after I was born in Cairo, Egypt, my parents left for the United
> States. During my time at university, graduate school, and law school, I
> was consistently pulled towards some of society’s toughest issues – women’s
> rights, civil rights, and the rights of prisoners. I was equally pulled by
> the need to be effective in making change – seeking out leadership
> positions and raising my hand and voice to change the institutions of
> power, not just protest against them. I learned that the opportunity to
> make meaningful impact often sits ‘in-between’ traditional spheres:
> in-between research and teaching at Rice University, in-between healthcare
> delivery and advocacy at Planned Parenthood, and in-between government and
> the private sector at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. My time at all
> of these organisations required listening to and learning from many diverse
> stakeholders – including volunteers – and using my position of leadership
> to champion often unheard voices.
>
>
>
> In 2012, I followed my heart to South Africa and its very complicated
> society – a legacy of apartheid perpetuating deep inequality despite the
> resilience of communities full of potential and hope, and a country with
> one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world. A new
> organisation had just been formed with a big vision to close this
> opportunity gap. I signed up, first as an unpaid volunteer, and then for
> many years as the CEO. My job has been to cultivate a common space of trust
> for the collective assets of the society – from government, the private
> sector, civil society, and millions of young people – to work in a
> coalition to tackle one of the most daunting challenges of our time. To do
> this, we relied on an inclusive, multi-channel platform that leverages all
> forms of technology as a way to serve communities still riddled by a basic
> lack of access. Our successes came from the power of connection,
> partnership, and a collective belief that young people are the solution,
> not the problem. As I began my tenth year, I felt it was time to make space
> for new leaders.
>
>
>
> Why am I joining the Wikimedia Foundation at this moment? There are many
> reasons: (1) this collective of projects is growing what is perhaps the
> most important commons infrastructure of our modern world. I am excited to
> add my time and talents to this vision. What will it take to create – not
> just imagine – a world in which every single human being can freely share
> in the sum of all knowledge? (2) I have experienced first-hand that
> distributed leadership models can usually achieve more than any group of
> people can do on their own. I am eager to support processes that will make
> this even more true for our movement; and (3) I am drawn to working with
> people of integrity and commitment, who also appreciate humor and joy. I
> can already see that I will meet new colleagues like this from all over the
> world.
>
>
>
> My former colleagues will say that I believe progress is enabled by
> culture: one that is founded on accountability, diversity and inclusion in
> all its forms, and a way of working led by values. It has informed an
> organisational humility in working with others and a relentless focus on
> getting things done the right way – while doing the right thing.
>
>
>
> During the recruitment process, I met with a leading academic in the
> United States named Rebecca. She told me a story of her primary school
> teacher asking the students to raise their hands if they did not have an
> encyclopedia at home. She was one of those students, and it made her feel,
> for the first time, that maybe she didn’t have equal access to the
> resources needed for her education.  The work of this collective community,
> should we achieve our vision, will make it unnecessary for a teacher to
> ever ask that question

[Wikimedia-l] SWAN or Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱! Join at our meeting this weekend!

2021-09-21 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

SWAN or Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿
𝗼𝗹𝗱!

Please sign up for this weekend's meeting and let us celebrate & reflect
the year that was.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Sep_26_03:00_UTC_participants


Kind regards,

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Manavpreet Kaur's role in AffCom's issues

2021-10-26 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Michal,

We would like to clarify if this communication blast received clearance
through an en banc resolution of your committee or entirely your personal
decision? If the entire affcom was bypassed or did not explicitly authorise
your action, your position will also be at risk.

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Butch

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 9:13 PM Subhashish  wrote:

> I echo SJ's words. This is ad hominem, especially against someone who has
> been a part of the Wikimedia community much before being a part of WMF,
> continues to remain a part of her home community in volunteer capacity, and
> has expanded her volunteerism to contribute to global roles. That, IMO, is
> a full-time contribution to the Wikimedia movement in both personal and
> professional capacity. It's shameful that the title of this email includes
> Manavpreet's name and goes into with character assassination. Won't it be
> better to frame, if you doubt the process, the process as faulty and cite
> reasons rather than attacking an individual Wikimedian? It would be useful
> to fix a faulty process rather than attacking an individual based on
> circumstances which might dissuade them? Not to mention, this movement is
> already struggling with low participation of women, LGBTQ+ individuals,
> people with disabilities and indigenous members/groups. Such a behaviour
> would only help grow that gap further.
>
> Subhashish
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 7:16 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>
>> Michal,
>>
>> Don't be absurd.
>> *Do not use this list for personal attacks*.
>>
>> You seem to be forum-shopping an ethical disagreement
>> 
>>  with
>> others at WMSVK, and now extending that to attacking anyone who has
>> interacted with you about it.
>>
>> Manavpreet is a saint and an excellent communicator, who we are fortunate
>> to have in our movement. She no doubt responded to your concerns with
>> kindness -- unlike those who steered clear. For you to attack *her*
>> character as a result is ridiculous. When you come to your senses you owe
>> her an apology.
>>
>> We must all take care of ourselves in mentally trying times.
>> Find ways to cope that do not involve lashing out.
>>
>> SJ
>>
>> (PS - Since this subject line is itself unkind targeting -- if anyone
>> wants to comment further on-list, please use the previous thread, 
>> "*Investigation
>> of possible AffCom*...")
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Subject: Re: Manavpreet Kaur's role in AffCom's issues

2021-10-26 Thread Butch Bustria

I would second Risker's call.

Let me rephrase my words earlier. My apologies, I wrote it past midnight in
my time zone and I might have been half awake.
To put in context, if the concern is addressed to affcom, it should be
addressed via an affiliate executive as authorised by their board
committee. If it is addressed to a Wikimedia staff, it should be to their
line manager or a higher rank position. If there is an ombudsperson or
ethics committee hotline (or email), that is the right forum to complain.

In a nutshell, in a professional setting, telling private level matters in
a wide public space is totally out of order. We should observe dequorum.

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Butch

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> I think at this point it is time to take this matter off this mailing
> list.  I think we have all learned more than we ever expected to know about
> the Wikimedia Slovakia user group.
>
> Risker/Anne
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[Wikimedia-l] SWAN (𝗦trategic 𝗪ikimedia 𝗔ffiliates 𝗡etwork) October 31 Meeting

2021-10-27 Thread Butch Bustria

Dear Wikimedia Movement Colleagues,

SWAN Meeting is happening this weekend and you are encouraged to
participate.

What: SWAN (𝗦trategic 𝗪ikimedia 𝗔ffiliates 𝗡etwork October 31 Meeting
When: 31 October at 03:00 UTC and 18:30 UTC
Who: All interested Wikimedians regardless if part of an affiliate or not
How to participate: Go to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network ,
review the agenda items, sign up and use the meeting link posted on the
meta wiki page.

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Asian Month (Global campaign, November 2021) has started!

2021-10-31 Thread Butch Bustria

Fellow Wikimedians,

Wikipedia Asian Month has started!

WAM is an annual Wikipedia contest focused on the promotion of Asian
content on various language-specific Wikipedias. Each participating
community runs a month-long (November 2011) online edit-a-thon every
November on their language's Wikipedia to create new content or improve
existing articles about Asian topics apart from their own country.

Individuals or groups who made exemplary work in this global campaign will
be sent with postcards from the organisers!

Visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2021 to know
more how to participate or how your community organise a contest in your
local language Wikipedia!



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Butch Bustria
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fwd: volunteers needed for Wikimania 2022!

2021-12-31 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

I hope every one of you are enjoying the new year!

This is to remind you that the deadline for volunteer application
submission is on 9 January 2022 (Sunday)!

Go to  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer for more
information


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
Wikimania SC

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 3:16 am phoebe ayers,  wrote:

> x-posted to wikimania-l
>
> Dear all,
>
> The Wikimania Foundation events team, the Wikimania steering committee,
> and members of the 2021 Wikimania organizing team would like to invite you
> to help organize Wikimania 2022!  Wikimania 2022 will again primarily be a
> virtual event, with distributed in-person events if local and global
> circumstances allow.
>
> We need volunteers to be a part of the core organizing team as well as for
> other roles. You can find more information here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer
>
> The core team will help determine the structure and timeline of the event,
> lead programming, scholarship, communication and other teams for the event,
> and help ensure our global conference is a success.
>
> For the process to volunteer, see:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer#How_to_volunteer
>
> There's a set of questions on the meta page linked above; you can email
> your answers to the events team or post on meta by January 9th, 2022.
> Events staff and Wikimania steering committee members will review
> applications, meet with shortlisted candidates the following week, and
> announce the core organizing team by January 21st. Please post any
> questions on the talk page. We look forward to building an amazing
> conference team!
>
> best,
> Phoebe Ayers
> vice-chair Wikimania Steering Committee
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Today is the last day of application to be part of Wikimania 2022 organising team

2022-01-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

Today is the last day of application to be part of Wikimania 2022
organising team!  You can still catch up!

Go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer to know more
and how to apply!


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
Wikimania SC

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 11:48 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope every one of you are enjoying the new year!
>
> This is to remind you that the deadline for volunteer application
> submission is on 9 January 2022 (Sunday)!
>
> Go to  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer for more
> information
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
> Wikimania SC
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 3:16 am phoebe ayers,  wrote:
>
>> x-posted to wikimania-l
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The Wikimania Foundation events team, the Wikimania steering committee,
>> and members of the 2021 Wikimania organizing team would like to invite you
>> to help organize Wikimania 2022!  Wikimania 2022 will again primarily be a
>> virtual event, with distributed in-person events if local and global
>> circumstances allow.
>>
>> We need volunteers to be a part of the core organizing team as well as
>> for other roles. You can find more information here:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer
>>
>> The core team will help determine the structure and timeline of the
>> event, lead programming, scholarship, communication and other teams for the
>> event, and help ensure our global conference is a success.
>>
>> For the process to volunteer, see:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Volunteer#How_to_volunteer
>>
>>
>> There's a set of questions on the meta page linked above; you can email
>> your answers to the events team or post on meta by January 9th, 2022.
>> Events staff and Wikimania steering committee members will review
>> applications, meet with shortlisted candidates the following week, and
>> announce the core organizing team by January 21st. Please post any
>> questions on the talk page. We look forward to building an amazing
>> conference team!
>>
>> best,
>> Phoebe Ayers
>> vice-chair Wikimania Steering Committee
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia AGM

2022-02-21 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Biyanto,

Thank you for your service to Wikimedia Indonesia & Wikimedia in general.
We wish you all the best in your future endeavours!

Hi Rachmat,

Congratulations and we are excited for your plans with Wikimedia Indonesia
and its future projects and outreach programs! We wish Wikimedia Indonesia
great success.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, 3:44 pm Biyanto Rebin, 
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> Dear all,
>
> I would like to inform you that Wikimedia Indonesia has been
> successfully holding annual general meetings in a hybrid event. On 19
> February, our AGM elected a new Chair of the Board of Executive, @Rachmat
> Wahidi . Rachmat has been involved in
> Wikimedia Indonesia since 2014. He has been a very useful and kind-hearted
> person for all of us in Wikimedia Indonesia.
>
> Beside the new chair, we elected the new board of trustees as well.
> * Ichsan Mochtar,
> * Annisa Ayu Maharani,
> * Andri Humardhani,
> * Hendra Prastiawan, and
> * Fachria Marasabessy. (re-elected)
>
> Thanks to our previous Board of Executives (Ivonne Kristiani, Hillun
> Vilayl Napis, Thirza Ria Vandari, Djohan Hasibuan) and Board of Trustees
> (Rinto Jio, Fachria Marassabessy, Fajarwati).
>
> We hope this new change can bring a more hopeful future for WMID.
> I will still be around Wikimedia Indonesia until June 2020, to make sure
> the transition is going smoothly. :)
>
> For Affiliates and Chairperson mailinglist's admin, please help to remove
> me and add Rachmat for future communication.
>
> Best,
> Biyanto Rebin
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[Wikimedia-l] Strategic Wikimedia Network Meeting - you are invited!

2022-02-25 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Fellow Wikimedians,

You are all cordially invited to this month's SWAN meeting on February 27
at 3:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific & Americas) and 18:00 UTC (Europe, Africa, Middle
East & Americas). The meeting link is on the meta wiki page.

Agenda
· Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines/Voter information
· Hubs/Dialogue
· Movement Charter
· Brand
· WikiForHumanRights campaign
· International Women's Day / March gender gap campaigns

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network



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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Selena Deckelmann joins as Chief Product & Technology Officer

2022-06-14 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Selena,

Welcome to the Wikimedia movement! We hope you spend time for us and hear
our suggestions to improve the Wikimedia products and technical services.


Kind regards

Butch
ESEAP



On Tue, 14 Jun 2022, 1:24 am Selena Deckelmann, 
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I’m so excited to join you all, and I am grateful to Maryana and the many
> people I’ve met on my journey to today’s announcement. Thank you for this
> opportunity to introduce myself!
>
> My grandfather was a TV repairman and I grew up watching him tinker and
> fix things, but college was when I decided to explore electronics and
> computers. I started college thinking that I would play jazz violin and
> maybe get a chemistry degree! A year later, I’d learned about the Internet
> which resulted in skipping classes to install Linux from floppy disks, and
> landing a job at a help desk.
>
> My first programming language was TI-Basic
> , and my second was C++. I spent
> many years with Perl (I’ve had dreams in Perl!), SQL
> 
> and later Python, and I’ve dabbled with wikis, including Federated Wiki and
> MediaWiki. I admire Ursula Franklin
>  and love her book The
> Real World of Technology.
>
> As I explored computers back in college, I felt compelled to share. The
> experience didn’t feel complete if I was alone. I vividly remember the
> people I connected with – who mentored me, who I wrote software with and
> who just listened. My love for the internet, its freedoms and
> connectedness, came from discovering a world of knowledge freely shared
> beyond anything I had imagined before.
>
> During my interviews with Wikimedia, I felt that strong connection again.
> I heard each person share their reasons for joining this movement and their
> hopes for its future – often in the form of very challenging questions!
>
> In the last few years, I’ve worked on problems at the intersection of
> Mozilla’s mission to help create an internet for the benefit of
> individuals, and its business. Very recently, this work resulted in
> shipping Total Cookie Protection, making several major changes to the UX of
> Firefox and launching a small advertising business called Firefox Suggest,
> designed with lean data practices from the start. I loved doing this work
> because of the difficulty of it, how intensely those involved had to work
> to understand one another and the communities they served, and that my
> pragmatic optimism had a part to play in getting things shipped.
>
> I also reflected on this moment in my own life: I grew up in Montana
> , where I attended public school.
> I love talking about, reading about
> 
> and sometimes doing weightlifting. I’m hapa
> , and I met the Chinese part of my
> family as an adult. I think privacy and freedom
>  are
> intimately connected, and that exercising freedoms is a good way to keep
> them. I’m married to a high school teacher, and I have two kids who love to
> crash video meetings, including my interviews with the Wikimedia
> Foundation.
>
> All of that, together, is why I’m joining the Foundation. Wikipedia is the
> promise of collaboration on the internet and the movement for free
> knowledge made good on, in practice not in theory. I believe that Wikimedia
> projects have successfully demonstrated a model that produces trustworthy
> knowledge, and have created a home on the internet that the world
> profoundly trusts. I want to help make and ship things to advance free
> knowledge using the skills I have, while also continuing to learn from this
> ever expanding community of people all around the world.
>
> I plan to follow Maryana’s lead, and will start by meeting many people to
> really understand what we collectively need to create a global, equitable
> and inclusive future for free knowledge.
>
> Although I will  join officially in August, I would love to hear from
> anyone interested in sharing directly with me at sdeckelm...@wikimedia.org
> .
>
> -selena
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:09 AM Maryana Iskander 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> When I started in January, I  shared with you that one of my top
>> priorities
>> 
>> coming to the Wikimedia Foundation was to actively step in and support the
>> Foundation’s product and technology teams while we recruited executive
>> leadership of these mission critical functions with a new Chief Product and
>> Technology Officer.
>>
>> I am delighted to introduce you to Selena Deckelmann, who will be joining
>> the Wikimedia F

[Wikimedia-l] SWAN (Strategic Wikimedia Network) July 2022 Virtual Meeting

2022-06-26 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

Our next SWAN meeting will be on *3 July* at similar times.

03:00 UTC – 2022-06-05 (Asia-Pacific friendly time)

https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1656817200

18:00 UTC – 2022-06-05 (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)

https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1656871200


You may add your names in the list. This virtual meeting is open to all
living species that understand Wikimedia! You may share this to other
Wikimedians! Meeting link and agenda is also on the page below.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network

Here are our etherpad notes:

   - https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SWAN_2022_07_meeting_1
   - https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SWAN_2022_07_meeting_2


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: SWAN (Strategic Wikimedia Network) July 2022 Virtual Meeting

2022-06-27 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

Our next SWAN meeting will be on *3 July* at similar times.

03:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly time)

Time zone conversion: https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1656817200

18:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)

Time zone conversion: https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1656871200


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Wikimedians! Meeting link and agenda is also on the page below.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network

Here are our etherpad notes:

   - https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SWAN_2022_07_meeting_1
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Goodbye and see you around

2022-06-29 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Biyanto,

Thank you for your great service to the Wikimedia Movement and to the ESEAP
community.

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors including earning a
degree in Sweden.

We are in touch with the new leadership in Wikimedia Indonesia and we are
happy with the outcome of your transition.

I hope you enjoy your stay in Sweden and hope you visit the Swedish
community in their social gatherings.

We wish you all the best!


Kind regards,

Butch


On Wed, 29 Jun 2022, 8:02 pm Nicole Ebber, 
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> Dear Biyanto,
>
> It's been such a joy working, talking, and laughing with you over the
> years, and of course especially exciting during our times with
> Movement Strategy. Thank you for all the hard work and energy you
> dedicated to WMID and to us all as a movement.
>
> I am glad that you could spend some months after your announcement on
> leaving WMID on a smooth transition. And I hope that our paths will
> cross again.
>
> All the best for your future endeavors!
> Nicole
>
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 at 12:00, Biyanto Rebin
>  wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Tomorrow is my last day working at Wikimedia Indonesia. Goodbye is a
> thing that we should celebrate. I am very grateful to have a wonderful
> chance to collaborate with my local community, local organisation, and
> international community also various chapters and affiliates. I will
> continue my volunteering activity while enjoying my next journey as a
> master student in Digital Humanities in Uppsala University, Sweden.
> >
> > In the last 3 months, I have been doing collaboration work with Rachmat
> Wahidi, our new Chair of the Board of Executive with his new teams. I am
> sure WMID will achieve more in the future under his leadership with a more
> diverse team, lots of local communities, strong grass root movement and
> continuous support from the local community members, and our presence in
> the ESEAP community makes us one of the biggest communities in the region.
> >
> > You can always contact me via my personal email (biyanto.i...@gmail.com
> ).
> >
> > From one of the sunniest cities in the Southern Hemisphere, Jakarta.
> >
> > Best,
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2022 on November 18-20 in Sydney, Australia

2022-07-11 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

I am delighted to announce that the Wikimedia East, South East Asia and the
Pacific also known as* ESEAP* will be having an in-person conference in
Sydney, Australia on November 18-20.

The goals for the conference are:

   - *Strategic discussions:* ESEAP Hub governance, process of moving from
   an informal group to more formal structure aligned with the Hubs/Minimum
   Criteria for Pilots
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Minimum_Criteria_for_Pilots>
   - *Partnership, Tools & Skills*: Outreach and community collaboration
   support networks; building a network of skill sets so that communities in
   the region can provide extra outreach support and collaboration across the
   region; and
   - *Leadership development* through building networks that encourage* new
   and wider diversity *of participants to enable future growth

For more information, please visit https://w.wiki/5RVH or at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022.

Scholarship application is ongoing. You may go to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022/Attend to know
more. Deadline for scholarship application is on* 24 July* (Sunday) at
12:00 UTC.

We also call for volunteers to the following committees:

   - Scholarship committee
   - Program submissions review committee
   - Communications committee
   - Onsite & technical volunteers

For inquiries, please reach us at  eseap.conf[image: @]wikimedia.org.au.

Thank you!


-- 
Kind Regards,

Butch Bustria
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Affiliations Committee's standing on hubs and its role in the process

2022-07-17 Thread Butch Bustria

*"Hubs, in their structure, can be seen as a variety of affiliates who
are gathering together to create something new. "*

The definition, scope, metes and bounds of *hubs* will be determined by an
independent body, such as MCDC and codified by a document such as an MC
that is agreed upon through the global community.

When our Roles & Responsibilities WG deliberate on this we intend the hub
function as the word itself, a hub. Never thought to agree with of your
interpretation.


Kind regards,

Butch




On Sun, 17 Jul 2022, 7:43 pm Wojciech Pędzich,  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> AffCom’s response here is to a specific Hub pilot project, not necessarily
> the long-term future of Hubs, and hence the initial statement published on
> July 11. AffCom is comprised of a body of volunteers from across the
> Movement who have joined the Committee from various projects and who have a
> wide range of experience across opportunities and challenges when Wikimedia
> groups gather and formalize.
>
> We do not see the situation in which Hubs are emerging as any threat to
> the communities that already exist.  Hubs, in their structure, can be seen
> as a variety of affiliates who are gathering together to create something
> new. In this manner,  AffCom is definitely in a position to help Hubs grow
> and prosper. While structures similar to the current discussion on Hubs
> have previously existed, there is an advantage in having Hubs work
> officially as structures similar to Affiliates, and this is where the word
> “pilot” comes in. This is intended to indicate the beginning of having Hubs
> as established structures with the current infrastructure of communities
> that already exists.
>
> Kind regards
> Wojciech, on behalf of AffCom
> W dniu 12.07.2022 o 11:13, Gnangarra pisze:
>
> As hubs are not replacing the relationship between affiliates and affcom,
> hubs purpose is to serve its community across multiple countries.  I can
> see the value in Affcom sharing some of its experiences but I caution
> against the building of deeper power structures that widen the gap between
> individual contributors, the BOT, and the WMF.   That gap will get even
> wider once the global council is put in place, there are already
> significant communication problems, made worse by the lack of project
> experience within the WMF staff, its contractors, and the BOT
>
> For many years these hubs have successfully existed outside Affcom
> control, I think there should be greater respect shown to hubs for that
> work treating hubs as pilots is itself disrespectful. Outside of Europe
> where EU law allows cross border responsibility, hubs governance structures
> face considerable legal hurdles from insurance to individuals being
> required to make themselves subject to the laws of another jurisdiction to
> hold a position of responsibility.
>
> 
>
>> This discussion should be naturally a discussion done by the community
>> and not by the Affcom itself, naturally, like it's happening for the whole
>> strategy.
>
> I wholeheartedly support this point, these discussions need to run
> independent Affcom.
>
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 at 16:34, Philip Kopetzky 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Wojciech,
>>
>> thanks for this statement, it will definitely be helpful to have AffCom's
>> insights into the current affiliates network when talking about hubs. While
>> approval by the WMF BoT is one option, wouldn't that require a hub to be a
>> formal organisation? Otherwise the BoT would be involved in micro-managing
>> project grants that are funding some of the hub pilots.
>>
>> It would also be helpful to design the process in a way that has the
>> Global Council in mind where in its absence the WMF BoT acts in its
>> absence, to make clear that this is only a temporary solution because of
>> how slow progress on the movement charter has been in the last two years.
>>
>> Best,
>> Philip
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 20:54, Wojciech Pędzich 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> During the strategic meeting of the Affiliations Committee (AffCom) in
>>> Paris on June 24-26, members discussed how AffCom may be able to support
>>> the movement in relation to the upcoming Hubs pilot process. We reviewed
>>> two issues – whether it was within AffCom’s remit to contribute to the
>>> Hub pilot process and if so, what our involvement might look like.
>>>
>>> AffCom has, since its inception in 2004, worked directly with all
>>> Affiliates across the movement, i.e.: User Groups, Chapters, and
>>> Thematic Organizations. Our role, as it has evolved, is to support these
>>> different entities as they come into being and then as they grow, ensure
>>> that they integrate best practices and with a view to long-term
>>> sustainability. This has provided AffCom with both a broad overview, as
>>> well as a deep understanding, of the various challenges faced by
>>> affiliates across a range of circumstances that include socio-cultural
>>> issues and affiliate-based conflicts. Hubs are intended to function as
>>> fo

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2022 on November 18-20 in Sydney, Australia

2022-07-18 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

This is a kind reminder that application for conference scholarship is only
until this *Sunday, 24th July* at 12:00 UTC.

To apply for scholarship & other relevant information, please visit

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022/Attend

For conference inquiries, please email eseap.c...@wikimedia.org

Thank you.


Kind regards,

Butch

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022, 3:48 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> I am delighted to announce that the Wikimedia East, South East Asia and
> the Pacific also known as* ESEAP* will be having an in-person conference
> in Sydney, Australia on November 18-20.
>
> The goals for the conference are:
>
>- *Strategic discussions:* ESEAP Hub governance, process of moving
>from an informal group to more formal structure aligned with the 
> Hubs/Minimum
>Criteria for Pilots
><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Minimum_Criteria_for_Pilots>
>- *Partnership, Tools & Skills*: Outreach and community collaboration
>support networks; building a network of skill sets so that communities in
>the region can provide extra outreach support and collaboration across the
>region; and
>- *Leadership development* through building networks that encourage*
>new and wider diversity *of participants to enable future growth
>
> For more information, please visit https://w.wiki/5RVH or at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022.
>
> Scholarship application is ongoing. You may go to
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022/Attend to know
> more. Deadline for scholarship application is on* 24 July* (Sunday) at
> 12:00 UTC.
>
> We also call for volunteers to the following committees:
>
>- Scholarship committee
>- Program submissions review committee
>- Communications committee
>- Onsite & technical volunteers
>
> For inquiries, please reach us at  eseap.conf[image: @]wikimedia.org.au.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
> in behalf of ESEAP
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2022 on November 18-20 in Sydney, Australia

2022-07-18 Thread Butch Bustria

correction : eseap.c...@wikimedia.org.au

On Mon, 18 Jul 2022, 7:43 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> This is a kind reminder that application for conference scholarship is
> only until this *Sunday, 24th July* at 12:00 UTC.
>
> To apply for scholarship & other relevant information, please visit
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022/Attend
>
> For conference inquiries, please email eseap.c...@wikimedia.org
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch
>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022, 3:48 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:
>
>> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>>
>> I am delighted to announce that the Wikimedia East, South East Asia and
>> the Pacific also known as* ESEAP* will be having an in-person conference
>> in Sydney, Australia on November 18-20.
>>
>> The goals for the conference are:
>>
>>- *Strategic discussions:* ESEAP Hub governance, process of moving
>>from an informal group to more formal structure aligned with the 
>> Hubs/Minimum
>>Criteria for Pilots
>><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Minimum_Criteria_for_Pilots>
>>- *Partnership, Tools & Skills*: Outreach and community collaboration
>>support networks; building a network of skill sets so that communities in
>>the region can provide extra outreach support and collaboration across the
>>region; and
>>- *Leadership development* through building networks that encourage*
>>new and wider diversity *of participants to enable future growth
>>
>> For more information, please visit https://w.wiki/5RVH or at
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022.
>>
>> Scholarship application is ongoing. You may go to
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022/Attend to know
>> more. Deadline for scholarship application is on* 24 July* (Sunday) at
>> 12:00 UTC.
>>
>> We also call for volunteers to the following committees:
>>
>>- Scholarship committee
>>- Program submissions review committee
>>- Communications committee
>>- Onsite & technical volunteers
>>
>> For inquiries, please reach us at  eseap.conf[image: @]wikimedia.org.au.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Butch Bustria
>> in behalf of ESEAP
>>
>>
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Call for Volunteers : Wikimania 2023

2022-09-12 Thread Butch Bustria

Fellow Wikimedians,

We are delighted to announce the formation of the Core Organizing Team
(COT) for Wikimania 2023.

We are also calling for volunteers to be a member of its sub-committees
such as Scholarship, Programming, Trust&Safety, Multimedia/virtual
environment.

Go to the meta wiki link below for details.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023

Note: Please be explicit on the committee you prefer to join. We will first
reach out to those who had indicated a committee they like to join.

Do ensure that your user account preferences on meta wiki have your email
address enabled so that organizers would reach back to you for the result
of your submitted expression of interest.

Thank you.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 COT
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Call for Volunteers : Wikimania 2023

2022-09-13 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

Volunteer sign up is on the meta-wiki page below.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023

We wish to highlight again for those signing up on meta-wiki to please be
specific the sub-committee / areas of assistance you wish to join.

We may skip the ones who did not indicate or specify a sub-committee /
areas of assistance.


Kind regards,
Butch Bustria


On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, 2:14 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> We are delighted to announce the formation of the Core Organizing Team
> (COT) for Wikimania 2023.
>
> We are also calling for volunteers to be a member of its sub-committees
> such as Scholarship, Programming, Trust&Safety, Multimedia/virtual
> environment.
>
> Go to the meta wiki link below for details.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023
>
> Note: Please be explicit on the committee you prefer to join. We will
> first reach out to those who had indicated a committee they like to join.
>
> Do ensure that your user account preferences on meta wiki have your email
> address enabled so that organizers would reach back to you for the result
> of your submitted expression of interest.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
> On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 COT
>
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Call for Volunteers : Wikimania 2023

2022-09-16 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

We would like to express our deep appreciation for your kind interest to
volunteer for the in-person/ hybrid Wikimania 2023.

Should any of your colleagues who had not read this call for participation,
we encourage you to share this information with them and sign up at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023 .

We will be closing this call for expression of interest to join
sub-committees on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 at 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵 UTC-12
/ AoE. We may reopen the call in the future *when the need arises.*

Take the chance to join in this wonderful opportunity.

Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team



On Wed, 14 Sep 2022, 9:19 am Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> Volunteer sign up is on the meta-wiki page below.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023
>
> We wish to highlight again for those signing up on meta-wiki to please be
> specific the sub-committee / areas of assistance you wish to join.
>
> We may skip the ones who did not indicate or specify a sub-committee /
> areas of assistance.
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Butch Bustria
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, 2:14 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:
>
>> Fellow Wikimedians,
>>
>> We are delighted to announce the formation of the Core Organizing Team
>> (COT) for Wikimania 2023.
>>
>> We are also calling for volunteers to be a member of its sub-committees
>> such as Scholarship, Programming, Trust&Safety, Multimedia/virtual
>> environment.
>>
>> Go to the meta wiki link below for details.
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023
>>
>> Note: Please be explicit on the committee you prefer to join. We will
>> first reach out to those who had indicated a committee they like to join.
>>
>> Do ensure that your user account preferences on meta wiki have your email
>> address enabled so that organizers would reach back to you for the result
>> of your submitted expression of interest.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Butch Bustria
>> On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 COT
>>
>>
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Call for Volunteers : Wikimania 2023 : Deadline / Final call tonight, 19 September

2022-09-19 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

This a kind reminder that the call closes tonight at 23:59 UTC-12/AoE.

We also need technical volunteers for the planning of the virtual component
of Wikimania including the selection of applications/products to use.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023


Kind regards,
Butch Bustria


On Fri, 16 Sep 2022, 6:10 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> We would like to express our deep appreciation for your kind interest to
> volunteer for the in-person/ hybrid Wikimania 2023.
>
> Should any of your colleagues who had not read this call for
> participation, we encourage you to share this information with them and
> sign up at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023 .
>
> We will be closing this call for expression of interest to join
> sub-committees on 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 at 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵 UTC-12
> / AoE. We may reopen the call in the future *when the need arises.*
>
> Take the chance to join in this wonderful opportunity.
>
> Kind regards,
> Butch Bustria
> On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
>
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2022, 9:19 am Butch Bustria,  wrote:
>
>> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>>
>> Volunteer sign up is on the meta-wiki page below.
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023
>>
>> We wish to highlight again for those signing up on meta-wiki to please be
>> specific the sub-committee / areas of assistance you wish to join.
>>
>> We may skip the ones who did not indicate or specify a sub-committee /
>> areas of assistance.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Butch Bustria
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, 2:14 pm Butch Bustria,  wrote:
>>
>>> Fellow Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> We are delighted to announce the formation of the Core Organizing Team
>>> (COT) for Wikimania 2023.
>>>
>>> We are also calling for volunteers to be a member of its sub-committees
>>> such as Scholarship, Programming, Trust&Safety, Multimedia/virtual
>>> environment.
>>>
>>> Go to the meta wiki link below for details.
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023
>>>
>>> Note: Please be explicit on the committee you prefer to join. We will
>>> first reach out to those who had indicated a committee they like to join.
>>>
>>> Do ensure that your user account preferences on meta wiki have your
>>> email address enabled so that organizers would reach back to you for the
>>> result of your submitted expression of interest.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Butch Bustria
>>> On behalf of the Wikimania 2023 COT
>>>
>>>
>>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Your ideas for Wikimania 2023!

2022-10-14 Thread Butch Bustria

Hey Folks,

We at ESEAP are at the brainstorming / planning stage of our first
in-person Wikimania in 4 years. The virtual conferencing and satellite
event setup also had increased your participation to our annual event.

We opened a Wikimania Wiki page to allow you, our valued participant to
share your ideas and wishes for the 18th edition of Wikimania.

These can be products/ software/ application to use, timelines, program
types and many others!

The wiki page is:

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Ideas

We will look to your ideas and see how it will come to life!


Kind regards

Butch Bustria
ESEAP Wikimania Core Organizing Team
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[Wikimedia-l] Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting this 13 November (Sunday)

2022-11-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi,

We have a Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting this 13
November 2022 (Sunday)

We have two meeting times to cater two major time zone blocks.

The two times are:


   - 02:00 UTC <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1668304800>, 2022-11-13
   (Asia-Pacific friendly time)
   - 16:00 UTC <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1668355200>, 2022-11-13
   (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)


The agenda are:
 · Wikimedia Research Fund
 · 2023 Ombuds commission and Case Review Committee appointments process
 · Feedback on consultation and community session of the Movement Charter
Drafting Committee
·  Wikimania
   · Ideas/ suggestions for Wikimania 2023
   · Expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and beyond
   · Expressions of interest to join Wikimania Steering Committee

For signup and meeting link, go to the SWAN page at Meta-wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network

Thanks.


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikidata] WikidataCon 2023 will be organized by Wikimedia Taiwan and Wikimedia Germany

2022-11-28 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

On behalf of the Wikimedia East, South East Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP), I
would like to congratulate Wikimedia Taiwan and the Wikidata community in
Taiwan for hosting WikidataCon 2023 with an online component.

I truly appreciate the Taiwanese community for allowing me on August 2018
to administer training on Wikidata and I am very much happy now that the
Wikidata community in Taiwan had bloomed, prospered and now co-leading an
event with Wikimedia DE.

We hope all the best for this upcoming event and the results it will
deliver to the emerging communities in the ESEAP region and of the world.


Kind regards,
Butch Bustria

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 10:30 PM Dennis Raylin Chen via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia Community members,
>
> (apologies for cross-posting - you can find this announcement in Mandarin
> below)
>
> Wikimedia Taiwan is excited to collaborate together!
>
>
> When Wikidata Taiwan
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan> became
> aware that Wikimedia Germany was seeking a partner for a co-organized 
> WikidataCon
> event in 2023,  there was intense enthusiasm within the community.
> Followed by several discussions with Wikimedia Germany, the Wikimedia
> Taiwan chapter and the representatives of the Taiwan Wikidata community
> confirmed their intent to collaborate. The preparations are all going quite
> well right now!
>
>
>
> Wikidata development in Taiwan only began in 2018 with more systematic
> goals and initiatives. Since then, OpenStreetMap x Wikidata organize
> monthly meetup by the Wikidata Taiwan community and the OpenStreetMap
> Taiwan community, as well as the Yearly Open Data Day, COSCUP community
> track
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2022>
> and other events, both have consistently promoted the growth of related
> editing and project development.  For instance, importing of data from a
> ground-level village dataset, various levels of school dataset, art dataset
> and exhibition information.  As a result, it has collaborated with other
> open-data communities, primarily GLAM and government agencies.  Other
> examples include the citizen open source groups' g0v-Hackathon and
> g0v-Summit events. In addition, collaboration with the Soil and Water
> Conservation Bureau to promote river dataset data governance issues. The
> community also holds the Wikidata Cross-Domain Forum
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Taiwan> at the end
> of October to celebrate Wikidata's birthday with the global Wikidata
> community.
>
>
> Wikimedia Taiwan is delighted to work with Wikimedia Germany to
> co-organize the 2023 WikidataCon with Asia as the focal point, while also
> following the footway of Wikimedia Movement user group in Brazil. We will
> continue the development of Wikidata in a variety of cultural contexts.
> Particularly in relation to Taiwan's issues of cross-disciplines and
> dialogue. As a result, we advocate for a more diverse and prosperous global
> Wikidata community.
>
> As Léa mentioned in her words, WikidataCon will host both online and
> on-site events the following year, as we want to maximize the capacity for
> participation. The on-site event will take place in Taipei. When the time
> comes, all Wikidata contributors and friendly organisations around Taiwan
> are welcome to join our events!
>
>
> Stay tuned for upcoming events!
>
>
> Dennis Chen for Wikimedia Taiwan
>
> Allen Wang for Wikidata Taiwan Community
>
>
>
> 各位維基社群朋友逐家好：
>
> 台灣維基媒體協會對此合作感到非常興奮！
>
> 當臺灣維基數據社群(Wikidata Taiwan)
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan>在首次獲知德國維基媒體協會尋求
> 2023 年 WikidataCon
> 的合作夥伴時，社群內部便抱持高度的興趣，後續在台灣維基媒體協會與臺灣維基數據社群代表經過幾次與德國維基媒體協會的意向討論後，確定了雙方合作的意願，目前所有準備工作也都順利的進行當中！
>
> 維基數據 (Wikidata) 在台灣的發展，大約始於 2018 年才有比較系統性的目標與措施，自此由 Wikidata Taiwan 社群與
> OpenStreetMap Taiwan 社群合辦的 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 月聚以及每年的 Open Data Day 
> 、COSCUP
> 社群軌
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2022>等活動，穩定的推動著相關編輯及專案的發展，像是匯入台灣基礎行政區的村里資料、各級學校資料，藝術資料與展覽資訊等。並逐漸地與台灣其他開放社群、GLAM、政府單位等合作，例如公民開源團體的
> g0v 大松或是 g0v Summit 活動，以及與水土保持局合作推動溪流資料的資料治理議題；逢年 10 月底，社群也自主性的舉辦「
> 維基數據跨領域論壇 
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Taiwan>」與全球的維基數據社群一同慶祝
> Wikidata 生日。
>
> 能承接在巴西維基媒體運動用戶組之後，與德國維基媒體協會共同籌劃 2023
> WikidataCon，並以亞洲作為核心，台灣維基媒體協會備感榮幸。我們將延續對於維基數據在不同文化脈絡下的發展，特別是在台灣我們所關心的跨領域交流與對話，倡議一個更加多元、共榮的全球維基數據社群。
>
> 誠如 Léa 在信中所言，明年的 WikidataCon
> 將同時舉辦線上與線下型式活動，我們希望將參與的形式盡可能擴及到最大程度。線下的主場也將在台北舉辦，屆時，如果您就在我們臨近的區域，非常歡迎所有維基數據貢獻者、友好單位的朋友們，一起來台灣現場共襄盛舉！
>
>
> 敬請各位持續關注接下來的活動資訊！
>
>
&

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Reminder – expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and 2025 (deadline December 16th)

2022-12-15 Thread Butch Bustria

Kind reminder to everyone. Deadline is today!



On Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 7:26 PM Iolanda Pensa  wrote:

> Dear all,
> Wikimania is an extraordinary event: consider hosting it!!
>
> By December 16th express your interest in hosting Wikimania in 2024, 2025
> and beyond
> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest
>
> You don’t need to have a venue secured or event logistics in place, that’s
> something we will work on together. At this point, we are primarily seeking
> your expression of interest. Hosting an international event with the size
> and magnitude of Wikimania – and now with added distributed and hybrid
> participation models – is complicated. With resources from the Foundation
> and guidance from the Wikimania Steering Committee, you will also have
> access to professional event organizers on the ground that can support this
> work. We also plan for an overlap with the current Wikimania 2023
> organizing team to build in plenty of time for learning and
> collaboration.
>
> Looking forward to discuss with you new locations for our future Wikimanias
>
> Best regards,
> Iolanda, on behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee#Members
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Reminder – expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and 2025 (deadline December 16th)

2023-01-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone!

Deadline for submitting expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024, 2025 is
today, Sunday, 8 January. This is already an extended deadline.

For those who submitted already, please finalise the content of your
expression of interest. Incomplete/lack of content and single person
submission will be eliminated from the initial selection process.

Wiki page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest

Submissions:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2024_expressions_of_interest

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2025_expressions_of_interest


Kind regards,

Butch
On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 5:58 AM phoebe ayers  wrote:

>   Dear all,
> An update to Iolanda's message below - we have decided to keep the process
> open for a couple more weeks to give some extra time to put in new
> expressions of interest and also to work on and fill out the ones that have
> been submitted so far. Thanks to everyone who has submitted!
>
> The new deadline is January 8th - and the Wikimania steering committee
> will deliberate after that. Remember that you can express your interest in
> hosting the conference in 2024 and beyond.
>
> Don't forget to write about:
> - your team! do you have an existing group of Wikimedians who have worked
> on events? Would you like to use the event to recruit new Wikimedians to
> your group? Do you have a regional collaboration?
> - Your vision and goal for the conference. Why do you want Wikimania to be
> held in your area?
>
> As Iolanda wrote - you don't need to have a venue or logistics. But if you
> have ideas (are there particular places you can imagine, or many options?
> Places similarly sized conferences have been?) then tell us about them!
>
> Please let the steering committee know if you have any questions.
>
> best,
> Phoebe
>
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 6:25 AM Iolanda Pensa  wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> Wikimania is an extraordinary event: consider hosting it!!
>>
>> By December 16th express your interest in hosting Wikimania in 2024, 2025
>> and beyond
>> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest
>>
>> You don’t need to have a venue secured or event logistics in place,
>> that’s something we will work on together. At this point, we are primarily
>> seeking your expression of interest. Hosting an international event with
>> the size and magnitude of Wikimania – and now with added distributed and
>> hybrid participation models – is complicated. With resources from the
>> Foundation and guidance from the Wikimania Steering Committee, you will
>> also have access to professional event organizers on the ground that can
>> support this work. We also plan for an overlap with the current Wikimania
>> 2023 organizing team to build in plenty of time for learning and
>> collaboration.
>>
>> Looking forward to discuss with you new locations for our future
>> Wikimanias
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Iolanda, on behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee#Members
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2023 Wiki: CALL FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS

2023-01-13 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

We appreciate your time or any of your community members to translate our
Wikimania wiki pages in your local languages.

The scholarship application process is now ongoing until Sunday, 5 February
at 23:59 AoE

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships/Travel_Scholarship_application

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships/FAQ

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships/Samples

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania


Thanks!


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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2023 Travel Scholarship Application reminder

2023-01-16 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

We wish to encourage everyone you to draft your answers to the scholarship
application questions stated at
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarship_Questions first on a
notepad before submitting your application on the limesurvey (scholarship
application form).

The answers submitted on the limesurvey are considered final and cannot be
edited. We also discourage applicants doing a duplicate submission.

Deadline for application submission is on 5 February, 2023 (Sunday) at
23:59 AoE (UTC-12).



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
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[Wikimedia-l] Inquiries on Wikimania & Wikimania Scholarships

2023-01-19 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi My Fellow Wikimedians,

Let us meet on Saturday, January 21 to answer your questions about
Wikimania and Wikimania scholarships! See you at 12.00 UTC & 21.00 UTC on
our Meet the Team Office Hours!

The meeting links & timezone conversion here:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Scholarships/FAQ#I_have_more_questions_and_they_are_not_in_this_FAQ

See you there!


Kind regards,
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[Wikimedia-l] Meet the Wikimania 2023 Organizers and Program Subcommittee, Call for Program Submissions

2023-03-09 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

If you have any questions or suggestions please join us at an upcoming
conversation on March 12 or 19, or reach out by email at
wikima...@wikimedia.org or on Telegram (https://t.me/wikimaniachat) .

Sunday, March 12 at 09:00 UTC
<https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1678611600>
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/zqq-ojgn-ccp

Sunday, March 19 at 00:00 UTC
<https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679184000>
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/fit-vxck-nmk

Sunday, March 19 at 14:00 UTC
<https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679234400>
Meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/Wikimania2023_Office_Hour


Do you want to host an in-person or virtual session at Wikimania 2023?
Maybe a hands-on workshop, a lively discussion, a fun performance, a catchy
poster, or a memorable lightning talk? Submissions are open until March 28.

For details about the program submission process, you can go to
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions

Reviewing the questions and preparing your answers before submitting them
would be helpful.
Go to https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Form_Questions to
know more.

For frequently asked questions, go to
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/FAQ

We have suggested 11 program tracks to organize and review the submissions
later. Please choose the track that applies best to your session.

   - Community Initiatives
   - Education
   - Equity, Inclusion, and Community Health
   - ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region
   - GLAM, Heritage, and Culture
   - Governance
   - Legal, Advocacy, and Risks
   - Open Data
   - Research, Science, and Medicine
   - Technology
   - Wild Ideas

We appreciate your time and effort in filling your program proposals and
together we want make it happen in Wikimania this August!

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Chair, Wikimania 2023 Program Subcommittee
Event Lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team


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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2023 program submission reminder and where to see the submitted entries

2023-03-17 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

There are only 11 days left to submit your program idea
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions> for
Wikimania 2023. Whether in person in Singapore or online wherever you are,
pre-recorded or live, an interactive workshop, panel discussion, lecture,
lightning talk or an awesome poster, submissions close *Tuesday, March 28.*

Take a look at more than 90 submissions (
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_Program_submissions)
already received, perhaps you’ll discover an opportunity to collaborate
with a fellow Wikimedian. If you have any questions, we’d be happy to
answer them at our upcoming conversation hour this *Sunday March 19* at
00:00 <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679184000> and 14:00
<https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679234400> UTC. You can also reach out
to us on the help page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Help_desk>,
our official email address *wikima...@wikimedia.org
* or on Telegram (https://t.me/wikimaniachat) .
All the information you need is available on wiki
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/FAQ>. Making a
submission is easy and we encourage each of you to create one … if you
haven’t already.

The theme for this year's Wikimania is *Diversity, Collaboration, Future*,
and there are 11 tracks
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions#Tracks> to
choose from: familiar ones like Community Initiatives, Governance, GLAM, or
Technology; and new ones like Open Data and Wild Ideas.


Looking forward to reading yours. To submit a program proposal, go to *this
link.* <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions>


--
Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
On behalf of the  ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team and the
Programming Subcommittee


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania 2023 program submission reminder and where to see the submitted entries

2023-03-18 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi All,

We are starting office hour (00:00 UTC) at
https://meet.google.com/fit-vxck-nmk

Our next office hour is also today, 19 March (Sunday) at 14:00 UTC :
https://meet.jit.si/Wikimania2023_Office_Hour

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On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:19 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> There are only 11 days left to submit your program idea
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions> for
> Wikimania 2023. Whether in person in Singapore or online wherever you are,
> pre-recorded or live, an interactive workshop, panel discussion, lecture,
> lightning talk or an awesome poster, submissions close *Tuesday, March
> 28.*
>
> Take a look at more than 90 submissions (
> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_Program_submissions)
> already received, perhaps you’ll discover an opportunity to collaborate
> with a fellow Wikimedian. If you have any questions, we’d be happy to
> answer them at our upcoming conversation hour this *Sunday March 19* at
> 00:00 <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679184000> and 14:00
> <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1679234400> UTC. You can also reach
> out to us on the help page
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Help_desk>, our official email
> address *wikima...@wikimedia.org * or on
> Telegram (https://t.me/wikimaniachat) . All the information you need is
> available on wiki <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/FAQ>.
> Making a submission is easy and we encourage each of you to create one … if
> you haven’t already.
>
> The theme for this year's Wikimania is *Diversity, Collaboration, Future*,
> and there are 11 tracks
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions#Tracks> to
> choose from: familiar ones like Community Initiatives, Governance, GLAM, or
> Technology; and new ones like Open Data and Wild Ideas.
>
>
> Looking forward to reading yours. To submit a program proposal, go to *this
> link.* <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions>
>
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> *Butch Bustria*
> On behalf of the  ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team and the
> Programming Subcommittee
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in …

2023-03-20 Thread Butch Bustria

Hello Everyone,

On behalf of the ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team, we are
delighted on the announcement of the host of Wikimania 2024. We are here on
assistance to the Wikimedians of the CEE (Central and Eastern European
region) for their learning and technical needs.

ESEAP was at the early stages of planning on October 2019 already thinking
on making the conference hybrid, making it inclusive to those who cant
travel to our conference venue due to varying reasons from visa concerns,
anxiety of personally meeting strange people to sustainable development
advocacy. The pandemic that started in early 2020 strengthen our resolve on
the importance of remote participation.

We also value importance of in-person gathering as direct social
interaction has meaningful effect to many Wikimedians. That is why planning
for 2023 is somewhat of a challenge though we desire to be true to our
theme: Diversity, Collaboration, Future. We honor the diverse options of
Wikimedians whether they wish to physically come and personally meet the
Wikimedians that inspired them, virtually participate, share the Wikimania
spirit to their community though a regional satellite event, or simply
pre-record their presentation as a pragmatic approach.

We all expect the Wikimedians of CEE will craft the conference theme for
2024 as this serves as a foundation or anchor on how the program selection,
scholarship selection and other aspects of planning would look like.

We are looking forward to finally hand over the flag to the next host on
August 19. We have been waiting for this for four years, and it is not easy
to me to present at the Wikimania closing ceremony three times! 😂

Kind regards,
*Butch Bustria*

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 11:38 PM Wikipedysta Nadzik <
pl.wikipedia.nad...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On behalf of the 2024 Core Organizing Team, I would like to thank the
> Wikimania Steering Committee for their trust and cooperation during this
> process.
>
> Our team is thrilled to have been chosen to host Wikimania in 2024. We are
> committed to creating an outstanding event that will leave a lasting impact
> on the Wikimedia Movement. With its rich history, culture, and
> technological innovation, Cracow will be the perfect location for this
> gathering of Wikimedians from around the world.
>
> We want to thank the community members and organizations that supported
> our team during these past weeks and months. Special thanks go to the
> Wikimedia CEE Hub and Wikimedia Poland for their expressions of support for
> our proposal and declarations of help as needed.
>
> Over the next few months, together with the 2023 Core Organizing Team and
> the Wikimedia Foundation staff, we will learn from this year’s process and
> begin preparations for 2024.
>
> We look forward to seeing you in Central and Eastern Europe next summer!
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
> User:Nadzik <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nadzik>
>
> pon., 20 mar 2023 o 16:33 phoebe ayers  napisał(a):
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>> I am very excited to share that Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in the city
>> of Kraków in Poland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w>! [1]
>> Kraków had a strong submission
>> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest/Central_Eastern_Europe,_Poland,_Cracow>
>> with a collaborative design and an experienced, enthusiastic team
>> supporting it [2]. At the crossroads of history, culture, and technology,
>> we are confident that the impact of Wikimania will be great for our
>> projects, the movement in general, and especially, local communities in the
>> Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Read more on Diff
>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/20/announcing-the-host-of-wikimania-in-2024/>
>> [3].
>>
>> Bringing our movement’s beloved event to life is not simple and we took
>> many criteria into consideration. We were grateful for the expressions
>> of interest
>> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2024_expressions_of_interest>
>> received for hosting Wikimania in 2024, 2025, and beyond [4]. Announcing
>> host cities this far in advance is a new approach
>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/27/wikimania-welcoming-expressions-of-interest-for-2024/>
>> to organizing Wikimania we are exploring [5]. In addition to the support we
>> provide as the stewards of Wikimania
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee>, together with the
>> Foundation’s Movement Communications team
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications>,
>> we see great value in facilitating more time for organizers so they can
>> learn from each oth

[Wikimedia-l] Central Notice language translation request for Wikimania 2023

2023-03-22 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

If your language on this list still shows 0% or less than 100% translated,
we appreciate if you take time to translate to your language urgently as
central notice will only run until end of *March 28*. Just click on your
language and edit accordingly. It will be short language translations only.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats?group=Centralnotice-tgroup-wm2023cfpbanner&language=en&messages=&x=D#sortable:6=desc


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Butch Bustria
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[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Tuesday, March 28 is the final date of submission of program proposal for Wikimania 2023

2023-03-27 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

Today, Tuesday, March 28 is the final date of program proposal submission
for Wikimania 2023.

We are elated to receive more than 300 program proposal submissions for
Wikimania 2023.

This is not just for onsite in Singapore. Please consider submitting a
poster session proposal or a pre-recorded video session format. We love to
see your proposals under these session formats as well!

To submit one, just click the blue button at
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
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[Wikimedia-l] Program submissions closed - Wikimania 2023

2023-03-29 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

Thanks you very much for your kind interest in submitting program
proposals. Program submissions officially closed at 29 March 2023 at 13:59
UTC.

We received 594 program submissions and we will remove the spam submissions
accordingly. Program subcommittee *may* announce soon another round of
submissions on poster sessions (depending on the result of the first batch
of poster proposals) and details of the Hackathon in Wikimania 2023.

Please take opportunity to refine and edit your program submissions on
Pretalx.com. The jurors will start screening your applications in April.
Don't take risk of editing it within the month April as you don't know if
your submission is already scored before your refinements/ edits.

Please check the program submissions wiki page and FAQ on what qualities we
are looking for a program content in Wikimania 2023 and the next steps.

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/FAQ

If you are interested on knowing the submitted program proposals, go to
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_Program_submissions_by_tracks

Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Event lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Chair, Program Subcommittee

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Deror Lin passed away

2023-05-07 Thread Butch Bustria

Meeting Deror for a short period felt that I already met him for a long
time.

His legacy shines forever and we are truly greatful for his works!


Butch

On Sun, May 7, 2023, 10:09 PM Michal Matúšov 
wrote:

> What sad news. Deepest condolences to Deror's family, friends, HEWP,
> Wikimedia Israel and the world 😥
> KuboF Hromoslav (Michal Matúšov)
>
>
> so 6. 5. 2023 o 12:59 itzik Edri  napísal(a):
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I'm sorry to update that our friend and colleague Deror Lin
>> (user:Deror_Avi) passed away this morning.
>>
>> Deror was a truly Wikimedian in blood who poured his heart and soul into
>> the movement in many ways, even in his final days. He joined Wikipedia in
>> 2004 and was one of the founders of Wikimedia Israel. For over 16 years, he
>> served as an active board member.
>>
>> He was the driving force behind Wikimania 2011 in Haifa and a key member
>> of the Wikimania committee ever since. He led countless programs and
>> projects, both locally and internationally, including conferences, WLM
>> competitions, educational programs, photo and editing contests, and many
>> others.
>>
>> More than that, he wrote over 8,600 articles on HEWP (comprising more
>> than 2% of it!), making him the number one article writer in HEWP,
>> alongside more than 37,000 contributions to Commons.
>>
>> For his huge contribution and love for the movement, he was honored last
>> year as the Wikipedia Laureate of 2022.
>>
>> Deror, you were not just a colleague but a true friend. We worked
>> together on many projects, events, and initiatives over the years. No
>> matter the situation, you always had a smile and shining eyes with your
>> love for Wikipedia.
>>
>> *On behalf of Wikimedia Israel, I extend our deepest condolences to
>> Deror's family and friends. You will always be remembered, Deror.*
>> *ברוך דיין האמת. Baruch dayan ha-emet*
>>
>>
>> Itzik.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Announcement] Establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group

2023-05-24 Thread Butch Bustria

Dear Aishik,

Kindly consult with Wikimedia Affiliations Committee (AFFCOM). Please
perform a valid case study before engaging to this.

There is also the Wikimedia Regional Hubs being discussed within the
Movement Strategy. ESEAP is one of them.

Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Coordinator
East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific



On Thu, May 25, 2023, 11:59 AM Aishik Rehman  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We are excited to announce the establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia
> Pacific User Group. Our goal is to preserve endangered languages, cultures,
> folklore, and traditional knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region through
> Wikimedia projects.
>
> We are dedicated to fostering regional connections and supporting local
> Wikimedia communities across Asia and the Asia-Pacific. Through
> collaboration, advocacy, and knowledge-sharing, we aim to empower these
> communities to effectively serve their regions and promote the values of
> free knowledge, open access, and community engagement.
>
> We invite you to join us in our mission. For more information about our
> user group, please visit our Meta-Wiki page *¹*.
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Aishik Rehman
> Volunteer, Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group
>
> ¹: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WAP
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Announcement] Establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group

2023-05-25 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Aishik,

I understand your intent but I believe you should consider the practicality
of choosing a group name. I suggest you establish a clear network first and
build trust of your intended target.

We all wish the general public to have a simple understanding of how our
Wikimedia community is structured. Creating a supergroup that overlaps to 3
regional hubs creates confusion not just to our existing community members
we try to entice as well as institutions, partners, agencies and most of
all our general public.

ESEAP is hosting Wikimania 2023 and we do not put all our advocacy,
sacrifices, meetings, lengthy discussions over 9 years, and hard work in
making a cohesive regional community to waste because people starting to
doubt and get confused on a misleading community structure you are building.

I encourage you to seriously do a practical feasibility study and research
if you have technical, human resource capacity on going to this path.
Rather than creating collaboration, this creates tension.

Moreover, "WAP" is also used by *W*iki *A*dvocates *P*hilippines.

I know your intention is noble but please, don't cross the line. Don't
create conflict.


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Wikimedia East, South East Asia and the Pacific


On Thu, May 25, 2023, 10:33 PM Aishik Rehman  wrote:

> Dear Bodhisattwa and Butch Bustria,
>
> Thank you for your responses and expressing your concerns regarding the
> establishment of WAP User Group. I appreciate your input and would like to
> provide further clarification on the matter.
>
> Firstly, I want to emphasize that we have acknowledged the significance of
> engaging with the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee (AffCom) and have
> initiated contact with them to seek guidance and ensure that we align with
> established processes and protocols. We understand the importance of
> following the correct procedures and conducting thorough evaluations.
>
> It is crucial to note that at this stage, our user group has not been
> officially recognized by AffCom. We are currently in the initial stages of
> establishing our presence and are actively seeking guidance and support
> from relevant committees to ensure a collaborative and harmonious approach
> within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
>
> We recognize the existing user groups and chapters operating in Asian
> countries and understand the need for coordination, consensus, and
> collaboration with them. Our aim is to complement and work alongside these
> affiliations, rather than duplicate or create conflicts. We are committed
> to fostering positive relationships and avoiding any misunderstandings or
> overlaps.
>
> To provide clarity and transparency, we have shared relevant links to our
> project page on Meta-Wiki, which outlines our goals, mission, and
> activities as a potential user group. It is essential to note that the
> project page serves as a platform to present our intentions and engage in
> constructive discussions with the community. We are committed to addressing
> any concerns and ensuring that all perspectives are heard and considered.
>
> We appreciate your concerns and valuable insights and assure you that we
> are actively engaging with AffCom to seek their guidance and expertise. Our
> intention is to align ourselves with established processes and work
> collaboratively with existing affiliations in the region.
>
> We invite you to participate in the ongoing discussions and provide your
> valuable feedback. We are open to further dialogue and are committed to
> finding common ground and fostering regional cooperation.
>
> Thank you for your attention and understanding. We look forward to
> continued engagement and productive discussions.
>
> Best regards,
> Aishik Rehman
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Announcement] Establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group

2023-05-25 Thread Butch Bustria

To our Bangla Wikimedians who initiated this tensive plan,

I humbly suggest that rather than you set an ambition of going further
east, you work on capacitating collaborating and helping the Wikimedia
communities of Central Asia, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, Afghanistan and
even the islands of the Indian Ocean. These are the communities left
without a hub. You work on a unique name, join in Iran and I personally
help you on this.

But please don't attempt to cross ESEAP.


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Wikimedia East, South East Asia and the Pacific

On Fri, May 26, 2023, 2:10 AM Mrb Rafi  wrote:

> Well, this is strange and interesting at the same time. There is a lot
> going on inside South Asian communities that have been hidden from the
> world and have started to surface now.
>
> I have made an effort to analyze and document my observations regarding
> the "WAP UG" and have outlined them in the following list:
>
> 1. The primary concern is undoubtedly the non-compliance of this UG with
> the standard Affcom procedures, indicating either a lack of capacity or
> willingness to adhere to the requisite rules for the initiation of a UG.
>
> 2. The home wiki for all three contact persons listed on the meta page
> happens to be bnwiki. Notably, two of them are part of the bnwiki admin
> panel, which comprises a total of 13 editors. bnwiki serves as the home
> wiki for six out of the eight members affiliated with this UG also.
>
> 3. One of the three contact persons has explicitly stated on their user
> page that they are an associate member of Wikimedia Bangladesh.
> Furthermore, the other two individuals have close affiliations with the
> local chapter in Bangladesh. Their names can be found in the CoT
> <https://w.wiki/5ZZo> for the implementation of the local Wikimania in
> 2022. Those of us involved in the local movement, including myself, are
> aware that these three individuals constitute a significant portion of the
> capable workforce within Wikimedia Bangladesh. It is very unlikely that the
> local chapter's three most active and leading organizers would make such a
> substantial leap without internal discussions within Wikimedia Bangladesh,
> and it is puzzling that the chapter appears to be unaware of this. It is
> worth noting that there are allegations of off-wiki harassment against at
> least one of these three UAP UG contact persons. Additionally, Wikimedia
> Bangladesh is facing backlash within the local community.
>
> 4. Operating an organization without formal recognition from Affcom does
> not present a fundamental obstacle. I, myself, am leading two non-affiliate
> organized groups and believe that these non-affiliate groups are essential
> to make the movement more distributed and transparent. But, to a lot of
> people, getting recognized as affiliate leaders is rewarding enough which
> may set unrealistic expectations. Personally, I am not a big fan of the
> affiliate structure based on my observations in the local movement, as they
> sometimes prioritize political territoriality over productive endeavors.
> From my experience, it appears that affiliates function as the sole
> authority within a designated territory determined by Affcom, and they are
> prepared to safeguard their sovereignty over that territory (including the
> onwiki spaces covered by the language or culture of the territory) at any
> cost. Regarding Bodhisattwa's expectations, it is improbable that Wikimedia
> Bangladesh, "being a decentralized organization and with good community
> connection and support", would extend assistance to other organizations
> within their territory. Unfortunately, this local affiliate has a troubling
> history of suppressing emerging leadership in order to maintain control
> over its perceived "territory."
>
> 5. I am concerned that the emergence of this UG is an inevitable outcome
> of long-standing tensions that have remained concealed within the region
> for decades. It's more of what we can see with the naked eye. The South
> Asian community has complex dynamics that are tricky to figure out. There
> are currently several conflicting parties here without anyone to mediate.
> WMF couldn't solve the legal complexities of sending grants here even after
> working for more than a decade. The conflict was previously managed due to
> the professional support extended by WMF in recent years. But WMF started
> destroying that capacity themselves through the so-called "budget and staff
> cuts" recently. There is literally no expert in the WMF with in-depth
> knowledge about the socio-political realities of this region, which is
> essential for mediating between these confronting parties and continuing
> the resource flow and profession

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Announcement] Establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group

2023-05-26 Thread Butch Bustria

Hey Aishik,

The first action you need to make is to move the meta wiki page to Draft
page and find a working name. Maybe *Wikipedia Project West and Central
Asia.*

ESEAP started as ESEA in 2014 during Wikimania London 2014 (Source:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEA_Meetup/MeetingMinutes) . I am not
there as I was just starting my work in Singapore. The concept of a
regional collaboration started 9 years ago when multiple countries agree to
work on something, not one part of a country, not two countries, but four
countries. Then on, all blood, sweat and tears to reach a consensus of 18
Wikimedia communities (plus 15 more we have to explore in the Pacific
islands) to come together and reach an agreement to formally build an ESEAP
regional hub.

We are open to collaboration but please start a bold confidence building
measure to earn our trust.

To Movement Charter Drafting Committee,

Despite absence of an ESEAP person to the large committee, we humbly
suggest that you finally settle the definition of user groups, advocacy
groups, alliance groups, online project groups and all others to avoid any
ambiguity as it creates confusion to partners and general public; unfair
competition and tension amongst Wikimedians. We originally have charters
before but now the terminology of a user group became insanely
disorganized. Once it is drafted, it will be voted upon the general
community anyways.

To Everyone,

The theme of Wikimania 2023 is Diversity, Collaboration, Future. We aim
this year's event be another milestone for people to meet and do a similar
experience Wikimedians in 2014 to form regional and thematic
collaborations. We respect diversity but we discourage highly divisive
discussions.

Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Wikimedia East, South East Asia and the Pacific

On Sat, May 27, 2023, 7:26 AM Aishik Rehman  wrote:

> To everyone,
>
> Thank you for your continued engagement and valuable feedback regarding
> the establishment of the UG. We have carefully considered the concerns
> raised regarding the name and the inclusion of the ESEAP region. We are
> committed to addressing these issues and ensuring a conflict-free and
> effective user group.
>
> Regarding the name, we understand the importance of avoiding possible
> conflicts and overlaps. We are open to considering a non-geographical name
> that better represents the collaborative nature of our user group. We
> welcome suggestions and input from the community in this regard.
>
> In terms of the ESEAP region, we recognize the need for a balanced
> approach. We are also open to excluding the region if it helps mitigate
> conflicts and ensures effective collaboration. We seek serious advice and
> assistance from those with experience and expertise to help us navigate
> these considerations.
>
> To Rafi, we appreciate your input, but we want to clarify that we have no
> links or conflicts with Wikimedia Bangladesh. Our focus is on building a
> user group that complements and collaborates with existing affiliates. Your
> concerns regarding Wikimedia Bangladesh are not relevant to the
> establishment and functioning of the WAP UG.
>
> We invite all interested individuals to join us in finding solutions and
> shaping the future direction of the user group. Your insights, expertise,
> and assistance in making the UG conflict-free and effective are highly
> valued.
>
> Thank you for your continued support and engagement.
>
> Best regards,
> Aishik Rehman
> Volunteer, Wikimedians of the [?] User Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wren] Re: milestone(s) to be celebrated...

2023-06-05 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi James,

It will be our pleasure to have this info included in a presentation in
Wikimania.

Kind regards,
Butch

On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, 8:34 AM James Gaunt 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thank you for sharing this. Wikimedia Australia is very proud to have
> Bianca work with us on this project. Later in July or August we'll post a
> follow up and share to Diff where Bianca will go into detail about what she
> found during her residency.
>
> Thanks again, and I'll pass on all of the kind words.
>
> --
>
> *James Gaunt* (he/him)
>
> Communications and Project Coordinator – Wikimedia Australia
> james.ga...@wikimedia.org.au
>
> +61 412 401 512
> www.wikimedia.org.au
> Wikimedia Australia is an independent charitable organisation which
> supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. We
> acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands upon which we live,
> work and share knowledge.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 1:41 AM Rajeeb  wrote:
>
>> Congratulations, Bianca Valentino. Thanks for sharing this wonderful news.
>> Namaste,
>> Rajeeb.
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 20:19, Michaela Blanc 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wonderful news!! Thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>> Very best,
>>> Michaela
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 4:59 AM Željko Blaće  wrote:
>>>
 This really brings joy *(and hope)...

 https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Announcing_our_First_Nations_Wikipedian_In_Residence

 Thank you Wikimedia Australia for doing it!
 Thank you Julia for adding it to MS2023 Forum,
 though it was not the summary made exclusively for it.

 Best Z.

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>>>
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>>> 2023 Wikimedian in Residence (WIR), Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join us at the Wikimania 2023 Updates to the global community hours on July 22, 23, 28 and 30

2023-07-22 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi,

The next update to the global community hours will be in about 4 hours from
now at 07:00 UTC July 23

For meeting link go to :
https://wikimania.org


Kind regards,

Butch


On Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 1:41 AM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> The first update to the global community hours will be in about 6 hours
> from now at 00:00 UTC July 22
>
> For meeting link go to :
> https://wikimania.org
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> *Butch Bustria*
> On behalf of the ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 3:05 AM Wikimania  wrote:
>
>> Fellow Wikimedians,
>>
>> We are excited to inform you that we will be having a series of *updates
>> to the global community hours* on July 22, 23, 28 and 30. This is an
>> important opportunity for you to ask questions, share feedback and learn
>> more about Wikimania 2023.
>>
>> The global community hours will be held on Jitsi and Google Meet at
>> different times to accommodate different time zones. You can find the
>> details at https://wikimania.org
>>
>> Please join us for an interactive and informative discussion. We look
>> forward to hearing from you and answering your questions.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> *Butch Bustria*
>> On behalf of the ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
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[Wikimedia-l] 4th and last Wikimania 2023 Update to the Global Community meeting at 12:00 UTC Sunday 30 July

2023-07-30 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

We have the 4th and last Wikimania 2023 Update to the Global Community
meeting in 1 hour at 12:00 UTC Sunday 30 July!

Video call link is : https://meet.google.com/vsp-xfzr-wew

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.

2023-08-01 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

I think this is a good opportunity to discuss with Google's Search Team
here in Singapore in 2 weeks time.

You can register at Wikimania pre-Conference at this link:

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Related_events/Mind_The_Gap


Kind regards,

Butch



On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 5:13 PM James Heilman  wrote:

> Am having the same issue with Google poorly indexing MDWiki.org. I have
> personally switched my default browser to duckduckgo as they index much
> better. The two folks at Google who used to support their collaborations
> with Wikipedia are no longer with the company. Not sure if they have been
> replaced by anyone.
>
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:51 AM Bodhisattwa 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Apologies for cross-posting.
>>
>> For those who have not noticed till now, Google is not indexing any
>> Wikisource language editions for the last couple of years which practically
>> means that any Wikisource contents in any languages, which are being
>> created in these years, are not searchable on Google and hence largely
>> remain invisible on the web.
>>
>> This is an extremely demotivating and frustrating situation for the
>> existing Wikisource volunteers to witness, draining away all of our past
>> and current efforts to bring and retain viewers, readers, GLAM partners and
>> any potential new editors. We already have a very low awareness and
>> visibility about Wikisource among general internet users due to lack of
>> organized support in these years but the invisibility on Google search
>> engine could become the last nail in our coffin, unless it is fixed soon.
>>
>> There is a phabricator ticket raised by Darwinius back in December 2022 -
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325607.
>>
>> Can't this issue be put into priority by sys admins and WMF to work upon?
>> Wikisource is still a sister project of Wikimedia and it needs some very
>> basic care, after all.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (Bengali Wikisource volunteer)
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania Program schedule

2023-08-03 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

We would like to inform you that the master copy of the schedule is at
https://pretalx.com/wm2023/schedule/

This is publicly accessible, rooms side by side, can be filtered by tracks
and you can download an .ical file of the sessions you like to sync with
your calendar on your phone/ devices.

Wikimania wiki and Eventyay may have the information extracted from pretalx
but is not syched in real time as it needs to be updated manually by us.


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Chair
Wikimania 2023 Program Subcommittee
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2023 : We love your stickers, please bring them

2023-08-06 Thread Butch Bustria

My fellow Wikimedians,

We encourage you individuals, affiliates, allied organizations or online
projects & campaigns to share your stickers, post cards, etc. We have a
table at the Expo area (Main Hall 401/402) where you can drop your sharable
materials, such as stickers, postcard and even sweets!

Go to https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania_exchange_center
to know more.

Also we have a selfie/ photo wall where you can do your glamorous pose with
the souvenir you got. Portrait photography most welcome!


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Event Lead
ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania Post Conference (August 20) at Singapore's National Library!

2023-08-07 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Fellow Wikimedians!

If you are still in Singapore on daytime on August 20, you may consider
attending a Wikimania post conference at Singapore's National Library.
Separate registration needed.

Go to
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Related_events/Knowledge_Beyond_Boundaries
to know more


Kind regards,

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[Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy and Governance sessions @Wikimania 2023

2023-08-14 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians,

We have a Movement Strategy and Governance session today at Suntec
Singapore Convention Centre during Wikimania from 10:00 AM local time till
4:20 PM local time on Room 325. Room 326 will be opened in the afternoon
for face to face open house of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
(MCDC). All these sessions are not live streamed.

Kindly use the opportunity to talk with the Wikimedians in Wikimania and
discuss the future of our Movement such as hubs, resourcing, global council
and many others.


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
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ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team

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Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 8:21 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Movement Strategy and Governance sessions @Wikimania
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Hi Wikimaniacs!

I hope you are looking forward to the upcoming Wikimania 2023 conference as
much as I am, and I would like to call your attention to the sessions
on *Movement
Strategy and Governance* from Tuesday-Thursday. All links and information
about the Movement Strategy sessions are conveniently collected* on this
page
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Movement_Strategy_%26_Governance_Connection>*
on the Wikimania wiki, but here is a quick summary.

   - *Tuesday morning* (room 325) will start with an Introduction on
   Movement Strategy 2030: what is it, what has been done, and what does it
   aim to achieve? Followed by a session from the Igbo community sharing their
   experience on how they involved their community in the Movement Charter
   creation process through the Ambassadors Program.
   - *Tuesday afternoon *(room 325) after lunch we'll have multiple
   lightning talks on a diverse range of topics around Movement Strategy,
   where community members share their experiences from different initiatives
   supported by the Movement Strategy grants program, not in the least
   different experiences around pilot-Hubs!
   - *Also on Tuesday afternoon* (room 326), the Movement Charter Drafting
   Committee is having an *Open Office Hour* with walk-ins, where you can
   ask all your questions and exchange ideas with committee members. Drop by,
   have a chat, and come grab a stroopwafel!


   - *On Wednesday morning* (room 326 & on Eventyay) there are 3 workshops
   about different aspects of the Movement Charter: brainstorm and role play
   with others to experience the Movement Charter context, and help enrich the
   Charter content at the same time.


   - *And on Thursday morning* (room 310 & on Eventyay) the Movement
   Charter Drafting Committee holds a workshop session to discuss the proposed
   Movement Charter chapters, where you can help the Drafting Committee tackle
   a few of their questions around Hubs, the Global Council and Charter
   ratification.

There is a *Movement Charter one-pager
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/One-page_draft>*
available on Meta to help you prepare for the sessions.
The chapters from the Movement Charter are under community review at the
moment, and if you'd like to share your feedback beyond the sessions
mentioned above, please leave your comments on the respective Meta talk
pages.

Hope to talk to you all next week!
Best,

Ciell
*Wikimania Program Committee*
*Movement Charter Drafting Committee*

1) Wikimania Movement Strategy and Governance schedule:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Movement_Strategy_%26_Governance_Connection
2) Movement Charter One pager:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/One-page_draft

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania Hackathon live! Due to insistent public demand.

2023-08-14 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians!

Due to insistent public demand, we have the Wikimania Hackathon 2023 on
live stream!

Head over to https://www.youtube.com/live/UZ9DUXFcb0w?feature=share

and share it.



Thank you.


Kind regards,

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Uploading to Commons and tell us your story about Wikimania 2023

2023-08-21 Thread Butch Bustria

Sorry correction. @wikimania.conference for Facebook, Instagram & Threads

On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 1:26:24 PM UTC+8 Wikimania wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians
>
> As we lowered the curtain for Wikimania 2023 Singapore, Online and 
> Satellite, we ask for your valuable time to share your images and videos 
> related to Wikimania 2023 on Wikimedia Commons, our free media repository. 
> By uploading your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you are helping 
> to document the history and diversity of the Wikimedia movement, as well as 
> enriching the knowledge and culture of humanity. Your contributions are 
> greatly appreciated by millions of readers and editors around the world.
>
> To upload your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you can use the 
> *Upload 
> Wizard*, a simple and user-friendly tool that guides you through the 
> process. You can also use the *Commons app*, a mobile application that 
> allows you to upload images from your smartphone or tablet. Please make 
> sure to use the license on Wikimedia Commons and Wikimania Photography 
> policy when uploading your files.
>
> We encourage you to use the [[category:Wikimania 2023]] when uploading 
> your images and videos related to Wikimania 2023. This will help us to 
> organize and showcase your files on the Wikimania 2023 wiki and other 
> platforms. You can also add other relevant categories and descriptions to 
> your files to make them more accessible and useful for other users.
>
> We also encourage you to write your story as a blog, vlog, Social media 
> posts or at . For social media, please use @wikimedia.conference to tag on 
> Facebook or Instagram, @wikimania on X (twitter).
>
> We thank you for your generous assistance and support for Wikimania 2023 
> and the Wikimedia movement. We hope to see you at the next in-person and 
> hybrid conferences this year and the 19th edition of Wikimania in Kraków, 
> Poland hosted by the Central and Eastern European Wikimedians where we will 
> celebrate our achievements, share our experiences, and learn from each 
> other.
>
> There is also a Wikimania 2023 survey at 
> https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/682942
>
> We appreciate your feedback so we know where we did great and which ones 
> we would tell the next host.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> *Butch Bustria*
> Event lead, Wikimania 2023
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [wikimania] Re: Uploading to Commons and tell us your story about Wikimania 2023

2023-08-28 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi,

For all who presented in Wikimania, kindly have your slides exported/saved
in PDF file format and store it to commons under category of Wikimania 2023
presentations.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_presentations

Thank you.


Kind regards,

Butch


On Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 2:23 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> It would be great if the presentations were uploaded to Commons, so we can
> review works, view links and share with others.
>
> Best
>
> Galder
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> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Uploading to Commons and tell us your story
> about Wikimania 2023
>
> My Fellow Wikimedians
>
> As we lowered the curtain for Wikimania 2023 Singapore, Online and
> Satellite, we ask for your valuable time to share your images and videos
> related to Wikimania 2023 on Wikimedia Commons, our free media repository.
> By uploading your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you are helping
> to document the history and diversity of the Wikimedia movement, as well as
> enriching the knowledge and culture of humanity. Your contributions are
> greatly appreciated by millions of readers and editors around the world.
>
> To upload your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you can use the *Upload
> Wizard*, a simple and user-friendly tool that guides you through the
> process. You can also use the *Commons app*, a mobile application that
> allows you to upload images from your smartphone or tablet. Please make
> sure to use the license on Wikimedia Commons and Wikimania Photography
> policy when uploading your files.
>
> We encourage you to use the [[category:Wikimania 2023]] when uploading
> your images and videos related to Wikimania 2023. This will help us to
> organize and showcase your files on the Wikimania 2023 wiki and other
> platforms. You can also add other relevant categories and descriptions to
> your files to make them more accessible and useful for other users.
>
> We also encourage you to write your story as a blog, vlog, Social media
> posts or at . For social media, please use @wikimedia.conference to tag on
> Facebook or Instagram, @wikimania on X (twitter).
>
> We thank you for your generous assistance and support for Wikimania 2023
> and the Wikimedia movement. We hope to see you at the next in-person and
> hybrid conferences this year and the 19th edition of Wikimania in Kraków,
> Poland hosted by the Central and Eastern European Wikimedians where we will
> celebrate our achievements, share our experiences, and learn from each
> other.
>
> There is also a Wikimania 2023 survey at
> https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/682942
>
> We appreciate your feedback so we know where we did great and which ones
> we would tell the next host.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> *Butch Bustria*
> Event lead, Wikimania 2023
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimania-l] Re: Uploading to Commons and tell us your story about Wikimania 2023

2023-09-07 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Flo,

Thanks for the report. We appreciate your feedback.


Hi Everyone,

For those who returned from their long holiday or vacation, you may still
have a chance to fill the Wikimania 2023 survey.

https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/682942

Anyone is also free to narrate their Wikimania experience at diff
https://diff.wikimedia.org/editorial-guidelines/

For speakers or anyone who presented in Wikimania, please upload your
presentation in PDF format and use the category
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_presentations

For photographs, upload and use category
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_photographs

For videos, go to
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_videos



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 11:43 PM Florence Devouard 
wrote:

> Hello
>
> I finished uploading my picts to Commons...
>
> Also wrote a little report post-conference, which is hosted here :)
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2023/Scholarship/Anthere_Report
>
> Again, big thanks to the whole team
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Flo
>
>
> Le 22/08/2023 à 07:26, Wikimania a écrit :
>
> My Fellow Wikimedians
>
> As we lowered the curtain for Wikimania 2023 Singapore, Online and
> Satellite, we ask for your valuable time to share your images and videos
> related to Wikimania 2023 on Wikimedia Commons, our free media repository.
> By uploading your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you are helping
> to document the history and diversity of the Wikimedia movement, as well as
> enriching the knowledge and culture of humanity. Your contributions are
> greatly appreciated by millions of readers and editors around the world.
>
> To upload your images and videos to Wikimedia Commons, you can use the *Upload
> Wizard*, a simple and user-friendly tool that guides you through the
> process. You can also use the *Commons app*, a mobile application that
> allows you to upload images from your smartphone or tablet. Please make
> sure to use the license on Wikimedia Commons and Wikimania Photography
> policy when uploading your files.
>
> We encourage you to use the [[category:Wikimania 2023]] when uploading
> your images and videos related to Wikimania 2023. This will help us to
> organize and showcase your files on the Wikimania 2023 wiki and other
> platforms. You can also add other relevant categories and descriptions to
> your files to make them more accessible and useful for other users.
>
> We also encourage you to write your story as a blog, vlog, Social media
> posts or at . For social media, please use @wikimedia.conference to tag on
> Facebook or Instagram, @wikimania on X (twitter).
>
> We thank you for your generous assistance and support for Wikimania 2023
> and the Wikimedia movement. We hope to see you at the next in-person and
> hybrid conferences this year and the 19th edition of Wikimania in Kraków,
> Poland hosted by the Central and Eastern European Wikimedians where we will
> celebrate our achievements, share our experiences, and learn from each
> other.
>
> There is also a Wikimania 2023 survey at
> https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/682942
>
> We appreciate your feedback so we know where we did great and which ones
> we would tell the next host.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> *Butch Bustria*
> Event lead, Wikimania 2023
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Sandeep Manikpuri

2023-09-14 Thread Butch Bustria

Dear List Admins,

I came to my attention that this user is subscribed to many mailing lists
and it seems just dumping random text in every mailing list and seems
irrelevant to the thread or topic raised.



Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
Admin to 2 large mailing lists


-- Forwarded message -
From: Sandeep Manikpuri 
Date: Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 12:44 PM
Subject: Talk to solve
To: 


I need a responsive, committed and paitent user or co worker to help,answer
and guide me when I will need as essential as breathing is for living. I am
a blocked ( everywhere ) user who don't know who is with me for assisting.
A nice and friendly user QuicoleJR is my need if you ask me and I don't
know other users or don't want know some harassment spealist user.
QuicoleJR is perhaps unable to receive my messages or reply due to
universal block status of mine but was helpful whenever I needed. I request
you to provide me access to QuicoleJR user and I will ask and learn then
work as well if allowed with no other users help. I have many things to
teach QuicoleJR user while I'm on learning if survive here. I need that
user only for the company and will not trust in other deletestars or
deletadmins or any Deletopidea user and personal. I hope this message will
be read and can be taken to  concern of answering in rejected or accepted
both aspect of my universal block identity and my achievements of universal
records of trying and falling frequency of attempts in Wikipedia.

Thank you if you got this message.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sandeep Manikpuri

2023-09-14 Thread Butch Bustria

My apologies for unintended sending to general mailing list.


Kind regards,

Butch



On Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:00 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Dear List Admins,
>
> I came to my attention that this user is subscribed to many mailing lists
> and it seems just dumping random text in every mailing list and seems
> irrelevant to the thread or topic raised.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
> Admin to 2 large mailing lists
>
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Sandeep Manikpuri 
> Date: Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 12:44 PM
> Subject: Talk to solve
> To: 
>
>
> I need a responsive, committed and paitent user or co worker to
> help,answer and guide me when I will need as essential as breathing is for
> living. I am a blocked ( everywhere ) user who don't know who is with me
> for assisting. A nice and friendly user QuicoleJR is my need if you ask me
> and I don't know other users or don't want know some harassment spealist
> user. QuicoleJR is perhaps unable to receive my messages or reply due to
> universal block status of mine but was helpful whenever I needed. I request
> you to provide me access to QuicoleJR user and I will ask and learn then
> work as well if allowed with no other users help. I have many things to
> teach QuicoleJR user while I'm on learning if survive here. I need that
> user only for the company and will not trust in other deletestars or
> deletadmins or any Deletopidea user and personal. I hope this message will
> be read and can be taken to  concern of answering in rejected or accepted
> both aspect of my universal block identity and my achievements of universal
> records of trying and falling frequency of attempts in Wikipedia.
>
> Thank you if you got this message.
> If not  ! then you are a lier.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

2023-10-18 Thread Butch Bustria

To the Members of WJUG,

Congratulations for setting up the group and we grad to welcome you again
in ESEAP with open arms.

Its been 15 years in the waiting.

Thank you.


Kind regards,

Butch

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 4:22 AM Shaba 50  wrote:

> Congratulations to the new Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup!
>
> Sincerely,
> Aliyu Shaba.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 8:46 PM Yael Weissburg 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Japan!
>>
>> *Yael Weissburg* (she/her)
>> VP, Community Growth
>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>> M: (+1) 415.513.6643
>> I work from San Francisco. My time zone is UTC -7/-8.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 12:29 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
>> ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Oh this is so exciting,
>>>
>>> おめでとう and all the best to the Wikimedians of Japan. Greetings from 
>>> Wikimedia User Group Rwanda
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Derrick Ndahiro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 at 20:37 Joris Darlington Quarshie <
>>> billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Congratulations members of Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup.

 Sent from Joris Darlington Quarshie

 On 18 Oct 2023, at 3:52 PM, João Alexandre Peschanski <
 joa...@wmnobrasil.org> wrote:

 Dear members of the Wikimedians of Japan User Group,

 Welcome, on behalf of Wiki Movimento Brasil! This is exciting! I hope
 we will find ways of working together in the near future!

 Best,

 João

 Em qua., 18 de out. de 2023 às 12:42, Affiliations Committee <
 aff...@wikimedia.org> escreveu:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
> recognized [1] Wikimedians of Japan User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User
> Group. The group aims to establish a national organization to promote
> Wikimedia projects and support Wikimedians in Japan.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Jeffrey Keefer
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedians_of_Japan_User_Group
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Japan_User_Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [ESEAP] Re: Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

2023-10-21 Thread Butch Bustria

We wish to express our interest for collaborations and extend our
invitations to upcoming meetings such as the ESEAP conference 2024 and many
others.




Kind regards

Butch

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 5:08 PM Dennis Raylin Chen 
wrote:

> Dear members of the Wikimedians of Japan User Group,
>
> it is such great news to hear, on behalf of Wikimedia Taiwan!
>
> This is exciting!
>
> 台日友好!
>
> Looking forward to future collaboration
>
> Dennis Raylin Chhen
>
> Borschts  於 2023年10月20日 週五 下午4:54寫道：
>
>> Congratulations! We eagerly anticipate the positive contributions and
>> initiatives that will undoubtedly emerge from the Wikimedians of Japan User
>> Group.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Borschts@zhwiki
>> --
>> *寄件者:* Gnangarra 
>> *寄件日期:* Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:31:07 PM
>> *收件者:* Wikimedia Mailing List 
>> *副本:* Affiliations Committee ; Wikimedia Movement
>> Affiliates discussion list ;
>> es...@lists.wikimedia.org 
>> *主旨:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group
>>
>> awesome news, and good to hear WM Japan is looking at being part of the
>> ESEAP Hub welcome aboard
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 at 21:27, Samir Elsharbaty 
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is great news!
>>
>> Congratulations to our fellow Wikimedians in Japan and looking forward to
>> collaborating on awesome projects soon!
>>
>> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>>
>> Brand Associate
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 6:23 AM Mrb Rafi  wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations to to the new affiliate. I have seen a lot of Japanese
>> wikimedians being active on wikimedia platforms, specially in the
>> governance landscape in recent days. The new affiliate will hopefully
>> mobilize these activities.
>>
>> I was sharing this news with some of my team members last night and l
>> came to know that there are a lot of "Otaku"s in my Wikimedia team who
>> can't wait to get in touch and do collaborations with you. 😛
>>
>> See you in the wikimediaverse!
>>
>> Hugs,
>> Rafi
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 7:14 AM Butch Bustria  wrote:
>>
>> To the Members of WJUG,
>>
>> Congratulations for setting up the group and we grad to welcome you again
>> in ESEAP with open arms.
>>
>> Its been 15 years in the waiting.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Butch
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 4:22 AM Shaba 50  wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations to the new Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Aliyu Shaba.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 8:46 PM Yael Weissburg 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Japan!
>>
>> *Yael Weissburg* (she/her)
>> VP, Community Growth
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>> M: (+1) 415.513.6643
>> I work from San Francisco. My time zone is UTC -7/-8.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 12:29 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
>> ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oh this is so exciting,
>>
>> おめでとう and all the best to the Wikimedians of Japan. Greetings from Wikimedia 
>> User Group Rwanda
>>
>>
>>
>> Derrick Ndahiro
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 at 20:37 Joris Darlington Quarshie <
>> billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations members of Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup.
>>
>> Sent from Joris Darlington Quarshie
>>
>> On 18 Oct 2023, at 3:52 PM, João Alexandre Peschanski <
>> joa...@wmnobrasil.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear members of the Wikimedians of Japan User Group,
>>
>> Welcome, on behalf of Wiki Movimento Brasil! This is exciting! I hope we
>> will find ways of working together in the near future!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> João
>>
>> Em qua., 18 de out. de 2023 às 12:42, Affiliations Committee <
>> aff...@wikimedia.org> escreveu:
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
>> [1] Wikimedians of Japan User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
>> group aims to establish a national organization to promote Wikimedia
>> projects and support Wikimedians in Japan.
>>
>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>

[Wikimedia-l] WikidataCon on YouTube

2023-10-27 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

You can watch the Wikidata Convention (WikidataCon) live from Taipei,
Taiwan and online.

Go to Wikidata Taiwan page:

https://youtube.com/@wikidatataiwan9726

Some of the live sessions today:

https://www.youtube.com/live/NbDyZUaE69s
https://www.youtube.com/live/WzmVWgRLKhc

https://www.youtube.com/live/21TODVE1PTo


Enjoy!


Kind regards,

Butch
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Hiba Abu Nada, RIP

2023-10-28 Thread Butch Bustria

This is sad, especially she wrote a thoughtful diff post a month prior
about her struggle in going to Singapore in Wikimania, a prior before that.

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/09/20/what-is-a-wikimedian-life-without-a-first-wikimania/

On Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 11:28 PM Ruby D-Brown  wrote:

> This is so sad! Rest well, Nada.
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:43 PM Gnangarra  wrote:
>
>> such sad news,
>>
>> Rest peacefully Nada
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 21:33, Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
>> ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is really saddening,
>>> RIP Nada
>>> derrick
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 14:45 Andy Mabbett 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 I just learned that a Wikimedian, Hiba Abu Nada, was one of the
 casualties in Gaza. She was 32, and died on 20 October, during an
 airstrike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiba_Abu_Nada

 May the region soon be at peace.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Hiba Abu Nada, RIP

2023-10-28 Thread Butch Bustria

Oh my apologies for mixing the names since both are from Gaza.

I hope the Nada we got in touch in Singapore would be in good hands and
safe while the Nada the subject of this email exchange we join in prayer
may she be at peace and we console with her bereaved family and friends.

Kind regards,

Butch

On Sun, Oct 29, 2023, 1:02 AM Mrb Rafi  wrote:

> My heart goes with Hiba, and her family, and every child, and every adult
> who lost their lives in this war. May the almighty Allah grant them the
> highest prestigious place in the heaven. Aamin.
>
> And responding to Butch and Aaqib, Hiba Abu Nada is a different person
> than Nada Al Farra. We are in regular contact since we are working together
> in a lot of wikimedia projects. I last talked to Nada just a few days ago
> and she and her family were safe till then.
> I'm trying to get in touch with her now after last night's s communication
> cut down.
>
> I take pride in being a close colleague of Nada Al Farra as she is working
> as a doctor in that region with a very little supply.
>
> I pray for everyone who are going through this nightmare, hope this ends
> very fast and everyone including our colleagues in Gaza stay safe and
> healthy. We wish to meet you guys again in any in person gathering in sha
> Allah (if the almighty wants)
>
> Sending a lot of love and prayers,
> Rafi
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 10:42 PM The Aafi  wrote:
>
>> Nada Alfarra has also edited recently on 25 Oct. I pray for her and
>> everyone's safety.
>>
>> Aafi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 22:09 The Aafi,  wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunate. I pray alongwith others that this comes to end. It has
>>> taken so many lives. RIP Hiba. Your words will help. These will be
>>> remembered. May Allah Almighty grant you a highest abode in paradise. Aamin!
>>>
>>> To Butch: I'm not sure if it's same as the Nada we had at Wikimania.
>>> Nada Alfarra's Telegram shows last seen from yesterday and Hiba Abu Nada
>>> left for the other world on 20 October. May she get peace.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Aafi
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 21:52 Butch Bustria,  wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is sad, especially she wrote a thoughtful diff post a month prior
>>>> about her struggle in going to Singapore in Wikimania, a prior before that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/09/20/what-is-a-wikimedian-life-without-a-first-wikimania/
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 11:28 PM Ruby D-Brown 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is so sad! Rest well, Nada.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:43 PM Gnangarra  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> such sad news,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rest peacefully Nada
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 21:33, Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
>>>>>> ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is really saddening,
>>>>>>> RIP Nada
>>>>>>> derrick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 14:45 Andy Mabbett 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just learned that a Wikimedian, Hiba Abu Nada, was one of the
>>>>>>>> casualties in Gaza. She was 32, and died on 20 October, during an
>>>>>>>> airstrike.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiba_Abu_Nada
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May the region soon be at peace.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> @pigsonthewing
>>>>>>>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedistas de Ecuador

2023-11-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Congratulations Wikimedistas de Ecuador!

Seems that the next step is the global community to convince Paraguay to
apply next!


Kind regards

Butch

On Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 3:14 PM Mauricio  wrote:

> ¡Felicidades! Genial tenerles de vuelta 😃
>
> El mar, 7 nov 2023 a las 14:43, Jorge Vargas ()
> escribió:
>
>> ¡Felicitaciones! Bienvenidos y bienvenidas de vuelta. :)
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 8:15 AM Chqaz  wrote:
>>
>>> Heartiest congratulations!
>>>
>>> Chqaz on behalf of Wikimedians of Japan User Group
>>>
>>> 2023年11月7日(火) 8:11 Affiliations Committee :
>>>
 Hi everyone!

 I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
 recognized [1] Wikimedistas de Ecuador [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
 group aims to disseminating, promoting, developing, and fostering the use
 of Wikipedia and its sister projects within the national territory of
 Ecuador.

 Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

 Regards,
 Jeffrey Keefer
 Chair, Affiliations Committee

 [1]
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania sessions now on Commons

2023-12-03 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

The compilation of all videos and presentation files are housed on
Wikimania wiki at https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program

The etherpad links are also there. Not all sessions have recorded notes or
it might have been written on a different name. The notes were scribed by
some of the participants on Wikimania scholarship.

Similar copies of the videos placed in playlists are on the Foundation's
YouTube account (https://youtube.com/@TheWikimediaFoundation) and on
Wikimania Facebook account. (
https://www.facebook.com/watch/100075922996558/1343055216309106/)

Some presentation files are on
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_presentations .
Some speakers haven't uploaded their slides, but I am happy you inform you
that there are close to 200 Wikimania 2023 slides are already on commons.

Kind regards,

Butch

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023, 7:43 PM Johan Jönsson  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> The videos from the Wikimania sessions are now available on Commons:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2023_conference_video_recordings_by_day
>
> Huge thanks to everyone who helped make them available – there were many
> videos to split, prepare and upload, a lot of work to be done.
>
> Best,
>
>
> *Johan Jönsson*Manager, Product Ambassadors
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[Wikimedia-l] Learning & Documentation: Organizing Wikimania 2023

2023-12-22 Thread Butch Bustria

Fellow Wikimedians,

We are now close to the end of 2023 and we celebrate it with the final
blogs (Learning & Documentation)

First is the 1600 day journey of our preparation for Wikimania 2023

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/13/organizing-wikimania-2023-where-it-started/

The second focused on the theme, goal and program design of Wikimania 2023

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/18/organizing-wikimania-2023-program-design/

The final part is the result and outcomes of Wikimania 2023 and the legacy
it left

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/22/organizing-wikimania-2023-results-and-outcomes/

For all video archives and presentation files of Wikimania 2023, go to
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program

Thank you for making 2023 a hallmark year for the ESEAP region.

We wish the Wikimedians of Central and Eastern Europe the best of luck in
hosting the 19th Wikimania in Katowice, Poland.



Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Wikimania 2023
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[Wikimedia-l] East, South East Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP) Conference 2024 : Program submission, scholarships

2023-12-28 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedian,

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences with the
Wikimedia community in the *East, South East Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP)*
region! The call for programmes for the ESEAP Conference 2024 is now open,
and we are looking for diverse and innovative proposals that align with the
theme of “*Collaborations Beyond the Horizon*”. You have until 31st January
2024 (AoE) to submit your proposal, so hurry up and visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Submissions to learn
more about the submission process and guidelines. We are open to
virtual presentations and engagements.

We also offer limited scholarships to Wikimedians in the ESEAP region to
support participation in the conference, which will be held in the
beautiful city of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in *May 2024*. The scholarship
application is open until 15th January 2024 (AoE). Information is posted at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Scholarships.

Don’t miss this chance to join us in this exciting event, where you can
network, learn, and collaborate with other Wikimedians from the ESEAP
region and beyond.

For more information about the conference, please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us
at *persidan...@wikimedia.org.my
*.

We look forward to seeing you at the ESEAP Conference 2024!" 🙌

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 is open for Program Proposals!

2024-01-13 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedians!

Greetings from the ESEAP Conference 2024 Organising Committee!

We are delighted to invite you to submit a program proposal for the ESEAP
Conference 2024, the third regional conference for Wikimedia communities
throughout the East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific region. The conference
will take place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in May 2024. The theme for the
conference is *"Collaboration beyond the Horizon*".

The ESEAP Conference 2024 aims to connect people of the Wikimedia movement
within the ESEAP region, to share ideas, and to build regional
collaborations. We welcome program proposals from all Wikimedia
contributors, affiliates, partners, and allies, regardless of their
geographical location. You can find more information about the conference
and the program submission guidelines at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Submissions.

We understand that not everyone can travel to Malaysia due to various
reasons, such as health, budget constraints or lessening the carbon
footprint. Therefore, we offer the option of presenting your program via
video conference or pre-recorded message. You can also delegate some tasks
to a physical participant in the conference, such as facilitating group
discussion or distributing the handouts. We will provide the necessary
technical support and guidance to ensure the quality and accessibility of
your presentation.

The deadline for submitting your program proposal is Wednesday, *January
31, 2024*. Please use the online submission form to submit your proposal.
The program committee will review all proposals and notify the acceptance
status.

We hope you will consider this opportunity and share your valuable insights
and experiences with the ESEAP community. If you have any questions or
concerns, please feel free to contact us at persidan...@wikimedia.org.my.

Thank you for your interest and support. We look forward to hearing from
you soon.

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia ESEAP (East, South East Asia & the Pacific regional) Conference 2024 scholarship application ends today, Monday January 15

2024-01-15 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedian,

Greetings from the ESEAP Conference 2024 team!

We hope this email finds you well and excited for the upcoming conference
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. We are writing to remind that the deadline for
the scholarship application is approaching fast. If you are interested in
applying for a scholarship to support your participation in the regional
conference of East, South East Asia and the Pacific, please do until today,
Monday, *15th January 2024* (AoE). You can find the application form and
the eligibility criteria at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Scholarships .


Kind regards,

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 Program Proposals submission deadline is closing soon (Wednesday, January 31)

2024-01-29 Thread Butch Bustria

My Fellow Wikimedian,

Kind reminder! Deadline is this Wednesday, *January 31, 2024.*

Do visit our program proposal submission page at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Submissions for
details.

Once selected by the Program Committee, you have at least have an option to
present online via video conference or pre-record your presentation. If you
are able to attend physically through a scholarship grant, affiliate funded
scholarship or registered self funded travel, you are privileged to present
in front of our diverse Wikimedia participants from the East, South East
Asia and the Pacific region.

Our conference is scheduled on May 2024 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
and conference hours starts from 1:00 UTC and likely finish at 9:00 UTC.
Don't miss the chance to present your ideas, advocacies, best practices or
stories to us. We encourage submissions relevant to *collaborations or
partnerships.*

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at
persidan...@wikimedia.org.my.

Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
On behalf of the ESEAP Conference 2024 Organising Team

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 12:24 AM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> My Fellow Wikimedians!
>
> Greetings from the ESEAP Conference 2024 Organising Committee!
>
> We are delighted to invite you to submit a program proposal for the ESEAP
> Conference 2024, the third regional conference for Wikimedia communities
> throughout the East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific region. The conference
> will take place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in May 2024. The theme for the
> conference is *"Collaboration beyond the Horizon*".
>
> The ESEAP Conference 2024 aims to connect people of the Wikimedia movement
> within the ESEAP region, to share ideas, and to build regional
> collaborations. We welcome program proposals from all Wikimedia
> contributors, affiliates, partners, and allies, regardless of their
> geographical location. You can find more information about the conference
> and the program submission guidelines at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024/Submissions.
>
> We understand that not everyone can travel to Malaysia due to various
> reasons, such as health, budget constraints or lessening the carbon
> footprint. Therefore, we offer the option of presenting your program via
> video conference or pre-recorded message. You can also delegate some tasks
> to a physical participant in the conference, such as facilitating group
> discussion or distributing the handouts. We will provide the necessary
> technical support and guidance to ensure the quality and accessibility of
> your presentation.
>
> The deadline for submitting your program proposal is Wednesday, *January
> 31, 2024*. Please use the online submission form to submit your
> proposal.  The program committee will review all proposals and notify the
> acceptance status.
>
> We hope you will consider this opportunity and share your valuable
> insights and experiences with the ESEAP community. If you have any
> questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at
> persidan...@wikimedia.org.my.
>
> Thank you for your interest and support. We look forward to hearing from
> you soon.
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: We need more interactive content: we are doing it wrong

2024-01-30 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi

Just chiming into this discussion on *Graphs*. During the pandemic, I
devoted much time on Wikidata building large datasets such as poverty
incidence data and financial data. It is live now with at least being
queried in 1700 Wikipedia articles multiplied by 8 languages and one chart
contain 5-7 wikidata queries. With the graph not visible, it makes the
chart useless in the Wikipedia article. I am mulling the idea to change it
to a table of figures rather than a chart since the graph module downtime
is taking too long already.

There are more datasets in the pipeline but I am holding it for now.

I am not sure if the Foundation lack budget for technical infrastructure
research and development and that Wikimedia's technical features is at the
level of the year 2012 or they lack manpower. I hope they invest donor's
money on this first then when there is budget surplus it could go to
conference & meetings travel and grants to 3rd party organizations.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria


On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 5:57 AM Ori Livneh  wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>
>> Galder: fair enough, let's keep this thread for interactive content.
>> Brion's excellent suggestions deserve their own thread.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM James Heilman  wrote:
>>
>>> With respect to OWID, one can see the interactive graphs working within
>>> a mediawiki environment here
>>> <https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:OWID>. Our hope for next steps
>>> to get around the current blockers is to show a static version of the graph
>>> from Commons with a play button overlay. When the play button is hit a
>>> consent pop up similar to what you see for maps on Wikivoyage
>>> <https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cranbrook> when you request a layer
>>> such as "relief maps". This will then bring in the corresponding interactive
>>> content hosted from the wmcloud
>>> <https://owidm.wmcloud.org/grapher/share-of-population-with-schizophrenia>.
>>> While this be acceptable to the powers that be? I am not sure.
>>>
>>
>> Yea, this is fantastic.  Thank you for the demonstration. We should
>> creatively upgrade our approaches to privacy and security to make it
>> possible to do this. This is a purely technical challenge, not a social
>> adoption or licensing one, for overcoming self-imposed obstacles of our
>> ecosystem.
>>
>
> I appreciate Galder focusing the attention back on non-video content.
>
> If we're collecting exemplars, I'd like to add Bartosz
> Ciechanowski's superlative articles <https://ciechanow.ski/archives/>,
> like the ones on bicycles <https://ciechanow.ski/bicycle/> and sound
> <https://ciechanow.ski/sound/>. His articles are the best examples I know
> of interactive content that complements long-form text content.
>
> Beside the complementary relationship with long-form text, there is
> another aspect to this type of content that makes it a great fit for
> Wikipedia. Interactive visualizations are usually built by combining vector
> graphics (graphics based on geometric shapes that are defined
> mathematically, rather than bitmaps) and code. Both of these are at bottom
> textual media and thus very amenable to collaborative, iterative
> improvement via wikis.
>
> Proposals to enable support for this sort of content (for example, via
> interactive SVGs <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138665>) have
> languished for years. I think it is worth asking why, and to approach the
> question with intellectual curiosity rather than frustration. My intuition
> is that the core reason is that the security dimension of this work is
> non-intuitive and poorly understood.
>
> My hunch is that if you asked a bunch of random people about what sort of
> engineering work might be needed to support more interactive content on
> Wikipedia, the answers you will get will be disproportionately focused on
> missing user-facing interfaces and functionality for editing and displaying
> such content. And if that's your view, it is very natural for various
> assumptions to follow about what sort of expertise is required. But it's
> the wrong view and the wrong assumptions.
>
> The critical issue is *security*. Security is the reason the graph
> extension is not enabled. Security is the reason why interactive SVGs are
> not enabled. Interactive visualizations have a programmatic element that
> consists of code that executes in the user's browser. Such code needs to be
> carefully sandboxed to ensure it cannot be used to exfiltrate user data or
> surreptitiously perform actions on wiki.
>
> The bar for shipping

[Wikimedia-l] Re: We need more interactive content: we are doing it wrong

2024-02-06 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone,

My earnest hope that the Wikimedia Foundation on its 2024-2025 Annual
Financial Plan prioritize and I mean put first among all is the technical
infrastructure among all its budgetary items. We can scale down budgets to
3rd party organizations like the Knowledge Equity Fund, Movement Strategy
Governance funding, campaign grants, and other "wants" to accomodate a
highly technically reliable and stable Wikimedia online projects ("needs"),
future proof, and user friendly experience which require investments on
quality manpower, hardware, applications and the like. We love open source
but we also be pragmatic and wise on selection of choices because we want
our content be conveniently available and reliable to our readers, users,
consumers and also editors.

A welcome development is the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, the
successor to EMWCon.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_2024

The said conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, from April 17–19,
2024.

I also hope the Foundation invest in more technical gatherings, both
onsite, hybrid or online to engage and reach out to more technical
contributors, within and beyond the Wikimedia movement. I also hope WMF to
start exploring eastward to Asia or elsewhere in the world as well fully
diversify the technical community.



Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*




On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 4:54 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:

> Thanks for weighing in, Marshall!
>
> I agree wholeheartedly that we need to do a proper architecture for a
> sandbox for interactive media, that will be safe (first and foremost),
> perform well in the browser, work across device types (desktop web, mobile
> web, mobile apps), and maintain our key requirements on editability and
> reusability, balanced against the security and privacy needs of users if
> we're going to invest the effort.
>
> Backing up to do it right rather than patch up Graphs “one more time” is
> the right thing, and I’m very happy to see a confluence of interest around
> this now!
>
> My hope is we can figure out how to make that architecture & testing work
> happen in the near term until we collectively (inside WMF and out) can
> wrangle resources to make the implementation production-ready.
>
> Once we have a common infrastructure to build on, it’ll be easier for work
> to progress on individual types of media (graphs, charts, maps, animations,
> editable simulations, coding examples, etc, as well as classics like
> panorama viewers and integrating the audio/video player into a sandbox for
> heightened security).
>
> My biggest hope is that we’ll enable more work from outside WMF to happen
> – letting volunteers and other orgs who might have their own specialty
> areas and work funding to progress without every change being a potential
> new security risk.
>
> When we have succeeded in the past, we have succeeded by making tools that
> other people can use as their own basis to build their own works. I’m
> confident we can get there on interactive media with some common focus.
>
> Let's all try to capture some of this momentum while we've got it and set
> ourselves up for success down the road.
>
> – b
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2024, 12:27 PM  wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone – My name is Marshall Miller, I am a Senior Director of
>> Product at the Wikimedia Foundation, and I work with many of the teams that
>> are involved with the user experience of our websites and apps, such as the
>> Editing, Web, Growth, and Mobile Apps teams (among others) [1]. I’m part of
>> the leadership group that makes decisions about how the WMF teams approach
>> things like graphs, interactive content, and video.  Thank you all for
>> having this in-depth and important discussion.
>>
>> I know that issues with graphs [2] are what started this discussion, but
>> I agree that it makes sense to think about this in terms of the broader
>> category of “interactive content”, because other kinds of interactive
>> content, such as maps or timelines, would share architecture with what is
>> needed for graphs (video is a different and more complicated content
>> type).  I wrote a lot in this email, but here are a couple of the main
>> points up front: to support graphs and other interactive content, we would
>> need to take a step back and make a substantial investment in sustainable
>> architecture to do it – so that it works well, safely, and is built to
>> last.  And because that’s a substantial investment, we need to weigh it
>> against other important investments in order to decide whether and when to
>> do it.
>>
>> I know that it is very frustrating that the Graph extension has not been
>> operational for many

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2023 Evaluation Report

2024-02-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hello everyone,

I am writing to share with you the evaluation report for Wikimania 2023,
Wikimedia movement's largest activity, which took place virtually and in
person in Singapore, in August 2023. The report covers results from the
attendee and scholar surveys, as well as the impact of our communication,
social media and media strategies.

The report was written by a team of colleagues from the Wikimedia
Foundation Communications department, and you can find it here:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Evaluation

Here is a brief summary of the main findings:

- Wikimania 2023 was the largest Wikimania to date, with 2866 Wikimedians
from 142 countries attending - 761 in person and 2105 remotely.
- The theme for the 18th Wikimania edition was Diversity. Collaboration.
Future., reflecting the goals and challenges of the Wikimedia movement in
the next decade, including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- Survey respondents were highly satisfied with the event (over 90%), and
felt that it contributed to their learning and sense of belonging (over
90%).
- Scholarship recipients felt that the experience would encourage them to
share lessons learnt with their communities and continue to improve their
overall contributions to the movement.
- Communications strategies were utilized to raise awareness about
Wikimedia amongst youth in ESEAP, as well as the general public in the
region and beyond.
- Wikimania 2023 featured a rich and diverse program, with over 300 main
program sessions, the first ever WikiWomen Summit, a 5-day hackathon,
Wikimedia Basic workshops for beginners, and more.

I hope you enjoy reading the report and learning more about the outcomes
and impact of Wikimania 2023. Please feel free to share your feedback,
comments, and questions on the report's talk page:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_talk:Evaluation

Thank you for being part of this amazing event and community!


Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Organizing Team
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia ZA 22-23 Annual Report

2024-02-09 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Bobby,

Nice report! I hope more blessings to come with Wikimedia ZA! Your
advocacies on copyright and the IP range blocking were one of the great
contributions I won't forget.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024, 8:22 PM Bobby Shabangu  wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Wikimedia ZA has not shared its report to these streets for a long time.
> But following in the footsteps of other Usergroups who share with us their
> reports here I'm also excited to share with you our Wikimedia ZA 2022-23
> Annual report
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=WM_ZA/Annual_Report_2022-23&action=history>
> .
>
> We tried to keep the report succinct and to the point highlighting the
> results and impact of our activities.
>
> Enjoy and let us know here or at my email:bobby.shaba...@wikimedia.org.za
> if you have questions or think we could collaborate on projects in the
> future.
>
> Best regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 : Dates and host location

2024-02-15 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Everyone*,*

*SAVE THE DATE! *😍🗓️

*We are thrilled to announce that the Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 will
be hosted in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia on the 10th-12th of May, 2024! *

Excitement is building as we gear up for this Wikimedia ESEAP Conference!
🌏✨ Mark your calendar and join over 100 passionate Wikimedians from around
the world in the vibrant Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for an unforgettable
experience themed "Collaboration Beyond the Horizon." 🌟

Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to unite, learn, and liberate
knowledge together! 🤩

Dive into the details at https://w.wiki/7Ky9 and stay tuned for the
adventure of a lifetime! For any enquiries, send your questions at
persidan...@wikimedia.org.my.

We are excited to see you 🥳❤️‍🔥

#ESEAP2024 #Wikimedia #KotaKinabalu #Malaysia


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*Butch Bustria*
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Agenda pour l'Afrique] Merci pour vos contributions | Thank you!

2024-03-30 Thread Butch Bustria

Dear Bobby,

This is a great initiative. Good work and may it prosper!


Kind regards,

Butch

On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:37 PM Bobby Shabangu <
bobby.shaba...@wikimedia.org.za> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> In January, I posted a reminder inviting us to review the draft Africa
> Agenda  and
> provide additional input. Our aim was to ensure wider community
> consultation and involvement.
>
>
> We are extremely pleased with the level of participation we received, and
> we have now concluded the phase of collecting input for the draft Agenda.
> The final document has been updated on Meta as of Sunday 10 March 2024.
>
>
> What's Next Now?
>
> We hope to communicate the next steps around implementation in the coming
> weeks, our goal is to see some of the key recommendations in the Agenda
> acted upon soon. Some tentative timelines to watch out for:
>
>-
>
>High-level Stakeholder Engagement/Consultation by 20th April 2024
>-
>
>Execution committee constitution and planning from 20th April - June
>2024
>
>
> On behalf of the Afrika Baraza Working Group and WisCom, I would like to
> extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed to shaping the
> African Agenda. Whether through Meta, Afrika Baraza, WikiIndaba Conference
> 23, or email, your involvement is invaluable. Thank you for your
> contributions!
>
>
> =*En français*===
>
>
> Bonjour à tous,
>
> En janvier, j'ai publié un rappel nous invitant à examiner le projet
> d'Agenda  pour
> l'Afrique et à apporter des contributions supplémentaires. Notre objectif
> était de garantir une consultation et une participation plus larges de la
> communauté.
>
> Nous sommes extrêmement satisfaits du niveau de participation que nous
> avons reçu, et nous avons maintenant terminé la phase de collecte des
> contributions pour le projet d'agenda. Le document final a été mis à jour
> sur Meta à compter du dimanche 10 mars 2024.
>
> Quelles sont les prochaines étapes ?
>
> Nous espérons communiquer les prochaines étapes de la mise en œuvre dans
> les semaines à venir, notre objectif étant de voir certaines des
> recommandations clés de l'Agenda mises en œuvre rapidement. Voici quelques
> calendriers provisoires à prendre en compte:
>
>-
>
>Engagement/consultation de haut niveau des parties prenantes d'ici le
>20 avril 2024
>-
>
>Constitution et planification du comité d'exécution entre le 20 avril
>et juin 2024.
>
>
> Au nom du groupe de travail Afrika Baraza et du WisCom, je voudrais
> exprimer notre sincère gratitude à tous ceux qui ont contribué à élaborer
> l'Agenda africain. Que ce soit par le biais de Meta, Afrika Baraza,
> WikiIndaba Conference 23, ou par courriel, votre implication est
> inestimable. Nous vous remercions de votre contribution !
>
> Cordialement,
>
> Bobby Shabangu
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Join Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 via YouTube | 10-12 May 2024 (Friday to Sunday) from 01:00 to 09:00 UTC

2024-05-05 Thread Butch Bustria

Fellow Wikimedians,

We are thrilled to invite you virtually to the upcoming Wikimedia ESEAP
Conference 2024 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2024>.
This conference will be a platform for us Wikimedians from the East,
Southeast Asia, and the Pacific region to connect, share insights, and
build a stronger network.

Event details:

Dates and times: 10-12 May 2024 (Friday to Sunday) from 01:00 to 09:00 UTC

Theme: Collaboration Beyond the Horizon

Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Livestream & recordings

Some activities in this event will be streamed live on Wikimedia Community
User Group Malaysia YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/@wikimediamalaysia)
from 01:00 to 09:00 UTC. These recorded sessions will also be available for
you to watch at your convenience.

Universal Code of Conduct

As participants of Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024, we are all bound by the
Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct. This code ensures a safe and welcoming
environment for everyone, fostering a respectful and inclusive environment
for participants.

Interactive participation

Engage with speakers and fellow Wikimedians through our live session chat.
A trust and safety officer will be monitoring the chat to maintain a
positive and productive environment for all participants. Should you
require language interpretation (*only 官話, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu*)
during the conference, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at
persidan...@wikimedia.org.my . Upon request, we will provide you with a
link to a Zoom conference where interpretation services will be available.

Should you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate
to reach out to our support team at persidan...@wikimedia.org.my.

We look forward to your participation in this exciting event. By engaging
and working collaboratively, we collectively support Wikimedia as an
essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge.

Warm regards,

*Butch Bustria*

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting results

2024-07-27 Thread Butch Bustria

the intent of the voter.
>>
>> The UK system also does not appear to work the way you describe. For the
>> UK referendum we all know best (Brexit), the percentage reported on the
>> English Wikipedia article (51.89%) aligns exactly with the result of this
>> formula:
>> Leave / (Leave + Remain)
>> (the same formula used for the charter vote, and in Oregon elections).
>>
>> The percentage it differs (51.85%) from
>> Leave / (Leave + Remain + spoilt)
>> (the formula I think you endorse and, I think inaccurately, ascribe to
>> British referenda).
>>
>> So I really am at a loss. The formula used by the Charter Commission
>> seems both to align with the policy it set up ahead of time, and with
>> precedents in other electoral systems.
>>
>> Chris said:
>>
>> > Given all of that, it is neither appropriate, not helpful, for you to
>> now
>>
>> >launch into some kind of public critique of this process based on your
>>
>> >own views.
>>
>> Victoria said:
>>
>> The community-elected trustees were repeatedly demonised and asked for
>> their opinion. Now that I’m expressing my opinion, it is suddenly
>> inappropriate. Is it because I’m a woman or because the opinion that the
>> Charter and the process of its' ratification are not fit for purpose should
>> be silenced by any means?
>>
>>
>> I disagree with Chris on this point. But I do find your position
>> confusing. Is it not *you* who are now demonizing the committee, by
>> asserting that their chosen methodology is unique among systems of
>> referendum, and imputing ill motives? In addition to being inaccurate (as
>> to the propriety of the tallying method), your words after the fact come
>> across to me as spiteful. It's hard to see what they accomplish beyond
>> furthering acrimony.
>>
>> Victoria said:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I regret to see that the communication in this thread fractured. People
>> are now asking who am I to use the wikimedia.org email address.
>>
>>
>> I certainly don't object to a Trustee commenting on something that has
>> been a significant project of the organization, that seems like an ideal
>> use of a wikimedia.org email address!
>>
>> I also have no objection to the Board's singular act of vetoing the
>> charter.
>>
>> What *does* concern me is trying to comprehend what the Board is aiming
>> for. This seems like a uniquely important moment for the Board to clearly
>> communicate its vision, as it rejects the proposal that arose out of the
>> process it had previously defined.
>>
>> Instead, communications from the Board (including yours) seem to be
>> varying shades of inaccurate, political, vague, and inarticulate.
>>
>> I would urge you to reflect on that. I'm not saying don't communicate,
>> but the opposite. I urge you to communicate more clearly and carefully.
>>
>> Pete
>> Editor of English Wikisource, Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata, etc.
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[Wikimedia-l] Meetup about Video in Wikimania 2024

2024-07-31 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

You are all invited to the Wikimania 2024 meetup about video.

Thursday, 8 August
17:00 – 18:00 local time
Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland

https://wikimania.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Commons_Video_Meetup

It is an open room for those who are interested.


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Meetup about Video in Wikimania 2024

2024-08-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

Just to remind.

Commons Video Meetup

Thursday, 8 August
17:00 – 18:00 local time or 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland

Zoom remote connection:
https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96552008807?pwd=eNDhXNaDAMUrwBIUA9gCEK3mU8fv4H.1

Landing page:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Commons_Video_Meetup


Kind regards,

Butch


On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 3:03 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> You are all invited to the Wikimania 2024 meetup about video.
>
> Thursday, 8 August
> 17:00 – 18:00 local time
> Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland
>
> https://wikimania.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Commons_Video_Meetup
>
> It is an open room for those who are interested.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Asia Meetup in Wikimania (Aug 9, Friday)

2024-08-08 Thread Butch Bustria

Hi Folks,

We have a Wikimedia Asia meetup in Wikimania 2024!

Friday, 9 August
12:15 – 13:15 local time or 10:15 - 11:15 UTC
Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland

Jitsi video meeting link:
https://meet.jit.si/Wikimania_2024

Landing page:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Wikimedia_Asia_Meetup


Kind regards,

Butch
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[Wikimedia-l] Highlight reel of Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 in Malaysia

2024-08-20 Thread Butch Bustria

Hello,

Here are the highlights (video report) of the Wikimedia ESEAP Conference
happened last May 2024.

https://youtu.be/KaOn36oU6K4?si=eLjjEvoc1pYo3Zy0

Enjoy the video. This may inspire your conference planning too.

Big thanks to WOTY2023 Taufik Rosman, the entire Wikimedia CUG Malaysia and
Organizing Team!


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
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