[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Research Showcase] May 15 at 16:30 UTC

[Shaba 50]

Hi Kinneret,

Thanks for sharing the details of the upcoming Research Showcase. The theme
for this showcase, *Reader to Editor Pipeline*, sounds intriguing.

I'm especially interested in the Journey Transitions research project,
which explores how readers and editors perceive their relationships with
Wikipedia.

I'm also curious to learn more about the Growth features that the Wikimedia
Foundation is developing to improve the newcomer experience.

I'll be sure to tune in to the live stream tomorrow at 9:30 AM PST / 16:30
UTC.

I'm looking forward to hearing the presentations and participating in the
conversation in the YouTube chat.

Thanks again for the update!

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Tue, May 14, 2024, 9:26 AM Kinneret Gordon  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed tomorrow, Wednesday, May
> 15, at 9:30 AM PST / 16:30 UTC. Find your local time here
> . The theme for this showcase
> is *Reader to Editor Pipeline*.
>
> You are welcome to watch via the YouTube stream:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8CbpcwGV8. As usual, you can join the
> conversation in the YouTube chat as soon as the showcase goes live.
>
> This month's presentations:
> Journey TransitionsBy *Mike Raish and Daisy Chen*What kinds of events do
> readers and editors identify as separating the stages of their relationship
> with Wikipedia, and which of these kinds of events might the Wikimedia
> Foundation possibly support through design interventions? In the Journey
> Transitions qualitative research project, the WMF Design Research team
> interviewed readers and editors in Arabic, Spanish, and English in order to
> answer these questions and provide guidance to WMF Product teams making
> strategic decisions. A series of semi-structured interviews revealed that
> readers and editors describe their relationships with Wikipedia in
> different ways, with readers describing a static and transactional
> relationship, and that even many experienced editors express confusion
> about core functions of the Wikimedia ecosystem, such as the role of Talk
> pages. This presentation will describe the Journey Transitions research, as
> well as present its implications for the sponsoring Product teams in order
> to shed light on the way that qualitative research is used to inform
> strategic decisions in the Wikimedia Foundation.
> Increasing participation in peer production communities with the Growth
> featuresBy *Morten Warncke-Wang and Kirsten Stoller*For peer production
> communities to be sustainable, they must attract and retain new
> contributors. Studies have identified social and technical barriers to
> entry and discovered some potential solutions, but these solutions have
> typically focused on a single highly successful community, the English
> Wikipedia, been tested in isolation, and rarely evaluated through
> controlled experiments. In this talk, we show how the Wikimedia
> Foundation’s Growth team collaborates with Wikipedia communities to develop
> and experiment with new features to improve the newcomer experience in
> Wikipedia. We report findings from a large-scale controlled experiment
> using the Newcomer Homepage, a central place where newcomers can learn how
> peer production works and find opportunities to contribute, and show how
> the effectiveness depends on the newcomer’s context. Lastly, we show how
> the Growth team has continued developing features that further improve the
> newcomer experience while adapting to community needs.
> Best,Kinneret
>
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> Kinneret Gordon
>
> Lead Research Community Officer
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Joint Statement on Palestine

[Shaba 50]

Greetings Farah and fellow Wikimedians,

I am writing to express my support for the Joint Statement on Palestine. I
am deeply concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine and
believe that Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies, and volunteers should
unite in solidarity with humanity and demand an immediate and lasting
ceasefire to halt the tragic loss of life and destruction of Palestinian
cultural heritage.

I urge the WMF to prioritize the impartial dissemination of information and
accurate, real-time documentation of the current human-caused humanitarian
disaster and erasure of cultural heritage. I also urge the WMF to take
proactive measures to ensure the safety of volunteers, communities,
partners, and knowledge and memory institutions from Palestine contributing
to the dissemination of knowledge.

Thank you for your leadership on this important issue.

In solidarity,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 5:01 PM Farah Jack Mustaklem 
wrote:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> On the 7th of April, a joint statement was published by Wikimedia groups,
> ally organization, and individual Wikimedians expressing concern over the
> humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine. The statement calls on "all
> Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies, and volunteers to unite in solidarity
> with humanity and demand an immediate and lasting ceasefire to halt the
> tragic loss of life and destruction of Palestinian cultural heritage."
>
> Additionally, the signatories call upon the WMF to "prioritize the
> impartial dissemination of information and accurate, real-time
> documentation of the current human-caused humanitarian disaster and erasure
> of cultural heritage" and to "take proactive measures to ensure the safety
> of volunteers, communities, partners and knowledge and memory institutions
> from Palestine contributing to the dissemination of knowledge."
>
> Since the initial release, several additional groups and individuals have
> signed on to the statement, and others are kindly urged to do the same.
>
> The statement can be found and signed here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Joint_Statement_on_Palestine
>
> Peace and justice for all,
> Farah
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Niger

[Shaba 50]

Greetings Jeffrey,

Thank you for sharing this exciting news! Congratulations to the members of
the new Wikimedia Community User Group Niger. I wish them all the best in
their endeavors.

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 3:46 PM Affiliations Committee 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Wikimedia Community User Group Niger [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
> group aims to promote access to the free sharing of knowledge and build a
> community of contributors in Niger.
>
> 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_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Niger
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Niger
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Cyprus

[Shaba 50]

Greetings Jeffrey,

Thank you for sharing this exciting news! I am thrilled to hear about the
recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Cyprus as a Wikimedia User
Group. This is a significant milestone for the group and the Wikimedia
movement in Cyprus.

Congratulations to the members of the new user group for their hard work
and dedication. I wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 3:38 PM Affiliations Committee 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Wikimedia Community User Group Cyprus [2] as a Wikimedia User Group.
> The group aims to to empower and engage people to collect and develop
> educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to
> disseminate it effectively in Cyprus.
>
> 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_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Cyprus
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Cyprus#2020
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics"

[Shaba 50]

Greetings Giovanna and Sandra,

Thank you for sharing this exciting news about the free and publicly
accessible course on WikiLearn.

I am always looking for new ways to learn more about OpenRefine and
Wikimedia Commons, so I am thrilled to see this resource available.

I will definitely be enrolling in the course and will share it with my
colleagues who may be interested as well.

Thanks again, and have a great weekend

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 12:01 PM Giovanna Fontenelle 
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> We are happy to announce that there is now a free and publicly accessible
> course on the learning platform, WikiLearn, on how to upload and edit files
> on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine: *OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons:
> the basics*
> 
> .
>
> OpenRefine  is a free
> data-wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate, and clean
> tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases, including
> Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
>
> This online course is available at any time, for free. Anyone with a
> Wikimedia account can enroll with the click of a button. It can be followed
> at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded
> at the end to those who complete the course.
>
> The training is suitable for Wikimedians, Wikimedia affiliate staff, and
> partners (e.g. GLAM staff and Wikimedians in Residence). Accomplishing the
> course should take an average of 6 to 8 hours.
>
> This course was developed as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's training
> and sustainability grant to OpenRefine
> .
> It is currently available in English and can be easily translated into
> other languages (more about the translation process here
>  and here
> ).
> Translations for this course in French, Spanish, and Portuguese are being
> worked on and will be available very soon.
>
> Please, feel free to share this course with people you think might be
> interested in learning more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons, who are
> part of your network, in groups, social media, or any other places.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best,
> Giovanna & Sandra
>
> Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
>
> Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Telugu Wikimedians User Group

[Shaba 50]

Greetings Jeffrey,

Congratulations on the recognition of the Telugu Wikimedians User Group as
a Wikimedia User Group. This is a significant milestone for the Telugu
language and community.

I wish the group all the best in their future endeavors.

Sincerely,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 6:12 PM Affiliations Committee 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Telugu Wikimedians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group
> aims to to grow and promote Telugu language in Wikimedia Projects including
> supporting Telugu Wikimedia communities in India.
>
> 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 Telugu Wikimedians User Group
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Telugu_Wikimedians_User_Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

[Shaba 50]

Dear Jeffrey,

I am thrilled to hear about the recognition of the Wikimedia Community User
Group Botswana as a Wikimedia User Group. This is a significant milestone
for the Wikimedia community in Botswana and will undoubtedly contribute to
the promotion of Wikimedia projects and the creation of free knowledge in
the country.

Congratulations to the members of the new user group for their dedication
and hard work. I look forward to seeing the positive impact they will have
on the Wikimedia community.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 9:54 PM Affiliations Committee 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana [2] as a Wikimedia User Group.
> The group aims to to promote the use of Wikimedia and its sister projects
> by the residents of Botswana, and to also help in creating awareness on how
> the everyday Botswana can contribute to the pool of free knowledge, which
> is Wikimedia; most especially in the translation efforts into the major
> local languages (Setswana).
>
> 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_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Botswana
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Botswana
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikinotebooks: A Wiki for Computational Notebooks

[Shaba 50]

Dear Adam,

Thank you for your prompt response and the additional insights you
provided. I am excited to see the fuller proposal for Wikinotebooks on
Meta-Wiki.

I appreciate your consideration of categorizing, organizing, and searching
for wiki-notebooks, as well as the inclusion of talk pages. These features
would greatly enhance the usability and community engagement with the
platform.

The ideas for task-specific templates, input forms, and real-time
processing of computational notebooks are also intriguing. These features
could significantly streamline the creation and editing process, making
Wikinotebooks more accessible and efficient for users.

I am particularly interested in the potential for AI assistants to provide
contextual recommendations and detect anomalous usage scenarios. These
features could greatly enhance the user experience and help ensure the
quality and consistency of the content generated on Wikinotebooks.


Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba


On Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 3:00 AM Adam Sobieski  wrote:

> Aliyu Shaba,
> All,
>
> Thank you. I will get started on a fuller proposal for Meta-Wiki,
> upcoming. I welcome any ideas for the proposal.
>
> I will continue to brainstorm about overlaps between wiki technologies,
> computational notebooks, and Web-based client front-end concepts.
>
> Initial ideas include that wiki-notebooks could be categorized and
> organized (including folksonomically), searched for, and have accompanying
> talk pages.
>
> In theory, instead of having to create blank notebooks, editors could
> select task-specific templates and/or make use of input forms to create
> rough-draft notebook sketches for subsequent completion.
>
> By processing computational notebooks as editors create and revise them:
> (1) anomalous usage scenarios could be detected, (2) AI assistants could
> contextually recommend documentation, and (3) AI assistants could
> contextually recommend options for populating cells with code sketches and
> code completions.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Adam
>
> --
> *From:* Shaba 50 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 2, 2024 3:04 PM
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List 
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikinotebooks: A Wiki for Computational
> Notebooks
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> Thank you for your email and the exciting ideas you shared for a new
> Wikimedia sister project: Wikinotebooks. I find the concept of a
> wiki-style, multi-user collaboration platform for notebook-based computing
> to be intriguing and potentially transformative for our community.
>
> I appreciate the detailed explanation of how Wikinotebooks could enhance
> the generation and utilization of multimedia resources, streamline data
> processing and visualization, and facilitate interconnectedness between
> various components of the Wikimedia ecosystem. The integration with
> Wikidata and the ability to leverage JavaScript or Python for data
> manipulation opens up a wide range of possibilities for computational
> exploration and knowledge creation.
>
> I am also intrigued by the potential synergies between Wikinotebooks and
> the proposed Wikianswers project.
>
> Collaborative notebook environments could provide a valuable platform for
> developing and refining answers to complex questions and fostering
> discussions among experts and enthusiasts.
>
> Thank you again for your initiative and thoughtfulness. I look forward to
> continuing the conversation and working together to advance the Wikimedia
> movement.
>
> Best regards,
> Aliyu Shaba.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 1:05 PM Adam Sobieski 
> wrote:
>
> Wikimedia,
>
> Inspired by computational-notebook technologies including Project Jupyter
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Jupyter> and Jupyter AI
> <https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai>, I am pleased to share some
> ideas for a new Wikimedia sister project: *Wikinotebooks*.
>
> A Wikinotebooks project would enable new, wiki-style, multi-user
> collaboration scenarios with respect to notebook-based computing in a way
> tightly integrated with the Wikimedia software ecosystem.
>
> With notebook-based computing, multimedia resources could be generated by
> people and AI, these resources including: 3D graphics, animations, audio,
> charts, diagrams, figures, graphs, images, infographics, maps, mathematical
> expressions, pictures, and video.
>
> Editors would be able to log on to Wikinotebooks, create a new notebook,
> query data from Wikidata, run some program logic (e.g., JavaScript or
> Python) on that data to generate a chart, save that chart to Commons, and
> then add that chart to a Wikipedia article.
>
> As envisioned, computational notebooks would be stored on Wikinotebooks, 
> generated
> multimedi

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikinotebooks: A Wiki for Computational Notebooks

[Shaba 50]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for your email and the exciting ideas you shared for a new
Wikimedia sister project: Wikinotebooks. I find the concept of a
wiki-style, multi-user collaboration platform for notebook-based computing
to be intriguing and potentially transformative for our community.

I appreciate the detailed explanation of how Wikinotebooks could enhance
the generation and utilization of multimedia resources, streamline data
processing and visualization, and facilitate interconnectedness between
various components of the Wikimedia ecosystem. The integration with
Wikidata and the ability to leverage JavaScript or Python for data
manipulation opens up a wide range of possibilities for computational
exploration and knowledge creation.

I am also intrigued by the potential synergies between Wikinotebooks and
the proposed Wikianswers project.

Collaborative notebook environments could provide a valuable platform for
developing and refining answers to complex questions and fostering
discussions among experts and enthusiasts.

Thank you again for your initiative and thoughtfulness. I look forward to
continuing the conversation and working together to advance the Wikimedia
movement.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 1:05 PM Adam Sobieski  wrote:

> Wikimedia,
>
> Inspired by computational-notebook technologies including Project Jupyter
>  and Jupyter AI
> , I am pleased to share some
> ideas for a new Wikimedia sister project: *Wikinotebooks*.
>
> A Wikinotebooks project would enable new, wiki-style, multi-user
> collaboration scenarios with respect to notebook-based computing in a way
> tightly integrated with the Wikimedia software ecosystem.
>
> With notebook-based computing, multimedia resources could be generated by
> people and AI, these resources including: 3D graphics, animations, audio,
> charts, diagrams, figures, graphs, images, infographics, maps, mathematical
> expressions, pictures, and video.
>
> Editors would be able to log on to Wikinotebooks, create a new notebook,
> query data from Wikidata, run some program logic (e.g., JavaScript or
> Python) on that data to generate a chart, save that chart to Commons, and
> then add that chart to a Wikipedia article.
>
> As envisioned, computational notebooks would be stored on Wikinotebooks, 
> generated
> multimedia resources would be stored on Commons, and these notebooks and
> multimedia resources would remain interconnected. Persisted
> interconnectivity between data, queries, computational notebooks, and
> multimedia resources would streamline providing deliverables. For instance,
> updates to backing data could result in automatic updates to multimedia
> resources, e.g., charts, and/or in notifications to interested editors that
> new revisions were available.
>
> A Wikinotebooks project would, additionally, enhance the development of
> another proposed sister project: Wikianswers
> .
>
> In the event of any interest, I could write a fuller proposal for a
> Wikinotebooks project on Meta-Wiki . Thank
> you.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Adam Sobieski
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: CEE Newsletter - March 2024 Issue Now Available!

[Shaba 50]

Hi Toni,

Thank you for sharing the March 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter. I am
always impressed by the depth and breadth of the work being done by the CEE
communities.

I was particularly interested in the article on the Wikimedia Community
User Group Cyprus. It was inspiring to learn about their journey and the
role that the CEE Hub played in supporting their endeavors.

I also enjoyed the article on the Heritage Guard Network project. It is so
important to safeguard cultural and natural heritage, and I am glad to see
that the CEE Hub is involved in this work.

Overall, I found the newsletter to be very informative and inspiring. I
look forward to reading future issues.

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 3:23 PM Toni Ristovski 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're excited to announce the release of the *March 2024 issue of
> the CEE Newsletter*! This edition is filled with captivating stories,
> community highlights, and collaborative achievements from across the
> Central and Eastern Europe region in the Wikimedia movement.
>
> Read the Newsletter here
> 
>
> *In This Issue:*
>
>- *CEE Hub Updates:* Dive into the empowering journey of the Wikimedia
>Community User Group Cyprus and discover the pivotal role played by the CEE
>Hub in supporting their endeavors. Learn about our involvement in the
>'Heritage Guard Network' project aimed at safeguarding cultural and natural
>heritage in danger.
>- *International Updates:* Stay informed about the latest developments
>and upcoming events shaping the Wikimedia movement globally.
>- *CEE in the News:* Explore the impact of CEE communities in global
>education and cultural sectors with a summary of articles from This month
>in Education and This month in GLAM.
>- *Reader’s Digest:* Stay updated on important topics from around the
>globe with insights from the Diff Blog and open calls and consultations
>within the Wikimedia landscape.
>- *Updates from Communities:* Delve into the vibrant activities of CEE
>communities, including initiatives like Wiki Loves Earth 2024, celebrations
>of Ukrainian Wikipedia's 20th anniversary, and innovative projects like the
>Friendship Edit-a-thon between Japan and Turkey. Explore topics like SLAPPs
>against CEE and initiatives aimed at overcoming challenges and promoting
>diversity within the Wikimedia movement. Learn about Wikipedia in education
>initiatives in Albania, including updates on University Students'
>Internships, Wikipedia within the education setting, and WikiGap Tirana
>event celebrating women in entrepreneurship.
>
>
> You can read the full newsletter here
> . We hope you
> enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our
> vibrant CEE communities.
>
> Happy reading!
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Save the date - Wikidata Leveling Up Days, April 5-7 and 12-14

[Shaba 50]

Thank you for sharing this opportunity with the community. I'm eager to
learn more about Wikidata. I'm planning to attend the online event and I'm
also interested in scheduling my own session.

I'll be sure to check out the guidance page.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 2:56 PM Léa Lacroix 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Have you ever wanted to get involved with Wikidata but you were not sure
> where to start? Do you feel like you know the basics of editing, but you
> lack experience on a few useful tools (QuickStatements, Mix’n’Match,
> gadgets, infoboxes…)? Then the Wikidata Leveling Up Days are made for you!
>
> The Wikidata Leveling Up Days
>  are
> a series of online events and a collection of useful contents to help
> people get on board with Wikidata. The events will take place from April
> 5th to 7th and from April 12th to 14th, and will include a wide variety of
> presentations, workshops and discussions covering the basics of Wikidata:
> get started, browse and query Wikidata, enhance your editing experience,
> ensure data quality, and connect Wikidata with sister projects.
>
> The event will give the occasion to both new and seasoned editors to get
> together and exchange ideas and tips. Some sessions are already planned in
> the schedule, but the program is open: community trainers and organizers
> are welcome to schedule their own self-organized sessions, at the time that
> suits them best, and in the language that would be accessible to their
> peers. If you’re interested in scheduling your own session, you’ll find
> guidance on this page
> 
> .
>
> The Leveling Up Days are also a collection of introduction videos,
> recorded in advance with experienced Wikidata editors, that will soon be
> available online. We will make sure that the videos are available ahead of
> the event, so people can watch them at their own pace. The videos will
> include translatable captions, so you will be able to help us make this
> useful content accessible to a wide range of Wikidata newcomers.
>
> The online event is open to everyone without registration, but if you’re
> interested in attending, feel free to sign up here
> .
> You can also join our help desk channel
> 
> where we will have Q sessions.
>
> And last but not least: please help us reach out to people who may be
> interested in learning more about Wikidata: feel free to share or
> transfer this message to the channels, mailing-lists and groups where it
> could be relevant.
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.
>
> See you around at the Leveling Up Days!
> Best,
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Yoruba Wikipedia: the most widely read Wikipedia in Nigeria.

[Shaba 50]

Congratulations to the Yoruba Wikipedia community on achieving this
remarkable milestone! It is inspiring to see the dedication and hard work
of the Yoruba Wikipedians.

Thank you for sharing this great news with us.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 2:24 AM Mikaeel Sodiq  wrote:

> We are excited to inform the global community that Yoruba Wikipedia hits
> 25 million views in 2023. This groundbreaking achievement makes Yoruba
> Wikipedia the most read Nigerian language Wikipedia and the most visited
> website in Yoruba.
> Kudos to the Yoruba Wikipedians, and thanks to WMF for their unending
> supports.
>
>
> https://thenationonlineng.net/yoruba-wikipedia-hits-25-million-views-in-2023/
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing Publication of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Child Rights Impact Assessment

[Shaba 50]

Hi Ricky,

Thank you for sharing this important information with the community. I'm
particularly interested in the recommendations that the Foundation and the
volunteer community could implement to mitigate the risks that children
face when accessing and participating in Wikimedia projects.

I think it's important that we do everything we can to make Wikimedia a
safe space for children, and I'm glad that the Foundation is taking this
issue seriously.

I'm also interested in hearing from other members of the community about
their thoughts on the risks and recommendations from the report.

I think it's important that we have a dialogue about this topic so that we
can come up with the best possible solutions.

I'm looking forward to the community conversation hours on Friday. I hope to
see you there!

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 6:03 PM Ricky Gaines  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am pleased to announce the
> publication of our first child rights impact assessment
> 
> (CRIA). This report forms an important part of the Foundation’s long-term
> efforts to meet the commitments articulated in our Human Rights Policy
> . The
> assessment builds upon our 2020 organizational Human Rights Impact
> Assessment
> 
> (HRIA), which identified risks to children’s rights as one of five
> categories of significant human rights risks facing the Foundation and
> Wikimedia communities. The HRIA recommended that the Foundation undertake a
> targeted assessment to better understand this category of risks.
>
> What is in the report?
>
> Publishing this CRIA represents a significant step forward in the
> Foundation’s human rights endeavors. The CRIA was prepared by Article One
> , a strategy consultancy with expertise
> in human rights. In it, Article One identifies and analyzes the impacts,
> risks, and opportunities posed to children that access and participate in
> Wikimedia projects. It proposes recommendations that the Foundation and
> Wikimedia’s volunteer community could implement to mitigate those risks, so
> that children can fully benefit from participating in our projects
>
> Of the recommendations, the Foundation is positioned to act upon a number
> of them, while others provide an opportunity for collaboration between the
> Foundation and the volunteer community to address, and others the volunteer
> community is better positioned to lead. We hope these recommendations will
> give us all a basis for dialogue and collaboration around making Wikimedia
> a safer space for children.
>
> Making sense of the findings
>
> To help you digest this report, we’ve prepared a number of resources for
> you, including:
>
>-
>
>A Diff blog pos
>
> t
>summarizing the findings of the CRIA and what it means for the movement;
>-
>
>A Meta page
>
> 
>to serve as the “home” for the report and to provide more background
>information on the report, including its objectives, the timeline in which
>it was completed, the methodology that was employed to develop the report,
>and actions the Foundation has taken since first receiving the report;
>-
>
>The full report
>
> ,
>which contains a foreword from the Foundation’s General Counsel, an
>executive summary, a risk analysis, and recommendations. The report is
>available in English, French and Spanish.
>
>
> Working together to protect child safety on Wikimedia projects
>
> We want to hear from you on this topic: What questions do you have? What
> are your thoughts on the risks and recommendations from the report? What is
> your community already doing, or what would you like to do, to ensure the
> safety of children on Wikimedia projects? How can we collaborate to make
> progress? Leave a message on the report’s Talk page
> 
> or register and join us at either of the two community conversation hours
> scheduled for the following times:
>
>-
>
>Friday, 23 February at 13:00 UTC
>
> 
>-
>
>Friday, 23 February at: 18:00 UTC
>
> 
>
>
> If you 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Arabic Wikipedia day of action

[Shaba 50]

Farah Jack Mustaklem,

Thank you for sharing this information. I appreciate the effort that the
Arabic Wikipedia editors are taking to highlight the plight of the
Palestinian people and to call for peace. I hope that this action will help
to raise awareness of the situation and to bring about a peaceful
resolution to the conflict.

I also appreciate the fact that Wikipedia remains accessible for reading,
even though it is not editable for 24 hours. This is a good way to ensure
that people can still access information about the Palestinian people and
the conflict, even though they cannot edit the site.

I hope that this action will be successful in achieving its goals. I wish
you and the Arabic Wikipedia editors all the best in your efforts.

Best wishes,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 2:18 AM Farah Jack Mustaklem 
wrote:

> Greetings to all,
>
> Arabic Wikipedia editors have agreed to hold a day of action to highlight
> the plight of the Palestinian people and to call for peace. At 00:00 UTC on
> the 23rd of December, the Arabic Wikipedia "went dark", meaning that
> Wikipedia will not be editable for 24 hours. Wikipedia remains accessible
> for reading, though.
>
> This action stems from the community's sense of moral duty to combat
> injustice. Wikipedia communities have previously stood up for human rights
> such as by protesting legal travesties like SOPA and PIPA or by showing
> solidarity with Ukrainians following Russia's invasion of their country.
>
> May everyone celebrating the holidays - and those who aren't - stay safe,
> and may peace and justice prevail throughout the World.
>
> All the best
>
> Farah
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mark Your Calendars: Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia, from May 3rd - 5th 2024! 

[Shaba 50]

Hi Onyinyechi,

Thanks for sharing this exciting news! I'm looking forward to attending
this year's hackathon.

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 3:36 PM Onyinyechi Onifade 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
>
> On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's Hackathon Organizing team, I am
> thrilled to share the exciting news that the 2024 Wikimedia Hackathon is
> scheduled to unfold in the captivating city of Tallinn, Estonia
> , from May 3rd - 5th 2024!
>
>
> The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual event, uniting the global technical
> community in a dynamic gathering focused on connection, innovation, and
> building really cool projects. At this event, technical contributors
> hailing from all corners of the globe converge with a shared mission: to
> enhance the technological infrastructure and software that underpins and
> empowers Wikimedia projects. For this exceptional 2024 edition, the
> Wikimedia Foundation is joining forces with WMEE, the official local
> chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation in Estonia
> , to bring you an
> unforgettable experience.
>
> The theme for this edition aligns with last year's, emphasizing the
> gathering of individuals who have a track record of contributing to the
> technical aspects of Wikimedia projects. We're looking for those who are
> versed in navigating the technical ecosystem and are adept at working
> autonomously or collaborating effectively on projects.
>
> While the majority of our event will unfold onsite, we're excited to share
> that certain parts of the program will be broadcasted online, ensuring
> accessibility to a wider audience. We warmly encourage local communities to
> host pre-hackathon events or meetups.  In the coming months, these pages
>  will be your
> go-to resource for comprehensive details on attendance procedures, venue
> specifics, travel recommendations, accommodation options, and scholarship
> opportunities. Stay tuned!
>
> The next milestone on our journey is just around the corner. Registration
> and scholarship applications are set to open Monday November 27th (see
> timeline
> ). Be
> sure to keep an eye on the talk page, mediawiki page
> and your inbox
> for consistent updates.
>
> Should you have any inquiries or wish to get in touch with the
> coordination team, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at
> hackat...@wikimedia.org, or share your thoughts on the talk page
>  of
> the hackathon.
>
> We are really looking forward to welcoming you again at the Hackathon, and
> we hope that you are also excited to join and hack together!
>
>
> On Behalf of the Hackathon Organizing Team,
>
> Onyinyechi Onifade
>
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedistas de Ecuador

[Shaba 50]

Hi Jeffrey,

Congratulations to Wikimedistas de Ecuador

Best Regards,
Aliyu Shaba.


On Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 1:27 AM Levi Kambai Timothy 
wrote:

> Congratulations to Wikimedistas de Ecuador!
>
> Warm regards,
> Levi
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2023, 12:11 am Affiliations Committee, 
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming a future Trustee to the Wikimedia Foundation Board

[Shaba 50]

 Hi Antanan,

Thanks for the update. We are thrilled to have Kathy join the team and look
forward to her contributions.

Best regards,
Aliyu Shaba


On Wed, Nov 1, 2023, 10:21 PM Nataliia Tymkiv  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am writing with an update on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> Audit Committee Chair search process.
>
> You may recall that in July 2023, I wrote about the Board’s need to
> identify a replacement for trustee and Audit Committee chair Tanya Capuano
> [1] and the requirements that the Board had identified for the position
> [2]. The Governance Committee conducted a search over a months-long
> process, which included a search firm as well as a call for candidates
> through the communities; the main components of the recruitment process are
> described here [3]. In August at Wikimania, the Governance Committee made a
> recommendation to the Board to move forward with the top finalist, and the
> Board accepted it [4]. I am pleased to announce that Kathy Collins [5] will
> be joining officially at our next Board meeting on December 6, 2023.
>
> Kathy has extensive financial and nonprofit governance experience that she
> brings to this role. She has worked as a financial expert for her entire
> career, across both higher education institutions and state and federal
> governments in the United States. She was Vice President of Finance at Rice
> University in Houston, Texas for nearly 20 years, a position she held until
> last year when she retired. She has also been a trustee at Mount Holyoke
> College in Massachusetts, where she served in multiple Board leadership
> roles including Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Finance Committee and
> member of the Audit, Governance and Development Committees and the DEI 
> (Diversity,
> equity, and inclusion) Task Force. Her experience and expertise are very
> relevant to the challenges we  as the Board are seeing for this role.
> Please join me in welcoming her!
>
> This is a planned role succession, with a very clear profile needed, and
> as I mentioned before [4], over the past year, there have been quite a lot
> of intentional improvements to all of our processes (e.g., recruitment,
> appointments, onboarding, succession planning), so that Trustees with no or
> limited Wikimedia experience can start engaging in community conferences,
> events, and on-wiki discussions as soon as possible, and as the role of a
> Trustee is complex, it is better if the process can start before the
> official appointment, when already a certain level of knowledge is expected
> to start making informed decisions.  And Kathy has wasted no time in
> pre-onboarding to the Wikimedia Foundation and learning about the Movement
> and Board. She has been joining the Audit and Governance Committee meetings
> for the past few months. Kathy also will also be joining other Trustees in
> person at the WikiConference North America event in Toronto, which will be
> her first community event, and also an opportunity to get to know some of
> her future colleagues on the Board better.
>
> I would like to thank Tanya Capuano for continuing to support the
> Foundation while Kathy is pre-onboarded to the Audit Committee and the
> Board. Tanya has also graciously agreed to remain an Advisor to the Audit
> Committee after her term officially ends in December.
>
> Recently, Maryana Iskander announced Talking: 2024 [6], conversations to
> share, listen, and learn with intention as we all continue to plan our
> future as a movement. If you would like to talk to me about this or any
> other Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees topics, you can use the Let’s
> Talk feature to sign up for a time to speak with me [7].
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/OG3NQUL4HKUYPRSLUKM2RI2LRXGJRG5I/
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Governance_Committee/Board_recruitment
>
>
> [3]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Recruiting_procedure
>
>
> [4]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PAKLDS53PN7GVLYVML6OWSTEEF5KWJ2M/
>
>
> [5]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/11/01/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-kathy-collins-as-new-incoming-board-trustee-and-audit-chair/
>
> [6]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#October_2023_Update_and_Invitation_to_Talking:_2024
>
> [7]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#Let's_talk
>
> Best regards,
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

[Shaba 50]

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
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] 2022 Picture of the Year Results

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Congratulations to the winners


On Tue, May 23, 2023, 7:00 PM Mehrdad Pourzaki 
wrote:

> Congratulations winners. This is a great turnout with beautiful results.
> Congratulations organizers.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 11:22 AM Dan Andreescu 
> wrote:
>
>> Oh my goodness those are stunning
>>
>> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 11:56 PM Kunal Mehta  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> The 2022 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to
>>> announce the results:
>>>
>>> In both rounds, people voted for their favorite pictures.
>>>
>>>- In the first round, there were 1102 candidate images.
>>>- In the second round, people voted for the 56 finalists (the R1 top
>>>30 overall and top 2 in each category).
>>>
>>> In the second round eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists –
>>> each of these 3 votes counted equal. There were 2,386 eligible voters in
>>> R1, and 2,860 in round R2.
>>>
>>> Congratulations to the winners of the contest and thanks for creating
>>> these beautiful pictures and sharing them as freely licensed content:
>>>
>>>1. 335 people voted for the winner, File:Phalacrocorax carbo,
>>>Egretta garzetta and Mareca strepera in Taudha Lake.jpg
>>>
>>> 
>>>by Prasan Shrestha
>>>
>>>2. In second place, 299 people voted for File:Etipoia Banna tribe
>>>kids.jpg
>>>
>>>by WAVRIK 
>>>3. In third place, 292 people voted for File:Pillars of Creation
>>>(NIRCam Image).jpg
>>>
>>> 
>>>taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI); image
>>>processing by Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), 
>>> Alyssa
>>>Pagan (STScI)
>>>
>>> View those pictures and remaining results on-wiki
>>> .
>>> Thanks as well to all the voters that participated the process.
>>> - The Commons Picture of the Year committee
>>> 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Selena Deckelmann joins as Chief Product & Technology Officer

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Congratulations Selena and welcome

Best Regards,
Aliyu shaba

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 6:10 PM 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 Foundation on August 1. She is based in Portland, Oregon in
> the United States.
>
> Selena is currently the Senior Vice President at Mozilla, where she has
> been for the last nine years. She leads the Firefox organization of more
> than 400 people responsible for all Firefox product and technology
> functions including desktop, mobile, web platform, and browser services.
>
> I have gotten to know Selena over several months and also learned from
> people who have worked with her over many years. She is known for
> successfully driving change by getting stakeholders aligned around what’s
> needed, and being seen as a trusted partner. Selena has built strong
> credibility over many years with colleagues and also with a broader
> developer community. She is described as a leader who can make the tough
> decisions, develop skills, grow diverse contributors, and inspire teams.
> She also has a great laugh and looks for joy in her work!
>
> As context for the recruitment process: given the critical need to get
> this right, we used two firms with global search expertise who
> specialized in product/technology executive leadership roles. This meant
> double the work, but allowed us to more quickly build a large, globally
> diverse pool of over 500 candidates. Once we identified a smaller number of
> finalists, they participated in real-life case studies of some of our
> current challenges and met with Wikimedia stakeholders over the course of
> many months.
>
> As you all know, we have a highly unique and sometimes difficult
> environment with a multifaceted mission, complex structure, and often
> competing stakeholders. This is going to be a challenge for anyone,
> especially given the steep learning curve at Wikimedia (which I can confirm
> from my own experience!). I hope you will sign up to help me successfully
> onboard Selena as she gets started!
>
> Selena will share her own message with you shortly, and she can be reached
> directly at sdeckelm...@wikimedia.org.
>
> Maryana
>
> Maryana Iskander
>
> Wikimedia Foundation CEO
>
> ***
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/06/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-selena-deckelmann/
>
>
> Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Selena Deckelmann as Chief Product and
> Technology Officer
>
> 13 June 2022, San Francisco  — The Wikimedia Foundation today announced
> the appointment of Selena Deckelmann as Chief Product and Technology
> Officer. Selena is currently serving as Senior Vice President of Mozilla,
> where she was responsible for Firefox. She will officially join on August
> 1, 2022.
>
> Selena will lead the product and technology teams at the Wikimedia
> Foundation. These teams support the technology infrastructure and
> innovation that powers Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, one of the
> most visited websites in the world with more than 16 billion pageviews per
> month. They also enable more than 300,000 global volunteers to edit
> Wikimedia projects each month.
>
> “Selena has a proven track record of delivering results by enabling
> individuals and teams to tackle unique and often complex challenges,” said
> Maryana Iskander, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. “She has dedicated her
> career to open source technologies for empowerment and inclusion.”
>
> At Mozilla, where she has been for nearly a decade, Selena currently leads
> the Firefox organization of more than 400 people responsible for all
> Firefox product and technology functions including desktop, mobile, web
> platform, and browser services. She oversaw some of the company’s most
> significant achievements including performance projects like Quantum Flow,
> architectural changes like Project Fission, key features like Enhanced
> Tracking Protection and Total Cookie Protection, and services such as
> Firefox Monitor. In her nine years at Mozilla, Selena held various other
> roles including Vice President for Firefox Desktop, Senior Director for Web
> Platform Engineering and Gecko Runtime, and Senior Manager for Gecko
> Security Engineering.
>
> Selena also brings experience from her previous roles as co-founder of
> Prime Radiant, a software as a service business that explored how to
> improve business processes at scale with checklist automation software, and
> as Consulting Director of Development for The 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Congratulations to accepted candidates for Google Summer of Code 2022 & Outreachy Round 24

[Shaba 50]

Congratulations to all of them 
Regards
Aliyu shaba

On Thu, May 26, 2022, 12:38 PM Vasanth Gopa 
wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> Please join me in welcoming Wikimedia's accepted candidates for Google
> Summer of Code 2022 and Outreachy Round 24!
>
> *Google Summer of Code 2022*
>
>1.  Nivas Ramisetty, India,   Campaigns Retention Metrics Dashboard
> 
> Mentors: KCVelaga, Jayprakash12345.
>
>2.  Ayan Sarkar, India,  Improve the picture selector of the Commons
> Android app
> 
> Mentors:  Syced, Aditya.
>
>3.  Lalit Suthar, India,  Extending the WikidataComplete plugin for
> enabling data donations, recommendations, and gamification
> 
> Mentors: Gabinguo , 
> Aleksandr
> Perevalov 
>
>4.  Ankit Gupta, India,  Edit Request Wizard
> 
> Mentors: Enterprisey
> , SD0001
> .
>
>5.  Shashwat Khanna ,
> India,  Modernize JavaScript build process and dependencies for Wiki
> Education Dashboard ,
> Mentors: Sage (Wiki Ed)
>   .
>
>6.   Lennard Hofmann
> , Germany, Rewrite
> the Wikidata Infobox on Commons in Lua
> ,
>  Mentors: Mike Peel
> .
>
>7.  Amal Paul, India,  Command-line interface for Canasta
> ,
> 
> Mentors: Jeffrey Wang
> , Yaron Koren
> 
>
> *Outreachy Round 24*
>
>1.  Vaidehi Atpadkar,  Add support for tracking specific namespaces to
> Programs & Events Dashboard 
> Mentors: Sage Ross.
>
>2.  Nazia Tasnim,   Build Python library to work with html-dumps
> 
> Mentors: Martin Gerlach, Isaac Johnson.
>
>3.  Feliciss,  What's in a name? Automatically identifying first and
> last author names for Wikicite and Wikidata
> 
> Mentors: Mike Peel 
> , Pigsonthewing .
>
>4.  Luis Roberto,  What's in a name? Automatically identifying first
> and last author names for Wikicite and Wikidata
> 
> Mentors: Mike Peel 
> , Pigsonthewing .
>
> We would like to encourage accepted candidates to introduce themselves on
> this thread, share with us where they are coming from and give a brief
> overview of the project they will be working on.
>
> We’re so proud of the contributions they have made so far to our community,
> and we look forward to having a wonderful time working with them over the
> summer! Also, a huge shout-out to the project mentors for their enthusiasm
> and commitment!
>
> Thank you to Srishti, Jay Prakash
>  and Aisha Khatun
>  for coordinating this
> round along with me!
>
> [1] Google Summer of Code 2022:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2022
> [2] Outreachy Round 24: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_24
>
> Regards,
>
> Gopa Vasanth 
> Twitter  | LinkedIn
>  | GitHub
>  | Gerrit
> 
>
> “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda

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Congratulations

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 9:44 AM Camelia Boban  wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] *Wikimedia Community User Group* *Rwanda *[2] as a Wikimedia User
> Group. The group aims to improve articles on Wikimedia Foundation project
> websites and promote free and open access to knowledge locally in
> Kinyarwanda & English. They also invest in projects that sensitize and
> train different communities in Rwanda about Wikipedia with much emphasis on
> Kinyarwanda Wikipedia*.*
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Rwanda
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Rwanda
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> *Camelia Boban*
> *Chair*
>
> *Affiliation *
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take place October 11 - 24

[Shaba 50]

I'm done with.

https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/

On Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 4:28 PM Cornelius Kibelka 
wrote:

> Just a quick info:
>
> We were asked to extend the deadline for submitting statements for the
> Election Compass. We will do so and extend it until tomorrow (28th of
> September), end of day (anywhere on Earth), upvoting starts on Wednesday
> (29th) and goes until Sunday (3rd).
>
> So, check out Meta and submit your statement:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Election_Compass_Statements
>
> Best,
> Cornelius
>
>  Thanks.
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 5:45 PM Cornelius Kibelka <
> ckibelka-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> *I'm adding my part to Kaarel's message:*
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are very happy about the wide range of diverse Wikimedians that are
>> running for the election and selection processes for the drafting committee
>> of the Movement Charter!
>>
>> As the number of candidates is quite large and thus informing yourself
>> about them might be a bit more complicated, we want to try something
>> different this time: In many countries of the world during election
>> campaigns so-called “Voting Advice Applications'' (or “Election
>> Compasses'') are quite common. Thanks to an open source project called
>> “Open Election Compass'', we’d like to adapt the same for this election.
>> We  have built a prototype of it, which you can access on Toolforge:
>>
>>
>> https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/
>>
>> It works like this:
>>
>>-
>>
>>You will see statements that we have asked the candidates to position
>>themselves to (support, neutral, oppose; and some lines of reasoning).
>>-
>>
>>The tool asks you to position yourself to these statements.
>>-
>>
>>At the end, you will see who of the candidates is closest to you.
>>
>>
>> The Election Compass is by far not a voting recommendation, but it should
>> help to navigate and orient yourself, and, ideally, spark conversations
>> about the Movement Charter!
>>
>> To be able to run such an election compass, we need clear, sharp, concise
>> statements that the candidates can position themselves to. We would like to
>> ask you to propose these statements (until Sunday, 26th) and then have a
>> quick poll on them (from Monday, 27th, to Friday, 1st), to select 15 to 20
>> of these statements. Candidates would then have roughly 10 days to position
>> themselves, before the election starts and the tool goes online.
>>
>> Please propose your statements here until Sunday 26th. On the page
>> itself, we have some more guidance and fictional examples on how they
>> should look like:
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Election_Compass_Statements
>>
>>
>> As said, this is an experiment to help all of us to make it easier to
>> vote. Please let us know what you think.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Cornelius
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 4:54 PM Kaarel Vaidla 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For those who prefer more visual approach, here is also the timeline
>>> infographic:
>>>
>>>- In English
>>>
>>> 
>>>- In French
>>>
>>> 
>>>- In German
>>>
>>> 
>>>- In Hindi
>>>
>>> 
>>>- In Russian
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 10:53 PM Kaarel Vaidla 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

 This is an update from the Movement Charter
  process. We have
 closed the call for candidates on September 14 (AoE
 ) for the Drafting
 Committee
 
 and now have a pool of candidates
 
 with diverse backgrounds to choose from.

 The 15 member committee will be selected with a 3-step process
 
 :

-

Election process for project communities to elect 7 members of the
committee.
-

Selection process for affiliates to select 6 members of the
committee.
-

Wikimedia Foundation process to appoint 2 members of the committee.


 Communities elect 7 members

 This announcement is related to