[Wikimedia-l] Re: Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics"

[Shani Evenstein Sigalov]

Wonderful news! Thanks for working on it and sharing.

Shani.

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 14:47 Ndahiro Derrick Alter 
wrote:

> Wow this is a great initiative .
>
> derrick
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 13:12 Joris Darlington Quarshie <
> billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much, Giovanna!
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Joris.
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 11:02, Giovanna Fontenelle <
>> gfontene...@wikimedia.org> 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*
>>> <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/about>
>>> .
>>>
>>> OpenRefine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/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
>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Training_2023-24>.
>>> It is currently available in English and can be easily translated into
>>> other languages (more about the translation process here
>>> <https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here
>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course_content_in_WikiLearn.webm>).
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikidata] A collaboration between three Wikimedia affiliates to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata

[Shani Evenstein]

Wonderful news. Thanks for sharing!

Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 19:43, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Hurrah!  Lovely work, thank you for the update.  ///S
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 4:35 AM Maria Heuschkel <
> maria.heusch...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
>> Dear everyone,
>>
>> As presented at last year's WikidataCon
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VxTlBNkyk>, Wikimedia Deutschland has
>> set out to find new ways for collaboration around Wikidata software
>> development to enhance the diversity of our movement, increase Wikibase’s
>> scalability and robustness and breathe life into our movement principles of
>> knowledge equity. With a grant from Arcadia
>> <https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/>, a charitable fund administered by
>> Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, we will be able to implement such a
>> collaboration in the next two years.
>>
>> Today, we are happy to share an exciting update on the progress of this
>> project with all of you. After spending the last few months with
>> conversations with the movement groups who were interested in joining such
>> a partnership, we have now reached a point where we can spread the news
>> about the future partners and projects that will shape this Wikidata
>> software collaboration.
>>
>> Wikimedia Indonesia, the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia
>> Deutschland will be joining forces to advance the technical capacities of
>> the movement around Wikidata development and with this, make the software
>> and tools more usable by cultures underrepresented in technology, people of
>> the Global South and speakers of minority languages.
>>
>> Wikimedia Indonesia, a non-profit organization based in Jakarta,
>> Indonesia and established in 2008, is dedicated to encouraging the growth,
>> development & dissemination of knowledge in Indonesian and other languages
>> spoken in Indonesia. Since then, Wikimedia Indonesia has supported the
>> development of 14 Wikipedias in the languages spoken in Indonesia, 12
>> regional Wikimedian communities spread across the country, and two
>> Wikimedia project-based communities.
>>
>> For this project, in collaboration with Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia
>> Indonesia wants to build up a software team of their own in the course of
>> the next 2 years. The tools will hopefully help under-resourced language
>> communities contributing to the flourishing of their languages online
>> through lexicographical data, and also involving the local language
>> communities in contributing to lexemes in Wikidata.
>>
>> Igbo Wikimedians is a group of Wikimedians that are committed to working
>> on various wiki projects related to Igbo language
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_language> and culture. The user
>> group is organizing projects around community building in the Igbo
>> community, content improvement for Wikipedia and its sister project and has
>> established its own Wikidata hub in 2021.
>>
>> The Igbo Wikimedia User Group and their program of the Wiki Mentor Africa
>> <https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa> is aiming at
>> building up technical capacity in African Wikimedia communities by
>> mentoring African developers for Wikidata Tool Development. Wikimedia
>> Deutschland will support the user group in the implementation of their
>> project and mentoring program.
>>
>> Wikimedia Deutschland has been founded in 2004 as a member’s association
>> and is located in Berlin, Germany. Wikimedia Deutschland support
>> communities like the Wikipedia community, develop software for Wikimedia
>> projects and the ecosystem of Free Knowledge, and wants to improve the
>> political and legal framework for Wikipedia and for Free Knowledge in
>> general.
>>
>> Specifically, Wikimedia Deutschland has been working on the development
>> of Wikidata since 2012. Since then, an active and vibrant community of
>> volunteer editors and programmers, re-users, data donors, affiliates and
>> more has formed around Wikidata.
>>
>> Wikimedia Deutschland will be responsible for the administrative setup of
>> those collaborations and the communication with Arcadia. We are also happy
>> to share our experiences and knowledge about establishing software teams,
>> software development in the Wikidata/Wikibase environment, the Wikidata
>> community and providing support for emerging t

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Have you heard? We have a sound logo!

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone, and congratulations, all!

It is exciting to see that this work is now complete and we have a winning
sound selected by the movement!

As some of you recall, between November 2020 and October 2021, I was the
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees’ ad hoc Brand
Committee. This committee worked closely with WMF staff, as well as with 9
advisors from our global community, to create a Brand strategy that would
guide the Wikimedia Foundation’s work on Brand. Our work culminated in a
Board resolution
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/14/wikimedia-foundation-board-of-trustees-new-resolution-on-branding/>
on the topic, with one of the main areas of work being exploring the idea
of creating a sound logo for the movement, in order to improve the
attribution of Wikimedia content on audio devices. It was a priority for
the Board that listeners accessing our content on audio devices have an
opportunity to learn about the trusted source of their information, and
that the thousands of volunteers creating our ecosystem receive the credit
and recognition they deserve.

I then had the pleasure of participating in the judging panel that led to
the final 10 choices the community voted on.

So it has been a 3-year-long fascinating journey, and I am extremely
thankful and grateful for the effort, thoughtfulness and diligence of both
our staff and volunteers, who made this happen the ‘wiki way’ – openly,
collaboratively and with great care.

Congratulations, Thaddeus, for the winning sound! Your contribution has now
equipped our movement with a sound logo for audio devices and settings for
years to come. I hope you join me in congratulating him and the team
working on this.

And of course, share the sound! I’ve already heard of someone making it
into a ringtone, and I look forward to learning about additional creative
ways we can use it to promote our work on free and open knowledge to
everyone.

Best,

Shani

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 at 16:10, Mehrdad Pourzaki 
wrote:

> *Just in case the previous email arrived with the links all jumbled in
> your inbox!!!*
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> On behalf of the Sound Logo team of staff and community collaborators,
> it’s my great pleasure to officially introduce the winning Wikimedia
> sound logo, the sound of all human knowledge. *Read the full story on
> Diff and access translations. *
>
>
> We invite you to listen and explore more sounds from the contest and to
> visit the sound logo resource hub on Meta to learn more.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Whether we personally use smart audio devices or not, we see–and hear–them
> everywhere. Preparing Wikimedia content for audio settings and most
> importantly, doing it in a way that was true to our values and practices,
> and at the same time fun, was not an easy endeavour. We needed a whole
> orchestra. Many thanks to the screening team of volunteers, the selection
> committee, the dynamic team of community liaisons, and you. We are
> grateful to many of you who took part in on-wiki, virtual, or in-person
> conversations, listened, shared, voted, or in any other way participated to
> help bring us to where we are today. With your help, we were able to nurture
> this initiative, bring it to life, and make it better than originally
> conceived. You can read more about the journey of this project from a
> novel concept to a global contest and a community vote on wiki and Diff.
>
>
> Thank you, very well played.
>
>
> On behalf of the sound logo team,
>
> Mehrdad
>
>
> Useful links
>
>-
>
>*The winning sound:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sound_Logo_Finalist_VQ97.wav
>
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sound_Logo_Finalist_VQ97.wav>*
>-
>
>*The announcement on Diff + previous communications:
>
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/28/have-you-heard-wikimedia-has-a-sound-logo/
>
> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/28/have-you-heard-wikimedia-has-a-sound-logo/>
>   *
>-
>
>The resource page on Meta:
>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo
>-
>
>Category on Commons:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_sound_logo_submissions
>-
>
>Screening team experience:
>https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/
>-
>
>The selection committee:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen?
>-
>
>Community 

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees votes to ratify the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,


[A short version of this message *translated *into additional languages is
available on Meta-wiki.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Announcement_-_Board_ratification>
]

As some of you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met
earlier this month in New York. A full report is coming up shortly, but in
the meantime we wanted to share that the Board has resolved to ratify the
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines (EG)
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code_of_Conduct_Enforcement_Guidelines>
.

To recall, last year on March 2022, the community votes on the EG showed a
slim majority agreeing that the EG was ready to be implemented, with 58.6%
voting in support of the EG. The comments added to the votes revealed
concerns regarding four areas, and the Board requested Foundation staff to
address these concerns.


After the work done by the UCoC Revisions committee and the ongoing input
from the community facilitated by the support of Wikimedia Foundation
staff, confidence in the EG increased, with  76% of voters supporting the
EG in January 2023. Vote statistics are available on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Voting_statistics>.



This increase in confidence is remarkable and reflects the thoughtfulness
and care of the global Wikimedia community on this important topic. The
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has voted to ratify the Enforcement
Guidelines. You can read more about the process behind the 2023 Enforcement
Guidelines review on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/21/the-enforcement-guidelines-received-strong-support-from-the-community-what-happens-next/>
.

We are now one step closer to having a fully functioning Universal Code of
Conduct, but the journey will never be truly over. The Universal Code of
Conduct and its Enforcement Guidelines will need regular community review
and improvement as our movement grows and as the world changes around us. As
called upon in our collective Movement Strategy, we will need to iterate
and adapt as we learn, and we will evolve our best practices for how we
work in our shared spaces. For now, there are some next steps to take with
the important recommendations provided by the Enforcement Guidelines. More
details will come in the next few weeks about timelines.

Sending a special {{Thank you}} and {{WikiLove}}) to all the volunteers and
staff members who joined forces to make this a reality, and hope that you
join us in recognizing this significant milestone in creating a safer, more
welcoming space, for all participants and contributors to our projects .


Best,


Shani, on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Chair, Community Affair Committee

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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[Wikimedia-l] Results of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Vote

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello Everyone,


*Today the results of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
vote were tallied*. We are pleased to report the results show that the
Enforcement Guidelines are strongly supported by the community, with *76%
of participants voting in support *of the Enforcement Guidelines.


A report with a summary and analysis of comments submitted in the voting
process is being prepared by the staff members supporting the Universal
Code of Conduct work and will be available soon.


Below is a message created by the staff members supporting the Universal
Code of Conduct work, which has translations available on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Vote_results_announcement>
.


The recent community-wide vote on the Universal Code of Conduct revised
Enforcement Guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines>
has been tallied and scrutinized. Thank you to everyone who participated.

After 3097 voters from 146 Wikimedia communities voted, the results are 76%
in support of the Enforcement Guidelines, and 24% in opposition. Statistics
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Voting_statistics>
for the vote are available. A more detailed summary of comments submitted
during the vote will be published soon.

>From here, the results and comments collected during this vote will be
submitted to the Board of Trustees for their review. The current
expectation is that the Board of Trustees review process will complete in
March 2023. We will update you when their review process is completed.


I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in this
process.

This list includes the people who voted in 2022 and those voters who
provided comments so we could strengthen and clarify the Enforcement
Guidelines into the version the community supports.


I especially want to thank the Drafting Committee, who took the time to
reconvene and review community feedback from the 2022 Enforcement Guideline
vote and continue to engage with the community and feedback throughout
2022.


Finally, thank you to the people who voted and shared feedback during this
voting period. We look forward to reviewing the report of the feedback and
discussing next steps with the rest of the Board.


Shani, on behalf of the CAC.

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Vote for your favourite sound logo

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

I, too, wanted to extend my gratitude to everyone who has been working on
this project, as well as to all the community members who have already
participated and voted.

Seeking information and engaging with knowledge has become a more diverse
experience globally, with sound being among the fastest growing fields. As
established digital citizens and new generations coming online are
growingly consuming information in a `listening mode`, it  seems a good
moment in time to be voting for a sound logo for Wikimedia projects, one
that can represent us in new ways. Community members, Foundation staff and
sound enthusiasts from around the world, have all collaborated to bring us
here, and the results are interesting and inspiring.

I have been following the progress of this project closely since its
inception, and as a volunteer, was honored to also be involved as part of
the selection committee. Along with community members and audio
professionals, we have reviewed and scored the top 40 submissions, leading
to the top 10 sounds the the community is now voting on.
As some of you know, I have a long time passion for music (in all its
diversified glory), so I was excited to be able to contribute to this
project more substantially. It was a unique experience that I'll cherish
for years to come, and I am grateful to the WMF team working on this in a
true spirit of openness, transparency and collaboration, as well as to all
the volunteers who invested time and effort in the process.

*I encourage you all to have a listen and a say in selecting the sound* *that
will represent us* for many years to come. So if you haven't already, I
hope you consider participating and vote. One more week to go!

With gratitude,
Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 at 23:47, Mike Peel  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just to say thank you for sharing the finalists under a free license on
> Commons:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2022_Wikimedia_sound_logo_contest_finalists
> Will the non-finalist sounds also be shared there? Commons needs more
> freely licenced audio files!
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 09/12/2022 21:39, Mehrdad Pourzaki wrote:
> > Thanks for the notes of appreciation shared here on this thread and
> > elsewhere. A great deal of community and staff effort has gone into
> > conceptualizing this contest and making it a reality, especially since
> > May of this year when we switched to a more active phase of the project
> > <
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/24/refining-a-global-contest-to-create-the-sound-of-wikimedia/>.
>  The
> great participation in the votes so far is much appreciated. With further
> thanks to your help and input, we were able to fix a few glitches and
> oversights as well. We took the precedent of voting and the reliable
> Schulze method <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method> from recent
> visual logo contests for Abstract Wikipedia <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_logo_concept>
> and MediaWiki <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020/Round_2>
>  (you
> can learn more on Diff <
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/14/conceptualizing-a-new-logo-contest-based-on-existing-practices/
> >).
> >
> > So, please have a listen or listen again, and help select the sound of
> > Wikimedia <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote>.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Mehrdad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *
> > *
> >
> > *Mehrdad Pourzaki*
> >
> > Lead Movement Communications Specialist
> > wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 3:12 PM Samuel Klein  > <mailto:meta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I love this.  Thanks for all the work going into the candidates!
> >
> > (the voting widget is extremely non-intuitive however...)
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 12:26 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
> > mailto:galder...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I didn't expect very much of this project.
> > I was wrong.
> >
> > Thanks for all the logo proposals!
> >
> > Galder
> >
>  
> > *From:* Risker mailto:risker...@gmail.com
> >>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 6, 2022 6:04 PM
> > *To

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on December 15th

[Shani Evenstein]

Here's a correct link to the Live YouTube Stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGxiwCveQQ_channel=WikimediaFoundation>
...
Shani.


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<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 at 00:04, Shani Evenstein  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to invite everyone for this year's last Open Conversation
> with Trustees
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2022-12-15_Conversation_with_Trustees>,
> which will take place on December 15th. As promised, we are alternating the
> timing of these meetings and this one will be at 12:00 UTC (find your
> local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1671105652>).
>
> As usual, the call will be hosted by the Board of Trustees' Community
> Affairs Committee (CAC), though this meeting is planned to be a bit
> different -- more low-key and probably with less topics discussed. The final
> agenda will be posted on Meta and shared here closer to the event. We
> will be keeping the 90 minutes call duration, and will include both
> updates from the Board and an open discussion with your questions.
>
> The call will be held on Zoom with a live YouTube stream
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lr8jNr1Es>. We’d love to be able to
> talk with you directly, so we encourage you to join us live on Zoom if you
> can! *Request the Zoom* link by emailing ask...@wikimedia.org. You can
> also request to join a mailing list that receives the link automagically
> whenever we host a meeting, by emailing us.
>
> You can also email ask...@wikimedia.org to *request language
> interpretation up to 5 days before the meeting*. We will aim to provide
> interpretation for any language where there are five or more interested
> community members.
>
> Finally, you are welcome to *pre-submit questions* for the Board via the
> same email, ask...@wikimedia.org. Knowing in advance what is on your mind
> will help us give you more informed answers during the call. So for now, save
> the date and sign up!.
>
> Thank you and we look forward to seeing as many of you there,
>
> Shani, on behalf of the CAC.
>
> Shani Evenstein Sigalov
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>
>
> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
>
> Chair, Community Affairs Committee
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on December 15th

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

I would like to invite everyone for this year's last Open Conversation with
Trustees
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2022-12-15_Conversation_with_Trustees>,
which will take place on December 15th. As promised, we are alternating the
timing of these meetings and this one will be at 12:00 UTC (find your local
time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1671105652>).

As usual, the call will be hosted by the Board of Trustees' Community
Affairs Committee (CAC), though this meeting is planned to be a bit
different -- more low-key and probably with less topics discussed. The final
agenda will be posted on Meta and shared here closer to the event. We will
be keeping the 90 minutes call duration, and will include both updates from
the Board and an open discussion with your questions.

The call will be held on Zoom with a live YouTube stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lr8jNr1Es>. We’d love to be able to talk
with you directly, so we encourage you to join us live on Zoom if you
can! *Request
the Zoom* link by emailing ask...@wikimedia.org. You can also request to
join a mailing list that receives the link automagically whenever we host a
meeting, by emailing us.

You can also email ask...@wikimedia.org to *request language interpretation
up to 5 days before the meeting*. We will aim to provide interpretation for
any language where there are five or more interested community members.

Finally, you are welcome to *pre-submit questions* for the Board via the
same email, ask...@wikimedia.org. Knowing in advance what is on your mind
will help us give you more informed answers during the call. So for now, save
the date and sign up!.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing as many of you there,

Shani, on behalf of the CAC.

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
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Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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[Wikimedia-l] Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on 20 October

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

First, before I talk about our upcoming event, I want to thank you all for
participating in the Board of Trustees (BoT) election process and for your
continued confidence in me. I’m honored and humbled to have been selected
to serve a second term on the BoT, and look forward to continuing to have
important conversations about the Foundation’s work and how we can all best
collaborate to advance our movement’s mission.

With that in mind, I’d like to encourage you all to *join us at our next **Open
Conversation with Trustees on 20 October at 18:00 UTC*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2022-10-20_Conversation_with_Trustees>
(find your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666288831>), which
will be hosted by the Board of Trustees' Community Affairs Committee (CAC).
As always, it will be a 90 minutes call, and will include both updates from
the Board and an open discussion with your questions. *For now, please save
the date!*

The call will be held on Zoom with a live YouTube stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7lr8jNr1Es>. We’d love to be able to talk
with you directly, so we encourage you to join us on Zoom if you can. *Request
the Zoom* link by emailing ask...@wikimedia.org. You can also email
ask...@wikimedia.org to *request language interpretation*. We will aim to
provide interpretation for any language where there are five or more
interested community members. Finally, you are welcome to *pre-submit
questions* for the Board via the same email, ask...@wikimedia.org. Knowing
in advance what is on your mind will help us give you more informed answers
during the call. The *final agenda will be posted on Meta and shared here
closer to the event.*

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

Best,

Shani, on behalf of the CAC.

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
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[Wikimedia-l] Update on the UCoC Policy (addendum to section 3.1)

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello all,

As you may be aware, in December 2020 the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation
resolved to adopt a policy regarding conduct on all Wikimedia projects and
spaces called the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>.


The UCoC  was created to provide a global baseline of acceptable behavior
for the entire movement without tolerance for harassment. It was created
through a collaborative process through two phases.


After the ratification of the policy, Phase 2 has focused on drafting
Enforcement
Guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines>.
The drafting committee has been revising the enforcement guidelines based
on community feedback from a community-wide vote in March of 2022, and
staff are engaging with the community
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Conversation_hours>
 until the beginning of October for feedback on the revisions before the
committee reconvenes again to ingest and implement further changes.

In the course of conversations,  it was raised that a footnote within the
policy itself
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Code_of_Conduct=23820546#3.1_%E2%80%93_Harassment>,
specifically within section 3.1, created equity issues within our community
and  did not meet its intended purposes of supporting a safe and inclusive
environment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Code_of_Conduct=23820546#3.1_%E2%80%93_Harassment>
.


In April 2022, the Community Affairs Committee of the Foundation’s Board of
Trustees asked staff to lead review of the note to the Board-ratified
Universal Code of Conduct policy (UCoC) section 3.1 “Harassment - Insults”.

After reviewing community sentiment on this note at the community
discussion and other venues, the Board of Trustees has resolved that it be
removed from the Universal Code of Conduct.
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Revising_Universal_Code_of_Conduct,_September_2022>
The UCoC project team will implement this change directly.

Other potential changes to policy will be reviewed in upcoming rounds of
consultation as it moves into the implementation stage and we are able to
observe the policy in action. This particular provision was felt by a
number of people to be directly harmful to the policy’s goals and
unnecessary for the function of the policy. For that reason, we have
expedited review and action.

We want to thank everyone who contributed to conversations on this text and
worked to improve the UCoC policy.


Best,


Shani Evenstein Sigalov, on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of
Trustees.

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Goodbye and see you around

[Shani Evenstein]

Biyanto,

Thank you for all your work and contribution to the movement so far, and
much luck and success on your new path,
both in Sweden (which has an amazing Wiki community), and in DH. It's an
exciting field and I look forward to following your work there. :)

All the best,
Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 at 10:16, Axel Pettersson 
wrote:

> Hi,
> And welcome to Sweden! Let me know when you get here, and if we can help
> out in any way.
>
> Bästa hälsningar,
> /axel
>
> 
> Axel Pettersson (han/honom)
> Projektledare GLAM/Outreach
> Wikimedia Sverige
>
> +46 (0)733 96 55 65
> axel.petters...@wikimedia.se
>
> Twitter: @Haxpett <https://twitter.com/haxpett>
>
> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
> Läs mer på *wikimedia.se/sv/blimedlem <http://wikimedia.se/sv/blimedlem>*
>
>
> Den tors 30 juni 2022 kl 00:48 skrev Asaf Bartov :
>
>> I agree: happy farewells such as this one should be celebrated.
>>
>> Thank you for all your dedication and great, constructive work in WMID
>> and with the international movement.  And Digital Humanities are the best!
>> \o/
>>
>>A.
>>
>> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>>
>> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
>> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 7:23 PM Mehrdad Pourzaki 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Echoing others here, it's always such a pleasure to work with you and
>>> collaborate. Your professionalism, care, and dedication are nothing short
>>> of exemplary ... even at odd hours in the night. Thank you for going above
>>> and beyond for your community and for our whole movement.
>>>
>>> See you around and all the best in your studies. Terima kasih.
>>> Mehrdad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Mehrdad Pourzaki*
>>> Lead Movement Communications Specialist
>>> wikimediafoundation.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:06 AM Butch Bustria 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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, 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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

[Wikimedia-l] 14 July Conversation with the Trustees

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

On behalf of the Community Affairs Committee, I am happy to invite you to
our next Conversation with the Trustees on 14 July at 18:00 UTC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2022-07-14_Conversation_with_Trustees>
(find your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1657821621>). You
are all welcome to talk with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees directly
about our work guiding the Wikimedia Foundation.

The call will be held on Zoom with a live YouTube stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYg9sJ4Ml3M>. Because we want these calls
to be interactive, we encourage you to join us directly on Zoom. Request
the Zoom link by emailing ask...@wikimedia.org.

We will be providing live interpretation into Spanish and Portuguese. If
you would like to request another language, email ask...@wikimedia.org.

We will add the agenda to the event Meta page and send it here in the
coming weeks. For now, please save the date and register for the Zoom room.

Hope you see you all there,

Shani.

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[Wikimedia-l] Board statement endorsing community voting on the enforcement guidelines for Universal code of Conduct (UCoC)

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

(This statement is available on Meta-Wiki for translation and wider
distribution)

Today, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees published a statement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/January_2022_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Community_ratification_of_enforcement_guidelines_of_UCoC>
supporting a community vote on the proposed enforcement guidelines
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guidelines>
for the Universal Code of Conduct
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> (UCoC).


One of the key recommendations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Provide_for_Safety_and_Inclusion>of
the strategic goals for 2030 was the collaborative creation of a UCoC to
provide a global baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement
without tolerance for harassment. The global Wikimedia community must work
well together in producing knowledge resources for the benefit of the
world. Forging welcoming, inclusive, harassment-free spaces in which people
can contribute productively and debate constructively is critical for the
movement’s success.


The Board continues to stand by its May 2020 statement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces>
on “Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces” that,
“harassment, toxic behavior, and incivility in the Wikimedia movement are
contrary to our shared values and detrimental to our vision & mission” and
to our joint strategic goals
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations>
for 2030.


The ratification of the collaboratively created UCoC last year was a
notable milestone, and hopefully the discussion on the ratification process
for the collaboratively created enforcement guidelines proposal today will
lead to another one.


The enforcement guidelines proposal is a major achievement of thoughtful
co-creation for the global communities that took part in the months of
consultations, the volunteers leading the drafting committee itself, and
the Foundation. The Board is very grateful to the volunteers and staff
members who collaboratively co-created first the UCoC itself that the
trustees ratified last year, and now the enforcement guideline proposal.


While the UCoC is already in effect, the completion and ratification of the
guidelines will allow everyone to begin a period of assessing how they
function, in action. We should collectively discover where both the
original document and the pathways to enforce it work well and where they
need to be improved. Once the guidelines are adopted, communities and the
Foundation will begin to collect information on how they are working for
the subsequent review of both after a year.


The Board strongly supports the proposal made by the joint letter of
Arbitration Committees
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_from_Arbcoms_to_the_Board_of_Trustees>
for community voting on the enforcement guidelines proposal prior to the
Board’s own ratification of the final guidelines. Trustees also recognize
the support of such a vote expressed by surveyed volunteer functionaries,
affiliate members, and the drafting committee.


Based on their input, and aligned with processes used for the Wikimedia
Foundation Board Elections, all registered Wikimedia contributors who meet
minimum activity requirements, affiliate and Foundation staff and
contractors (employed prior to 1/17/22), and current and former Foundation
trustees, will have the opportunity to vote on the enforcement guidelines
proposal in SecurePoll.


A threshold of above 50% support of participating users will be needed to
move on to Board of Trustees ratification. If the majority of voters oppose
the adoption of the guidelines as written, they will be asked which
elements need to be changed and why. This would allow for another round of
edits to address community concerns prior to another vote, if needed. Both
the UCoC and the enforcement guidelines (after ratified), will also be open
for review and voter-endorsed amendments annually.


The Board asks every member of the Wikimedia communities to continue
creating a safe and welcoming culture that stops hostile and toxic
behavior, supports people targeted by such behavior, and assists good-faith
people.


The Board believes these enforcement guidelines, once finalized, will be an
important step in encouraging productive work on the Wikimedia projects.
The Board hopes that you will step in to review and provide your feedback
and thoughts in the vote, so that the ratification process can start with a
strong preliminary approach.


On behalf of the Board,


Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees.

Chair, Community Affairs Committee.


Shani Evenstein Si

[Wikimedia-l] Next Conversation with the Trustees on 17 February

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello everyone,

( Read this message in other languages on Meta
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You are invited to join our next *Conversation with the Trustees* on *17
February at 18:30 UTC* (check your local time
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1645122658>).


The event is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees’ Community
Affairs Committee (CAC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee>.
The Board of Trustees is a volunteer body of movement leaders and external
experts in charge of guiding the Wikimedia Foundation and ensuring its
accountability. This forum is an opportunity for the community to directly
engage with Trustees and talk openly about our work.

We will be hosting this conversation on Zoom with a live YouTube stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCU7aObkG84>.

The call will be 90 minutes: a 10 minute introduction, then a 20 minute
update from Trustees and Wikimedia Foundation staff, and the remaining time
dedicated to open Q and conversation.

We want to make these calls interactive, so we encourage as many of you as
possible to join us directly in Zoom. All community members in good
standing will be able to join us there.* Request the Zoom link by emailing
ask...@wikimedia.org *.

If you would like to be added to a list to receive emails with Zoom links
for these calls in the future, please indicate that in your email.

We will work to provide interpretation for languages with five or more
interested community members. *To request interpretation, please email
ask...@wikimedia.org . *You can do this up until 5
days before the meeting to allow us to make the necessary arrangements.

Closer to the date we will send out a *reminder with more information about
the agenda*, but for now please *save the date and register* for the Zoom
room!


A final note -- in our last meeting (October 2021), we shared that we plan
to meet again on December 2021. This meeting was pushed to Jan, and then
Feb, in order to allow for more of the Trustees and Foundation leadership
to join, including our new CEO.

We have made necessary arrangements so that this year we will be able to
meet the community more regularly (every other month). You will find
the planned
dates of future meetings throughout the year
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee#Upcoming_events>
on Meta, so you can hopefully "save the date" in advance.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible,

Shani (on behalf of the CAC).


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees new resolution on branding

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

I am happy to share with you that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees has passed a new resolution on the topic of branding [1].

Some context

As you may remember, last year the Board paused all work under the 2030
Movement Brand Project, in order to rethink and improve the Foundation’s
approach to community participation and decision making around renaming.
After year-long work, attentive listening and thoughtful conversation
between the Board, Wikimedia Foundation staff, and community advisors, the
committee has come up with a recommendation for next steps. The
recommendation was unanimously approved by the Board and captured in the
above mentioned resolution. The Wikimedia Foundation will therefore be
resuming its role to steward and protect Wikimedia brands, in partnership
with our broader movement, and the ad hoc Brand Committee concludes its
work .

What are the main aspects of the resolution?

Importantly, this resolution extends the Board’s decision that the
Wikimedia Foundation should not pursue renaming work for this fiscal year
(until at least July 2022). Instead, it directs the Foundation to support
the Wikimedia movement through three main areas of brand work that protect
and support Wikimedia’s reputation throughout the world. Please read more
about this decision on the Diff Blog [2].

Next steps?

Wikimedia Foundation teams intend to share more information on new
projects, including their plans for engaging our community, in the coming
weeks. In the meantime, Foundation staff and I are available to answer
clarifying questions on the Wikimedia brand / 2030 movement brand project
talk page on Meta [3]. You are also welcome to join the Board’s Open
Meeting on October 20th, where you will be able to ask questions and hear
from the team directly [4].

Special thanks

On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank the community advisors to the
Brand Committee. This group has worked with us since February 2021, lending
their time and expertise. Their input to the process has been invaluable
and we appreciate their commitment to help us find a productive way
forward. Thank you -- Lucy Crompton-Reid, Joao Alexandre Peschanski, Megan
Wacha, Justice Okai-Allotey, Rachmat Wahidi, Erlan Vega Rios, Richard
Knipel, Phoebe Ayers and Jeffrey Keefer!

I would also like to thank our Brand Studio team at the Wikimedia Foundation
for their hard work, dedication, professionalism, flexibility, openness,
and vision they brought to our joint work on the future of branding.

Together, we made sure that the next steps for brand work are closely
connected to our 2030 strategic goals and we have no doubt they will be an
important service to the Wikimedia movement. I look forward to watching
these plans come to life and invite the community to actively participate
in these discussions and decisions as they unfold.

Sincerely,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Chair, Brand Committee

Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation


[1]:

https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Next_Steps_for_Brand_Work,_2021

[2]:

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/14/wikimedia-foundation-board-of-trustees-new-resolution-on-branding/

[3]:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
<https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project>

[4]:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-10-20_Conversation_with_Trustees
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[Wikimedia-l] Join the Conversation with Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on October 20

[Shani Evenstein]

media.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>
   -

   Globally banned users will not be allowed in the zoom room, but can
   still participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time.


Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your community.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov, on behalf of the CAC.

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

[Shani Evenstein]

Welcome, Maryana!
So happy to have you join the Wikimedia family.
Exciting times!
Shani.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:43 PM Dariusz Jemielniak 
wrote:

> Let me be one of the first ones to say "welcome"! I'm so delighted to see
> you take the helm!
>
> best,
>
> dj
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:37 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
>>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

[Shani Evenstein]

To those who could not make it --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQTND98b_Yg

And yes. A formal decision will follow up in the coming days (as soon as
possible).

Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Acting Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 23:46, Chris Keating 
wrote:

> I'm sure a statement will be forthcoming, but in short (and these are my
> notes and may not accurately reflect others' words in detail)
>
> - the WMF are deciding today whether to revoke or postpone Maria's
> appointment, with a strong hint they will do one or another
> - the WMF will also review its own conflict of interest policy in line
> with global good practices, with some form of community consultation on this
> - the WMF will commit to holding itself to the same governance standards
> as it expects of grantees, e.g. affiliates
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 21:36 Andy Mabbett, 
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 20:58, Chris Keating 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Mistakes will always be made where human judgement is involved, but it
>> seems
>> > that this one is being remedied and learned from both quickly and
>> openly.
>>
>> For those of us not on the call; how so?
>>
>> --
>> Andy Mabbett
>> @pigsonthewing
>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] 2021 Creative Commons Summit: Call for Proposals is Open!

[Shani Evenstein]

Hi all,

As Creative Commons is celebrating its 20th year, I am honored to serve on
the Program Committee for the 2021 CC Summit (with some great WikiFriends)
and happy to share that the call for proposals
<https://creativecommons.org/2021/06/02/the-2021-cc-global-summit-call-for-proposals-is-now-open/>
is
now open!

The program tracks <https://summit.creativecommons.org/2021-summit-program/>
are:

   - *Creators of the Commons* – The faces, work, and stories of those
   building the Commons
   - *Powering the Commons** – *Exploring the tools, technology, and
   communities that power the Commons
   -

   *Open Education and Open Scholarship* *– *Supporting and empowering
   communities that practice open access to education and scholarship
   -

   *Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums* – Improving and
   expanding open access to cultural heritage + Hack4OpenGLAM
   - *Policy and Advocacy promoting the Commons* – Strategies for legal
   action and copyright reform

Would be wonderful to have a strong Wiki presence there and celebrate with
our colleagues from CC. So please share, apply and engage. :)

Cheers,
Shani.
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[Wikimedia-l] An invitation to a Q & A session on Abstract Wikipedia

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello all,

Are you interested in the future of Wikipedia and Wikidata?
Have you heard the buzz around "Abstract Wikipedia" and want to learn more?
Confused about the differences between "Abstract Wikipedia",
"Wikifunctions" and "WikiLambda"?
If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes", then you should read
more. [image: ]

*What?*
My academic course at Tel Aviv University, "From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, from
Wikipedia to Wikidata", is coming to an end soon and next week we will be
closing the Wikidata module of the course in a special celebration,
hosting Denny
Vrandečić (initiator of Wikidata, and more recently the director of
"Abstract Wikipedia", or rather "Wikifunctions").
To properly celebrate, Denny & I have designed a two-parts "party" for my
students, which includes a pre-recorded interview
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GjNkrvT7Yc_channel=ShaniEvenstein>,
and then *a live Q & A session with Denny during the course hour*.
And the good news is -- *you are all invited!*

*Where?*
*1) Pre-recorded interview* (available here - https://youtu.be/0GjNkrvT7Yc
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F0GjNkrvT7Yc%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2jvCkKYAiV1fo_JmF7Mp5XXajuosu8AJcFs404ykGJeGWe2cIksMLx9L0=AT0jOvVgIC3EeAlVTF2e1KyD1RGfg1YbzfTx-n48IIJNKtWMyiwyJSqGYkCkAquPZEBM7HiU2d9AN4K2ka_4pHJZFYh-8IixPUtPpB7VripZ4bMI4RbtezH7FBcnp97rSoBs&__tn__=-UK-R[0]=AT3dkcEWaPTufn9QYJx4cNAI-mRe_nPvG9be550iH7xlkuLdrHJgvq0MQEwmQXNOj95DVM8_M-VGeE6RVdML3iDeygxlnIc_TCDJq3HF26-D6636PyDbLifoB2wG9FgJ8w9XXZ1stjHrM0wpK0iYhwRtZVFzdwZV6Iii7xiTp_6Ulx4>)
-
In the interview we discussed the some of the challenges we have in
Wikipedia and Wikidata, and how they brought about the idea of "Abstract
Wikipedia"; What is the difference between "Abstract Wikipedia",
"Wikifunctions" and "WikiLambda"; What is the current state of the project;
and how it all ties to the current Internet Ecosystem and things like AI
and Machine Learning.
*2) Q & A live session - *
*Next Monday, June 7th, at 15:00 Israel time (12:00 UTC),* I will be
hosting Denny in my course for a 45 mins Q & A session via Zoom.
This part of class will be open and anyone interested in this topic, and
you are welcome to either *join us live*, *send questions* to Denny (after
watching the pre-recorded interview) *or watch later*.

*How?*
If you are interested to join, *please write me an email *(simply reply
privately to this email) *by Sunday June 6th at 20:00 UTC*, and I will send
you the zoom link (this is to avoid Zoombombing).
If you are unable to participate live, but still want to engage, *feel free
to send in questions *(again replying to this email privately).
The session will also be recorded, so if you cannot make it to the live
session, you will be able to watch later on YouTube (I will be sharing the
recording later).

Looking forward to your questions and to seeing you next week,
Shani.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

[Shani Evenstein]

:) Noted, Mike.
Indeed, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, and no other (as is
evident from the original mail).
But we'll be sure to flag it more clearly next time. ;)

Hope you can join us!
Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 23:38, Mike Peel  wrote:

> Presumably, this is the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, not
> another Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia movement? Some disambiguation
> is needed. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 6/5/21 21:32:08, Shani Evenstein wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > This is a gentle reminder that if you have questions for the Board of
> > Trustees' coming Office Hours (next Thursday, May 13 2021, at 19:00
> > UTC), please send them to *ask...@wikimedia.org
> > <mailto:ask...@wikimedia.org>* by tomorrow, *May 7th*, *at midnight*
> (no
> > matter the time zone).
> >
> > Please note that the *registration* to the Office Hours will *remain
> > open till one hour before the session*.
> > Just send an email with your details to ask...@wikimedia.org
> > <mailto:ask...@wikimedia.org> and a zoom link will be sent to you an
> > hour before the session.
> >
> > If you are unable to register, you will still be able to watch live (via
> > YouTube / Facebook) ask questions live (via Meta / YouTube / Facebook /
> > Telegram), and of course watch later.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing you all,
> > Shani, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Shani Evenstein Sigalov
> > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>
> >
> > Board of Trustees
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 23:45, Shani Evenstein  > <mailto:sh...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, everyone.
> >
> > TLDR:
> >
> > The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee
> >(CAC)
> > is hosting itsfirst office houron May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC(check
> > for your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>)!
> >
> >
> > Now in more details:
> >
> > What are we announcing?
> >
> > The CAC is a new Board of Trustees
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees
> >committee
> > established to assess, explore and address current and future
> > community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter
> > <
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter
> >lists
> > its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for
> > this coming year.
> >
> > As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the
> > Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from
> > community members requesting more availability from the Board of
> > Trustees, the CAC will behosting its first Office hours.
> >
> >
> > When & Where?
> >
> > The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC(check for
> > your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>) via
> > Zoom. At least 3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in
> > attendance. The session will be streamed live and recorded, so those
> > who cannot participate live will be able to watch later.
> >
> >
> > How will it work?
> >
> > The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of
> > an “open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes
> > of structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and
> > questions sent by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes
> > will be in the “ask us anything” format, with live participation. We
> > will be monitoring live YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group
> > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/553393111375191>and the Wikimedia
> > General Chat Telegram group <https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral>and the
> > talk page on Meta
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour
> >.
> > The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello all,

This is a gentle reminder that if you have questions for the Board of
Trustees' coming Office Hours (next Thursday, May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC),
please send them to *ask...@wikimedia.org * by
tomorrow, *May 7th*, *at midnight* (no matter the time zone).

Please note that the *registration* to the Office Hours will *remain open
till one hour before the session*.
Just send an email with your details to ask...@wikimedia.org and a zoom
link will be sent to you an hour before the session.

If you are unable to register, you will still be able to watch live (via
YouTube / Facebook) ask questions live (via Meta / YouTube / Facebook /
Telegram), and of course watch later.

Looking forward to seeing you all,
Shani, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 23:45, Shani Evenstein  wrote:

> Hello, everyone.
>
> TLDR:
>
> The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee>
> (CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC
> (check for your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>)!
>
> Now in more details:
>
> What are we announcing?
>
> The CAC is a new Board of Trustees
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees>
> committee established to assess, explore and address current and future
> community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter
> <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter>
> lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this
> coming year.
>
> As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the
> Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community
> members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC
> will be hosting its first Office hours.
>
> When & Where?
>
> The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your
> local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>) via Zoom. At
> least 3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The
> session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate
> live will be able to watch later.
>
> How will it work?
>
> The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of an
> “open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of
> structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent
> by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us
> anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live
> YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/553393111375191> and the Wikimedia
> General Chat Telegram group <https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral> and the talk
> page on Meta
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>.
> The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community
> on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the
> community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work.
>
> Setting the agenda with your Questions
>
> In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that some
> questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging
> community members to send questions in advance. Please send all questions
> to ask...@wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, whatever time zone
> you may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on the main topics
> related to the questions received. We will share this agenda on Meta
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>
> on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance.
>
> How to register?
>
> For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoombombing>, we will be sending the Zoom
> link only to people who have registered in advance close to the meeting. In
> order to register, please send an email to ask...@wikimedia.org,
> indicating your name, username, affiliation if you have any. The title
> should be: “Registration for the May 13th CAC Office Hours”.
>
> Please note --
>
>-
>
>This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of the
>sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people are
>interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc --  and make
>

[Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello, everyone.

TLDR:

The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee>
(CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC (check
for your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>)!

Now in more details:

What are we announcing?

The CAC is a new Board of Trustees
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees>
committee established to assess, explore and address current and future
community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter>
lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this
coming year.

As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the
Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community
members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC
will be hosting its first Office hours.

When & Where?

The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your
local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>) via Zoom. At least
3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The
session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate
live will be able to watch later.

How will it work?

The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of an
“open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of
structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent
by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us
anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live
YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/553393111375191> and the Wikimedia General
Chat Telegram group <https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral> and the talk page on
Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>.
The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community
on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the
community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work.

Setting the agenda with your Questions

In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that some
questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging community
members to send questions in advance. Please send all questions to
ask...@wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, whatever time zone you
may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on the main topics related
to the questions received. We will share this agenda on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>
on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance.

How to register?

For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoombombing>, we will be sending the Zoom
link only to people who have registered in advance close to the meeting. In
order to register, please send an email to ask...@wikimedia.org, indicating
your name, username, affiliation if you have any. The title should be:
“Registration for the May 13th CAC Office Hours”.

Please note --

   -

   This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of the
   sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people are
   interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc --  and make
   decisions about future meetings / changes to format accordingly.
   -

   The session will be moderated based on the Universal Code of Conduct
   <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>
   -

   Universally blocked users will not be allowed in the room, but can still
   participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time.


Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local /
online communities.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing VideoCutTool version 0.4

[Shani Evenstein]

Happy to read about this. Great work!

Shani.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>

Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 at 23:05, James Heilman  wrote:

> Gopa thank you for all your work on this. Will definitely make working
> with video easier :-)
>
> James
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 12:07 PM Gopa Vasanth 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello folks!
>>
>> We are excited to announce the release of version 0.4 of VideoCutTool
>> <https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/> [1].
>> VideoCutTool helps users to edit videos in commons and also converts MP4
>> videos on the user's device to Wikimedia Commons accepted formats (i.e
>> WebM/OGV) and upload/re-upload them to Commons on-the-fly.
>>
>> In the last few years, we have been tirelessly working to improve our
>> tool and we believe that VideoCutTool will help you enjoy your video
>> editing experience! Special thanks to our team Pratik Shetty, Hassan Amin,
>> James Heilman, Jayprakash, and all the volunteers for their contributions!
>>
>>
>> *About VideoCutTool*VideoCutTool is a video editing tool that helps to
>> provide various types of editing processes on videos that are currently in
>> Wikimedia Commons and also the videos present in the user devices. It is
>> deployed on Wikimedia VPS. Cropping, Trimming, Audio Disabling, and
>> Rotating are the current features of the tool. From the tool, the edited
>> videos can be either downloaded or re-upload to Wikimedia Commons.
>> VideoCutTool work's similar to the CropTool
>> <https://croptool.toolforge.org/> [2]. More info about the tool is
>> available on Commons: VideoCutTool
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:VideoCutTool> [3].
>>
>> VideoCutTool is also available as a gadget in Wikimedia Commons, You can
>> turn it on from Preferences -> Gadgets -> Check on VideoCutTool -> Save!
>>
>> Try out VideoCutTol from here: https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/
>>
>> *Changes in version 0.4*
>>
>>- Support of i18n - Localisation and Internalisation.
>>- Optional Dark mode - handy to use!
>>- Mobile responsiveness.
>>- Fixes to various minor bugs.
>>
>> If you notice any bugs or want to request any feature please feel free to
>> open a ticket in phabricator and add the tag #videocuttool to the same, Our
>> phabricator workboard is here:
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/videocuttool/ [4].
>>
>> [1] https://videocuttool.wmflabs.org/
>> [2] https://croptool.toolforge.org/
>> [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:VideoCutTool
>> [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/videocuttool/
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gopa Vasanth <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gopavasanth>
>> Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham <http://www.amrita.edu/> | Blog
>> <https://gopavasanth.wordpress.com/>
>> amFOSS <https://amfoss.in/@gopavasanth> | GitHub
>> <https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit
>> <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth>
>>
>> “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikipedia is now 100K+ articles strong

[Shani Evenstein]

Wonderful news!
Congrats!

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020, 15:50 Shabab Mustafa,  wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> The year 2020 is full of woes and wonders. Just before the ending of 2020,
> Bengali Wikipedia[1][2] has passed a significant milestone of passing 100K
> articles.
>
> Bengali, an Indo-Aryan language and lingua-franca of the Bengal region of
> South Asia, is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh
> most-spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world.[3] The
> Bengali Wikipedia Project launched on 27 January 2004 with very few
> editors. On 25 December 2020, after 16 years of the initial launch, it now
> has passed the milestone of 100k+ articles.[4]
>
> As most of the contributors of Bengali Wikipedia are young and this year's
> long lockdowns and campus shutdowns of educational institutes, Wikipedians
> had managed to utilized their extra free times by contributing to the
> Bengali Wikipedia and it has enjoyed growth at an almost double rate than
> the previous year with an organized approach of topic-based consecutive
> edit-a-thons.
>
> Here is a quick overview of the milestones achieved -
>
> 27 January 2004: Launch of Bengali Wikipedia
> September 2006: 10K  articles
> 28 June 2009: 20K articles
> 13 May 2014: 30K articles
> 04 January 2016: 40K articles
> 30 April 2017: 50K articles
> 08 August 2018: 60K articles
> 16 July 2019: 70K articles
> 23 January 2020: 80K articles
> 22 June 2020: 90K articles
> 25 December 2020: 100K articles
>
> I welcome you to congratulate the Bengali Wikipedia community for their
> achievement and wishing them all the best for future progress and
> prosperity.
>
> Ref:
> 
> [1] https://bn.wikipedia.org
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Wikipedia
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#100_000+_articles
>
> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] #SheSaid

[Shani Evenstein]

This is really great, Flo!
Hope many join this initiative and we are able to improve these stats.
Thanks for leading this important work.

Shani.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2020, 06:37 Heather Knox via Wikimedia-l, <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> This is wonderful! Thank you for putting the time into this project, it
> will make a difference!
> I noticed the significant gender imbalance on Wikiquote a few years ago
> and attempted to get involved but found the systems impenetrable. I'll
> definitely look again now that there is a focused effort to join.
>
> Heather
> (Aotearoa New Zealand User Group)
>
>
> On Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 02:58:37 pm NZDT, Florence Devouard <
> anth...@anthere.org> wrote:
>
>
> Did you know that quote
>
> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> to say it."
>
> was authored by a woman ?
>
>
> Do you know how many entries on Wikiquote are about women versus Men ?
> 14639 men entries... for 2977 women entries...
>
> Suprised ?
>
>
> I am happy to announce the new *#SheSaid campaign*. The #SheSaid drive is
> aimed at improving the visibility of women across Wikimedia projects (and
> beyond) by creating new or improving already existing Wikiquote entries
> spoken by notable women.
>
> Here are a few statistics:
>
>- On the English Wikiquote main page on 6th of Oct 2020, in the *Selected
>people* section... 29 men are featured and only 4 women (check out the
>screenshot on the right...)
>- There are 233 women who have a featured article on either French or
>English Wikipedias... with no entry on the French Wikiquote check it
>out
>
> <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FFAsitelink%20%3FWQsitelink%0AWHERE%0A%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3FFAsitelink%20%23%20There%20is%20a%20Wikipedia%20Featured%20article%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Abadge%20wd%3AQ17437796%20.%20%23%20Sitelink%20is%20badged%20as%20a%20Featured%20Article%0A%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3FFAsitelink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0AUNION%0A%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FFAsitelink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20MINUS%0A%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3FWQsitelink%20%23%20And%20a%20sitelink%20to%20a%20frwq%20page%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikiquote.org%2F%3E.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%20%7D>
>- There are 141 women featured article on the English Wikipedia with
>no wikiquote entry check it
>
> <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FFAsitelink%20%3FWQsitelink%0AWHERE%0A%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3FFAsitelink%20%23%20There%20is%20a%20Wikipedia%20Featured%20article%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Abadge%20wd%3AQ17437796%20.%20%23%20Sitelink%20is%20badged%20as%20a%20Featured%20Article%0A%3FFAsitelink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%0A%0A%20%20%20MINUS%0A%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3FWQsitelink%20%23%20And%20a%20sitelink%20to%20a%20enwq%20page%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikiquote.org%2F%3E.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%20%7D>
>- There are 519 women listed on the French wikiquote check it
>
> <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FWQsitelink%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FFAlang%3Bseparator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FFAlanguages%29%20%3Fsitelinks%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3FWQsitelink%20%23%20And%20a%20sitelink%20to%20a%20frwq%20page%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikiquote.org%2F%3E.%20%20%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20%7D%20.%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FWQsitelink%20%3Fsitelinks%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsitelinks%29>
> and 3117 men listed check it out
>
> <https://query.wikidata.org/#S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

[Shani Evenstein]

Congrats, WM-IL! And right on time for Wikidata's 8th Birthday celebrarions!
Looking forward to integrating this tool in my academic courses this year.

Shani


On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 22:44 Revital Poleg,  wrote:

> In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional material
> for the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). The background for this decision was
> that we see audiences to whom we introduce Wikidata become especially
> enthusiastic when we present the *Wikidata query service tutorial
> <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/> *, which offers quite a
> unique feature within the landscape of information services available
> today. This enthusiasm often dampens when audiences discover that querying
> is not done using natural language but rather requires learning SPARQL.
>
> We believe learning SPARQL is not rocket science, even for audiences with
> no programming background. We created a step-by-step tutorial website to
> give users an introduction and some basic lessons on how to use the query
> service. While WDQS has a great Help section, this section might not be so
> helpful to users who are new to Wikimedia platforms. We therefore built the
> tutorial website on the WordPress platform which has a more familiar design
> to most users. We believe this website will make the WDQS more accessible,
> and hope this will be a way to expand Wikidata to new audiences.
> Currently the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to add
> the tutorial in other languages.
> We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata
> Outreach.
>
> We hope you'll find it useful.
> All the Best
> Revital Poleg
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
> Revital Poleg
>
> Executive Director, WMIL
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020

[Shani Evenstein]

 Thanks for the reminder, Kiril. Looks like a really great online program!

Good luck to all the speakers and looking forward to CEEing some of you
there. :)

Shani.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:06 PM Kiril Simeonovski <
kiril.simeonov...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to inform you that we are almost at the onset of the Wikimedia
> CEE Online Meeting 2020
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020>, which
> will take place from 2–4 October. We have prepared a conference programme
> with a variety of topics covered by speakers from all around the world (the
> schedule is available on the following link
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Programme#Schedule
> >
> ).
>
> Considering that this is an online event, the registration will be open
> until *2 October at 12:00 (UTC)*. You can find more instructions regarding
> the registration on this page
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Participants/List
> >
> .
>
> This is a one-time opportunity for non-CEE Wikimedians to attend the
> Wikimedia CEE Meeting. Don't miss it!
>
> Stay safe and healthy!
>
> Best regards,
> Kiril Simeonovski
> Chair of the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020 organising committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trust and safety on Wikimedia projects

[Shani Evenstein]

Hi  Lodewijk,

This ecosystem you are describing is exactly what we are hoping for.

And we absolutely agree that what you called "education" is needed.
We referred to it as "training" and "capacity building" in this sentence in
the statement:

"To that end, the Board further directs the Foundation, in collaboration
with the communities, to make additional i*nvestments in Trust & Safety
capacity*, including but not limited to: development of tools needed to
assist our volunteers and staff, research to support data-informed
decisions, development of clear metrics to measure success, *development of
training tools and materials* (*including building communities’ capacities
around harassment awareness and conflict resolution*), and consultations
with international experts on harassment, community health and children’s
rights, as well as additional hiring."

Best,
Shani.


>
> From: effe iets anders 
> Date: Sat, May 23, 2020 at 4:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trust and safety on Wikimedia projects
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
>
>
> Thanks for this step - I wish that it wouldn't be necessary. I'm not sure
> of all the implications, but was mostly wondering: will this be primarily a
> stick, or is the foundation also going to invest more heavily in carrots
> and education?
>
> I get the impression that we have much progress to make in training,
> educating and exposing correct behavior (some chapters have made attempts
> at this). So much of our energy already goes into the bad behavior, that it
> exhausts many community members. I'm confident that the Trust and Safety
> live through a more extreme version of that daily.
>
> I'd wish that we manage to build an ecosystem that encourages good
> behavior, diverts bad behavior at a very early stage, and removes the bad
> actors that cannot be corrected. Probably not as popular as punishing
> people, but hopefully more constructive for the community as a whole.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:52 PM Nataliia Tymkiv 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello, Dennis!
> >
> > Not at all. What it means is that this a not a process that goes into
> play
> > *before* a decision to act is made, but *after*. It should stand as an
> > option for those who want to ensure that actions taken are fair, as long
> as
> > the case does not relate to legal risks or other severe concerns.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> >
> > NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working
> > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You
> > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in
> > advance!
> >
> > On Sat, May 23, 2020, 01:58 Dennis During  wrote:
> >
> > >  "Work with community functionaries to create and refine a retroactive
> > > review process for cases brought by involved parties, excluding those
> > cases
> > > which pose legal or other severe risks "
> > >
> > > What does "retroactive review process" mean?
> > >
> > > I hope it doesn't mean applying standards that were not promulgated at
> > the
> > > time to past actions and applying severe sanctions to the alleged
> > > perpetrators.
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 5:59 PM María Sefidari 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > Today, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees unanimously passed
> a
> > > > resolution and published a statement[1] regarding the urgent need to
> > make
> > > > our movement more safe and inclusive by addressing harassment and
> > > > incivility on Wikimedia projects. The statement builds on prior
> > > statements
> > > > from 2016 and 2019,[2][3] affirms the forthcoming introduction of a
> > > > universal code of conduct, and directs the Wikimedia Foundation to
> > > rapidly
> > > > and substantively address these challenges in complement with
> existing
> > > > community processes.
> > > >
> > > > This includes developing sustainable practices and tools that
> eliminate
> > > > harassment, toxicity, and incivility, promote inclusivity, cultivate
> > > > respectful discourse, reduce harms to participants, protect the
> > projects
> > > > from disinformation and bad actors, and promote trust in our
> projects.
> > > >
> > > > Over the past nearly twenty years, the movement has taken a number of
> > > > unique and sometimes extraordinary steps to c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comment Open on U.S. Open Access Policy

[Shani Evenstein]

Jake, well written and nicely put.
Is this online somewhere, where we can share it further?

Best,
Shani.


---
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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
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* Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow.
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and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.

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<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>, Wikimedia
Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>.
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<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://benyehuda.org>.

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:27 PM Pete Forsyth  wrote:

> Jake,
>
> How can we most effectively support your excellent effort with this?
>
> -Pete
> --
> Pete Forsyth
> User:Peteforsyth on Meta, English Wikisource, English Wikipedia, etc.
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 1:22 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Very well-written and well-supported by statistics. Thanks for sharing.
> > Regards.
> > User:Titodutta
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 1:41 AM Jake Orlowitz  wrote:
> >
> > > My Letter to the U.S. Office for Science and Technology Policy
> regarding
> > a
> > > proposal for federally mandate open access to publicly-funded
> research...
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Wikipedia is one of the ten most popular websites in the world. Each
> > month
> > > 200,000 editors improve over 6 million articles. This vital public
> > > information is viewed on 1 billion unique devices as our pages are
> loaded
> > > by people around the globe 7,000 times per second.
> > >
> > > Wikipedia is the "free encyclopedia", both in its open CC-BY-SA
> licensing
> > > as well as the unpaid contributions of its volunteer editors. Yet
> > > Wikipedia's hundreds of thousands of editors struggle to access
> scholarly
> > > research. And, if they are able to read and cite it, then hundreds of
> > > millions of readers cannot verify or explore it for deeper research.
> > >
> > > Citations are the bridge between Wikipedia articles and a broader
> > landscape
> > > of reliable, secondary sources. Citations not only allow readers to
> > verify
> > > the reliability of the facts they find in Wikipedia; through citations
> > > readers can also deep-dive into any given topic by exploring the books,
> > > scholarly publications, and news stories referenced in an article.
> > >
> > > A recently released dataset of all citations with identifiers in
> > Wikipedia
> > > found that less than half of the official versions of scholarly
> > > publications cited with an identifier in Wikipedia are freely available
> > on
> > > the web. This chasm of for editors and for readers is a tragedy of
> public
> > > education and digital literacy.
> > >
> > > Just look at the most recent global catastrophe with Coronavirus. By
> > April
> > > 2020 the main articles on COVID-19 had received 50 million views.
> > > Wikipedia's medical content--made up of more than 155,000 articles and
> 1
> > > billion bytes of text across more than 255 languages--has been ranked
> as
> > > one of the top-3 most viewed sources for medical information on the
> > entire
> > > internet.
> > >
> > > References are essential to the public's trust in Wikipedia. Indeed,
> > > Wikipedia's medical content is supported by 757,855 references in
> English
> > > and 1,596,528 in other languages, for a total of 2,354,383 across all
> > > languages. In English 168,985 have a PMID while 261,850 do in other
> > > languages. This means at least 430,835 references are journal articles.
> > >
> > > What happens when those journal articles lie behind a paywall? The
> public
> > > suffers from a dearth of good information to make decisions about their
> > > lives as independent citizens and members of a global community.
> > >
> > > As founder of The Wikipedia Library, I arranged partnerships with
> dozens
> > of
> > > leading scholarly journals, to give Wikipedia editors free access to
> &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia board members

[Shani Evenstein]

Filip, thank you for all that you've done in the past 6 years as president
of the chapter (and as a volunteer in the movement!).
Happy you are staying part of the board and have no doubt you'll continue
to share your knowledge and wisdom with others.
And of course -- congratulations to the new president!
I look forward to continue seeing great work and innovation from the
Serbian Chapter.

With much appreciation,
Shani.



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* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
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and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.

* Member of the Board of Trustees
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* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
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* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://benyehuda.org>.

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 11:37 PM Filip Maljkovic  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Wikimedia Serbia held its General Assembly last night, when I formally
> stepped down as the president of the chapter, after being in that
> position for 6 years. Miroslav Loci (aka Mickey Mystique) was
> unanimously elected as the new president of Wikimedia Serbia.
>
> Marko Adam stepped down as a board member and Teodora Lukić is the newly
> elected board member. Therefore, the board of Wikimedia Serbia now
> consists of the following people:
>
> 1. Miroslav Loci - president
> 2. Đorđe Stakić - vice-president
> 3. Filip Maljković
> 4. Miljan Simonović
> 5. Bojana Satarić
> 6. Teodora Lukić
>
> It has been a privilege to serve as the president of Wikimedia Serbia
> and I'm certain that it will remain a stable and regionally strong
> chapter in the following years.
>
> Cheers,
> Filip Maljković
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Collaboration with Indonesian Air Force

[Shani Evenstein]

Wonderful news!
Congratulations and good luck with this project!

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On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 1:52 PM Biyanto Rebin 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We are happy to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia will collaborate with
> Indonesian Air Force to provide free access for their museum collection to
> wider audiences. We are starting to upload and provide the QR code to their
> collection.
>
> Thank Misdianto (User:NaidNdeso
> <https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pengguna:NaidNdeso>), our community member,
> who connect us with the IAF.
>
> Source:
> https://tni-au.mil.id/sajikan-informasi-digital-dispenau-gandeng-wikimedia/
> English version:
>
> https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=id=en=https%3A%2F%2Ftni-au.mil.id%2Fsajikan-informasi-digital-dispenau-gandeng-wikimedia%2F
>
> All the best from Indonesia.
>
> --
> Biyanto Rebin | Ketua Umum (*Chair*) 2016-2018
> Wikimedia Indonesia
> Surel: biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id
> -
> Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan:
> https://wikimedia.or.id/sumbangan/
> <http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Not in the other language, Wiktionary edition"

[Shani Evenstein]

Amir, you rock! Thanks so much.

This came up as somehing that could be helpful during the Wiktionary &
Wikisource panel at the Education space. Some panelists mentioned tgey are
wasting a lot time curating lists, so thought it coukd be helpful.

Forwarding to Wikimedia-l as many Wikrionary and Wikisource people ate
there.

Cheers,
Shani

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, 16:27 Amir Sarabadani  Hey,
> During Wikimania, Shani told me the famous "Not in the other language"
> tool [1] doesn't work for Wiktionary (because the tool is based on Wikidata
> but Wiktionary uses something called Cognate). On my way to the airport, I
> wrote a hacky small thing to make things easier for Wiktionary users that
> you can find in [2]. Here's an example, list of French nouns that exist in
> German Wiktionary but not in English [3]. The code can be found in [4] and
> needs lots of love if anyone is interested.
>
> HTH
>
> [1]: https://tools.wmflabs.org/not-in-the-other-language/
> [2]: https://tools.wmflabs.org/dexbot/tools/nitolw
> [3]:
> https://tools.wmflabs.org/dexbot/tools/nitolw/index.php?fromLang=de=en=Substantiv+%28Franz%C3%B6sisch%29=50
> [4]:https://github.com/Ladsgroup/NITOLW
>
> Best
> --
> Amir (he/him)
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Medicine: Changes in Board Compositions

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

If you've seen my post yesterday then you might have expected this this
announcement as well; if you haven't -- as some of you may know, I will
soon be joining the Board of Trustees (August 15), and am therefore
required to resign my formal role as Chair of Wikimedia Medicine (a.k.a.
WikiProject Medicine Foundation). This means a new vacancy in the board has
to be filled and a new Chair must be appointed.

I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the
board chose *Doug Taylor* to serve as the new Chair for our newly approved
Thematic Organization. Doug has been part of WikiProject Medicine for years
now and has diligently served as the group's formal secretary. Doug not
only has the institutional memory of the organization, but has actively
taken part in a variety related activities in the UK and in collaboration
with other countries. Doug also brings management skills to the board,
experience from the board of Wikimedia UK, as well as a deep understanding
of the movement as a whole, which I have no doubt will allow the
organization to grow and expand its activities around the world.

As Doug transitions into his new position as Chair, *Dr. Stuart Ray* will
be supporting him as Vice Chair and continue to serve as co-treasurer, and
*Mossab* will continue to serve as Membership Admin. A new secretary will
be appointed soon, hopefully during the board's in-person meeting at
Wikimania. The board will also soon co-opt a new board member to fill out
the vacant spot, till the next election in 2022.

I'll remain involved in the organization as an 'adviser to the board' and
look forward to seeing this Thematic Organization grow, as well as to
continue contributing to medical-related topics as a volunteer and lecturer
at the Tel Aviv University.

Best,
Shani Evenstein.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group: Changes in Board Composition

[Shani Evenstein]

A small correction to the new roles - Krishna is Secretary and Joao is the
membership admin.
*So the new roles are like so: *
Filip Maljkovic - Chair
Susanna Mkrtchyan (Սուսաննա Մկրտչյան) - Vice Chair
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - *Secretary*
João Alexandre Peschanski - *Membership Admin*
LiAnna Davis - Treasurer


Shani.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:16 AM Shani Evenstein 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees
> (August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of
> the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be
> filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed.
>
> I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the
> board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the
> organization.
>
> As for filling up vacancies -- in addition to me leaving the board,
> another board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to
> other pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a
> board member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position of
> "Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for
> his service to the UG's growth in the passing year.
>
> With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled.
> The board of the W UG has always been a working board, keeping it small
> but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the
> organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to
> co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already know
> the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has
> served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the
> board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs
> Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the US*.
> As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the WMF
> and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative,
> which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the
> different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant
> stakeholders.
>
> Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth
> of experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt they
> will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till the
> next elections at the end of 2020.
>
> *Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: *
> Filip Maljkovic - Chair
> Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair
> Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin
> João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary
> LiAnna Davis - Treasurer
>
> To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board and
> look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved
> as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki
> initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education
> advocate.
>
> Best,
> Shani Evenstein.
>
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[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group: Changes in Board Composition

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees
(August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of
the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be
filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed.

I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the
board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the
organization.

As for filling up vacancies -- in addition to me leaving the board, another
board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to other
pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a board
member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position of
"Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for
his service to the UG's growth in the passing year.

With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled.
The board of the W UG has always been a working board, keeping it small
but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the
organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to
co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already know
the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has
served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the
board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs
Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the US*.
As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the WMF
and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative,
which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the
different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant
stakeholders.

Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth of
experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt they
will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till the
next elections at the end of 2020.

*Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: *
Filip Maljkovic - Chair
Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin
João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary
LiAnna Davis - Treasurer

To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board and
look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved
as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki
initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education
advocate.

Best,
Shani Evenstein.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Colombia

[Shani Evenstein]

Great news! Congrats!

Shani.

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* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
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<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 4:53 PM Rocio Consales <
rocio.consa...@wikimediachile.cl> wrote:

> Nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones al equipo de Colombia :)
>
> Atentamente,
> Rocío
>
>
> El jue., 1 ago. 2019 a las 8:08, Leinonen Teemu ( >)
> escribió:
>
> > Great! Felicidades! -Teemu
> >
> > > On 31 Jul 2019, at 19.02, Kirill Lokshin 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone!
> > >
> > > I'm very happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> > Trustees
> > > has approved the recognition of Wikimedia Colombia [1] as a Wikimedia
> > > chapter.
> > >
> > > Over the past five years, Wikimedia Colombia has successfully planned
> and
> > > executed a significant portfolio of innovative and effective programs,
> > > attracting new contributors, forming partnerships with local
> > institutions,
> > > promoting the Wikimedia movement throughout the Republic of Colombia,
> and
> > > demonstrating a substantial record of programmatic impact.
> > >
> > > It is our hope that recognition as a Wikimedia chapter will empower the
> > > Wikimedia Colombia community to continue fostering the Wikimedia
> movement
> > > in Colombia and enable them to more effectively engage with government
> > > entities and other partners.  We additionally hope that Wikimedia
> > Colombia
> > > will prove to be a source of inspiration and support for emerging
> > Wikimedia
> > > communities in the surrounding geographic areas, furthering affiliate
> > > development across northern South America and Central America.
> > >
> > > I want to thank everyone who has been involved with setting up the new
> > > chapter, and recognize their commitment and patience over the past two
> > > years as we've worked through the chapter recognition process.  Please
> > join
> > > me in congratulating the entire Wikimedia Colombia team for their
> > > accomplishment!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Kirill Lokshin
> > > Chair, Affiliations Committee
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Colombia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest thematic organisation, Wikimedia Medicine

[Shani Evenstein]

Thank you, Kirill, and all who have been involved in making this a
reality!

It's an exciting moment in our growth as an organization and we are
thrilled to be recognized as a Thematic Organization.
As Kirill mentioned, we do hope that this will lead the way for the scaling
of other cross-movement thematic efforts.

We look forward to continuing working with affiliates in the movement and
especially expanding our collaborations with affiliates we haven't had the
chance to work closely with, as we scale our efforts worldwide. If you are
interested in working with us, please feel free to contact us at:
wikiproject...@gmail.com

We look forward to meeting some of you in the Health Space at Wikimania
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Health>, where you'll be able to
find out more about what we've been doing and how you can join forces with
us.

Best,

Shani Evenstein
Chairperson, Wikimedia Medicine.



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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, Wikimedia Medicine
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 6:58 PM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:

> Great news and many many congratulations to Wikimedia Medicine and all the
> people involved in making this happen.
> Thanks Kirill for the update.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb Dutta.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 31-Jul-2019, at 9:16 PM, camelia boban 
> wrote:
> >
> > Many congratulations to Wikimedia Medicine, so happy for this
> > recognition.
> >
> > Camelia, WikiDonne User Group
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Camelia Boban*
> >
> > *| Java EE Developer |*
> >
> > *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia *Foundation
> > Coordinator - Diversity Working Group for Wikimedia Strategy 2030
> > Chair & co-founder - WikiDonne User Group *| WikiDonne Project ideator*
> >
> > *Diversity Space @ Wikimania 2019 Co-Lead*
> > WMIT - WMSE - WMCH - WMAR Member
> >
> > M. +39 3383385545
> > camelia.bo...@gmail.com
> > *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/>* | *Twitter
> > <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *LinkedIn
> > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122>*
> > *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **|
> **WikiDonne
> > UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project
> > <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Il giorno mer 31 lug 2019 alle ore 17:25 Kirill Lokshin <
> > kirill.loks...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> >
> >> Hi everyone!
> >>
> >> I'm very happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees
> >> has approved the recognition of Wikimedia Medicine [1] as a Wikimedia
> >> thematic organisation.
> >>
> >> Over the past several years, Wikimedia Medicine has successfully planned
> >> and executed a significant program portfolio, attracting new
> contributors
> >> and forming partnerships with both movement affiliates and external
> >> institutional partners around the world.  Wikimedia Medicine is an
> >> ambitious, innovative, and highly effective organization that has
> >> demonstrated a substantial record of independent programmatic impact and
> >> continues to foster innovation and collaboration with numerous other
> >> entities across the Wikimedia movement.
> >>
> >> Wikimedia Medicine's efforts to deliver critical medical information to
> >> underserved and underrepresented communities reflect the principles of
> >> infrastructure and inclusiveness espoused in the Wikimedia movement
> >> strategic direction, and represent a key potential area of growth for
> >> emerging movement communities.  The recognition of Wikimedia Medicine
> as a
> >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Belated update from Wikimedia Portugal

[Shani Evenstein]

Wonderful news! Thanks for the update.

Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
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On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 3:21 PM GoEthe.wiki  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This message was supposed to be sent sometime ago, but might still be
> relevant for those that like closure.
>
> Wikimedia Portugal has signed a new chapter agreement with the Wikimedia
> Foundation in January, and this has been ratified by our XII General
> Assembly in April.
>
> In this same General Assembly, we have also made some changes to the our
> internal regulations (
> https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Regulamento_Interno/2019)
> to prevent future challenges as the ones that led to the issues last year.
> This changes include making explicit the option for associates to receive
> notices for General Assemblies by email and allowing General Assemblies to
> be conducted via videoconference as well as in-person. We have also
> clarified our disciplinary procedures.
>
> But more currently, we have announced today, together with Wikimedia Spain,
> the winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Portugal and Spain. See:
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.pt/2019/07/finalistas-do-wiki-loves-earth-2019-em-portugal-e-espanha/
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gonçalo Themudo
>
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> *Email: *goethe.w...@gmail.com
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[Wikimedia-l] EDUWiki Open Meeting next Monday!

[Shani Evenstein]

(Sorry for x-posting!)

Dear all,

Next Monday, June 24, between 1530-1700 UTC, the Wikipedia & Education User
Group will be hosing its bi-monthly Open Meeting and you're all invited!

The full meeting agenda is listed at the end, but it includes 2 featured
speakers this month: LiAnna Davis, from the Wiki Education Foundation in
the US, who will be talking about how to scale an education program;
and Krishna
Chaitanya Velaga from India, who will be talking about user retention and
project sustainability. We look forward to learning from their stories!
The meeting will be held between via this link: https://zoom.us/j/876197184.
Many thanks to WikiEd for hosting us using their account, so we can have
multiple people joining without any technical difficulties. :)

*Meeting Agenda: *
* Intros
* General updates from the UG board
* Updates regarding the working groups, with a focus on the tech tools
survey we are planning
* Updates on the Education Space at Wikimania
* 2 featured speakers
* Q & A
*Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible! *
Shani, on behalf of The Wikipedia & Education User Group.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

[Shani Evenstein]

What excellent news!
This group has been doing amazing and innovative work, so it's a joy to see
this community finally re-recognized as an affiliate.
As it should be. :)

Best of luck to all of you with your future projects. I'll keep following
your work with excitement.

Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:33 PM Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil [2] as a Wikimedia User
> Group. The group aims to bring together the active members of the Wikimedia
> movement in Brazil, supporting the organization of the Brazilian Wikimedia
> community as well as the promotion of and participation on the Wikimedia
> projects.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Grupo_de_Usuários_Wiki_Movimento_Brasil
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Brasil
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback requested for draft code of conduct for user group

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

To all those who care about making Wikimedia projects a safe and
harassment-free space, especially if you are coming from thematic User
Groups --
Please take a look at the Code of Conduct
<https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/Draft>
draft
for WikiJournals.

They have researched the topic of Code of Conduct quite extensively in and
outside the movement, and what they came up could potentially be used for
other affiliates.
I know I'll definitely promote that in the two User Groups I chair.

The group will be voting on it really soon, so thought I'd bring this to
your attention again, so anyone with a passion for community health will
have a chance to add comments in the discussion page
<https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/Draft>
.

Best,
Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
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On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:34 AM Thomas Shafee 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedia-l,
>
> This is a quick request for comment for those interested in codes of
> conduct (relevant to user groups and possibly projects as well).
>
> In collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation’s trust and safety team, a
> code of conduct has been drafted over the last few months for the
> WikiJournal
> User Group <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group>. We
> have drawn inspiration from CoCs used in different Wikimedia areas and open
> projects (listed below the draft).
>
> *Draft code of conduct available here*
> <
> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/Draft
> >
>
> Everyone is welcome to provide suggestions over the next week on how to
> improve it: please join the discussion here
> <
> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/Draft
> >
> !
>
> It has been written to be adaptable to other user groups, affiliates and
> projects if they want to adapt & adopt something (generalised version
> <
> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/General
> >
> ).
>
> The user group was We were initially aiming to vote on it in May, however
> in order to give a bit more time for feedback, that's being extended to
> early June.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thomas Shafee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New action to lift Wikipedia block in Turkey

[Shani Evenstein]

Wonderful news!
Thanks for sharing.

Shani.


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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 4:01 PM Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> For the past two years, Turkish authorities have blocked access to
> Wikipedia across all languages -- the most expansive form of blocking of
> Wikipedia ever imposed.
>
> During that time, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working to lift the
> block through many different efforts, including legal action in Turkish
> courts, good faith conversations with Turkish authorities, and speaking
> directly to the public to raise awareness of the block and its impact on
> both Turkey and the rest of the world. Recently, we have also seen China
> censor Wikipedia across all languages to the same extent.
>
> Therefore, we are announcing today that we have filed a petition in the
> European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the international court hearing
> cases of human rights violations within the Council of Europe, in order to
> lift the more than two-year block of Wikipedia in Turkey.
>
> In our filing, we argue that denying access to Wikipedia violates
> fundamental freedoms of expression—freedoms that have been denied to the
> more than 80 million people in Turkey who have been impacted by the block —
> but also to the rest of the world, which has lost the perspectives of
> residents of the country in contributing, debating, and adding to
> Wikipedia. Turkey is a long-standing party of the Convention, which
> protects the right to freedom of expression including the right to receive
> and share information.
>
> We are making this petition to stand for these fundamental human rights and
> freedoms, and to ask the court to order that the Turkish government lift
> the block of Wikipedia. You can learn more about our and the ECHR in our
> announcement on the Wikimedia Foundation blog:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/05/23/wikimedia-foundation-petitions-the-european-court-of-human-rights-to-lift-the-block-of-wikipedia-in-turkey
>
> As part of this filing, we're also inviting Wikimedia affiliates,
> communities, and the rest of the world to join us in amplifying the about
> this action through a social media campaign. The campaign will focus on
> raising awareness of Wikipedia being blocked in Turkey, and educating
> people on why we took the step of filing with the ECHR. We will also tie
> into the broader narrative around “knowledge is a human right” to make
> clear the ECHR filing is one of many steps we need to take to ensure
> Wikipedia is accessible to everyone.
>
> We invite you to join us in amplifying the messages of the campaign on
> social media and sharing our statement with your networks. More information
> on how to participate and translate into your language:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Unblock_campaigns
>
> This next action in the ECHR is part of an ongoing, resolute commitment and
> strategy to protect everyone’s right to freely access knowledge. While the
> focus of our action today is on the block in Turkey, we are also continuing
> to explore our options and ways to support our readers and contributors in
> China. We have more work to do, but I’m grateful for the steps we can take
> today to realize that commitment.
>
> Finally, and perhaps most importantly -- I want to thank the Turkish
> community for their continued efforts to stay involved, active, and present
> in the Wikimedia projects and global community, despite these adverse
> circumstances. We stand with you today in support of your continued efforts
> on our projects.
>
> With gratitude,
> Katherine
>
> --
>
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>
> Executive Director
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Board WMNL

[Shani Evenstein]

Congrats!
Very happy to see Lizzy joining the board.

Shani.


On Fri, 10 May 2019, 10:49 Frans Grijzenhout  yep, we are a little eco-friendly as well, frans
>
> *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair
> +31 6 5333 9499
> --
> *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland*
> Mariaplaats 3  -  3511 LH Utrecht
> Kamer van Koophandel 17189036
> http://www.wikimedia.nl/
>
>
> Op vr 10 mei 2019 om 11:47 schreef Chris Keating <
> chriskeatingw...@gmail.com
> >:
>
> > >
> > > (new) Jan Bart de Vreede, community health
> > >
> > >
> > I'm not sure "new" is quite the right word, possibly "recycled" ;)
> >
> > Chris
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report 2018: Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

[Shani Evenstein]

Basak,

Congrats on your achievements in an almost impossible situation!
We all appreciate your efforts and continued persistence regardless of
circumstances.
Waiting for the moment when you'll be freed <3

Best to all of you,
Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
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* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
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<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:25 PM Eileen Hershenov 
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> #WeMissTurkey -- so much.
>
>
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> Of Counsel
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>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 1:09 PM Basak  wrote:
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> > This message is not encrypted but sent from a verified user on the dmail
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> > Dear All,
> >
> > After a delay, I am happy to share the annual report of the Wikimedia
> > Community User Group Turkey.
> >
> > -Basak
> >
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Turkey/Reports/2018
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[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Med Board Election Results

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

Last week a new board was elected
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board/Election_2019#Summary>
for WikiProject Medicine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>
and an annual open meeting for all members was conducted online during
March 25th.

The new board and their roles are:

   1. *Shani Evenstein* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Esh77> (until
   2022) *Chairperson (Re-elected)*
   2. *Doug Taylor* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RexxS> (until
   2022) *Secretary*, *Strategy Liaison * *(Re-elected)*
   3. *Mossab*
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8> (until
   2022) *Membership admin (new member)*
   4. *Diptanshu Das*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/w:User:Diptanshu_Das> (until
   2022) *(new member)*
   5. *Tim Moody*
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim-moody=edit=1>
(until
   2022) *(new member)*
   6. *Stuart Ray* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Soupvector> (until
   2022) *(new member)*
   7. *Jennifer Dawson* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JenOttawa> (until
   2020) (will be up for election only at the end of the year).


I would like to take this opportunity to thank *Daniel Meitchen, **Carl
Fredrik Sjöland**, Sam Zidovetski & Indira Gowda* for their contributions
and service as board members. They remain involved, some of them as special
advisers to the board, and will continue to contribute to the organization
in their fields of expertise.

As some of you may know, we are in the process of becoming a Thematic
Organization, have also submitted a Medicine Space for the coming
Wikimania, and working on various frontiers to spread high quality Medical
Content around the work both on and off line. We have achieved a lot but
have so much to do still, so please join me in wishing the new board
success in the coming 3 years!

Finally, if you have not joined us yet and would like to do so, you are
very much welcome! Just fill out this membership form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP1MvuBmtCkqT7i5qYyIm0jspEL2wE440hWSD9tWLmMTFNKA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
and we'll take it from there. :)

Best regards,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

[Shani Evenstein]

Amazing news indeed! Congrats and well done to the whole team.

Best,
Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
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On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 8:31 PM Rohan Badlani 
wrote:

> Congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige team. This is amazing news! :)
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:17 AM Suyash Dwivedi 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to WMSE
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo <
>> yao.mariecole...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool.
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to
>>>> contribute to these amazing projects.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical
>>>> data on
>>>> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities
>>>> around the
>>>> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
>>>> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone
>>>> in
>>>> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I
>>>> will
>>>> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata
>>>> content
>>>> > curation.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <
>>>> sacas...@yorku.ca>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing
>>>> and
>>>> >> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>>>> >> Stacy
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Associate Librarian
>>>> >>
>>>> >> York University Libraries
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional
>>>> territory of
>>>> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care
>>>> taken by
>>>> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
>>>> Huron-Wendat,
>>>> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We
>>>> acknowledge
>>>> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First
>>>> Nation.
>>>> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt
>>>> Covenant,
>>>> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> *From:* Wikidata  on behalf
>>>> of John
>>>> >> Andersson 
>>>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>>>> >> *To:* wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; g...@lists.wikimedia.org;
>>>> >> cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch; wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500,
>>>> 000+
>>>> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30,
>>>> 000/year
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grant

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CIS-A2K January Newsletter

[Shani Evenstein]

This is great!
So wonderful to see such wonderful activity from India!
Keep up the good work!

Shani.

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* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:36 PM Ananth Subray 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We are glad to inform that CIS-A2K has published our newsletter for January
> 2019.
>
> *Events*
>
>- *Mini MediaWiki Training Theni:* Indic TechCom members and CIS-A2K
>decided to reach out to students with the Computer science background
> and
>help them understand how to contribute on MediaWiki. As a pilot
> project, we
>reached out to Nadar Saraswathi College of Engineering and Technology
> and
>organised a two-day long Mini MediaWiki training for the students on
> 22nd
>and 23rd of January 2019.
>
>
>- *Marathi Language Fortnight Workshops: * CIS-A2K started collaborating
>with State language dept. in 2017. In the first series
><https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48ug> of workshops, we conducted three
>workshops. In the second series <https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48u9> in
>2018, we conducted six workshops out of a total of 17 workshops
> conducted
>across the state. In the year 2019, the awareness spread to more
>educational institutions located in different regions of the state.
> In this third
>series <https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/48gs>, CIS-A2K conducted five
>workshops out of a total of 21 workshops
>- *Wikisource training Bengaluru: * During the Indic Wikisource
>Community Consultation at Kolkata, India on 24–25 November
> 2018,User:Shubha
>requested to conduct a Wikisource specific Workshop for Sankrit
> Wikisource
>Team at Bengaluru Samkrit Bharati. The CIS-A2K Team conducted a workshop
>for Sanskrit Community at Bengaluru, Karnataka on 23 - 24 January 2019.
>- *TWLCon (2019 India): * TWL Con or the Wikipedia Library conference
>was supported by the CIS-A2K. The aim of the conference was to spread
>awareness about TWL among the Indian languages community, understand and
>identify different challenges of the movement in India.
>- *1lib1ref session at Goa University: * Marathi language department and
>faculty from other languages organised the #1lib1ref event at Goa
>University. The practice of Marathi typing in Unicode was carried out
>through preparing articles as a Word document. The students selected the
>articles on the history of Goa, writers & artists of Goa, Tourism in Goa
>and villages in Goa. Total of 37 editors actively participated in the
>workshop. They learnt basic editing skills, adding references and
> uploading
>on Commons.
>- *Punjabi Wikimedians meetup: * Punjabi Wikimedians had an online
>meeting on 27 January 2019. 11 participants joined this meeting.
>
>
> *Upcoming Events: *
>
>- *Project Tiger Community Consultation: * Project Tiger Community
>Consultation is a consultation program that will take place on 2-3 March
>2019 at Chennai (most probably).
>- *Gujarati Meetup & Workshop, Ahmedabad: * CIS-A2K along with the
>Gujarati Wikimedia community is planning the Gujarati Wikisource
> Workshop
>and Gujarati Wikimedia Meetup in Ahmedabad. The goal of the meetup is to
>introduce Wikisource and help the community better understand the scope
> and
>future of Wikisource.
>- *Train the Trainer-2019(Bids): **The bids for Train-the-trainer
>program 2019 has already taken place. Currently, the jury members are
>deciding the place for the TTT 2019. TTT 2019, the 6th iteration of the
>Train-the-trainer program. *
>
> You can find the meta version of the newsletter at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/January_2019
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/January_2019>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee appointments

[Shani Evenstein]

Thanks both of you and good luck to new members! I'm hopeful that together
you can help march AffCom forward and help with the obvious workload.

Best,
Shani.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:26 Paulo Santos Perneta  Satdeep & Tanvir stepped down, 2 reappointments, and 3 new appointments -
> 13-2+3=14 : Apparently AffCom has just expanded to 14 seats.
>
> Paulo
>
> Farah Jack Mustaklem  escreveu no dia quinta,
> 21/02/2019 à(s) 18:10:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce that Reda Kerbouche, Manavpreet Kaur, and May
> > Hachem have appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new members.  In
> > addition, two incumbent members -- Kirill Lokshin and Camelia Boban --
> have
> > been
> > re-appointed for an additional term.  Please join me in welcoming our new
> > and returning members.
> >
> > The committee extends its profound gratitude to Tanweer Morshed, who is
> > stepping down after having served three years on the committee, and to
> > everyone who participated in the recent selection process, whether by
> > standing as a candidate or by providing feedback on the applications.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Farah Mustaklem
> > Affiliations Committee
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[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: updates and coming elections

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

WikiProMed Foundation has just wrapped up 2018, and we thought you might
appreciate an update with some highlights, so below is a report on:
* *Summary of 2018.*
* *Upcoming board election -* during February & March 2019!
* *Getting involved.*

Yes, it's a bit long (as reports usually are), but if you're passionate
about medical content on Wikimedia projects (both on and offline) like we
are. We also hope it might inspire more of you to get involved in the
coming year.

Wishing all of us a fruitful and joyous 2019,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation.

--

*==What did we achieve in 2018?==*
2018 has been extremely busy -
* We continued to *collaborate with like-minded organizations*, like
Cochrane, Translators Without Boarders, The World Health Organization
(WHO), The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Osmosis, to name
a few.
* We have continued our *collaborations with Universities *around the
world, where Medical students wrote medical-related articles as part of
their academic curriculum.
* Around *60 new members,* who share our passion to make high-quality
medical information available to the world, joined us.
* We *participated in conferences* and *published academic peer-reviewed
articles in *respected journals.
* We have further *developed our Offline Medical Wikipedia App*.
* *Internet-in-a-box became smaller and smarter! * We've continued to spread
the word about it and send it to various places around the world.
* We've been working on *an annual plan for 2019* for the first time. It
will soon be released and you'll be invited to help us make it a reality.
* And -- *we've applied to become a Thematic Organization
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Application>* (instead of
a user group).

*To read more about each of these, please check out our 2018 report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMMED/Reports/2018>.*

*==Board elections == *
Today marks the opening of the phase 1 election process of 2019.
*Read more about the election and nominate yourselves here.*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board/Election_2019>

*Below is the timeline for the new board elections:  *
*Phase 1: 5 board members, till March 2022. *
* Feb 3 - March 2 2019 - Nominations
* March 11 - March 24 2019 - Voting for 5 seats on the board
* March 26 - *Announcement of the 5 new board members. *
*Phase 2: 2 board members, till December 2022. *
* November 1 - November 30 2019 - Nominations
* December 1 - December 15 2019 - Voting
* End of December 2019 - *Announcement of the 2 new board members. *

*==Getting involved!==*
* If you share our enthusiasm about high-quality medical content in
Wikimedia projects in all languages, on and offline, then please register
as a member in our organization by *filling out this membership form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kTiPhjyN1KfTQwkydi-t_c-wb4XO_dHccqBOfsHRRdQ/edit>.
*

* We have be working on a yearly plan for 2019, but can already say that
one of our goals for this coming year is to involve more people from our
community, i.e. members of the user group who are not members of the board,
in our activities. In other words -- *you don't need to be on the
board to be involved*, and we need help from as many people as possible!

We are looking for people who are either interested in getting involved
with specific tasks, or have specific skills the board recognized as ones
that could be helpful to the advancement of the organization in the coming
year.

*Please contact me if you'd like to get involved with - *
* Running medical-related educational collaborations
* Running medical-related edit-a-thons
* Facilitating collaborations with a like-minded organization
* Presenting in relevant conferences
* Selling Internet-in-a-Box locally
* Helping map Wikidata items with Mix'n'match

*Please also contact me if you have one or more of these skills - *
* Programming, writing Wiki Tools, Wiki bots or generating statistics of
specific pages across different languages.
* Fundraising experience.
* Accounting experience (preferably in the US)

*That's it for now. Happy 2019, everyone!*

Cheers,
Shani.
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EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
*+972-525640648*
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[Wikimedia-l] Participation in Celebrating Public Domain Day

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

I'm forwarding a request from Natalia Mileszyk re participating in Public
Domain Day.
We hope you can spread the word in your local communities and join the
celebrations around the world!

Cheers,
Shani.


*JOIN COMMUNIA FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WEEK *

On New Year’s Day, as every year, there is the Public Domain Day celebrated
– works of many great artists and scientists will come into the public
domain and will be available for access, use and re-distribute. You can
check the list of them at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_public_domain. But 2019 is also a
unique year (see below).

Therefore, we want to invite all organizations working for openness and
commons to celebrate with us Public Domain Week (January, 21-25). Some of
our partners will organize events this week (including Creative Commons in
the US, Centrum Cyfrowe in Poland), but we would love also to see other
things happening - your imagination is the limit. Maybe you want to
organise something? An event, a hackathon, a concert, a contest? Maybe you
want to help with internet outreach on the public domain? Publish something
on your blogs (Why public domain is important to you? How your readers can
contribute from the public domain?), give some love to the topic on social
media?


*We are not planning to coordinate this action too much (there won’t be any
new website etc., but cross-referencing is more than welcome!) nevertheless
please let us know (nmiles...@centrumcyfrowe.pl
) by January 16th if you’ll participate so we
can put you in touch with other contributors to the Public Domain Week.*

*Materials for the Public Domain Week:*
- graphics -
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mCHyDQ6MCgmmkW93690hoLwQBpHwox_A?usp=sharing
- #publicdomain
-  relaunching of the webpage with Public Domain Manifesto by January 21st
(we’re well aware that it looks really outdated) + all of the 24
translations of the manifesto (that are available at
http://publicdomainmanifesto.org/translations.html) will also be published
- check if your language is available!


*Why 2019 is so special? *
-We’ll celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Public Domain Manifesto (
http://www.publicdomainmanifesto.org/manifesto.html) endorsed by many
international organizations;
-In the US, ever since the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, no
published works have entered the public domain (well, none due to copyright
expiration). But for the first time in 20 years this January, tens of
thousands of books, films, visual art, sheet music, and plays published in
1923 will be free of intellectual property restrictions (
https://creativecommons.org/2018/12/05/join-us-for-a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain/
)
-There is a chance that the public domain will be granted legal
protection in the new copyright directive, which is debated right now in
the EU (
https://www.communia-association.org/2018/12/21/copyright-reform-still-stalled-good-news-public-domain/
).


Best,
Natalia


Natalia Mileszyk
Centrum Cyfrowe| centrumcyfrowe.pl/
public policy expert
@nmileszyk
(+48) 668440136

ALSO:
Creative Commons Polska  |creativecommons.pl
Communia Association|  communia-association.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] GLAM-Wiki 2018 session videos

[Shani Evenstein]

This is *so* great! Thanks for taking the time to do this. You and Andrew
rock.

Would be great if each speaker can link the right  video to their
submission in the program,
including the PP itself.

Best,
Shani.

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EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648


On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 1:56 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Hello.
>
> The GLAM-Wiki 2018 conference organizers did not provide video recording,
> but Andrew Lih saved the day and recorded the whole conference himself,
> with cellphones and tripods.
>
> It took some time to edit the videos, but they are now up on Commons:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_WIKI_Tel_Aviv_2018_videos
>
> Consult the program for the session names and descriptions:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program
>
> Cheers,
>
>A.
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear Cornelius,

Could you please elaborate re the decision to not include learning and
capacity building?
Events where Wikimedians from around the world gather together do not
happen every day, and especially as there will be representatives from most
affiliates, this is a great opportunity to share knowledge and train people
so they can go back to their local communities and spread that knowledge.
Besides Wikimania, which not everyone can attend, this is the other biggest
event we have to do just that. Shouldn't we seize this opportunity,
considering that it takes so much time, effort and money to bring everyone
together?

Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.

Best,
Shani.

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Cornelius Kibelka <
cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Dear Pine,
>
> yes, "the organized part of the movement" is another term to describe the
> part of the Wikimedia movement that includes the WMF, its committees and
> the affiliates.
>
> Best regards
> Cornelius
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 22:23, Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Hello Daniela and Cornelius,
> >
> > Thank you for this update.
> >
> > Can you clarify what you mean by "The next conference will focus on the
> > Movement Strategy process and
> > movement governance for the organized part of the movement in general"?
> Are
> > you referring to governance for the WMF and affiliates? Online Wikimedia
> > activities are organized in varying degrees, but many of those activities
> > are not included in the scope of affiliates or represented by affiliates.
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

[Shani Evenstein]

Amazing news! Congrats, Wikimedia Sverige! Well done.

Shani.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:48 PM, John Andersson 
wrote:

> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of $324,500 in support from
> the Swedish Postcode Foundation for our project FindingGLAMs
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs>.
>
> We will work in collaboration with UNESCO and the Wikimedia Foundation to
> achieve a number of ambitious goals over the 15 month long project. We will
> work to:
>
>- Collect and include data about GLAM[1] institutions around the world
>on Wikidata (e.g. where they are located). This will be done both through a
>campaign and from batch uploads of datasets;
>- Batch upload collections of media files, in collaboration with the
>Structured Data on Commons program;
>- Organize networks of experts to discuss issues with disseminating
>different types of material through the Wikimedia projects;
>- Create a white paper consisting of a number of case studies based on
>the work and discussions outlined above;
>- Communicate about the Wikimedia movement’s work with GLAMs at
>conferences;
>- Organize a number of activities both on- and offline to use the
>material. This include some work around Wikimania 2019 that will take place
>in Stockholm, Sweden.
>
> We hope many of you would like to get involved in the project and work
> with us to connect to GLAM partners in your countries. At this point we are
> looking for your help to identify institutions that maintain lists of GLAM
> institutions (similar to the collection of monuments lists for WLM) and
> later to identify GLAM institutions with specific types of collections that
> would like to work with the Wikimedia movement.
>
> Please contact the project manager John Andersson (
> john.anders...@wikimedia.se) if you have any questions. If you are
> interested to take part, please sign up on the project portal at Meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs
>
> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:FindingGLAMs_2018/Ansökan
>
> [1] GLAM is an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
>
> We look forward working with you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> John
> - - - -
> John Andersson
> Executive Director
> Wikimedia Sverige
>
> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
> Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se 
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[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group Board Election

[Shani Evenstein]

 Dear all,


The Wikipedia & Education User Group is choosing its first board!

The elected board members will be guiding the Wikipedia & Education User
Group, making key decisions and leading the user group.

The election process will run between August 28 and will end with an
announcement of the new board October 6, according to the timeline below:

* Self-nomination period: 28 August 2018 — 14 September 2018 (Midnight UTC)
* Vetting period: 15 September 2018
* Voting period: 16 September 2018 — 30 September 2018
* Results by: 06 October 2018

Follow the link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/User_Group_election_2018-2020>
to see the instructions and nominate yourself or suggest someone else as a
nominee (after getting their consent, of course).
Please help us spread the word and share widely. :)

Good luck to everyone!

Shani Evenstein (on behalf of the founding members).
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $65k+ in funding for our Library Data project

[Shani Evenstein]

Great news! Congrats! :)

Shani.

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Art + Feminism 
wrote:

> Congratulations, Wikimedia Sverige!
>
> McKensie
> Director, Art+Feminism
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Mardetanha 
> wrote:
>
>> This is a wonderful news, congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige
>> Mardetanha
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 6:18 PM John Andersson <
>> john.anders...@wikimedia.se> wrote:
>>
>>> *Hi everybody and sorry for crossposting,Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be
>>> the recipient of $65,500 in support from the Swedish National Library for
>>> our project Library Data.We will work in collaboration with the Swedish
>>> National Library to include a number of datasets onto Wikidata, such as
>>> data about authors, libraries and different special databases of
>>> bibliographies[1]. This is a pilot project where we aim to discuss with
>>> the
>>> community what to include and what to exclude. Based on the discussions
>>> and
>>> the requests from the community we will design a continuation of this
>>> project (if this first part is deemed successful continuous funding is
>>> possible for 3-4 more years).We started investigating a possible long
>>> term
>>> partnership with the National Library in 2017 when Wikimedia Sverige
>>> delivered inputs to the new National Strategy for the Library Sector on
>>> how
>>> Sweden's libraries can work with Wikimedia for mutual benefits.[2] The
>>> National Library has just made history as the world's first national
>>> library to fully transition to Linked Open Data (BIBFRAME 2.0),[3] so the
>>> timing could not have been better; we are now in position to examine how
>>> this move can benefit Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects.Please
>>> contact
>>> the project manager André Costa (andre.co...@wikimedia.se
>>> ) or the developer Alicia Fagerving
>>> (alicia.fagerv...@wikimedia.se ) if you
>>> have
>>> any questions. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki
>>> (in
>>> Swedish):
>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_inkludering
>>> _av_biblioteksdata_på_Wikidata_2018/Ansökan
>>> <https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_inkluderin
>>> g_av_biblioteksdata_p%C3%A5_Wikidata_2018/Ans%C3%B6kan>[1]
>>> https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp <https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp
>>> >
>>> [2]
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_
>>> Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf
>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-
>>> _Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf>
>>> (in Swedish)[3]
>>> http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/pressrelea
>>> ses/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-fully-
>>> transition-to-linked-data-2573975
>>> <http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/pressrele
>>> ases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-fully-
>>> transition-to-linked-data-2573975>
>>> *
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> John
>>> - - - -
>>> John Andersson
>>> Executive Director
>>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>>
>>> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>> Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se 
>>> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
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[Wikimedia-l] Stats re new users per gender per year in Hebrew Wikipedia

[Shani Evenstein]

Hello all,

This is something that made me happy this weekend and am happy to share --
check out these stats from Hebrew Wikipedia regarding new users, per
gender, per year, that Asaf generated via a WD query.

You might notice a jump in numbers of female users in 2011, and then again
in 2013 and 2015. I don't presume to be able to explain everything in the
table below, but I'd like to think this is because of Wikimedia Israel's
outreach efforts, which I'm proud to be part of since 2011.
Here are some example milestones that I know of know of, which might
explain these stats. Note they are a small part of numerous, varied and
diverse outreach projects that WM-IL has been running for years now in
GLAM, EDU, WikiWomen, WLM etc.  --
* 2011 is when we started GLAMing and doing Education work more seriously.
* 2013 is when my WikiMed academic course started.
* 2015 is when my second Wiki academic course opened, and also when
WikiWomen started to work in an organized manner in Israel.

While we still have much work to do in shrinking the gender gap and being
really inclusive, it's nice to be reminded that our work *does* matter and
has actual impact on the voices that get to be heard in our community. So
to all those running workshops, GLAM / EDU projects, contests etc -- keep
up the good work, because your work matters. These numbers are merely one
way of demonstrating that.

A lovely weekend, everyone!

Shani Evenstein Sigalov
Volunteer, WM-IL.


Stats generated by this Quarry query: https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/27458
Year Male Female Unspecified % female % specified
2004 --- --- --- ---
2005 0 1 42 100.00 2.33
2006 201 21 3698 9.46 5.66
2007 180 22 5451 10.89 3.57
2008 214 33 5347 13.36 4.42
2009 503 107 5432 17.54 10.10
2010 455 96 5392 17.42 9.27
2011 393 105 5259 21.08 8.65
2012 294 143 5602 32.72 7.24
2013 260 220 5794 45.83 7.65
2014 258 237 7035 47.88 6.57
2015 214 239 6327 52.76 6.68
2016 169 254 5835 60.05 6.76
2017 143 175 6824 55.03 4.45
2018 42 49 3074 53.85 2.88
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[Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Extension of Content Submission Deadline Till May 7th.

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,


*Deadline extension*
The program committee is looking to create a diverse GLAM conference that
truly serves the global community. To achieve this goal, we would like to
accept submissions not only from established GLAM projects and communities,
but also from emerging communities / developing countries /  groups just
starting out their GLAM endeavors.

Looking at the submissions so far
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_TLV_2018_open_submissions>,
we have decided to extend the content submission
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program> deadline *till next
Monday, May 7th, at midnight *(wherever you are in the world). We are
hoping this extension will encourage more submission from developing
countries, emerging community and allow for a more diverse program.

*Tips*
In the past week I've been asked repeatedly if I have tips for good
submissions. The best tip I can offer is -- no matter if your GLAM
partnership / project is well established or you are just starting out,
make sure your submissions offers an added value beyond "this is what we
did in our project", i.e. focus on what you leaned and how it could be of
use by others in the GLAM community.


GLAM on,
Shani.



On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> [[Sorry for x-posting]]
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm happy to report that the content submission process
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program/Submit> for the
> GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is now open! Submissions will be accepted *till
> April 30th*, so feel free to start drafting your proposals.
>
> Please note that submissions for scholarships
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_TLV_2018/Scholarships> will open
> tomorrow via a different process and the actual registration will take
> place later on in June. We'll notify you every step of the way. :)
>
> Looking forward to reading your submissions,
> Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee).
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Content submissions are now open!

[Shani Evenstein]

 [[Sorry for x-posting]]
Dear all,

This is a gentle reminder that you have 1 week left (till April 30th) to
submit your proposals for the GLAM-Wiki global conference, which will take
place in November in Tel Aviv.

Cheers,
Shani.


On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> [[Sorry for x-posting]]
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm happy to report that the content submission process
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program/Submit> for the
> GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is now open! Submissions will be accepted *till
> April 30th*, so feel free to start drafting your proposals.
>
> Please note that submissions for scholarships
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_TLV_2018/Scholarships> will open
> tomorrow via a different process and the actual registration will take
> place later on in June. We'll notify you every step of the way. :)
>
> Looking forward to reading your submissions,
> Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee).
>
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[Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Content submissions are now open!

[Shani Evenstein]

[[Sorry for x-posting]]

Dear all,

I'm happy to report that the content submission process
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program/Submit> for the
GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is now open! Submissions will be accepted *till
April 30th*, so feel free to start drafting your proposals.

Please note that submissions for scholarships
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_TLV_2018/Scholarships> will open
tomorrow via a different process and the actual registration will take
place later on in June. We'll notify you every step of the way. :)

Looking forward to reading your submissions,
Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee).
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear Wikimedia-l subscribers,

Throughout this discussion several requests have been made regarding
banning of users from the list.

Since we do not have an official banning policy approved by the community,
we have drafted our thoughts on the matter, as well as a proposed procedure
for your consideration. We are adding it as a 5th point in our “Request for
Comments” in our journey towards a healthier community.

You are welcome to support it, oppose it, explicitly ask that it be left to
the admins’ decision (which is arguably status quo), or propose an entirely
new option that we haven’t thought about.

Best,

The Wikimedia-l admin team.

--

The list is a tool for the community and it exists to serve the community.
The ability to express dissenting opinions and to criticize is important in
any movement, and is particularly cherished in our movement, which empowers
individuals to an uncommon degree. But dissenting opinions should not mean
a carte blanche to express it in offensive, threatening, or menacing ways.
And critics have no immunity from criticism.  Individuals’ behavior can
reduce the usefulness of the list, either intentionally (trolling) or
unintentionally. Our proposals seek to minimize individuals’ ability to
reduce the usefulness of the list, without targeting specific individuals.

It is important to note that attempts to limit or ban individuals who
express criticism *and* misbehave are sometimes interpreted as “silencing
of criticism” and as an abuse of power. We cannot avoid these
interpretations. Our duty as admins is to ensure that if a subscriber is
banned, it would not be criticism alone that caused the ban; that the
request to ban is not made by just one or few individuals, but rather a
decision of the list community at large; and that the community decides
based on clear criteria.

Some of the opposition votes on the list, Meta & Facebook thus far
suggested that removing individuals would work better than adding rules. In
general, and on many Wikipedias, it is considered unacceptable to approach
a contributor's boss to complain about something that contributor said
on-wiki. More than one member alluded to this norm in calling for a ban of
a member based on his complaining about a WMF employee who is active on the
list. However, it seems to us that specifically for Foundation (or
chapters) employees, whose day jobs are in service of this community, it
should be permissible to escalate a concern about an employee's conduct to
their manager. This should of course be a last resort and executed with
caution and discretion.

No doubt, some people may abuse this and file fake or trolling complaints.
It should be up to the managers at WMF to apply their judgment (and seek
guidance from their own managers, if necessary) in reviewing such
complaints. We recognize that the risk of being complained about may deter
some employees from engaging on the list, and that would be unfortunate.
However, it would be absurd to make criticism of employee conduct the one
topic the community is not allowed to discuss or complain about. Working
for pay for this movement entails being open to community scrutiny and
accepting the fact one may be held accountable by one's manager based on
input from the community. Foundation staff also have the benefit of a
reporting structure and a Human Resources department, both of which can
support them in the face of the occasional unjustified or trolling
complaint. It is up to all of us to express criticism fairly and calmly, to
speak up for and not only against, and to prefer discussion to attack.

It is possible that the community would find an individual so disruptive
and so draining, that the community moves to ban that individual. The list
admins would execute such a ban if and when there is clear evidence of
significant community support for such a move. An individual request to ban
a subscriber of the list will not constitute such evidence. But if the
community of this mailing list so chooses, it can organize a demonstration
of its wishes and the list admins would act on it.

Finally, we would like to observe that the negative atmosphere on the list
is greatly amplified by the relative shortage of constructive conversation.
This is no doubt the result of years of frustration, but it is also a
vicious cycle. Borrowing from Gandhi, we call upon everyone reading this
with an interest in reviving the list as a useful discussion space to “be
the conversation you would like to see in the list”. A flourishing of
constructive, collegial conversation would do much to reduce the relative
significance of problematic or unpleasant contributors.

Sincerely,

The Wikimedia-l admin team.

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I should have mentioned that we are working on a formal response regarding
> the request to ban subscribers from the list.This is an issue that ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

I should have mentioned that we are working on a formal response regarding
the request to ban subscribers from the list.This is an issue that has been
raised during this discussion and we are carefully considering our thoughts
on the matter, as we did for the 4 points that we already requested
comments on. We are close to reaching a consensus and will hopefully be
able to release it soon, but we are in different time zones, so please bear
with us. Our response will sum up our view regarding the points raised in
the list re banning, as well as suggest a proper procedure.

We thank you all for your patience, and again, urge you to take a step
back, not focus on individual cases and respond constructively to the 4
points that were raised in John's original mail.

Shani.

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Robert Fernandez <wikigamal...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am grateful that the moderators have taken some action, but I am
> disappointed that contacting a person's employer is not yet seen as an
> uncrossable line here.
>
> Out of respect to your call for civility I will refrain from directly
> responding to the person in question despite his allegations against me.
> It is a mistake to frame this as a free speech issue.  It is of course in
> the interests of a person engaging in bullying and harassing behavior to
> claim people are trying to suppress their powerful truths, but there is no
> reason we have to accept this duplicitous framing.  The content of the
> message is immaterial, the behavior is the issue.  Some people may see this
> as a grey area given that it was a Foundation employee, but I see it as a
> slippery slope.  Seddon's job is almost certainly safe, but this might not
> be the case for the next victim.  Will the poster in question decide that I
> am "bullying and harassing" him and attempt to contact my employer next?
>
> Most of my fellow board members of my chapter are the employees of US
> government agencies or connected to the Foundation as an employee or a
> grant recipient.   Given the unusual political climate in the US I worry
> that the former group are particularly vulnerable to harassment targeting
> their employment.   (Media outlets favored by the current US presidential
> administration have targeted individual Wikimedia editors, including
> myself, in the past.)  If participants on this list are allowed to engage
> in this sort of harassment without real consequence, I will advise that my
> chapter and its board members and volunteers no longer participate on this
> list due to the risk to their livelihoods.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedia-l,
> >
> > Rogol has been placed under moderation, but at this point no decision has
> > been made to ban him from the list. As long as his messages are
> reasonable,
> > respectful and on point, his messages will go through. We agreed that it
> is
> > important to allow a diversity of voices to be heard, including those of
> > "frequent flyers" in the list, especially as we work collaboratively on
> > next steps towards a healthier community atmosphere.
> >
> > In addition, we are asking everyone to refrain from focusing on specific
> > individuals posting to the list, put any personal issues aside and stay
> on
> > problem. We want as many people as possible to productively and
> objectively
> > participate in the discussion, till we draft clearer guidelines for
> posting
> > to the list. We are aware that these guidelines will not automagically
> fix
> > all of our issues as a global community, but we believe they will help
> > reduce the noise substantially. Do keep on debating. We are trying to
> > intervene as little as possible at this point and let the debate run its
> > course.
> >
> > Best,
> > Shani Evenstein, on behalf of the Wikimedia-l Admins.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:52 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Why are we having this RFC prior to the survey which was discussed at
> >> length less than a year ago?
> >>
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:James_Salsman#Peri
> >> odic_survey_prototype
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Robert Fernandez
> >> <wikigamal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Since Rogol has followed through on his threat he should be banned
> from
> >> the
> >> > list, or we should have a public statement from the moderators
> regarding
> >> > why they will not do so.
> >> >
> >> > I can't imagine many actions that would have a more chi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear Wikimedia-l,

Rogol has been placed under moderation, but at this point no decision has
been made to ban him from the list. As long as his messages are reasonable,
respectful and on point, his messages will go through. We agreed that it is
important to allow a diversity of voices to be heard, including those of
"frequent flyers" in the list, especially as we work collaboratively on
next steps towards a healthier community atmosphere.

In addition, we are asking everyone to refrain from focusing on specific
individuals posting to the list, put any personal issues aside and stay on
problem. We want as many people as possible to productively and objectively
participate in the discussion, till we draft clearer guidelines for posting
to the list. We are aware that these guidelines will not automagically fix
all of our issues as a global community, but we believe they will help
reduce the noise substantially. Do keep on debating. We are trying to
intervene as little as possible at this point and let the debate run its
course.

Best,
Shani Evenstein, on behalf of the Wikimedia-l Admins.

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:52 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why are we having this RFC prior to the survey which was discussed at
> length less than a year ago?
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:James_Salsman#
> Periodic_survey_prototype
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Robert Fernandez
> <wikigamal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since Rogol has followed through on his threat he should be banned from
> the
> > list, or we should have a public statement from the moderators regarding
> > why they will not do so.
> >
> > I can't imagine many actions that would have a more chilling effect on
> > participation here than one of this list's most frequent posters
> contacting
> > your employer because he disagrees with what you have to say.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Since you kindly emailed my line manage Rogol, I wanted to confirm that
> my
> >> choice of words were very carefully chosen.
> >>
> >> And I stand by them.
> >>
> >> Seddon
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Joseph
> >> >
> >> > I chose my wording quite carefully, and suggest that you do so too.  I
> >> said
> >> > that the proposal "involves", not "is equal to" real-life identity  To
> >> the
> >> > extent that real-life identities are involved, it is reasonable to ask
> >> how
> >> > that personal information is going to be handled.  For some reason,
> you
> >> > seem keen to derail that part of the discussion by elevating a quibble
> >> over
> >> > your hasty misunderstanding of my wording into an accusation, which I
> >> > reject, of generalised misconduct.  If you have some comment to make
> >> about
> >> > the handling of personal information, please do so.
> >> >
> >> > May I suggest that you withdraw your original posting, apologise to
> the
> >> > membership of this list for the unconstructive nature of your posting,
> >> and
> >> > to me for its aggressive, insulting and incorrect content.
> >> Alternatively,
> >> > perhaps you would prefer me to ask your line manager whether this is
> the
> >> > sort of behaviour that she expects you to exhibit in a public forum.
> >> >
> >> > Reginald
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Real identity does not equal real-life identity. You can mask your
> >> > > pseudonymous identity and pose as a third party similarly
> pseudonymous
> >> > > individual.
> >> > >
> >> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)
> >> > >
> >> > > Seddon
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trace of Soul (WLM+WLE) in Republic of Srpska

[Shani Evenstein]

Very happy for you! Good luck! :)

Shani.

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM, WМ RepublikaSrpska <
wmrepublikasrp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ivana! Thanks Pine W! :)
>
> *Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ
> целокупном људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.*
>
>
> 2017-08-03 23:26 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I like the name.
> >
> > Pine
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 12:06 PM, WМ RepublikaSrpska <
> > wmrepublikasrp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone!
> > >
> > >
> > > I am pleased, in front of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of
> > > Srpska, to inform you that our community received its first annual APG
> > > grant this year and we are very excited about it! :) We have already
> > > started with the initial activities - the Trace of Soul 2017 project.
> It
> > is
> > > a photo competition revolving around natural and stationary cultural
> > > heritage of the Republic of Srpska. The competition is organized for
> the
> > > third time in the Republic of Srpska and we hope that it will be
> > > successfully implemented as in the previous years. In addition to the
> > > photo-competitions, we will have a number of accompanying activities -
> > > photo-tours and editing workshops in various cities of the Republic of
> > > Srpska. We hope that this year we will be able to improve the project
> > both
> > > in terms of quality and quantity.
> > >
> > > For more information, see Trace of Soul
> > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Trace_of_Soul_2017>, and
> > > the project
> > > website <http://td.wikimedia.rs.ba/>.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Bojana
> > >
> > > *Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ
> > > целокупном људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Shani Evenstein]

Thanks for the update, Christophe. Wishing the board  a productive,
fruitful and smooth year!

And Happy Wikimania, everyone, especially to all the Wikimedians who
couldn't make it this year.
So great that we have live-streaming this year (thanks again, Melody &
Eddie!) and can participate and support from all ends of the world.

Best,
Shani.


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> As is customary, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met right
> before Wikimania and appointed new trustees and elected its officers.
>
> This is a rare occasion as I will not need to write a farewell email. The
> two Board members that were finishing their terms, María and Dariusz, were
> re-elected after the recent community election. And as of today, James
> Heilman has formally rejoined the Board of Trustees.
>
> Today the Board also elected the officer positions. I am pleased to report
> that the Board has reiterated its trust in the current officers, and both
> María and I will continue serving as Vice Chair and Chair of the Board,
> respectively, for another year.
>
> It feels a little weird to write this email as there's not much change from
> last year. But I believe that stability and continuity are more than
> welcome!
>
> So please, join me in "welcoming" María, Dariusz, and James as trustees of
> the Wikimedia Foundation Board.
>
> María Sefidari began contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006 and has
> since served in several roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
> founding member of Wikimedia España and Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias, and
> she also helped create Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject. She has served
> on several Foundation governance committees, including the Affiliations and
> Individual Engagement Grants committees. María is a professor in the
> Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship Master's degree program of
> Rey Juan Carlos University at the MediaLab-Prado in Madrid, Spain. She has
> previously served on the Board from August 2013 to July 2015, and most
> recently joined the Board once again in January 2016. She has been selected
> for a second term which will conclude at Wikimania 2020.
>
> Dariusz Jemielniak has held a variety of roles on Wikimedia projects,
> including administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, steward and ombudsman. He
> served as the chair of the Wikimedia community’s Funds Dissemination
> Committee for three terms and is the author of “Common knowledge?: An
> Ethnography of Wikipedia.” Dariusz is a full professor of Management, the
> head of the Center for Research on Organizations and Workplaces, and a
> co-founder of the New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS) group at
> Kozminski University. Dariusz has been re-appointed for a second term as a
> Trustee after first joining the Board in July 2015.
>
> James Heilman, M.D.,  has helped to found both Wikimedia Canada and
> WikiProject Med Foundation. As an emergency physician in Cranbrook, British
> Columbia, and a faculty member of emergency medicine at the University of
> British Columbia, James is an active member of the medical community on
> Wikimedia projects. James has also been involved in establishing
> collaborations with several organizations, including Translators Without
> Borders and the World Health Organization, to improve Wikimedia’s coverage
> of medical content. James previously served on the Board of Trustees from
> July to December 2015.
>
> Christophe Henner has been a leader within the Wikimedia community for more
> than 12 years. Prior to joining the Foundation Board in 2016, he served as
> Board Chair of Wikimedia France, and had been a member of the chapter’s
> Board since 2007. During this time, he spent nearly three years in Vice
> Chair and Chair positions. Christophe is currently the Chief Operating
> Officer (COO) of the Blade Group, a cloud computing company headquartered
> in France. At Blade, Christophe is scaling up operations to support the
> company's transition from a start-up to a global company.
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[Wikimedia-l] Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

I'm forwarding this email from
​
Léa Lacroix to the list about the WikidataCon.

Best,
Shani.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de>
Date: 20 June 2017 at 14:34
Subject: Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org


Hello everybody,

Here's a general update about the WikidataCon, that will take place in
Berlin on October 28th and 29th :)

General information
The WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>
is a conference organized for and by the Wikidata community, and supported
by Wikimedia Deutschland.
If you edit Wikidata, make queries with SPARQL, build scripts, gadgets or
external tools, reuse data from Wikidata with your software or your
service, if you belong to an organization who wants to use or donate data,
if you're working on open data, datajournalism, datavizualisation, open
knowledge, civictech... *you're welcome to the WikidataCon*!

It will take place on October 28th-29th (+ social event on Friday 27th), in
the Tagesspiegel venue, in Berlin. Due to our international community, the
even will take place in English only. However, language/local meetups can
be added to the program.

We are expecting 150 persons from all around the world, to celebrate
Wikidata's 5th birthday and *share knowledge and experience whithin the
community*.


Program
With two days of talks, workshops, demos, meetups, and social events, the
diverse and awesome people that belong to the Wikidata community will be
able to share their experiences, their favorite tools, learn from the
others, discover new ways to create, enrich, reuse data from the free
knowledge base.

The program is currently being build via a *call for projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program>, running
until July 31st.* Feel free to support your favorite topics or propose a
project. A social event on the Friday evening and a birthday celebration
will also take place to bring the community together.


Attend
*Registration is now open
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Attend/Register>,
until October 1st. *Registration is mandatory for everyone, including
speakers, WMF and WMDE employees, volunteers...

Important thing you need to know: the ticket is free of charge, and
includes the access to the conference, meals, drinks and goodies, but *does
not include travel and accommodation*. The attendees have to book these by
themselves.
If you plan to come, don't wait... Berlin is a touristic area :)


Scholarships
Some scholarships will be provided to help attendees to fund their travel
and accommodation for the conference. *The application is running until
July 16th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Scholarships>. *

Due to the few number of scholarships we can provide, we encourage people
to ask for support from their local chapter or user group.


How can you help?
- share this information with people, mailing-lists, wikis, who could be
interested
- if you are involved in a local chapter: ask your board if they can
provide some support for the volunteers of you country who would like to
join.
- if you want to *volunteer during the event*, you're more than welcome!
You can find more information here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer>.
- if you see any missing information or mistake, or you have any question,
feel free to contact me.


You can follow our updates on the wiki page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>, the facebook
event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1358386070859989/> or the Twitter
account <https://twitter.com/wikidata>.
Thanks a lot for your attention, I hope I'll meet some of you during the
WikidataCon!

-- 
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Tool Developers Group

[Shani Evenstein]

Very exciting news. Good luck to this group!
Looking forward to collaborating with you regarding EDU-Wiki & Wiki-Med
tools if you're up to it.. :)

Cheers,
Shani.

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Congratulations.
> /a
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.loks...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> >  the Wikimedia Tool Developers Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.  The
> > group is international cooperative of developers who create
> freely-licensed
> > tools for improving the Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kirill Lokshin
> > Chair, Affiliations Committee
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Tool_Developers_Group
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

[Shani Evenstein]

Congrats to all elected members!

Best,
Shani.

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:36 AM, James Alexander <jalexan...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Forwarding to WM-l since the auto forward doesn't always work.
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: matanya moses <mata...@foss.co.il>
> Date: Sat, May 20, 2017 at 5:33 PM
> Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation
> Board of Trustees election
> To: <wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> The certified results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> elections/2017/Results
>
> Congratulations to María Sefidari (User:Raystorm), Dariusz Jemielniak
> (User:pundit), and James Heilman (User:Doc James) for receiving the most
> community support. Subject to a standard background check, they will be
> appointed by the Board at their August meeting at Wikimania.
>
> These results have been certified by the elections committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation staff advisors to the committee, and the Board of Trustees.
>
> There were 5,581 votes cast, with 5,120 of those being valid. The 461-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 34. (Some of
> the recast votes were also struck.)
>
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/20/board-of-trustees-elections-2017/
>
> More statistics on the elections and a post-mortem from the committee will
> be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your
> input—what went well for you in this election?  What could we do better
> next time?  These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even
> more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> elections/2017/Post_mortem
>
> The committee would like to thank everyone that participated in this year’s
> election for helping make it, again, one of the most diverse and
> representative in the movement’s history.
>
> Sincerely,
> – Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wiki Loves Women explainer video

[Shani Evenstein]

Great work, ladies.
Shared by me as well.

Cheers,
Shani.

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

> Thanks Isla and Florence!
>
> This is so cool! We should work closer to improve in Spanish African women
> in Wikipedia :) Let's talk?
>
> Hugs!
>
> 2017-03-08 11:37 GMT-03:00 Florence Devouard <fdevou...@gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > Wiki Loves Women is officially launching its presentation video today.
> >
> > Please check it out here and tell us what you think :
> > https://vimeo.com/207432965
> >
> > It is also on Commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/
> > wiki/File:Wiki_loves_Women_-_English_WebM_-_Final.webm
> >
> > This video was a partnership between WikiAfrica, Goethe Institute and
> > Blink Tower.
> >
> > It brought quite a few challenges... such as myself being completely
> happy
> > with the exact terms of the script, succeeding to get every element of
> the
> > video under a free licence including the background music, getting a nice
> > african women voice for the narrative, getting curly hair rather than
> flat
> > ones, identifying nice examples of western as well as african concerns...
> > etc. We tried to be as inclusive as possible.
> >
> > Well, we hope you like it.
> > If you do... please litterally "like" the video and "like" our facebook
> > page
> >
> > A French version is currently being recorded and should follow shortly.
> >
> > Last, we would love to see the video subtitled in many langages. If you
> > want to give a hand for the translation, please get in touch with us (by
> > email, or twitter, or facebook, or on our meta talk page :
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women)
> > I'll set up a page for translation on meta shortly.
> >
> > http://www.wikiloveswomen.org
> > https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesWomen
> > http://www.twitter.com/wikiloveswomen
> >
> > Isla and Florence
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] List management

[Shani Evenstein]

I can do it if necessary.

Shani.

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We've just had a bit of turnover of our list administrators. In order
> to get moderation going smoothly again, I've added Asaf Bartov as an
> admin. I don't think that decision will be controversial.
>
> Richard has resigned for his own reasons, after putting in more than
> his fair share of work here. Thehelpfulone has been removed following
> a prolonged silence.
>
> I would like a third active moderator. You can volunteer on this
> thread, or send a message to wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org.
> This should be No Big Deal, and while there are technically no
> requirements, getting the reference is a bonus.
>
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[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected

[Shani Evenstein]

Dear all,

I'm happy to announce that the user group "WikiProject Med Foundation" has a
new board <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board> elected,
which includes:

1) *James Heilman* - chair
2) *Shani Evenstein* - vice chair; membership admin.
3) *Doug Taylor* - treasurer
4) *James Hare* - secretary
5) *Jacob F. de Wolff*
6) *Sydney Poore*
7) *Carl Fredrik Sjoland*
8) *Daniel Mietchen*
9) *Vinicius Siqueira*
10) *Subas Chandra Rout*
11) *Jake Orlowitz*
12) *Emily Temple-Wood *

Please join me in thanking previous board members *Anthony Cole*, *Peter
Coti* & *Brian Basden, *as well as *Lane Rasberry, *for their service thus
far and their support during the transition period.

Wishing all of us a fruitful and productive term,

Shani Evenstein,
On behalf of the WikiProject Med Foundation Board.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New tools: pronuncify and pronuncify.net

[Shani Evenstein]

Very cool.
Thanks for the work & the update!

Shani.

On 27 Jan 2017 05:28, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello, everyone.
>
> Following Bodhisattwa's request[1], I have added an upload feature to the
> (command-line) Linux version of this tool, so it can now batch-upload the
> recorded pronunciation files to Commons on your behalf.
>
> (Ideally, it should have used OAuth, but that would take longer to
> implement. :))
>
> If you want to use the new functionality, just get the latest pronuncify.rb
> script from GitHub[2], *install the new dependencies* (see the README.md
> file on GitHub for instructions), and enjoy! :)
>
> (I'd love to know if any of you are using the tool.)
>
> Cheers,
>
>A.
>
> [1] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify/issues/1
> [2] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:23 PM Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello, everyone.
> >
> > (this is an announcement in my capacity as a volunteer.)
> >
> > Inspired by a lightning talk at the recent CEE Meeting[1] by our
> colleague
> > Lars Aronsson, I made a little command-line tool to automate batch
> > recording of pronunciations of words by native speakers, for uploading to
> > Commons and integration into Wiktionary etc.  It is called *pronuncify*,
> > is written in Ruby and uses the sox(1) tool, and should work on any
> modern
> > Linux (and possibly OS X) machine.  It is available here[2], with
> > instructions.
> >
> > I was then asked about a Windows version, and agreed to attempt one.
> This
> > version is called *pronuncify.net <http://pronuncify.net>*, and is a
> .NET
> > gooey GUI version of the same tool, with slightly different functions.
> It
> > is available here[3], with instructions.
> >
> > Both tools require word-list files in plaintext, with one word (or
> phrase)
> > per line.  Both tools name the files according to the standard
> established
> > in [[commons:Category:Pronunciation]], and convert them to Ogg Vorbis
> for
> > you, so they are ready to upload.
> >
> > In the future, I may add OAuth-based direct uploading to Commons.  If you
> > run into difficulties, please file issues on GitHub, for the appropriate
> > tool.  Feedback is welcome.
> >
> >A.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_
> 2015/Programme/Lightning/Pronunciation_recordings_for_Wiktionary
> > [2] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify
> > [3] https://github.com/abartov/Pronuncify.net
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ray Saintonge has died

[Shani]

Very sad news. :(
May he rest in peace.

Shani.

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> On Sep 13, 2016 12:00, "Milos Rancic" <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I
> > think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered.
>
> So sad to hear :(
>
> It was great to know him since meeting him at Wikimania 2007 and to see him
> every year.
>
> As member of the chapters committee, he was supportive of us when we were
> establishing Wikimedia DC in 2011.
>
> Will greatly miss him.
>
> Katie
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

[Shani]

Wonderful news! All very worthy, well experienced and will surely
contribute a lot.
Good luck to all of you on your new role and a special thanks to Antanana
for her awesome work on the BoT.

Cheers,
Shani.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm impressed with the high caliber nature of the appointees. Thank you for
> volunteering.
>
> Thank you Nat for making these valuable appointmrments.
>
> Pine
>
> On Aug 16, 2016 06:47, "Nataliia Tymkiv" <ntym...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am honestly delighted to announce the results of the public call for
> > Board Governance committee volunteer and Advisory members, announced on
> > July 15, 2016  [1]. We received nine applications, and after discussing
> > them with BGC and reviewing the committee's needs and interviewing a
> short
> > list of candidates,I have chosen five volunteer advisory members for the
> > committee. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who offered to serve
> on
> > the committee.
> >
> > Please find below a short introduction for our new volunteer advisory
> > members. They are all quite well known in the movement and I think their
> > insights would be helpful. They join the Committee once they sign the
> > documents that Stephen LaPorte, our Interim Secretary, sent to them (the
> > same ones as the Board members sign - the confidentiality agreement
> > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Confidentiality_
> > agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees>
> > , code of conduct
> > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_of_
> > the_Board_of_Trustees>
> > , conflict of interest disclosure
> > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy>).
> >
> > === Gayle Karen Young ===
> >
> > Gayle Karen Young is a WMF's former Chief Talent and Culture office. In
> her
> > time at Wikimedia, she was accountable for building the current HR team
> and
> > had an active hand in board development and staffed the board HR
> committee.
> > She brings experience with the Wikimedia movement, with the workings of
> the
> > Foundation, and through her own consulting work in leadership and board
> > development with organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit
> space,
> > and in technology and human rights.
> >
> > === Kat Walsh ===
> >
> > Kat Walsh is a former member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
> > 12/2006-8/2013 (Chair, 2012-2013; Executive Secretary, 2009-2010). Now
> she
> > works as an attorney specializing in copyright, Internet law, and free
> and
> > open source software.
> >
> >
> > === Tim Moritz Hector ===
> >
> > Tim Moritz Hector is Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland since
> > 2014. Tim has been an active Wikimedian for more than eight years and was
> > engaged in several positions on national and international level. His
> most
> > recent engagement (with Frans Grijzenhout from WMNL) is focussed on
> > building the capacities of board members in all Wikimedia-organizations.
> He
> > is going to finish his B.A. in politics and german philology this month
> and
> > shall work as an advisor to the ED at the "Academy for volunteerism" in
> > Berlin beginning in September.
> >
> > === Ido Ivry ===
> >
> > Ido Ivry is a board member of Wikimedia Israel. He has extensive NGO
> > experience, as well as business understanding, both in large corporates,
> > NGOs, GLAM institution (National Library of Israel), and is currently a
> CTO
> > in his own startup, developing open data solutions for city governments.
> > Ido has been active on the Grants Advisory Committee and as part of the
> > Simple APG Committee, working with many organizations in our movement on
> > carrying out their missions successfully and effectively.
> >
> > === Ira B. Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) ===
> >
> > Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) is a long-time editor,
> administrator,
> > and former arbitrator on English Wikipedia as well as a board member of
> > Wikimedia New York City.  Professionally, he has been a litigation
> attorney
> > in New York City since 1987.  He has broad experience with board and
> > community governance issues, best practices, and legal requirements from
> > serving with and representing a number of organizations.
> >
> > [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-
> > July/084756.html
> >
> > Best regards,
> > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farsi Wikipedia

[Shani]

Wonderful news! Congrats!

Shani.
On 27 Jul 2016 21:32, "Cornelius Kibelka" <cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de>
wrote:

> Congratulations, great news!
> !تبریک می گویم!
>
> C.
>
> On 27 July 2016 at 20:27, Ivan Martínez <gala...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> > 2016-07-27 13:15 GMT-05:00 Kevin Payravi <kevinpayr...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Awesome to hear, Mardentanha! Congratulations to you and the rest of
> the
> > > Farsi Wikipedia editors.
> > >
> > > Kevin Payravi
> > > W: www.kevinpayravi.com
> > > E: kevinpayr...@gmail.com
> > > P: (330) 554 - 3397
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fantastic news!  Congratulations to all Farsi contributors! \o/
> > > >
> > > >A.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Mardetanha <
> > mardetanha.w...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would to let everyone know, after 13 years and millions of edits,
> > > > Finally
> > > > > Farsi Wikipedia has reached 500,000 article. This is a very
> historic
> > > > moment
> > > > > for all us in Farsi Wikipedia.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

[Shani]

Wonderful news! Well deserved.
A big thank you to the board for this sensible decision and (continued)
good luck to Katherine. :-)

Shani.
On 24 Jun 2016 11:30, "Oona Castro" <oonacas...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations! Very good news indeed!
> Em 24/06/2016 06:29, "Samuel Klein" <meta...@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> > Brilliant news for the foundation!  Thank you for resolving this so
> > swiftly.   ~SJ
> > On Jun 24, 2016 11:26, "James Heilman" <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Wonderful news. Katherine is an amazing selection. Congrats and thanks
> to
> > > all those involved.
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Patricio Lorente <
> > > patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > It is our great pleasure to share that during the Board meeting at
> > > > Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, we unanimously voted to appoint
> > Katherine
> > > > Maher as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. This is
> > > effective
> > > > as of our resolution dated Thursday, 23 June.
> > > >
> > > > Katherine served as interim Executive Director for the past three
> > months,
> > > > during which time she consistently and repeatedly demonstrated the
> kind
> > > of
> > > > leadership our organization needs. She is deeply committed to our
> > > > movement’s values, and brings expertise in civic technology and
> > > > international development that will be an asset to the Wikimedia
> > > Foundation
> > > > and the movement.
> > > >
> > > > We came to this conclusion after an intensive discovery process led
> by
> > > the
> > > > ED search committee. Our decision was also informed by direct
> feedback
> > > from
> > > > staff and community, and our own experience working closely with
> > > Katherine.
> > > >
> > > > In March, we assembled an Executive Director search committee[1]
> > > > consisting of four Board members¹ who were chosen to represent
> > different
> > > > perspectives and capacities.² Additionally, the Board asked the
> > > > Foundation’s Chief Advancement Officer Lisa Gruwell to represent the
> > > > executive team, and Foundation staff member Katie Horn was selected
> by
> > > her
> > > > peers as someone who could represent staff perspectives. The
> committee
> > > was
> > > > charged with keeping the process on track and on time, engaging
> > important
> > > > stakeholders, and facilitating transparency in communications. Their
> > > first
> > > > tasks were to identify a search firm, and define the position
> > > description.
> > > > You can review the committee’s updates on Meta.[2]
> > > >
> > > > The committee recruited Viewcrest Advisors,³ to identify our
> leadership
> > > > needs and design a hiring process. Kathleen Yazbak of Viewcrest
> worked
> > > with
> > > > the committee to conduct interviews with every Foundation department,
> > the
> > > > executive, the Board, and nearly 20 additional one-on-one interviews
> > with
> > > > staff. Kathleen attended the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin,
> collecting
> > > > feedback from community members and affiliates. The committee
> launched
> > a
> > > > community survey in June, receiving more than 1,600 responses about
> the
> > > > qualities needed in the next ED; they also asked for feedback on
> > Meta.[3]
> > > > Taking all of this into account, the transition team developed a
> > profile
> > > > and requirements for the next Executive Director that reflect our
> > values
> > > > and our communities.
> > > >
> > > > Throughout this process, the Board and the transition team received
> > very
> > > > clear and often unsolicited feedback from both staff and community
> > > members
> > > > that Katherine embodies the values of our movement and the traits
> > needed
> > > in
> > > > our next ED. This feedback was only reinforced by the latest
> Foundation
> > > > engagement survey results, which showed a strong shift toward renewed
> > > trust
> > > > in leadership. After taking this all into account, and considering
> what
> > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

[Shani]

Wonderful news! Congrats!
On 17 Jun 2016 02:38, "Romaine Wiki"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Great news!
>
> Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
> A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial
> use.
>
> Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be restored on
> Commons.
>
> But first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten days
> later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep you
> updated on that.)
>
>
> Article in the news in Dutch:
> http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
>
>
> In the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last year, we
> from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and communicated
> with the members of the parliament informing what this subject means for
> Wikipedia.
>
> With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a priority
> for us.
>
> Thanks all for the support!
>
> Let's get this implemented elsewhere too!
>
> Greetings from Belgium,
> Romaine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

[Shani]

This is so cool! Thanks. :-)

(CCing some wiki-women from He-Wiki).

Shani.
On 16 Jun 2016 23:29, "Alex Wang" <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Asaf!
>
> This is very useful and interesting. There is much work to be done.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for this, Asaf. Very useful.
> > /a
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hullo everyone.
> > >
> > > I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
> > > content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
> > > Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
> > > Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
> > > articles about women out of all articles about humans*.
> > >
> > > Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I
> ran
> > > the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a
> > table,
> > > here:
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap
> > >
> > > (please see the *caveat* there.)
> > >
> > > I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in
> > those
> > > results, but I will quickly point out the following:
> > >
> > > 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
> > > there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.
> > >
> > > 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
> > > articles about women among all biographies.
> > >
> > > 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.
> > Good
> > > job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
> > > drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop
> > culture
> > > coverage.)
> > >
> > > 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.
> > >
> > > 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
> > > eventually have some sense of trends and changes.
> > >
> > > 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really
> make a
> > > dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
> > > responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew
> > Wikipedia!
> > > :)
> > >
> > > 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.
> Perhaps
> > > you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)
> > >
> > > 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or
> > you
> > > can do it yourself, too. :)
> > >
> > >A.
> > >
> > > [1] https://query.wikidata.org/
> > > [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

[Shani]

Hi, Erika.

I was referring to the Wikipedia Education Program (the global one), and
specifically the Collab, a group of WikiEDU leaders from around the world,
*not* the Wiki Education Foundation (which is basically the US education
program). It's very confusing, I know! :)

In any case, our efforts focus exactly on what you've described -- we've
noticed that different parties seem to work on the same thing and are doing
what we can to create global awareness and open up a dialogue about it, so
we can learn from each other's efforts, as well as come up with a
 successful "recipe" for those who want to start one.

Best,
Shani.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilll...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am curious about the overlap -- if any -- between the WikiMOOC
> initiatives and WikiEdu. It seems like these are inter-related initiatives
> that duplicate efforts to some degree? I understand WikiEdu is focused on
> North America, so maybe that answers the question, but it sounds very
> frustrating that these efforts are not more connected somehow. The WikiEdu
> Dashboard is very cool!
>
> I am also wondering about user metrics, and how they were measured.
> Apologies, I clicked through many of the original links but didn't see that
> information quickly / easily.
>
> Best,
>
> Erika
>
> *Erika Herzog*
> Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>
> Secretary, Wikimedia NYC
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Shani <shani.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The Wikipedia Education Program
> > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Education> (more
> > specifically, the Wiki Education Collaborative
> > <
> >
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative
> > >),
> > has been following the development of WikiMOOCs across our movement. Our
> > hope was to create dialogue and share experiences between various
> chapters
> > / groups / individuals who are working on the same idea -- creating a
> wiki
> > MOOC -- across the Wikiverse.
> >
> > So far, we've had an initial online meeting
> > <
> >
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlLKz8Dm2k=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=3
> > >
> > (which was recorded) with reps from Argentina, Mexico, Sweden, Israel &
> the
> > Education team at WMF. One of the outcomes of this meeting was the
> > understanding that before we continue, we need to learn more about
> existing
> > experiences and curate what is already happening. The result was an
> > interview with Pete Forsyth
> > <
> >
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXvzvZBWG0=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=2
> > >,
> > who's run a MOOC in the US, as well as an interview with reps from the
> > French Chapter,
> > <
> >
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FclihxcIKU=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=1
> > >
> > Mathieu
> > Denel & Jules Xénard, who have run the MOOC Emeric just reported on.
> >
> > I hope the above links might help those who interested in the idea.
> > Also, we are planning a second WikiMOOCs meeting soon, so if any chapter
> /
> > group / individuals are interested in joining us, please let me know. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Shani.
> >
> > -
> >
> > Shani Evenstein, WM-IL
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:
> >
> > > +1 Emeric!
> > >
> > > WMAR is almost ready to launch the 3rd online course with our own e
> > > learning platform. We will let you know too.
> > > Thanks for sharing your resources! This is super useful!
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot!!! Hugs and Congrats!
> > > El abr 5, 2016 5:26 AM, "Àlex Hinojo" <alexhin...@gmail.com> escribió:
> > >
> > > > Thanks Emeric for sharing this impressive report. Good job!
> > > >
> > > > 2016-04-05 9:20 GMT+02:00 Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland <
> > > > rient...@wikimedia.nl>:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Emeric,
> > > > >
> > > > > This is very impressive.  Many thanks to Wikimedia France for
> being a
> > > > > pioneer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Sandra Rientjes
> > > > > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
> > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

[Shani]

Hi all,

The Wikipedia Education Program
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Education> (more
specifically, the Wiki Education Collaborative
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative>),
has been following the development of WikiMOOCs across our movement. Our
hope was to create dialogue and share experiences between various chapters
/ groups / individuals who are working on the same idea -- creating a wiki
MOOC -- across the Wikiverse.

So far, we've had an initial online meeting
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlLKz8Dm2k=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=3>
(which was recorded) with reps from Argentina, Mexico, Sweden, Israel & the
Education team at WMF. One of the outcomes of this meeting was the
understanding that before we continue, we need to learn more about existing
experiences and curate what is already happening. The result was an
interview with Pete Forsyth
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXvzvZBWG0=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=2>,
who's run a MOOC in the US, as well as an interview with reps from the
French Chapter,
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FclihxcIKU=PL3tYD7kLHbTEBYZd9_vFm0Y_WrUyC0ncc=1>
Mathieu
Denel & Jules Xénard, who have run the MOOC Emeric just reported on.

I hope the above links might help those who interested in the idea.
Also, we are planning a second WikiMOOCs meeting soon, so if any chapter /
group / individuals are interested in joining us, please let me know. :)

Cheers,
Shani.

-

Shani Evenstein, WM-IL

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

> +1 Emeric!
>
> WMAR is almost ready to launch the 3rd online course with our own e
> learning platform. We will let you know too.
> Thanks for sharing your resources! This is super useful!
>
> Thanks a lot!!! Hugs and Congrats!
> El abr 5, 2016 5:26 AM, "Àlex Hinojo" <alexhin...@gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > Thanks Emeric for sharing this impressive report. Good job!
> >
> > 2016-04-05 9:20 GMT+02:00 Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland <
> > rient...@wikimedia.nl>:
> >
> > > Hello Emeric,
> > >
> > > This is very impressive.  Many thanks to Wikimedia France for being a
> > > pioneer.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Sandra Rientjes
> > > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
> > >
> > > tel.(+31) (0)30 3200238
> > > mob. (+31) (0)6  31786379
> > >
> > > www.wikimedia.nl
> > >
> > > *Postadres*: *
> > > Bezoekadres:*
> > > Postbus 167Mariaplaats
> 3
> > > 3500 AD  Utrecht Utrecht
> > >
> > > 2016-04-04 18:44 GMT+02:00 Emeric Vallespi <emeric.valle...@gmail.com
> >:
> > >
> > > > Hello Wikimedians,
> > > >
> > > > The French WikiMOOC is now over. And we had more than 6,000
> registered
> > > > users!
> > > > We are very happy and delighted with the results, not only by the
> > number
> > > > of registered users but also because 36% of participants are women,
> and
> > > 19%
> > > > live in Africa. More than 1,000 accounts were created and around 300
> > > > articles.
> > > >
> > > > The main goals of this MOOC was to have a scalable solution, to
> > increase
> > > > public awareness and improve the diversity of contributors. We
> believe
> > > that
> > > > we've achieved these goals, and we believe it will be far easier with
> > the
> > > > next versions as the frame and the contents are already here and the
> > team
> > > > knows how to improve it.
> > > >
> > > > I can't write this email without sending huge thanks to the
> > contributors
> > > > and volunteers who had the inspiration with this great idea, then
> > > designed
> > > > and facilitated it, to the Wikimédia France's staff members who made
> it
> > > > happens and especially to Jules Xénard (User:Jules78120) who asked
> the
> > > help
> > > > of our chapter, led and coordinated it from the early stage to the
> end.
> > > [1]
> > > >
> > > > Also, thanks to them, we are able to provide some resources about why
> > and
> > > > how to do a WikiMOOC. Hoping it might be useful if other affiliates
> > want
> > > to
> > > > try, it will for our next release, i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

[Shani]

Yury, this is a very important example, but indeed off-topic. It deserves a
separate thread, but not before addressing the current main crisis, which
all others stem from.

At this point, it is inconceivable that there is still such a "disconnect"
between what WMF employees & volunteers accross the movement are saying,
and what the BoT is thinking, saying & doing.

There have been repeated requests for engagement & action from the BoT,
both on and off this list. The first step in that direction has to be to
openly admit something is wrong, as Asaf rightly noted on this list no so
long ago. It takes courage to look the truth in the face and admit
mistakes. And itcll be hard for a while. But it has to be done and it's
worth the effort if we want to move forward positively.

Like others, I believe this is the biggest crisis, crossroad, challenge
(call it what you will), we have ever faced as a movement. But as wise
people said, crisis also offers new opportunities and gifts, if confronted.

We have to fix this disconnect before we go on "fixing the internet".

And I wonder -- what else has to happen for the BoT to realize what both
community and employees are saying for months now, embrace it and act on it.

Respectfully,
Shani.
On 19 Feb 2016 01:46, "Yury Bulka" <setthemf...@privacyrequired.com> wrote:

> There are certain things that affect many volunteers
> directly. A slightly off-topic example:
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T59608#1637250
>
> The fact that:
> > "the WMF education team has no engineering resources"
>
> ...affects volunteers.
>
> Sincerely,
> Yury Bulka
> (Wikimedia Ukraine)
>
> Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> writes:
>
> > Yaroslav,
> >
> > You're correct in that most volunteers don't care directly.  The problem
> is
> > that a lot of the BoT's recent difficulties have crossed the line from
> > "angry encyclopedia people venting on a mailing list" to "serious and
> > negative attention from the mainstream press".  If there is too much of
> the
> > latter, it may create a perception amongst the general public than even
> if
> > Wikipedia is a useful resource, that it is incompetent with handling
> > money.  As a result, donations dry up, and difficult and unpleasant
> choices
> > have to be made around budget.
> >
> > So yes, this sort of thing can influence rank and file editors most
> > seriously, albeit indirectly.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Craig
> >
> >
> > On 19 February 2016 at 07:52, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> To be honest, most volunteers do not care. We understand of course that
> if
> >> things would go really wrong, for example, servers stop running, or
> money
> >> runs out and ads are introduced, or English Wikipedia admins continue
> >> resigning/being desysopped without proper replacement, so that we have
> ten
> >> active admins, then we are in serious trouble. But as far as things are
> >> running quasi-normal, we just continue. I was making 50 to 100 edits per
> >> day five years ago, I am making 50 to 100 edits per day now, I will
> >> probably still be making 50 to 100 edits per day in five years, unless I
> >> die or leave because of a serious demotivation - and this demotivation
> is
> >> unlikely to be related to WMF. I think staff are way more vulnerable to
> all
> >> kinds of events.
> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Elsevier?

[Shani]

Would love to hear what the Wikipedia Library Project team has to say on
the issue.

Pinging Jake Orlowitz & Alex Stinson.

Shani.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:46 AM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:

> As the panel moderator, I felt there was a rather strong consensus (from
> the various communication channels -- wiki pages, blog & Facebook posts and
> discussions, and the panel) that went a bit beyond what Robert said (which
> is certainly an important piece.
>
> A number of people also felt that, while the Elsevier deal may have been a
> good one, there may also have been better ways to communicate it -- and
> specifically, ways to place restrictions on the kind of language (entities
> like) Elsevier could use around the Wikimedia trademarks. I believe this
> was all absorbed by Wikipedia Library staff, and I have no doubt that
> future announcements will be better suited to Wikimedia values.
>
> I agree with Lodewijk that strong consensus would be needed to overturn an
> existing contract. Please note also that at least six Wikimedia volunteers
> would be impacted if Wikimedia were to renege on its contract: those who
> have gained access to Elsevier Science Direct through the program, and are
> presumably doing good Wikipedia work as a result. Have you checked in with
> them, or looked at their work, Milos?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Elsevier_ScienceDirect
>
> -Pete
> [[User:Peteforsyth]]
>
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Robert Fernandez <wikigamal...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "No, WMF shouldn't morally support Elsevier by having any relation with
> > them."
> >
> > This was debated extensively last September.   The opinion of many,
> > including myself, was that the WMF's primary commitment should be to the
> > encyclopedia and providing editors and readers the resources to improve
> the
> > encyclopedia, not making a moral stand against Elsevier by withdrawing
> > those resources.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Gerard Meijssen
> > > <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Anyone can use Sci-Hub. Officially you cannot, legally you should
> not.
> > > The
> > > > WMF makes it possible for those who want to use Elsevier.
> > > >
> > > > No problem; anyone can use Sci-Hub. Move on.
> > >
> > > Dear Gerard,
> > >
> > > You are again ignoring the point intentionally.
> > >
> > > No, WMF shouldn't morally support Elsevier by having any relation with
> > > them.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Milos
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes in the Board

[Shani]

+1.

Shani.
On 28 Jan 2016 08:18, "Michael Snow" <wikipe...@frontier.com> wrote:

> On 1/27/2016 1:44 PM, Kat Walsh wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Patricio.
>>
>> And thank you, Arnnon. I am sure this must have been difficult for
>> you, that you had every intention of bringing your best work to the
>> role, and that your considerable experience and skills would have been
>> valuable. I appreciate your willingness to step up to the task, which
>> is not a small thing to ask of anyone, and now in light of the
>> challenges and complications it would bring, your willingness to step
>> down.
>>
>> -Kat
>>
> If Kat can echo me, then I can echo Kat. Thank you to the Board, and
> Arnnon in particular.
>
> --Michael Snow
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How To Recover From Having Made A Mistake [a reminder]

[Shani]

​+1
to Asaf & Yaroslav. Well put.

Shani. ​

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru>
wrote:

> On 2016-01-11 19:37, Asaf Bartov wrote:
>
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> It occurs to me this might be a good time to recycle this piece of advice
>> I
>> have had some past occasions to offer some newcomers to the movement:
>>
>>
> <...>
>
> Q: Are you suggesting this applies to current goings-on?
>> A: I suggest it applies to every situation involving humans.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> A.
>>
>
> That was absolutely fabulous, thanks Asaf.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
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