[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Annual Wikipedia conference "Wikimania" comes to Mexico City
t features presentations on Wikimedia projects, other wikis, free and open source software, free knowledge and free content, and the social and technical aspects which relate to these topics. Wikimania 2015 marks the 11th year of the conference. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in 288 languages containing a total of more than 34 million articles, and visited by nearly half a billion people every month. It is the largest collection of free knowledge in human history, and today its content is contributed and edited by the community of more than 75,000 volunteer editors each month. Press Contacts Martha Oliver Another Company México City. (55) 6392 1100 ext. 2416 55-28800940 moli...@anothercompany.com.mx Katherine Maher The Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633 pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 sl...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation announces new members, leadership for Board of Trustees at Wikimania in Mexico City
yectos de Wikidata. founding administrator of Croatian Wikipedia, and founding project director for Wikidata. Denny ha publicado diversos trabajos sobre la web semántica, habiéndose desempeñado como presidente de las ponencias sobre investigación de Wikimania 2008 en Egipto. Actualmente se desempeña como ontologista en Google. El 16 de julio asumieron sus nuevos cargos y responsabilidades, con una duración de dos años. Estos nuevos miembros se unen al nuevo Presidente de la Junta Patricio Lorente, a la Vicepresidenta Alice Wiegand, al fundador de Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, y a los miembros de la Junta Frieda Brioschi, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Guy Kawasaki, y Stu West. La Junta de la Fundación se formó en 2003. Hoy, la Junta se compone de hasta diez miembros <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Current_members>. Su trabajo se refleja parcialmente en resoluciones <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutions> y votaciones. Elige cuatro cargos: Presidencia <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Chair> y Vicepresidencia, Tesorería <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Treasurer> y Secretaría <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Secretary>. Parte de su trabajo se delega a comités tales como el de Governanza, Auditoría y Recursos Humanos. Junta Directiva, La Fundación Wikimedia, 2015-2016 Patricio Lorente, Presidente Alice Wiegand, Vicepresidenta Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder Frieda Brioschi Jan-Bart de Vreede James Heilman Dariusz Jemielniak Guy Kawasaki Denny Vrandečić Stu West Acerca de Wikimedia Foundation (Fundación Wikimedia) La Fundación Wikimedia es la organización sin fines de lucro que opera Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre. Wikipedia se compone por más de 34 millones de artículos en 288 idiomas. Cada mes, decenas de miles de voluntarios activos contribuyen a la Wikipedia y los demás proyectos de Wikimedia. Con casi la mitad de mil millones de usuarios mensuales, los proyectos gestionados por la Fundación Wikimedia son una de las propiedades web más populares en el mundo. Con sede en San Francisco, California, la Fundación Wikimedia es una organización sin fines de lucro que se financia principalmente a través de donaciones y subvenciones. Acerca de Wikimania Wikimania es la conferencia anual promovida por la Fundación Wikimedia. En ella se llevan a cabo presentaciones y conferencias en las que se abordan proyectos de Wikimedia alrededor del mundo, el software de código abierto, el conocimiento libre y el contenido, así como los aspectos sociales y técnicos relacionados con estos temas. Contacto para prensa Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation -- San Francisco +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633 pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 sl...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] ‘Save the date’ for Wikipedia’s 15th birthday
dia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15> (thanks > to User:Pharos and User:JSutherland (WMF)) for coordination. Eventually, we > plan for the page will have resources including: > > >1. > >Resources plan events and meetups locally to celebrate the 15th. >2. > >More information on sharing birthday photos, videos, stories, >Wikipedia content, and other media. >3. > >Tips for pitching to local media to cover your event. > > > Many of the sections on the meta page are blank for now, but we’ll be > working with you to add more information to the page over the next few > months leading up to the birthday celebration in January. Please feel free > to add, edit, and discuss what you’d like to see for Wikipedia’s 15th > birthday! > > We look forward to working with you to celebrate Wikipedia’s 15th! > > -The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team > > If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to Joe > Sutherland (jsutherl...@wikimedia.org) and Sam Lien (sl...@wikimedia.org). > > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kma...@wikimedia.org > > ___ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > ___ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 sl...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation to begin annual year-end contribution campaign
Wikipedia. Wikipedia attracts more than 15 billion page views each month. Every month roughly 75,000 people edit Wikipedia, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its more than 35 million articles across nearly 300 languages -- this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact Katherine Maher +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633 pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
This press release is also available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Kelly_Battles_and_Arnnon_Geshuri_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees And as a blog post here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/ Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees New Trustees bring deep financial, operational, and organizational development expertise to Wikimedia’s free knowledge mission San Francisco -- January 5, 2016 -- Today the Wikimedia Foundation announced two new members to its Board of Trustees <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees>: Kelly Battles <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Kelly_Battles> and Arnnon Geshuri <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Arnnon_Geshuri>. The new Trustees bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight, and diversity and organizational development, as well as a commitment to advancing Wikimedia’s vision of free knowledge for the world. “We considered dozens of candidates from all over the world, with not-for-profit and technology experience, and the highest professional standards.” said Dariusz Jemielniak, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee and Board Trustee. “Kelly's finance and auditing skills will be essential to the Board’s oversight and budgeting responsibilities. Arnnon's expertise in talent development and cultural diversity will be indispensable for the development of the Wikimedia Foundation, and communications and transparency within the Wikimedia movement. We look forward to partnering with them.” A veteran financial executive, Kelly brings more than 25 years of experience in financial management and administrative oversight for leading technology companies and non-profit organizations. She currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Bracket Computing <https://brkt.com/>, a cloud virtualization company in Mountain View, California. Her earlier roles included Chief Financial Officer at Host Analytics, Vice President of Finance at IronPort, and Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett Packard. “As a non-profit supporting one of the most popular websites in the world, the Wikimedia Foundation has a unique responsibility to practice transparent, effective stewardship of donor resources,” said Kelly. “I am excited to lend my financial and strategic experience to an organization dedicated to making knowledge more freely available to the world.” Arnnon brings more than 20 years of experience in developing strong organizational cultures with diverse, passionate employees. He is currently the VP of Human Resources at Tesla Motors, where he shepherds Tesla’s unique culture and oversees all global people operations, analytics, and staffing. Before joining Tesla, Arnnon served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at Google, where he built the company’s talent acquisition and diversity strategy, growing the organization to more than 20,000 people in five years. Earlier in his career, Arnnon served as Vice President of People Operations and Director of Global Staffing at E*TRADE Financial. “I have always believed in the power of open, transparent knowledge. Wikipedia represents some of the best aspects of our changing world: deeper knowledge, collaboration, and, ultimately, understanding,” said Arnnon. “This opportunity is a true privilege for me and I am thrilled to help support this powerful mission.” “Kelly and Arnnon bring a special combination of expertise, integrity, and love for our mission. From Arnnon’s people and culture expertise to Kelly’s strong financial management background, both members bring valuable skills to strengthen our Board and help grow the Wikimedia movement for future generations. Most importantly, they bring a deep commitment to making knowledge more freely available for people around the world,” said executive director Lila Tretikov. Kelly and Arnnon were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two years. Please see the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees> for complete biographies. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia. Wikipedia attracts more than 15 billion page views each month. Every month roughly 75,000 people edit Wikipedia, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its more than 35 million articles across hundreds of languages -- all of which makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact* Katherine Maher +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Katherine Maher appointed as interim executive director for the Wikimedia Foundation
operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. Wikipedia attracts more than 15 billion page views each month. Every month, roughly 80,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its more than 36 million articles across hundreds of languages -- this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing a total of more than 36 million articles, and visited by nearly half a billion people every month. Wikimedia and its sister projects are the largest collection of free knowledge in human history. Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact Juliet Barbara (415) 839-6885 pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 sl...@wikimedia.org (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] Wiki Loves Earth 2016
Sharing on behalf of Anna Khrobolova of Wikimedia Ukraine: Dear all, On May, 1st, an international photographic competition Wiki Loves Earth 2016 starts in over a dozen of countries. The basic aim of the competition is to collect photos of natural heritage sites such as nature reserves, landscape conservation areas, national parks, scenic/landscape areas, remarkable gardens, etc. to illustrate articles in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. Wiki Loves Earth International Team invites all chapters and user groups that are not on the list of participants yet consider joining the contest. [1] The international team will gladly help you with technical coordination, support with list conversion, supporting your grant requests, providing souvenirs. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact wle-t...@wikimedia.org.ua. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2016 *Kind regards,* *Anna Khrobolova* *Wikimedia Ukraine* -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 sl...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Victoria Coleman as Chief Technology Officer
ting systems, software engineering, and dependable distributed systems. Victoria has also been selected to participate on numerous advisory councils in higher education and the public sector. She serves on the advisory Board of the Santa Clara University Department of Computer Engineering. She is also a Senior Advisor to the Director of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. She serves as a volunteer advisor on the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Science Board and is a member of Lockheed Martin’s Technology Advisory Group. She is also an advisor to the Automotive Security Review Board, a nonprofit consortium aiming to make connected cars more cyber secure. Victoria has deep familiarity with open source software development, having witnessed the ascendancy of the Unix movement first as a student and subsequently as an instructor. She passionately believes in the power of open source and has been actively involved in the development of LiMo (renamed Tizen), the first truly open, hardware independent, Linux-based mobile operating system. Having used Webkit as the basis of the application runtime of webOS, she is also very familiar with leveraging open source for building products. Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and Computer Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She holds four patents and is the author of more than 60 articles and books. Born in Greece, she has worked with teams around the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland, Germany, India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. Wikipedia serves roughly half a billion people each month. Every month roughly 80,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its nearly 40 million articles across hundreds of languages -- this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing a total of nearly 40 million articles. Wikimedia and its sister projects are the largest collection of free knowledge in human history. Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact Juliet Barbara (415) 839-6885 pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] Invitation to WMF November 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, November 17, 19:00 UTC
Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. Update/change to meeting format: The Wikimedia Foundation is exploring a revised format for the November meeting. Our intent is to share work from the Foundation and movement, but also to connect our work more broadly within the movement’s biggest opportunities and challenges. To do this, we are piloting the November meeting around a theme that has been at the forefront of much of our work recently: “Building an inclusive movement.” In November, speakers will highlight projects, initiatives, and work that actively foster inclusivity within our movement -- to create a space for everyone to contribute and share in knowledge on the Wikimedia sites. Here is the agenda for the November meeting: * Welcomes, theme introduction - “Building an inclusive movement” * Executive Director update * Community update * June 2016 Inspire Campaign - Chris Schilling * Guest speaker - Wikipedia Asian Month - Addis Wang * Questions and discussion * Wikilove As you may have seen, we are inviting a guest speaker to participate at the November meeting. Addis Wang, an active member of the Wikimedia User Group China, will be sharing some of his work with Wikipedia Asian Month and his efforts to create an inclusive space and invite people to participate in the edit-a-thon. In future meetings, we would like to have one guest speaker from a Wikimedia community or someone from outside the movement present on their work that ties in with that month’s theme. (More information to come on this process moving forward, and who to reach out to if you would like to present in future meetings). If you have any questions about the new format, please feel free to reach out to me, Sam Lien, at the Communications department sl...@wikimedia.org. Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities_meetings for further information about the meeting and how to participate. We will post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Sam -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation 2016 contribution campaign: support free knowledge with a gift to Wikipedia
n grants. To make a donation, click the fundraising appeal on Wikipedia, or go directly to donate.wikimedia.org. If you’d like to see exactly how every dollar is spent, please take a look at our 2016–17 Annual Plan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final> and our Financial Reports <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports>. We publish these documents every year; transparency is one of our guiding principles at the Wikimedia Foundation. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. Wikipedia serves roughly half a billion people each month. Every month roughly 80,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its nearly 40 million articles across hundreds of languages -- this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing a total of nearly 40 million articles. Wikimedia and its sister projects are the largest collection of free knowledge in human history. Wikimedia Foundation press contact Juliet Barbara (415) 839-6885 pr...@wikimedia.org Notes 1. For the purpose of this metric, the blink of an eye is estimated at 0.3–0.4 seconds <https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10379/3323/04637622.pdf?sequence=1>, and the pageview statistics are based on an October 2016 recording of pageviews/second <https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyCombined.htm> across all language Wikipedias. -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation receives $500, 000 from the Craig Newmark Foundation and craigslist Charitable Fund to support a healthy and inclusive Wikimedia communit
nt behaviors: content vandalism, stalking, name-calling, trolling, doxxing, discrimination—anything that targets individuals for unfair and harmful attention. From research and community feedback, four areas have been identified where new tools could be beneficial in addressing and responding to harassment: * Detection and prevention - making it easier and faster for editors to identify and flag harassing behavior * Reporting - providing victims and respondents of harassment improved ways to report instances that offer a clearer, more streamlined approach * Evaluating - supporting tools that help volunteers better evaluate harassing behavior and inform the best way to respond * Blocking - making it more difficult for someone who is blocked from the site to return For more information, please visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. More than a billion unique devices access the Wikimedia sites each month. Roughly 75,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects every month, collectively creating and improving its more than 40 million articles across hundreds of languages – this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing more than 40 million articles. Wikimedia and its sister projects are collectively visited by more than a billion unique devices each month. Harassment takes different forms on Wikipedia than it does on other major websites. Unlike other platforms, Wikipedia editors generally don’t write about their personal lives. Instead, on Wikipedia, harassment usually begins as a content dispute between editors that results in an attack on an editor’s personal attributes—their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation—based on something that they’ve shared, or an assumption based on the user’s edit history. About the Craig Newmark Foundation The Craig Newmark Foundation (CNF) is a private foundation created by craigslist founder Craig Newmark in 2016 to support and connect nonprofit communities and drive powerful civic engagement. The Foundation’s priorities include Trustworthy Journalism, Veterans and Military Families, Voter Protection and Education, Consumer Protection and Education, Public Diplomacy, Government Transparency, Micro-Lending to Alleviate Poverty, and Women in Tech. About craigslist Charitable Fund The craigslist Charitable Fund (CCF) provides millions of dollars each year in one-time and recurring grants to hundreds of partner organizations addressing four broad areas of interest including Environment and Transportation; Education, Rights, Justice, and Reason; Nonviolence, Veterans and Peace; and Journalism, Open Source, and Internet. Press contacts Craig Newmark Foundation Bruce Bonafede pr...@craigconnects.org Wikimedia Foundation Juliet Barbara jbarb...@wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia community in Iraq partners with Asiacell to bring Wikipedia to nearly 12 million subscribers free of mobile data charges
rges -- adding to and improving articles in their preferred language and sharing knowledge of Iraq’s rich cultural history, heritage, and its people with the rest of the world. “Wikipedia is guided by a powerful vision: that every single person should be able to share in all of the world’s knowledge, for free and without restriction,” said Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “Sarmad, Ravan, and the Iraqi Wikimedians User Group have been passionate advocates of this vision in Iraq. They've nurtured the growth of Arabic and Kurdish Wikipedia for nearly a decade, and have built a vibrant community committed to sharing knowledge of Iraq and its heritage, people, and culture with the world. We are thrilled to have Asiacell join us as a partner in this journey.” The Wikipedia Zero program is overseen by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and a number of other Wikimedia free knowledge websites. Since the program first began in 2012, Wikipedia Zero partnerships have taken place with 68 mobile operators in 52 countries. *# # #* *About Asiacell* Asiacell is a leading provider of quality mobile telecommunications and data services in Iraq with a subscriber base of nearly 12 million customers as of December 1st 2016. Asiacell was the first mobile telecommunications provider in Iraq to achieve nationwide coverage, offering its services across all of Iraq’s 19 governorates including the national capital Baghdad and all other major Iraqi cities. Asiacell’s network covers 99.06% of the Iraqi population which makes its national coverage the widest among the mobile operators in Iraq. *About Wikipedia* Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing more than 40 million articles. Wikipedia and its sister projects are collectively visited by more than a billion unique devices each month. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. More than a billion unique devices access the Wikimedia sites each month. Roughly 70,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects every month, collectively creating and improving its more than 40 million articles across hundreds of languages – this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Press contact* *Asiacell* public.relati...@asiacell.com *Wikimedia Foundation* Juliet Barbara pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Eileen Hershenov as General Counsel
nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity funded primarily through donations and grants. *About Wikipedia* Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing a total of more than 40 million articles. Wikimedia and its sister projects are the largest collection of free knowledge in human history. *Wikimedia Foundation press contact* Juliet Barbara jbarb...@wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedians and free knowledge leaders convene in Montreal for 13th annual Wikimania
ry on Bassel’s work to protect and preserve the values to which he dedicated his life.” Wikimania also offers conference-goers time to experience the unique culture of Montreal. As the city honors its birth and growth over almost four centuries, there will be opportunities <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al> for attendees to explore the city’s rich history through cultural tours, music, and cuisine. "Wikimedia Canada members will present inspiring projects at Wikimania 2017, the result of successful collaborations with several Canadian public and private institutions,” explained Wikimedia Canada President Benoit Rochon. “The archives of BAnQ (Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec) on Wikimedia Commons which have been viewed more than 30 million times, the first Aboriginal encyclopedia in Canada <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/15/atikamekw-wikipedia-initiative/> (Atikamekw, one of the largest and still active First Nations language) on Wikipedia and the WikiMed conference are all unique accomplishments we will proudly share with the international Wikimania participants.” Other featured speakers include Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in conversation with anthropologist, academic and author Gabriella (Biella) Coleman and moderated by internet entrepreneur Evan Prodromou; Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) Archivist-Coordinator Frédéric Giuliano and Hélène Laverdure, Curator and Director General of the National Archives at BAnQ; and Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Katherine Maher, who will take the stage with Christophe Henner, the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, to discuss the future of the Wikimedia movement as part of Wikimedia 2030. You can learn more about the conference at: wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikimedia Canada Wikimedia Canada <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Home> is an independent nonprofit organization committed to the growth, development and distribution of free knowledge in Canada, mainly by supporting the development of content on the Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia. The organization's work focuses on supporting and engaging Canadian individuals and institutions to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historical content in all languages of Canada, including Aboriginal languages, under a free license or in the public domain. About Wikimania Wikimania is the annual conference centered on the Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia and its sister projects) and the Wikimedia community of volunteers. It features presentations on Wikimedia projects, other wikis, free and open source software, free knowledge, and and more. Wikimania 2017 marks the 13th year of the conference. About the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship The Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship—organized by Creative Commons, Mozilla, the #NEWPALMYRA Project, the Wikimedia Foundation and others—will support the work of outstanding individuals developing the culture of their communities under adverse circumstances. Special consideration will be given to applicants operating within closed societies and in developing economies where other forms of support are scarce. Applications from the Levant and wider MENA region are greatly encouraged. The one-year fellowship, totaling $50,000 USD, is supported by funding from Wikimedia Foundation, Mozilla, and the Jimmy Wales Foundation, and facilitated by Creative Commons. Wikimedia Foundation press contact Juliet Barbara pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation announces Board of Trustees appointments and leadership at Wikimania 2017 in Montreal
up at Kozminski University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozminski_University>. Originally from Warsaw <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw>, Poland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland>, Dariusz studies open collaboration communities, the phenomenon of organized sharing (including piracy), and political memes. He has conducted research projects on related issues at Cornell University, Harvard University, Berkeley, and MIT. In 2014, he published Common knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia at Stanford University Press. He has been the recipient of many academic merit awards, including a 2004 Fulbright Foundation scholarship and the 2009 Polish Ministry of Science outstanding young scholar award. Dariusz has held a variety of different roles on Wikipedia, including administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, steward, and ombudsman. He served as the chair of Wikimedia’s Funds Dissemination Committee for three terms. Dariusz has served as chairperson of the "Inkubator" network for rising literary talent in Poland, chairperson of the Collegium Invisibile academic society, and as a member of the the advisory boards of the Copernicus Science Center and the English Teaching program of the Nida Foundation. He is also the founder of Ling.pl <http://ling.pl/>, the largest Polish online dictionary. James Heilman Dr. James Heilman is an emergency physician in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and on the faculty of emergency medicine at the University of British Columbia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia>. James was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, Canada. He completed his medical degree in 2003 in Saskatchewan, followed by his residency in British Columbia. James began editing Wikipedia in 2008, after he came across an article needing improvement in the middle of the night. Realizing that he could fix the Internet, he quickly became hooked, and later went on to help found both Wikimedia Canada and Wiki Project Med Foundation <https://wikiprojectmed.wordpress.com/>. He has been involved in establishing collaborations to improve Wikipedia’s medical content, with organizations such as Translators Without Borders <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translators_Without_Borders>, the Cochrane Collaboration <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_Collaboration>, the National Institutes of Health <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health>, the World Health Organization <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization>, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He is a frequent speaker at medical schools and conferences to encourage his colleagues to engage with Wikipedia. James has a background in both distance running and adventure racing, having completed Morocco’s Marathon Des Sables <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_des_Sables> and the Adventure Racing World Championships. Christophe Henner Christophe Henner is the former Board Chair of Wikimedia France and current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Blade Group <http://www.blade-group.com/>, 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. Originally from Lavaur, Christophe studied economics and law at the University of Toulouse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toulouse>. He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, holding a variety of leadership positions including Head of Marketing at the online media group, L'Odyssée Interactive, Chief Marketing Officer at an international digital media group, Webedia <http://www.webedia.com/>, and later deputy Chief Executive Officer of Webedia's gaming division. Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France <http://www.wikimedia.fr/> and has remained an active Board member in various positions for the past ten years. Nearly three of those years on the Board were spent in leadership roles, including Chair and Vice Chair of the Board. During his time on the Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision for the chapter. -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Raju Narisetti joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
ar web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Wikimedia Foundation press contact Juliet Barbara pr...@wikimedia.org Raju Narisetti profile Raju Narisetti, 51, is the CEO of Gizmodo Media Group, the Univision Communications Inc owned publisher of pioneering digital brands, including Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Deadspin, *The Root*, Splinter, Kotaku, Jalopnik and Earther, that reach 100 million plus readers each month. Born in Hyderabad, India, Raju holds a Bachelor’s degree from Osmania University in Hyderabad, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Rural Management in Anand (India); a post-graduate diploma from The Times School of Journalism in New Delhi; and a Master’s in Journalism from Indiana University. Over nearly three decades, Raju has led and transformed news organizations in three continents. Raju began his journalism career at The Economic Times in New Delhi and later went on to found India’s Mint Newspaper, now the second largest business newspaper in the country. He spent 15 years at The Wall Street Journal, starting as a summer intern and in a variety of reporting and editing roles, including the Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal; and Managing Editor of WSJ Digital. Raju also served as Managing Editor at The Washington Post, where he was instrumental in combining its print and digital newsrooms, in addition to overseeing its editing, design, photo, video, engagement and social media teams. Prior to joining Gizmodo in October 2016, Raju was Senior Vice President, Strategy, at News Corp, the publisher of The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal. Raju is the Vice-chair for the Board of Directors of the International Center for Journalists <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Center_for_Journalists>, as well as as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of International Education <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_International_Education>, which administers the Fulbright Scholarship <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbright_Scholarship> programmes and the Scholar Rescue Fund. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer
This press release is available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_appoints_Toby_Negrin_as_Chief_Product_Officer And also as a blog post on the Wikimedia blog here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/08/toby-negrin-chief-product-officer/ *Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer* *Toby Negrin has been with the Wikimedia Foundation since 2013 and brings nearly two decades of experience in research, design, analytics, and product development* (San Francisco, California) 8 November 2017 — The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer. Toby has been leading the Foundation's product development in an interim capacity since April. He brings nearly 20 years of experience of integrating data, research, and design to produce effective and popular products. The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. Together, Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects are visited by more than a billion unique devices every month. The Wikimedia Foundation is driven by its mission to build a world in which every single person can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge. As Chief Product Officer, Toby will lead one of the organization's largest departments in collaborating with the Wikimedia communities on the development of the software products which operate Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. He will be responsible for cultivating a culture of excellence, engagement, and sustainability within the product engineering teams. Toby will also work with others in the organization's leadership on responding to the product needs and requests of the Wikimedia communities. "Toby has demonstrated a style of leadership focused on outcomes, collaboration with the Wikimedia community, and respect for Wikimedia values," said Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. "He has a deep interest in partnership with our communities, an instinct for assembling and cultivating teams, and a record of supporting staff as they develop and explore new skills and roles. I am thrilled to have him leading the Wikimedia Foundation's product development efforts." Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in 2013, Toby has led an expansion of our analytics efforts, built a new team focused on people who utilize the content developed by Wikimedia's volunteers, and championed the development of intuitive mobile interfaces and mobile applications. Toby played a critical role in the creation of the organization's Community Tech team, which develops features and tools based on feedback from active members of the communities. He was also a part of the creation of the New Readers program, a cross-departmental effort to help new people discover and benefit from Wikimedia's projects. Prior to joining the Wikimedia Foundation, Toby led analytics efforts at DeNA, a mobile social games company. At DeNA, he partnered with colleagues in Japan and China to build global dashboards used to track gaming performance around the world. He also held roles at Yahoo! related to cloud platforms, anti-abuse efforts, and content moderation. Toby grew up in Los Angeles and the UK before landing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and worked in software development at startups in Sweden and The Netherlands. "The Wikimedia movement is an amazing collaboration among editors, developers, chapters and other organizations around the globe," Toby said. "I am excited and honored to be part of the movement and look forward to partnering with our communities to build the tools and experiences for the next 15 years." Toby graduated from the NIMBAS Graduate School of Management and University of California - Santa Cruz. In his free time, he enjoys spending time winemaking and grape growing, running and hiking Bay Area trails, playing tennis, and supporting the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth orchestra. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million articles across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Wikimedia Foundation press contact* pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 (To be unsubscribed from this pre
[Wikimedia Announcements] Nov/Dec Wikimedia Foundation Metrics & Activities meeting
Hello everyone, The currently-scheduled November and December metrics meetings both fall on popular holiday weeks in the United States and other parts of the world. Given this, we will be combining the November and December meetings into a single metrics meeting on *Thursday, December 14th, from 6:00 - 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM - 12 PM PT)*. Please stay tuned for more details on the meeting in the coming weeks! Best, Sam and Greg -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix partner to grow offline access to Wikipedia
Kinyanjui pr...@wikimedia.org Kiwix Stéphane Coillet-Matillon +41 79 215 8510 or steph...@kiwix.org [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Stephane/Kiwix/Offline_medical [2] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/03/wikimedia-movement-new-direction/ [3] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Annual_Plan_1819 -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikipedia volunteers and free knowledge leaders gather in Cape Town for the first annual “Wikimania” conference in sub-saharan Africa
will hear feedback from volunteers about the program in a session on Sunday at Wikimania and further explore future implementation of these types of programs with other volunteer communities. The annual Wikimania gathering will also provide an opportunity for volunteers to discuss Wikimedia’s future as part of Wikimedia 2030, a global consultation to define the future of the Wikimedia movement. Challenges with software localisation, the structure of data, and even newforms of knowledge that Wikimedia has defined as “verifiable” (text-based, rather than oral, for example) are some of the issues the movement is grappling with as it moves actively towards incorporating more diverse forms of knowledge within Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. Wikimania also offers conference-goers time to experience the unique culture of Cape Town and join in the celebrations of Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. The conference’s theme, “Bridging knowledge gaps—the ubuntu way forward,” captures this spirit and finds its roots in the philosophy and way of life ubuntu. “Ubuntu is summarised as the philosophy of ‘I am because you are,’ or alternatively ‘the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity,'” explained Wikimedia South Africa President, Douglas Scott. “Volunteer community-driven projects like Wikipedia and what we are hoping to achieve at Wikimania in Cape Town capture this ethos well. Wikimedia South Africa is honored to have this opportunity to share this spirit with our friends and colleagues around the world.” The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia, the Wikimedia free knowledge projects, and its mission of free knowledge for every single person. To learn more about the conference, please visit: wikimania2018.wikimedia.org. You can follow the conference on #Wikimania as well as on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimania/ Twitter https://twitter.com/wikimania [1] https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program#Remote_attendance About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA. About Wikimedia South Africa Wikimedia ZA is the non-profit volunteer-driven South African Wikimedia chapter. It exists to promote the free knowledge movement in the country by supporting Wikipedia editors, contributions to Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and increase access to free knowledge sources. Membership is open to anyone based in South Africa with an interest in participating in the free knowledge movement. Wikimedia ZA is the local host of Wikimania 2018. About Wikimania Wikimania is the annual conference centered on the Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge websites) and the Wikimedia community of volunteers who contribute to them. It features presentations on Wikimedia projects, other wikis, free and open source software, free knowledge and free content, and the social and technical aspects which relate to these topics. Wikimania 2018 marks the 14th year of the conference. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in nearly 300 languages containing a total of more than 46 million articles, and viewed more than 15 billion times every month. It is the largest, collaborative collection of free knowledge in human history, and today its content is contributed and edited by a community of more than 200,000 volunteer editors each month. In case of any queries, please contact: Sascha Polkey Rabbit in a Hat Communications sas...@rabbitinahat.co.za Tel: +27 83 414 04552/ 21 300 0052 Kui Kinyanjui Vice President, Communications Wikimedia Foundation pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery S
[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation announces Tanya Capuano as new Trustee, alongside leadership appointments at 14th annual Wikimania
outdoors. About María Sefidari María Sefidari Huici is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship Master’s degree program of Rey Juan Carlos University at the MediaLab-Prado. Born in Madrid, Spain, where she still lives today, María graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and later a Master’s degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of the same university. She was a 2014 Techweek Women’s Leadership Fellow, which showcases, celebrates, and supports emerging female leaders in business and technology. María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. Maria was a founding member of Wikimedia España and Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias, and also created Spanish Wikipedia’s LGBT Wikiproject. She has served on several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations and Individual Engagement Grants committees. In her time on the Affiliations Committee, María served as the first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring disbursement of the committee’s budget. From 2013 to 2015, she was also a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board. María re-joined the Wikimedia Foundation Board in 2016 to fill an community-nominated seat vacancy, and was later re-confirmed for a second term in August 2017. In her spare time, María travels around the world, runs wiki-workshops to engage new editors, and supports Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. About Christophe Henner Christophe Henner is the former Board Chair of Wikimedia France and current 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. Originally from Lavaur, Christophe studied economics and law at the University of Toulouse. He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, holding a variety of leadership positions including Head of Marketing at the online media group, L’Odyssée Interactive, Chief Marketing Officer at an international digital media group, Webedia, and later deputy Chief Executive Officer of Webedia’s gaming division. Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France and has remained an active Board member in various positions for the past ten years. Nearly three of those years on the Board were spent in leadership roles, including Chair and Vice Chair of the Board. During his time on the Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision for the chapter. Wikimedia Foundation press contact Kui Kinyanjui Vice President of Communications pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l
