[Wikitech-l] Supporting the work of volunteer developers: what (not) to do?
Hi all, In a group discussion at Wikimania (August 13) [1], more than 30 people talked about how to make content partnership software in the Wikimedia movement more reliable and sustainable. The session focused on the role of volunteer developers in the movement, and if (and how) a formal organization (like a thematic hub) can step up and help volunteer developers to make their software more sustainable. Although this discussion at Wikimania was very lively, many voices were still not heard there. For those who could not attend: we summarized the outcomes in a blog post [2], and you can watch the recording of the session on YouTube [3]. If you read that summary and the contributions to the Etherpad [4]: do you agree, or disagree? We would really like to hear your feedback, which you can leave on the talk page of the on-wiki version of this blog post [5], or e-mail to me directly. Many thanks and all the best! Sandra Fauconnier (in the capacity of product strategist at Wikimedia Sverige) [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022:Submissions/Volunteer_developers_and_improving_content_partnership_software_in_the_Wikimedia_environment [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub/Software/Volunteer_developers_discussion_at_Wikimania_2022 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDFxgVx4Uf8 [4] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022:Submissions/Volunteer_developers_and_improving_content_partnership_software_in_the_Wikimedia_environmentNotes [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Content_Partnerships_Hub/Software/Volunteer_developers_discussion_at_Wikimania_2022 ___ Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
[Wikitech-l] Wikimania session on volunteer Wikimedia developers and content partnership software
Hello all, On behalf of Wikimedia Sweden, I am hosting a group discussion at Wikimania for volunteer developers. The session is about the topic: how can we make content partnership software (e.g. GLAM tools, tools for batch uploads, statistics...) more sustainable and stable? Can a formal Wikimedia organization (e.g. an affiliate or another kind of organization) help here? What are do's and don'ts? If you build such tools, and/or have opinions about this subject, please consider joining us! The session is next Saturday, August 13, at 10.10 AM UTC, check here for your local time: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1660385400 More info: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022:Submissions/Volunteer_developers_and_improving_content_partnership_software_in_the_Wikimedia_environment Etherpad with the questions for group discussion: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wikimania2022-volunteer-developers All the best! Sandra (User:Sandra Fauconnier (WMSE)) ___ Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
[Wikitech-l] Two open developer positions for OpenRefine (paid contractors, part time, remote)
Hi everyone, I'm very happy to announce: OpenRefine [1] has two Junior Developer job openings (paid contractor positions; part-time, fully remote) for building Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons [2] functionalities. Needless to say, we would love to receive applications from Wikimedians :-) * Junior Developer - Wikimedia Development [3] (6 months, from September 2021 till February 2022) * Junior Developer - OpenRefine Development [4] (8 months, from November 2021 till June 2022) All the best! Sandra (User:Spinster / User:SFauconnier) [1] https://openrefine.org [2] https://w.wiki/UR [3] https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/Wikimedia-Commons-reconciliation-batch-developer.html [4] https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/OpenRefine-SDC-developer.html ___ Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [GLAM] Announcing an initiative by WMSE and WMF for GLAM communities of practice
Forwarding, as this announcement may be relevant here too! -- Forwarded message - From: John Andersson Date: Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 4:40 PM Subject: [GLAM] Announcing an initiative by WMSE and WMF for GLAM communities of practice To: Hi all, Starting from July 2019, Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia Foundation's GLAM team work together on an initiative to create a better and more sustainable technical infrastructure for global heritage and content partnerships. This initiative is in its very early stages. We have just given a first presentation about it at Wikimania [1], of which you can watch the video recording [2], read the discussion notes [3], and/or browse the slides with speaker notes [4]. We have now also published information and a landing page about this initiative on meta.wikimedia.org [5], where we warmly welcome your first remarks, questions and feedback on the talk page [6]. We look forward to engage many of you in the research and scoping that will take place in the upcoming year! Warmly, John Andersson (Wikimedia Sverige) Sandra Fauconnier (Wikimedia Foundation) [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Technology_outreach_%26_innovation/Tools_for_partnerships_%E2%80%93_developing_the_technology_our_partners_need [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfCbdfa0opg [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Tools_for_partnerships_developing_technology [4] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tools_for_partnerships_%E2%80%93_developing_the_technology_our_partners_need_-_Wikimania_2019.pdf [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMSE-WMF_joint_initiative_concerning_GLAM_communities_of_practice [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMSE-WMF_joint_initiative_concerning_GLAM_communities_of_practice ___ GLAM mailing list g...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam -- Sandra Fauconnier (she/her) Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data, Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @glamwiki How Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums work with Wikimedia communities: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Looking for a mentor with experience in building tools for Wikimedia
Hi everyone! Just to follow up: it seems that we indeed have found someone to help out here. Info about the tool is not online yet, but will be soon, I hope. It'll be a tool on Toolforge, providing an easy interface for beginners/laypeople to easily add microcontributions of structured metadata to files on Wikimedia Commons. We'll work on it as a pilot for Structured Data on Commons, with images from pas Wiki Loves Africa campaigns as a first set. Support is (for now) only needed for a few months, most of it in April. As I said: we have probably already found someone who will help out - but if this tool sounds interesting to any of you, feel free to reach out! Cheers, Sandra On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 10:45 AM Egbe Eugene wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for the clarifications Andre. This was just to get interested folks > who were experienced in developing tools on Toolforge using WM technologies > which are e already have. > > Eugene > > On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 10:22 Andre Klapper wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 13:07 +0100, Egbe Eugene wrote: > > > In view of building a tool which will help users contribute to add > > > structured data on WM Commons, there's need for someone with experience > > to > > > supervise in the development and testing of this tool. > > > > Could you please be way more specific? > > > > Does "tool" mean something to be hosted on Toolforge? > > Does some source code already exist? Where to find it? > > If no source code exists, where to find more info on that tool/idea? > > What does "supervise" mean? One time, or for years to come? > > What does "there's need" mean? By who? > > > > andre > > -- > > Andre Klapper | Bugwrangler / Developer Advocate > > https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ > > > > > > > > ___ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > ___ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Sandra Fauconnier (she/her) Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data, Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @glamwiki How Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums work with Wikimedia communities: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Structured Data on Commons at the Wikimedia Hackathon in Barcelona
Hi all! Several members of the Structured Data on Commons team will be at the Wikimedia Hackathon in Barcelona next week. Join us there! We will do an introduction and Q&A session, a session focused on GLAM projects, and you are warmly welcomed to join us at the dedicated Structured Commons corner/table(s) we'll have on location. Come and have a chat! More info here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2018/Structured_Commons - please add your username to the list of participants if you're interested. All the best! Sandra - on behalf of the team :-) ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
