Thank you Gnangarra! And Butch, and Lodewijk, and Brion, and Erik, and Joāo, and Christophe, and Isaac, and Galder, and Daniel, and SJ, and Phoebe, and everyone else, thank you all for the congratulations, and for your interest!
I am also very excited, and looking forward to it - and thanks in particular to everyone who expressed willingness to help - there will be plenty of opportunity for that :) Thank you all, Denny On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:05 PM Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > sounds like a wonderful project that will help connect cultures and > languages in a helpful way for the users, look forward to seeing and > helping its development > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 09:26, Butch Bustria <bustr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Congratulations on this new opportunity! > > > > Once it rolls out to us content contributors, we will be glad to be a > part > > of it. > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Butch Bustria > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 12:39 AM Denny Vrandečić <vrande...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words! > > > > > > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, > > and > > > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the > > Foundation. > > > > > > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project > in > > > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them, > > > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. > > Thanks > > > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on > the > > > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was > > confident > > > enough to make this decision. > > > > > > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on > > your > > > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community. > > > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in > the > > > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming > to > > > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not > > > only with new functionalities, but also with new people. > > > > > > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in > > the > > > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering > your > > > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to > > set > > > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project > > and > > > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated > > > mailing list [3]. > > > > > > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the > project. A > > > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all > > to > > > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did > I > > > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for > names, > > > the project itself, and much more? > > > > > > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out > > with > > > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time. > > > > > > Stay safe, > > > Denny > > > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia > > > [2] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia > > > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia > > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber <bvib...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I'm extremely excited about this project! > > > > > > > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating > > > project > > > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up > > > good > > > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know > > and > > > > love. > > > > > > > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting > > > into > > > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's > > still > > > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human > > > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed > as > > > > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but > > > much > > > > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages. > > > > > > > > -- brion > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta > > [1]) > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project > > that > > > > has > > > > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of > > > Trustees. > > > > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline > > encyclopedic > > > > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and > > more > > > > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an > approach > > > that > > > > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, > > increase > > > > the > > > > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to > > > participation, > > > > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and > > innovate > > > in > > > > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement > to > > > > > create something new. > > > > > > > > > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract > Wikipedia > > > was > > > > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 > [2] > > > > after > > > > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and > > > lively > > > > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy > and > > > the > > > > > creativity of the community often runs up against language > barriers, > > > and > > > > > information that is available in one language may not make it to > > other > > > > > language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel > > like a > > > > > Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent > conceptual > > > > > models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and > > > > maintain > > > > > Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world. > > > > > > > > > > The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of > an > > > > > article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata > uses > > > > > conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, > it > > > > > should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of > > knowledge > > > > to > > > > > create models for articles that also have universal value. Using > > code, > > > > > volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into > > > their > > > > > own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone > to > > > > read > > > > > about any topic in Wikidata in their own language. > > > > > > > > > > As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software > > > development, > > > > > and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this > > > effort > > > > > possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July > > and > > > > lead > > > > > this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a > > > > long-time > > > > > community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, > > and a > > > > > former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited > > that > > > > > Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project > > > > alongside > > > > > the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams. > > > > > > > > > > It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project > > and > > > > > that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project > may > > > > offer > > > > > some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage > less. > > > > Every > > > > > language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate > > > whether > > > > or > > > > > how they would use content from this project. > > > > > > > > > > We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to > > > advance > > > > > knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also > > invites > > > > us > > > > > to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by > whom > > > > > knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation > > > with > > > > > the communities to think through these important questions. > > > > > > > > > > There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract > > Wikipedia > > > > in > > > > > close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get > > > involved > > > > > by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. > We > > > > > recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also > recognize > > > its > > > > > potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path. > > > > > > > > > > Yours, > > > > > Katherine Maher > > > > > > > > > > Executive Director, > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract > > > > > Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement > > > > > [2] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia > > > > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny > > > > > [4] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > > > > > > > > > Executive Director > > > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.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. 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