Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Invitation to WMF April 2015 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, May 7, 18:00 UTC
Hi, just some brief feedback on the meeting: * I liked the format. * Regarding the WMF quarterly performance single-page overview, I think that is a good basic idea and could use further development. WMF might find it helpful to consult with Wikimedia France which I hear does good self-evaluations, and incorporate any helpful ideas. * Removing potentially unnecessary or antiquated barriers for grants, such as the current limitations on IEG use of WMF engineering staff time, is currently high on my wish list. * The installation of the Wikipedia app by default on mobile devices will need to be handled carefully. And I am hoping that the mobile apps will incorporate more features are helpful to contributors to our projects. As an editor, I find that mobile web is fairly usable but mobile apps have many limitations. * When will we hear an update about the progress of the strategic plan? Thanks, Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age
Thanks for sharing Andy, I've asked our team to take a look. sent from mobile. please excuse typos. On May 8, 2015 7:00 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: An impressive number of reputable organisations have signed The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age: http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/ I think the WMF should, too. It aligns closely with existing WMF polies and the Wikimedia community's ethos. How can this best be taken forward? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age
An impressive number of reputable organisations have signed The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age: http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/ I think the WMF should, too. It aligns closely with existing WMF polies and the Wikimedia community's ethos. How can this best be taken forward? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikinews and free journalism
Thanks, I spend a hard time digging into Signpost to find any new information, but I just found Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, and lets close Wikinews... Even in collaboration on breaking news is about Wikipedia, Anyone knows anything about free journalism? [off-topic] Digging there a saw a lot of complains about WP that could be answered as go to another wiki, e.g.: Racing books are usually written much more in a sports journalism style, which is not well suited to encyclopedias go to wikinews GNG should have something that WP-fr does to people, but should extend to anything, qui lui aient consacré un article ou un chapitre, espacées d'au moins deux ans. Breaking news is not encyclopaedic, this kind of construction should be redirect to the Wikinews... we do not know the real impact... and we create things like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombings (less dead people then a car accident), not important at all... 201,425 bytes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide 1 million people died 125,493 bytes And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_mayoral_election,_2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012 ... All news... people using wikipedia as a newspaper (a very bad one that change the information, and remove pass steps of the history) and they don't know why Wikinews don't grow... Sorry, just ventilating after a few hours reading Wikipediacentrism ... On 8 May 2015 at 00:55, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilo...@gmail.com wrote: There has been coverage in the Signpost. Try following through this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandboxaction=editsection=newpreview=yespreload=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Templates/Index_preloadpreloadparams[]=wikinews On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com wrote: Hello guys, I'm struggling to find any kind of discussion/research about wikinews and the relation with free journalism (free as defined here: http://freedomdefined.org/Definition). Did you know any kind of paper, article about it? Or even articles about free journalism (free mean fre, providing sources, the result is under a free license...) Thanks for the attention -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com +55 11 979 718 884 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com +55 11 979 718 884 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015!
Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015 https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration Note: If you are a WMF-sponsored attendee (e.g., WMF staff, Board, Scholarship recipient) please do not register until you are contacted by WMF staff with instructions. Wikimania 2015 will be held in Mexico City July 14-19, 2015 at the conference center in the Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel Juárez 70, Cuauhtemoc, Centro, 06010 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico.* This hotel is located in the historical center of Mexico City, across from Alameda Central park. The conference, hackathon, meetups, and pre-events will be held there. Most of the WMF personnel and scholarship recipients will be housed there as well. Notifications to people who have submitted to the conference and confirmations are almost complete. The conference program will be updated in the coming weeks, so please check there. https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme The WMF has arranged for discounted rates with two hotels adjacent to the Hilton--- just 200 meters away. Delegates can book directly at these two hotels and receive special rates. Information about these hotels is at: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact : https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact Please join us in Mexico City this summer! Ellie Young WMF Conference Coordinator * WMF and WM-MX are grateful to Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos for their kind offer to host the conference at the magnificent Biblioteca. However, due to logistical issues, we had to change the venue to the Hilton Hotel La Reforma. We will continue to work with both Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos to leverage the experience and capacity of all institutions to generate and disseminate content that guarantees free and open knowledge to the whole of society. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikinews and free journalism
It would scarcely be possible to overstate how un-seriously Wikinews takes Signpost's coverage of Wikinews. We typically don't even bother to try to debunk falsehoods about Wikinews when they appear on Signpost, figuring they're too numerous and the forum is too biased for meaningful dialog. Of possible interest: * http://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/428/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015!
I have already registered, but the fee is steep (1460MXN, ~100 USD), quite out-of-reach of students and more than a few teachers here in Mexico. From: eyo...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 10:15:26 -0700 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org; wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015! Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015 https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration Note: If you are a WMF-sponsored attendee (e.g., WMF staff, Board, Scholarship recipient) please do not register until you are contacted by WMF staff with instructions. Wikimania 2015 will be held in Mexico City July 14-19, 2015 at the conference center in the Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel Juárez 70, Cuauhtemoc, Centro, 06010 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico.* This hotel is located in the historical center of Mexico City, across from Alameda Central park. The conference, hackathon, meetups, and pre-events will be held there. Most of the WMF personnel and scholarship recipients will be housed there as well. Notifications to people who have submitted to the conference and confirmations are almost complete. The conference program will be updated in the coming weeks, so please check there. https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme The WMF has arranged for discounted rates with two hotels adjacent to the Hilton--- just 200 meters away. Delegates can book directly at these two hotels and receive special rates. Information about these hotels is at: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact : https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact Please join us in Mexico City this summer! Ellie Young WMF Conference Coordinator * WMF and WM-MX are grateful to Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos for their kind offer to host the conference at the magnificent Biblioteca. However, due to logistical issues, we had to change the venue to the Hilton Hotel La Reforma. We will continue to work with both Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos to leverage the experience and capacity of all institutions to generate and disseminate content that guarantees free and open knowledge to the whole of society. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness research for Wikimedia organizations
Hi Winifred, Thanks for this info. It looks to me like the information in the Learning Center could be integrated into the more Learning Patterns Library with the category Organizational effectiveness. Is this integration planned, or are there reasons to keep the Learning Center separate from the Learning Patterns Library? Thanks, Pine Pine On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Winifred Olliff woll...@wikimedia.org wrote: Greetings, Wikimedia colleagues! In November 2014, we launched a pilot self-assessment tool for Wikimedia organizations to help us identify areas where we as Wikimedia organizations might leverage our strengths and address our challenges to achieve better results. We have some aggregate data available from organizations that took the questionnaire. To learn more about organizational effectiveness: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness Review the benchmarking research here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Benchmarking Read the case studies here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Case_studies Review the results from the tool here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Results/2014/December *A little background on organizational effectiveness* We are looking at how organizations are achieving impact in the Wikimedia movement. Organizational effectiveness includes all the things that make an organization good at what it does, from strong leadership and systems, to how an organization chooses and does programs that lead to results. Through this lens, we are looking specifically at groups and organizations, so we can understand how volunteers and staff work together when they are part of a group or organization. *Why we care* Improving organizational effectiveness is a way for Wikimedia organizations to achieve results, in ways that make sense in their local contexts. *The tool and the results, in brief* We are exploring this topic of organizational effectiveness in order to launch a broader conversation among Wikimedia organizations (e.g. Chapters, User Groups) to explore areas for building capacity. We have started by doing some initial benchmarking research and case studies to understand how effectiveness is understood within Wikimedia and similar movements, and we launched a pilot organizational effectiveness self-assessment tool, to help organizations identify their strengths and challenges in November 2014. This tool includes a questionnaire that is part of a self-assessment. While individual and organization results are kept confidential, our partners at the TCC Group provided us with some aggregate data based on the first round of answers to the questionnaire that is a part of the tool. The primary purpose of the questionnaire is to aid organizations in their self-assessments, and not to gather data about organizations; however, the data the TCC Group collected may be useful in launching further conversations because it highlights where Wikimedia organizations see their own strengths and challenges. *Next steps for organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations* We are hosting a discussion about the organizational effectiveness tool for Wikimedia organizations at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, and will also continue a discussion there about the future of organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations. Topics to explore within organizational effectiveness might include areas like volunteer engagement, raising funds and other resources, supporting online contributors, media relations, financial management, governance, etc. *Key questions:* *What future work are we interested in doing together around organizational effectiveness? *Is a self-assessment tool useful for organizations? Should we gather feedback and work toward improving the tool, or try another approach? Does the tool need to remain confidential? *Are there specific topics in the area of organizational effectiveness that need more exploration? Are there areas where we need more resources? *Is there anything important revealed by this research or the results of the questionnaire that we can use to better understand how we can grow? *Call to action:* Please offer your feedback, thoughts, and questions on Meta, or participate in the upcoming discussions at the Wikimedia Conference. If you are interested in discussing this work, or becoming more involved, but are unable to attend the session at the conference, we are happy to convene a hangout or an IRC office hours. Please also feel welcome to contact me directly if you have ideas about this work, or add your ideas to Meta. Many thanks to our colleagues Marieke Spence, Rika Gorn, and Deepti Sood, at the TCC Group (a consulting firm that specializes in organizational assessments), who created the tool and analyzed the results. Many thanks to the volunteers and
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Indonesia 2014 Financial Statements
Hi all, Wikimedia Indonesia is proud to publish our financial statements for the year 2014. Please find it in the following link: http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Laporan_keuangan_2014 Wikimedia Indonesia would like to thank all board of executives and trustees for their support and assistance in preparation of the financial statements. Best regards, -- *Isabella Apriyana* *Sekretaris Jendral (**Secretary General)* *Wikimedia Indonesia* Seluler +6281213700084 Surel isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan! http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi Support us to free the knowledge! http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 18 -- 06 May 2015
Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/Special_report News and notes: Inspire grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/News_and_notes In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/In_the_media Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/Featured_content Traffic report: The grim ship reality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/Traffic_report Blog: How many women edit Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06/Blog Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Single/2015-05-06 PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-05-06 https://www.facebook.com/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ 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 wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
