Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please welcome the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Operating Officer, Janeen Uzzell

[Pine W]

Hi Janeen,

It's nice to "meet" you. I hope that you like your new role.

May I ask what your goals are in the COO role for the next few months?

Thanks,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws

[María Sefidari]

El dom., 10 feb. 2019 22:15, Philip Kopetzky 
escribió:

> I just wanted to re-iterate Chris' point - meetings and plans are starting
> to be put together for the summit, so if this is actually happening, it
> should start soon. (Just to appear as non-committal as possible ;-) )
>
> Cheers,
> Philip
>

Hey there - thanks for your messages. Just wanted to signal that info will
be coming out very shortly.

Kind regards,

María



> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 16:43, Chris Keating 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Maria,
> >
> > I wondered if there was any news about whether the Board had, in the end,
> > adopted any of these proposals.
> >
> > I see that the ASBS process is now on the agenda for the Wikimedia Summit
> > in late March. There is now not much time to figure out who is going to
> run
> > this process and what the process will look like!
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 3:46 PM María Sefidari 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is considering amending the
> > > Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws. Nataliia Tymkiv, Chair of the Board
> > Governance
> > > Committee, is leading this process. She has posted the proposed changes
> > on
> > > Meta for discussion
> > > <
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/December_2018_-_Affiliate-selected_trustees,_term_limits,_and_diversity
> > > >
> > > prior to our vote on them during the Board meeting scheduled for
> January
> > > 23, 2019. We invite you to comment on the proposal's talk page. As
> usual
> > in
> > > these cases, two weeks are provided for community comment, from
> December
> > 7
> > > to December 21.
> > >
> > > By making the proposed changes to the Bylaws, the Board intends to
> > achieve
> > > three goals:
> > >
> > > *1. Include User Groups in the trustee selection process*
> > >
> > > Though User Groups have existed as a model of affiliation within the
> > > Wikimedia movement for a number of years, they have not been included
> > > together with Chapters and Thematic Organizations as participants in
> > > selecting Wikimedia Foundation trustees. There are now over 100
> > recognized
> > > User Groups, many of which represent emerging communities within the
> > > Wikimedia movement. The Board believes that the perspectives of User
> > Groups
> > > combined with those of Chapters and Thematic Organizations will lead to
> > the
> > > selection of the best trustee candidates.
> > >
> > > The Board acknowledges that the ongoing Wikimedia movement strategy
> > process
> > > may result in changes to many aspects of the Wikimedia movement,
> > including
> > > the structure of movement affiliates. As a result, any changes we make
> > now
> > > to the Foundation Bylaws regarding the role of affiliates in the
> trustee
> > > selection process may need to be modified again in the future, in turn
> > > requiring additional amendments to the Bylaws. However, the Board did
> not
> > > want to delay providing User Groups with a voice in the upcoming 2019
> > > trustee selection process.
> > >
> > > *2. Raise term limits for trustees from two to three consecutive terms*
> > >
> > > Term limits for trustees were added to the Bylaws in 2015. At the time,
> > > there was a desire on the Board to bring in new voices and specific
> > > skill-sets needed for the growth and development of Wikimedia projects.
> > The
> > > changes made at that time have resulted in some notable successes in
> that
> > > regard. The Board remains committed to seeking out new voices, and
> > > providing the community with ample opportunities to promote such voices
> > as
> > > candidates for the Board.
> > >
> > > As the Wikimedia movement and the Wikimedia Foundation think forward
> > > further to the future, the Board will need to oversee the Foundation in
> > > setting, following through on, and achieving longer-term goals. The
> Board
> > > believes it will be better able to fulfill its role if it allows for
> the
> > > potential of a longer time on the Board for individual trustees who
> bring
> > > essential expertise and insight to the Board. The possibility of
> serving
> > > one additional term on the Board also reduces the amount of time the
> > Board
> > > and Foundation staff spend on trustee recruitment and onboarding.
> Raising
> > > the maximum number of consecutive terms a trustee may serve from two to
> > > three terms achieves these goals, and is also consistent with the
> > practice
> > > of many other boards. Raising the maximum number of terms that can be
> > > served consecutively does not change the fact that the community,
> > including
> > > affiliates, will continue to be able to determine every three years
> > whether
> > > or not to re-elect currently serving trustees or whether to elect new
> > > candidates - just as is the case now.
> > >
> > > *3. Reaffirm the Board’s commitment to diversity*
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia movement is global, built on a 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] [WM-Chairpersons] New board of Wikimedia Indonesia

[Biyanto Rebin]

Thank you, Asaf, Delphine, Josie, Phillip, and Gnanggara for your best
wishes.

Looking forward to working with you all again for the next 3 years.

Best,

Pada tanggal Sel, 12 Feb 2019 pukul 19.08 Gnangarra 
menulis:

> Welcome to new Board, Wikimedia Australia looks forward to working with you
>
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 19:16, Josie Fraser  wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Indonesia! A warm welcome to your new Board members from
>> Wikimedia UK, and our best wishes to all those who have been re-elected.
>>
>> Best, Josie
>>
>> ___
>> Chairpersons mailing list
>> chairpers...@lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/chairpersons
>>
>>
>> On 11 Feb 2019, at 07:25, Biyanto Rebin 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, our fellow Wikifriends,
>>
>> On 19 January 2019, Wikimedia Indonesia elected the new boards. The
>> current structure consists of 5 females and 4 males with various ethnicity
>> background (Javanese, Lampungnese, Bataknese, Mollucan, Achinese, etc) and
>> native languages (Indonesian, Javanese, Achinese, etc.). We are proud to
>> say that our background representing our country motto, Bhinneka Tunggal
>> Ika (Unity in
>> Diversity).
>>
>> *Board of Executive*
>>
>>- Biyanto Rebin, Chair, re-elected
>>- Ivonne Kristiani, Deputy Chair,  re-elected
>>- Rachmat Wahidi, Secretary-General,  re-elected
>>- Hillun Vilayl Napis, Deputy Secretary General, new
>>- Djohan Satria Hasibuan, Treasurer,  re-elected
>>- Thirza Ria Vandari, Deputy Treasurer, new
>>
>> *Board of Trustees*
>>
>>- Rinto Jiang,  re-elected
>>- Fachria Y. Marasabessy, new
>>- Fajarwati, new
>>
>> We hope we can bring our best for Wikimedia movements in Indonesia.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Biyanto
>>
>> ===
>> *Profile*
>> Board of Executives
>>
>> Biyanto Rebin is an active Wikimedian at the Indonesian Wikipedia since
>> 2006 using “Beeyan” as his username. He graduated from Chinese Literature
>> at the University of Indonesia. In 2014, he was appointed as the Member of
>> Board of Executive in the position of Deputy General Secretary. In 2016, he
>> was elected as Wikimedia Indonesia Chairperson and re-elected in 2019. In
>> the spirit of open access, he supports the mission of free knowledge as it
>> is one of the important keys to open the widest channel of knowledge to the
>> wider community.
>>
>>
>> Ivonne Kristiani obtained her Master in Sociology and Political
>> Philosophy from Université Paris Diderot, France. She is now based in
>> Jakarta and is the Project Manager for Cipta Media Ekspresi arts & culture
>> grant for women, funded by Ford Foundation. She started editing in
>> Indonesian Wikipedia as “06Ivonne” when joining the Free Your Knowledge
>> writing competition in 2010.
>>
>> Djohan Satria Hasibuan is the Treasurer of Wikimedia Indonesia and
>> graduated from Accounting Degree at the University of Persada Indonesia
>> Y.A.I who is currently domiciled in Jakarta. He joined the Wikimedia
>> Indonesia since 2012 as a financial supervisor on several projects, such as
>> Cipta Media Bersama, Cipta Media Seluler, and Cipta Media Ekspresi.
>>
>> Thirza Ria Vandari has been a member of the Wikimedia Indonesia since
>> 2017 and was graduated from Accounting Degree at the University of
>> Indonesia. With her expertise in finance, she is involved in several
>> projects run by Wikimedia Indonesia, such as the FAVANO Project, SAPG 2018,
>> and APG 2018. She sometimes voluntarily edits in Wikipedia under her
>> username “Thirzaria”.
>>
>>
>> Rachmat Wahidi is an active Wikimedian at the Indonesian and the Acehnese
>> Wikipedia using “Rachmat04” as his username. He graduated from English
>> Language Education at Syiah Kuala University, and currently attending a
>> master degree at the same major. He joined Wikimedia Indonesia since 2012,
>> and was involved in the Content Digitization Project since 2014. In 2019,
>> Rachmat was appointed to the position of Secretary General of the Wikimedia
>> Indonesia.
>>
>> Hillun Vilayl Napis graduated from Communication at the University of
>> Indonesia. She started editing on Wikipedia under “Hillun Vilayl Napis” as
>> her username and joined the Free Your Knowledge writing competition in
>> 2014. She joined Wikimedia Indonesia in 2015. Currently, she involves in
>> APG 2018 project as Competition Coordinator (photography and writing
>> contests). In 2019, she is appointed to serve as Deputy Secretary General
>> of Wikimedia Indonesia.
>>
>> Board of Trustees
>>
>> Rinto Jiang is a Wikimedian since 2004 and also one of the founders of
>> Wikimedia Indonesia who is currently domiciled in Taiwan. He graduated in
>> engineering at National Cheng Kung University. He is re-elected as one of
>> the Board of Trustees in 2019. His professional career is as an engineer in
>> a company. His main goal is to 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, staying on the wikis

[Sam Oyeyele]

Dario,

Thank you very much for your work in the movement. Thanks for the assistance 
you've rendered to me, when it comes to Wikimedia collaborations and events.

I'd definitely miss seeing you on the Wikimedia research showcase. However, I'm 
also happy that you get to move on to an area that's closer to your heart. 
Wishing you all the best in this new venture!

Kindly,
Sam.

From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of 
Dariusz Jemielniak 
Sent: 14 February 2019 3:11 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Cc: wikicite-disc...@wikimedia.org; Research into Wikimedia content and 
communities
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, 
staying on the wikis

Dario,

It has been amazing to watch you develop research at the Foundation, and I mean 
it both as a researcher myself, and a Wikimedian!

DJ "pundit"

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 14:52 Amir Sarabadani 
mailto:ladsgr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI
projects in Wikimedia. Thank you!
Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!

Best

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi Dario and Leila,
> it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope
> this will continue despite the changes in your roles.
> Best,
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter 
> mailto:ymb...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I
> am
> > also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations
> to
> > Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal
> > about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Yaroslav
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein 
> > mailto:meta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > Dario -- what news!  And how close that seems to your recent pushing
> of us
> > > all.
> > > How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research
> > > constellation, for these many years.
> > >
> > > Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
> > >
> > > With wikilove and taxonometrics,
> > > SJ
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli <
> > > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > >
> > > > I've got some personal news to share.
> > > >
> > > > After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation
> to
> > > > take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult
> > > > decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on
> to an
> > > > area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
> > > >
> > > > Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been,
> and
> > > > will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a
> team of
> > > > ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine
> not
> > > > spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends
> in
> > > the
> > > > community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to
> have
> > > been
> > > > part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is
> taking
> > > > the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands.
> > > >
> > > > In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay
> > > > Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
> > > technology.
> > > > I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
> > > >
> > > > Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode.
> I
> > > > started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody
> chapters in
> > > > the history of London <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London>;
> > > hypothetical
> > > > astronomy ; unsung heroes
> > > > among women in science ;
> and
> > > > of course natural
> > > > ,
> technical
> > > >  and
> > > political
> > > > disasters
> > > > <
> > >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
> > > >.
> > > > I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll
> > > > continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521
> > > >  for a little while.
> > > >
> > > > I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Dario
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > *Dario Taraborelli  *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > research.wikimedia.org • 
> > > > nitens.org • @readermeter
> > > > 

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] February 20 at 11:30 AM PST, 19:30 UTC

[Janna Layton]

Hello everyone,

The next Research Showcase, “The_Tower_of_Babel.jpg” and “A Warm Welcome,
Not a Cold Start,” will be live-streamed next Wednesday, February 20, 2019,
at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC. The first presentation is about how images are
used across language editions, and the second is about new editors.


YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jpJIFXwlEg

As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You
can also watch our past research showcases here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase

This month's presentations:

The_Tower_of_Babel.jpg: Diversity of Visual Encyclopedic Knowledge Across
Wikipedia Language Editions


By Shiqing He (presenting, University of Michigan), Brent Hecht
(presenting, Northwestern University), Allen Yilun Lin (Northwestern
University), Eytan Adar (University of Michigan), ICWSM'18.


Across all Wikipedia language editions, millions of images augment text in
critical ways. This visual encyclopedic knowledge is an important form of
wikiwork for editors, a critical part of reader experience, an emerging
resource for machine learning, and a lens into cultural differences.
However, Wikipedia research--and cross-language edition Wikipedia research
in particular--has thus far been limited to text. In this paper, we assess
the diversity of visual encyclopedic knowledge across 25 language editions
and compare our findings to those reported for textual content. Unlike
text, translation in images is largely unnecessary. Additionally, the
Wikimedia Foundation, through the Wikipedia Commons, has taken steps to
simplify cross-language image sharing. While we may expect that these
factors would reduce image diversity, we find that cross-language image
diversity rivals, and often exceeds, that found in text. We find that
diversity varies between language pairs and content types, but that many
images are unique to different language editions. Our findings have
implications for readers (in what imagery they see), for editors (in
deciding what images to use), for researchers (who study cultural
variations), and for machine learning developers (who use Wikipedia for
training models).


A Warm Welcome, Not a Cold Start: Eliciting New Editors' Interests via
Questionnaires


By Ramtin Yazdanian (presenting, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Every day, thousands of users sign up as new Wikipedia contributors. Once
joined, these users have to decide which articles to contribute to, which
users to reach out to and learn from or collaborate with, etc. Any such
task is a hard and potentially frustrating one given the sheer size of
Wikipedia. Supporting newcomers in their first steps by recommending
articles they would enjoy editing or editors they would enjoy collaborating
with is thus a promising route toward converting them into long-term
contributors. Standard recommender systems, however, rely on users'
histories of previous interactions with the platform. As such, these
systems cannot make high-quality recommendations to newcomers without any
previous interactions -- the so-called cold-start problem. Our aim is to
address the cold-start problem on Wikipedia by developing a method for
automatically building short questionnaires that, when completed by a newly
registered Wikipedia user, can be used for a variety of purposes, including
article recommendations that can help new editors get started. Our
questionnaires are constructed based on the text of Wikipedia articles as
well as the history of contributions by the already onboarded Wikipedia
editors. We have assessed the quality of our questionnaire-based
recommendations in an offline evaluation using historical data, as well as
an online evaluation with hundreds of real Wikipedia newcomers, concluding
that our method provides cohesive, human-readable questions that perform
well against several baselines. By addressing the cold-start problem, this
work can help with the sustainable growth and maintenance of Wikipedia's
diverse editor community.


-- 
Janna Layton (she, her)
Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, staying on the wikis

[erikzachte]

Dario,

 

As I said earlier “Looks like you found yourself another worthy and inspiring 
endeavour. The project is huge in ambition, resources and time scale. BTW this 
is the first mission statement I’ve seen that sets its targets for 2100 “  

 

Your first post to our mailing lists was almost (to the month) 10 years ago, 
about this project of yours: WikiTracer. I remember being much impressed about 
this project, which aimed to expand analytics to the wider wikiverse. 
WikiTracer brought a uniform scheme and layout, somehow overcoming the 
countless discrepancies between the wikis under study. Not the least of those 
challenges being babylonical confusion (on syntax, that is). Not long 
thereafter we spoke at length about your project, and mine, and how we shared 
other interests, among those Leiden and photography. The domain name wikitracer 
has since been reoccupied. You must have been too ‘distracted’ by this new 
mission of yours  

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-February/041747.html

 

Your first visualization that focussed on Wikipedia solely (that I know of) was 
Notabilia. This was published roughly a year later, in 2010, and still exists, 
is still relevant, is still visually stunning, and represents my first 
introduction to d3, which I also came to love over the years. 

http://notabilia.net/

With this piece, you and you co-creators received a gold prize at the Kanta 
‘Information is Beautiful’ contest. Well done.

https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/443-notabilia

 

You‘ve been a visually oriented person all along. I mentioned your photography 
already. Your Flickr expo with 566 followers speaks to that. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dartar/albums/with/72057594056207061

 

When my wife Carolina and I started our new project, an OSM based tree map of 
Leidens park Groenesteeg, I remembered ‘Dead Letters’, your detailed 
photo-study of typography, showing graves in that very park. Your expo is now 
featured as one more layer of  awesomeness in our tribute to urban nature [1]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dartar/sets/72057594056207061 

 

BTW typographically you came a long way . Your own site only mentions you love 
to write about TeX and digital typography. Which is also cool, don’t get me 
wrong.

http://nitens.org/taraborelli/home

 

Further proof of your visual keenness is the neat layout of the landing page 
for Wikimedia Research Team (in B, which by itself lends it a ‘pro’ 
appearance already)

https://research.wikimedia.org/index.html 

 

I came to know you as (expanding on your own bio here) a [+very caring and 
sociable] ‘social computing researcher’ and [+very knowledgeable] ‘open 
knowledge advocate’ and just an overall very friendly guy. So once more: THANK 
YOU for the years we worked together, which I found most pleasant and 
constructive. I hope we meet again.

http://nitens.org/taraborelli/bio


Congratulations to Leila for her new role. You’re the best successor I could 
have wished for.  

Erik Zachte

 

PM I did not yet mention Darios sense of humor. Today’s notes on Twitter reveal 
all: 
https://twitter.com/readermeter?lang=en

 



 

[1] Now we’re at the Groenesteeg anyway, please pardon the click bait. 
This copper beech may well be the largest beech the reader has ever seen:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leiden-Groenesteeg-11.jpg 

( featured on http://j.mp/groenesteeg )

 

 

 

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Wikimedians, with love from our donors

[Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l]

Dear Caitlin, 

Thank you for this inspiring message! 

With Wikilove then...

Nattes à chat
> Le 14 févr. 2019 à 18:17, Caitlin Cogdill  a écrit :
> 
> In January, the WMF fundraising team asked our donors a single question: is
> there anything you want to say to the volunteers who make the Wikimedia
> projects possible?The result was enchanting. More than 5,000 donors took
> the opportunity to express their thanks, gratitude, and love for the
> contributors who give the world the joy of free and open knowledge. Today
> is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that, at least in our modern world, is about
> expressing love for the individuals in our lives who make the world just a
> bit sweeter.We thought this was the perfect opportunity to pass all this
> wikilove over to you. Today, we get to play Cupid, nurturing the lasting
> partnership between our contributors and donors that has helped Wikipedia
> blossom in its 18 years of existence.
> 
> *Read our donors' messages to you, the contributors to Wikimedia projects,
> here: *
> *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/Donor_love
>  *
> 
> -- 
> Caitlin Cogdill
> Senior Fundraising Email Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> 
> *https://donate.wikimedia.org *
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[Wikimedia-l] To Wikimedians, with love from our donors

[Caitlin Cogdill]

In January, the WMF fundraising team asked our donors a single question: is
there anything you want to say to the volunteers who make the Wikimedia
projects possible?The result was enchanting. More than 5,000 donors took
the opportunity to express their thanks, gratitude, and love for the
contributors who give the world the joy of free and open knowledge. Today
is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that, at least in our modern world, is about
expressing love for the individuals in our lives who make the world just a
bit sweeter.We thought this was the perfect opportunity to pass all this
wikilove over to you. Today, we get to play Cupid, nurturing the lasting
partnership between our contributors and donors that has helped Wikipedia
blossom in its 18 years of existence.

*Read our donors' messages to you, the contributors to Wikimedia projects,
here: *
*https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/Donor_love
 *

-- 
Caitlin Cogdill
Senior Fundraising Email Manager
Wikimedia Foundation

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!

*https://donate.wikimedia.org *
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please welcome the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Operating Officer, Janeen Uzzell

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

Great welcome from Madeira island, (sort of..) Portugal, Janneen!

Wikimedia Portugal looks forward to work with you in anything you may need.

Paulo - DarwIn
Wikimedia Portugal

Katherine Maher  escreveu no dia quinta, 14/02/2019
à(s) 06:31:

> Hello all!
>
> I am delighted to share with you that we have added a Chief Operating
> Officer to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership (c-level) team. Today, I'm
> excited to introduce you to Janeen Uzzell. Janeen started on January 23rd,
> in time for the  Foundation's All Hands retreat late last month, and has
> since been working out of our office in San Francisco.
>
> Janeen was most recently the head of Women in Technology for GE, where she
> worked with GE’s global CEOs to revise practices across their workforce of
> 300,000 employees, increasing the number of women in technology roles.
> Previously, she was GE’s Global Director of External Affairs and Technology
> Programs, and before that, she spent 5 years as Director of Healthcare
> Programs for GE Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. She also served as the
> Director of Global Healthcare Programs, Director of Healthcare Disparity
> Programs, and Director of Service Operations for GE.
>
> Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and use
> of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. She is a people
> developer, transformational leader, storyteller, engineer and
> self-proclaimed “global citizen” — with a passion for incubation and
> impact. She says she is on a mission to use her influence and voice to lead
> casual work that changes lives, communities and the world. She has a MBA
> from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from
> North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
>
> The Chief Operating Officer is not a new role for the Foundation, although
> we haven't had one recently. As the Foundation has grown in recent years,
> I've been talking to both the Board and the c-team about the value of
> reinstating the COO role. We all agreed this was an important addition to
> the Foundation to help us become more effective.
>
> At the end of 2018, we met Janeen while recruiting for a different
> position. After completing the interview process, many people felt as
> though she had the skills for the Chief Operating Officer role. While we
> generally do not hire before a job is posted, we also do not like to miss
> out on opportunities. So, in consultation with and support from the Board
> and c-team team, we agreed to create this new role and ask Janeen to join
> the Foundation.
>
> As the Foundation continues to grow and work to meet the needs of the
> Wikimedia communities, Janeen's expertise will be instrumental in helping
> the organization continue to meet the needs of our growing and evolving
> movement. Please join me in welcoming Janeen to the Foundation and to the
> incredible Wikimedia community!
>
> Katherine
>
> PS. A public announcement has also been posted on our blog:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/12/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-janeen-uzzell-as-chief-operating-officer/
>
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please welcome the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Operating Officer, Janeen Uzzell

[Lucas Teles]

Warm welcome from Brazil! (It’s actually hot here)

Teles

Em qui, 14 de fev de 2019 às 07:57, camelia boban 
escreveu:

> And a very welcome from Rome (Italy) Janeen  :-).
>
> Camelia
>
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> Il giorno gio 14 feb 2019 alle ore 11:37 Kalliope Tsouroupidou <
> ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> ha scritto:
>
> > Pretty welcome, Janeen :) I hope you settle in well.
> > Greetings from Greece.
> >
> > K.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:31 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all!
> > >
> > > I am delighted to share with you that we have added a Chief Operating
> > > Officer to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership (c-level) team. Today,
> I'm
> > > excited to introduce you to Janeen Uzzell. Janeen started on January
> > 23rd,
> > > in time for the  Foundation's All Hands retreat late last month, and
> has
> > > since been working out of our office in San Francisco.
> > >
> > > Janeen was most recently the head of Women in Technology for GE, where
> > she
> > > worked with GE’s global CEOs to revise practices across their workforce
> > of
> > > 300,000 employees, increasing the number of women in technology roles.
> > > Previously, she was GE’s Global Director of External Affairs and
> > Technology
> > > Programs, and before that, she spent 5 years as Director of Healthcare
> > > Programs for GE Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. She also served as the
> > > Director of Global Healthcare Programs, Director of Healthcare
> Disparity
> > > Programs, and Director of Service Operations for GE.
> > >
> > > Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and
> > use
> > > of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. She is a people
> > > developer, transformational leader, storyteller, engineer and
> > > self-proclaimed “global citizen” — with a passion for incubation and
> > > impact. She says she is on a mission to use her influence and voice to
> > lead
> > > casual work that changes lives, communities and the world. She has a
> MBA
> > > from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering
> > from
> > > North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
> > >
> > > The Chief Operating Officer is not a new role for the Foundation,
> > although
> > > we haven't had one recently. As the Foundation has grown in recent
> years,
> > > I've been talking to both the Board and the c-team about the value of
> > > reinstating the COO role. We all agreed this was an important addition
> to
> > > the Foundation to help us become more effective.
> > >
> > > At the end of 2018, we met Janeen while recruiting for a different
> > > position. After completing the interview process, many people felt as
> > > though she had the skills for the Chief Operating Officer role. While
> we
> > > generally do not hire before a job is posted, we also do not like to
> miss
> > > out on opportunities. So, in consultation with and support from the
> Board
> > > and c-team team, we agreed to create this new role and ask Janeen to
> join
> > > the Foundation.
> > >
> > > As the Foundation continues to grow and work to meet the needs of the
> > > Wikimedia communities, Janeen's expertise will be instrumental in
> helping
> > > the organization continue to meet the needs of our growing and evolving
> > > movement. Please join me in welcoming Janeen to the Foundation and to
> the
> > > incredible Wikimedia community!
> > >
> > > Katherine
> > >
> > > PS. A public announcement has also been posted on our blog:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/12/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-janeen-uzzell-as-chief-operating-officer/
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Katherine Maher (she/her)
> > >
> > > Executive Director
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Foundation 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, staying on the wikis

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

Dario,

It has been amazing to watch you develop research at the Foundation, and I mean 
it both as a researcher myself, and a Wikimedian!

DJ "pundit"

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 14:52 Amir Sarabadani 
mailto:ladsgr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI
projects in Wikimedia. Thank you!
Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!

Best

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi Dario and Leila,
> it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope
> this will continue despite the changes in your roles.
> Best,
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter 
> mailto:ymb...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I
> am
> > also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations
> to
> > Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal
> > about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Yaroslav
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein 
> > mailto:meta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > Dario -- what news!  And how close that seems to your recent pushing
> of us
> > > all.
> > > How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research
> > > constellation, for these many years.
> > >
> > > Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
> > >
> > > With wikilove and taxonometrics,
> > > SJ
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli <
> > > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > >
> > > > I've got some personal news to share.
> > > >
> > > > After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation
> to
> > > > take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult
> > > > decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on
> to an
> > > > area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
> > > >
> > > > Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been,
> and
> > > > will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a
> team of
> > > > ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine
> not
> > > > spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends
> in
> > > the
> > > > community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to
> have
> > > been
> > > > part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is
> taking
> > > > the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands.
> > > >
> > > > In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay
> > > > Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
> > > technology.
> > > > I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
> > > >
> > > > Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode.
> I
> > > > started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody
> chapters in
> > > > the history of London <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London>;
> > > hypothetical
> > > > astronomy ; unsung heroes
> > > > among women in science ;
> and
> > > > of course natural
> > > > ,
> technical
> > > >  and
> > > political
> > > > disasters
> > > > <
> > >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
> > > >.
> > > > I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll
> > > > continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521
> > > >  for a little while.
> > > >
> > > > I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Dario
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > *Dario Taraborelli  *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > research.wikimedia.org • 
> > > > nitens.org • @readermeter
> > > > 
> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, staying on the wikis

[Amir Sarabadani]

Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI
projects in Wikimedia. Thank you!
Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!

Best

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi Dario and Leila,
> it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope
> this will continue despite the changes in your roles.
> Best,
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter 
> wrote:
> >
> > Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I
> am
> > also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations
> to
> > Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal
> > about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Yaroslav
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:
> >
> > > Dario -- what news!  And how close that seems to your recent pushing
> of us
> > > all.
> > > How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research
> > > constellation, for these many years.
> > >
> > > Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
> > >
> > > With wikilove and taxonometrics,
> > > SJ
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli <
> > > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > >
> > > > I've got some personal news to share.
> > > >
> > > > After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation
> to
> > > > take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult
> > > > decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on
> to an
> > > > area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
> > > >
> > > > Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been,
> and
> > > > will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a
> team of
> > > > ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine
> not
> > > > spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends
> in
> > > the
> > > > community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to
> have
> > > been
> > > > part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is
> taking
> > > > the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands.
> > > >
> > > > In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay
> > > > Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
> > > technology.
> > > > I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
> > > >
> > > > Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode.
> I
> > > > started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody
> chapters in
> > > > the history of London <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London>;
> > > hypothetical
> > > > astronomy ; unsung heroes
> > > > among women in science ;
> and
> > > > of course natural
> > > > ,
> technical
> > > >  and
> > > political
> > > > disasters
> > > > <
> > >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
> > > >.
> > > > I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll
> > > > continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521
> > > >  for a little while.
> > > >
> > > > I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Dario
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > *Dario Taraborelli  *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > research.wikimedia.org • nitens.org • @readermeter
> > > > 
> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please welcome the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Operating Officer, Janeen Uzzell

[camelia boban]

And a very welcome from Rome (Italy) Janeen  :-).

Camelia


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Il giorno gio 14 feb 2019 alle ore 11:37 Kalliope Tsouroupidou <
ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> ha scritto:

> Pretty welcome, Janeen :) I hope you settle in well.
> Greetings from Greece.
>
> K.
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:31 AM Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I am delighted to share with you that we have added a Chief Operating
> > Officer to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership (c-level) team. Today, I'm
> > excited to introduce you to Janeen Uzzell. Janeen started on January
> 23rd,
> > in time for the  Foundation's All Hands retreat late last month, and has
> > since been working out of our office in San Francisco.
> >
> > Janeen was most recently the head of Women in Technology for GE, where
> she
> > worked with GE’s global CEOs to revise practices across their workforce
> of
> > 300,000 employees, increasing the number of women in technology roles.
> > Previously, she was GE’s Global Director of External Affairs and
> Technology
> > Programs, and before that, she spent 5 years as Director of Healthcare
> > Programs for GE Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. She also served as the
> > Director of Global Healthcare Programs, Director of Healthcare Disparity
> > Programs, and Director of Service Operations for GE.
> >
> > Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and
> use
> > of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. She is a people
> > developer, transformational leader, storyteller, engineer and
> > self-proclaimed “global citizen” — with a passion for incubation and
> > impact. She says she is on a mission to use her influence and voice to
> lead
> > casual work that changes lives, communities and the world. She has a MBA
> > from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering
> from
> > North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
> >
> > The Chief Operating Officer is not a new role for the Foundation,
> although
> > we haven't had one recently. As the Foundation has grown in recent years,
> > I've been talking to both the Board and the c-team about the value of
> > reinstating the COO role. We all agreed this was an important addition to
> > the Foundation to help us become more effective.
> >
> > At the end of 2018, we met Janeen while recruiting for a different
> > position. After completing the interview process, many people felt as
> > though she had the skills for the Chief Operating Officer role. While we
> > generally do not hire before a job is posted, we also do not like to miss
> > out on opportunities. So, in consultation with and support from the Board
> > and c-team team, we agreed to create this new role and ask Janeen to join
> > the Foundation.
> >
> > As the Foundation continues to grow and work to meet the needs of the
> > Wikimedia communities, Janeen's expertise will be instrumental in helping
> > the organization continue to meet the needs of our growing and evolving
> > movement. Please join me in welcoming Janeen to the Foundation and to the
> > incredible Wikimedia community!
> >
> > Katherine
> >
> > PS. A public announcement has also been posted on our blog:
> >
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/12/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-janeen-uzzell-as-chief-operating-officer/
> >
> > --
> >
> > Katherine Maher (she/her)
> >
> > Executive Director
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please welcome the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Operating Officer, Janeen Uzzell

[Kalliope Tsouroupidou]

Pretty welcome, Janeen :) I hope you settle in well.
Greetings from Greece.

K.

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:31 AM Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I am delighted to share with you that we have added a Chief Operating
> Officer to the Wikimedia Foundation leadership (c-level) team. Today, I'm
> excited to introduce you to Janeen Uzzell. Janeen started on January 23rd,
> in time for the  Foundation's All Hands retreat late last month, and has
> since been working out of our office in San Francisco.
>
> Janeen was most recently the head of Women in Technology for GE, where she
> worked with GE’s global CEOs to revise practices across their workforce of
> 300,000 employees, increasing the number of women in technology roles.
> Previously, she was GE’s Global Director of External Affairs and Technology
> Programs, and before that, she spent 5 years as Director of Healthcare
> Programs for GE Africa, based in Accra, Ghana. She also served as the
> Director of Global Healthcare Programs, Director of Healthcare Disparity
> Programs, and Director of Service Operations for GE.
>
> Janeen has nearly two decades of experience implementing the design and use
> of technology to drive impact on global outcomes. She is a people
> developer, transformational leader, storyteller, engineer and
> self-proclaimed “global citizen” — with a passion for incubation and
> impact. She says she is on a mission to use her influence and voice to lead
> casual work that changes lives, communities and the world. She has a MBA
> from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from
> North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
>
> The Chief Operating Officer is not a new role for the Foundation, although
> we haven't had one recently. As the Foundation has grown in recent years,
> I've been talking to both the Board and the c-team about the value of
> reinstating the COO role. We all agreed this was an important addition to
> the Foundation to help us become more effective.
>
> At the end of 2018, we met Janeen while recruiting for a different
> position. After completing the interview process, many people felt as
> though she had the skills for the Chief Operating Officer role. While we
> generally do not hire before a job is posted, we also do not like to miss
> out on opportunities. So, in consultation with and support from the Board
> and c-team team, we agreed to create this new role and ask Janeen to join
> the Foundation.
>
> As the Foundation continues to grow and work to meet the needs of the
> Wikimedia communities, Janeen's expertise will be instrumental in helping
> the organization continue to meet the needs of our growing and evolving
> movement. Please join me in welcoming Janeen to the Foundation and to the
> incredible Wikimedia community!
>
> Katherine
>
> PS. A public announcement has also been posted on our blog:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/12/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-janeen-uzzell-as-chief-operating-officer/
>
> --
>
> Katherine Maher (she/her)
>
> Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Developing instructional material for Wikidata Query Service

[Michal Lester]

Dear all,
One recurring phenomenon we encounter when we present Wikidata to various
audiences, is the enthusiasm with they react to the Wikidata Query Service,
and the possibilities it offers for extracting specific information from
the vast network of linked and structured data contained in Wikidata. This
enthusiasm is not surprising, as the query feature of Wikidata is quite
unique within the landscape of information services available today.
The Wikidata Query Service is powered by SPARQL – a semantic query language
for databases. Unfortunately, for users who are new to Wikimedia platforms,
there is currently little instructional material on how to learn SPARQL for
use in Wikidata. At Wikimedia Israel we believe that a user-friendly
tutorial to Queries/SPARQL will attract new users to engage with Wikidata
and help build a community around the project.
In recent years, Wikimedia Israel has developed online instructional
materials, such as the Wikipedia courseware and the guide for creating
encyclopedic content. We plan to use our experience in this field, and in
collaboration with Wikimedia Deutschland, we intend to develop a website
with a step-by-step tutorial to learn how to use the Wikidata Query
Service. The instructional material will be available in three languages
(Hebrew, Arabic and English) but it will be possible to add the same
instructions in other languages. We are quite confident that having a
tutorial that explains and teaches the Query Service will help expand
Wikidata to new audiences worldwide.

*Best regards,*


*Michal Lester,*
*Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
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