[Wikimedia-l] Re: Decentralized fundraising, centralized distribution

[The Cunctator]

This is a very excellent report. Thanks to all for the work put into it.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:47 AM Gnangarra  wrote:

> I see one of the key things in the the movement and the WMF has developed
> is thats leaving behind the volunteers and contributors.  There is focus on
> top down, corporate structures in everything and details fear of failure in
> attempting projects in some ways a lost of trust of volunteers altogether.
>  Significant bias is developing into favouring those who can write great
> documents and applications in an academic grant format leaving behind many
> of our "anyone can edit" community who arent as proficient in grant writing
> especially in an english/european academic format.
>
> Wikipedia started in the academic model with Nupedia, but it was  found
> that those outside that circle were doing it more effectively in so many
> ways that when it shifted.  The current system we have fallen into is
> symptom of the lack understanding of the communities where contributors
> arent as prominent in the decision processes but rather its people entering
> from those systems that failed Nupedia making the decisions using complex
> talk fests and year on year never ending discussion. You just need to look
> at the current BoT elections to see how long it takes to get anywhere,
> strategy started 7 years ago and yet we still havent even reached the
> implementation of anything. Many of the contributors that brought into and
> had input have moved on, there's large cohort of contributors that have
> joined since then.
>
> Our biggest successes now are coming from people who move outside the
> systems in place. Even now we chose play it safe and over use things like
> "Wiki Loves..." rather than step out of the comfortable zones.  We need to
> think differently again and trust to the community to do what cant be done,
> just like it did 20 years ago, less bureaucracy more trust, be bold
> nothing should be a big deal.
>
> On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 21:19, Nicola Zeuner 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> Thanks for bringing up comparability. The paper points out that the
>> historic development of the international office in the sampled cases is
>> different from how the WMF was formed. This does not, in my view, preclude
>> us from comparing systems.
>>
>> I agree with Andreas that the central value of our movement is provided
>> by volunteers, and they organize in affiliates. The WMF has many central
>> functions, which is probably what you are referring to, including
>> maintaining the platforms, fundraising, grantmaking, community development,
>> advocacy, to name but a few. The sampled INGOs secretariats have a great
>> variety of functions as well, but typically not including fundraising and
>> grantmaking.
>>
>> With 2030 Movement Strategy's drive toward decentralizing functions
>> (incl. fundraising), those of us working on and contributing to the charter
>> and policies should take good care at reviewing functions to see which ones
>> are still appropriate and effective to be done by a central org, and which
>> ones make more sense to do locally. Studying other global movements, in my
>> view, makes a lot of sense here, *especially *if they have grown
>> differently and gone through cycles of renewal and reform.
>>
>> This is our moment of redesigning and  re-forming.. So let's be open, and
>> not restrict our view by insisting on our exceptionality.
>>
>> best,
>> Nikki
>>
>>
>> Nikki Zeuner
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>> Am Mi., 7. Sept. 2022 um 16:06 Uhr schrieb Nathan :
>>
>>> Hi Nicole,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this - very interesting reading so far. I'm hoping
>>> you can elaborate on WMDE's thinking around selecting INGOs for evaluation.
>>> Your criteria is very straightforward - INGOs with a confederation of
>>> independent organizations, connected by a global mission.
>>>
>>> But each of your selected INGOs is composed of individual organizations
>>> that deliver the products and services that advance the global mission
>>> within their geographic area, with an "international office" that fulfills
>>> a coordination and governance role. By contrast, 

[Wikimedia-l] Join the second Eduwiki Sub-saharan regional meeting_Tuesday 27th Sept 2022

[ruby damenshie-brown]

Hello Everyone,

It’s the time of the year again. We are excited to invite you to join the
second Eduwiki Sub-saharan regional meeting. Together with the Wikimedia
Education team we will offer you the opportunity to learn about some
wonderful projects happening across the continent, learn about new
projects, and exciting opportunities.

We want you to be involved in the broader story storytelling and
contribution to the growth of the Eduwiki community.

Date: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Time: 15:00 UTC/GMT
Join via Zoom here-
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/89225378677?pwd=L2dFbG1rRDA2bnBiS1RlYzA4OTJPUT09

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Please share and invite members from your communities.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: The launch of the Content Partnerships Helpdesk

[James Heilman]

Hey Eric

Great initiative. Was reading the diff post and what popped out immediately
was that the image used is licensed NC ND :-)
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/02/do-you-want-support-with-content-partnerships-the-helpdesk-is-here-to-help/

This means we have a WMF project that is officially using NC and ND
licenses. Something which was supported by the Strategy 2030, at least in
part.

We at Wiki Project Med Foundation have started NC Commons
 to help facilitate the use of NC and
ND licensed material within mediawiki installs. Not all countries, like the
US, release government content public domain. Most, if they use openish
licenses actually go with NC ones such as South Africa which we have here
.

We are looking for help with batch uploading of NC and ND licensed material
to NC Commons. We are working to move the data storage to Internet Archives
as part of a collaboration with them to cut down on our hosting costs after
which we want to look at importing Ted Talks and Khan academy videos.

Best
James

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 6:05 AM Eric Luth  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> A while back, Wikimedia Sverige announced the upcoming Helpdesk of the
> Content Partnerships Hub, a service to support Wikimedians that want to
> work with partners to share content on the Wikimedia platforms.
>
> Now, when the Helpdesk is finally up and running, the next thing needed
> are your requests for help!
>
> I just published a blog post on Diff
> 
>  [1]
> where I try to outline the process. A lot is still under development, but
> you can already now read more on the Helpdesk portal on Meta
>  [2].
>
> The basic idea, however, is that anyone that wants support with a project
> sends an email to *helpd...@wikimedia.se *. Describe
> what you want to do and what you want to achieve, and in what way it
> contributes to filling a gap on the platforms, and the Helpdesk will do
> what it can to help. The support can be anything from technical and batch
> uploads to policy-making or advocacy. We look forward to getting your
> proposals!
>
> We also want to invite Wikimedians to join the work. We plan to establish
> working groups to support with anything from communication to advocacy and
> actual uploads. If you are a volunteer or an affiliate that wants to
> support, please reach out as well! You can email *helpd...@wikimedia.se
>  *for this as well.
>
> Best
> *Eric Luth*
> Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
> Advocacy
> Wikimedia Sverige
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> +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
>
> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
> Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se
>
> [1]
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/09/02/do-you-want-support-with-content-partnerships-the-helpdesk-is-here-to-help/
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub/Helpdesk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Re: [TOOLHUB] Result of Community Feedback on Toolhub Taxonomy

[Tricia Burmeister]

Sure, we can do that!

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 1:59 PM Gnangarra  wrote:

> can 3.b be removed and replaced with
>
> 3.b.1.  uploading content
> 3.b.2  creating content
>
> because there are more AI type content creation tools coming online
>
> On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 17:21, Seyram Komla Sapaty 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who took the time to provide their valuable feedback
>> on the Toolhub taxonomy[0]!
>>
>> After a round of community feedback and input, we made the following
>> decisions about which categories and values to implement in the first
>> productionized version of the taxonomy.
>>
>> === Summary of Changes ===
>>
>>1.
>>
>>Exclude the proposed Programming language attribute.
>>2.
>>
>>Exclude the proposed Platform attribute
>>3.
>>
>>Revise the Tasks attribute values:
>>1.
>>
>>   Remove "Creating or uploading content"
>>   2.
>>
>>   Add "Creating new content"
>>   3.
>>
>>   Rename "Generating and recommending content" to "Recommending
>>   content"
>>   4.
>>
>>Revise the Content types attribute values:
>>1.
>>
>>   Add additional level of hierarchy to group content types and
>>   enable both broad or specific values to be applied.
>>   2.
>>
>>   Remove "Files".
>>   3.
>>
>>   Split "Maps" and "Geographic Data"
>>
>>
>>
>> Find more details of additional changes on the decision record log page[0]
>>
>>
>> === Next Steps ===
>>
>> The team will continue to observe and improve the taxonomy as the
>> community continues to use Toolhub.
>> We will monitor tags and community created lists to determine if certain
>> attributes would be useful or feasible in the future.
>>
>> [0]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Data_model#Taxonomy_v2 [1]:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub/Decision_record#Taxonomy_v2
>>
>> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Comments Requested on the Revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

[Patrick Earley]

Hi Gnangarra, and all,

Apologies for the mis-linking there.  The upcoming conversation hours are
detailed here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Revised_enforcement_guidelines/Conversation_hours

In summary, there are three sessions:

*Session 1: Asia-Pacific*
Date and time: Friday, September 16, 10:00 UTC
Chinese and Japanese interpretation planned.

*Session 2: Central Europe/Africa/Middle East*
Date and time: Saturday, September 24, 15:00 UTC
Arabic, French, and Russian interpretation planned.

*Session 3: North America/Latin America/Western Europe*
Date and time: Monday, October 3, 21:00 UTC
Spanish and Portuguese interpretation planned.

People can sign up on the page listed above. Hope to see folks there,

Patrick



On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 7:36 PM Gnangarra  wrote:

> There are no times of details on this link related to this email
>
> There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft
>> guidelines; please see Meta times and details:
>
>
>-
>
>Conversation hours
>
> 
>
> The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large
>> number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in your
>> community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you in
>> setting up the conversations.
>>
>
> On Fri, 9 Sept 2022 at 02:12, Stella Ng  wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions committee
>> 
>> is requesting comments regarding the Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines
>> for the Universal Code of Conduct
>> 
>> (UCoC). This review period will be open from 8 September 2022 until 8
>> October 2022.
>>
>> The committee collaborated to revise these draft guidelines based on
>> input gathered from the community discussion period from May through July,
>> as well as the community vote that concluded in March 2022.
>>
>> The revisions are focused on the following four areas:
>>
>>1.
>>
>>To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
>>2.
>>
>>To simplify the language for more accessible translation and
>>comprehension by non-experts;
>>3.
>>
>>To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
>>4.
>>
>>To review the balancing of the privacy of the accuser and the accused
>>
>> The committee requests comments and suggestions about these revisions by
>> 8 October 2022. From there, the revisions committee anticipates further
>> revising the guidelines based on community input.
>>
>>-
>>
>>Find the Revised Guidelines on Meta
>>
>> ,
>>and a comparison page in some languages
>>
>> 
>>
>> Everyone may share comments in a number of places. Facilitators welcome
>> comments in any language on the
>> Revisions
>> Guideline Talk Page. Comments can also be shared on talk pages of
>> translations, at local discussions, or during conversation hours.
>>
>> There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft
>> guidelines; please see Meta times and details:
>>
>>-
>>
>>Conversation hours
>>
>> 
>>
>> The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a
>> large number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in
>> your community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you
>> in setting up the conversations.
>>
>> Discussions will be summarized and presented to the drafting committee
>> every two weeks. The summaries will be published here
>> 
>> .
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stella
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