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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania 2024 Scholarships Open: Apply Now!

2023-12-18 Thread wpedzich

Dear all,

 

This is a gentle reminder that scholarship applications fir Wikimania 2024 will 
be closing soon. The application submission process will close on December 18, 
end of day, anywhere on Earth. This means 12:00 UTC, noon, tomorrow.

 

If you are as excited as I am about Wikimania 2024, to be hosted in Katowice, 
August 7-10, 2024, and want to join us in celebrating the Collaboration of the 
Open – this message is just for you. We are waiting for your applications.

 

Kind regards

On behalf of the Wikimania 2024 COT

Wojciech Pędzich

 

From: Käbi Laan  
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:31 PM
To: wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2024 Scholarships Open: Apply Now!

 

Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are open until December 18! Apply 
now for a full or partial scholarship to attend Wikimania in person in Poland! 

This year’s theme will be “Collaboration of the Open”--a celebration of the 
ways we work together, in the open and for the larger open movement, to bring 
free knowledge to the world. We are working on finalizing the venue and dates 
before the end of the year, but can confirm that Wikimania will be held in 
Poland sometime between mid-July and mid-August.

To ensure that Wikimedians needing visas for Poland have enough time to apply, 
we are starting the scholarships process now. Scholarships will be available in 
two forms:

*   Full scholarship: travel, accommodation, and registration are provided;
*   Partial scholarship: accommodation and registration are provided.

  Apply for a Wikimania 
2024 scholarship now! Make sure to share your experiences during your Wikimedia 
movement journey and support with links. Newcomers are encouraged to apply–this 
year we are aiming for newer generations of Wikimedians and those who work on 
connecting the Wikimedia Movement to the wider open ecosystem of knowledge and 
culture.

The deadline to apply for a scholarship is December 18, end of the day anywhere 
in the world. Applicants will be notified of decisions in the first half of 
February.

  Read more on 
Wikimania Wiki.

Have questions? You can reach the Scholarships Committee directly at 
wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org 
 .

Best,

The Wikimania 2024 Core Organizing Team

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fwd: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:

2023-12-18 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l

I love it too  But will lovers of this message tolerate other 
people's mistakes ? That's the question :)


So for new year let's make a committment to be more tolerant towards 
what we usually do not tolerate !


We may well learn something useful along the way ...

Nattes


Le 18.12.23 à 12:43, Florence Devouard a écrit :


Excellent. Love it. Thanks for sharing Z.

Flo

PS: and it works. I opened my wallet a bit ;)
Second time of the year actually... toss a coin guys


Le 18/12/2023 à 00:36, Željko Blaće a écrit :
Very interesting direction in communication to wider audience by 
acknowledging mistakes and failures.


I hope for others in the field will follow and extend towards more 
authentic communication and we see less PR tricks.


-- Forwarded message --
From: *Mozilla* 
Date: Friday, December 15, 2023
Subject: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:
To: "zbl...@mi2.hr" 


Where we failed in 
2023‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏


Mozilla 

❤️ Mozilla ❤️ 



Donate 




Hello Z.,

Guess what? We make mistakes. We’re human!

This year we at Mozilla set out to take on more new initiatives, 
reach for deeper impact, and go bigger than ever before. A lot of it 
went well – but we've also had our fair share of fails, goofs, 
oopsies, and dadgummits in 2023. And so we thought, why not share 
with our supporters about times where we tried things that didn't 
work out, or that went differently than expected, or where we simply 
screwed up?


We thought you might appreciate transparency and honesty about our 
work, even when it's not all sunshine and roses. And yes, at the end 
of this email, we're going to ask if you can *add a donation to 
Mozilla's end of year fundraising drive* 
 – 
while we won't promise perfection, we will promise transparency.


So, here’s a highlight of our lowlights and what we learned in 2023:


  Mistake #1: Facebook Ads and Privacy Don't Mix

Facebook in a mixing bowl   



We wanted to get more people to sign one of our petitions as part of 
a campaign to get TikTok to be more transparent about how it shares 
user data. Our marketing team decided to try their hand at running 
ads on Facebook to reach people who might not be in the Mozilla 
universe yet.


*What went wrong:* Mozilla's commitment to user privacy is 
incompatible with the data sacrifices required by Meta. Turns out, if 
you don’t use Meta’s privacy-intrusive conversion pixel on your 
website – and you also refuse to give Meta any of your data – there's 
little chance of driving actions with their advertising.


*Lesson learned:* It is impossible to build a movement to hold tech 
companies accountable while relying on the tools they want you to 
use. We'll stick to places that better represent our values – because 
that's also where we'll find people who are most committed to our 
movement.



  Mistake #2: Storms Bring Us Together, But Make Your Backup Plans

People watching a storm 



Mozilla Festival – better known as MozFest – is our global gathering 
of artists, activists, researchers, policymakers, and technologists. 
This year's MozFest event in Nairobi, Kenya focused on issues around 
a healthy internet and trustworthy AI in Eastern and Southern Africa.


*What went wrong:* MozFest got hammered by some truly terrible 
weather – a hail storm so bad and so loud it shut down a featured 
panel conversation; winds too high to walk between buildings; and a 
tent even blew over! People gathered together out of necessity and 
shared their own awful weather stories. The next day, the sunlight 
revealed a group of people who had literally weathered the storm 
together and built stronger bonds because of it.


*Lesson learned:* Sometimes the worst storms bring us closer 
together. But also, always have backup plans for how to hold your event.



  Mistake #3: Worldwide Media Attention Affects Our Website

Car driving off clift   



When we published our *Privacy Not Included Cars & Privacy buyer’s 
guide in September, we knew it would cause a stir. But we didn't 
dream of the global news coverage

[Wikimedia-l] (no subject)

2023-12-18 Thread Handgod Abraham

Hello,

Please read the Community Wikimedia User Group Haïti report 2023 via this
link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wikimedia_User_Group_Ha%C3%AFti/Report/2023#Konbit_Wiki_Kreyolo

Best regards,

-- 
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*Poète, opérateur culturel, Community Manager*
**
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Pul**ùcia*
Président *Wikimedia Haiti (User Group)** \*
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Celebrating Alice Kibombo

2023-12-18 Thread Masana Mulaudzi

I can only add to the congratulations Alice, what an incredible track
record! Thank you for your contribution and inspiration

*Masana Mulaudzi (She/Her)*

Senior Manager, Campaigns Programs

Wikimedia Foundation 


On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 at 17:44, Mahuton Possoupe 
wrote:

> Congratulations, Alice ! Well deserved
>
>
> Le dim. 17 déc. 2023 à 10:49, Joris Darlington Quarshie <
> billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Congratulations Alice. Indeed you are a truly inspiring leader. Please
>> keep up the good work. 
>>
>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 01:53, Bobby Shabangu 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Alice. You're such an inspiration!
>>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 03:17, Ceslause Ogbonnaya 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Warm congratulations to you Alice! 珞

 On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 18:35 Belinda Mbambo 
 wrote:

>
> Hello, Muli mutya!
>
>
> It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is
> because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with
> sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are
> just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia 
> projects.
>
> Today, we Wikicelebrate
> a truly
> amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo
>  – a contributor to
> Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource
> ,
> and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer
> , and, in her
> Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking
> librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a
> transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo 
> has
> become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the 
> sum
> of human knowledge
>
> As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me
> the responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a  community
> resource person as well as a teacher.”
>
> Learn more about Alice on Diff
> 
>  as
> we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge.
>
> Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
> amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
> participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
> you think should be celebrated, recommend
> them.
>
> Happy celebrating!
>
> Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda
>
> *Belinda Mbambo*
> Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fwd: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:

2023-12-18 Thread Florence Devouard


Excellent. Love it. Thanks for sharing Z.

Flo

PS: and it works. I opened my wallet a bit ;)
Second time of the year actually... toss a coin guys


Le 18/12/2023 à 00:36, Željko Blaće a écrit :
Very interesting direction in communication to wider audience by 
acknowledging mistakes and failures.


I hope for others in the field will follow and extend towards more 
authentic communication and we see less PR tricks.


-- Forwarded message --
From: *Mozilla* 
Date: Friday, December 15, 2023
Subject: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:
To: "zbl...@mi2.hr" 


Where we failed in 
2023‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏


Mozilla 

❤️ Mozilla ❤️ 



Donate 


Hello Z.,

Guess what? We make mistakes. We’re human!

This year we at Mozilla set out to take on more new initiatives, reach 
for deeper impact, and go bigger than ever before. A lot of it went 
well – but we've also had our fair share of fails, goofs, oopsies, and 
dadgummits in 2023. And so we thought, why not share with our 
supporters about times where we tried things that didn't work out, or 
that went differently than expected, or where we simply screwed up?


We thought you might appreciate transparency and honesty about our 
work, even when it's not all sunshine and roses. And yes, at the end 
of this email, we're going to ask if you can *add a donation to 
Mozilla's end of year fundraising drive* 
 – 
while we won't promise perfection, we will promise transparency.


So, here’s a highlight of our lowlights and what we learned in 2023:


  Mistake #1: Facebook Ads and Privacy Don't Mix

Facebook in a mixing bowl   



We wanted to get more people to sign one of our petitions as part of a 
campaign to get TikTok to be more transparent about how it shares user 
data. Our marketing team decided to try their hand at running ads on 
Facebook to reach people who might not be in the Mozilla universe yet.


*What went wrong:* Mozilla's commitment to user privacy is 
incompatible with the data sacrifices required by Meta. Turns out, if 
you don’t use Meta’s privacy-intrusive conversion pixel on your 
website – and you also refuse to give Meta any of your data – there's 
little chance of driving actions with their advertising.


*Lesson learned:* It is impossible to build a movement to hold tech 
companies accountable while relying on the tools they want you to use. 
We'll stick to places that better represent our values – because 
that's also where we'll find people who are most committed to our 
movement.



  Mistake #2: Storms Bring Us Together, But Make Your Backup Plans

People watching a storm 



Mozilla Festival – better known as MozFest – is our global gathering 
of artists, activists, researchers, policymakers, and technologists. 
This year's MozFest event in Nairobi, Kenya focused on issues around a 
healthy internet and trustworthy AI in Eastern and Southern Africa.


*What went wrong:* MozFest got hammered by some truly terrible weather 
– a hail storm so bad and so loud it shut down a featured panel 
conversation; winds too high to walk between buildings; and a tent 
even blew over! People gathered together out of necessity and shared 
their own awful weather stories. The next day, the sunlight revealed a 
group of people who had literally weathered the storm together and 
built stronger bonds because of it.


*Lesson learned:* Sometimes the worst storms bring us closer together. 
But also, always have backup plans for how to hold your event.



  Mistake #3: Worldwide Media Attention Affects Our Website

Car driving off clift   



When we published our *Privacy Not Included Cars & Privacy buyer’s 
guide in September, we knew it would cause a stir. But we didn't dream 
of the global news coverage we actually got: /Der Spiegel, Le Monde, 
Washington Post, El Pais, The Guardian, Times of India, Wired, / and 
even /Fox News/ – *all in one day*. (In retrospect, cars wanting to 
know about your sex life and genetic information was a huge story.)


*What went wrong: *The part of our website with the buyer's guide 
completely

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