Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[Anna Stillwell]

Welcome, Esra'a. Thank you for taking the time to serve. I look forward to
your contribution.
/a

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Christophe Henner 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> With the appointment of Raju to the Board of Trustees a couple of months
> ago, we were left with a remaining open vacancy to fill. I am thrilled to
> share that after several months of searching and discussions, we have made
> another important appointment. At our November Board Retreat, the Board
> appointed and welcomed Esra’a Al Shafei to fill our vacant expert seat.
>
> Esra'a is a prominent international human rights activist and social
> entrepreneur. She founded and directs Majal, a nonprofit which utilizes
> digital media to amplify under-reported and marginalized voices throughout
> the Middle East and North Africa. For those of you that heard her keynote
> presentation at this year's Wikimania, I think you will agree she will make
> a very valuable addition to the Board and brings an important perspective
> and skillset to the Board's efforts.
>
> Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official announcement
> about Esra’a Al Shafei. Please join me in warmly welcoming her to the
> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and to the Wikimedia movement!
>
> Christophe
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> P.S. Due to the nature of Esra’a’s work, sharing photos or videos of Esra’a
> may endanger her safety or the safety of others. To help ensure the privacy
> and safety of Esra’a and her colleagues, we are not sharing any photographs
> or videos of Esra'a. We ask that you please join us in supporting this
> important safety consideration.
>
>
> Press release
>
> Header: Esra'a Al Shafei joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> Subheader: Bahraini human rights activist and social entrepreneur brings to
> the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees more than a decade of experience
> in applying creative solutions to challenges faced by underserved and
> underrepresented communities.
>
> Image: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esraa.png[a]
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> San Francisco, California, 1 December 2017 — The Wikimedia Foundation today
> announced the appointment of Esra'a Al Shafei, a prominent human rights
> activist and a passionate defender of free expression, to the Wikimedia
> Foundation Board of Trustees.
>
> A native of Bahrain, Esra'a’s work aims to increase and protect free
> speech, promote expression for youth and underrepresented voices, and
> improve the lives of LGBTQ people in the Middle East and North Africa. She
> founded and directs Majal, a network of online platforms that
> amplify under-reported and marginalized voices.
>
> “Esra'a shares Wikimedia's foundational belief that shared knowledge can
> facilitate shared understanding,” said Wikimedia Foundation Executive
> Director, Katherine Maher. "Her achievements exemplify how intentional
> community building can be a powerful tool for positive change, while
> her passion
> for beautiful and engaging user experiences will only elevate our work. We
> are so fortunate to have her perspective in support of our global Wikimedia
> communities."
>
> Esra'a founded Majal in 2006 as Mideast Youth, at the time a series of
> blogs bringing a voice to marginalized and underrepresented young
> people across the Middle East. Today, the organization's team helps build
> communities that celebrate, protect, and promote diversity and social
> justice. Their endeavors include CrowdVoice.org, which curates crowdsourced
> media to contextualize social movements throughout the world; Mideast
> Tunes, the largest web and mobile app showcasing underground musicians in
> the Middle East and North Africa who use music as a tool for social change;
> and Ahwaa.org, an open discussion platform for Arab LGBTQ individuals that
> uses game mechanics to protect and engage its community.
>
>
> “When I first encountered Wikipedia shortly after obtaining an internet
> connection in the early 2000s, I felt that the true purpose of the internet
> was realized. With Wikipedia, I accessed research regarding persecuted
> communities in my home country and the wider region: ethnic and religious
> minorities whom we were discouraged from learning about, and whose
> histories and beliefs were dictated to us from a singular government
> perspective. Wikipedia’s open source and crowdsourcing practices would
> inspire the platforms I built to advocate for underrepresented communities,
> and the internet 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First content made for Wikipedia in space!

[Anna Stillwell]

Andy,
So cool! Thank you for the hard work and for sharing it. I loved reading
the blog this morning and hearing of your efforts and impact.
/a

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Really interesting, thanks for sharing.
>
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
> me over email or phone call.
>
> On 29 November 2017 at 21:28, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
> > As some of you may have seen on social media already, the first ever
> > content made specifically for Wikipedia, in space, was uploaded to
> > Commons today, and is now in use on Wikipedia articles.
> >
> > ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli made recordings of his speaking voice in
> > English and his native Italian, as part of the 'Voice Intro Project'.
> >
> > I wrote a blog post about how this came to happen, for the WMF blog:
> >
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/29/astronaut-spoken-voice/
> >
> > If you have a social media account, you might like to retweet me:
> >
> >https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/935871619247104000
> >
> > and/ or this thread:
> >
> >https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/935844854260813824
> >
> > or share the Wikipedia Facebook page's post:
> >
> >https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/
> >
> > or of course post in your own words, with the hashtag #WikiVIP
> >
> > And remember, please, to ask other people who have Wikipedia
> > biographies, or an item on Wikidata, to record their voice, as
> > described at:
> >
> >https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project
> >
> > --
> > Andy Mabbett
> > @pigsonthewing
> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Finland's new board

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations.


On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Nadine Le Lirzin 
wrote:

> Congratulations!
>
> Nadine Le Lirzin
> WMFr
>
>
> 2017-11-27 10:57 GMT+01:00 Tia Kangaspunta :
>
> > Wikimedia Suomi, the national Wikimedia Chapter of Finland, is happy to
> > announce the board for 2018. Continuing members are Minna Turtiainen,
> Teemu
> > Perhiö and Tero Toivanen.  New members selected are Hanna Mäki and Jaakko
> > Pirinen. Heikki Kastemaa was selected as the president of the chapter.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Tia Kangaspunta
> > Coordinator
> > Wikimedia Suomi (WMFI)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New FDC office bearers [was: FDC Recommendations, Round 1 2017-18 ]

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you, Risker. You are a passionate, giving contributor to this
movement. I mean it.
Liam, I've now seen how much you do. Thank you. And I've come to enjoy your
sense of humor.
Bishakha, the rumors of your wonderfulness precede you. Thank you.
Delphine, you're wise, deep, kind, and not taking it from anyone. Thank
you.

Thank you to the entire committee. You do a lot of really good work.
/a

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:19 AM, Delphine Ménard 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As is custom every year, the FDC during its deliberations has voted for
> their new office bearers this round and has elected:
>
> Bishakha Datta as Chair
> Liam Wyatt as Vice-Chair
> Katherine Bavage as Secretary
>
> We would like to wholeheartedly thank Anne Clin (Risker) for her service as
> chair in the last year and Lorenzo Losa for his service as secretary.
>
> The office bearers roles are described in the FDC handbook on meta
>  Handbook#Office-bearers>
> .
>
> Welcome to Bishakha and Katherine in their new role and thanks to Liam for
> his continuing service.
>
> Best,
>
> Delphine
>
>
>
> 2017-11-20 18:42 GMT+01:00 Bishakha Datta :
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make
> > recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to
> achieve
> > the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy.  This is now the
> > 11th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from
> > November 17-20, 2017 in Madrid to deliberate on 9 proposals submitted
> this
> > round. Wikimedia Deutschland's annual plan will be reviewed separately.
> >
> >
> > We would like to thank all of the participating organizations for the
> hard
> > work they put into this round’s proposals.
> >
> > Our recommendations for Round 1 2017-2018 on the annual plan grants to
> the
> > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1]
> The
> > Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by December 31,
> > 2017.
> >
> > We received grant requests for approximately USD 2,766,000 this round.
> > Before we met, committee members reviewed all of the proposals and
> > documents submitted.  We were assisted in this review with input from the
> > FDC staff assessments which included analysis on impact, finances, and
> > programs, as well as community comments on the proposals.
> >
> > As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or
> appeals
> > about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both:
> >
> > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s
> > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC
> by
> > 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2017 in accord with the appeal process outlined
> in
> > the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s
> > recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
> > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC,
> > Nataliia Tymkiv and Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted
> > on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking
> > applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on
> this
> > and all recommendations by December 31, 2017.
> >
> > Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the
> Ombudsperson
> > at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The
> > Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as
> > needed.
> >
> > On behalf of the FDC,
> >
> > Bishakha Datta
> > FDC Chair
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_
> recommendations/2017-2018_
> > Round_1
> >
> >
> > [2]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_
> Dissemination_Committee/
> > Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC
> >
> >
> > [3]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_
> > about_the_FDC_process
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia is an Excellent Information Source for Medical Students, Study Finds.

[Anna Stillwell]

Fantastic news, Doc.
/a

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:09 AM, James Heilman  wrote:

> A study, published on Oct 31st, 2017 in the Journal of Medical
> Internet Research Medical Education, has found that Wikipedia helps
> Canadian medical students improve their knowledge of medical content.
> Wikipedia was compared to UpToDate, a subscription based online
> medical resource, and a standard medical textbook.
>
> The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial of 116 medical
> students from four Canadian medical schools. Students initially wrote
> a multiple choice exam similar to that used for licensing Canadian
> physicians. They were then randomized to one of three electronic
> resources, Wikipedia, UpToDate, or Harrison’s textbook of Internal
> Medicine and had 30 minutes to use their assigned resource. During
> this time, they were observed for compliance and had the opportunity
> to take notes. The students then rewrote their original exam, armed
> with the notes taken while using their resource.
>
> The primary outcome was improvement in tests scores before and after
> accessing the assigned resource. The authors found that medical
> students assigned to Wikipedia had a statistically significant greater
> improvement in test scores, compared to the medical textbook and a
> trend towards improved performance as compared to UpToDate.
>
> Full study available under an open license at
> https://mededu.jmir.org/2017/2/e20/
>
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> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Raju Narisetti to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[Anna Stillwell]

Welcome, Raju.
/a

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Christophe Henner 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has been
> reviewing and evolving our appointment and onboarding process for new Board
> members. While that has resulted in some lingering vacancies, we knew it
> was important to update these processes to help maintain a cordial and
> productive Board.
>
> The updated appointment process provides the entire board with more
> detailed (albeit private) information about each candidate’s background,
> public profile, past professional and volunteer work, and ability to
> contribute to the Board. The updated onboarding process is meant to help
> Board members learn about the processes and expectations of our Board more
> quickly to help reduce productivity lost to transitions. Special thanks to
> everyone serving on the Board Governance Committee and Nataliia for the
> work they have put into these improvements!
>
> I am also incredibly excited to share that these efforts have helped us
> identify and appoint an amazing addition to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
> of Trustees! At our October meeting, the Board appointed and welcomed Raju
> Narisetti to fill one of the vacant expert seats.
>
> Raju is a veteran media executive and journalist and brings a wealth of
> communications experience to the board. He is also a veteran of nonprofit
> governance and currently serves on the board for the International Center
> for Journalists and Institute for International Education. I am confident
> he will be a very valuable addition to the board and thrilled that he has
> agreed to join us!
>
> We will continue to make improvements to our governance processes, for
> example with the learnings from the on-going governance review, and apply
> what we have learned to future appointments and filling our remaining
> vacancy. Thank you for everyone’s patience as we took a pause and worked on
> recruiting the best possible candidates, rather than simply rushing to fill
> the seats.
>
> In the meantime, below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the
> official announcement about Raju Narisetti and please join me in warmly
> welcoming him to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and to the
> Wikimedia movement!
>
> Christophe
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> Raju Narisetti joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> Media veteran brings nearly three decades of global strategic experience in
> digital media and audience development to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
>
>
> Image:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raju_Narisetti_-_
> International_Journalism_Festival_2015.JPG
>
> San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2017 — The Wikimedia Foundation today
> announced the appointment of Raju Narisetti, a veteran media executive and
> journalist, to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
>
> Raju brings more than 29 years of media experience across three continents.
> He is currently CEO of Univision Communications Inc’s Gizmodo Media Group,
> the publisher of websites including Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker and The
> Root.
>
> “Raju has dedicated his life’s work to information as a public service. His
> commitment to editorial integrity, independence, and inclusion is deeply
> aligned with Wikimedia values. His passion and expertise in digital
> strategy and international growth will be invaluable to our movement’s
> future as we advance our global free knowledge mission,” said Wikimedia
> Foundation Executive Director, Katherine Maher.
>
> Prior to joining the Gizmodo Media Group, Raju served as Senior Vice
> President, Strategy, at News Corp, one of the largest media companies in
> the world and the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and The Times of
> London. In that role, Raju was responsible for identifying new digital
> growth opportunities globally for News Corp.
>
>
> “There has never been more urgency in Wikipedia's 16-year history than now,
> for upholding the values of free exchange of information and knowledge,”
> said Raju. “Despite mounting challenges around the world, rapid innovation
> is creating tremendous opportunities for the Wikimedia Foundation. I have
> much to learn, but am also looking forward to lending my nearly three
> decades of global media experiences to the movement, to help engage more
> digital and mobile audiences, particularly diverse young people, and
> harness their energy to benefit from—and support—the vital values that
> underpin all Wikimedia initiatives.”
>
> Before joining News Corp, Raju spent nearly 25 years as a journalist and
> editor. He started at The Economic Times in India before moving to The
> Dayton Daily News (Ohio), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and The Washington
> Post. Starting out as a summer intern at WSJ, he eventually became Editor
> of The Wall Street Journal Europe and later Managing Editor of WSJ’s
> digital newsrooms. At The Washington Post, 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Open Foundation West Africa

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations.
/a

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 3:17 AM, Vi to  wrote:

> Good neews, I hope they can help with saving WP0 from abusers, as Wikimedia
> Bangladesh already did.
>
> Vito
>
> 2017-10-14 14:37 GMT+02:00 Isaac Olatunde :
>
> > Good news. Congratulations!!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Isaac
> >
> > On Oct 14, 2017 12:24 PM, "shola ishola" 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations to the team!!!
> > >
> > > This is long overdue.
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > > Olushola
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Olaniyan Ishola Olushola|MD, Data Access Systems
> > > Ltd|Treasurer,FOSSFA|Skype:ozo734
> > > Tweeter:@oluwanishola73|www.facebook.com/olaniyan.shola|Alt email :
> > > treas...@fossfa.net|Team Leader Wikimedia Community User Group,
> Nigeria
> > > (WCUGN)|
> > > Phone: 2348154876844;2348167352512
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 10/14/17, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:
> > >
> > >  Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Open Foundation West Africa
> > >  To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" 
> > >  Cc: "Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list"
> > > 
> > >  Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017, 10:31 AM
> > >
> > >  Great! Congratulations Open
> > >  Foundation West Africa!
> > >
> > >
> > >  Hasive
> > >  WMBD
> > >
> > >  On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 5:09 AM, Kirill Lokshin
> > >  
> > >  wrote:
> > >
> > >  > Hi
> > >  everyone!
> > >  >
> > >  > I'm
> > >  very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
> > >  recognized
> > >  > Open Foundation West Africa
> > >  [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims
> > >  > to extend the reach of Wikimedia movement
> > >  activities in West Africa through
> > >  > open
> > >  education programs, digitizing open resources, preserving
> > >  cultural and
> > >  > heritage items for
> > >  educational purposes, and promoting content about the
> > >  > West African region.
> > >  >
> > >  > Please join me in
> > >  congratulating the members of this new user group!
> > >  >
> > >  > Regards,
> > >  > Kirill Lokshin
> > >  > Chair,
> > >  Affiliations Committee
> > >  >
> > >  > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Foundation_West_Africa
> > >  >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations to the entire board.
/a

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Cristian Consonni 
wrote:

> On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote:
> > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina
> > took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen.
> The
> > new Board was define as follows:
> >
> >  * President: Ivana Lysholm
> > * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni
> > * Secretary: Mariano Pérez
> > * Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena
> > * Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti
> > * Deputy Treasurer: Patricio Molina
> > * Board members: Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge Abreu
> > * Deputy Board members: Beatrice Murch, Leandro Kibisz
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

[Anna Stillwell]

Wonderful news. Thank you for all of your work.
/a

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Lane Rasberry 
wrote:

> This is really progressive and unusual.
>
> Years ago when The Centre for Internet & Society began focused outreach to
> the Odia community I did not expect great progress and precedents. This is
> a big deal beyond what I imagined could happen so quickly. Everyone
> involved should be proud.
>
> This is good for all of India even though it is for a regional language,
> because it will make it for other organizations and government offices to
> follow the model.
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
> > Awesome news. :)
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tito Dutta
> > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
> remind
> > me over email or phone call.
> >
> > On 19 September 2017 at 21:00, James Heilman  wrote:
> >
> > > Amazing and exciting changes. Congrats :-)
> > >
> > > J
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia community
> > > with
> > > > the Government of Odisha.
> > > >
> > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (
> > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> > > athletics-championships/
> > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the dearth
> > of
> > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social media
> > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > >
> > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government officials
> > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open Content, it
> > > took
> > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY 4.0
> > license.
> > > >
> > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of Odisha
> > are
> > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use, share,
> > and
> > > > build upon their work.
> > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> > media-free-license/
> > > >
> > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration further and
> > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Anna Stillwell]

Interesting and well-considered perspective, Rob. I appreciate your voice
in this discussion.

Beyond this specific incident, which remains important, I agree, would any
of the three policies proposed address this issue? Is there a policy
amendment that you would like to see?

Thank you for your constructive participation and your clarity,
/a

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Robert Fernandez 
wrote:

> I am grateful that the moderators have taken some action, but I am
> disappointed that contacting a person's employer is not yet seen as an
> uncrossable line here.
>
> Out of respect to your call for civility I will refrain from directly
> responding to the person in question despite his allegations against me.
> It is a mistake to frame this as a free speech issue.  It is of course in
> the interests of a person engaging in bullying and harassing behavior to
> claim people are trying to suppress their powerful truths, but there is no
> reason we have to accept this duplicitous framing.  The content of the
> message is immaterial, the behavior is the issue.  Some people may see this
> as a grey area given that it was a Foundation employee, but I see it as a
> slippery slope.  Seddon's job is almost certainly safe, but this might not
> be the case for the next victim.  Will the poster in question decide that I
> am "bullying and harassing" him and attempt to contact my employer next?
>
> Most of my fellow board members of my chapter are the employees of US
> government agencies or connected to the Foundation as an employee or a
> grant recipient.   Given the unusual political climate in the US I worry
> that the former group are particularly vulnerable to harassment targeting
> their employment.   (Media outlets favored by the current US presidential
> administration have targeted individual Wikimedia editors, including
> myself, in the past.)  If participants on this list are allowed to engage
> in this sort of harassment without real consequence, I will advise that my
> chapter and its board members and volunteers no longer participate on this
> list due to the risk to their livelihoods.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Shani Evenstein 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedia-l,
> >
> > Rogol has been placed under moderation, but at this point no decision has
> > been made to ban him from the list. As long as his messages are
> reasonable,
> > respectful and on point, his messages will go through. We agreed that it
> is
> > important to allow a diversity of voices to be heard, including those of
> > "frequent flyers" in the list, especially as we work collaboratively on
> > next steps towards a healthier community atmosphere.
> >
> > In addition, we are asking everyone to refrain from focusing on specific
> > individuals posting to the list, put any personal issues aside and stay
> on
> > problem. We want as many people as possible to productively and
> objectively
> > participate in the discussion, till we draft clearer guidelines for
> posting
> > to the list. We are aware that these guidelines will not automagically
> fix
> > all of our issues as a global community, but we believe they will help
> > reduce the noise substantially. Do keep on debating. We are trying to
> > intervene as little as possible at this point and let the debate run its
> > course.
> >
> > Best,
> > Shani Evenstein, on behalf of the Wikimedia-l Admins.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:52 PM, James Salsman 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Why are we having this RFC prior to the survey which was discussed at
> >> length less than a year ago?
> >>
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:James_Salsman#Peri
> >> odic_survey_prototype
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Robert Fernandez
> >>  wrote:
> >> > Since Rogol has followed through on his threat he should be banned
> from
> >> the
> >> > list, or we should have a public statement from the moderators
> regarding
> >> > why they will not do so.
> >> >
> >> > I can't imagine many actions that would have a more chilling effect on
> >> > participation here than one of this list's most frequent posters
> >> contacting
> >> > your employer because he disagrees with what you have to say.
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Joseph Seddon  >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Since you kindly emailed my line manage Rogol, I wanted to confirm
> >> that my
> >> >> choice of words were very carefully chosen.
> >> >>
> >> >> And I stand by them.
> >> >>
> >> >> Seddon
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> >> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Joseph
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I chose my wording quite carefully, and suggest that you do so too.
> >> I
> >> >> said
> >> >> > that the proposal "involves", not "is equal to" real-life identity
> >> To
> >> >> the
> >> >> > extent that real-life identities are involved, it is reasonable 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you, Shani. My new favorite word is "automagically". And thank you
all for working on new ideas for list moderation.
/a

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Shani Evenstein 
wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia-l,
>
> Rogol has been placed under moderation, but at this point no decision has
> been made to ban him from the list. As long as his messages are reasonable,
> respectful and on point, his messages will go through. We agreed that it is
> important to allow a diversity of voices to be heard, including those of
> "frequent flyers" in the list, especially as we work collaboratively on
> next steps towards a healthier community atmosphere.
>
> In addition, we are asking everyone to refrain from focusing on specific
> individuals posting to the list, put any personal issues aside and stay on
> problem. We want as many people as possible to productively and objectively
> participate in the discussion, till we draft clearer guidelines for posting
> to the list. We are aware that these guidelines will not automagically fix
> all of our issues as a global community, but we believe they will help
> reduce the noise substantially. Do keep on debating. We are trying to
> intervene as little as possible at this point and let the debate run its
> course.
>
> Best,
> Shani Evenstein, on behalf of the Wikimedia-l Admins.
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:52 PM, James Salsman  wrote:
>
> > Why are we having this RFC prior to the survey which was discussed at
> > length less than a year ago?
> >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:James_Salsman#
> > Periodic_survey_prototype
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Robert Fernandez
> >  wrote:
> > > Since Rogol has followed through on his threat he should be banned from
> > the
> > > list, or we should have a public statement from the moderators
> regarding
> > > why they will not do so.
> > >
> > > I can't imagine many actions that would have a more chilling effect on
> > > participation here than one of this list's most frequent posters
> > contacting
> > > your employer because he disagrees with what you have to say.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Joseph Seddon 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Since you kindly emailed my line manage Rogol, I wanted to confirm
> that
> > my
> > >> choice of words were very carefully chosen.
> > >>
> > >> And I stand by them.
> > >>
> > >> Seddon
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Joseph
> > >> >
> > >> > I chose my wording quite carefully, and suggest that you do so
> too.  I
> > >> said
> > >> > that the proposal "involves", not "is equal to" real-life identity
> To
> > >> the
> > >> > extent that real-life identities are involved, it is reasonable to
> ask
> > >> how
> > >> > that personal information is going to be handled.  For some reason,
> > you
> > >> > seem keen to derail that part of the discussion by elevating a
> quibble
> > >> over
> > >> > your hasty misunderstanding of my wording into an accusation, which
> I
> > >> > reject, of generalised misconduct.  If you have some comment to make
> > >> about
> > >> > the handling of personal information, please do so.
> > >> >
> > >> > May I suggest that you withdraw your original posting, apologise to
> > the
> > >> > membership of this list for the unconstructive nature of your
> posting,
> > >> and
> > >> > to me for its aggressive, insulting and incorrect content.
> > >> Alternatively,
> > >> > perhaps you would prefer me to ask your line manager whether this is
> > the
> > >> > sort of behaviour that she expects you to exhibit in a public forum.
> > >> >
> > >> > Reginald
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Joseph Seddon <
> jsed...@wikimedia.org
> > >
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Real identity does not equal real-life identity. You can mask your
> > >> > > pseudonymous identity and pose as a third party similarly
> > pseudonymous
> > >> > > individual.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)
> > >> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

[Anna Stillwell]

 Rogol,

Good evening.

In my mind, constructive dialogue is about making *something* work better,
not about making others feel worse. The tricky part is, other people get to
decide whether we make them feel worse. That one is not up to us. Critique
and truly constructive dialogue should be in service of a better
outcome. Now, that’s not always attainable. We all know I have my days, but
it’s good as a general marker.

Additionally, constructive dialogue isn’t just whether everybody plays by
some explicit and implicit interpersonal rules--though social rules really
do matter--it’s about whether we accomplish something important together,
something significant. Whether it's creating and enjoying The Cuteness
Association ,
building the next generation of content on women scientists
, delivering used laptops
to people who create free knowledge [1], or making verifiable medical
information available on the ground during an outbreak of ebola
, most
volunteers would like to accomplish good things together. My hope is that I
can do my part to help make it enjoyable enough for them. Hey, a girl can
dream.

I’ve read your penned letters on Wikipediocracy (yes, I know WP: NO BEANS
,
but establishing intent and faith is relevant). In your posts you make it
clear that your entire aim is to undermine the work of the foundation.
Readers could not interpret your intent otherwise because you spell it out
and offer a how-to-guide

I am asking you to shift your intent. Your obviously a bright guy, who has
considerable cognitive gifts at his disposal. You can truly reason, it's
plain as day. And we need all hands on deck, all able minds working toward
the development of free knowledge and building an open infosphere for
future generations. You seem like a guy uniquely fit to help, so I
am asking you to build with us.

There have been a number of times on this list where I’ve valued your point
of view and your insights. It would be much easier to trust and receive
your insights if I knew your intent matched your other good gifts.

Good evening,
/a

[1] Thanks Eliza, Asaf, and everyone behind the laptop brigade.


On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Craig Franklin 
wrote:

> Joining the pile-on here.  The focus on nitpicking semantics rather than
> substantive issues, passive-aggressive grandstanding ("May I suggest that
> you withdraw your original posting"), and the threat to tattletale on
> someone to their boss for expressing a perfectly reasonable perspective are
> exactly the sort of toxic conduct that is outside of the community's
> expectations and outside of what I believe the community wants to see on
> this list.
>
> Cheers,
> Craig
>
> On 24 August 2017 at 12:05, Robert Fernandez 
> wrote:
>
> > Agreed.  This sort of thinly veiled threat towards someone, whether the
> > Foundation is their employer or not, should be grounds for moderation or
> > banning.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Dan Rosenthal 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Rogol:
> > >
> > > "Alternatively,
> > > perhaps you would prefer me to ask your line manager whether this is
> the
> > > sort of behaviour that she expects you to exhibit in a public forum."
> > >
> > > This is the kind of "unconstructive" behavior the list is talking
> about.
> > I
> > > fail to see how threatening to tattle to someone's manager, because
> they
> > > disagreed with you about the wording of your posts in public, is either
> > > constructive or the "sort of behavior" one would "expect you to exhibit
> > in
> > > a public forum." But then again, I'd venture to guess you knew that
> > > already.
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > > Dan Rosenthal
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Samuel Klein 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thoughtful, practical, good. Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > On Aug 22, 2017 9:03 PM, "John Mark Vandenberg" 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi list members,
> > > >
> > > > The list admins (hereafter 'we', being Austin, Asaf, Shani and I,
> your
> > > > humble narrator) regularly receive complaints about the frequent
> > > > posters on this list, as well as about the unpleasant atmosphere some
> > > > posters (some of them frequent) create.
> > > >
> > > > It is natural that frequent posters will say specific things that
> more
> > > > frequently annoy other list members, but often the complaints are due
> > > > to the volume of messages rather than the content of the messages.
> > > >
> > > > We are floating some suggestions aimed specifically at reducing the
> > > > volume, hopefully motivating frequent posters to self-moderate more,
> > > > but these proposed limits are actually intending to increasing 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photographs of Nepal

[Anna Stillwell]

Beautiful.
/a

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Edward Galvez 
wrote:

> These are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Tanweer Morshed 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Biplab,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing the winning photographs. Those are really amazing!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Wn Cenjary khan 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!  Cool Biplab Cool.  Drcenjary
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Biplab Anand 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > On behalf of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal team, I am glad to share
> > the
> > > > result of the competition. Our national jury carefully reviewed the
> > > > uploaded photos and chose the top 10 photos from total uplaoded-
> 4,179
> > > > photos. The top 10 photos
> > > > made to the international competition of Wiki Loves Earth.
> > > >
> > > > Here are all key metrics of the competition-
> > > > Number of participants- 233[1]
> > > > Number of photos uploaded- 4179[2]
> > > > Uploaders registered after competition start- 184 (78%)
> > > > Images used in Wikimedia projects- 871 (20.81%)[3]
> > > > Quality images- 42[4]
> > > > Featured images- 2
> > > >
> > > > Please see the results and enjoy!-
> > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_
> > > > 2017_in_Nepal/Winners
> > > >
> > > > 1. http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/country/Nepal
> > > > 2.
> > > > http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptools/uploadersincat.php?
> > > > category=Images+from+Wiki+Loves+Earth+2017+in+Nepal
> > > > 3. https://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/glamorous.php
> > > > 4.
> > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_
> > > > 2017_in_Nepal/Valued_and_Quality_Images
> > > >
> > > > Best
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New information from New Voices

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you for sharing this, Margarita. I found the expert talks to be very
useful. I was particularly interested in Hochschild's review of the People's
Archive of Rural India , as it shared
knowledge that people needed in their every day lives that no main stream
source had addressed.

Thanks,
/a

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Margarita Noriega 
wrote:

> The New Voices [1] initiative of the movement strategy [2] has produced
> dozens of compelling and challenging insights from around the world. In
> July, we are focusing on sharing the key outcomes of New Voices projects
> leading up to and through Wikimania 2017 [7]. Here are two recently
> published materials you can read and discuss right away:
>
> - A summary of three expert discussions
>  on
> how
> the discovery and sharing of trusted information have evolved. [3]
> - A summary of research conclusions
>  Considering_2030:_Misinformation,_verification,_and_propaganda_(July_2017)
> >
> about
> misinformation and how the movement can help people find trustworthy
> sources of knowledge. [4] This is part of a series of research briefs [5]
> conducted by our outside research partner, Lutman & Associates, on a
> variety of topics.
>
> We also invite everyone to join the discussion topic for week 2
>  movement/2017/Cycle_3#Week_2_Challenge:_How_could_we_
> capture_the_sum_of_all_knowledge_when_much_of_it_cannot_be_verified_in_
> traditional_ways.3F>,
> both on and off of Meta: "How could we capture the sum of all knowledge
> when much of it cannot be verified in traditional ways?" [6]
>
> We're preparing to publish more in the coming days, which we will share
> more regularly in conjunction with news about how the New Voices staff is
> preparing for Wikimania 2017 [7]. Your participation and feedback is
> welcome and appreciated.
>
> Margarita Noriega
> Communications Strategist | Wikimedia Foundation
> Email: mnori...@wikimedia.org
> Twitter: @margarita
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Cycle_2/Reach
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/07/brown-bag-knowledge-sharing/
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Sources/Considering_2030:_Misinformation,_verification,_
> and_propaganda_(July_2017)
> [5] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/12/wikimedia-strategy-2030-pt-1/
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Cycle_3#Week_2_Challenge:_How_could_we_
> capture_the_sum_of_all_
> knowledge_when_much_of_it_cannot_be_verified_in_traditional_ways.3F
> [7] wikimania2017.wikimedia.org
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

[Anna Stillwell]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Anna,
>
> >> * How much is this timeline extension projected to cost, and from what
> >> source are the funds being drawn? (Note that this doesn't assume that
> the
> >> decision was a bad one, but I very much want to know the source of the
> >> funds and how much is likely to be drawn from it.)
> >
> >
> >We've got this covered, Pine. We are fiscally managing this process and
> all
> >of our contracts well. Thank you for your concern.
>
> Please answer my question: how much is this timeline extension projected to
> cost,
> and from what source are the funds being drawn?
>
>
> >> * Could you elaborate on the benefits of this timetable change for
> people
> >> who are not involved with affiliates? We've seen some responses from
> >> Strainu and Yaroslov (thank you both!) and I would like to hear WMF's
> >> perspective.
> >>
>
> > The benefits of the change in the timetable are that 4/4 stakeholder
> groups
> > told us that this was a meaningful exercise, that they are earnestly
> > engaged in thinking about the future, and that they need more time for
> > translation and conversation on this important subject. 3/4 tracks are
> non
> > affiliates (on-wiki, new voices, experts).
>
> > We agreed with them. These are meaningful conversations. We are learning
> a
> > lot and we need to hear what people have to say and they need more time
> to
> > say it.
>
> OK, that makes sense.
>
> >
> > * Could you also discuss what measures are being taken to control costs
> in
> > the strategy process?
> >
>
> > We have plenty of measures in place to monitor costs (e.g., we don't need
> > to control them because they are not out of control, we are within our
> > budget). Also, describing financial metrics at any lower level of detail
> > would be a waste of the strategy budget since we are within it.
>
> I disagree with that assessment. Simply because expenses are within
> budget don't mean that all expenses which were charged to the budget
> are reasonable and accurate, and I am disappointed to hear that WMF's
> standards for its finances are so lax.


WMF's standards are not lax. Far from it.


> This convinces me all the more
> that my original request is important for WMF to answer: please discuss
> what measures are being taken to control costs in the strategy process.
> The level of detail that I now think WMF should provide is much higher
> than the level of detail with which I previously would have been satisfied.
> My level of concern here is high enough that I am asking the WMF
> Audit Committee chair, Kelly, to comment on this situation. Something
> seems very wrong here, and I am concerned about WMF's financial integrity.
>
> Pine
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Pine,
> >
> > Good evening. In line.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This thread is going in many directions, and I'm enjoying reading the
> > > conversation.
> > >
> > > If I may go back to some questions that I asked in my earlier post, I
> > would
> > > like to hear from Katherine (or someone else at WMF, perhaps Anna):
> > >
> >
> > First, some context... a good deal of this has been iterative by design.
> We
> > had an overarching idea of where we were headed (e.g. a shared direction
> > first, roles and responsibilities second), but then we knew we would
> learn
> > to refine or course correct based on what we hear.
> >
> > We've been hearing to extend the timeline on all fronts--organized groups
> > and affiliates (e.g., time for conversation), on wiki (e.g., time for
> > translation and conversation) and new voices and experts (e.g., "we've
> seen
> > all of the data but our communities have yet to see and reflect upon
> > it")... so that is the background reasoning.
> >
> >
> > > * How much is this timeline extension projected to cost, and from what
> > > source are the funds being drawn? (Note that this doesn't assume that
> the
> > > decision was a bad one, but I very much want to know the source of the
> > > funds and how much is likely to be drawn from it.)
> > >
> >
> > We've got this covered, Pine. We are fiscally managing this process and
> all
> > of our contracts well. Thank you for your concern.
> >
> >
> > > * C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello Pine,

Good evening. In line.

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> This thread is going in many directions, and I'm enjoying reading the
> conversation.
>
> If I may go back to some questions that I asked in my earlier post, I would
> like to hear from Katherine (or someone else at WMF, perhaps Anna):
>

First, some context... a good deal of this has been iterative by design. We
had an overarching idea of where we were headed (e.g. a shared direction
first, roles and responsibilities second), but then we knew we would learn
to refine or course correct based on what we hear.

We've been hearing to extend the timeline on all fronts--organized groups
and affiliates (e.g., time for conversation), on wiki (e.g., time for
translation and conversation) and new voices and experts (e.g., "we've seen
all of the data but our communities have yet to see and reflect upon
it")... so that is the background reasoning.


> * How much is this timeline extension projected to cost, and from what
> source are the funds being drawn? (Note that this doesn't assume that the
> decision was a bad one, but I very much want to know the source of the
> funds and how much is likely to be drawn from it.)
>

We've got this covered, Pine. We are fiscally managing this process and all
of our contracts well. Thank you for your concern.


> * Could you elaborate on the benefits of this timetable change for people
> who are not involved with affiliates? We've seen some responses from
> Strainu and Yaroslov (thank you both!) and I would like to hear WMF's
> perspective.
>

The benefits of the change in the timetable are that 4/4 stakeholder groups
told us that this was a meaningful exercise, that they are earnestly
engaged in thinking about the future, and that they need more time for
translation and conversation on this important subject. 3/4 tracks are non
affiliates (on-wiki, new voices, experts).

We agreed with them. These are meaningful conversations. We are learning a
lot and we need to hear what people have to say and they need more time to
say it.

>
> * Could you also discuss what measures are being taken to control costs in
> the strategy process?
>

We have plenty of measures in place to monitor costs (e.g., we don't need
to control them because they are not out of control, we are within our
budget). Also, describing financial metrics at any lower level of detail
would be a waste of the strategy budget since we are within it.

Always good to hear from you,
/a


>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

[Anna Stillwell]

thy communities". That information is still not
integrated with the information from New Voices and Experts, but those are
the ideas that have emerged from our current communities. Given that
emerging consensus, we may well be working toward more of what you care
about.


> Another point is that we should not impose on the other projects with an
> English Wikipedia vision.


No argument from me. I agree.


> This is one aspect that is not acknowledged nor
> understood by my peers as far as I am aware and, I know that my position
> is not welcomed by most if at all.
>

I find this confusing to hear, Gerard. I hear this view a good deal and it
appears to be an emerging consensus among our contributors and affiliates.
I welcome your position.


> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> [1]
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2017/05/teaching-
> wikipedia-using-local-news.html
> [2]
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2016/01/wikipedia-
> lowest-hanging-fruit-from.html
> [3]
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2017/06/wikipedia-
> sister-projects-in-search.html
>
>
>
>
> On 25 June 2017 at 22:33, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Gerard,
> >
> > Happy Sunday to you. I hope you're well.
> >
> > I'm curious... have you heard one of the ideas emerging in discussions is
> > "beyond the encyclopedia"... an idea that includes and goes beyond the
> > encyclopedia? You'd likely resonate with the idea. It describes the
> > multiplicity of what we already are and the desire to grow that.
> >
> > Additionally, we are hearing from "New Voices" that we can't expect to
> > deliver knowledge the same way everywhere. Clearly, we are going to have
> to
> > mix it up. You might enjoy some of the insights coming out of New Voices.
> > They are published on the meta page as soon as each event ends and as
> > quickly as they can coherently write it up.
> >
> > There has also been a good deal of discussion around language (and the
> > subsequent technical need to explore machine learning for predictive,
> > contextual search and natural language processing to support better
> > translation).
> >
> > Most of the ideas I've mentioned here are housed under "Truly global
> > movement" | "Community health" | or "Augmented age". Augmented age is a
> > technical vision which increasingly seems like the technical means to
> > support some other end(s).
> >
> > You might be surprised where the discussions are going. It's built by
> your
> > peers. We offered the resources and structure and we realize that there
> are
> > constraints and biases that come with that. We've tried to account for
> our
> > biases (the foundation's and the movement's) with entire streams of work:
> > New voices, for example. That was intentional in the design.
> >
> > I've responded here to let you know that you are not alone. Your peers
> have
> > voiced these issues and they are heavily influencing the discussion and
> > everyone is listening.
> >
> > Warmly,
> > /a
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > The one serious flaw of the current practice is that English Wikipedia
> > > receives more attention than it deserves based on its merits[1]. This
> > bias
> > > can be found in any and all areas. There is for instance a huge
> > educational
> > > effort going on for English and there is no strategy known, developed,
> > > tried to use education to grow a Wikipedia from nothing to 100.000
> > > articles.. the number considered to be necessary by some to have a
> viable
> > > Wikipedia. When you consider research it is English Wikipedia because
> > > otherwise it will not get published [2].
> > >
> > > A less serious flaw is that the WMF is an indifferent custodian of
> > projects
> > > other than Wikipedia. When it provides no service to Wikipedia like
> > > Wikisource, its intrinsic value is not realised to the potential
> readers
> > > that are made available. There is no staff dedicated to these projects
> > and
> > > there is no research into its value.
> > >
> > > The angst for the community means that there is hardly any
> collaboration
> > > between the different Wikipedias. Mostly the "solutions" of English
> > > Wikipedia are imposed. There are a few well trodden paths that
> habitually
> > > get attention. When it comes to diversity, th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

[Anna Stillwell]

Rogol,

The statement, “the Foundation and all the external consultants advising it
on this exercise are all US-based“, is not accurate.

There are four streams of research and discovery in this phase:

   - organized groups
   - on-wiki
   - experts
   - new voices

I’d like to introduce this list to some of the members of the team.

   - Organized groups is run by *Nicole Ebber*, who many of us know
   previously from her ongoing international work for Wikimedia Deutschland.
   She is a wonderfully thoughtful contributor to the movement and a lover of
   craft beer. She joins us from Berlin where she is based.

New Voices has been a collaboration with different stakeholders in
different markets.

   - *Adele Vrana* leads the New Voices team and runs focus groups in
   Brazil, where she is originally from. She is US-based now.  Adele has grown
   from an individual contributor at the foundation to a Director through her
   innate competence, hard work, and deep passion for the mission.


   - *Uzo Iweala* is running focus groups in Nigeria. He is born, raised,
   and residing in Nigeria. Uzo is an award-winning author and a medical
   doctor. He also has a unique view into Nigeria and a nuanced mind. We’ll
   need that. Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.


   - *Ravishankar Ayyakkannu* is running focus groups in India. Ravi is
   born, raised, and residing in India. He has worked with the Global
   Partnerships team for some time now. I've read the reports from his group.
   Ravi is so enthusiastically engaged in his communities.


   - I have not checked these next ones, as I prioritized timeliness, but I
   believe *Jack Rabah*, a Jordanian based in Jordan is running groups in
   MENA. If you have not met Jack, then your life is not as good as it could
   be. He has played a pivotal role in our partnerships throughout the Middle
   East.


   - And I know that *Jorge Vargas*, a Colombian lawyer who made the leap
   from legal to global partnerships and never looked back, has been involved
   in all of this as well.  He has served the foundation well over a number of
   years, but the names of the countries escape me at the moment. Perdoname,
   Jorge.

These people continue to organize communities of stakeholders, convene
them, ask them about their communities and knowledge, and then listen.

One of the reasons we've extended the timeline on movement strategy is
because the insights they are bringing forward are so rich we think we all
need more time to reflect upon them and integrate them into all existing
community discussions.

For the on-wiki team:

   - We invested into ongoing translation in 17 languages throughout this
   process. That team is managed by *Jan **Eissfeldt*, who is based between
   Taiwan (is that right, Jan?) and Spain.

Just to clarify the record.
/a

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> This is not surprising, when the Foundation and all the external
> consultants advising it on this exercise are all US-based.
>
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Leinonen Teemu 
> wrote:
>
> > Hej,
> >
> > Gerard made some very important points. My observation (not an opinion
> :-)
> > is also that the initiatives in, and with a focus on, global south are
> > under served. They are more difficult to do, because of various reasons,
> > but this should not be a reason not to do them. It is also true that
> large
> > majority of research on Wikipedia/Wikimedia is about the en-Wikipedia. If
> > WMF could do something to promote research looking  beyond it would be
> > great.
> >
> > -Teemu
> >
> > > Gerard Meijssen  kirjoitti 24.6.2017 kello
> > 13.00:
> > >
> > > Hoi,
> > > The one serious flaw of the current practice is that English Wikipedia
> > > receives more attention than it deserves based on its merits[1]. This
> > bias
> > > can be found in any and all areas. There is for instance a huge
> > educational
> > > effort going on for English and there is no strategy known, developed,
> > > tried to use education to grow a Wikipedia from nothing to 100.000
> > > articles.. the number considered to be necessary by some to have a
> viable
> > > Wikipedia. When you consider research it is English Wikipedia because
> > > otherwise it will not get published [2].
> > >
> > > A less serious flaw is that the WMF is an indifferent custodian of
> > projects
> > > other than Wikipedia. When it provides no service to Wikipedia like
> > > Wikisource, its intrinsic value is not realised to the potential
> readers
> > > that are made available. There is no staff dedicated to these projects
> > and
> > > there is no research into its value.
> > >
> > > The angst for the community means that there is hardly any
> collaboration
> > > between the different Wikipedias. Mostly the "solutions" of English
> > > Wikipedia are imposed. There are a few well trodden paths that
> habitually
> > > get 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

[Anna Stillwell]

Gerard,

Happy Sunday to you. I hope you're well.

I'm curious... have you heard one of the ideas emerging in discussions is
"beyond the encyclopedia"... an idea that includes and goes beyond the
encyclopedia? You'd likely resonate with the idea. It describes the
multiplicity of what we already are and the desire to grow that.

Additionally, we are hearing from "New Voices" that we can't expect to
deliver knowledge the same way everywhere. Clearly, we are going to have to
mix it up. You might enjoy some of the insights coming out of New Voices.
They are published on the meta page as soon as each event ends and as
quickly as they can coherently write it up.

There has also been a good deal of discussion around language (and the
subsequent technical need to explore machine learning for predictive,
contextual search and natural language processing to support better
translation).

Most of the ideas I've mentioned here are housed under "Truly global
movement" | "Community health" | or "Augmented age". Augmented age is a
technical vision which increasingly seems like the technical means to
support some other end(s).

You might be surprised where the discussions are going. It's built by your
peers. We offered the resources and structure and we realize that there are
constraints and biases that come with that. We've tried to account for our
biases (the foundation's and the movement's) with entire streams of work:
New voices, for example. That was intentional in the design.

I've responded here to let you know that you are not alone. Your peers have
voiced these issues and they are heavily influencing the discussion and
everyone is listening.

Warmly,
/a

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Gerard Meijssen  wrote:

> Hoi,
> The one serious flaw of the current practice is that English Wikipedia
> receives more attention than it deserves based on its merits[1]. This bias
> can be found in any and all areas. There is for instance a huge educational
> effort going on for English and there is no strategy known, developed,
> tried to use education to grow a Wikipedia from nothing to 100.000
> articles.. the number considered to be necessary by some to have a viable
> Wikipedia. When you consider research it is English Wikipedia because
> otherwise it will not get published [2].
>
> A less serious flaw is that the WMF is an indifferent custodian of projects
> other than Wikipedia. When it provides no service to Wikipedia like
> Wikisource, its intrinsic value is not realised to the potential readers
> that are made available. There is no staff dedicated to these projects and
> there is no research into its value.
>
> The angst for the community means that there is hardly any collaboration
> between the different Wikipedias. Mostly the "solutions" of English
> Wikipedia are imposed. There are a few well trodden paths that habitually
> get attention. When it comes to diversity, the gender gap is well served
> but the global south is not. A lot of weight is given to a data driven
> approach but there is hardly enough data relevant to the global south in
> English Wikipedia to make such an approach viable.
>
> Yes, I have tried to get some attention for these issues in the process so
> far but  as bringer of the bad news I am happy that it is the message
> and not the messenger who is killed .
>
> Please tell me I am wrong and proof it by using more than opinions.
> Thanks,
>GerardM
>
>
> [1] less than 30% of the world populace and less than 50% of the WMF
> traffic.
> [2] comment by a professor whose university does a lot of studies on
> Wikipedia..
>
> On 24 June 2017 at 12:33, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Strainu  wrote:
> >
> > > 2017-06-23 23:48 GMT+03:00 Pine W :
> > > > Could you elaborate on the benefits of this timetable change for
> people
> > > who
> > > > are not involved with affiliates?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Starting from this assumption, and considering the fact that even the
> > > most active wikimedians (not involved in a chapter) have real life
> > > commitments that do not allow them to follow this process carefully,
> > > it is obvious that the main responsibility of the team that
> > > coordinates the process should have been outreach. In my particular
> > > geographic area, Track B contributors were engaged with only 2 weeks
> > > prior to the end of the last cycle, which is hardly enough time to
> > > read, understand, and think about the vast quantity of material
> > > available in the strategy process.
> > >
> > >
> > > I am an active Wikimedia not involved in a Chapter. In Round 1, I was
> > pretty active, and in the Russian Wikivoyage we collected quite some
> > feedback and translated it into English. It was essentially ignored. None
> > of us participated in Round 2 since we thought it is a waste of time.
> Round
> > 2 was organized in the same way as Round 1 (many 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] James Heilman joins the Board Governance Committee as a volunteer and advisory member

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you so much, James. I'm so glad you are here.
/a

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Thank you, Nataliia and James.
>
> This appointment continues a trend of decisions and steps from the BGC
> since Nataliia took the committee chair role that I think are good.
>
> Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Deutschland: Annual Report 2016

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you. Well done. 15,000 new members to the organization?
I'd love to talk with you about this, Nicole.

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 6:41 AM, Samuel Patton  wrote:

> I agree, the report is great and the videos are inspiring. Thanks for
> sharing!
>
> sam
>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 7:15 AM, NC Hasive  wrote:
>
> > Really very impressive report. Like the way to present the annual report.
> >
> > Hasive
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Erik Zachte 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, very impressive report overall!
> > >
> > > I particularly love the videos.
> > > They are quite informative, the ones with real people are a great
> > > introduction to what editing entails,
> > > the animated ones are entertaining and inspiring.
> > > These videos imo deserve to be used on many of our projects, localized
> or
> > > subtitled in many languages.
> > >
> > > Erik
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: WikimediaAnnounce-l [mailto:wikimediaannounce-l-
> > > boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Ebber
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 6:23
> > > To: wikimediaannounce-l
> > > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Deutschland: Annual Report
> > > 2016
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > We have recently published our Annual Report 2016. If you would like to
> > > learn more about examples of Wikimedia Deutschland's projects and
> > > programmes from last year, you might want to read about one or more of
> > the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > * our new editors campaign,
> > > * our successes with Wikidata,
> > > * our Technical Wishes project,
> > > * our achievements in the political and legal field,
> > > * our work for Open Education & Open Science
> > > * our growth in membership numbers
> > > * our regionalisation efforts
> > > * our work for the international movement
> > >
> > > Inspired by the WMF's recent Annual Reports, we have – for the first
> time
> > > – created a visually appealing, responsive online version that also
> works
> > > pretty well on mobile. https://2016.wikimedia.de/en
> > >
> > > If you rather prefer to print it, please be patient: We will publish
> the
> > > oldschool PDF version and link it on the meta [[Reports]] page next
> week.
> > >
> > > Happy reading,
> > > Nicole
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nicole Ebber
> > > Adviser International Relations
> > > Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WFM 91.7 FM becomes our broadcasting partner in Nigeria

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations.
:)
/a

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:26 PM, shola ishola 
wrote:

>
> Dear wikipedians,
>
> We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with the above
> named prestigious broadcasting station to partner with us in reaching
> further audience in Nigeria.
>
> The agreement will assist us in reaching wider audience and also
> actualizing some of our core projects in alignment with the pinnacle of
> their establishment, which is to promote women in Nigeria.
>
> I will keep you inform as things unfold.
> Best RegardsOlushola
> Welcome to WFM 91.7 - NIGERIA'S FIRST RADIO STATION FOR WOMEN AND THEIR
> FAMILIES
>
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> Welcome to WFM 91.7 - NIGERIA'S FIRST RADIO STATION FOR WOMEN AND THEIR
> FAMILIES
>  Keeping listeners company throughout the day with quality, relevant,
> informative and entertaining programmes tha...  |  |
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Join my Reddit AMA about Wikipedia and ethical, transparent AI

[Anna Stillwell]

Cool, Aaron. Thank you.
/a

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Aaron Halfaker 
wrote:

> Hey everybody,
>
> TL;DR: I wanted to let you know about an upcoming experimental Reddit AMA
> ("ask me anything") chat we have planned. It will focus on artificial
> intelligence on Wikipedia and how we're working to counteract vandalism
> while also making life better for newcomers.
>
> We plan to hold this chat on June 1st at 21:00 UTC/14:00 PST in the /r/iAMA
> subreddit[1]. I'd love to answer any questions you have about these topics
> questions, and I'll send a follow-up email to this thread shortly before
> the AMA begins.
>
> 
>
> For those who don't know who I am, I create artificial intelligences[2]
> that support the volunteers who edit Wikipedia[3]. I've been fascinated by
> the ways that crowds of volunteers build massive, high quality information
> resources like Wikipedia for over ten years.
>
> For more background, I research and then design technologies that make it
> easier to spot vandalism in Wikipedia—which helps support the hundreds of
> thousands of editors who make productive contributions. I also think a lot
> about the dynamics between communities and new users—and ways to make
> communities inviting and welcoming to both long-time community members and
> newcomers who may not be aware of community norms.  For a quick sampling of
> my work, check out my most impactful research paper about Wikipedia[3],
> some recent coverage of my work from *Wired*[4], or check out the master
> list of my projects on my WMF staff user page[5], the documentation for the
> technology team I run[9], or the home page for Wikimedia Research[8].
>
> This AMA, which I'm doing with with the Foundation's Communications
> department, is somewhat of an experiment. The intended audience for this
> chat is people who might not currently be a part of our community but have
> questions about the way we work—as well as potential research collaborators
> who might want to work with our data or tools. Many may be familiar with
> Wikipedia but not the work we do as a community behind the scenes.
>
> I'll be talking about the work I'm doing with the ethics of AI and how we
> think about artificial intelligence on Wikipedia, and ways we’re working to
> counteract vandalism on the world’s largest crowdsourced source of
> knowledge—like the ORES extension[6], which you may have seen highlighting
> possibly problematic edits on your watchlist and in RecentChanges.
>
> I’d love for you to join this chat and ask questions.  If you do not or
> prefer not to use Reddit, we will also be taking questions on ORES'
> MediaWiki talk page[7] and posting answers to both threads.
>
> 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/
> 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
> 2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ORES
> 3.
> http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~halfak/publications/The_Rise_
> and_Decline/halfaker13rise-preprint.pdf
> 4.
> https://www.wired.com/2015/12/wikipedia-is-using-ai-to-
> expand-the-ranks-of-human-editors/
> 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Halfak_(WMF)
> 6. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ORES
> 7. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:ORES
> 8. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research
> 9. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Scoring_Platform_team
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

[Anna Stillwell]

Welcome to the new / old trustees. I'm thankful for your continued service
to the movement.

Let's turn our attention toward the future and work together for the
benefit of the movement.

Warmly,
/a

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
wrote:

> To be fair, while I opposed THIS particular removal from the Board, I think
> the Board SHOULD have the right to expel people who are perceived as
> disruptive, uncooperative, or not fulfilling their fiduciary duties well.
>
> Such cases should be rare, and exceptionally well grounded and explained
> (whenever possible).
>
> Best,
>
> Dj
>
> On May 23, 2017 3:14 PM, "James Salsman"  wrote:
>
> Instead of blaming people, I blame the idea that board members should ever
> be ejected if they have lost the trust or confidence of other board
> members, or because other members feel uncomfortable working with them, or
> because they may choose to withhold or be more forthcoming with information
> than other members prefer.
>
> Joining a representative body should require a conscious effort to avoid
> groupthink, not a suicide pact to abide by it.
>
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 8:06 PM Fæ  wrote:
>
> > +1 :-)
> >
> > The elected candidates are ideal, making me feel confident that the
> > values and aspirations of the wider Wikimedia volunteer community will
> > be well represented in the coming year.
> >
> > As previously mentioned, Alice and Jimmy were the main political
> > players in excluding Doc James from board discussions. The expulsion
> > of James from the board as an //elected// trustee has damaged the
> > reputation of the WMF board of trustees, and they must take fair
> > personal responsibility for those events. It would be great if both
> > Alice and Jimmy could speak up now, perhaps now thanking Doc James for
> > having the determination to run again for the board and ensuring the
> > community that they will do everything they can to ensure James is
> > supported and welcome, or have the wisdom to step down if they feel
> > unable to work collegiately and positively with their elected fellow
> > trustees.
> >
> > The historical theme of the WMF board being directed by trustees that
> > have never stood for an open election is an embarrassment in the light
> > of the unnecessarily policial recent history of the WMF. We are
> > overdue for the board to be seen to get their fingers out, do some
> > meaningful housekeeping, and re-invent itself as one that is properly
> > open, transparent and accountable to volunteers as well as large rich
> > donors. Naturally, well intentioned folks who "happen to" benefit from
> > their sticky conflicts of interest in directly related commercial
> > ventures, such as Wikia and Wikitrubune, should not be anywhere near
> > the board, nor should they hold positions of influence on related
> > committees and trusts where the potential conflicts of loyalty
> > represent financial and reputational risks for the Wikimedia community
> > and the Wikimedia Foundation.
> >
> > Fae
> > --
> > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
> >
> > On 23 May 2017 at 12:34, Austin Hair  wrote:
> > > I normally hate +1s, but I want to congratulate Doc James on his
> > > reappointment to the board. I hope we've all learned from his previous
> > > term, and can work together to benefit the movement.
> > >
> > > With love,
> > >
> > > One of your list administrators, who would rather not have to deal with
> > > fiascos.
> > >
> > > On May 23, 2017 02:12, "Isaac Olatunde" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Congratulations to the newly elected members and many thanks to
> members
> > of
> > >> the election committee.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Isaac.
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 3:12 AM, Tito Dutta 
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Many congrats to all the members. Good wishes and all the best.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On 22 May 2017 at 11:53, Rogol Domedonfors 
> > >> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Indeed.  It would be appropriate for members of the Board to state
> > now,
> > >> > in
> > >> > > public and for the record, that they accept the democratically
> > >> expressed
> > >> > > wishes of the community and will reappoint James at the due time.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:18 AM, MZMcBride 
> > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > matanya moses wrote:
> > >> > > > >Congratulations to María Sefidari (User:Raystorm), Dariusz
> > >> Jemielniak
> > >> > > > >(User:pundit), and James Heilman (User:Doc James) for receiving
> > the
> > >> > most
> > >> > > > >community support. Subject to a standard background check, they
> > will
> > >> > be
> > >> > > > >appointed by the Board at their August meeting at Wikimania.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > For those wondering, two of the people who supported James'
> > removal
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Tool Developers Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations.
/a

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
>  the Wikimedia Tool Developers Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.  The
> group is international cooperative of developers who create freely-licensed
> tools for improving the Wikimedia projects.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Tool_Developers_Group
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Mind of the Universe: public broadcaster works with Wikimedia movement

[Anna Stillwell]

This sounds like a valuable project. Thank you.
/a

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Delphine Ménard 
wrote:

> I am glad this project came to fruition and looking forward to see what
> comes out of it!
>
> Thanks for facilitating this discussion Wikimedia Nederland!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Delphine
>
> 2017-05-15 10:45 GMT+02:00 Wikimedia Nederland :
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We would like to share with you:
> >
> > Dutch public broadcaster VPRO and the Institute for Sound and Vision are
> > cooperating with the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Nederland to make
> > unique footage about groundbreaking sciene available.
> >
> > The Mind of the Universe  is an
> > international tv series and open source digital platform
> >  about the rapid evolution of our
> > knowledge. Through interviews with groundbreaking scientists, it
> provides a
> > glimpse of tomorrow’s world,
> >
> > The interviews were produced in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by Dutch public
> > broadcaster VPRO for a tv series, VPRO decided from the start that all
> > materials (including footage not used for the documentary) would be made
> > available under an open license. The platform Mind of the Universe Open
> > Science TV  provides access to all
> > this material. It also has transcripts of the interviews, which are
> >  searchable by keyword. All materials can be downloaded and re-used, as
> > they were published under a CC-BY-SA license.
> >
> > With the help of a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, and working
> closely
> > with Wikimedia Nederland, the Institute for Sound and Vision will host a
> > series of events to promote use Mind of the Universe material throughout
> > the Wikimedia projects. They will also produce a white paper to share
> their
> > experiences and promote the concept of CC-BY-SA licensing among public
> > broadcasters worldwide. For the Wikimedia projects the Mind of the
> Universe
> > material is a valuable contribution: it is professionally made material,
> > featuring the leading scientists of today explaining the state of
> research
> > in their fields of work. The material also includes footage of research
> > facilities, including some which had never before allowed cameras inside.
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> > Wikimedia Nederland
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

 Hello Rogol,

I said I would get back to you on three questions (below). Plus, I’d like
to return to a point you made about "upstream" collaboration and add an
update on Maps and Interactive.

   - What do we philosophically believe: to roadmap or not to roadmap?
   - What do we currently have in terms of planning?
   - Will that change?
   - Maps and Interactive

Yes, to tech roadmaps. Generally, 12 - 18 months seems like the upper-bound
for a technical roadmap with any granularity.

Currently we have published roadmaps for individual products. They can be
found at their respective media wiki pages. We do not have a roadmap for
tech overall. We have our annual plan.  We also publish quarterly goals
that roll up to our annual plan.

We see the next step as gaining greater clarity on a movement-wide
direction and then for us all to discuss roles and responsibilities.
After, members of the Foundation will clarify a strategy.

In one of your earlier posts on this thread you said, "It so happens that I
have advocated for involving the Community in the planning more, earlier
and at a higher level.” Technologically speaking, we’d agree. The Dev
Summit this coming year will be a smaller, more focused event to engage the
technical community—both inside and outside of the foundation—"earlier and
at a higher level” collaboration.

We’ll then have a technology roadmap, on about a one-year timeline, as
anything beyond 18 months most consider fantasy.

Maps and Interactive will live on. We’ve committed to supporting maps in
the annual plan. We are putting together a team.

Thank you,
/a



On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anna
>
> We celebrate Easter here too.  Take as long as you like.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> It's a three day weekend here. I don't want to do call and response all
>> weekend if that's cool. I'll post at the beginning of next week.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> By all means
>>>
>>> "Rogol"
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Anna Stillwell <
>>> astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rogol,
>>>>
>>>> Hello. I am close to having some clarity to share. Might I extend to mid
>>>> April?
>>>>
>>>> /a
>>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Rogol,

Hello. I am close to having some clarity to share. Might I extend to mid
April?

/a

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Anna,
>>
>>
>> > > > Generally, I am thinking about community service training across the
>> >
>> > > organization. I would love your help with that. I can do little about
>> > the
>> > > > past. I can address the future. To properly address the future, ad
>> hoc
>> > > and
>> > > > particular solution sets won't suffice. We'll need coherent and
>> general
>> > > > solution sets, with enough particulars to keep the solution set
>> honest.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > I am not sure what you mean by "community service" here.  In the UK,
>> it
>> > is
>> > > a form of punishment given to young offenders for anti-social
>> > behaviour.  I
>> > > assume you mean something different?
>> > >
>> >
>> > I definitely mean something different. Thank you for the opportunity to
>> > clarify. How do we engage staff in learning to interact with our
>> > communities? Where are ideal opportunities for exchange (e.g., the best
>> > places to collaborate) and where is collaboration least valuable,
>> > potentially even disruptive? I have no answers yet.
>> >
>>
>> I had a discussion on these matters, as I recall, with Rachel di Cerbo at
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Liaisons/Wikimania_2015
>> which may provide you with some background.  I suggested some ideas about
>> centralisation of discussions, machine-assisted tranlsation and other
>> process-oriented points.
>
>
> I will do a broad lit review when and if the time comes (on and off wiki).
> If I do so, I will follow these links and read about this as part of that
> broader lit review.
>
>
>> Pulling back to a more cultural point, I woud
>> identify three aspects that you might address.
>>
>> Staff must actually want to engage, to co-create and to acknowledge that
>> the community is a partner in the entire enterprise.
>
>
> Agreed. No argument.
>
> But I'd like to expand your argument. I would like to add a perspective,
> not subtract from yours. Our current communities are very seriously
> important partners in the entire enterprise, as we are theirs. These days,
> I am also thinking about future communities... new readers and new editors
> in new geographies on new devices, and reading the thoughts of experts on
> the evolution of platforms within the context of the evolving web.
>
> I am also curious about the role of machines. Will they become an
> important partner? I know that they say we will welcome our robot
> overlords. But I am more interested in collaborating with them. Why can't
> humans and machines collaborate toward social/educational goods?
>
> Machine learning is all the rage these days. But to what end? The
> standard, for-profit, big data play is to harvest and bottom feed a ton of
> data, run it through a layered algorithm, and spit out "something
> something" to a customer for a fee. I think they call it insight. I have a
> different definition of insight. But hey, to each their own.
>
> We don't have customers and we don't bottom feed. Two things I am proud
> of. That is why I was so excited about ORES. An open, ethical, effective
> AI for social impact that currently helps vandal fighters
> <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/544036/artificial-intelligence-aims-to-make-wikipedia-friendlier-and-better/>.
> More importantly, it may help with the 
> "revert-new-editors’-first-few-edits-and-alienate-them
> problem". That's just the current capabilities of this platform.
>
> My broader point being that I also want to think of the new stakeholders
> that will join us all and how we can prepare for and welcome them into the
> knowledge creating endeavor.
>
>
>> Of course the
>> community is not homogenous and the balance of work and responsibility is
>> not identically equal in every single aspect of the enterprise.
>> Nonetheless, the model of an active staff supporting and directing a
>> passive community is both factually wrong and will inevitably lead to
>> disaster.
>>
>
> I understand your point.
>
>>
>> One misundertood word is representation.  I believe that some staff
>> members
>> believe that they can represent the community simply by h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of translation drive #16WikiWomen

[Anna Stillwell]

Well done.
/a

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Isla Haddow-Flood 
wrote:

> The wonders of this community! Love that 160 people contributed to the
> #16WikiWomen!!
>
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 at 19:36 Florence Devouard 
> wrote:
>
> > And... magically... just today, I got the query data thanks to Amanda,
> > EricB and Roan ! Thanks a lot !
> >
> > I copied it here :
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m9Kefc7QE3Ler7955vK4BMk1NK2XM
> rivw99K06_9GFE/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > So in the end, we had 160 unique participants alltogether !
> >
> > Flo
> >
> > Le 17/03/2017 à 14:11, Florence Devouard a écrit :
> > > Hello everyone
> > >
> > >
> > > Time for some feedback about the #16WikiWomen translation drive !
> > >
> > > The #16WikiWomen translate-a-thon was largely successful ! It not only
> > > contributed more content for Wikipedia, but also visibility about the
> > > African women gap !
> > >
> > > Some figures
> > >
> > > * Overall, 116 articles have been created based on translation from the
> > > English version.
> > > * Out of those, 64 are basically a near equivalent of the master
> article
> > > in terms of quality
> > > * Additionally, 39 previously existing article versions have been
> > improved
> > > * The overall number of languages concerned is 44 (+ English)
> > > * Several communities created local pages on their own wiki to
> > > coordinate the effort (nice !)
> > > * The most active linguistic communities to participate to produce high
> > > quality content were French, Spanish, Catalan, Hebrew. We also had good
> > > participation rates from Dutch, Portuguese, Punjabi, Swahili and very
> > > cool content from Igbo, Yoruba, Creole Haitien etc. (please do not be
> > > offended if I do not cite all languages ;))
> > > * Half a dozen other articles were also suggested and though they
> raised
> > > less interest from translators, they are now noticed...
> > > * Whilst we have not been able to figure out exactly how many people
> > > participated, 54 people self reported participating to the
> > > translate-a-thon ! Awesome !
> > >
> > > I hope everybody enjoyed it.
> > >
> > >
> > > If I may share some "organizational feedback with you"
> > >
> > > 1) It is quite challenging to actually communicate with many linguistic
> > > communities. As much as I was motivated, trying to actually post
> > > information on a wiki where I do not recognise anything (like Hebrew or
> > > Arabic ...)... very tough
> > >
> > > 2) I have not been able to identify someone who could help me do the
> > > query that would allow to know how many people participated. I really
> > > tried... but failed. I must say I found that very frustrating to know
> > > that the info is out there but I do not have the skills to do the query
> > > myself and not able to find someone to help within two months. Missing
> > > something here
> > >
> > > 3) Much to my dismay, many people obviously did not use the translation
> > > feature. I had put a very visible link though. Weird
> > >
> > > Thank you to all those who participated or relayed the information
> about
> > > the drive around.
> > >
> > > Next steps: we plan to do... booksmarks... with the ladies biographies
> ;)
> > >
> > > Florence
> > >
> > >
> > > Le 20/02/2017 à 11:10, Florence Devouard a écrit :
> > >> In the run up to International Women’s Day on the 8th March, Wiki
> Loves
> > >> Women is launching the on-Wikipedia translation drive #16WikiWomen.
> > >>
> > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_Translate-a-thon
> > >>
> > >> The idea is for Wikipedians to take 16 days to make translate the
> > >> Wikipedia biographies on 16 notable African women, into at least 16
> > >> languages (African or international languages).
> > >>
> > >> The articles to be translated will be the biographies of African
> women.
> > >> The list of language can be, but is not limited to:
> > >> * International languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish,
> Portuguese,
> > >> Mandarin, German
> > >> * African languages: Akan, Afrikaans, Igbo, Hausa, Wolof, Tswana,
> Zulu,
> > >> Xhosa, Shona, Swahili, Yoruba, Sudanese, Amharic, Tsonga, Ewe,
> Sesotho,
> > >> Chichewa
> > >>
> > >> The list of the 16 women biographies that will be translated are:
> > >> * Malouma, a Mauritanian singer, songwriter and politician
> > >> * Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a South African politician. The best
> > >> initial version was in French
> > >> * Cri-Zelda Brits, a South African cricketer
> > >> * Anna Tibaijuka, a Tanzanian politician and former
> > >> under-secretary-general of the United Nations
> > >> * Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian women’s rights activist
> > >> * Flora Nwapa, a Nigerian author who writes predominantly in Igbo
> > >> * Samia Yusuf Omar, Sprinter from Somalia
> > >> * Maggie Laubser, a South African painter
> > >> * Fatima Massaquoi, a pioneering educator from Liberia
> > >> * Frances Ames, a South African neurologist, 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Anna Stillwell]

Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
/a

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as we
> begin this work.
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
> wrote:
>
> > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar
> to
> > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> > gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> > >
> > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > > discussions are relevant to them.
> > >
> > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> > > of contributors.
> > >
> > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> > >
> > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> > >
> > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> > > will support an array of smaller communities.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
> > >
> > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> > > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> > >
> > > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> > > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> > > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> > >
> > >
> > > Guillaume Paumier
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> > >
> > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> > >
> > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> > >
> > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
> > >
> > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
> > >
> > > --
> > > Guillaume Paumier
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wiki Loves Women explainer video

[Anna Stillwell]

I love the video. Well done to everyone involved.
Warmly,
/a

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Nicole Ebber 
wrote:

> Really beautiful, thank you for sharing, Florence! And happy
> International Women's Day!
>
> Nicole
>
> On 8 March 2017 at 15:54, Anna Torres  wrote:
> > Great!!! Love it! <3 Could you talk sometime next week? Hugs!!!
> >
> > 2017-03-08 11:48 GMT-03:00 Florence Devouard :
> >
> >> Anytime Anna !
> >>
> >> Speaking about Spanish... all of our biographies for the #16WikiWomen
> >> translation drive were translated in Spanish. Kudos !
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/16_African_Women_
> Translate-a-thon/tracking
> >>
> >> Flo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 08/03/2017 à 15:42, Anna Torres a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Thanks Isla and Florence!
> >>>
> >>> This is so cool! We should work closer to improve in Spanish African
> women
> >>> in Wikipedia :) Let's talk?
> >>>
> >>> Hugs!
> >>>
> >>> 2017-03-08 11:37 GMT-03:00 Florence Devouard :
> >>>
> >>> Hello everyone
> 
>  Wiki Loves Women is officially launching its presentation video today.
> 
>  Please check it out here and tell us what you think :
>  https://vimeo.com/207432965
> 
>  It is also on Commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/
>  wiki/File:Wiki_loves_Women_-_English_WebM_-_Final.webm
> 
>  This video was a partnership between WikiAfrica, Goethe Institute and
>  Blink Tower.
> 
>  It brought quite a few challenges... such as myself being completely
>  happy
>  with the exact terms of the script, succeeding to get every element of
>  the
>  video under a free licence including the background music, getting a
> nice
>  african women voice for the narrative, getting curly hair rather than
>  flat
>  ones, identifying nice examples of western as well as african
> concerns...
>  etc. We tried to be as inclusive as possible.
> 
>  Well, we hope you like it.
>  If you do... please litterally "like" the video and "like" our
> facebook
>  page
> 
>  A French version is currently being recorded and should follow
> shortly.
> 
>  Last, we would love to see the video subtitled in many langages. If
> you
>  want to give a hand for the translation, please get in touch with us
> (by
>  email, or twitter, or facebook, or on our meta talk page :
>  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women)
>  I'll set up a page for translation on meta shortly.
> 
>  http://www.wikiloveswomen.org
>  https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesWomen
>  http://www.twitter.com/wikiloveswomen
> 
>  Isla and Florence
> 
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> > *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimaps User Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. May the force be with you. :)
/a

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Sydney Poore 
wrote:

> Congratulations Wikimaps User Group and welcome to the Wikimedia
> affiliate family.
> Warm regards,
> Sydney
>
> Sydney Poore
> User:FloNight
> Co-founder Kentucky Wikimedians,
> Co-founder WikiWomen User Group,
> Co-founder WikiConference North America
> Board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation,
> Member of Simple Annual Plan Grant Committee
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Kirill Lokshin 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> > the Wikimaps User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
> >
> > The group aims to gather Wikimedia users engaged in a variety of
> > activities related to geographic information from across the movement, so
> > that people with different ideas for using geographic components in their
> > projects are able to come together, share their expertise, and help each
> > other.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kirill Lokshin
> > Affiliations Committee
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimaps_User_Group
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Erzyan Language User Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. I look forward to your contributions.
And thank you Affiliations Committee for this work.
Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> the Wikimedians of Erzyan Language User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User
> Group.
>
> The group aims to promote the development of Wikipedia in the Erzya
> language, and to document topics related to the Erzya language, culture and
> community.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Affiliations Committee
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Erzya_
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. I look forward to your/their contributions.
And thank you Affiliations Committee for this work.
Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
>
> The group aims to build a strong and diverse volunteer community base
> throughout West Bengal by increasing interaction among community members,
> encouraging them to develop content in different Wikimedia projects and
> organizing various online and offline activities.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Affiliations Committee
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg User Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. It's always good to see new user groups.
And thank you Affiliations Committee for this work.
Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> the Wikimedians of Lëtzebuerg User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
>
> The group aims to encourage Wikimedia movement activities amongst
> Luxembourgish communities through the implementation of various projects
> and training & outreach events.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Affiliations Committee
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Karavali Wikimedians User Group

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. It's always good to see new user groups. I lived in
Karnataka for a year. It's difficult to believe that was over 20 years ago.
And thank you Affiliations Committee for this work.
Warmly,
/a

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wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> the Karavali Wikimedians User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
>
> The group is dedicated to working on the Wikimedia projects in the Indian
> languages used in coastal Karnataka and the northern part of Kerala State
> in India, including the Tulu, Kannada, and Konkani language Wikipedias.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

[Anna Stillwell]

You're welcome, Rogol.
Smiley face,
/a

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anna
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Rogol,
> > I think Zach's email (above / March 2nd) describes the changes.
> > /a
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:35 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Anna
> > >
> > > I'm glad to hear that everything is all right and that you don't need
> our
> > > help after all.  When you return from your break, it would be of value
> to
> > > the community for you to let them know what those "actual changes"
> were.
> > > That way we can help you even better next time.
> > >
> > > "Rogol"
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:58 AM, Anna Stillwell <
> astillw...@wikimedia.org
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Rogol,
> > > >
> > > > I think the process on this particular count already took place.
> > > > We wrote a report in good faith.
> > > > We responded to critique in good faith.
> > > > We're making actual changes in good faith.
> > > >
> > > > Have a lovely weekend. I really need a break.
> > > > Warmly,
> > > > /a
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> > > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Anna,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:46 AM, you wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > And I'm struggling with a process problem (not one of substance)
> > > that I
> > > > > > don't know how to solve. I truly don't. And it's kind of killing
> > me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We (people who work and volunteer at the WMF) need a way to get
> > > > feedback.
> > > > > > We need a way to be accountable and responsive.  We all want
> that.
> > > And
> > > > I
> > > > > > actually believe that we are all working in good faith toward
> that.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It would help us all to help you if you could indicate what
> resources
> > > you
> > > > > expect to be able to devote to this way of being accountable and
> > > > responsive
> > > > > that you are working towards, so that we can match the scale and
> > scope
> > > of
> > > > > our suggestion to what you will make available.  When you write of
> it
> > > > being
> > > > > a matter of process not substance, does that mean that you have no
> > new
> > > > > resources to allocate to this new way of working tover and above
> what
> > > you
> > > > > have already?
> > > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

[Anna Stillwell]

Hey Rogol,
I think Zach's email (above / March 2nd) describes the changes.
/a

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:35 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anna
>
> I'm glad to hear that everything is all right and that you don't need our
> help after all.  When you return from your break, it would be of value to
> the community for you to let them know what those "actual changes" were.
> That way we can help you even better next time.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:58 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Rogol,
> >
> > I think the process on this particular count already took place.
> > We wrote a report in good faith.
> > We responded to critique in good faith.
> > We're making actual changes in good faith.
> >
> > Have a lovely weekend. I really need a break.
> > Warmly,
> > /a
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Anna,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:46 AM, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > [...]
> > > > And I'm struggling with a process problem (not one of substance)
> that I
> > > > don't know how to solve. I truly don't. And it's kind of killing me.
> > > >
> > > > We (people who work and volunteer at the WMF) need a way to get
> > feedback.
> > > > We need a way to be accountable and responsive.  We all want that.
> And
> > I
> > > > actually believe that we are all working in good faith toward that.
> > >
> > >
> > > It would help us all to help you if you could indicate what resources
> you
> > > expect to be able to devote to this way of being accountable and
> > responsive
> > > that you are working towards, so that we can match the scale and scope
> of
> > > our suggestion to what you will make available.  When you write of it
> > being
> > > a matter of process not substance, does that mean that you have no new
> > > resources to allocate to this new way of working tover and above what
> you
> > > have already?
> > >
> > > "Rogol"
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello Rogol,

I think the process on this particular count already took place.
We wrote a report in good faith.
We responded to critique in good faith.
We're making actual changes in good faith.

Have a lovely weekend. I really need a break.
Warmly,
/a

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> Anna,
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:46 AM, you wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > And I'm struggling with a process problem (not one of substance) that I
> > don't know how to solve. I truly don't. And it's kind of killing me.
> >
> > We (people who work and volunteer at the WMF) need a way to get feedback.
> > We need a way to be accountable and responsive.  We all want that. And I
> > actually believe that we are all working in good faith toward that.
>
>
> It would help us all to help you if you could indicate what resources you
> expect to be able to devote to this way of being accountable and responsive
> that you are working towards, so that we can match the scale and scope of
> our suggestion to what you will make available.  When you write of it being
> a matter of process not substance, does that mean that you have no new
> resources to allocate to this new way of working tover and above what you
> have already?
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] March 2: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#9)

[Anna Stillwell]

Nice question, James. Head over to Meta and ask. They'll be able to tell
you their sources, and if you have better sources, they'll update it.

Warmly,
/a

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 7:19 PM, James Salsman  wrote:

> Hi Katherine,
>
> Where did the projections on the "Internet penetration by 2030"
> slide[1] on the process briefing[2] come from? They look very low. The
> file summary description says they came from the UN Department of
> Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division[3] but they aren't
> anywhere in that document which doesn't mention the internet at all.
> There don't seem to be any reasons to doubt that everyone who has
> cellular phone service today (over 98% of the world population[4] and
> about 83% of Bangladeshis) won't have mobile broadband in thirteen
> years. London-based IBIS Capital says that the developed world will
> have about 90% mobile broadband penetration in just three years.[5]
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_
> World_in_2030_-_Presentation_for_movement_strategy_discussions.pdf=30
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10184031
>
> [3] http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/
> publications/pdf/trends/Population2030.pdf
>
> [4] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2
>
> [5] http://wildfirecomms-images.co.uk/img/broadband-1450108646.jpg
>
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Happy March! This week I was in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress
> > conference to support the efforts of the Iraqi Wikimedians User Group.
> The
> > community, led by Sarmad Saeed Yaseen and Ravan Jafaar al-Taie, led the
> > development of a partnership with a local mobile network operator to
> bring
> > Wikipedia to 12 million people for free. This is significant for a nation
> > where mobile penetration is near-universal, but internet penetration is
> > around 17%. [0] Congratulations to our Iraq Wikimedians for their
> efforts!
> >
> > *Feedback requested*
> > There are two items in particular on Meta-Wiki ready for your feedback:
> >
> >- The briefing document has been expanded; it contains an overview of
> >the information that every participant in the strategy discussion
> should
> >know. Please help us improve it or share your thoughts on the talk
> page.
> >   - https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10184031
> >- Please also review the basic premises that should be mutually agreed
> >upon by all participants and used as the basis of arguments. Once the
> >discussions start, the premises will be fixed.
> >   - https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10191140
> >
> > *Track A (Organized groups) and Track B (Individual contributors)*
> >
> >- The Core Team and Track Leads have posted the draft of the toolkit
> for
> >coordinating community discussions on Meta-Wiki.[1] They will be
> finalizing
> >it with the Community Process Steering Committee this week.
> >- The Core Team is developing some basic terminology and simple
> examples
> >for a shared understanding of our intended outcome from the first
> phase of
> >the strategy process. This will be shared with the Community Process
> >Steering Committee before posting to Meta-Wiki for feedback.
> >- Zack McCune and Blanca Flores from the Communications Department are
> >working with  the Core Team on a final graphic image of the process
> model
> >that will be posted on Meta-Wiki next week.
> >- Victor Grigas from Communications Department created a short video
> to
> >inspire participants to get engaged and contribute; the final version
> >should be available next week and utilized in subsequent
> announcements.
> >- The Core Team researched movement strategy terminology, components,
> >examples, and theories, and they continue to work with experts in and
> >outside the Foundation to further develop content for the briefing
> >document.[2] We expect this work to be complete by the end of this
> week.
> >- The Core Team and Track Leads reviewed the initial plan for
> Wikimedia
> >Conference Strategy track with the facilitators. They are working on a
> >detailed agenda, which will be posted on Meta-Wiki in the next two
> weeks.[3]
> >- Nicole and the Core Team are finalizing the materials which will be
> >used to facilitate the first Track A discussions being held 10 March
> to 10
> >April.
> >- The Core Team and Track Leads are reviewing options for collecting
> >research for Tracks A & B.
> >- Community Engagement is completing the hiring of language
> >liaisons/specialists, and will begin training and onboarding next
> week.
> >
> >
> > *Track C (Partners and readers in high-reach markets) and Track D
> (Partners
> > and readers in low reach markets)*
> >
> >- The Core Team met with John Holcombe (Wellspring Insights) and
> >discussed the objectives and best 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

[Anna Stillwell]

Pine,
You and I have a call scheduled and we can begin to think together on this
issue. Thank you.
/a

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Hi Anna,
>
> Thanks for chiming in.
>
> As someone who is personally feeling a lot of strain between myself and WMF
> -- and I think I'm not the only one -- I would like to figure out how to do
> something so that all of us can get on with mission-aligned work instead of
> having conversations about what's wrong for the nth time.
>
> I think that problem will take some effort to solve, and it probably won't
> be solved in this thread. It's certainly a ripe issue for discussion, and
> I'd like to see that happen.
>
> I'd like to hear suggestions about how to make that happen. I can't
> continue to participate here tonight, but perhaps others will. When I loop
> back here -- hopefully tomorrow, and certainly within a few days -- I'd
> like to hear suggestions about how to get better alignment between WMF and
> the community. This has been a problem for a long time, and I find it
> really frustrating. I know we can do better, and I'm glad you're giving
> some thought to this.
>
> Thanks,
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello everybody,

I want to thank everyone for offering their considered thoughts. I mean
that genuinely. There are many legitimate views expressed in this thread,
many by generous, constructive, wise, and delightful members of our
communities. That's good.

And I'm struggling with a process problem (not one of substance) that I
don't know how to solve. I truly don't. And it's kind of killing me.

We (people who work and volunteer at the WMF) need a way to get feedback.
We need a way to be accountable and responsive.  We all want that. And I
actually believe that we are all working in good faith toward that. *And*
the cumulative impact of the way people at the Foundation get this feedback
begins to feel like public, collective punishment. And that dynamic, one
that we all tend to participate in, is driving talented people away from
the foundation.

Now some here may not care about that. Some of us think there is no point
to the foundation anyway, so it's great that talent wants to walk.

Others may believe that I am saying that "we should all just be kind" and
that I am terribly polyannish (of course I am, I work in HR) and that I am
saying that we should not tell each other difficult truths. But that's a
forced false choice. I'm decidedly not saying that we should not tell one
another difficult truths. I'm saying that when we add it all up the way we
tell each other the truth has damaging effects on many people I talk
to—employees, volunteers from around the world, board members... and it
hits women and minorities particularly hard. No one single person intends
for it to be so. Of course they don't. But add it all up, put it out in
public, everyone chimes in, and overall morale goes down the toilet.

What do we do? How can we find ways to tell each other difficult truths
while remembering that we are talking about and to *people *in public and
in large groups?

---
As a separate issue and a different interpretation on how this report
likely came about...

In this report 3/11 fact stories are about issues that have become
politicized. (Yes, sadly I included some facts about biographies of women
political). If travel is also a political issue now, I think I’m glad they
legalized cannabis in this state.

But imagine it is October. Sure, Brexit has happened and large portions of
the world are closing, not opening. There is a turn away from a global
mindset and a turning toward clamping down on freedoms. But a good portion
of Americans believe that we don't really have anything to worry about.

The Comms team begins writing a report. If Hillary Clinton had won, it's
likely that these would not have looked so terribly much like political
statements. It may have looked like a normal affirmation of acceptable
values (because, 3/11). But America went another direction and now things
that could have been considered normalish suddenly look like a shot fired
round the world.

I'm not saying that this makes any of the legitimate views expressed here
invalid. I'm just saying that the context has changed radically. Some of
that change now makes acceptable values (valuing the scientific method /
valuing climate science, valuing people of other nations, particularly
those in distress, valuing biographies about women), look fringe.

/a









On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> I've written several drafts today in response to this thread, all of which
> came out as as rather energetic.
>
> There are some reputable organizations for which I like and for which the
> tone of the "main page" of this report would be appropriate. WMF is not one
> of them. I would ask the people who approved the final version of this
> publication (particularly those in senior management) to carefully reflect
> on whether they are working for the organization that is right for them. If
> they want to continue to work for WMF, I would ask them to carefully read
> and focus on the WMF mission, and be religious about staying on that
> mission when making decisions on behalf of WMF. Outside of WMF it's fine to
> engage in many kinds of advocacy, but inside of WMF, this kind of tilt is a
> strategic liability both to WMF and to Wikipedia.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Niels Christian Nielsen appointed to Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board

[Anna Stillwell]

The second link you offered, Fae, is the wrong Niels Christian Nielsen.
/a

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 on the request for links to all the past meeting agendas and
> publicly published minutes. I will be very interested to read any
> declarations of conflicts of interest. The board is intended to
> eventually control $100,000,000, so should be seen to be applying
> absolutely the most transparent and well governed processes.
>
> I am surprised to discover that anyone that has served as the chairman
> of 12 companies and "has advised governments in Scandinavia, Spain,
> Portugal, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, and Turkey"
> does not have a Wikipedia article, at least I have yet to find one.
>
> Could someone work on creating one please? It would be great to read a
> profile that has all the nuts & bolts, rather than written with PR in
> mind. No doubt the blog post [1] and staff profiles at the University
> of California Berkeley and the Copenhagen Business School [2] should
> be reliable enough starting point for Wikipedia.
>
> Links:
> 1. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/13/niels-christian-
> nielsen-endowment-board
> 2. http://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/
> department-of-finance/staff/ncnfi
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
>
> On 13 February 2017 at 19:54, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Regarding
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/13/niels-christian-
> nielsen-endowment-board/
> >
> > What have the funds of the organizations Nielsen manages returned? Have
> > they matched the returns of commercial endowment-grade mutual funds? I
> > refer to my comments here:
> >
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-
> December/085694.html
> >
> > Has the Endowment Advisory Board met yet? If so, where are its minutes?
> If
> > not, when will it meet and where will the agenda and minutes be
> published?
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

gt; of enquiry.  It is not an unnecessary overhead on getting their work done,
> it is their work.
>

I don't know what staff members believe. I will investigate this when and
if I arrive at that stage of problem solving.  I understand your point.

>
> Genuine interaction on planning does not mean asking a few closed
> questions of a few community members about which of a few predetermined
> options they prefer.  It means doing a lot of work and being genuinely
> transparent. It also requires internal coordination of a kind which I do
> not always detect within the WMF.
>

Point taken.

>
> I will look into this. I will seek to understand the Tech position on three
> > questions:
> >
> >- What do we philosophically believe: to roadmap or not to roadmap?
> >- What do we currently have in terms of planning?
> >- Will that change?
> >
> > I’ll get back to you. It may take me until the beginning of April. It may
> > be sooner, but I can’t promise anything sooner.
> >
>
> Thank you.
>

Thank you for so graciously accepting my time constraints. I really do
appreciate it. I don't want to let you down, but I also want to sleep and
tend to my core responsibilities.

I received another email from another lovely wiki elf explaining to me that
> > it could be seen as though I were making fun of your fictitious name. If
> it
> > came across that way, I really do apologize. That was not my intention. I
> > was not laughing at your name. What I found funny was that people had a
> > series of pronunciations that were different and yet they were all sure
> > that they were correct.
> >
>
> I am not at all bothered but thank you for your consideration.
>

Smiley face.

>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Rogol,
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:04 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Anna,
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sometimes I wonder if hope isn’t at the base of it all. Perhaps hope
> is
> > > > necessary but certainly not sufficient for it all to transpire. Hope
> is
> > > not
> > > > a strategy. But maybe it's a foundation.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Certainly, but there is an old saying about "the triumph of hope over
> > > experience".  The general tenor of your comments suggest that you are
> > less
> > > interested in learning from the past as you are planning for the
> > future.  I
> > > merely suggest that the two go hand in hand.
> > >
> >
> > I agree with your suggestion that they go hand in hand. I think perhaps I
> > solve problems differently than you and I come to this conversation from
> a
> > slightly different angle. I have a question on my mind, how do we build
> an
> > org and a culture for the future? I’m scanning my environment to see
> what I
> > hear, what people are talking about. I’m reading a lot. Entertaining many
> > ideas. Given what I am hear, read and my specific role, where should I
> > focus? I am still ascertaining which issues I might take on.
> >
> > Specifics, including past successes and errors, would be something that I
> > would investigate at a later stage. Your information is relevant to me,
> > just not at this stage.
> >
> > What I said was,
> > > "I can do little about the past. I can address the future. To properly
> > address the future, ad hoc and particular solution sets won't suffice.
> > We'll need coherent and general solution sets, with enough particulars to
> > keep the solution set honest."
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > [stuff]]
> > > > I don't have time to investigate this statement and work to piece
> > > together
> > > > what happened, and since I don't have that time, I will not comment
> in
> > > any
> > > > way on this particular instance.
> > > >
> > >
> > > That is your decision, but it means that you will learn nothing from
> it.
> > >
> >
> > You have such a gentle touch. :)
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Generally, I am thinking about community service training across the
> > > > organization. I would love your help with that. I can do little about
> > the
> > > > past. I can address the future. To properly address the future, ad
> hoc
> > > and
> > > > particular solution sets won't suffice. We'll need coherent and
> general
>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello Rogol,

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:04 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anna,
>
>
> > Sometimes I wonder if hope isn’t at the base of it all. Perhaps hope is
> > necessary but certainly not sufficient for it all to transpire. Hope is
> not
> > a strategy. But maybe it's a foundation.
> >
>
> Certainly, but there is an old saying about "the triumph of hope over
> experience".  The general tenor of your comments suggest that you are less
> interested in learning from the past as you are planning for the future.  I
> merely suggest that the two go hand in hand.
>

I agree with your suggestion that they go hand in hand. I think perhaps I
solve problems differently than you and I come to this conversation from a
slightly different angle. I have a question on my mind, how do we build an
org and a culture for the future? I’m scanning my environment to see what I
hear, what people are talking about. I’m reading a lot. Entertaining many
ideas. Given what I am hear, read and my specific role, where should I
focus? I am still ascertaining which issues I might take on.

Specifics, including past successes and errors, would be something that I
would investigate at a later stage. Your information is relevant to me,
just not at this stage.

What I said was,
> "I can do little about the past. I can address the future. To properly
address the future, ad hoc and particular solution sets won't suffice.
We'll need coherent and general solution sets, with enough particulars to
keep the solution set honest."

>
>
> > [stuff]]
> > I don't have time to investigate this statement and work to piece
> together
> > what happened, and since I don't have that time, I will not comment in
> any
> > way on this particular instance.
> >
>
> That is your decision, but it means that you will learn nothing from it.
>

You have such a gentle touch. :)

>
>
> > Generally, I am thinking about community service training across the
> > organization. I would love your help with that. I can do little about the
> > past. I can address the future. To properly address the future, ad hoc
> and
> > particular solution sets won't suffice. We'll need coherent and general
> > solution sets, with enough particulars to keep the solution set honest.
> >
>
> I am not sure what you mean by "community service" here.  In the UK, it is
> a form of punishment given to young offenders for anti-social behaviour.  I
> assume you mean something different?
>

I definitely mean something different. Thank you for the opportunity to
clarify. How do we engage staff in learning to interact with our
communities? Where are ideal opportunities for exchange (e.g., the best
places to collaborate) and where is collaboration least valuable,
potentially even disruptive? I have no answers yet.

>
>
> The underlying quesrion, as was sure you would have recognised, is not "Do
> you Anna Stillwell happen to know whether or not the WMF has a technical
> roadmap ..." but "Does the WMF have a technical roadmap and if so please
> will the WMF publish it."  Perhaps I failed to make that clear, and you
> were assuming I was asking a more personally specific but significantly
> less useful version.  My long-standing question, then, remains unanswered:
>
> *Does the WMF have a technical roadmap and if so please will the WMF
> publish it.*
>
>
> > If I may be so bold, it seems that your interpretation of my words lacks
> > even basic faith. It seems to be the penultimate worst possible
> > interpretation (the worst being lying, the second... evading).
> >
>
> I can only go by what I see as a pesistent refusal to address this issue
> over many weeks by multiple members of the WMF staff.
>
>
> > But your nearly automatic interpretation may point to a deeper issue. I
> > hear you saying that you don't take me at my word. That you may not take
> us
> > at our word. And I imagine that we have done some things to earn your
> > distrust. I hear you.
> >
> > But I assure you that I am telling you the truth now: I do not know.
> >
>
> Do you propose to take any steps to find out?  If you do, please will you
> let the community know?
>

I will look into this. I will seek to understand the Tech position on three
questions:

   - What do we philosophically believe: to roadmap or not to roadmap?
   - What do we currently have in terms of planning?
   - Will that change?

I'll need some time. I have a lot of work right now (that's why I write to
you on the weekends). Everybody does. I imagine you would prefer another,
more speedy option, but I do not have it right now. We’re revving up the
movement strategy and have our annua

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hoi,
> Anna I absolutely loved what you write.


Gerard, I'm feeling the love, dude.
(A fellow co-worker and I were talking the other day and she said that she
even calls inanimate objects dude. I deeply resonated. So "dude" for us is
not a gendered pronoun.)


> It is very much uplifting to see
> that you want to move forward and want to do this based on the facts on
> the ground


Yes. Keep in mind that *we will make mistakes*. A lot of them. I promise
you. I'm probably making one right now.


> and not so much on our convoluted history that is spread out so much that
> even someone like me who has been involved for the longest time has given
> up on yesterdays arguments.
>

I agree with this statement. We need to build relationships for the future.

And, "Rogol" wasn't talking about the past. He was inquiring about a
product roadmap, which is all about the future. And his questions were
fair.

>
> Some will say but.. but ... and from their position they may be right. They
> forget that there are over 280 languages, more in the pipe line and even
> more projects and as it is we do not consider this at all. English
> Wikipedia is less than 50% and as Asaf said in a recent presentation less
> than 50% of the people in this world have English as a first or second
> language. Arguments from the past mean that the diversity we are is less
> important than the incumbency of the present talking heads.
>

Yes. Think of all of the places we could go and things we could do.
Remember to offer your important ideas in the movement strategy
conversation. It's about a strategic direction, a theme for the next 15
years. A general layer of meaning that sits right below the vision and
describes the theme of the next 15 years. Might that not help coalesce our
efforts?

>
> When arguments are based in the past, the reality check if the arguments
> still fit the present is typically left out. When arguments are of high
> quality, they should still convince and do not need to consider their
> legacy.
>

I often forget to reality check if an argument still fits. Good reminder
for me. It would be so much easier if reality would just let us make up our
minds once and for all. lol.


Thanks,
>GerardM
>

p.s. I know this may sound really ignorant, but what does "Hoi" mean?
That's how you've started every email that I can ever remember.


> On 11 February 2017 at 02:34, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Anna,
> > >
> > >
> > > > As you may have noticed, threaded discussions become difficult for me
> > to
> > > > visually navigate after a while. Thus, the color.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, colour doesn't come through on the mailing list.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you for explaining that. I appreciate you teaching me the rules.
> > After I posted, I also had a number of wiki elves simultaneously ping me
> on
> > a number of different channels to let me know the very same thing. A
> bunch
> > of gardeners just tending to the commons. It was delightful. It felt like
> > an entrance into a different world. I was wondering when the hobbits
> would
> > show up with second breakfast and above all: ale. I want some ale.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Call me naive, but I’m excited by the prospect of the movement
> strategy
> > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>.
> I
> > > know
> > > > that many other things will need to happen to arrive at the state
> that
> > > you
> > > > speak of, but thinking together at that scale is likely a good start
> in
> > > my
> > > > mind.  It might even be a necessary but insufficient pre-requisite
> for
> > > the
> > > > kind of collaboration you speak of.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Let us hope that it does what is both necessary and sufficient.
> > >
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Sometimes I wonder if hope isn’t at the base of it all. Perhaps hope is
> > necessary but certainly not sufficient for it all to transpire. Hope is
> not
> > a strategy. But maybe it's a foundation.
> >
> > Besides, I could use some. Hope, that is. It’s looking bleak out there.
> > It’s tough to wake up in the middle of your life and realize that it
> looks
> > like most of the world thinks a regression back to nationalism and
> > cens

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

lack of spin!  I think that is in the
Wharton-Business-School
<http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/for-individuals?gclid=CMGp9YTnhtICFURqfgod_AYI_g=NAM_BRAND_id=WFbx6wAAAN1GRt7g:20170211003858:s>-what-not-to-do
manual... admit that you don't know something in public.

To be any more transparent, I would have to wear a body cam. I trust the
NSA is working on it.

If I may be so bold, it seems that your interpretation of my words lacks
even basic faith. It seems to be the penultimate worst possible
interpretation (the worst being lying, the second... evading).

But your nearly automatic interpretation may point to a deeper issue. I
hear you saying that you don't take me at my word. That you may not take us
at our word. And I imagine that we have done some things to earn your
distrust. I hear you.

But I assure you that I am telling you the truth now: I do not know.

I work to identify general problems. Once identified, I seek to understand
which problems are my most important problems. I don't think in terms of
priorities. I think about my most important problems because the wording
helps me get to and stick to the heart of it.

Then I like to debate my most important problems because someone could see
information that I can't. Why those problems? What is the rationale?
Potentially
I revise my most important problems based on input or reading or speaking
to other knowledgeable people.

Then I decide which problems I am going to work to solve. Then I think
about the best way to solve them. Then I try to imagine all of the things
that could wrong. Then I remember that no plan survives its first
engagement with reality and that I have to get started experimenting.


>
> > You've helped me see some new possibilities for how we might organize.
> > Thank you.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> "Rogol"
>

Ok. How do you pronounce your fictitious name? I asked around, “Hey, how do
you pronounce Rogol’s fictitious name”? Everyone pronounced it differently.
Some had a hard g. Some had a soft one. Some placed emphasis on the first
syllable. Some on the second.

I couldn’t stop laughing. I said to them, “But he’s made up…. how can you
be *so sure*?”

It made me want a fictitious title for myself that no one could pronounce.
Perhaps that’s why my new title, which someone else came up with, sounded
so fun to me: it’s a fictitious title that almost no one can pronounce. For
example, when I first said it to Guillaume, he winced at my pronunciation.
He tried not to. He really did. He put in a good faith effort.

But that made me wonder, does Rogol even know how to pronounce his
fictitious name?


THE JD

Chargé d’Affaires

Collaboratively build a culture and organization for the future.

   -

   In partnership with the executive team, think and act in service of
   talent and culture needs for the future of our projects and movement
   (e.g., forecast future talent needs—individual and collective
   competencies).
   -

   Co-design (with Joady) the vision and execute a leading-edge,
   comprehensive talent management strategy.
   -

   Co-define and co-execute (with Joady) a coherent, inclusive philosophy
   across the employee lifecycle.
   -

   Champion our values, embed them throughout the employee lifecycle.
   -

   Champion special projects and ideas worthy of support.
   -

   Represent culture and organizational design at executive team.


Collaboratively recruit high-level roles for the future:
Board of Trustees, Endowment Board, executives, and special projects.


Engage leaders in their own development:

   -

   Roll out a leadership framework, a central architecture of
   accountabilities at different levels of leadership throughout the
   organization, sync JDs.
   -

   Drive and evolve our cutting-edge leadership program.
   -

   Drive adoption of our leadership practices.
   -

   Develop, drive, and evolve manager training (hiring, orienting,
   performance management, development, succession planning).
   -

   Drive adoption of management practices.
   -

   Lead the people side of succession planning.
   -

   Manage and evolve cultural orientation.


Be an ambassador (Charge d’Affaires)


   -

   Make WMF a creative, generative, well-regarded culture to work within.
   -

   Develop and represent the public profile of the Wikimedia Foundation as
   an employer and culture leader, including writing, external networking, and
   representing the foundation at public engagements.



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

 the Community to contribute to the planning and help with
> the implementation; to spot possible gaps; to propose partnerships; to
> identify areas of misunderstanding between Foundation and Community; to
> better understnd when and where to propose requests for enhancements; to
> plan its own work in terms of transitioning project content to new
> technologies and systems.
>

Yes, it would definitely enable these things in theory and many likely also
in practice. I’m just now thinking of constraints (e.g., time, money,
recruiting), which is not your point.

>
>
> > And would you be willing to rank the relative importance of having the
> > ability to do those things versus solving potentially other important
> > problems.
> >
>
> Yes, of course, but unfortunately the Foundation seems to have no desire
> to expose its view of those problems.
>

I understand. I guess I’m trying to figure out just how cool and difficult
this style of collaboration would be and what are the other cool and
difficult things you fear we might not do if we deployed our resources in
this way. At this stage, I’m not for or against. I’m just thinking.

You've helped me see some new possibilities for how we might organize.
Thank you.

/a

>
>
> > >
> > > "Rogol"
> > >
> >
> > and, if you're willing, I'd like to understand the quotes around your
> > name... how come they are there? Again, genuine question. Not mocking or
> > even challenging. Just curious. Annoyingly so.
>
>
> To make it completely clear that the name under which I post is not my real
> name, just in case anyone was under the impression that I was a fictional
> wizard from the far future.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Anna Stillwell <
> astillw...@wikimedia.org
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Rogol,
> > >
> > > Good to hear from you.
> > >
> > > "I am surprised by the notion that WMF middle management is in some way
> > > answerable to the Community. I would have thought that was the least
> > > productive
> > > form of engagement between the two sides."
> > >
> > > Rogol, I'd like to hear more about what you mean here, specifically in
> > this
> > > instance. Then, would you be willing to generalize in categories: a
> > > spectrum of the least productive forms of engagement between the
> > > communities and WMF to the most productive forms of engagement?
> > >
> > > "But doing planning better is a lesson for management to learn, not for
> > the
> > > Community."
> > >
> > > Yes. Agreed. Though generally I would say that everybody should always
> be
> > > learning on all sides of the fence, but I can't disagree with your
> > > statement.
> > >
> > > /a
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am surprised by the notion that WMF middle management is in some
> way
> > > > answerable to the Community.  I would have thought that was the least
> > > > productive form of engagement between the two sides.  The issue is
> > what,
> > > if
> > > > anything, will happen to the tools that the contributors want and
> need
> > to
> > > > carry on doing their work.  Wes Moran says that they will be
> delivered
> > on
> > > > schedule and I presume he is in a position to make that happen.
> > > >
> > > > It's disturbing to read that the failure of this team is attributed
> by
> > > > Chris Koerner to planning.  But doing planning better is a lesson for
> > > > management to learn, not for the Community.  It so happens that I
> have
> > > > advocated for involving the Community in the planing more, earlier
> and
> > > at a
> > > > higher level.  But I do not regard this setback as attributable to
> the
> > > > Foundation's reluctance to do that.
> > > >
> > > > "Rogol"
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:18 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I guess the question is was this a request for input on what the
> > > > community
> > > > > thinks of the Interactive Team or the strategy of the discovery
> team?
> > > Or
> > > > > was it simply a "for your information", we have decided to do X, Y,
> &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] don't run away from the mess we've made, fix it (Re: Concerns in general)

[Anna Stillwell]

nity actually do to
> support each other?
>

You are practical, yet another good quality.

On my end, I’m thinking about some kind of modular “community service”
training for foundation staff. I’m not committing to anything right now,
because I wouldn’t go it alone (other people with other high-priority
agendas would need to be consulted and involved). I’m just thinking.

The reason I responded on this thread is because I thought that Salsman's
post:

   - was framed with a leading question
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question>.
   - was filled with a good deal of speculation
   <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speculate> (definition #2).
   - strikes me as mild affront to undue weight
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources_and_undue_weight>,
   though I do not believe that’s a norm of this list. Minority views on
   this list could be *very* important. I just don’t think this one is.
   Besides, the political persuasions of early editors cannot and *should
   not* be known.
   - seemed to be a circumspect form of argumentum ad hominem
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem>, particularly when linked to
   a tweet discussing Rex Tillerson
   <https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer/status/808003564291244033>’s favorite
   political philosopher (though I struggle to credit Objectivism
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)> as a philosophy),
   as JW bears no relationship to Tillerson.
   - and I don't believe that the post was meant to solve any kind of
   problem. Sure, that’s a high bar to set, but it's on my mind.

None of that strikes me as constructive discourse and sets a low bar for
the kinds of discussions we could have here. If we could start by not doing
that, I think that would be a good first step.

Thank you for taking your precious time to engage with me in conversation.
I know time is limited for us all, and that you've spent some of yours to
help advance our projects is quite meaningful to me.

/a


>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to talk beyond this particular instance or these particular
> > protagonists.
> >
> > I'd like to talk about culture. We've created a culture that is hard on
> > people, somewhat punishing of them. We engage in a good deal of public
> > shaming.
> >
> > We need to find a way to turn our culture toward more generative and
> > constructive forms of public discourse. If we fail, smart, good, healthy
> > Wikimedians will go away and not add their knowledge to our projects.
> >
> > It’s not even about whose at fault anymore, because we all are. When I
> talk
> > to people across the movement, they're all pretty clear that someone
> other
> > than themselves is the responsible party:
> >
> >- “It’s the dysfunctional board.”
> >- “No, no. it’s the “toxic communities”.
> >- “Of course not, its the obtuse staff”.
> >
> > First, this is not healthy and it is not true. We have smart, brilliant,
> > competent people throughout our movement. I’ve met brilliant, generative,
> > empathic community members who have performed a deep service by adding
> > their knowledge. I’ve met brilliant staff members that are advancing
> ideas
> > that can have tremendously positive impacts on our projects. I’ve met
> > brilliant board members who are thinking about the future in a very
> serious
> > way.
> >
> > Second, it does us no good to shift the blame around and work against
> each
> > other. We have to find ways to support each other in solving problems
> > because we have a lot of important problems to solve together.
> >
> > We face so many challenges, not least of which is a world that seems to
> > think that closed societies and ignorance and divisions are better than
> > open societies, coursing with knowledge and constructive unity. Of the
> many
> > challenges we face together: being collectively diminishing of one
> another
> > and divisive should not be one of them.
> >
> > Sorry, I just can’t keep quiet <https://www.youtube.com/
> > watch?v=v_DvGP6Y4jQ> on
> > this any more.
> >
> > /a
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:39 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone doubt that the English Wikipedia's longstanding,
> > > pervasive, counter-factual, systemic bias towards supply side
> > > trickle-down austerity libertarian objectivist economics due at least
> > > in part to early influence of editors attracted to Jimmy Wales' former
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed permanent Executive Director

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations.
/a

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:22:58 -0800
> Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > More excellent news from WMDE! Congratulations again, Abraham. :-)
> >
> > Dan
>
> Congratulations, Abraham and good luck in your new role!
>
> -- Shlomi
>
> >
> > On 30 January 2017 at 07:57, Tim Moritz Hector <
> > tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > >
> > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board
> > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director
> of
> > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect.
> > >
> > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the
> director of
> > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two
> months.
> > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as
> well as
> > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced
> that
> > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia
> Deutschland and
> > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good
> hands
> > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development
> department
> > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with
> a
> > > new permanent director.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected

[Anna Stillwell]

Congratulations. :)
/a

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:40 AM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

> Congrats!!! Great initiative!
>
> Hugs!
>
> 2017-01-30 3:35 GMT-03:00 NC Hasive <n...@nhasive.com>:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> >
> > -Hasive
> > WMBD
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Tonmoy Khan <tonmoy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Heartiest congratulations! Good to see these excellent people on the
> > board.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Ali Haidar Khan
> > > President, Wikimedia Bangladesh
> > >
> > > On Jan 30, 2017 11:28 AM, "Allyson Kapin" <ally...@radcampaign.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Huge congrats!
> > > >
> > > > Allyson
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Katy Love <kl...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congratulations to the new board! Wow :)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Tanvir Rahman <
> > wikitan...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations! A great team indeed!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > T.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] don't run away from the mess we've made, fix it (Re: Concerns in general)

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ly as we are an international movement that intends to cover the
> knowledge of the whole humanoid civilisation.
>
> To come to a conclusion, I think WMF and the Wikimedia movement should
> think about a back-up plan if it actually goes wrong.
>
>
> If you do not agree with me: that is perfectly fine, that's your right and
> should be protected.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Romaine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation receives $500, 000 from the Craig Newmark Foundation and craigslist Charitable Fund to support a healthy and inclusive

[Anna Stillwell]

it? Basically
> in a
> > > similar pattern that vandalism is fought on most wikipedia projects?
> > >
> > > I really hope that prevention, education and (social) training will
> > become
> > > a major point in the overall agenda, but I can imagine that we can't
> pay
> > > all that from the single grant :) So I just would like to place it in
> the
> > > proper context.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Lodewijk
> >
> > +1 Spot on.
> >
> > The plan appears to hinge on blocks as the outcome. Based on cases of
> > long term harassment targeted at individuals which invariably involved
> > off-wiki doxxing or contacting friends and family members of their
> > target, blocking Wikimedia accounts is an approach that may remove
> > Wikimedia projects as a platform but does little to help reform the
> > person causing harassment. I would rather see systems that include
> > reaching out to the apparent harasser to help them recognize and deal
> > with their anger or obsessive issues. Treating badly behaved
> > individuals as the "other", without aiming for a lasting resolution,
> > means we are back to the old days of telling the unfortunate
> > target/victim to change their identity or grow a thicker skin as the
> > on-line harassment may never stop.
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Hey Pine,
Thanks for all of the good ideas. I'll reach out to you.
As for the other suggestions, I appreciate them. I do a lot better and
understand a lot more in 1:1 communication, so I'd prefer to interview
people.
/a

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> Hi Anna,
>
> Outside of the scope of this thread, I'd be glad to have a conversation
> about WMF-community communication in general. May I suggest making that a
> subject for an office hour at some future time? We'll likely need more than
> a single office hour to untangle all of the threads and make sure that
> everyone who wants to be heard is heard. A better time for me would be Q4.
> Perhaps this could be the start of a monthly "Community-WMF Communications
> office hour" that could happen on a quarterly basis. While I have too many
> other projects on my plate to also be a coordinator for these office hours,
> I do think that they could be very helpful if the conversations that they
> foster are used to implement changes that have significant backing from WMF
> managers who can actually make changes happen.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Rogol,

Good to hear from you.

"I am surprised by the notion that WMF middle management is in some way
answerable to the Community. I would have thought that was the least productive
form of engagement between the two sides."

Rogol, I'd like to hear more about what you mean here, specifically in this
instance. Then, would you be willing to generalize in categories: a
spectrum of the least productive forms of engagement between the
communities and WMF to the most productive forms of engagement?

"But doing planning better is a lesson for management to learn, not for the
Community."

Yes. Agreed. Though generally I would say that everybody should always be
learning on all sides of the fence, but I can't disagree with your
statement.

/a

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am surprised by the notion that WMF middle management is in some way
> answerable to the Community.  I would have thought that was the least
> productive form of engagement between the two sides.  The issue is what, if
> anything, will happen to the tools that the contributors want and need to
> carry on doing their work.  Wes Moran says that they will be delivered on
> schedule and I presume he is in a position to make that happen.
>
> It's disturbing to read that the failure of this team is attributed by
> Chris Koerner to planning.  But doing planning better is a lesson for
> management to learn, not for the Community.  It so happens that I have
> advocated for involving the Community in the planing more, earlier and at a
> higher level.  But I do not regard this setback as attributable to the
> Foundation's reluctance to do that.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:18 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I guess the question is was this a request for input on what the
> community
> > thinks of the Interactive Team or the strategy of the discovery team? Or
> > was it simply a "for your information", we have decided to do X, Y, and
> Z.
> > The first is much more preferable to the second, but it appears the
> second
> > was what was intended. We as Wikipedians, of course, while give you our
> > opinions on these decisions whether you request them or not :-)
> >
> > Now to be clear I am not requesting an official response. I am expressing
> > 1) my support for the work that the Interactive Team was carrying out. 2)
> > my great appreciation to Yuri for the years he has dedicated to the WM
> > movement. IMO him being let go is a great loss to our movement. People
> who
> > both understand tech and can explain tech to the non expert are few and
> far
> > between and Yuri was both. While I imagine and hope that he will continue
> > on as a volunteer, it is easy to get distracted by working to put food on
> > the table. Maybe another team within the WMF or within the Wikimedia
> > movement will pick him up.
> >
> > Best
> > James
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Anna Stillwell <
> astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anna,
> > > >
> > > > I've now read what you quoted for a third time, and can confirm I did
> > > > understand, and agree with, what you said. I'm sorry my summary was
> > > > inadequate, and may have made it seem otherwise.
> > > >
> > > > As for planning, I am not making assumptions, but perhaps
> interpreting
> > > > differently from you. I'm happy to defer to Pine on the details;
> their
> > > > recent message captures the gist of what I intended.
> > > >
> > > > I can't give a solid estimate of the "half-life," but I do not think
> > the
> > > > enthusiasm I've seen (and the metrics I cited in my initial message
> on
> > > this
> > > > thread) constitute a passing crush. I do think a "pause" that
> > > necessitates
> > > > addressing uncertainty when discussing popular features can have a
> > > > significant impact, and therefore should be minimized to whatever
> > degree
> > > is
> > > > attainable. I could be wrong, but that's my belief.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Got it.  (I add color so I can see. I think I need better glasses.
> Sad!).
> > >
> > > >
> > > > As for the request for more time, I guess I'm just not sure what to
> > make
> > > > of it. I make no demands, and I'm not sure I've heard Pine, James,
&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Additional information on community health initiative and next steps

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_health_initiative
> >
> > You can also find more details about this announcement in this blog post:
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/26/community-health-initiative-grant
> >
> > Danny Horn (Product Manager, Community Tech) and Patrick Earley (Manager,
> > Support & Safety)
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> > Board_noticeboard/November_2016_-_Statement_on_Healthy_
> Community_Culture,_
> > Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces
> >
> > [2]
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anna,
>
> I've now read what you quoted for a third time, and can confirm I did
> understand, and agree with, what you said. I'm sorry my summary was
> inadequate, and may have made it seem otherwise.
>
> As for planning, I am not making assumptions, but perhaps interpreting
> differently from you. I'm happy to defer to Pine on the details; their
> recent message captures the gist of what I intended.
>
> I can't give a solid estimate of the "half-life," but I do not think the
> enthusiasm I've seen (and the metrics I cited in my initial message on this
> thread) constitute a passing crush. I do think a "pause" that necessitates
> addressing uncertainty when discussing popular features can have a
> significant impact, and therefore should be minimized to whatever degree is
> attainable. I could be wrong, but that's my belief.
>

Got it.  (I add color so I can see. I think I need better glasses. Sad!).

>
> As for the request for more time, I guess I'm just not sure what to make
> of it. I make no demands, and I'm not sure I've heard Pine, James, DJ, or
> anybody in this thread make demands. Is there somebody with standing to
> grant such a request? I've heard it, and it makes sense. It's worthwhile to
> know that the team needs more time, and plans to share more on a scale that
> sounds like days-to-weeks. But if there's something specific being asked of
> me (or others on this list), I'm not clear on what it is.
>

I was just asking whether you thought it was reasonable to give them the
time that they asked for.  It wasn't a governance question, or a discussion
about authority. I was just asking if those who commented, who all seemed
to have legitimate concerns, were willing to have the team get back to them
with any answers that they could fairly, justly, respectfully and legally
provide, but more likely they would talk about the future work.

In my mind I've been clear and consistent: "Hey, do you guys think it is
reasonable to give these guys some time?" But it seems like I've not made
this point clear. Would singing it at karaoke help?

>
> I'd be happy to chat if you come back to it at the end of Q3, if you'd
> like.
>

Thanks. I'll reach out.

>
> -Pete
>
> [[User:Peteforsyth]]
>
>
>
> On 01/25/2017 06:38 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Anna,
>>>
>>> Pete,
>>
>> Your points are valid and well taken. If I may summarize what I think I
>>> heard, it's basically: "Getting things right can be hard, and if full
>>> preparations weren't made ahead of time, thorough answers may not be
>>> readily available. Be compassionate/patient." Is that about right?
>>>
>>
>> I appreciate that you are trying to understand what I mean. Thanks.
>>
>> No, I didn’t say getting things right can be hard. I said, “This
>> communication thing is hard, especially when people are involved.
>> Sometimes
>> there are laws that constrain what we say. Sometimes we don’t know whether
>> we are right yet and we need a further unpacking of the facts. The truth
>> is
>> that there can be a whole host of reasons for partial communication that
>> aren’t related to competence or the intent to deceive.”
>>
>> As for the preparations, it seems that a lot of assumptions are being
>> made.
>> As for thorough answers, some might already be known and others known once
>> more planning is completed. However, it could be that the explanations you
>> want are not legal to share. There are many issues where employment law
>> and
>> worker protections are crystal clear, as they should be.
>>
>> As for compassion, I don’t require it. That seems like extra to me. I
>> usually prefer just paying attention, but that’s my personal choice.
>>
>> The team asked for some time. I wondered if that would be a reasonable
>> request to grant them.
>>
>> If so, I agree in principle and in spirit, but I think the point is in
>>
>>> tension with
>>> another one:
>>>
>>> Community and public enthusiasm for software can be a rare and important
>>> thing. The conditions that make it grow, shrink, or sustain are complex,
>>> and largely beyond the influence of a handful of mailing list
>>> participants.
>>> The recent outputs of the Interactive Team have generated enthusiasm in a
>>> number of venues, and many on this list (both volunteers and staff) would
>>> like to see it grow or sustain, and p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Pine,

>
> This email is probably a little harsher than I would like it to sound. I
> admit to being frustrated -- not so much about this particular case, but
> the general situation of the very mixed levels of WMF staff responsiveness
> to requests for information.
>

Heard.

I'll be ready to talk ideas about this at the end of Q3, but not before.
I'm not promising a course of action yet, I'd like to understand a lot more
first. Might I reach out to you at that time and understand your thoughts?
Anyone else willing to let me ring them and ask them questions?

/a

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

Hey Kelly,

Nice to hear from you. Glad you've chimed in.

I know a lot of people on this team. They have all seemed reasonable to me
in addition to being well intentioned. They're competent people. My bet is
that they have this handled, but there's a lag in communication time for
some reason and that they are working on that.

And contributors are enthusiastic about software. Claro que si! This is
obviously a good thing and we very much want to listen to what they have to
say and understand their needs.

I just stepped in at the last minute to see if people were willing to give
them a bit of time. The credit belongs elsewhere, but it's nice to hear
your voice and I hope your new role is going well.

Warmly,
/a



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wrote:

> Anna thank you so much for handling all of this.
> You do a great job and I am very appreciative of that...
>
> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 3:53 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > You make substantive points, Tim. Thank you.
> >
> > "An employee should not experience their time off as a period where his
> > [her/they] work load is just temporarily buffered until his [her/they]
> > return, but where colleagues will step in and take care of business."
> >
> > I take this point seriously and don't wish you to think otherwise. In
> > theory, I absolutely agree. In practice, sometimes we all face
> constraints.
> > There are roughly 300 of us (order of magnitude). Every now and then,
> there
> > are not enough of us to go around on everything on a timeline that meets
> > the legitimate need that you present here. We'll continue to work on
> this.
> > But, to clarify, no one ever said it was a "useful practice" nor did
> anyone
> > suggest that it was generalized across the org.
> >
> > What I was wondering about in my previous email and now reiterating in
> this
> > one too, are people willing to grant their request: a bit of time and
> allow
> > for one person to return to work?
> >
> > Does that seem like a way to move forward?
> >
> > Warmly,
> > /a
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> […]
> >>
> >>> I also hear that the pause on the interactive work is temporary. I’ve
> >> heard
> >>> them request time. I am comfortable granting that request, but no one
> is
> >>> required to agree with me. They’ve also said that the person with the
> >> most
> >>> information is on vacation. As someone who has seen employees go
> through
> >>> considerable stress in the last years, the entire executive team is
> >> working
> >>> to establish some cultural standards around supporting vacations. We
> want
> >>> people here to feel comfortable taking proper vacations and sometimes
> >> that
> >>> can even need to happen in a crisis. People often plan their vacations
> >> well
> >>> in advance and may not know that something tricky will come up. Just so
> >> you
> >>> understand one bias I bring to this conversation.
> >>
> >>> […]
> >>
> >> I concur with DJ in his initial mail that this is not a use-
> >> ful practice, and I doubt very much that it relieves employ-
> >> ees' stress.  It conveys the organizational expectation that
> >> employees are SPOFs without any backup.  An employee should
> >> not experience their time off as a period where his work
> >> load is just temporarily buffered until his return, but
> >> where colleagues will step in and take care of business.
> >> Especially such a major decision like "pausing" a team
> >> should not depend on the inner thoughts of one employee, but
> >> be backed and explainable by others.
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anna,
>

Pete,

>
> Your points are valid and well taken. If I may summarize what I think I
> heard, it's basically: "Getting things right can be hard, and if full
> preparations weren't made ahead of time, thorough answers may not be
> readily available. Be compassionate/patient." Is that about right?


I appreciate that you are trying to understand what I mean. Thanks.

No, I didn’t say getting things right can be hard. I said, “This
communication thing is hard, especially when people are involved. Sometimes
there are laws that constrain what we say. Sometimes we don’t know whether
we are right yet and we need a further unpacking of the facts. The truth is
that there can be a whole host of reasons for partial communication that
aren’t related to competence or the intent to deceive.”

As for the preparations, it seems that a lot of assumptions are being made.
As for thorough answers, some might already be known and others known once
more planning is completed. However, it could be that the explanations you
want are not legal to share. There are many issues where employment law and
worker protections are crystal clear, as they should be.

As for compassion, I don’t require it. That seems like extra to me. I
usually prefer just paying attention, but that’s my personal choice.

The team asked for some time. I wondered if that would be a reasonable
request to grant them.

If so, I agree in principle and in spirit, but I think the point is in
> tension with
> another one:
>
> Community and public enthusiasm for software can be a rare and important
> thing. The conditions that make it grow, shrink, or sustain are complex,
> and largely beyond the influence of a handful of mailing list participants.
> The recent outputs of the Interactive Team have generated enthusiasm in a
> number of venues, and many on this list (both volunteers and staff) would
> like to see it grow or sustain, and perhaps throw a little weight behind an
> effort to make it grow or sustain.
>

Good points. I mean that. Glad to hear of these recent outputs generate
excitement. I’m personally also getting quite excited about ORES
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Objective_Revision_Evaluation_Service> and
what’s going on with the Community Tech Wish List, Labs, and New Readers.
But I also get that you want to be clear: you'd like to see the interactive
team’s work grow or sustain. Makes sense.

The only thing I heard is that the team said that they needed to pause,
have a bit of time, and get back to everybody. “The team's aim during this
period is to get its work to a stable and maintainable state.”

>
> But that enthusiasm has a half-life. What is possible today may not be
> possible next week or next month. The zeitgeist may have evolved or moved
> on by then.
>

I'm not in disagreement with your main point about enthusiasm for software.
I think it's a very good one. Enthusiasm with a half life of a week,
however, sounds more like a passing crush. Nevertheless, your point still
stands.

>
> -Pete
> --
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>

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>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > You make substantive points, Tim. Thank you.
> >
> > "An employee should not experience their time off as a period where his
> > [her/they] work load is just temporarily buffered until his [her/they]
> > return, but where colleagues will step in and take care of business."
> >
> > I take this point seriously and don't wish you to think otherwise. In
> > theory, I absolutely agree. In practice, sometimes we all face
> constraints.
> > There are roughly 300 of us (order of magnitude). Every now and then,
> there
> > are not enough of us to go around on everything on a timeline that meets
> > the legitimate need that you present here. We'll continue to work on
> this.
> > But, to clarify, no one ever said it was a "useful practice" nor did
> anyone
> > suggest that it was generalized across the org.
> >
> > What I was wondering about in my previous email and now reiterating in
> this
> > one too, are people willing to grant their request: a bit of time and
> allow
> > for one person to return to work?
> >
> > Does that seem like a way to move forward?
> >
> > Warmly,
> > /a
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > […]
> > >
> > > > I also hear that the pause on the interactive work is temporary. I’ve
> > > heard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

You make substantive points, Tim. Thank you.

"An employee should not experience their time off as a period where his
[her/they] work load is just temporarily buffered until his [her/they]
return, but where colleagues will step in and take care of business."

I take this point seriously and don't wish you to think otherwise. In
theory, I absolutely agree. In practice, sometimes we all face constraints.
There are roughly 300 of us (order of magnitude). Every now and then, there
are not enough of us to go around on everything on a timeline that meets
the legitimate need that you present here. We'll continue to work on this.
But, to clarify, no one ever said it was a "useful practice" nor did anyone
suggest that it was generalized across the org.

What I was wondering about in my previous email and now reiterating in this
one too, are people willing to grant their request: a bit of time and allow
for one person to return to work?

Does that seem like a way to move forward?

Warmly,
/a

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de>
wrote:

> Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > […]
>
> > I also hear that the pause on the interactive work is temporary. I’ve
> heard
> > them request time. I am comfortable granting that request, but no one is
> > required to agree with me. They’ve also said that the person with the
> most
> > information is on vacation. As someone who has seen employees go through
> > considerable stress in the last years, the entire executive team is
> working
> > to establish some cultural standards around supporting vacations. We want
> > people here to feel comfortable taking proper vacations and sometimes
> that
> > can even need to happen in a crisis. People often plan their vacations
> well
> > in advance and may not know that something tricky will come up. Just so
> you
> > understand one bias I bring to this conversation.
>
> > […]
>
> I concur with DJ in his initial mail that this is not a use-
> ful practice, and I doubt very much that it relieves employ-
> ees' stress.  It conveys the organizational expectation that
> employees are SPOFs without any backup.  An employee should
> not experience their time off as a period where his work
> load is just temporarily buffered until his return, but
> where colleagues will step in and take care of business.
> Especially such a major decision like "pausing" a team
> should not depend on the inner thoughts of one employee, but
> be backed and explainable by others.
>
> Tim
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Interactive Team putting work on pause

[Anna Stillwell]

 person who made the decision is on vacation for
> > the next few weeks. I am trying my best to communicate as much as I can
> in
> > her absence, which is why I made a public announcement of all that I know
> > now rather than waiting weeks for my manager to return. I am afraid that
> > some patience is required until Katie gets back from vacation.
>
>
> So now Dan doesn't know enough to be able to discuss this, even though he
> gave a rather destructive team review earlier.
>
> 1: This is exactly the kind of communication that 'the community' keeps
> complaining about. Reactive instead of proactive. Evasive instead of
> transparent. Now volunteers need to spend time to figure out what is
> happening here ? This has cost me over 3 hours today. I would have liked to
> have spent that time differently.
> 2: It shouldn't matter that Katie is on holidays, I'd assume/hope someone
> takes over her duties while she is away (Likely Dan himself and/or Wes
> Moran). Providing information on topics like this shouldn't have to wait
> until someone returns from a (likely well deserved) holiday.
> 3: Why do I have to write this email ? It's really not that hard: Make a
> decision, explain it.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board Recruitment Kick-Off

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello Lodewijk,

Good to hear from you.

In Nataliia's original email she wrote:

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant
appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but this
seat will be filled through the community selection process. *The Election*
*Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats,
will*
*provide further information about the process and timeline at a later
date.*
We hope to have all three candidates join the Board no later than Wikimania
in August.

Hope that helps.
Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:35 AM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>
wrote:

> Hi Nataliia,
>
> Thanks for the update. It's promising to see a closed timeline for the
> board recruitment.
>
> I am wondering though, when do you expect to wrap up the process for the
> appointed seats? There's always been a lot of talk that the community and
> affiliates don't take the needs of the board in certain areas into account
> - and it would probably be good if the board could communicate back before
> the election process starts what kind of expertise they're looking for.
>
> I guess that is not going to fly this time around, as you will be in the
> middle of a search for the expert seats? Any chance these timelines may
> support each other?
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2017-01-23 19:44 GMT+01:00 Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org>:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We would like to announce that we are officially beginning recruitment
> for
> > two open appointed positions on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > This email will outline the process and timeline for the recruitment.
> >
> > The Board initially began discussions on recruitment in May-June 2016
> [1].
> > After a pause, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has renewed
> recruitment
> > for its vacant appointed seats and would love to share an update with you
> > today.
> >
> > With support from Anna Stillwell (from the Talent & Culture department)
> and
> > Michelle Paulson (our interim General Counsel), the BGC developed four
> > candidate profiles for the vacant and soon-to-be-vacant seats and gave
> its
> > recommendations to the Board in December 2016.
> >
> > During its December meeting, the Board decided that it hopes to find the
> > following types of experience and expertise:
> >
> >
> >1.
> >
> >Growing a global movement: apply
> ><https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_
> > src=3vh7tx1#.WIZGvrYrL-Y>
> >[2]
> >2.
> >
> >Engaging new communities: apply
> ><https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_
> > src=b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1>
> >[3]
> >3.
> >
> >Social sector governance: apply
> ><https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_
> > src=5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1>
> >[4]
> >
> >
> > After that Anna, Michelle, and the Communications team integrated Board
> > feedback and developed recruitment materials, which include background
> > information about the Wikimedia movement and Foundation as well as the
> > profiles describing the types of candidates we are looking for. These
> > recruitment materials can be found at:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=55283092 [5].
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant
> > appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but this
> > seat will be filled through the community selection process. The Election
> > Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats,
> will
> > provide further information about the process and timeline at a later
> date.
> > We hope to have all three candidates join the Board no later than
> Wikimania
> > in August.
> >
> > We will begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions
> > today and will close the submission period on Monday, 06 March 2017 at
> > 17:00 PST. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is
> > available on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [6].
> >
> > Applicants may apply online at:
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We
> > also accept applications and referrals by email at
> > board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org.
> >
> > Over the next six weeks, we invite you all to tell us about people who
> are
> > potentially interested in serving the Wikimedia community on the
> Wikimedia
> > Foundation Board of Trustees. And we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Danveg, and reminder about people in distress

[Anna Stillwell]

I'm so sad to hear this news.

Pine, thank you for the thoughtful email full of the reminders that, at
times, we may all need support. And thank you for providing helpful
resources.

Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello colleagues,
>
> Michal Lester from Wikimedia Israel and Tsipi Erann from Wikiwomen recently
> sent an email to the Gendergap mailing list regarding the passing of
> User:Danveg.
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2017-January/006453.html.
> Condolences to her family and friends. A memorial project has been
> established on Hebrew Wikipedia at
> https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%
> A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D/
> %D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99_%
> D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D/DanVeg_Memorial_Trans_Project
> .
>
> I would like to remind all of us that there may be people in our community
> who are experiencing personal difficulties or distress, and that
> professional resources may be available to assist. As with many situations,
> I think that getting help before a situation becomes a crisis is
> preferable, and I would encourage people to take the courageous step to do
> so. Emotional support from friends and family, professional counseling, and
> medicines may all be helpful in helping someone. The Mayo Clinic provides a
> resource called "Depression: Supporting a family member or friend":
> http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/
> depression/ART-20045943.
> Quoting the Mayo Clinic page: "People with depression may not recognize or
> acknowledge that they're depressed. They may not be aware of signs and
> symptoms of depression, so they may think their feelings are normal. All
> too often, people feel ashamed about their depression and mistakenly
> believe they should be able to overcome it with willpower alone. But
> depression seldom gets better without treatment and may get worse. With the
> right treatment approach, the person you care about can get better." If you
> or someone you know is in distress, or is frequently sad, then I would
> encourage reaching out for professional support.
>
> In the circumstance that an on-wiki situation does become an emergency,
> includes a threat of harm, *or* if someone discusses harm and you aren't
> sure how serious the threat is, English Wikipedia has the following
> resource, which includes information about how to Wikipedians are
> encouraged to respond if someone on-wiki appears to be suicidal:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm.
> Alternatively, if an off-wiki situation appears to be an emergency,
> includes a threat of harm, *or* includes a threat that you don't know how
> to evaluate, then please contact the local emergency services.
>
> Sometimes life is stressful and sad for almost everyone. If you or someone
> you know is overwhelmed, frequently feels sad or discouraged, or is
> distressed, then please reach out for professional support. Rather than
> attempting to go through the dark night alone, or if you see someone else
> who is struggling with their challenges, please ask for help.
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brosen_sunrise.jpg
>
> Regards,
>
> Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Berlin

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you for letting us know, Nicole.
Warmly,
/a

2016-12-20 5:02 GMT-08:00 Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de>:

> Dear all,
>
> A lot of people reached out to us to ask if Wikipedians and
> Wikimedians in Berlin are safe. Thank you to all of you who are
> thinking of us right now!
>
> From what we know by now, everyone around us is OK. Our thoughts are
> with families and friends of those who have been affected by the
> incident last night.
>
> Take care,
> Nicole
>
>
> --
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> Adviser to the ED, International Relations
>
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>
> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
> Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
> http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
> V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
> Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
> anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Coyau

[Anna Stillwell]

Great sadness, indeed.

"He had made over 1.5 million edits across Wikimedia projects." A
significant legacy.

Warmly,
/a

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm sorry to hear this news about the passing of User:Coyau. My
> condolences to his wiki friends and colleagues.
>
> Thank you, Guillaume, for suggesting a way that we can recognize and
> honor him by adding his images to articles. I'll pass that suggestion
> on to Wikimedians I know.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sydney
> Sydney Poore
> User:FloNight
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Guillaume Paumier
> <guillaume.paum...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > It is with great sadness that I must share the news of the passing of
> > User:Coyau, a pillar of the francophone Wikimedia community.
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Coyau
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Coyau
> >
> > He joined our community over a decade ago, and had become an active
> > editor on several French-language wikis (Wikipedia, Wikisource,
> > Wiktionary), as well as a prolific contributor to Commons and
> > Wikidata. He had made over 1.5 million edits across Wikimedia
> > projects. We learned of his death on Tuesday; he was 38.
> >
> > He was deeply committed, delightfully absurd, and absolutely genial.
> > You may have met him if you've ever had drinks with Wikimedians in
> > Paris. He also had a blog in French where he wrote about Wikimedia
> > projects and shared tutorials about topics like photo processing for
> > other Wikimedians to learn:
> > http://coyau.blogspot.com/
> >
> > He was a genuine and soulful human being, whose sudden death has left
> > many of his wiki friends and colleagues heartbroken. His loss is felt
> > profoundly among the communities, where people have been expressing
> > their grief and condolences on his talk page:
> > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_utilisateur:Coyau#Bip_bip_bip.
> ..
> >
> > He had uploaded thousands of files on Commons, among which a photo of
> > a deflated yellow balloon in a tree (which has become emblematic of
> > him), and a stitched 360° panorama assembled from 219 photos of a
> > seemingly random Parisian street:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quai_de_la_Seine_(
> Paris),_baudruche.jpg
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris,_Rue_Watt.jpg
> >
> > As an homage, you are invited to browse his photos on Wikimedia
> > Commons and add them to articles and pages in need of relevant
> > pictures:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_by_User:Coyau
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Signing out with my official hat!

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> Love,
> Subhashish
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

[Anna Stillwell]

I enjoyed them as well.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Thank you!  Amazing photos. :)
>
>A.
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:39 AM Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanw...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Deal all,
> >
> > We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
> > Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the
> > international stage of the competition.
> >
> > This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in
> Bangladesh. A
> > total 7532 photographs of 452 archaeological sites and buildings were
> > uploaded. Congratulations to all the winners. And a big thanks to the
> > volunteers who were involved in organizing the competition.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
> Monuments_2016_in_Bangladesh/Winning_photos
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > *Tanweer Morshed*
> > Member, Organizing Committee
> > Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

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, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United
> States.
> > >
> > > One thing that struck many of us throughout our conversations was
> > > Victoria's commitment to volunteering her knowledge and expertise
> outside
> > > of her daily professional activities, serving on advisory councils in
> > > higher education and the public sector. She is on the advisory Board of
> > the
> > > Santa Clara University Department of Computer Engineering, and she is
> > also
> > > a Senior Advisor to the Director of the  University of California
> > > Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest
> of
> > > Society. She serves as a volunteer advisor on both Lockheed Martin’s
> > > Technology Advisory Group and on the United States Department of
> > Defense’s
> > > Defense Science Board where she offers advice and recommendations on
> > > science, technology, manufacturing, and acquisition processes.
> > >
> > > As a native of Greece, Victoria is interested in becoming a contributor
> > on
> > > Greek Wikipedia, and getting to know our colleagues and communities
> over
> > > the coming months.
> > >
> > > As many of you know, the CTO search has been an intensive process and
> our
> > > highest recruiting priority in recent months. Dozens of people from
> > across
> > > the organization contributed to this effort, most notably the CTO
> hiring
> > > committee, which included directors and senior staff from the
> Technology
> > > department. Representatives from the C-level, Technology, and Product
> > teams
> > > also participated in interviews, panels, and lunches. In total, we
> > reviewed
> > > nearly 900 candidates, advancing 190 to recruiter screens, and
> reviewing
> > 70
> > > with the hiring committee.
> > >
> > > I want to personally thank every single person who was involved in this
> > > process. The focus and dedication of the Foundation’s recruiting team
> > were
> > > remarkable, as were the diligence and commitment of the many staff and
> > > volunteers who supported this search.
> > >
> > > More information on Victoria’s full background can be found in our blog
> > > post announcing her arrival: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/
> > > victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/
> > >
> > > Victoria is on CC - please join me in welcoming her to the Foundation
> and
> > > our movement!
> > >
> > > Warmly,
> > > Katherine
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > An on-wiki version of this message is available for translation:
> > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/
> > > Introducing_Victoria_Coleman_-_Chief_Technology_Officer
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > --
> > > Katherine Maher
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > 149 New Montgomery Street
> > > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > >
> > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <+1%20415-839-6885>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

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Congratulations on your new role, Kelly.
Warmly,
/a

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles <kbatt...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am
> > joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information
> on
> > my Quora personal blog[1].
> >
> > Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as
> > chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full
> > disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen
> LaPorte
> > and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and Foundation’s
> > General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no
> > existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can
> > properly manage any that may arise.
> >
> > As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I
> > was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of it
> > during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that
> information
> > and clarify there was no connection.
> >
> > I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I
> > sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another
> > passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia
> as
> > a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true
> > honor, thank you for support.
> >
> > Best,
> > Kelly Battles
> > *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees*
> >
> > 1. https://kellybattles.quora.com/Joining-Quora-as-CFO
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

[Anna Stillwell]

These are lovely suggestions / requests. Thank you for raising them. I'm
happy to hear of your positive experience at WikiConference.

+1
/a

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen <
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> Hello all. I had a positive experience at WikiConference North America
> last weekend, where I gave a talk on transgender issues and Wikipedia.[1]
> I'm posting because there's an active discussion in Wikipedia Weekly on
> Facebook about choosing a host country for Wikimania 2018.[2] I am
> concerned that some of the suggestions are not taking into account the
> safety of LGBT+ people; not just those attending the conference, but also
> those living in the host country.
>
> As a queer trans atheist in a same-sex marriage, there are a number of
> places where I am considered a criminal for just existing or going about my
> daily routine. This applies to some parts of the U.S. as well, by the way;
> I won't be visiting North Carolina as long as it's illegal for me to use
> the men's restroom there. Please keep these considerations in mind when
> planning meetups and conferences. Thank you.
>
> - Pax aka Funcrunch
>
> [1] http://funcrunch.org/blog/2016/10/12/making-connections-at-
> wikiconference-north-america/
>
> [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel Search | Job Description

[Anna Stillwell]

Hey Risker,

The reason that Amy did not offer a link is because the job is not yet
posted. She was sharing this before the job is posted to orient people on
what we were thinking and that we will post it shortly.

Just thought that I would make that more clear.

Warmly,
/a

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> Hello Amy -
>
> This mailing list doesn't permit attachments for security reasons.  Could
> you please link to the job description on a publicly accessible page?
> Thanks.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On 20 September 2016 at 19:48, Amy Elder <ael...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Over the past few weeks, we have been working with the Legal and
> executive
> > teams to develop a job description (attached) for the General Counsel
> > role. I would like to share it with you early as well, before the job
> > description is posted and the process starts. I am very grateful to our
> > legal staff and leaders here at the WMF for collaborating on both the
> > description and the process.
> >
> > If you have any nominations or recommendations, please email me directly
> > over the next few days.
> >
> > Thank you all for engaging.
> >
> > With appreciation,
> > Amy
> >
> > Amy Elder
> > Director of Recruiting
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offline medical app

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Excellent work.
/a

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:39 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The intro page for the app says "Please keep in mind that this is volunteer
> generated content. While we try our best to make it as accurate as possible
> it is not perfect. Thus we request that you use common sense."
>
> The reviews of the English version have been very positive. For example
> "Brilliant. Wikimedia, by providing these very useful contents for free and
> in such a simple and easy to use app, you are serving humanity." You can
> read more comments here
> <
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimed
> >
> .
>
> We volunteers do not get much positive feedback so it is nice reading for a
> change. While what we do is not perfect it is very much appreciated and
> much of the time it is sufficient.
>
> James
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Cristian Consonni <
> kikkocrist...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'll share here a comment that I made on the "Wikipedia Weekly" group
> > on Facebook.
> >
> > ---
> > Is this a good idea? On it.wiki we go to great lengths to tell people
> > that medical information on Wikipedia may not be complete or accurate,
> > we have a dedicate template for that[1], see an example here[2].
> >
> > While I am not saying this is not a bad idea, especially for places
> > where access to Wikipedia may be discontinuous, I am not sure I would
> > suggest to have such an application in Italian.
> > ---
> >
> > Thoughts welcome.
> >
> > Ciao,
> >
> > C
> >
> > [1] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Disclaimer#Medico
> > [2] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infarto
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 100k articles written with Content Translation tool

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Well done. It's so nice to see a good tool being widely used.
/a

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Lydia Pintscher <
lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Runa Bhattacharjee
> <rbhattachar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Our barely 1-year old Content Translation Tool just passed 100,000
> > translations <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslationStats>.
> > We've made a video to celebrate the achievement:
> > Wikimedia Commons:
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wikipedia_Content_Translation_Tool_reaches_100,000_translations_(no_subtitles).webm
> > Facebook:
> > https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/
> > Twitter:
> > https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/754377307377197060
> > YouTube:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3btQ5fpn4sA
> > Vimeo:
> > https://vimeo.com/174526242
> >
> > You can read more about it on the blog:
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/07/16/content-translation-milestone/
>
> Congratulations! That's really great to hear.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Disclosure and the ethics of funding non-profit journalism

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+1 Craig. Thank you. So glad that you share our values, believe in the
promise of our vision, and the power of our contributors and platform.

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 4:02 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Craig
>
> Appreciate the openness :-)
>
> James
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Craig Newmark <
> craig.newm...@craigconnects.org> wrote:
>
> > Hey, after discussion with WMF folks, and more, I figured I should
> disclose
> > the following, in respect.
> >
> > In addition to founding craigslist, I've been focused on philanthropy via
> > craigconnects.org, specifically supporting nonprofit journalism, which I
> > feel includes Wikipedia. I just posted regarding the ethics of funding
> > nonprofit journalism, and thought this would be relevant here.
> >
> > Further, given my heavy Wikipedia existing and future grants, I've
> decided
> > I need to disclose everything I do that's related, limited only by the do
> > no harm principle. That is, I'll be subjecting everything I do re
> Wikipedia
> > to public scrutiny, and this is the start of that.
> >
> > Related:
> >
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/08/craig-newmark-wikipedia-future/
> >
> >
> >
> http://craigconnects.org/2016/07/funding-non-profit-journalism-be-transparent-and-do-no-harm.html
> >
> > Craig Newmark
> >
> > founder, craigslist
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you for this, Asaf. Very useful.
/a

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hullo everyone.
>
> I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
> content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
> Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
> Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
> articles about women out of all articles about humans*.
>
> Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
> the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a table,
> here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap
>
> (please see the *caveat* there.)
>
> I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in those
> results, but I will quickly point out the following:
>
> 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
> there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.
>
> 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
> articles about women among all biographies.
>
> 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.  Good
> job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
> drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop culture
> coverage.)
>
> 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.
>
> 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
> eventually have some sense of trends and changes.
>
> 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a
> dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
> responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew Wikipedia!
> :)
>
> 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.  Perhaps
> you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)
>
> 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or you
> can do it yourself, too. :)
>
>A.
>
> [1] https://query.wikidata.org/
> [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Picture of the Year 2015 Results

[Anna Stillwell]

Such beautiful photographs. Congratulations to all of the contributors. I
love that our minds and photos are venturing beyond this world in many of
the contributions, as well as showcasing the beauty of our home planet. :)

Again, congratulations. Beautiful work.
/a

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Steinsplitter Wiki <
steinsplit...@wikipedia.de> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
>
> The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are
> pleased to announce the results:
>
> In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files.
>
> In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images.In the second round, people
> voted for the 56 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each
> category).
>
>
>
>
> We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for
> creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed
>  content:
>
> 658 people voted for the winner, File:Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color
> TXT.jpg (
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-01_Stern_03_Pluto_Color_TXT.jpg
> )
> In second place, 617 people voted for File:Nasir-al molk -1.jpg (
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasir-al_molk_-1.jpg)
> In third place, 582 people voted for File:Heavens Above Her.jpg (
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavens_Above_Her.jpg)
>
>
> See
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015/Results
> to view the top images »
>
>
>
> We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to
> continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Steinsplitter on behalf of
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Wishlist Survey: Status report #2

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> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How to get help (an essay)

[Anna Stillwell]

:)
/a

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I really appreciate your sharing this (last winter and now). Kindness is
> indeed a higher calling, and tightly bound to sharing & protecting the
> rights and opportunities of others.  Sj
> On May 18, 2016 14:21, "Jake Orlowitz" <jorlow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In light of yesterday's public call for help from one of our editors, I'd
> like to share something I wrote last winter.
>
> It's called, Journey of a Wikipedian.
>
> https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/journey-of-a-wikipedian-c2890e3a8d0c#.o2hypa43i
> <
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JRXqb6IcsVi3nEpXnN1FBSVLveAJgazJxPJj1tlFw30/edit?usp=sharing
> >
>
> --
> It reminds me of a few things worth stating:
>
> 1. We are a community of very real people with deep emotions and human
> complexities.
> 2. We are deeply invested in this project, so much so it hurts us at times
> even if it is also a passion or refuge for many.
> 3. You never know what someone has been through, or is going through.
> 4. We all need help at some point. There is no shame in needing help,
> asking for help, or receiving help.
> 5. If you are ever feeling completely hopeless: Wait. Things really can get
> better. Talk to someone about it.
> 6. Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it,
> the less that weighs all of us down.
> 7. If we listen, we can learn from each other.
> 8. We need to be kind. This is a higher calling than civility, and entirely
> compatible with rigorously sharing knowledge.
> 9. Our movement depends on its people. We are our most valuable resource.
> 10. We are not finished products. With time, space, support, and
> practice--people can, and do, grow and change.
>
> Hugs,
> Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)
>
> p.s. If you ever see someone in need of help, or are seeking it yourself,
> please contact emerge...@wikimedia.org.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] What should the board do *now*? [was Re: Account of the events leading to James Heilman's removal]

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Excellent ideas, Luis. I hope to see baby photos soon.
/a

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote:
>
> >- After I left, I did not sign a termination or contracting agreement
> >with the organization, so I did not become a contractor with the
> >organization.
> >
>
>
> Thanks, Luis.
>
>
>
> >- My baby was due yesterday, so I probably won't check the list again
> >for quite a while. :)
> >
>
>
> Here's hoping you are having a great time looking after the people that
> really matter now. :)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia to the Moon: Call for participation

[Anna Stillwell]

:).

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:34 AM, Michael Jahn <michael.j...@wikimedia.de>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I’m thrilled to share with you something very unusual:
>
>
> This is a call for participation to all Wikipedians all over the world.
> Today, we set up a global community discussion about taking Wikipedia to
> the Moon – yes, in the literal sense. It is a special birthday gift in the
> year of Wikipedia’s 15th anniversary. Please find all the details on
> Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon>[1],
> where
> you can also contribute immediately and on-wiki. The following is a
> nutshell of the project, containing some additional information regarding
> communications:
>
> At Wikimedia Deutschland’s we’ve been contacted by Berlin-based Google
> Lunar XPRIZE competitor “Part-Time Scientists”, who are among the few
> remaining teams preparing to send their own lunar vehicles to the Moon by
> 2017. They’ve asked us for support, because they love Wikipedia and would
> like to include it in their Moon rover’s scientific payload as a gift.
> According to the rules of the Lunar challenge, their rover must make it
> safely to the Moon surface, drive 500 meters and transmit images to earth.
> However, the Part-Time Scientists, whose motto is “Hell yeah, it’s rocket
> science!”, thought it would be even cooler to also preserve the sum of all
> knowledge on the Moon. So that’s why they’ve offered Wikimedia Deutschland
> 20GB of disc space on a ceramic-made medium, provided that we handle the
> selection of Wikipedia content. That, however, is something we feel we
> cannot do on our own/alone:
>
> After 15 years of free knowledge, approaching 40 million articles in almost
> 300 languages, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to take the responsibility
> and decide on a selection of the work of tens of thousands of volunteers.
> We believe that any preparation of Wikipedia content for such a symbolic
> purpose ought to be community-driven, and necessarily even on a global
> level: This is bigger than single language communities or single groups or
> organizations within our vast movement. So we’ve decided to be bold and
> make every step of the process open for anyone who wants to contribute. It
> is up to the international community of editors how to move forward. Again,
> please find more information on Meta-Wiki (and all the links)[1].
>
> Today we are kicking off the initial discussion of possible scenarios. It
> will be open until June 3. In order to match payload deadlines we need to
> prepare our data long before the actual launch date. Our goal is to finish
> the Wikipedia anniversary year with a successful Moon project on
> International Volunteers Day, December 5.
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland’s spokesperson Jan Apel will be handling press
> inquiries and media planning with the Part-Time Scientists here in Germany.
> We’ve been in contact with the WMF Communications team (thanks guys for
> your support!) and hereby extend a warm invitation to communications people
> all over the movement to join in[2]. It would be great to coordinate
> internationally, serving as many language communities as possible.
> Beginning at Wikimedia Conference, we’ll reach out and coordinate in
> person, but you can sign up right away on Meta-Wiki and become part of the
> Moon team yourselves.
>
> Let’s take Wikipedia to the Moon together!
> Michael
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon
> [2]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon/About#Press_contacts.2Flocal_ambassadors
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Foundation ED search steering group created

[Anna Stillwell]

Hello Alice,

Thank you for this clear update and the opportunity to provide input. I
really appreciate it.

May the force be with you!

Warmly,
/a

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Alice Wiegand <awieg...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Finding the next Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director is a clear
> priority for the Board. To address this challenge, the Board has created a
> steering group tasked with crafting the actual job description, planning
> and conducting the search, and finding ways to include community
> perspectives. This steering group will be regularly consulting with the
> Board throughout the search process.
>
> Please see the ED transition team page on meta [1] to find more information
> about the steering group, and get the latest updates. We have also included
> three questions on the participation page to help us start forming a better
> understanding of the community’s various opinions and expectations.
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director_Transition_Team/2016
>
> Alice.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan FY2016-2017

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Rock on.
/a

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org>
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> Hi everyone,
>
>
> The Foundation is pleased to announce that our Annual Plan is now on
> Meta.[1] This year's plan focuses on improving support for--and
> consultation with--community, responding effectively to changing user
> needs, and addressing strategic challenges facing our movement. We're
> investing in areas that we believe the Foundation is uniquely positioned to
> address, including readership and reach, volunteer retention and
> engagement, and support for knowledge creation.
>
> Thank you to everyone who contributed earlier this year to the strategy
> consultations, which helped guide our thinking.
>
> We look forward to your feedback!
>
> Warmly,
>
> Katherine
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/draft
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

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Thank you. Great work.
/a

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Deborah Tankersley <
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> Hello!
>
> I'm very pleased to announce that we've updated the Wikipedia.org
> <http://wikipedia.org/> portal page with a brand new search box that is
> more prominent and will now display meta data with images (as available) in
> the search results (see attached image).
>
> This was a large effort by the Discovery Portal team to develop a
> JavaScript-only version of the language picker, so that JavaScript enabled
> browsers will see all the new meta data. Alongside that effort, we also
> ensured that in JavaScript (JS) disabled browsers (or older Internet
> Explorer versions), our visitors won't have a bad experience when choosing
> a language to search in. (Note: in older IE versions and JS disabled
> browsers, the type-ahead and meta data search results information will not
> be displayed.)
>
> We also implemented a shorter language code (ie: EN for English, ES for
> Spanish, etc) to allow for more characters to be typed into the search box.
> When a user toggles the language selector, the full language name will be
> displayed in the dropdown for easy finding of the language you prefer to
> search in. For the more technical minded - I've attached a screenshot of
> one of the ways we test our code, visually.
>
> We're interested in hearing your feedback or if you have any questions!
>
> On behalf of the very happy Wikipedia.org Portal Team,
>
> Deb
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

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I enabled it last week and found two new messages. Thank you. Very useful.
/a

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> Finally it is here! Now I don't miss conversations that are happening
> elsewhere.
> I know that many don't like it, but combined with Flow it works like a
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>
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> Micru
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Biplab Anand <biplaban...@gmail.com>
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>
> > This is amazing.
> > Thanks.
> > On 13 Mar 2016 03:20, "Andy Mabbett" <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > > Cross-wiki notifications
> > >
> > > This is great, thank you.
> > >
> > > Two requests:
> > >
> > > Please could we have two icons, one for local notifications, another
> for
> > > those from elsewhere?
> > >
> > > And could we have some way to avoid mass notifications when we are
> > > mentioned in a newsletter like The Signpost, This Week in GLAM, or the
> > > Wikidata Weekly Summary, which are posted to many talk pages?
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using this list to tear people down

[Anna Stillwell]

I agree to do so. I'll help you constructively remind.
Thank you.
/a

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Keegan Peterzell <keegan.w...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Chris Sherlock <chris.sherloc...@gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I agree with this, though I wonder about what to do when people cause
> > events that damage the central ideas and tenants of an organization.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
>
> ​It is not hard to keep discussions involving people relevant to the issues
> at hand, and discuss people in context of their role or influence in events
> and decision making, and these discussions are good to have.
>
> Starting threads pointedly about individuals, with discussions about the
> issues only tangential to the point of the attack on the individual is a
> very different thing, one that I think most recognize when they see this,
> as well as other threads that are coatracks and sea lioning.[0][1] For
> every positive thread we're generating, we're producing at least two other
> toxic threads. And we're tolerating it. We have to stop.
>
> 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Coatrack
> 1. http://wondermark.com/1k62/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Inspire Campaign on content curation & review launches today!

[Anna Stillwell]

Thank you. Great work.
/a

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Aaron Halfaker <ahalfa...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> I just finished submitting two ideas that I'd like to advise.
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Automated_good-faith_newcomer_detection
> Build and deploy a machine learning model for flagging newcomers who are
> editing in good-faith. This has the potential to mitigate some of the
> secondary, demotivational effects when good-faith newcomers' work passes
> through curation/review processes.
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Fast_and_slow_new_article_review
> Concerns about the introduction of spam into Wikipedia has lead
> Wikipedians towards implementing high speed new article review/curation
> processes. The speed at which editors tag articles for deletion via these
> processes is great for dealing with spam, but it might also be faster that
> good-faith new article creators can build their articles. We could build a
> machine learning classifier that is tuned to detect spammy article drafts.
> This would allow the new pages queue to be split into a high-speed spammy
> article review, and a low-speed article review that allows creators time to
> make a better first draft.
>
> I'll submit some more when I can.  :)
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Chris "Jethro" Schilling <
> cschill...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am pleased to announce the launch of the second Inspire Campaign for
>> IdeaLab.[1]  The theme of this campaign is focused on improving tasks
>> related to content curation & review in our projects:
>>
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
>>
>> Reviewing and organizing tasks are fundamental to all WIkimedia projects,
>> and these efforts maintain and directly improve the quality of our projects
>> in addition to increasing the visibility of their content.  We invite
>> everyone to participate by sharing your ideas and proposals on how to
>> enhance these efforts. Constructive feedback and collaboration on ideas is
>> encouraged - your skills and advice can elevate a project into action. The
>> campaign runs until 29 March.
>>
>> All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions,
>> community organizing and outreach, or something completely new! Grants are
>> available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects developed during this
>> campaign that need financial support.[2]  Google Hangout sessions are
>> available in March if you'd like to have a conversation about your ideas.[3]
>>
>> Join the Inspire Campaign and let’s work together to improve review and
>> curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and
>> accessible.
>>
>> With thanks,
>>
>> Jethro
>>
>> [1] You can learn more about the results of the first Inspire Campaign
>> here: <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Spring_2015_Inspire_campaign>
>> [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start>
>> [3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events>  (Note: If
>> another time would work better for you, feel free to e-mail me or ping me
>> on-wiki).
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

Cool. I think about [citation needed] all of the time when I am at work and
we are expressing opinions.

/a

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Chris Sherlock <chris.sherloc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> > On 28 Feb 2016, at 2:25 PM, Chris Sherlock <chris.sherloc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 28 Feb 2016, at 1:16 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Anna Stillwell <
> astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Jimmy,
> >>>
> >>> I have a ridiculous amount of respect for you and what you have
> >>> accomplished. I have watched from afar (I was living a lot in other
> >>> countries) as this radical experiment in trust *exploded* on to the
> world.
> >>> It blew my mind. And some of the early rules that were set were nothing
> >>> short of genius (e.g. NPOV, AGF and due weight come to mind). It was an
> >>> ideal experiment: an open frontier with simple, limited rule sets. And
> the
> >>> icing on the cake is that "citation needed" ended up not just
> influencing
> >>> how I thought about an encyclopedic text, but how I thought about
> >>> discussing ideas.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Anna,
> >>
> >> Hold on just a moment. :)
> >>
> >> It's important to understand that Jimmy Wales didn't accomplish the
> things
> >> you speak of alone.
> >>
>
> Funny you should say this :-) I’m the “inventor” of [citation needed].
>
> You know why I created [citation needed] on Wikipedia? Because the amount
> of ill-informed, badly thought out, ridiculous claims on Wikipedia articles
> were getting out hand. I started removing them to the talk page, but then
> that same person not only refused to explain where they got their
> information from, but would put the "fact" back into the article. This
> would then perpetuate incorrect information.
>
> One day I had an epiphany. I realised that you can't just argue with these
> people, you need to have a reverse citation system - you need to clearly
> mark out information that is dubious, ill-informed, the result of ingrained
> prejudice (often unconsciously so) and almost always inaccurate.
>
> At the same time, there needed to be a way of allowing controversial views
> and sometimes accurate but controversial facts be detailed on the
> encyclopaedia.
> There was only one way I could see to do it - use the same citation system
> that referenced sources but invert it to highlight information that needed
> a source. Hence I created citation needed (originally without the square
> brackets, whoever added them was a genius in their own right).
>
> Guess what? It worked. 11 years later, despite the many issues on
> Wikipedia, finding out the source of assumptions is no longer a problem.
> People can go to the citations and see where the factoid is documented, or
> whose opinion is being expressed. It allows ordinary people to judge the
> view being expressed more accurately, or to look at how the data was
> extrapolated, to understand how the academic study was conducted, or to
> verify that what is claimed is actually what the original claimant was
> indeed claiming.
>
> But I’d like to make the point: I could *never* have created [citation
> needed] if someone had not created the policy to cite sources, and hundreds
> and hundreds of other editors didn’t have a commitment to sources. So
> whilst [citation needed] was probably one of my best ideas (sometimes I
> wonder if this might not be an indictment to my creativitity!) I have to
> say that it was only possible because of the commitment by my peers on
> Wikipedia to making the project great, and because of those who came before
> me.
>
> And I’m happy to know that my good idea has literally influences and
> improved the critical faculties of so many people who use our encyclopedia
> today!
>
> Chris
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

Andreas,

> It's important to understand that Jimmy Wales didn't accomplish the things
you speak of alone.

Yes, I'm aware of this. Perhaps I should have been more clear. I was
pointing to the fact that Jimmy did not mess it up. I don't ever
underestimate that. Jimmy could have not allowed that to happen, he could
have charged money, he could have done a lot of other things, and he did
not. He did not mess it up and that is really saying something.

Warmly,
/a


On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Jimmy,
> >
> > I have a ridiculous amount of respect for you and what you have
> > accomplished. I have watched from afar (I was living a lot in other
> > countries) as this radical experiment in trust *exploded* on to the
> world.
> > It blew my mind. And some of the early rules that were set were nothing
> > short of genius (e.g. NPOV, AGF and due weight come to mind). It was an
> > ideal experiment: an open frontier with simple, limited rule sets. And
> the
> > icing on the cake is that "citation needed" ended up not just influencing
> > how I thought about an encyclopedic text, but how I thought about
> > discussing ideas.
> >
>
> Anna,
>
> Hold on just a moment. :)
>
> It's important to understand that Jimmy Wales didn't accomplish the things
> you speak of alone.
>
> First of all, the person who originally had the idea for Wikipedia was
> Larry Sanger.[1] Jimmy Wales reportedly thought at the time people would
> find the idea of an encyclopedia anyone can edit "objectionable".[2]
>
> But he let Sanger try it. That it "took off" was a surprise to everyone at
> the time!
>
> Sanger coined the name "Wikipedia"[3] and invited the first
> contributors.[4] Sanger wrote Nupedia's Non-bias policy, the precursor to
> NPOV, but Jimmy Wales made important input to the NPOV policy later on, in
> particular the "due weight" principle.[5]
>
> Sanger was Wikipedia's editor-in-chief in its early days, and had far more
> hands-on involvement in guiding the development of the project in its
> childhood. (Jimmy Wales made just 21 edits to Wikipedia in the year 2002,
> according to his edit history, while Sanger made hundreds.)
>
> "Assume good faith" was created by Morwen in March 2004. I'm not aware that
> Jimmy Wales had any role in its creation (he was hardly around on-wiki in
> the months prior to March 2004).
>
> So let's not forget that Wikipedia has always been the work of many people.
> :) That includes its fundamental policies.
>
>
>
> > So it is from that genuine respect base that I disagree with you on this
> > particular point:
> >
> > "> I would love to know whether you supported Lila Tretikov's departure.
> It
> > is
> > > clear that she did not up and resign on her own, and I would like to
> know
> > > if you were one of the folks who thought her departure would be
> > beneficial,
> > > or if you preferred she "weather the storm," so to speak.
> >
> > I supported it with sadness.  The whole thing is a sad train wreck."
> >
> > I do not think this is a train wreck. I think this is one of the hottest
> > moments since this genius encyclopedia exploded onto the world.
> >
> > People are engaged.
> >
>
>
> Here I wholeheartedly agree with you. :) One of the best things to have
> come out of this is that there are bonds between volunteers and staff that
> have never been there before. These are exciting times.
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2001-October/000671.html
> [2]
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20030414014355/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000676.html
> [3]
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20030414021138/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000680.html
> [4]
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20010506042824/www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000684.html
> [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#History
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

Jimmy,

I have a ridiculous amount of respect for you and what you have
accomplished. I have watched from afar (I was living a lot in other
countries) as this radical experiment in trust *exploded* on to the world.
It blew my mind. And some of the early rules that were set were nothing
short of genius (e.g. NPOV, AGF and due weight come to mind). It was an
ideal experiment: an open frontier with simple, limited rule sets. And the
icing on the cake is that "citation needed" ended up not just influencing
how I thought about an encyclopedic text, but how I thought about
discussing ideas.

So it is from that genuine respect base that I disagree with you on this
particular point:

"> I would love to know whether you supported Lila Tretikov's departure. It
is
> clear that she did not up and resign on her own, and I would like to know
> if you were one of the folks who thought her departure would be
beneficial,
> or if you preferred she "weather the storm," so to speak.

I supported it with sadness.  The whole thing is a sad train wreck."

I do not think this is a train wreck. I think this is one of the hottest
moments since this genius encyclopedia exploded onto the world.

People are engaged.

Rock on,
/a

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> "I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR.  What I
> am reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and,
> crucially, *once used to be*."
>
> You're exactly right, Asaf. That's what I meant. Thank you for the
> clarification.
>
> /a
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell
>> > <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity
>> > > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and
>> > allow
>> > > them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well
>> > throughout
>> > > our entire history.
>> >
>> > Fair, and I certainly appreciate this. To be clear my idea is only for
>> > a temporary position -- only a few months at most, really -- and could
>> > certainly happen concurrently with such a build-out of HR.
>> >
>>
>> I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR.  What I am
>> reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially,
>> *once used to be*.
>>
>> I second Anna (who, by the way, *is* one of those "people other people
>> turn
>> to", or "unappointed toxin handlers" mentioned) in everything she said.
>> If
>> the board would choose to pay attention, it would find new behaviors in HR
>> that veer away from our values, and that occasionally violate WMF's own
>> stated policies.  (one quick example: formally censuring an employee [not
>> me] without their direct manager present, or even informed.)
>>
>> I encourage looking into this, and doing whatever is necessary to "renew
>> the heart of HR".
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

"I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR.  What
I am reading
is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially, *once used
to be*."

You're exactly right, Asaf. That's what I meant. Thank you for the
clarification.

/a







On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell
> > <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity
> > > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and
> > allow
> > > them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well
> > throughout
> > > our entire history.
> >
> > Fair, and I certainly appreciate this. To be clear my idea is only for
> > a temporary position -- only a few months at most, really -- and could
> > certainly happen concurrently with such a build-out of HR.
> >
>
> I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR.  What I am
> reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially,
> *once used to be*.
>
> I second Anna (who, by the way, *is* one of those "people other people turn
> to", or "unappointed toxin handlers" mentioned) in everything she said.  If
> the board would choose to pay attention, it would find new behaviors in HR
> that veer away from our values, and that occasionally violate WMF's own
> stated policies.  (one quick example: formally censuring an employee [not
> me] without their direct manager present, or even informed.)
>
> I encourage looking into this, and doing whatever is necessary to "renew
> the heart of HR".
>
>A.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

I think that sounds like a good idea. Some extra, temporary support would
be useful. But I worry about how reporting lines could lead to duplicative
efforts and a lack of coherence.

If we get the right humans in human resources and then we also have someone
reporting to the ED...

As an employee, which person am I supposed to go to? Is this a matter of
personal preference or some structurally privileged channel? Are they
coordinating with each other? Might they both be working on similar issues
and not know it?...

Might all of this lead to employees losing confidence that the right hand
knows what the left hand is doing? Might an unintended consequence be a
further drop in trust?

From my vantage point, which is far from complete, it would be better to
bring extra support to HR at this time of need. Get that group of people
together, allow them a bit of space to clarify and explain their
philosophical stance toward employees (expectations are important!), and
let them fix this problem.

That's my take. What do you think about that? Do you see it differently? Am
I missing something?

Warmly,
/a

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell
> <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity
> > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and
> allow
> > them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well
> throughout
> > our entire history.
>
> Fair, and I certainly appreciate this. To be clear my idea is only for
> a temporary position -- only a few months at most, really -- and could
> certainly happen concurrently with such a build-out of HR.
>
> Phoebe
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

[Anna Stillwell]

 Phoebe,

Thank you for your post and the shout out. And Oliver, I appreciate where
you are coming from.

Ideally, if HR functions properly (e.g., both legally protects the
interests of the foundation AND caringly relates with employees as real
human beings), then this role should already be fulfilled. In that case, I
would see no need for an ombudsperson.

And that function was previously fulfilled at the Foundation. I know,
because I worked in HR in Learning and Org Dev under Gayle Karen Young and
in collaboration with Joady Lohr, who still occupies her post. We were a
unique team, willing to grapple with tough trade-offs to both protect the
foundation and respect the basic agency and dignity of our people.

When Gayle left, Joady and I did a good job of maintaining for as long as
we could. Joady managed operations like a master and I spent my time with
people, listening to them, building their skills, and helping them find
ways to solve their own problems with my support... problems of process,
strategy, collaboration, decision making, all the way to existential
problems (e.g., the death of a friend, the sick wife, the complicated
marriage). So I speak with some authority when I say that these are a
bright, capable group of people. I know them.

But for a series of reasons that we should no longer focus on, Joady and I
were not able to maintain our previously unique stance with staff. For a
brief moment, in spring of last year, Lila offered me the role of
ombudsperson. It never materialized. I moved to Major Gifts, but that's no
my point. My point is that I came to see the emerging need for the role of
ombudsperson was because HR had been somewhat strip mined of its heart.

Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity
structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and allow
them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well throughout
our entire history.

Warmly,
/a

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Oliver Keyes <ironho...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:38 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Anna Stillwell
> > <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>  +1 to what Oliver and Vibber said.
> >>
> >> The situation is still delicate, Jimmy.
> >>
> >> Staff are being extremely kind to one another. I was blown away by the
> >> respect and care that staff showed toward *the entire situation
> yesterday *when
> >> we met as a group*.* We were mature, measured, civil, reasonable and
> >> supporting and trusting of one another. Last but not least, we were
> forward
> >> thinking.
> >
> > This is great! I am glad to hear it.
> >
> > One thought. Given that it is a complex situation, with many
> > individual reactions and experiences as Brion points out, I wonder if
> > it would be good for the organization to appoint a temporary, but
> > on-site, omsbud who could listen to staff needs (...and those of
> > contractors, and those working closely with staff).
> >
> > I'm imagining someone who could both be a sounding board outside of
> > current structures, and who could assist any interim ED -- who
> > themselves will likely not have enough to time to do all of this and
> > also run the organization. An omsbud could triage issues: from those
> > requiring changes in process or even Board attention to those that can
> > be dealt with in other ways. And they could provide a place for those
> > who simply want to vent or discuss can do so. Ideally it would be
> > someone respected, empathetic and open, and with channels and
> > influence at a high level, but not someone with too much history at
> > the organization -- especially not recent history.
> >
> > I suggest this because I worry about the emotional load on people at
> > the WMF who others turn to the most -- people who are respected and
> > empathetic and thus have no doubt gotten a lot of extra work to do in
> > listening to their colleagues in recent months. I worry about people
> > who don't feel like they have anyplace to turn.  And I worry that the
> > official structures in place to report areas where change is needed
> > may not be sufficient given large-scale dissatisfaction.
> >
> > I think Jimmy's heart is absolutely in the right place for wanting to
> > listen to staff and I commend him for it, and for doing what many of
> > the other trustees are likely logistically unable to do right now. But
> > even he doesn't have enough time or energy to be at the WMF for a few
> > months, and calmly help facilitate the organizational processing that
> > seems like needs to happen. I think that needs to be a separate,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

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> antipattern. Doubly so when they're coming out of a bad situation and have
> a lot to tell you.
>
> This is the time to listen honestly even (especially?) to those whose
> narratives mismatch your own.
>
> I'm pretty sure that's not something you'll disagree with, but it's one of
> those things that we easily find ourselves doing wrong, and have to watch
> out for.
>
> Your staff is still raw and suspicious all around; the word "trauma" gets
> used with total sincerity. We'd really appreciate care in how you describe
> what's happening; it'll go a long way to making the next few days and the
> further discussions you're planning to make really useful.
>
> -- brion
>
> >
> > (As an aside from all of that, I entirely support Asaf's point about
> > group meetings, with note-taking. I think it's good to have a record
> > we can check what Everyone Knows against. Avoids FUD,[2] and at this
> > critical time, increases transparency.)
> >
> > [0]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LilaTretikov_%28WMF%29=prev=15301332
> > [1] No, I was not one of them)
> > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are we too rigid?

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+1 to Jake.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Jake Orlowitz <jorlow...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oliver wrote:
>
> "The Foundation I would return to is not an organisation with a flat
> structure. In fact, it could be an organisation that looks a lot like
> this one, because I don't believe reporting lines or titles have as
> much of an impact on dynamics as we think they do. What *does* have an
> impact is how we recognise the value of emotional labour, how we
> recognise our implicit biases and advantages, and how honest we are
> with each other: not just in terms of what we *say* but in terms of
> how we *listen*. In other words, the litmus test for me is: what
> happens when the socially and politically weakest person in the
> organisation has an idea?"
>
> ---
>
> My thoughts:
>
> It was always clear that Oliver was a genius, both analytically and
> sardonically superior to most of us.  We always had a leg up on him
> though, because he said some wacky and reckless things as a young lad
> as part of his relentless diatribes.
>
> It has been an enormous privilege to watch him turn into a genius of
> culture and people as well.  To see someone so smart apply the same
> rigor and ferocious focus to thinking about an entire systems (rather
> than only where they fit in it) and all of its links (especially those
> weakest or most vulnerable), is just phenomenal.
>
> It also makes me sad, because we've lost him.  His only kindness was
> leaving just as he was clearly going to surpass us all in both
> intelligence and humanity.
>
> Bye Oliver.  Keep your head way up.
>
> -Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why we changed

[Anna Stillwell]

I'm with Vibber. He has seen things clearly.


On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi,
> Where have you been when the search was on for a new director for the
> WIkimedia Foundation? It was the vision that Lila refers to that made her
> the chosen candidate. The fact that people object, frustrate and sometimes
> sabotage is an unfortunate micro level consequence of what is happening.
>
> Yes, we as a community are extremely self serving, we care for our own
> hobby horses and we do not consider the impact of this narrow mindedness.
> It makes what Lila stand for one enemy, others who have differing
> objectives are at best ignored because arguments do not really matter, are
> ignored or are refuted by quoting the same old old.
> Thanks,
>   GerardM
>
> On 22 February 2016 at 05:38, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Lila's statement of her vision for WMF is compelling and attractive. If
> > properly and faithfully executed, it seems like it would make just the
> > right adjustments to the culture of the WMF and its interaction with and
> > support of the Wikimedia community. I have long been concerned that a
> > number of positions at the WMF amounted to sinecures, or at least
> returned
> > little value to the projects in exchange for resources expended. It seems
> > logical to me that such a radical change, even well enacted, would prompt
> > discontent and departures from the organization.
> >
> > That said, I'm not convinced that this paradigm shift has been handled
> well
> > by the WMF executive team and the board. First and foremost, this
> statement
> > from Lila is the best explanation given anywhere that I'm aware of
> > describing the shift within the WMF. That is not good. Second, it appears
> > that the work has not been done to get key members of the paid team and
> > volunteers on board with this process. This is another very substantial
> > failure.
> >
> > For anyone who believes that Lila's vision statement is right for the
> > future of the WMF, these unforced errors should cause serious anguish -
> > needed changes might be lost or avoided because incompetent execution of
> > prior initiatives left everyone deeply change-averse.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

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rs and editors, and we have very good results
> > to
> > > show for it. Less than two years ago it took an average of six seconds
> to
> > > save an edit to an article; it is about one second now. (MediaWiki
> > > deployments are currently halted over a 200-300ms regression!). Page
> load
> > > times improved by 30-40% in the past year, which earned us plaudits in
> > the
> > > press and in professional circles. The analytics team figured out how
> to
> > > count unique devices without compromising user anonimity and privacy
> and
> > > rolled out a robust public API for page view data. The research team is
> > in
> > > the process of collecting feedback from readers and compiling the first
> > > comprehensive picture of what brings readers to the projects. The
> TechOps
> > > team made Wikipedia one of the first major internet properties to go
> > > HTTPS-only, slashed latency for users in many parts of the world by
> > > provisioning a cache pop on the Pacific Coast of the United States, and
> > is
> > > currently gearing up for a comprehensive test of our failover
> > capabilities,
> > > which is to happen this Spring.
> > >
> > > That's just the activity happening immediately around me in the org,
> and
> > > says nothing of engineering accomplishments like the Android app being
> > > featured on the Play store in 93 countries and having a higher user
> > rating
> > > than Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Netflix, Snapchat, Google Photos,
> etc.
> > Or
> > > the 56,669 articles that have been created using the Content
> Translation
> > > tool.
> > >
> > > This is happening in spite of -- not thanks to -- dysfunction at the
> top.
> > > If you don't believe me, all you have to do is wait: an exodus of
> people
> > > from Engineering won't be long now. Our initial astonishment at the
> > Board's
> > > unwillingness to acknowledge and address this dysfunction is wearing
> off.
> > > The slips and failures are not generalized and diffuse. They are local
> > and
> > > specific, and their location has been indicated to you repeatedly.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

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For our multicultural context... that's a compliment of high order.

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Delphine, you're a bad ass.
> /a
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <
> djemieln...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Delphine,
>>
>> many thanks for your insight, and I definitely understand why you're
>> pointing out the problematic areas, as well as I share some of your
>> specific concerns.
>>
>> I'm going to fall silent on the list for a while, as I really don't want
>> to
>> sound as the "nothing to watch, move on" guy, and I don't have anything
>> concrete to add.
>>
>> take care! :)
>>
>> dj
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Delphine Ménard <notafi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I believe that Dariusz' comment was somewhat blown out of proportions
>> > (due in part to difficulties in communication inherent to our
>> > multicultural movement). I also think that some of the statements he
>> > made were too "blanket" to let go, so I understand the frustration.
>> >
>> > This said, Ori, I want to thank you for what I believe is the most
>> > daring, heartfelt and bold emails ever written to this list.
>> >
>> > And I use the word bold very specifically because I believe that this
>> > is what is missing today. Boldness. Boldness does not only translate
>> > in taking (un)calculated risks, it also comes in the capacity of
>> > admitting failure.
>> >
>> > I'll tell you where I think we, as an organisation, have failed. It
>> > was already a long time ago, when we started to talk about efficiency.
>> > When the Foundation started working and acting like an American Global
>> > Corporation, and stopped cherishing our diversity and leverage it to
>> > do that thing we once all dreamed of "taking over the world". I will
>> > give you a few examples which I think illustrate the failure to be
>> > bold in organisational ways. They might shed a light on today's
>> > governance chaos.
>> >
>> > Fundraising & Trademark: For the longest time, we've been analyzing
>> > what risks there were if Chapter/Entity XYZ fundraised, or used the
>> > trademark. What are the terrible things that would happen if someone
>> > got in trouble at the other end of the world and they had anything to
>> > do with Wikimedia or Wikimedia money. No-one ever said: "let us find a
>> > solution to leverage our diversity and fundraise all over the world,
>> > and make sure that we get all there is to get, together". Or: "Let us
>> > recognize how every single person using the trademark is an asset to
>> > that trademark". No one said, let us work together to make sure that
>> > our organisational network represents our diversity, our collective
>> > core. We're only afraid of what may happen if. We are afraid, or cosy.
>> > After 10 years, Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Switzerland are the
>> > only parts of the world where fundraising is happening locally. And
>> > it's not because anyone ever thought that they did it better (well, I
>> > do ;)), but because of technicalities. We have never thanked the
>> > thousands of volunteers handing out flyers for their part in making
>> > our trademark an amazing thing. instead, we're calculating all the
>> > risks, the "what happens if". The "product" by definition is owned by
>> > all of us, and more. While protecting it is a good thing, keeping it
>> > behind bars isn't. We are diverse, we will make mistakes and learn
>> > from them. We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take
>> > care of it without having to fear everyone and their brother! And
>> > while an organisation is not a wiki, and revert not always an option,
>> > I'm pretty sure that
>> >
>> > Governance: No members at the Foundation. OK, I am not for or against
>> > it, but the whole speech "we answer to 8 volunteers" which has
>> > been served to me over the years (as opposed to a mere 300 members in
>> > that chapter or that other) is a load of BS. Because what I have
>> > observed in the past few years, the Board only serves itself or the ED
>> > (your pick), or "the Foundation" (the word "fiduciary responsibility"
>> > still makes me cringe today).  I am questioning who feels "served"
>> > t

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