[Wikimedia-l] Announcing new 'Data Portability' project
The Wikimedia Foundation 2018-19 Annual Plan includes the goal Managing Personal Data [1], which aims, among other things, to give users control over their personal data. A sub-portion of that overall goal, “Data Portability,” lays out two specific, user-facing objectives: to enable users to download their wiki contributions and, if possible, to let users download the data we have about them or their accounts. Starting in November of 2018, those became the goals of the "Data Portability" project, which has been assigned to the Community Tech team. I just published a page on Meta for this project [2]. Anyone interested can follow its progress there; please have a look and share your ideas and questions with the team on the talk page. Yours, Joe [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Audiences#Management_of_Personal_Data_(draft_section,_in_progress) [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Data_Portability <https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/news-feed-fyi-more-context/> _________ Joe Matazzoni Product Manager, Community Tech Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Facebook rolling out feature which utilizes Wikipedia
As we shared in October, Facebook has been testing a new feature that uses English Wikipedia content.[1] When users see news articles in their News Feed, the new feature provides more context about the article's source by pulling information about the publishers from English Wikipedia.[2] The feature was initially made available to a limited number of users based in the United States as a part of their product testing. Today, Facebook will begin making this feature available to all of its users in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation first learned of the integration of Wikipedia content into Facebook’s Article Context feature ahead of its initial beta launch in October 2017. This new feature did not come from a partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, though we were in contact with Facebook’s product and engineering teams ahead of this week’s launch. During their test, Facebook was utilizing (and regularly updating) XML dumps to get the Wikipedia content. As a part of the full rollout of this feature, they will begin utilizing our API service - which provides them with more up-to-date content. According to Facebook, the results of their tests resulted in ~500 views a day. We are confident that we will be able to handle the scaling up of this feature. However, we will remain in contact with Facebook should any performance tweaks become necessary. We are always happy to see people, companies, and organizations recognize Wikipedia’s value as a repository of free knowledge. At the same time, we are encouraging companies who use Wikipedia’s content to give back in the spirit of sustainability. Hopefully, Facebook will feel compelled to do so given their increased recognition of the amazing free knowledge repository you all have built together. In the meantime, we are going to be tracking the impact of this new feature on English Wikipedia. Including looking at how many people click on the link to Wikipedia and seeing which pages are getting the most traffic. We will continue to keep you updated on our conversations with Facebook and impact of this new feature. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-October/088791.html [2] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/news-feed-fyi-more-context/ _ Joe Matazzoni Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Sharing sad news about Bassel
With all the tragedies in Syria, not to mention the world generally, it’s surprising how one particular story can reach out and really wrench your feelings. Sad..and angry. _ Joe Matazzoni Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco mobile 202.744.7910 jmatazz...@wikimedia.org "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge." > On Aug 1, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow > community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi. > > Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year > anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October 2015, > when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His wife, > Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he was > executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance. > > Bassel was a leader, advocate, and member of so many open culture communities > it is difficult to do them all justice. In addition to his contributions to > Wikimedia, he was project lead and public affiliate for Creative Commons > Syria, a member of the Global Voices community, a free software advocate and > contributor to Mozilla, and much more. The European Parliament statement on > his detention credited him with “opening up the Internet in Syria and vastly > extending online access and knowledge to the Syrian people."[1] He was known > for his boundless enthusiasm and passion, always encouraging others to share, > create, and connect with a better world around them. > > Many of you cared deeply about Bassel, working to raise awareness of his > detention and disappearance. Please know that his friends and family knew of > and appreciated these efforts, both as a voice on his behalf and a reminder > of the values of the communities to which he devoted his time and attention. > I personally am grappling with profound anger and sorrow that someone so > brilliant, humane, and generous should be taken in this way. For those who > did not know Bassel, you can learn more about his life and work at his > article [2], and at https://freebassel.org <https://freebassel.org/>. > > The Wikimedia Foundation will publish a statement soon, and ask for your > support in helping us translate that message to share more broadly. We will > also work to find a way to celebrate Bassel’s life and honor his > contributions at Wikimania next week. > > Yours, sadly, > > Katherine > > [1] > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN > > <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN> > [2] (en) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil>; (ar) > https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84 > > <https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84> > > -- > Katherine Maher > > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kma...@wikimedia.org <mailto:kma...@wikimedia.org> > https://annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/> > ___ > Wmfall mailing list > wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
