[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedistas de Ecuador

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Bienvenidos! ¡Tengo muchas ganas de trabajar juntos!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

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On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 1:10 PM Butch Bustria  wrote:

> Congratulations Wikimedistas de Ecuador!
>
> Seems that the next step is the global community to convince Paraguay to
> apply next!
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Butch
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 3:14 PM Mauricio  wrote:
>
>> ¡Felicidades! Genial tenerles de vuelta 
>>
>> El mar, 7 nov 2023 a las 14:43, Jorge Vargas ()
>> escribió:
>>
>>> ¡Felicitaciones! Bienvenidos y bienvenidas de vuelta. :)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 8:15 AM Chqaz  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Heartiest congratulations!
>>>>
>>>> Chqaz on behalf of Wikimedians of Japan User Group
>>>>
>>>> 2023年11月7日(火) 8:11 Affiliations Committee :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
>>>>> recognized [1] Wikimedistas de Ecuador [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
>>>>> group aims to disseminating, promoting, developing, and fostering the use
>>>>> of Wikipedia and its sister projects within the national territory of
>>>>> Ecuador.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jeffrey Keefer
>>>>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador
>>>>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

[Samir Elsharbaty]

This is great news!

Congratulations to our fellow Wikimedians in Japan and looking forward to
collaborating on awesome projects soon!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

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On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 6:23 AM Mrb Rafi  wrote:

> Congratulations to to the new affiliate. I have seen a lot of Japanese
> wikimedians being active on wikimedia platforms, specially in the
> governance landscape in recent days. The new affiliate will hopefully
> mobilize these activities.
>
> I was sharing this news with some of my team members last night and l came
> to know that there are a lot of "Otaku"s in my Wikimedia team who can't
> wait to get in touch and do collaborations with you. 
>
> See you in the wikimediaverse!
>
> Hugs,
> Rafi
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 7:14 AM Butch Bustria  wrote:
>
>> To the Members of WJUG,
>>
>> Congratulations for setting up the group and we grad to welcome you again
>> in ESEAP with open arms.
>>
>> Its been 15 years in the waiting.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Butch
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 4:22 AM Shaba 50  wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations to the new Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Aliyu Shaba.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 8:46 PM Yael Weissburg 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Japan!
>>>>
>>>> *Yael Weissburg* (she/her)
>>>> VP, Community Growth
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>> M: (+1) 415.513.6643
>>>> I work from San Francisco. My time zone is UTC -7/-8.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 12:29 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter <
>>>> ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh this is so exciting,
>>>>>
>>>>> おめでとう and all the best to the Wikimedians of Japan. Greetings from 
>>>>> Wikimedia User Group Rwanda
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Derrick Ndahiro
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 at 20:37 Joris Darlington Quarshie <
>>>>> billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Congratulations members of Wikimedians of Japan Usergroup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from Joris Darlington Quarshie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18 Oct 2023, at 3:52 PM, João Alexandre Peschanski <
>>>>>> joa...@wmnobrasil.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear members of the Wikimedians of Japan User Group,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Welcome, on behalf of Wiki Movimento Brasil! This is exciting! I hope
>>>>>> we will find ways of working together in the near future!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> João
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Em qua., 18 de out. de 2023 às 12:42, Affiliations Committee <
>>>>>> aff...@wikimedia.org> escreveu:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
>>>>>>> recognized [1] Wikimedians of Japan User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User
>>>>>>> Group. The group aims to establish a national organization to promote
>>>>>>> Wikimedia projects and support Wikimedians in Japan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Jeffrey Keefer
>>>>>>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedians_of_Japan_User_Group
>>>>>>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Japan_User_Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [WM-Chairpersons] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia AGM

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Thanks for all what you've done for the Indonesian Chapter, Biyanto! Wish
you all the best with your future endeavours!

Looking forward to working with the new board!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 4:24 AM Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Congratulations to you colleagues!
>
> Best,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 09:44, Biyanto Rebin 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to inform you that Wikimedia Indonesia has been
>> successfully holding annual general meetings in a hybrid event. On 19
>> February, our AGM elected a new Chair of the Board of Executive, @Rachmat
>> Wahidi . Rachmat has been involved in
>> Wikimedia Indonesia since 2014. He has been a very useful and kind-hearted
>> person for all of us in Wikimedia Indonesia.
>>
>> Beside the new chair, we elected the new board of trustees as well.
>> * Ichsan Mochtar,
>> * Annisa Ayu Maharani,
>> * Andri Humardhani,
>> * Hendra Prastiawan, and
>> * Fachria Marasabessy. (re-elected)
>>
>> Thanks to our previous Board of Executives (Ivonne Kristiani, Hillun
>> Vilayl Napis, Thirza Ria Vandari, Djohan Hasibuan) and Board of Trustees
>> (Rinto Jio, Fachria Marassabessy, Fajarwati).
>>
>> We hope this new change can bring a more hopeful future for WMID.
>> I will still be around Wikimedia Indonesia until June 2020, to make sure
>> the transition is going smoothly. :)
>>
>> For Affiliates and Chairperson mailinglist's admin, please help to remove
>> me and add Rachmat for future communication.
>>
>> Best,
>> Biyanto Rebin
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia 20: The celebration continues and Rapid Grants are still available to support your events!

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone!



This January we started our celebration of Wikipedia’s 20th birthday.[1]
Many people joined us for a global virtual event[2] and thousands others
joined many other events in every part of the world. [3]


THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES!

Many other events are still being planned throughout 2021. You can check
out the events and follow their updates on meta[3] or plan an event in your
community[4] if there isn’t one. If you are considering holding an event,
we wanted to let you know that Rapid Grants are still available to support
your planned events. For events happening in March, please make sure to
submit your grant application by 15 February and for events happening until
the end of July 2021, please make sure to submit your application no later
than 15 June 2021.



Applications for Rapid Grants are open from the 1st to the 15th of each
month and decisions are typically made by the end of that month. Rapid
Grants can fund common events in the movement such as edit-a-thons and
workshops in addition to small-scale experiments that don't need extensive
review to get started with a budget ranging between 500 to 2,000 USD.



You can find more information on Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 and the
application form on Meta.[5]



Please let us know if you have any questions.



Samir and the Wikipedia 20 team



[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/Planning_a_virtual_event

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia 20 on the radio in Malta

[Samir Elsharbaty]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 2:58 PM Toni Sant  wrote:

> I know there's a list of events on meta [1] but I'm not sure how to go
> about spreading the word about this call out for messages from celebration
> organizers around the world. If I get nothing from this, I'll directly
> target some of the local even organizers through their user talk pages.


Hi Toni. Sorry for the late reply here.

There are some channels for communications regarding Wikipedia 20 on meta
wiki [1], Facebook [2] and Telegram [3].

Hope that helps with your plans.

Best,
Samir

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_20
[2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/3028324960606545
[3] https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNh2q8E-XPzdw3pLUIw

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On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 2:58 PM Toni Sant  wrote:

> Hello to all -
>
> Wikimedia Community Malta is supporting a weekly 60-minute radio series
> called Vjaġġi Enċiklopediċi *(literal trans: Encyclopedic Voyages)*,
> which sees the start of season 2 next week.  For the program planned for
> the week of 12 January 2021 we'll be marking Wikipedia's 20th birthday,
> which as most Wikipedians know is on January 15th.
>
> We'd very much like to hear from anyone who is preparing to celebrate
> Wikipedia's 20th birthday is some way or other. Please contact me directly
> to arrange a recording (in English and/or in your language) over the coming
> days.  If you prefer, you can also record a brief audio message yourself (in
> English and/or in your language) and email it to me by Monday 4 January.
>
> I know there's a list of events on meta [1] but I'm not sure how to go
> about spreading the word about this call out for messages from celebration
> organizers around the world. If I get nothing from this, I'll directly
> target some of the local even organizers through their user talk pages.
>
> Many thanks and happy new year!
>
> Toni
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *___Dr Toni SantWikimedia Community MaltaUser:
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>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/List
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[Wikimedia-l] One week until #Wikipedia20! New updates + resources

[Samir Elsharbaty]

birthday meta page,
and shared via our social channels.

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[Wikimedia-l] Resources for your Wikipedia 20 celebration plans

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello everyone,

As we are 28 days away from Wikipedia 20 celebrations and many of you are
already working on plans to host an event and/or other birthday activities,
we wanted to share some of the resources that may help with your plans!

Visual materials to use and share:

*Wikipedia 20 marks and designs. [1]

*How to create your own marks for Wikipedia 20. [2]

Resources shared this week:

*A guide to planning a virtual event. [3]

*A guide to your press/media outreach and community messaging. [4]

More resources that will be shared soon on the Wikipedia 20 portal on Meta:

*Digital swag (presentation template, zoom backgrounds, GIFs, and digital
stickers)

*A short anthemic video celebrating “20 Years Human” for use across media
and events.

*Birthday video messages from Katherine Maher and Jimmy Wales for local
community celebrations.

*More social media assets in the Resources section. [5]

*More social media guidance and draft posts in the Press and social media
section. [4]

Please watch the Wikipedia 20 discussion page [6], join the Facebook group
[7] and the Telegram group [8] to keep up-to-date.

Thank you, and please share any questions you may have via email
wikipedi...@wikimedia.org, or use the discussion page. [6]

Samir Elsharbaty and the Wikipedia 20 team

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#About_the_Wikipedia_20_Mark

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources#Making_your_own_birthday_symbol

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Events/Planning_a_virtual_event

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Media

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources

[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_20

[7] https://www.facebook.com/groups/3028324960606545

[8] https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNh2q8E-XPzdw3pLUIw

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[Wikimedia-l] Reminder to finalize your Rapid Grant application for Wikipedia 20 by 15 December 2020

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone!

The December round of Rapid Grants will close on 15 December. If you are
planning to submit a grant application for a Wikipedia 20 event taking
place on or around January 15, please make sure to do so by midnight UTC on
15 December 2020. For those planning to host Wikipedia 20 events after
January through the end of 2021, Rapid Grants will continue to be available
in the following months.

Please note that applications for Rapid Grants to fund events happening in
January will not be eligible for funding after 15 December due to the lack
of time available for processing those applications.

You can find more information on Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 and the
application form on meta. [1]

Thank you so much and looking forward to celebrating with you!

On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia 20 Collaborative meeting

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello everyone,

Do you have any questions about Wikipedia 20? Planning for your events, how
to use the material and designs available, eligibility for grants, birthday
messaging, translations, localizations & press or anything else related to
your celebration plans?

Join us for a collaborative discussion [1] on Monday 23 November 2020 from
1700 to 1800 UTC (check out your local time [2])

If you have any topics related to Wikipedia 20 that you would like to add
to the meeting agenda or questions that you would like to add to the Q
queue, please add them to the “Topics and questions for discussion” section
of the page here. [1]

On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Collaborative_Discussions/November_2020

[2]
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikipedia+20+Collaborative+discussion=20201123T17=%3A=1

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 celebration events

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone,

The Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 are still accepted through 15 November.
If you're planning a Rapid Grant for a Wikipedia 20 event that will be held
in January, we highly recommend finalizing and submitting your grant
application by 15 November. Rapid Grants will continue to be available
later for those who couldn't apply during the November cycle or are
planning to hold their events later in the year 2021. More information is
available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants

Thank you so much!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:58 PM Samir Elsharbaty 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> (Apologies for cross-posting.)
>
> Last month, we shared a survey to inform the planning and funding
> processes of Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebrations. The survey results have
> demonstrated interest in hosting virtual and in-person events around the
> world to celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th birthday.
>
> We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation will be
> supporting individuals and groups planning to hold Wikipedia 20 celebration
> events through the Rapid Grants program.
>
> The Rapid Grants program can support event plans with a budget ranging
> from 500 USD, up to 2,000 USD. All the details, the eligibility criteria,
> and the application form are available on the Wikipedia 20 grants meta
> page. [1]
>
> Applications for Rapid Grants are accepted between the 1st and 15th of
> each month, and a decision on the application is, typically, ready by the
> end of that month. For applicants who would like to host Wikipedia
> celebration events during the month of January 2021, we highly recommend
> applying as soon as possible (i.e. during the November 2020 cycle). For
> later events through the end of 2021, applications will continue to be open
> later in the year.
>
> *Other funding opportunities*
>
> If your plans for the Wikipedia 20 celebration event don’t meet some of
> the eligibility criteria for a Rapid Grant (e.g. your budget is expected to
> exceed $2000), you may want to consider reducing the scale of your
> activities, or to explore other grant opportunities that may better support
> your plan:
>
>
>-
>
>Additional funding for Conference & Event grantees (e.g. for a
>regional or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration
>event to an existing conference. [2]
>-
>
>Conference & Event Grants to support celebration events for more than
>2000 USD. [2]
>
>
> *Round one applications for Conference & Event grants is now closed.
> Details for round two (for events that will be held between July and
> December 2021) will be announced on the conference and event grants page.
>
> For more information on Wikipedia 20, please visit the Wikipedia 20 grants
> meta page. [1]
>
> Thank you and please share the message with your communities!
>
> On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference
>
> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>
> Brand Associate
>
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>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Rapid Grants for Wikipedia 20 celebration events

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone,

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

Last month, we shared a survey to inform the planning and funding processes
of Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebrations. The survey results have
demonstrated interest in hosting virtual and in-person events around the
world to celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th birthday.

We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation will be supporting
individuals and groups planning to hold Wikipedia 20 celebration events
through the Rapid Grants program.

The Rapid Grants program can support event plans with a budget ranging from
500 USD, up to 2,000 USD. All the details, the eligibility criteria, and
the application form are available on the Wikipedia 20 grants meta page. [1]

Applications for Rapid Grants are accepted between the 1st and 15th of each
month, and a decision on the application is, typically, ready by the end of
that month. For applicants who would like to host Wikipedia celebration
events during the month of January 2021, we highly recommend applying as
soon as possible (i.e. during the November 2020 cycle). For later events
through the end of 2021, applications will continue to be open later in the
year.

*Other funding opportunities*

If your plans for the Wikipedia 20 celebration event don’t meet some of the
eligibility criteria for a Rapid Grant (e.g. your budget is expected to
exceed $2000), you may want to consider reducing the scale of your
activities, or to explore other grant opportunities that may better support
your plan:


   -

   Additional funding for Conference & Event grantees (e.g. for a regional
   or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an
   existing conference. [2]
   -

   Conference & Event Grants to support celebration events for more than
   2000 USD. [2]


*Round one applications for Conference & Event grants is now closed.
Details for round two (for events that will be held between July and
December 2021) will be announced on the conference and event grants page.

For more information on Wikipedia 20, please visit the Wikipedia 20 grants
meta page. [1]

Thank you and please share the message with your communities!

On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Grants

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project through March 2021

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Thanks, Paulo! You can find the geographical distribution for both
affiliate and individual respondents on page 9 and 10 of the full report on
Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ABrand_Project_Naming_Survey_Feedback_Report.pdf=9

Best,
Samir

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 7:22 PM Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've read it, and the recommendations sounded all with good sense, and on
> point.
> I believe there is an excellent base there for future work on the subject.
> You've done a good job, despite the difficult conditions.
>
> Just a minor curiosity: The percentages of Africa and Asia participations
> on the survey are absent from there, can they be seen somewhere, or shared?
>
> Thanks,
> Paulo
>
>
>
> Samir Elsharbaty  escreveu no dia terça,
> 6/10/2020 à(s) 17:25:
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I wanted to follow up on Zack’s email with an update and links to the
> > naming survey resources published today:
> >
> > The naming survey report is now available.[1] Thank you to everyone who
> > provided feedback. To learn more about what naming elements should be
> > removed, refined and recombined please view the full report.[2]
> >
> > We are looking forward to collaborating with you again next year.
> >
> > Samir and the Brand Project Team
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_survey_feedback_report
> >
> > [2]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brand_Project_Naming_Survey_Feedback_Report.pdf
> >
> > Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
> >
> > Brand Associate
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:43 PM Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza <
> > olga.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank U!
> > >
> > > El mié., 30 de septiembre de 2020 15:55, Zack McCune <
> > > zmcc...@wikimedia.org>
> > > escribió:
> > >
> > > > Thank you María!
> > > >
> > > > Following this Board resolution, the Brand Project team will be
> > updating
> > > > the project hub. [1]  We will also release the Naming Survey results
> as
> > > > both a report and as the anonymized data by October 6. The
> publication
> > of
> > > > those materials will be shared on the project hub and announced here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > - Zack, Essie, and Samir (the Brand Project team)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:51 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> > > > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for hearing the voices, María and members of the board.
> > > > >
> > > > > Defining common goals is the best practice for reaching to the best
> > > > > solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > >
> > > > > Galder
> > > > > 
> > > > > From: Wikimedia-l  on
> > behalf
> > > of
> > > > > María Sefidari 
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:47 PM
> > > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > >
> > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project
> > > through
> > > > > March 2021
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, following the
> > > recommendation
> > > > of
> > > > > staff, has resolved to pause the Movement Brand Project until the
> > next
> > > > > calendar year.[1] We recognize that much of the Wikimedia
> movement’s
> > > > > activities, events, and key collaborations have been put on hold or
> > > > > restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have received
> > formal
> > > > > requests to pause Movement Brand Project activities to reflect this
> >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project through March 2021

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone

I wanted to follow up on Zack’s email with an update and links to the
naming survey resources published today:

The naming survey report is now available.[1] Thank you to everyone who
provided feedback. To learn more about what naming elements should be
removed, refined and recombined please view the full report.[2]

We are looking forward to collaborating with you again next year.

Samir and the Brand Project Team


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_survey_feedback_report

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brand_Project_Naming_Survey_Feedback_Report.pdf

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>




On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:43 PM Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza <
olga.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank U!
>
> El mié., 30 de septiembre de 2020 15:55, Zack McCune <
> zmcc...@wikimedia.org>
> escribió:
>
> > Thank you María!
> >
> > Following this Board resolution, the Brand Project team will be updating
> > the project hub. [1]  We will also release the Naming Survey results as
> > both a report and as the anonymized data by October 6. The publication of
> > those materials will be shared on the project hub and announced here.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > - Zack, Essie, and Samir (the Brand Project team)
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:51 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for hearing the voices, María and members of the board.
> > >
> > > Defining common goals is the best practice for reaching to the best
> > > solution.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Galder
> > > 
> > > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf
> of
> > > María Sefidari 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:47 PM
> > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
> > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project
> through
> > > March 2021
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, following the
> recommendation
> > of
> > > staff, has resolved to pause the Movement Brand Project until the next
> > > calendar year.[1] We recognize that much of the Wikimedia movement’s
> > > activities, events, and key collaborations have been put on hold or
> > > restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have received formal
> > > requests to pause Movement Brand Project activities to reflect this
> > > need.[2]
> > >
> > > The Board remains persuaded that there is potential value in making
> > change
> > > to our branding system in service of our goals of engaging more people
> in
> > > our mission. However, we also know that change moves at the speed of
> > trust.
> > > We have asked staff to meaningfully engage with community concerns and
> > > address the request for equitable decision-making within the process.
> We
> > > also ask members of the community to use this pause to consider how
> > equity
> > > may ask us to let go of some aspects of our past, in order to create
> > space
> > > for what could be. Making these decisions together, with so many
> > passionate
> > > perspectives, will be challenging, but building this capacity is
> > essential
> > > for how we grow together as a thriving global movement.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, we will establish a small ad-hoc Board committee to
> > liaise
> > > with staff, and develop a process of collaboration and decision-making
> > > appropriate for the Movement’s brand. This committee will constitute
> > > Trustees James Heilman, Raju Narisetti, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov. We
> > > hope and intend for this committee to include a small number of
> community
> > > representatives from affiliates, open letter signatories, and emerging
> > > communities, and Foundation staff to be designated by the Executive
> > > Director. We’ll update you with more details on the committee soon.
> > >
> > > In 2021, using insights and recommendations gleaned through the ad-hoc
> > > committee, the Brand Project team will restart collaboration and
> > > communicate next steps accordingly. This resolution was ratified on
> > > September 24, 2020.
> > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikipedia 20] Rapid Grant survey

[Samir Elsharbaty]

This survey will be closing on Wednesday (two days from today). A reminder
to anyone who's interested in hosting Wikipedia 20 celebration events to
take the survey if they have a few minutes.

Thank you!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Brand Associate

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>




On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:05 PM Samir Elsharbaty 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> (Apologies for cross-posting.)
>
> As part of the upcoming celebrations surrounding Wikipedia's 20th
> birthday[1], the Wikimedia Foundation is publishing a short optional
> survey[2] that will help us understand the needs of people who would like
> to host a birthday event. The survey is expected to take three to five
> minutes to fill in and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 30
> September 2020.
>
> Before taking the survey, please review the privacy statement policy[3].
>
> We would also like to announce that the Foundation will be supporting
> Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebration events through multiple grant programs:
>
> * Rapid Grants[4] to support celebration events up to 2000 USD.
>
> * Additional funding for Conference & Events grantees (e.g. for a regional
> or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an
> existing conference.
>
> * Conference & Event Grants[5] to support celebration events for more than
> 2000 USD.*
>
> *Round one applications for conference & event grants [5] is now open
> until 28 September 2020.
>
> On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty
>
>
> [1] Wikipedia 20 meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20
>
> [2] Survey link:
> https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4GyxYcdRSSM5M8J
>
> [3] Privacy statement:
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20_Community_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement
>
> [4] Rapid grants page on meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
>
> [5] Conference grants page on meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference
>
> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>
> Brand Associate
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikipedia 20] Rapid Grant survey

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone,

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

As part of the upcoming celebrations surrounding Wikipedia's 20th
birthday[1], the Wikimedia Foundation is publishing a short optional
survey[2] that will help us understand the needs of people who would like
to host a birthday event. The survey is expected to take three to five
minutes to fill in and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 30
September 2020.

Before taking the survey, please review the privacy statement policy[3].

We would also like to announce that the Foundation will be supporting
Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebration events through multiple grant programs:

* Rapid Grants[4] to support celebration events up to 2000 USD.

* Additional funding for Conference & Events grantees (e.g. for a regional
or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an
existing conference.

* Conference & Event Grants[5] to support celebration events for more than
2000 USD.*

*Round one applications for conference & event grants [5] is now open until
28 September 2020.

On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty


[1] Wikipedia 20 meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20

[2] Survey link: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4GyxYcdRSSM5M8J

[3] Privacy statement:
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20_Community_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement

[4] Rapid grants page on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid

[5] Conference grants page on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Sudan User Group

[Samir Elsharbaty]

 So great news! Looking forward to working together with our fellow
Wikimedians from Sudan!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

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On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 10:43 AM Isaac Olatunde 
wrote:

> Thanks to AffCom for this recognition. Congratulations to the founding
> members.
>
> We look forward to collaborating with you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2020, 07:25 Rajeeb Dutta,  wrote:
>
> > What a wonderful news!! Congratulations and all my best wishes to all the
> > members of Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan!
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Rajeeb.
> > (U: Marajozkee)
> > (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity)
> >
> > > On 28-Jun-2020, at 4:31 AM, Mohammed Bachounda 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Welcome Welcome ! \○/ ... Sudanese community with us. with the
> > Wikimedian
> > > mouvement
> > > around the world.
> > >
> > > مجموعة ويكيميديا السودان معترف بها رسميا مرحبا
> > >
> > > Mohammed BACHOUNDA
> > > leader WIKIDZ Algeria
> > >
> > >> Le sam. 27 juin 2020 à 22:04, Asaf Bartov  a
> > écrit :
> > >>
> > >> Excellent news!  Welcome, Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan!
> > >>
> > >> (I hope at least their designated contacts have subscribed to this
> > mailing
> > >> list.)
> > >>
> > >>   A.
> > >>
> > >> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
> > >>
> > >> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
> > >>
> > >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> > >>
> > >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> > the
> > >> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> > >> https://donate.wikimedia.org
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 11:19 PM Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight <
> > >> rosiestep.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi everyone!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
> > recognized
> > >>> [1] Wikimedia Sudan User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
> group
> > >>> aims to support Sudanese living in Sudan and in the diaspora working
> to
> > >>> help bridge the content gaps about Sudan (and broadly Africa) on the
> > web
> > >>> through the largest online Encyclopedia, Wikipedia and its sister
> > >> projects
> > >>> as well as other open projects that allow sharing and accessibility
> of
> > >> free
> > >>> knowledge.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> [1]
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Sudan
> > >>>
> > >>> [2]
> > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Sudan
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Respectfully,
> > >>>
> > >>> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (she/her)
> > >>>
> > >>> Chair, Affiliations Committee
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[Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Preparing for feedback on naming convention proposals

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello everyone,

The 2030 Movement Brand Project is now moving into Phase 2: naming
convention proposals [1]. This is the most anticipated phase of this
project. It will ask the movement to evaluate which proposal(s) best
communicate who we are so that billions of new users can understand us and
join us. We look forward to getting everyone’s feedback on the different
ideas being developed.

The feedback period will go from 7-21 May, and will begin with a
presentation of multiple naming convention proposals on 7 May at 17:00
UTC[2]. For information on the presentation, the proposals, and how the
feedback process will work, see the update on the project page on Meta [3].

Best,

Samir & the Brand Project team

[1] https://w.wiki/Mju
[2]
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200507T17=1
[3] https://w.wiki/Pb8

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[Wikimedia-l] Summary of the Brand Project presentation

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone,


Yesterday, the 2030 Brand Movement Project presented the unified concept
that will guide the upcoming branding proposals. Thanks to the 224
attendees who watched the presentation live! Participants brought a great
stream of comments and questions (averaging 8 per minute!) that helped
clarify important points.

The unified concept, “interconnection”, was arrived at after many community
workshops, exercises, and conversations. “Interconnection” distills the 23
distinct concepts generated in workshops into a single word that links
together the insights and definitions from the participants, and at the
same time adds more meaning to the answer to the question who are we? This
concept will not be a public or visible part of branding, but rather a
guiding idea.

Take a look at the video explaining interconnection as a unified concept
[1].

You can watch the full presentation video, together with the lively
discussion that accompanied it [2]. Most of the questions were answered
during the presentation (including questions about the project scope, the
upcoming naming convention proposals, and the RfC), but there wasn't enough
time to answer them all. Questions are being compiled on the Brand Network
talk page on Meta [3].

The team will be hosting a follow-up office hour next week to answer the
rest of the questions. Participation details will be shared on the Brand
Network talk page. The session will be recorded and shared, and answers
will be covered on the project pages. If you have a different question
you’d like to ask, feel free to add it to the page or bring it to the
office hour.

PS: As soon as these videos are ready for Commons we will upload them
there, and we will notify about this on the Brand Network talk page as well.

Thanks,

Samir & the Brand Project team

[1]
https://brandingwikipedia.org/2020/04/16/our-unified-concept-interconnection/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS72O6Si94Q

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Brand_Network#Unified_concept:_Interconnection

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Sorry dropped footnote #[6] while sending:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Timeline

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

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On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 10:22 AM Samir Elsharbaty 
wrote:

> Hi, the Brand team has been watching the RfC and has written a summary
> about it [1] that was shared both in the RfC [2] and the project page [3]
> in Meta. The team has integrated the feedback of the RfC in the development
> process, just as we did with the activities organized by the project
> itself.
>
> The RfC is covered in the main project page as well as in the FAQ [4]. The
> RfC has been a recurrent topic of discussion in the Brand project talk page
> [5], where we are answering questions and discussing topics whenever they
> are posted. We recommend you to have a look at these updates before making
> further conclusions here.
>
> The RfC is about the use of the word “Wikipedia” in the name of the
> Foundation, and by extension the names of affiliates were discussed as
> well. The project team has clarified that many options for a naming
> convention are being explored. While having Wikipedia as a central concept
> is a project requirement, It is very unlikely that any naming convention
> proposal will be based on a simple substitution of the word "Wikimedia"
> with the word "Wikipedia". Brand systems offer many more possibilities.
>
> Another important point to clarify is that the proposals for naming
> conventions haven’t been defined yet. According to the project timeline
> [6], several proposals for a naming convention will be shared with the
> communities for feedback in May, at the earliest. At the end of this
> review, one proposal will be selected and refined. You can check the
> timeline to learn about further phases with public reviews before the full
> proposal for a brand system is presented to the Wikimedia Foundation
> leadership and the Board.
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/RfC_Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia#Report_about_this_RfC_by_the_Brand_Project_team
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
>
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/FAQ
>
> [5]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
>
>
>
>
> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>
> Community Brand and Marketing coordinator
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 1:12 AM David Gerard  wrote:
>
>> Yes. Who's the person telling Samir to post this stuff, which comes
>> across as aggressively ignoring all feedback to date? Could we have a
>> word with them here?
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 14:12, Peter Southwood
>>  wrote:
>> >
>> > When you speak for someone who is hard of listening, it is an
>> occupational hazard that you will be shouted at occasionally by those whose
>> voices are being ignored. It is not necessarily anything personal, just
>> part of the heat in the kitchen.
>> > Cheers,
>> > Peter
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
>> Behalf Of Yaroslav Blanter
>> > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 11:28 AM
>> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
>> >
>> > In all honesty, this should not have been directed at Samir. I do not
>> think
>> > he has the authority to stop the process. And whoever has probably
>> spends
>> > more time in Twitter that in Wikimedia projects.
>> >
>> > Best
>> > Yaroslav
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:12 AM Tito Dutta 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > There is something called [[WP:IDHT,]] i.e. I didn't hear that.
>> > > No matter how many times, how many people (90% in the RFC) speak, I
>> just
>> > > didn't hear that.
>> > > Kind regards,
>> > > (Comment in personal capacity)
>> > >
>> > > Thanks
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 00:15, Samir Elsharbaty <
>> selsharb...@wikimedia.org>
>> &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi, the Brand team has been watching the RfC and has written a summary
about it [1] that was shared both in the RfC [2] and the project page [3]
in Meta. The team has integrated the feedback of the RfC in the development
process, just as we did with the activities organized by the project
itself.

The RfC is covered in the main project page as well as in the FAQ [4]. The
RfC has been a recurrent topic of discussion in the Brand project talk page
[5], where we are answering questions and discussing topics whenever they
are posted. We recommend you to have a look at these updates before making
further conclusions here.

The RfC is about the use of the word “Wikipedia” in the name of the
Foundation, and by extension the names of affiliates were discussed as
well. The project team has clarified that many options for a naming
convention are being explored. While having Wikipedia as a central concept
is a project requirement, It is very unlikely that any naming convention
proposal will be based on a simple substitution of the word "Wikimedia"
with the word "Wikipedia". Brand systems offer many more possibilities.

Another important point to clarify is that the proposals for naming
conventions haven’t been defined yet. According to the project timeline
[6], several proposals for a naming convention will be shared with the
communities for feedback in May, at the earliest. At the end of this
review, one proposal will be selected and refined. You can check the
timeline to learn about further phases with public reviews before the full
proposal for a brand system is presented to the Wikimedia Foundation
leadership and the Board.

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/RfC_Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia#Report_about_this_RfC_by_the_Brand_Project_team

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/FAQ

[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project




Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 1:12 AM David Gerard  wrote:

> Yes. Who's the person telling Samir to post this stuff, which comes
> across as aggressively ignoring all feedback to date? Could we have a
> word with them here?
>
>
> - d.
>
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 14:12, Peter Southwood
>  wrote:
> >
> > When you speak for someone who is hard of listening, it is an
> occupational hazard that you will be shouted at occasionally by those whose
> voices are being ignored. It is not necessarily anything personal, just
> part of the heat in the kitchen.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Yaroslav Blanter
> > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 11:28 AM
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> >
> > In all honesty, this should not have been directed at Samir. I do not
> think
> > he has the authority to stop the process. And whoever has probably spends
> > more time in Twitter that in Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > Best
> > Yaroslav
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:12 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:
> >
> > > There is something called [[WP:IDHT,]] i.e. I didn't hear that.
> > > No matter how many times, how many people (90% in the RFC) speak, I
> just
> > > didn't hear that.
> > > Kind regards,
> > > (Comment in personal capacity)
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 00:15, Samir Elsharbaty <
> selsharb...@wikimedia.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > We wanted to follow up with a brief update on the project timeline
> and
> > > > share an invitation to join an event this month.
> > > >
> > > > We know there continues to be so much uncertainty in the world, so
> we are
> > > > slowing down the process of the project. Big changes are happening
> to all
> > > > of us these days. We want to make sure that we respect the time and
> > > > priorities of the project collaborators. This means updating the
> project
> > > > timeline approach to have more flexibility for participants and
> smaller
> > > > time commitments [1], revising the project schedule

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi All,

We wanted to follow up with a brief update on the project timeline and
share an invitation to join an event this month.

We know there continues to be so much uncertainty in the world, so we are
slowing down the process of the project. Big changes are happening to all
of us these days. We want to make sure that we respect the time and
priorities of the project collaborators. This means updating the project
timeline approach to have more flexibility for participants and smaller
time commitments [1], revising the project schedule month by month and
keeping the Brand Network [2] and other participants informed on a more
regular basis with any updates and changes. The naming discussions planned
for April are now pushed to May, at the earliest. Design proposals are
likewise shifted +4 weeks.

But we do have things to share:

*This month: live brand concept presentation!*

To honor, celebrate, and conclude the work around the concepts referred to
in Essie’s email above [3], Snohetta and the Brand Project team will
present the Unified Concept LIVE on 16 April, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT. Snøhetta
will explain how they used the ideas, feedback and conceptual models from
the workshops and online exercises to arrive at a final, unified concept.
This unified concept  will be the foundation for the upcoming work around
the naming conventions, visual decisions, and the overall design system.
The session will also be recorded and made available for viewing after. You
can join us using these links. [4] Note: this is not a presentation of a
proposal for a naming convention or design.

Thank you!

Samir and the brand project team

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Timeline

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brand_Network

[3] https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/

[4] Join via Zoom:

https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/769565325

Steam via Youtube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS72O6Si94Q

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:32 AM David Gerard  wrote:

> The article itself is spammy brochure-style nonsense, and this is even
> after some cleanup. Editorial eyes welcomed.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)
>
>
> - d.
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 23:16, Samir Elsharbaty
>  wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The Brand Project Team felt it was important to address the concerns and
> > questions around Snøhetta and the English Wikipedia, and have now added
> an
> > FAQ about it. [1] Please refer there for the full details about the block
> > and what is being done. The project team is in the process of updating
> the
> > project materials, including the FAQ, so feel free to add those pages to
> > your watchlist to stay up to date on the latest information.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Samir
> >
> > [1] https://w.wiki/LEF
> >
> > Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
> >
> > Community Brand and Marketing coordinator
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:43 AM Gnangarra  wrote:
> >
> > > This does have feeling of a company creating a financial relationship
> with
> > > the Foundation as way to bypass or backdoor a community ban thats been
> > > reviewed already.   Over the years I've worked with many users who been
> > > blocked and help them become productive contributors but before they
> start
> > > making recommendation or decisions about who we are there needs to be
> > > something done to get them back to good standing with the community
> first
> > > untiil thats taken place.It's like asking the fox to rebuild the
> hen
> > > house,  I just dont see how I could support anything they recommend.
> > >
> > > After the dollars, and t=volunteer time that has been pumped into the
> 2030
> > > strategy shouldnt we already know who we are, as it is that should have
> > > been the key starting point for a strategy process. Its comprehensible
> not
> > > to have known or explored that before deciding where, how, why we will
> be
> > > doing anything for the next 10 years.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 03:20, David Gerard  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Particularly as they've demonstrated by their actions an
> unwillingness
> > > > to work with Wikipedia properly:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive318#Review_of_User:Sn%C3%B8hettaAS_block_p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi everyone,

The Brand Project Team felt it was important to address the concerns and
questions around Snøhetta and the English Wikipedia, and have now added an
FAQ about it. [1] Please refer there for the full details about the block
and what is being done. The project team is in the process of updating the
project materials, including the FAQ, so feel free to add those pages to
your watchlist to stay up to date on the latest information.


Best,

Samir

[1] https://w.wiki/LEF

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:43 AM Gnangarra  wrote:

> This does have feeling of a company creating a financial relationship with
> the Foundation as way to bypass or backdoor a community ban thats been
> reviewed already.   Over the years I've worked with many users who been
> blocked and help them become productive contributors but before they start
> making recommendation or decisions about who we are there needs to be
> something done to get them back to good standing with the community first
> untiil thats taken place.It's like asking the fox to rebuild the hen
> house,  I just dont see how I could support anything they recommend.
>
> After the dollars, and t=volunteer time that has been pumped into the 2030
> strategy shouldnt we already know who we are, as it is that should have
> been the key starting point for a strategy process. Its comprehensible not
> to have known or explored that before deciding where, how, why we will be
> doing anything for the next 10 years.
>
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 03:20, David Gerard  wrote:
>
> > Particularly as they've demonstrated by their actions an unwillingness
> > to work with Wikipedia properly:
> >
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive318#Review_of_User:Sn%C3%B8hettaAS_block_please
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
> > On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 at 04:34, Peter Southwood
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > I would agree with this in principle. From what I have seen so far, it
> > looks like either Snøhetta have not done their homework on how we
> operate,
> > or they have the arrogance of PR agencies, don't care, and plan to spin
> > their way through with smoke and mirrors, flashy pages with lots of buzz,
> > little content and all the dialogue they can't avoid. Maybe I am wrong,
> and
> > they have just been badly briefed. Who can tell from the outside? Block
> > evasion does not bode well for their understanding of the community.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > Behalf Of Pine W
> > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:13 PM
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > First, a disclaimer that these comments aren't directed personally at
> > > you, Essie.
> > >
> > > Even if money was unlimited, I thought that Snøhetta deserved the
> > > community's trust, and I felt that WMF was a good steward of resources
> > > (all of which are questionable), I don't think that this project is a
> > > good idea. Wikidata is an increasingly important component of the
> > > Wikiverse, and there are a some problems with WMF rebranding itself as
> > > the Wikipedia Foundation including the risk to the communities and
> > > affiliates from WMF's political adventures, governance problems, and
> > > occasional high profile clashes with the community. I don't think that
> > > the costs or the risks here make sense, I wouldn't involve Snøhetta
> > > given its apparent block evasion on English Wikipedia, and I've been
> > > unimpressed with WMF's handling of this process during the past few
> > > months.
> > >
> > > I am fine with discussions about branding, but not with this program
> > > in its current form.
> > >
> > > Given the choice, I would freeze this project and spending associated
> > > with it pending a Meta RfC regarding the community's view on whether
> > > this project should continue. If the community wants a branding
> > > project to continue, I would let the community decide on the project's
> > > parameters and budget, and what if any consultant should be involved.
> > >
> > > Pine
> > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
> > >
> > > ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello,

The pause we announced was to the community activity on the movement brand
project.[1] With the global pandemic, we thought that it should be
everyone’s priority to take care of themselves and their families right
now. In the meantime, our project team will be working with Snohetta to
review the project materials and make any necessary adjustments to the
timeline.

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project#Sn%C3%B8hetta_exercise_#2:_Who_are_we
?


Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 4:31 AM Pine W  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I heard indirectly that the rebranding work is being paused due to the
> issues with COVID-19. Is anyone able to confirm this? I would be
> relieved if WMF is pausing and will reconsider what it's doing with
> regards to rebranding.
>
> To reiterate a comment that I made previously, I am OK in principle
> with having discussions about branding.
>
> However, there are multiple reasons that I am unhappy with the current
> process.
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] NEW Instructional website for Arabic WP editors and writers!‏

[Samir Elsharbaty]

I know how much work was put into that. Thank you, Michal and Bekriah! :)

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:04 PM Michal Lester 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am writing to share some good news! After two years of brainstorming and
> planning, our instructional website in Arabic is out! This is yet another
> step for Wikimedia Israel in developing instructional tools.
>
> We’re thrilled to introduce Wiki Warsha ويكي ورشة <http://wikiwarsha.org/
> >!
>
> Wikiwarsha.org <http://wikiwarsha.org/> is a multimedia instructional
> website designed to introduce Wikipedia to Arabic readers, to invite new
> editors to write and edit content on Arabic Wikipedia, to assist teachers
> in school activities, and instructors in editing workshops.
>
> Warsha is the Arabic word for ‘workshop’, the website includes short
> instructional films, texts and images and is divided into 13 informative
> and instructional lessons:
>
>
>-
>
>Wikipedia homepage structure
>-
>
>About Wikipedia articles
>-
>
>Create account
>-
>
>Sign in to a registered account
>-
>
>Create a userpage
>-
>
>Create a new article
>-
>
>Edit an article
>-
>
>Formatting the article
>-
>
>Request edits approval on Arabic Wikipedia
>-
>
>Adding image
>-
>
>Adding internal and external links
>-
>
>Adding references
>-
>
>Adding categories
>
> In addition to those lessons, the website contains informative sections
> about copyright issues, FAQs, good article criteria, and talk pages, all in
> order to facilitate understanding how Wikipedia communities function.
>
> For further details and info:
>
> war...@wikimedia.org.il
>
> Michal Lester
>
> Bekriah Mawasi [[user: bks-WMIL]]
>
>
>
>
> Michal Lester
>
> Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Israel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Community Strategy Liaisons

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Thanks Kelsi and welcome to all liaisons. Looking forward to working with
you!

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 9:34 PM Kelsi Stine-Rowe 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedians!
>
> As part of the roll out for community conversations [1] in our movement
> strategy [2], I am pleased to share with you that a team of Community
> Strategy Liaisons have been hired and begun their new role.
>
> Community Strategy Liaisons [3] are part-time contractors who lead outreach
> and discussion about movement strategy among some of our largest language
> groups. Their time is spent connecting with Wikimedians on-wiki, in social
> media channels, over conference calls, and at in-person meetups to help
> explain the movement strategy process and to facilitate discussion on the
> content.
>
> This role is in parallel to the volunteer Organizational Strategy Liaisons,
> which lead discussions within their organized groups and affiliates about
> movement strategy. You can find out more about these two groups on our meta
> page [4].
>
> Each of the Community Strategy Liaisons dedicates the bulk of their
> contracted time to their dedicated language group. They have formal
> responsibilities related to reporting and discussion summaries, as well as
> communicating back to their language communities the results of their work.
>
> Given the importance of having broad reach and support across the
> community, they will also provide some support to other language
> communities from their geographic region. We will also soon be inviting
> volunteers from language communities not represented by the team below to
> sign up as Strategy Liaisons for their projects.
>
> With this in mind, here is the team!
>
>
>-
>
>Anass Sedrati [5] is our Strategy Liaison for Arabic. His primary
>responsibilities are to engage the Arabic speaking language community
>across Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement strategy. He
> will
>also support outreach to the Swedish, Berber, and Kurdish language
>communities, as well as with the French community until an official
>Strategy Liaison is hired for this role.
>
>
>
>-
>
>Rupika Sharma [6] is our Strategy Liaison for Hindi. Her primary
>responsibilities are to engage the Hindi speaking language community
> across
>Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement strategy. She will
> also
>support outreach to other Indic language communities active on
> Wikimedia.
>
>
>
>-
>
>Gereon Kalkuhl [7] is our Strategy Liaison for German. His primary
>responsibilities are to engage the German speaking language community
>across Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement strategy. He
> will
>also support outreach to the Dutch language community.
>
>
>
>-
>
>Liang-chih Shang-Kuan [8] is our Strategy Liaison for Mandarin. His
>primary responsibilities are to engage the Mandarin speaking language
>community across Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement
>strategy. He will also support outreach to other language communities
>active in east Asia, southeast Asia, and the broader pacific region.
>
>
>
>-
>
>Lucas Teles [9] is our Strategy Liaison for Portuguese. His primary
>responsibilities are to engage the Portuguese language community across
>Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement strategy.
>
>
>
>-
>
>Francesc Fort [10] is our Strategy Liaison for Spanish. His primary
>responsibilities are to engage the Spanish language community across
>Wikimedia projects in discussions around movement strategy. He will also
>support outreach to other language communities that predominate within
>Spain as well as to the Italian community.
>
>
> As a final note, we are still looking to hire candidates in French, Farsi,
> and Russian, though other candidates may join the team for additional
> languages. You can find out about the latest composition of the team on
> meta and connect with the contractor for your language at any time on their
> talk pages.
>
> Community conversations are your chance to make your voice heard on
> movement strategy. Thank you for joining us!
>
> Best,
>
> Kelsi
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Participate
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
>
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Community_Strategy_Liaisons
>
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Temporary personal break from mailing lists

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Sorry to hear about your negative experiences, Pine and thanks for your
continued support to the movement!

See you around the Wiki cyberspace! :)

Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)

Community Brand and Marketing coordinator

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 2:35 AM Pine W  wrote:

> Hi mailing list colleagues,
>
> I'm not sure whether I should make this be public, but I tend to be a
> frequent participant on mailing lists so maybe sharing this would be good.
>
> I am taking a temporary break from participating on Wikimedia mailing
> lists. Recently I am finding myself frequently experiencing frustration in
> conversations on lists, and I am concerned that in my frustration I may
> write something that I later regret. Also, I would like to be a generally
> positive presence on the lists, and I think that a "reset" would be good.
>
> I will remain in the Wikiverse for the foreseeable future. I like
> Wikimedia's educational mission, and I like my current principal project. I
> will continue to be a list subscriber, and may occasionally read list
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> month or two I will resume participating on lists.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome messages at arwiki

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Looping in the Arabic Wikipedia mailing list.

FYI

Samir Elsharbaty
Communications|Wikimedia Foundation


On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:02 AM, John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've usually just don't bother with them, but lately I got complaints about
> this specific bot, and the bot operator neglect doing anything with the
> problem. That is why I raise the issue, as there are no other forum where
> users from one project can make a complaint about misbehaving users on
> another project.
>
> Given the response from the bot operator I would say I don't have a good
> feeling about this "welcome" at all. It is like those scam emails where you
> are greeted in full name. It is creepy…
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Vi to <vituzzu.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I can estimate the number of welcomes I received to roughly 300, most of
> > these languages I cannot even copypaste from.
> > While these messages are useless for sure I don't see any reason to be
> > bothered of them.
> >
> > Vito
> >
> > 2017-12-29 10:25 GMT+01:00 K. Peachey <p858sn...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Have you asked the user how the finding the users?
> > > Have you considered other steps than just jumping to mailing list?
> > > Where are the complaints from the other users to show this is a long
> > > running issue?
> > >
> > > On 29 December 2017 at 19:20, John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Users on other projects are complaining about the welcome messages at
> > > > arwiki. A bot at that project are welcoming people that has no
> activity
> > > at
> > > > that project at all. The bot operator claims the activity is valid,
> > but I
> > > > can't see that this is a well-behaving bot at all.[1]
> > > >
> > > > I suspect the bot is welcoming every user it can find, but using user
> > > > accounts from central login and not users that has local
> contributions
> > at
> > > > arwiki.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone shut down the bot until the user fix the spam problem.
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Meno25#Welcome_
> messages
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedians of the Levant annual report for 2016-17

[Samir Elsharbaty]

That's a lot of activities! Thanks for sharing, Farah!

Samir Elsharbaty
Communications|Wikimedia Foundation


On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Farah Jack Mustaklem <fjmus...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> We are happy to announce the publishing of the second annual report for
> the Wikimedians of the Levant User Group for the period between May 20,
> 2016 and May 19, 2017.
> The report can be found here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_the_Levant/Reports/2016/2017_Report>
> .
> Regards,
>
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> Treasurer
> UG-LEV
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Do you want to get that featured on the WMF blog? Was: Re: The editing contest "Translating Ibero-America" is back! Come and join us :)

[Samir Elsharbaty]

That was meant to be sent to Anna offlist. Sorry for sending here. Please
ignore this message.

Samir Elsharbaty
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Samir Elsharbaty <selsharb...@wikimedia.org
> wrote:

> Hey Anna,
>
> I hope that everything is going well at your end.
>
> I think this contest is doing REALLY well and was wondering if you would
> like us to feature it on the Wikimedia blog. If you are interested, I can
> start drafting something after getting some information/quotes from you
> and/or other lead organizers/participants. Also, if you prefer to write, we
> will be happy to publish something written in your words.
>
> Please let me know if you have any thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Samir Elsharbaty
> Communications|Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > On behalf of Iberocoop, we would like to invite you to participate to our
> > anual translating contest regarding the Ibero-American culture. The
> contest
> > aims to improve the presence of our culture far beyond our borders as a
> way
> > to improve the diverse and quality content in other Wikipedias.
> >
> > You can find the contest page here
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translating_Ibero-America_2017
> >.
> >
> > Please spread the word!
> >
> > We hope to seeing you participating :)
> >
> > Hugs!
> >
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> > *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*
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[Wikimedia-l] Do you want to get that featured on the WMF blog? Was: Re: The editing contest "Translating Ibero-America" is back! Come and join us :)

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hey Anna,

I hope that everything is going well at your end.

I think this contest is doing REALLY well and was wondering if you would
like us to feature it on the Wikimedia blog. If you are interested, I can
start drafting something after getting some information/quotes from you
and/or other lead organizers/participants. Also, if you prefer to write, we
will be happy to publish something written in your words.

Please let me know if you have any thoughts.

Cheers,

Samir Elsharbaty
Communications|Wikimedia Foundation


On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> On behalf of Iberocoop, we would like to invite you to participate to our
> anual translating contest regarding the Ibero-American culture. The contest
> aims to improve the presence of our culture far beyond our borders as a way
> to improve the diverse and quality content in other Wikipedias.
>
> You can find the contest page here
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translating_Ibero-America_2017>.
>
> Please spread the word!
>
> We hope to seeing you participating :)
>
> Hugs!
>
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> *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Affiliations Committee appointments, January 2016

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Congrats to all new members!
On Jan 24, 2016 8:31 PM, "Kirill Lokshin"  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that, following the recent call for applications,
> the following candidates have been appointed to seats on the Affiliations
> Committee:
>
> - Salvador Alcantar Morán (re-appointment)
> - Carlos M. Colina (re-appointment)
> - Galileo Vidoni (re-appointment)
> - Emna Mizouni
> - Tanweer Morshed
> - Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>
> The newly appointed (and re-appointed) members will serve two-year terms,
> ending in December 2017.
>
> On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I would like to thank each of the
> applicants, as well as all of the community members who took the time to
> offer their feedback on the candidates during the public review process.
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The documentary film of Wikimedia Argentina now available. Happy birthday Wikipedia!

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Thanks for sharing, Anna!

It is really interesting!
On Jan 16, 2016 12:50 AM, "Anna Torres"  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Wikimedia Argentina has been working the last 6 months on a documentary
> film based on the community, the editors and their work.
>
> Some weeks ago I sent you the trailer and now, after the party for the 15th
> anniversary has passed and the film has already been launched in Argentina,
> we are pleased to be sharing with you the result.
>
> Please, find it on the following links (all with subtitles in english)
>
> Wikimedia Commons->
> In spanish:  here
> 
> In english -> here
> 
>
> Youtube->here <
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXokeuQFJnM=youtu.be>
>
> Vimeo:here 
>
> Hope you like it
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Sorry to hear such sad news!
On Dec 11, 2015 8:28 PM, "Lila Tretikov"  wrote:

> Thank you for your sad note, Milos. Our thoughts are with you and his close
> ones.
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:19 AM, Milos Rancic  wrote:
>
> > Brane died today. He read your messages and it mattered to him. I am
> > content as we sent him the message while he was alive and able to feel
> it.
> >
> > Thanks to all of you who made him feel better during the last days of his
> > life.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Some suggestions of things we can do:

1. The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any
representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact them
and request adding any of the above mentioned?

2. Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with the
news that he is sentenced to death.

3. We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.

[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/

Thanks,

Samir

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:

> Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's family.
> I still hope this is not true.
>
> If there is anything we can do from here please let us know.
> Lila
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
> read
> > it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
> the
> > past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
> >
> > Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information
> > available about Palmyra.
> >
> > If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this.
> > Thanks,
> >   GerardM
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-advocate
> > [2]
> >
> >
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-who.html
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Brane,

I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice
stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this
pleasure!

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On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Brane,
> Good wishes and get well soon.
> Regards.
>
> On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some length,
> in
> > Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too.  He is thoughtful and
> > dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
> Serbian
> > Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
> >
> > Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see you
> > again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
> >
> > Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
> >
> > Asaf
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think
> > > whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as
> > > well. His email is bra...@gmail.com. You have the link to his Facebook
> > > page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a
> > > > superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will be
> > > > explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that
> > > > superstition which matters.
> > > >
> > > > My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his
> > > > eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
> rare
> > > > opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am
> > > > giving it to him.
> > > >
> > > > An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I was
> > > > thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I
> > > > should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind
> > > > that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about
> > > > reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers.
> > > >
> > > > Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
> that
> > > > his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet.
> > > > Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it will
> > > > finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him.
> > > >
> > > > He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed
> > > > significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who visited
> > > > Belgrade, know him.
> > > >
> > > > He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he is
> > > > in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th
> > > > anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1].
> > > >
> > > > Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia.
> > > >
> > > > His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia created
> > > > the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a
> > > > great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible just
> > > > because of him.
> > > >
> > > > While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he
> > > > was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia, as
> > > > well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language.
> > > >
> > > > Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin scripts
> > > > of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis for
> > > > the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind
> > > > implemented in one web engine.
> > > >
> > > > He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which
> > > > will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many things
> > > > which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution.
> > > >
> > > > He is now very exhausted and he won't be ab

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Belissarius

[Samir Elsharbaty]

So sorry to hear that!
On Nov 6, 2015 9:45 PM, "Lila Tretikov"  wrote:

> condolences
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:52:54 -0800
> > Pine W  wrote:
> >
> > > Colleagues,
> > >
> > > The Wikipedia community has received news of the passing of
> > > User:Belissarius. He spoke Polish natively and English at a high level
> of
> > > proficiency. He wrote about himself on his Wikipedia user pages at
> > > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Belissarius
> > > and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Belissarius. Confirmation of
> his
> > > passing appeared in the *Polish Daily News *at
> > > http://dziennikzwiazkowy.com/polonia/red-piotr-domaradzki-nie-zyje/
> > >
> >
> > Sorry to hear about that.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
> >
> > > A self-portrait of him appears here:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pulkownik_P.JPG
> > >
> > > His record includes 107,753 edits to Polish Wikipedia, and over 1000
> > edits
> > > each to English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons:
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Belissarius
> > >
> > > May he rest in peace.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iraqi Wikimedians

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Congratulations guys!

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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Nasir Khan <nasir8...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats :D
>
>
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> On 16 October 2015 at 04:18, Carlos M. Colina <ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
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> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
> > recognition of Iraqi Wikimedians as a Wikimedia User Group [1]. Among
> their
> > goals are supporting the different Wikimedia projects in Iraq, supporting
> > Iraqi Wikimedians, and eventually becoming the recognized chapter in
> Iraq.
> > Recently, they have organized a series of workshops in Erbil to teach
> > people about Wikipedia and how to edit it, and are currently working on
> > flyers regarding Wikipedia and how important it is, in both Arabic and
> > Kurdish.
> >
> > Please, let's welcome our iraqi colleagues :-)
> >
> > Mabrouk!!!
> >
> > 1:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Wikimedians
> > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Awesome!! Congratulations!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Peter Southwood 
peter.southw...@telkomsa.net wrote:

 Welcome,
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 -Original Message-
 From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
 wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Katy Love
 Sent: 19 July 2015 05:02 PM
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 Congratulations and welcome!!

 Katy

 On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Patrick Earley pear...@wikimedia.org
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  Congrats, WikiWomen!
 
  On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Raymond Leonard 
  raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   Welcome to the WikiWomen's User Group!
  
   Yours,
   Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray
   Cascadia Wikimedians User Group http://cascadia.wiki
  
   On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Shlomi Fish
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:24:55 +0300 Carlos M. Colina
ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
   
 Dear all,

 I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the
 Affiliations Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the
 family of
  Wikimedia
 affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are
  providing
 a collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss
 gender-related issues (but not limited to) and work towards the
   increase
 in content and contributor diversity.

 Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-)

   
Congratulations, welcome aboard and good luck!
   
Regards,
   
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] Of Education-coop cabal: what's it, who's it, how one joins it, why is it like that?

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi Bohdan,

Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia Education Program
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education and the Wikipedia Education
Collaborative
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative.
The Education Collaborative is a group of experienced program leaders who
have been running successful education programs for a long period of time.
The group aims at helping other program leaders, educators and other
program volunteers achieve their goals easier by providing the needed
advice and model programs.

The Education Collaborative list is an internal mailing list for the member
discussions. It is closed for the members. However, the Collaborative is a
transparent initiative. The activities of the Collab is publicly reported
on the WMF blog
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/25/education-collaborative-members-meet-edinburgh/
and the Education Newsletter [1
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/March_2014/Education_Cooperative_Kickoff_Meeting_in_Prague],
[2
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/November_2014/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative_members_meet_in_Edinburgh
].

Please feel free to reach out to the Collab members listed here
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative#Current_members
with any questions you may have about WEP or if you need help with
coordinating any WEP-related events. I am sure they will be happy to help.

As Vojtech has mentioned, please more read about the membership criteria
here
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative#Membership.
Generally, any active program leader can request membership of the
Education Collaborative. However, they will need to meet the membership
criteria e.g. the Collab need for new members, the current
members/coordinators approval, etc.

I hope that answers your questions. Please don't hesitate to contact me
with any further questions you may have.

Regards,

Samir

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Bohdan Melnychuk bas...@yandex.ru wrote:

 While writing my letter of GLAM lists I recalled that I was once rejected
 membership in Education-coop mailing list. The reason was Closed List.

 As far as I know it's a list for a cabal of people who are working on
 Education (an[1] Education Collaborative). I know of them since their
 meeting in Prague[2] as a friend-wikimedian of mine attended it. The
 process of selecting people to that meeting was quite cabalish (with
 absolutely no public announcement) as well, iirc. During the meeting it was
 completely ungooglable, iirc. IIRC, the only mention I found back then was
 in some affiliate's google calendar. But I'm not about a meeting ages ago.
 I'm about the collaborative itself.

 I'm not actually a person of WEP[3] but still I'm a person who don't likes
 when things are hidden but there's no real reason to do it. It looks like
 the case for me. I don't see why should it all be that much cabalish.
 Doesn't collaborative a derivative from collaboration? My views on word are
 often somewhat perfectionist but anyway I just can't see how collaboration
 and making things that closed can co-exist.

 I'm fine with closed lists, teams and stuff in general as there are things
 which should not be discussed in public or it could because it's easier to
 make a tiny group of people do something instead of crying out to a lazy
 unorganised crowd. But just make it clear how can one (apply to) join or
 e.g. just join as a observer/non-voting commentator/whatever.

 Footnotes:
 [1] afair the page on outreachwiki was about some older formation under
 the name. it's probably fixed since that time) Education Collaborative
 [2] was it already 2 years ago? time sure runs fast
 [3] which means that it's not like I can e.g. go organise a WEP thing
 offline — the most I can do in real actions is helping a WEP person. That's
 if actions are about WEP and not about something general which any
 wikimedian can do.

 Yours sincerely,
 Base

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Congratulations!

I'm very excited to see your work and collaborate with you on different
projects my dear friends!

Welcome to Wikimedia affiliates, guys!

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey! That's really great news! Welcome! :)

 On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Carlos M. Colina
 ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
  Dear all,
 
  On behalf of the Affiliations Committe, it is an honor for me to announce
  the recognition [1] of a new Wikimedia User Group, the fourth in the Arab
  World: Wikimedians of the Levant User Group [2]. Our Levantine brothers
 and
  sisters have been working for several years on different projects, not
 only
  in Education but also interacting with their peers from projects in other
  languages such as Russian and something very important, trying to close
 the
  gender gap and increasing the free knowledge available in Arabic. They
 are
  also thinking of organizing WikiArabia 2016.
 
  Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the wikifamily.
 Mabruk
  :-)
 
 
  1:
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_the_Levant_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_May_2015
  2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_the_Levant
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  Carlos M. Colina
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Congratulations, guys!

I'm really happy to see a new user group focusing on Education!



On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter osama...@hotmail.com
wrote:

 Welcome!  Im definitely interested in what you all are doing!

  Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 06:28:49 -0500
  From: ma...@wikimedia.org.ve
  To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
  Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community Brazilian
 Group of Education and Research
 
  Dear all,
 
  The Affiliations Commitee has approved the recognition[1] of the
  Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research as a
  Wikimedia User Group. The focus[2] of this new group is the integration
  of the Brazilian and Lusophone academic community into the Wikimedia
  movement, thus supporting the development of new projects, research,
  contests, events and other activities.
 
  Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the family!
 
  Parabéns e tudo de bom!
 
  Carlos
 
  1:
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedia_Community_Brazilian_Group_of_Education_and_Research_-_Liaison_approval,_April_2015
  2:
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brazilian_Group_of_Education_and_Research/User_Group_Proposal
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Approval of Tec de Monterrey Wiki Learning application by Affiliations Committee

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Congratulations guys!

That's great news to hear especially with the great work you have been
doing in the past couple of years. Keep up the great work!

My endless regards,

Samir

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hoi,
 Congratulations :)
 GerardM

 On 22 March 2015 at 16:51, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  Greetings,
 
  Please join me in congratulating Tec de Monterrey Wiki Learning on having
  their Wikimedia User Group application approved by the Affiliations
  Committee.[1] The group will be officially recognized once they have
 signed
  the new Wikimedia User Group agreement and code of conduct.
 
  As a quick bit of info, the agreement and code of conduct are currently
  being redrafted and will soon be made available on Meta-Wiki for comment
  before being officially put in place.
 
  Tec de Monterrey Wiki Learning is a group for Professors and students at
  the Tecnológico de Monterrey dedicated to the development of open source
  knowledge, working primarily with Wikimedia. Participants work to improve
  knowledge in topics related to Mexico as well as general knowledge in the
  languages of the country, primarily Spanish.
 
  You can find more information about this group on their page and
  application:
  -
 
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Applications/Tec_de_Monterrey_Wiki_Learning
  -
 
 
 https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries/México/Tec_de_Monterrey
 
  Again, congratulations to our latest Wikimedia User Group.
 
  -greg aka varnent
  Vice Chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee
 
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 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Tec_de_Monterrey_Wiki_Learning_-_Liaison_approval,_March_2015
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Education Program is now on Facebook!

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce a new channel of discussion and collaborative
work. Wikipedia Education Program Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/.[1] Please
join us in the group and add your facebook friends who are
involved/interested in Wikipedia in Education.

Here's part of the education newsletter post announcing it:

Since the beginning of the program, volunteers around the world were in
contact with each other and with the education team
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Staff at the
Wikimedia Foundation using several ways including the Wikimedia Education
mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education,
regular meetings in which program leaders worked together such as Wikipedia
Education Collaborative
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative
meetings,
and social media website accounts for local and regional programs like Arab
World Education Program https://www.facebook.com/arwep, Czech Republic
Education https://www.facebook.com/studenti.pisi.wikipedii?fref=ts
program accounts
on different social media websites, Armenian WikiCamps
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wiki.camp, Wiki Education Foundation
https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation and other similar
examples, While the global education program stayed away from social media
websites for a while.

There was a growing need for an easier method for program leaders,
professors, students, staff and everyone to discuss their ideas, chat,
brainstorm and work virtually on their new projects. Social media websites
are believed to be quicker, easier way, and reachable from mobile and
tablet devices than other talkpages and mailing lists. The new Facebook
group will not replace the existing mailing list and other contact options.
It will work alongside with them trying to reach out to everyone who is
involved or interested in Wikipedia in Education.

Join us in the new Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/ and meet the
people who brought success to Wikipedia in Education around the world.
Discuss, work together and seek help from elder users and the WMF education
team.

Meet you there!


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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Samir Elsharbaty selsharb...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Hello everyone,

 We are happy to announce a new channel of discussion and collaborative
 work. Wikipedia Education Program Facebook group
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/. Please join
 us in the group and add your facebook friends who are involved/interested
 in Wikipedia in Education.

 Here's part of the education newsletter post announcing it:

 Since the beginning of the program, volunteers around the world were in
 contact with each other and with the education team
 https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Staff at the
 Wikimedia Foundation using several ways including the Wikimedia Education
 mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education,
 regular meetings in which program leaders worked together such as Wikipedia
 Education Collaborative
 https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative
  meetings,
 and social media website accounts for local and regional programs like Arab
 World Education Program https://www.facebook.com/arwep, Czech Republic
 Education https://www.facebook.com/studenti.pisi.wikipedii?fref=ts program 
 accounts
 on different social media websites, Armenian WikiCamps
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/wiki.camp, Wiki Education Foundation
 https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation and other similar
 examples, While the global education program stayed away from social media
 websites for a while.

 There was a growing need for an easier method for program leaders,
 professors, students, staff and everyone to discuss their ideas, chat,
 brainstorm and work virtually on their new projects. Social media websites
 are believed to be quicker, easier way, and reachable from mobile and
 tablet devices than other talkpages and mailing lists. The new Facebook
 group will not replace the existing mailing list and other contact options.
 It will work alongside with them trying to reach out to everyone who is
 involved or interested in Wikipedia in Education.

 Join us in the new Facebook group
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/ and meet the
 people who brought success to Wikipedia in Education around the world.
 Discuss, work together and seek help from elder users and the WMF education
 team.

 Meet you there!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Education Extension

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hi Andrea,

Do you use the education extension to import usernames to WikiMetrics? And
what seems to be the issue with WikiMetrics results?

Would you please have a look at these learning patterns on using Wikimetris:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimetrics_learning_patterns

And this one on using the education extension:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Using_the_education_extension

They may have the answers to your questions. If your problem persists,
please let me know.

I hope that helps!

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Also related...
 Maybe I am not aware of an existing tool, but:
 often, tutors need to control the wikiwork of some users.
 This happens when we make and editathon, a course, a lesson.
 Wikimetrics was supposed to help us with this, but it has weird metrics,
 and nobody understands them.

 Aubrey


 On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:

  On 3 February 2015 at 10:23, Fabian Tompsett 
  fabian.tomps...@wikimedia.org.uk javascript:; wrote:
 
   We need an
   extension where users easily can form groups (namespace Groups: or
   something, used by an extension), where they easily can see the recent
   changes of edits of group members only
  
 
  Not precisely this, but related... Is there any plan to have folders
 in a
  watchlist, and then the ability to make a specific folder visible (a.k.a.
  shared) to others?
 
  Not only would this make it easier for people with very large watchlists
 to
  manage their work more easily, but this would also mean that a group
 (e.g.
  wikiproject, edithathon participants, classroom...) could easily
 subscribe
  to a shared watchlist folder. This would make it easy for them to follow
  each other's edits.
  - A teacher or wiki-mentor could make a shared watchlist of their
 student's
  draft pages.
  - An editathon organiser could create a shared watchlist of all the
  articles within the scope of the event.
  - A wikiproject could create several shared watchlists to group related
  articles for members to more easily monitor.
  - probably many other use-cases that might emerge...
 
  Has this been discussed/suggested before?
 
  -Liam
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Education Extension

[Samir Elsharbaty]

Hello everyone,

As a user of the Education extension, for both Wikipedia Education Program
work and non-WEP work, I would recommend using it for other different
purposes. I know many people, including me, who used it to track editathon
activity, working groups and many other projects. It seems that the
extension already covers most of what was suggested here:

- A teacher or wiki-mentor could make a shared watchlist of their
  student's draft pages.
- An editathon organiser could create a shared watchlist of all the
  articles within the scope of the event.
- A wikiproject could create several shared watchlists to group related
  articles for members to more easily monitor.
- probably many other use-cases that might emerge...

If this is the case why shall we have a new extension with the same
features?

Please have a look at this page which covers the features and use of the Ed
extension:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Extension

Also this learning pattern would help understanding how it works:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Using_the_education_extension

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Thank you!

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:56 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:

 Quim Gil wrote:
 On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:23 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
  The proposed concept called collections,
 
 Now the project has a different working name: Gather
 
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gather

 Thanks, good to know.

 doesn't really leverage the fact that we already have
  shared lists of pages called categories.
 
 I wonder how would someone create a list of pages My Favourite Music
 Albums using MediaWiki categories.

 Perhaps some kind of prefixing scheme. For example, we could have a
 category named User:Example/My Favourite Music Albums. Or we could have
 Example's favourite music albums; why not?

 MediaWiki categories already support the idea of user-facing categories
 and hidden categories (e.g., article maintenance categories are
 typically hidden on the English Wikipedia). We could extend this model or
 redo it to be more flexible. This would be closer to iterative development.

  How would thousands of users gather thousands of pages using MediaWiki
 categories.

 Erm, probably in the same way thousands of users already gather thousands
 of pages into categories? :-)  Wikimedia has a pretty large collection of
 categories, some of which contain hundreds of thousands of items. We scale!

  How would these categories be private, how would their owners avoid
 other users messing with them.
 
 The end result of a personal selection of pages might look similar to a
 MediaWiki category, but they are essentially different.

 The watchlist model is probably broken, so I'm not sure that it's is
 sensible to use it as a guide for future development. Though arguably the
 same could easily be said about categories.

 As for other users messing with category membership, we value openness
 around here. Think about the way we treat user pages: we don't prevent
 other users from improving them, even though they have somebody else's
 name on them. If you make a list called 1990s pop bands, wouldn't it be
 great if others could update it? That's basically the current category
 system. And if we also had Example's 1990s pop bands, others probably
 wouldn't update it because they're not Example, but they might
 occasionally add or remove a page and you might really enjoy that.

 The category system is deficient. We have one of the clunkiest systems to
 manage categories. HotCat and VisualEditor make adding a category vaguely
 easier, but the software shouldn't be so crippled out of the box. And even
 a decent input system doesn't resolve wanting to, for example, rename a
 category in MediaWiki. Or track category membership over time. And each
 challenge that categories face, this new product (Gather or Collections or
 whatever) will face almost exactly the same issues.

 There's so much room for improvement in the category system and it seems
 like the mobile team really wants lists of pages, which MediaWiki core
 already has in the form of categories. It seems like a win-win.

 MZMcBride



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