Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in an abstract language

[Scott MacLeod]

; > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 11:32 Denny Vrandečić  >  > > > vrande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Semantic Web languages allow to express ontologies and knowledge
> > bases
> > > in
> > > > > a way meant to be particularly amenable to the Web. Ontologies
> > > formalize
> > > > > the shared understanding of a domain. But the most expressive and
> > > > > widespread languages that we know of are human natural languages,
> and
> > > the
> > > > > largest knowledge base we have is the wealth of text written in
> human
> > > > > languages.
> > > > >
> > > > > We looks for a path to bridge the gap between knowledge
> > representation
> > > > > languages such as OWL and human natural languages such as English.
> We
> > > > > propose a project to simultaneously expose that gap, allow to
> > > collaborate
> > > > > on closing it, make progress widely visible, and is highly
> attractive
> > > and
> > > > > valuable in its own right: a Wikipedia written in an abstract
> > language
> > > to
> > > > > be rendered into any natural language on request. This would make
> > > current
> > > > > Wikipedia editors about 100x more productive, and increase the
> > content
> > > of
> > > > > Wikipedia by 10x. For billions of users this will unlock knowledge
> > they
> > > > > currently do not have access to.
> > > > >
> > > > > My first talk on this topic will be on October 10, 2018,
> 16:45-17:00,
> > > at
> > > > > the Asilomar in Monterey, CA during the Blue Sky track of ISWC. My
> > > > second,
> > > > > longer talk on the topic will be at the DL workshop in Tempe, AZ,
> > > October
> > > > > 27-29. Comments are very welcome as I prepare the slides and the
> > talk.
> > > > >
> > > > > Link to the paper: http://simia.net/download/abstractwikipedia.pdf
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Denny
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 
> > > > [http://crow.kozminski.edu.pl/minds.jpg]<
> > http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/>
> > > >   prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak
> > > > kierownik katedry MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital
> Societies)
> > > > Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
> > > > http://NeRDS.kozminski.edu.pl <http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ostatnie artykuły:
> > > >
> > > >   *   Dariusz Jemielniak, Maciej Wilamowski (2017)  Cultural
> Diversity
> > of
> > > > Quality of Information on Wikipedias<
> > > > http://crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/cultures%20of%20wikipedias.pdf>
> > > > Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68:
> > > 10.
> > > > 2460–2470.
> > > >   *   Dariusz Jemielniak (2016)  Wikimedia Movement Governance: The
> > > Limits
> > > > of A-Hierarchical Organization<
> > > > http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/wikimedia_governance.pdf>
> > > Journal
> > > > of Organizational Change Management 29:  3.  361-378.
> > > >   *   Dariusz Jemielniak, Eduard Aibar (2016)  Bridging the Gap
> Between
> > > > Wikipedia and Academia<
> > > > http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/bridging.pdf> Journal of the
> > > > Association for Information Science and Technology 67:  7.
> 1773-1776.
> > > >   *   Dariusz Jemielniak (2016)  Breaking the Glass Ceiling on
> > Wikipedia<
> > > > http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl/papers/glass-ceiling.pdf> 

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

[Scott MacLeod]

Congratulations, as well!

Cheers,
Scott

- http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Regions

Soon to move into our new wiki here -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - in
countries' languages

On Feb 13, 2018 11:53 PM, "Nurunnaby Hasive" 
wrote:

 Congratulations!


Hasive
WMBD

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:39 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:

> Congratulations friends!
>
> Subhashish
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Shabab Mustafa 
> wrote:
>
> > Cheers to Don Wikimedians User Group!
> >
> > ---
> > Shabab Mustafa
> > Wikimedia Bangladesh
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Md. Ibrahim Husain 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > A warm congratulation to members of Don Wikimedians User Group.
> > >
> > > Cheers!!!
> > > Md. Ibrahim Husain Meraj
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Leadership of Wikimedia Foundation's Communications department

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gton, DC. She has also worked in communications for IBM, Ogilvy PR
> Worldwide, and Media Moguls. Kui will be relocating from Nairobi to the San
> Francisco Bay Area in the summer of 2018.
>
> *How this came about*
>
> This outcome may come as a surprise after we began an external search for a
> Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO), but like many surprises,
> this outcome feels entirely obvious in retrospect. Heather and Kui have
> essential skills and experiences that are highly complementary and will
> serve to elevate and push the work of both the Communications department
> and the Foundation overall. We will retain an accomplished and intuitive
> advocate for our mission, community, and identity in Heather while
> welcoming Kui’s fresh perspective and powerful communications skill set.
>
> The evolution of my thinking, and this decision, was not hasty. Over the
> process of looking for a CMCO, we conducted a long and thorough search with
> an external firm Chaloner Associates. We reviewed applications from more
> than 1200 applicants, from all sorts of backgrounds and experiences, and
> brought three people through to the final rounds. While all of this was
> going on, the Communications department was also undergoing a deep
> consultation on its immediate and future needs, led by Heather, and with
> the support of an external expert, Sabrina Hersi Issa.
>
> Over six months of the search and consultation, a few things became clear.
> The first was that Heather was doing a great job as interim chief. The
> department was producing excellent results, and the team was small but
> strong, united under Heather’s leadership. Her contributions to movement
> strategy and the Leadership team were pragmatic and valuable. She has an
> astute but understated understanding of how Wikimedia should speak, sound,
> and appear to many different audiences. Her knowledge of the community was
> borne out of hard-won experience over many years, with the ability to push
> when we need pushing, while never losing sight of who we are.
>
> The second was that we absolutely needed and wanted new skills and
> experiences in service of our mission. We needed someone with deep
> experience in traditional communications areas, from public relations to
> internal communications. We wanted someone with experience in traditional
> marketing and product marketing. The Communications team members who worked
> in these areas were looking for someone to learn from, a strong manager and
> mentor with a breadth and depth of experience. We were also committed to
> finding someone who had worked serving audiences we still struggle to
> reach. We wanted someone who would bring a fresh voice, an understanding of
> emerging markets, and practical experience outside our current
> competencies.
>
> Kui and Heather together bring the best of both worlds. Creative and
> communications, deep experience, fresh perspective, and a strong sense of
> our mission and community. Together, they will work in the year to come to
> develop a plan for staffing our growing marketing efforts.
>
> *Next steps*
>
> We will be sharing this information publicly on the blog closer to Kui's
> start in March, but I wanted to share this news with you all as soon as
> possible. I want to offer my appreciation to hiring committee for their
> dedication through the process, and insights that led to this surprising
> and exciting outcome. Thank you Anna Stillwell, Joady Lohr, Zack McCune,
> Juliet Barbara, and Mel Kramer, Amy Segelin of Chaloner Associates, the
> travel team for getting Kui to San Francisco, and of course, Liz Verlade
> for ensuring it all come together.
>
> Again, please join me in congratulating Heather and welcoming Kui!
>
> Cheers,
> Katherine
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[Scott MacLeod]

kimedia Foundation Board of
> > >>> Trustees.
> > >>>> Her term is effective December 2017 and will continue for three
> years.
> > >>>> Please see the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> > >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%
> > >>>> 3Dhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees%
> > >>>> 26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1512164054873000%26amp;usg%
> > >>>> 3DAFQjCNHvsp86oFFv5hD8SZzexjBIHdrkWA=D=1512164054901000=
> > >>>> AFQjCNGS6qlGUSUBQzF5PmvviPecf7Kw4A>
> > >>>> for
> > >>>> complete biographies.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> About the Wikimedia Foundation
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that
> supports
> > >> and
> > >>>> operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia
> > is
> > >>> the
> > >>>> world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million
> > articles
> > >>>> across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people
> > edit
> > >>>> Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and
> > >> improving
> > >>>> knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices
> every
> > >>>> month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web
> properties
> > >> in
> > >>>> the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia
> > Foundation
> > >>> is
> > >>>> a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and
> > >>> grants.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Esra’a Al Shafei profile
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Esra'a Al Shafei is a human rights activist and the founder and
> > >> director
> > >>> of
> > >>>> Majal, a nonprofit which helps build communities that celebrate,
> > >> protect,
> > >>>> and promote diversity, and social justice.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> A native of Bahrain, Esra'a works avidly to increase and protect
> free
> > >>>> speech, promote expression for youth and underrepresented voices,
> and
> > >>>> improve the lives of LGBTQ people in the Middle East and North
> Africa.
> > >>> She
> > >>>> founded Majal in 2006 as Mideast Youth. The organization has built
> > >> online
> > >>>> platforms that creatively facilitate the struggle for social change
> in
> > >>> the
> > >>>> Middle East and North Africa.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Esra'a received the Berkman Award for Internet Innovation from
> Berkman
> > >>>> Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School in 2008
> for
> > >>>> "outstanding contributions to the internet and its impact on
> society."
> > >>> The
> > >>>> World Economic Forum listed her as one of "15 Women Changing the
> World
> > >> in
> > >>>> 2015."
> > >>>>
> > >>>> She has won the "Most Courageous Media" Prize from Free Press
> > >> Unlimited,
> > >>>> and the Monaco Media Prize, which acknowledges innovative uses of
> > media
> > >>> for
> > >>>> the betterment of humanity.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Esra'a is a senior TED Fellow, an Echoing Green fellow, and a
> > >> Director’s
> > >>>> Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. She received a Shuttleworth Foundation
> > >>>> Fellowship in 2012 for her work on CrowdVoice.org. She lives in the
> > >>> Middle
> > >>>> East and North Africa region.
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