Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Adrian Raddatz]

Yes, like Samuel I'm excited to see some experimentation with alternative
(and hopefully better) mediums for community engagement.

Adrian Raddatz


On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 7:05 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> I love the idea of experimenting like this.
> More like this please.  The simpler and lighter weight experiments can be
> (w little drama ;) the more of possibility space we can explore.
>
> And that's a space we should all be excited by.
>
> On Wed., Jun. 26, 2019, 12:47 p.m. Quim Gil,  wrote:
>
> > Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space.
> >
> > So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released
> _what_
> > and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People
> > agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier.
> >
> > Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting
> > newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement
> > in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions,
> > your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you
> are
> > a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group
> > underrepresented in Wikimedia.
> >
> > Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail:
> >
> > From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction -
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
> >
> > * Knowledge equity
> >
> >
> > From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan -
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019
> >
> > * Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets
> > * Thriving movement
> > * Support to newcomers
> > * Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World
> > * Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates
> > * Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all
> > participants
> >
> > I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned...
> >
> > Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype
> > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4
> .
> > We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and
> contributions
> > in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't
> > achieve.
> >
> > For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only
> > environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up already and
> > Wikimedia Space and are getting their own impressions about it.
> > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u .
> >
> > Or for instance, several event organizers just signed up and added their
> > event to the Wikimedia Space map, which, if you ask me, after just one
> day
> > already looks fresh, beautiful and interesting:
> > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map
> >
> > We are happy to discuss possibilities for connection / integration /
> > migration between Wikimedia Space and existing community channels. As a
> > matter of fact, wikimedia-l could potentially benefit from the features
> > offered by Wikimedia Space (a conversation started in this list by
> > volunteers years ago):
> >
> >
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/integrating-mailing-lists-to-wikimedia-space/136
> >
> > Wikimedia Space doesn't prevent improvements in Meta or other places. If
> > anything, we believe it will become an incentive for improvements in all
> > community channels willing to keep up. In our opinion, potential
> > improvements in Meta shouldn't prevent the release of Wikimedia Space.
> What
> > you see today is the result of about three weeks of part time work by
> four
> > people. Now consider how much time would it take to discuss, agree,
> > resource and implement an equivalent feature set in MediaWiki, and (just
> as
> > important) equivalent social expectations and norms in the Meta
> community.
> >
> > We are just starting to promote Wikimedia Space. Yesterday we did an
> > initial announcement to get a first wave of users, see how the prototype
> > would take hold, and gauge the initial response. We plan to continue
> > promoting Wikimedia Space in more channels. In fact, you can help. If
> there
> > is a channel missing, please point to its URL, or (even better) feel free
> > to forward the announcement yourself.
> >
> > If you have found an actionable problem, we welcome bug reports and
> feature
> > requests: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/space/
> >
> > We encourage you to give Wikimedia Space a try. Even if today someone
> > remains unconvinced, signing up won't hurt them. Then give it a week, and
> > let us know. We really mean it! Prototypes always contribute to better
> > discussions.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Quim Gil
> > Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
> > ___
> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[WereSpielChequers]

Hi Quim,

I have tried it out and created a calendar entry for the London meetup.

A few comments.

It isn't in the Single User Login (SUL). If I was there I wouldn't be
getting notifications from Wikimedia wikis, and if someone pinged me or
edited something I was interested in I wouldn't get pinged if I was on
another wiki.

It isn't in MediaWiki, the interface is unfamiliar and different. That
probably counts as an advantage for a small proportion of geeky types who
tend to be over-represented in software departments. But for most people it
is a disadvantage, I suspect for non English speakers the barrier is
greater, one of the reasons why I am comfortable doing the occasional edit
in many non English Wikipedias is that the look and feel of the site is
very familiar even if I don't speak the language.

At a time when the WMF and the volunteer community seem to be drifting ever
further apart, it seems perverse to replicate a whole bunch of stuff that
belongs on the meta and outreach wikis and put it somewhere outside SUL.

The wisdom of crowds is vulnerable to subdivision of those crowds. Any
crowd ceases to be a crowd after a certain amount of subdivision. With the
community now broadly stable, a more sensible strategy would be to
consolidate some things together such as outreach, meta, phabricator and
various chapter wikis, not to further divide.

At a time when at least one chapter has realised that having its own wiki
outside of SUL is a de facto barrier between them and the community that
they aspire to serve, Creating non wiki rivals to meta and outreach looks
to me as big a mistake as the WMF decision to communicate with the
community through blogs rather than the Signpost and to hive off the
interface with IT to phabricator..

There is never enough IT resource to do all the things that the community
thinks it needs. But WMF projects like this just feed the perception that
there is always budget for WMF initiatives, rarely if ever for community
ones. I'm sure the effort that went into this could have been used to
change mediawiki to reduce edit conflicts or to give the Georgian Wikipedia
an interface that allows those with Latin keyboards to type in Georgian.

Apologies if that comes across as negative, I'm sure the intention is
sensible, just that the direction of travel is illadvised.






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> Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space.
>
> So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released _what_
> and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People
> agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier.
>
> Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting
> newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement
> in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions,
> your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you are
> a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group
> underrepresented in Wikimedia.
>
> Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail:
>
> >From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
>
> * Knowledge equity
>
>
> >From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019
>
> * Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets
> * Thriving movement
> * Support to newcomers
> * Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World
> * Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates
> * Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all
> participants
>
> I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned...
>
> Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4.
> We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and contributions
> in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't
> achieve.
>
> For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only
> environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up already and
> Wikimedia Space and are getting their own impressions about it.
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u .
>
> Or for instance, several e

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Samuel Klein]

I love the idea of experimenting like this.
More like this please.  The simpler and lighter weight experiments can be
(w little drama ;) the more of possibility space we can explore.

And that's a space we should all be excited by.

On Wed., Jun. 26, 2019, 12:47 p.m. Quim Gil,  wrote:

> Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space.
>
> So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released _what_
> and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People
> agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier.
>
> Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting
> newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement
> in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions,
> your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you are
> a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group
> underrepresented in Wikimedia.
>
> Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail:
>
> From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
>
> * Knowledge equity
>
>
> From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019
>
> * Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets
> * Thriving movement
> * Support to newcomers
> * Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World
> * Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates
> * Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all
> participants
>
> I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned...
>
> Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4.
> We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and contributions
> in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't
> achieve.
>
> For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only
> environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up already and
> Wikimedia Space and are getting their own impressions about it.
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u .
>
> Or for instance, several event organizers just signed up and added their
> event to the Wikimedia Space map, which, if you ask me, after just one day
> already looks fresh, beautiful and interesting:
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map
>
> We are happy to discuss possibilities for connection / integration /
> migration between Wikimedia Space and existing community channels. As a
> matter of fact, wikimedia-l could potentially benefit from the features
> offered by Wikimedia Space (a conversation started in this list by
> volunteers years ago):
>
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/integrating-mailing-lists-to-wikimedia-space/136
>
> Wikimedia Space doesn't prevent improvements in Meta or other places. If
> anything, we believe it will become an incentive for improvements in all
> community channels willing to keep up. In our opinion, potential
> improvements in Meta shouldn't prevent the release of Wikimedia Space. What
> you see today is the result of about three weeks of part time work by four
> people. Now consider how much time would it take to discuss, agree,
> resource and implement an equivalent feature set in MediaWiki, and (just as
> important) equivalent social expectations and norms in the Meta community.
>
> We are just starting to promote Wikimedia Space. Yesterday we did an
> initial announcement to get a first wave of users, see how the prototype
> would take hold, and gauge the initial response. We plan to continue
> promoting Wikimedia Space in more channels. In fact, you can help. If there
> is a channel missing, please point to its URL, or (even better) feel free
> to forward the announcement yourself.
>
> If you have found an actionable problem, we welcome bug reports and feature
> requests: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/space/
>
> We encourage you to give Wikimedia Space a try. Even if today someone
> remains unconvinced, signing up won't hurt them. Then give it a week, and
> let us know. We really mean it! Prototypes always contribute to better
> discussions.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Quim Gil
> Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Pine W]

Hi Quim,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:47 PM Quim Gil  wrote:

> Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space.
>
> So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released _what_
> and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People
> agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier.
>
> Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting
> newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement
> in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions,
> your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you are
> a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group
> underrepresented in Wikimedia.
>

I think that it's okay to experiment with new communications tools, but I
would like to hear more specifics about how the new platform is intended to
contribute to growth in a way that providing new features or more
newbie-friendly tools on wiki does not. I say this mindful that talk pages
have a steep learning curve, but there are ongoing efforts to make talk
pages be more user-friendly.


>
> Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail:
>
> From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
>
> * Knowledge equity
>
>
> From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019
>
> * Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets
> * Thriving movement
> * Support to newcomers
> * Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World
> * Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates
> * Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all
> participants
>
> I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned...
>

I agree with most of those points, with two possible exceptions.

Regarding "efficient processes for all participants": I understand the
attractiveness of speedy and efficient processes, which often coincide with
unilateral decisions. Sometimes in the community we specifically empower
people to make unilateral decisions, such as blocking vandals. However,
democracy, consensus, legislative processes, and judicial processes are
sometimes not efficient ways of making decisions; they may trade speed and
efficiency for quality, equity, transparency, and/or sustainability. I
would be concerned if WMF is broadly adopting a mindset of "move fast and
break things".

At the same time, I think that we in the community should be open to
considering tools that would let us improve our processes, often in
increments and with careful testing. An example of this would be
considering Discourse as a platform for communications.

Regarding "safe, secure spaces": There will always be contentious topics in
the Wikiverse, such as the sovereignty of contested geographic territories,
the validity of certain scientific theories, policies for the English
Wikipedia Manual of Style, and the morality of certain actions. People will
be upset, angry, disappointed, or offended. There is a tension between
freedom of expression and safety. I think that an unqualified goal of
"safe, secure spaces" is unrealistic, and risks doing more harm than good
by promoting an unrealistic vision and by implying that people have a right
not to feel offended.

At the same time, I am willing to block people in various circumstances
such as if they threaten to commit a criminal action, engage in phishing or
other fraudulent activity, fail to disclose an important relationship to a
subject of their editing or official activities, or engage in harassment of
others. Freedom of expression has some limits, even in the public square.

The Wikiverse is more like a public square than a quiet office, and I worry
that WMF's current vision for safety might be misguided and might be
harmful to candid public discourse and to people who are misled into
relying on an unrealistic implication that the Wikiverse is a place where
they shouldn't expect to feel offended and will reliably be protected from
harm. I think that being honest about the risks would be good, along with
supporting improvements as requested by the community. An example of an
initiative that I believe has community support is the partial blocks
feature.


> Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4.
> We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and contributions
> in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't
> achieve.
>
>
I'm cautiously supportive of experiments and prototyping in general.
However, WMF already appears to be planning to add more resources to this
project. Can you share what the long term plans are?


> For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only
> environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Quim Gil]

Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space.

So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released _what_
and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People
agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier.

Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting
newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement
in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions,
your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you are
a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group
underrepresented in Wikimedia.

Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail:

From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20

* Knowledge equity


From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019

* Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets
* Thriving movement
* Support to newcomers
* Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World
* Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates
* Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all
participants

I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned...

Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4.
We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and contributions
in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't
achieve.

For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only
environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up already and
Wikimedia Space and are getting their own impressions about it.
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u .

Or for instance, several event organizers just signed up and added their
event to the Wikimedia Space map, which, if you ask me, after just one day
already looks fresh, beautiful and interesting:
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map

We are happy to discuss possibilities for connection / integration /
migration between Wikimedia Space and existing community channels. As a
matter of fact, wikimedia-l could potentially benefit from the features
offered by Wikimedia Space (a conversation started in this list by
volunteers years ago):
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/integrating-mailing-lists-to-wikimedia-space/136

Wikimedia Space doesn't prevent improvements in Meta or other places. If
anything, we believe it will become an incentive for improvements in all
community channels willing to keep up. In our opinion, potential
improvements in Meta shouldn't prevent the release of Wikimedia Space. What
you see today is the result of about three weeks of part time work by four
people. Now consider how much time would it take to discuss, agree,
resource and implement an equivalent feature set in MediaWiki, and (just as
important) equivalent social expectations and norms in the Meta community.

We are just starting to promote Wikimedia Space. Yesterday we did an
initial announcement to get a first wave of users, see how the prototype
would take hold, and gauge the initial response. We plan to continue
promoting Wikimedia Space in more channels. In fact, you can help. If there
is a channel missing, please point to its URL, or (even better) feel free
to forward the announcement yourself.

If you have found an actionable problem, we welcome bug reports and feature
requests: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/space/

We encourage you to give Wikimedia Space a try. Even if today someone
remains unconvinced, signing up won't hurt them. Then give it a week, and
let us know. We really mean it! Prototypes always contribute to better
discussions.

Best regards,
-- 
Quim Gil
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Isaac Olatunde]

The outreach Wiki and Wikimedia Space have some similarities but I don't
they serve the same purposes.

Regards,

Isaac

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 7:56 PM Pine W  Hi Maria,
>
> Thanks for this update.
>
> I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my impression
> is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
> intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
> think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
> and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
> tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
> might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and could
> eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites. Can
> you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
> improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

The interface seems to be completely static. Then there seems to be some
kind of possible interaction, which I was unable to see, as it requires
registration and registration is not working for Firefox ATM.

Maybe it is open in the sense that it shows to everyone what is there, but
participation seems to be in a not wiki way and strictly controlled (by the
WMF, apparently).

Paulo

A quarta, 26 de jun de 2019, 11:32, Lucas Werkmeister <
m...@lucaswerkmeister.de> escreveu:

> Why do you consider Wikimedia Space a closed platform?
>
> Cheers,
> Lucas
>
> On 26.06.19 11:27, Paulo Santos Perneta wrote:
> > I also generally discuss what I can offwiki (using a number of channels,
> > but mainly Telegram) , and leave to onwiki discussions what is strictly
> > necessary, but it has much more to do with the slowness and lack of
> > usability of the wiki talk system, than with a toxic environment.
> >
> > That being said, the wiki talk appears to me as the main bastion
> protecting
> > openness in our projects. We may discuss a lot offwiki, but a summary of
> it
> > is always presented onwiki and can be challenged by the onwiki community
> > that do not have an offwiki presence, which is considerably large and an
> > essential part of the process too.
> >
> > I understand that some people who have an habit of discussing and
> arranging
> > everything offwiki are not prepared to face resistance from the onwiki
> > communities when their new apparently wonderful and flawless idea is
> > presented there, but that is truly and essentially part of the process,
> and
> > if they are unable to live with that, they should consider refraining to
> > take part on it, instead of trying to artificially bend a system which
> was
> > designed to be onwiki and open to submit itself to offwiki and closed
> > platforms. I am seeing this kind of discussions and proposals at the
> > Community Health strategy work group, for instance.
> >
> > In the case at hand, I would like to understand specifically why the
> choice
> > of mounting yet another platform, and a non wiki and closed one, instead
> of
> > improving the existing one, wiki and open, at Outreach.
> >
> > As for the WMF, despite what Amir has said, which possibly refer to
> > different visions, or even dissidents among WMF staff ranks, at the end
> of
> > the day there still is only one WMF, the one directed by the ED and
> > presided by the BoT, the same one which issues those software releases,
> and
> > the same one which issues the secretive and out of process punishments
> > which are causing so much controversy these days.
> >
> > Best,
> > Paulo
> >
> > A quarta, 26 de jun de 2019, 08:27, Ziko van Dijk 
> > escreveu:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Frankly, I am surprised by the announcement, too. Maybe I do not spend
> >> enough time on wikis and mailinglists? :/
> >>
> >> In general I am very curious for this new platform. I find it quite ...
> >> telling or a bad signal that many wikipedians started to prefer
> discussing
> >> wiki topics on Facebook (1) rather than on the village pumps. Including
> me.
> >> One of the reasons is the toxic atmosphere on many wiki pages, while the
> >> Facebook groups are moderated.
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Ziko
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Am Mi., 26. Juni 2019 um 09:19 Uhr schrieb geni :
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:19, Yair Rand  wrote:
> 
>  I'm getting so many red flags.
> 
>  Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no
> >>> community
>  involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing
> >> wikis?
>  WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF
> employee?
>  Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
>  (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside
> Wikimedia
>  spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
> >>> mailing
>  list?
> 
>  Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> 
>  -- Yair Rand
> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> While I agree that a good tracking mount, a reasonable telescope and
> >>> some CCDs would be a better use of the money (there are some
> >>> satellites I want pics of) I don't see anything particular nefarious
> >>> here. Improving communications is a long term goal and shifting away
> >>> from mediawiki appears on the face of it a good way to do that (we are
> >>> after all on a mailing list at the moment. In practice experience
> >>> suggests that most people are too busy doing what they are already
> >>> doing to get involved in such projects and that mediawiki is so
> >>> central to what we are do that most people are pretty comfortable with
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So this falls well within the WMF’s nominal goals and is a fairly
> >>> understandable approach. I still think we would be better off spending
> >>> the money on the kit needed to get a pic of Kosmos 482.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Lucas Werkmeister]

Why do you consider Wikimedia Space a closed platform?

Cheers,
Lucas

On 26.06.19 11:27, Paulo Santos Perneta wrote:
> I also generally discuss what I can offwiki (using a number of channels,
> but mainly Telegram) , and leave to onwiki discussions what is strictly
> necessary, but it has much more to do with the slowness and lack of
> usability of the wiki talk system, than with a toxic environment.
> 
> That being said, the wiki talk appears to me as the main bastion protecting
> openness in our projects. We may discuss a lot offwiki, but a summary of it
> is always presented onwiki and can be challenged by the onwiki community
> that do not have an offwiki presence, which is considerably large and an
> essential part of the process too.
> 
> I understand that some people who have an habit of discussing and arranging
> everything offwiki are not prepared to face resistance from the onwiki
> communities when their new apparently wonderful and flawless idea is
> presented there, but that is truly and essentially part of the process, and
> if they are unable to live with that, they should consider refraining to
> take part on it, instead of trying to artificially bend a system which was
> designed to be onwiki and open to submit itself to offwiki and closed
> platforms. I am seeing this kind of discussions and proposals at the
> Community Health strategy work group, for instance.
> 
> In the case at hand, I would like to understand specifically why the choice
> of mounting yet another platform, and a non wiki and closed one, instead of
> improving the existing one, wiki and open, at Outreach.
> 
> As for the WMF, despite what Amir has said, which possibly refer to
> different visions, or even dissidents among WMF staff ranks, at the end of
> the day there still is only one WMF, the one directed by the ED and
> presided by the BoT, the same one which issues those software releases, and
> the same one which issues the secretive and out of process punishments
> which are causing so much controversy these days.
> 
> Best,
> Paulo
> 
> A quarta, 26 de jun de 2019, 08:27, Ziko van Dijk 
> escreveu:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Frankly, I am surprised by the announcement, too. Maybe I do not spend
>> enough time on wikis and mailinglists? :/
>>
>> In general I am very curious for this new platform. I find it quite ...
>> telling or a bad signal that many wikipedians started to prefer discussing
>> wiki topics on Facebook (1) rather than on the village pumps. Including me.
>> One of the reasons is the toxic atmosphere on many wiki pages, while the
>> Facebook groups are moderated.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Ziko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am Mi., 26. Juni 2019 um 09:19 Uhr schrieb geni :
>>
>>> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:19, Yair Rand  wrote:

 I'm getting so many red flags.

 Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no
>>> community
 involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing
>> wikis?
 WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
 Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
 (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
 spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
>>> mailing
 list?

 Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?

 -- Yair Rand

>>>
>>>
>>> While I agree that a good tracking mount, a reasonable telescope and
>>> some CCDs would be a better use of the money (there are some
>>> satellites I want pics of) I don't see anything particular nefarious
>>> here. Improving communications is a long term goal and shifting away
>>> from mediawiki appears on the face of it a good way to do that (we are
>>> after all on a mailing list at the moment. In practice experience
>>> suggests that most people are too busy doing what they are already
>>> doing to get involved in such projects and that mediawiki is so
>>> central to what we are do that most people are pretty comfortable with
>>> it.
>>>
>>>
>>> So this falls well within the WMF’s nominal goals and is a fairly
>>> understandable approach. I still think we would be better off spending
>>> the money on the kit needed to get a pic of Kosmos 482.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> geni
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

I also generally discuss what I can offwiki (using a number of channels,
but mainly Telegram) , and leave to onwiki discussions what is strictly
necessary, but it has much more to do with the slowness and lack of
usability of the wiki talk system, than with a toxic environment.

That being said, the wiki talk appears to me as the main bastion protecting
openness in our projects. We may discuss a lot offwiki, but a summary of it
is always presented onwiki and can be challenged by the onwiki community
that do not have an offwiki presence, which is considerably large and an
essential part of the process too.

I understand that some people who have an habit of discussing and arranging
everything offwiki are not prepared to face resistance from the onwiki
communities when their new apparently wonderful and flawless idea is
presented there, but that is truly and essentially part of the process, and
if they are unable to live with that, they should consider refraining to
take part on it, instead of trying to artificially bend a system which was
designed to be onwiki and open to submit itself to offwiki and closed
platforms. I am seeing this kind of discussions and proposals at the
Community Health strategy work group, for instance.

In the case at hand, I would like to understand specifically why the choice
of mounting yet another platform, and a non wiki and closed one, instead of
improving the existing one, wiki and open, at Outreach.

As for the WMF, despite what Amir has said, which possibly refer to
different visions, or even dissidents among WMF staff ranks, at the end of
the day there still is only one WMF, the one directed by the ED and
presided by the BoT, the same one which issues those software releases, and
the same one which issues the secretive and out of process punishments
which are causing so much controversy these days.

Best,
Paulo

A quarta, 26 de jun de 2019, 08:27, Ziko van Dijk 
escreveu:

> Hello,
>
> Frankly, I am surprised by the announcement, too. Maybe I do not spend
> enough time on wikis and mailinglists? :/
>
> In general I am very curious for this new platform. I find it quite ...
> telling or a bad signal that many wikipedians started to prefer discussing
> wiki topics on Facebook (1) rather than on the village pumps. Including me.
> One of the reasons is the toxic atmosphere on many wiki pages, while the
> Facebook groups are moderated.
>
> Kind regards
> Ziko
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Am Mi., 26. Juni 2019 um 09:19 Uhr schrieb geni :
>
> > On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:19, Yair Rand  wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm getting so many red flags.
> > >
> > > Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no
> > community
> > > involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing
> wikis?
> > > WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
> > > Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
> > > (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
> > > spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
> > mailing
> > > list?
> > >
> > > Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> > >
> > > -- Yair Rand
> > >
> >
> >
> > While I agree that a good tracking mount, a reasonable telescope and
> > some CCDs would be a better use of the money (there are some
> > satellites I want pics of) I don't see anything particular nefarious
> > here. Improving communications is a long term goal and shifting away
> > from mediawiki appears on the face of it a good way to do that (we are
> > after all on a mailing list at the moment. In practice experience
> > suggests that most people are too busy doing what they are already
> > doing to get involved in such projects and that mediawiki is so
> > central to what we are do that most people are pretty comfortable with
> > it.
> >
> >
> > So this falls well within the WMF’s nominal goals and is a fairly
> > understandable approach. I still think we would be better off spending
> > the money on the kit needed to get a pic of Kosmos 482.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > geni
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Ziko van Dijk]

Hello,

Frankly, I am surprised by the announcement, too. Maybe I do not spend
enough time on wikis and mailinglists? :/

In general I am very curious for this new platform. I find it quite ...
telling or a bad signal that many wikipedians started to prefer discussing
wiki topics on Facebook (1) rather than on the village pumps. Including me.
One of the reasons is the toxic atmosphere on many wiki pages, while the
Facebook groups are moderated.

Kind regards
Ziko






Am Mi., 26. Juni 2019 um 09:19 Uhr schrieb geni :

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:19, Yair Rand  wrote:
> >
> > I'm getting so many red flags.
> >
> > Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no
> community
> > involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing wikis?
> > WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
> > Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
> > (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
> > spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
> mailing
> > list?
> >
> > Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> >
> > -- Yair Rand
> >
>
>
> While I agree that a good tracking mount, a reasonable telescope and
> some CCDs would be a better use of the money (there are some
> satellites I want pics of) I don't see anything particular nefarious
> here. Improving communications is a long term goal and shifting away
> from mediawiki appears on the face of it a good way to do that (we are
> after all on a mailing list at the moment. In practice experience
> suggests that most people are too busy doing what they are already
> doing to get involved in such projects and that mediawiki is so
> central to what we are do that most people are pretty comfortable with
> it.
>
>
> So this falls well within the WMF’s nominal goals and is a fairly
> understandable approach. I still think we would be better off spending
> the money on the kit needed to get a pic of Kosmos 482.
>
>
>
> --
> geni
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Dan Garry (Deskana)]

On Wed 26 Jun 2019 at 00:58, Amir Sarabadani  wrote:

> I have no comment on Wikimedia Space. IMHO it's too soon to criticize it
> but I want to point out to a pattern that I have been seeing in the past
> couple of months by several people in this very mailing list.
>
> You have been repeating the word "WMF" (four time, for four different
> purposes) and treating it as a big monolith which is far from truth, WMF
> consists of different teams with different focuses, priorities, goals, and
> processes.
>
> This type of comments also increases the tension by promoting concept of
> "volunteer vs. WMF". It's not a war, we have the same mission. Stop
> criticizing a huge organization devoted to support volunteers (which you
> can't deny all of its good deeds, like keeping servers the world-class
> website running while being horribly understaffed, we have only 1% of
> Google's staff) because you disagree with this project or that program.
>
> Criticize projects, criticize actions (which can be valid), but don't be
> like "here we go again, WMF".


Largest possible +1 to this. Thanks Amir.

Dan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[geni]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 22:19, Yair Rand  wrote:
>
> I'm getting so many red flags.
>
> Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no community
> involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing wikis?
> WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
> Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
> (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
> spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki mailing
> list?
>
> Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
>
> -- Yair Rand
>


While I agree that a good tracking mount, a reasonable telescope and
some CCDs would be a better use of the money (there are some
satellites I want pics of) I don't see anything particular nefarious
here. Improving communications is a long term goal and shifting away
from mediawiki appears on the face of it a good way to do that (we are
after all on a mailing list at the moment. In practice experience
suggests that most people are too busy doing what they are already
doing to get involved in such projects and that mediawiki is so
central to what we are do that most people are pretty comfortable with
it.


So this falls well within the WMF’s nominal goals and is a fairly
understandable approach. I still think we would be better off spending
the money on the kit needed to get a pic of Kosmos 482.



-- 
geni

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Benjamin Ikuta]

My two cents: I'd rather have such discussions on wiki. 

Old browsers are more compatible with the wiki website, and it'd be more 
convenient and accessible otherwise. 



On Jun 25, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Fæ  wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 18:47, Maria Cruz  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Today, the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Engagement department is
>> launching Wikimedia Space *[1]*, a platform for movement *[2]* organizers,
>> affiliates, contributors, partners, and the Foundation to share news,
>> questions, and conversations.
>> 
>> Learning from others has been the bedrock for development and growth in our
>> movement. With this platform, we want to promote these sorts of enriching
>> exchanges by welcoming people from every background to build strong and
>> diverse communities, breaking down the barriers for entry to our movement,
>> and focusing our efforts on facilitating collaboration, including from
>> communities that are new to our movement.
>> 
>> Wikimedia Space is a single place for collaboration, comprising Blog *[1]*
>> and Discuss *[3]* hubs. The Blog section provides a movement-wide platform
>> for project updates, recent events, and shared learnings. We have designed
>> editorial guidelines that allow everyone to share their news with others.
>> Wikimedia Space also allows anybody to add an event, which can be
>> discovered in a calendar *[4]* or a map *[5] *of the movement. We want this
>> new space to be safe and welcoming, especially for newcomers, and this is
>> why it is governed by a code of conduct *[6]*, and relies on active
>> community moderation.
>> 
>> Wikimedia Space is currently a prototype, built on WordPress *[7]* and
>> Discourse *[8]*. While at present it only operates in English, it will
>> evolve to include multiple languages in the near future. This project is
>> only possible with your participation. Spread the news and join Wikimedia
>> Space *[9]*!
>> 
>> Read more about the features you’ll find on our blog post. We have also
>> published posts on how to make this space yours, so it can best serve your
>> needs. You can find all the documentation for this project on its page on
>> Meta.
>> 
>> See you at Wikimedia Space!
>> 
>> 
>> *María Cruz * \\  Communications and Outreach Manager, Community Engagement
>> \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>> mc...@wikimedia.org  |  Twitter:  @marianarra_
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [1] https://space.wmflabs.org
>> 
>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement
>> 
>> [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/
>> 
>> [4] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/calendar
>> 
>> [5] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map
>> 
>> [6] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/guidelines
>> 
>> [7] https://wordpress.org/
>> 
>> [8] https://discourse.org/
>> [9] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/how-to-join-wikimedia-space/113
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> 
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> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

There seems to be a trend on the part of the WMF, however, both to try to
control onwiki Wikimedia communities (wiki.en current case), and at the
same time divert part of the communities to closed platforms under direct
or indirect WMF control.

I'm also not sure anymore that Wikimedia volunteers and the WMF do share
the same mission. I would like to be, but I'm not.

Best,
Paulo



Amir Sarabadani  escreveu no dia quarta, 26/06/2019
à(s) 00:58:

> I have no comment on Wikimedia Space. IMHO it's too soon to criticize it
> but I want to point out to a pattern that I have been seeing in the past
> couple of months by several people in this very mailing list.
>
> You have been repeating the word "WMF" (four time, for four different
> purposes) and treating it as a big monolith which is far from truth, WMF
> consists of different teams with different focuses, priorities, goals, and
> processes.
>
> This type of comments also increases the tension by promoting concept of
> "volunteer vs. WMF". It's not a war, we have the same mission. Stop
> criticizing a huge organization devoted to support volunteers (which you
> can't deny all of its good deeds, like keeping servers the world-class
> website running while being horribly understaffed, we have only 1% of
> Google's staff) because you disagree with this project or that program.
>
> Criticize projects, criticize actions (which can be valid), but don't be
> like "here we go again, WMF".
>
> I'm a volunteer at night, WMDE staff at day. Right now, it's the volunteer
> hats on.
>
> Best
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 01:19 Yair Rand  wrote:
>
> > I'm getting so many red flags.
> >
> > Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no
> community
> > involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing wikis?
> > WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
> > Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
> > (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
> > spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
> mailing
> > list?
> >
> > Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> >
> > -- Yair Rand
> >
> > ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪
> wiki.p...@gmail.com
> > ‬‏>:‬
> >
> > > Hi Maria,
> > >
> > > Thanks for this update.
> > >
> > > I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my
> > impression
> > > is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within
> the
> > > intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as
> Wikimedia-l. I
> > > think that the community would be willing to consider design
> improvements
> > > and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
> > > tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
> > > might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and
> > could
> > > eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites.
> > Can
> > > you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing
> design
> > > improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Pine
> > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Lucas Werkmeister]

On 26.06.19 01:22, Yair Rand wrote:
> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-18:02 מאת ‪Lucas Werkmeister‬‏ <‪
> m...@lucaswerkmeister.de‬‏>:‬
> 
>> On 25.06.19 23:18, Yair Rand wrote:
>>> So far outside Wikimedia
>>> spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
>> mailing
>>> list?
>>
>> Where would you have announced it, then? I asked for a movement-wide
>> announcement place a while ago in a different context [1] and got no
>> satisfactory answer; the most popular one was wikimedia-l (this list),
>> and the only on-wiki answers were “the village pumps” (i. e. scattered)
>> – with the caveat that you should translate your message first, which
>> doesn’t scale well. I’m not saying the Space shouldn’t have been
>> announced anywhere else, but it certainly seems to me that there is a
>> need for a space like it, and in particular I don’t understand why you
>> criticize the choice of wikimedia-l for the initial announcement when
>> there seems to be good consensus for it being a central movement
>> announcement and discussion platform.
>>
>> [1]: https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1107337860389265413
> 
> 
> I would have publicly announced it at least on the place that it's trying
> to replace: Meta-wiki.

Sorry if this sounds like I’m just repeating the question, but where on
metawiki specifically? Because there’s no such thing as a village pump
there, as far as I’m aware – a page titled Village pump [1] exists, but
it’s just a redirect to Wikimedia Forum [2], which is described as “a
central place for *questions and discussions* about the Wikimedia
Foundation and its projects” (emphasis mine). It’s not a place for
announcements, and there are no other announcements on it, so I
certainly wouldn’t expect the Wikimedia Space announcement to be there.
Meta:Discussion pages [3] also emphasizes that Wikimedia Forum is a page
about the Wikimedia Foundation, whereas Wikimedia Space should be, as I
understand it, a movement-wide thing (though initiated by the Foundation).

I maintain that there is no single on-wiki place for movement-wide
announcements like this, and wikimedia-l is currently the most obvious
venue; and since Discourse can offer several improvements over a mailing
list (no need to set up a pseudonymous email if you want to remain
anonymous, and it’s easier to follow a discussion without subscribing to
the list), I’m excited about the possibilities this brings.

Cheers,
Lucas

PS: Minor note about the automatic promotion on Discourse – to my own
surprise, I earned level 1 just a few minutes after sending my other
email. It’s a much lower barrier than autoconfirmed status :)

[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Village_pump
[2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Discussion_pages

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Amir Sarabadani]

I have no comment on Wikimedia Space. IMHO it's too soon to criticize it
but I want to point out to a pattern that I have been seeing in the past
couple of months by several people in this very mailing list.

You have been repeating the word "WMF" (four time, for four different
purposes) and treating it as a big monolith which is far from truth, WMF
consists of different teams with different focuses, priorities, goals, and
processes.

This type of comments also increases the tension by promoting concept of
"volunteer vs. WMF". It's not a war, we have the same mission. Stop
criticizing a huge organization devoted to support volunteers (which you
can't deny all of its good deeds, like keeping servers the world-class
website running while being horribly understaffed, we have only 1% of
Google's staff) because you disagree with this project or that program.

Criticize projects, criticize actions (which can be valid), but don't be
like "here we go again, WMF".

I'm a volunteer at night, WMDE staff at day. Right now, it's the volunteer
hats on.

Best


On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 01:19 Yair Rand  wrote:

> I'm getting so many red flags.
>
> Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no community
> involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing wikis?
> WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
> Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
> (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
> spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki mailing
> list?
>
> Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
>
> -- Yair Rand
>
> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
> ‬‏>:‬
>
> > Hi Maria,
> >
> > Thanks for this update.
> >
> > I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my
> impression
> > is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
> > intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
> > think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
> > and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
> > tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
> > might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and
> could
> > eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites.
> Can
> > you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
> > improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Yair Rand]

‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-18:02 מאת ‪Lucas Werkmeister‬‏ <‪
m...@lucaswerkmeister.de‬‏>:‬

> On 25.06.19 23:18, Yair Rand wrote:
> > So far outside Wikimedia
> > spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki
> mailing
> > list?
>
> Where would you have announced it, then? I asked for a movement-wide
> announcement place a while ago in a different context [1] and got no
> satisfactory answer; the most popular one was wikimedia-l (this list),
> and the only on-wiki answers were “the village pumps” (i. e. scattered)
> – with the caveat that you should translate your message first, which
> doesn’t scale well. I’m not saying the Space shouldn’t have been
> announced anywhere else, but it certainly seems to me that there is a
> need for a space like it, and in particular I don’t understand why you
> criticize the choice of wikimedia-l for the initial announcement when
> there seems to be good consensus for it being a central movement
> announcement and discussion platform.
>
> [1]: https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1107337860389265413


I would have publicly announced it at least on the place that it's trying
to replace: Meta-wiki.


> > Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
>
> There can hardly be many other moderators immediately after launch, but
> if you check the “trust levels and user rights” post [2], you’ll see
> that the software (Discourse) automatically promotes users based on
> certain criteria (similar to autoconfirmed status on-wiki), and the
> highest level seems in principle to be open to any user (though the
> criteria still have to be fleshed out, which to me seems reasonable at
> this stage.)
>
>
The outline ELappen (WMF) put up says explicitly that Wikimedia Space is
intended to be "A news and discussion space for the Wikimedia movement run
by Community Relations."

In the past, Wikimedia institutions have built things at the community's
request, with an clear "We set up the technical work, everything in it is
the community's responsibility now" message. This is pretty much the exact
opposite of that, especially since there already was a space that was
community-run with the same scope.

Moderation of communications is something the WMF does not run, period. The
perception that the WMF might think it can get involved in it is what led
to the current chaos on enwiki.

[2]:
>
> https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/trust-levels-and-user-rights-in-wikimedia-space/89
>
> > Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
>
> This question is a bit too short for me to make sense of, sorry. Closed
> groups are not the default, so are you criticizing their mere existence?
> Do you want to claim that that closed groups are never, ever warranted?
> Because in my experience the claim at [3] that “[b]ecause on-wiki spaces
> don’t allow for [closed] collaboration, some volunteers have gravitated
> toward … other … platforms” is completely true.
>
> [3]: https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/closed-groups/87
>
>
It is very deliberate that on-wiki spaces don't allow for closed
collaboration. Non-transparent activities is generally not accepted without
a very good reason.

> (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?)
>
> Both WordPress and Discourse are free and open source software.
>
>
Last time the WMF set something up with WordPress, they did the whole thing
in private, failed to publish the source code for the custom theme for
months after launch, and also user violated privacy requirements by sharing
data with third parties by loading data from external websites. I see a new
website secretly set up with WordPress, a new tracker for the fact that
it's violating the privacy of every user by loading third-party resources
(T226559), and no mention anywhere of the publishing of the theme's source
code. It is, of course, perfectly possible that I just missed it, or that
there's no issue for some other reason.

Also there's no content license information anywhere. Or pages about dumps,
which would probably be necessary for allowing forking.

I don't understand how we got to the point where something like this isn't
even known about until after its launch. Or how it looks like everything
about it was built by the WMF. I don't understand what's going on in there.
It's quite concerning.

-- Yair Rand


> Cheers,
> Lucas
>
> >
> > Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> >
> > -- Yair Rand
> >
> > ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪
> wiki.p...@gmail.com
> > ‬‏>:‬
> >
> >> Hi Maria,
> >>
> >> Thanks for this update.
> >>
> >> I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my
> impression
> >> is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within
> the
> >> intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l.
> I
> >> think that the community would be willing to consider design
> improvements
> >> and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Lucas Werkmeister]

On 25.06.19 23:18, Yair Rand wrote:
> So far outside Wikimedia
> spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki mailing
> list?

Where would you have announced it, then? I asked for a movement-wide
announcement place a while ago in a different context [1] and got no
satisfactory answer; the most popular one was wikimedia-l (this list),
and the only on-wiki answers were “the village pumps” (i. e. scattered)
– with the caveat that you should translate your message first, which
doesn’t scale well. I’m not saying the Space shouldn’t have been
announced anywhere else, but it certainly seems to me that there is a
need for a space like it, and in particular I don’t understand why you
criticize the choice of wikimedia-l for the initial announcement when
there seems to be good consensus for it being a central movement
announcement and discussion platform.

[1]: https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1107337860389265413

> Every single moderator is a WMF employee?

There can hardly be many other moderators immediately after launch, but
if you check the “trust levels and user rights” post [2], you’ll see
that the software (Discourse) automatically promotes users based on
certain criteria (similar to autoconfirmed status on-wiki), and the
highest level seems in principle to be open to any user (though the
criteria still have to be fleshed out, which to me seems reasonable at
this stage.)

[2]:
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/trust-levels-and-user-rights-in-wikimedia-space/89

> Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?

This question is a bit too short for me to make sense of, sorry. Closed
groups are not the default, so are you criticizing their mere existence?
Do you want to claim that that closed groups are never, ever warranted?
Because in my experience the claim at [3] that “[b]ecause on-wiki spaces
don’t allow for [closed] collaboration, some volunteers have gravitated
toward … other … platforms” is completely true.

[3]: https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/closed-groups/87

> (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?)

Both WordPress and Discourse are free and open source software.

Cheers,
Lucas

> 
> Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?
> 
> -- Yair Rand
> 
> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
> ‬‏>:‬
> 
>> Hi Maria,
>>
>> Thanks for this update.
>>
>> I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my impression
>> is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
>> intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
>> think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
>> and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
>> tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
>> might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and could
>> eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites. Can
>> you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
>> improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Pine
>> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Jan Ainali]

Den tis 25 juni 2019 kl 23:19 skrev Yair Rand :

> (Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?)
> -- Yair Rand
>

Both Wordpress and Discourse are open source as far as I can see. Which one
are you referring to?

/Jan



>
> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
> ‬‏>:‬
>
> > Hi Maria,
> >
> > Thanks for this update.
> >
> > I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my
> impression
> > is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
> > intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
> > think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
> > and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
> > tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
> > might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and
> could
> > eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites.
> Can
> > you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
> > improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Yair Rand]

I'm getting so many red flags.

Established by WMF via secret (non-transparent) process, with no community
involvement? Non-wiki environment, with the same scope as existing wikis?
WMF-decided conduct policies? Every single moderator is a WMF employee?
Forum using closed groups, with non-transparent communication?
(Closed-source software, unless I'm mistaken?) So far outside Wikimedia
spaces that the only place it was even _announced_ was an off-wiki mailing
list?

Is there something the Wikimedia Foundation would like to tell us?

-- Yair Rand

‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 25 ביוני 2019 ב-14:56 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
‬‏>:‬

> Hi Maria,
>
> Thanks for this update.
>
> I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my impression
> is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
> intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
> think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
> and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
> tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
> might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and could
> eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites. Can
> you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
> improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Pine W]

Hi Maria,

Thanks for this update.

I hope that you can answer a question. I may be mistaken, but my impression
is that the purposes that are outlined for Wikimedia Space are within the
intended scopes of the Meta and Outreach wikis, as well as Wikimedia-l. I
think that the community would be willing to consider design improvements
and additional features for Meta and Outreach, such as calendar and map
tools that are easy to use. Design improvements and additional features
might also be welcome by third parties who use MediaWiki software and could
eventually have the option to implement the changes on their own sites. Can
you explain the decision to launch a new site instead of proposing design
improvements and additional features for Meta and Outreach?

Thank you,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Fæ]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 18:47, Maria Cruz  wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Today, the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Engagement department is
> launching Wikimedia Space *[1]*, a platform for movement *[2]* organizers,
> affiliates, contributors, partners, and the Foundation to share news,
> questions, and conversations.
>
> Learning from others has been the bedrock for development and growth in our
> movement. With this platform, we want to promote these sorts of enriching
> exchanges by welcoming people from every background to build strong and
> diverse communities, breaking down the barriers for entry to our movement,
> and focusing our efforts on facilitating collaboration, including from
> communities that are new to our movement.
>
> Wikimedia Space is a single place for collaboration, comprising Blog *[1]*
> and Discuss *[3]* hubs. The Blog section provides a movement-wide platform
> for project updates, recent events, and shared learnings. We have designed
> editorial guidelines that allow everyone to share their news with others.
> Wikimedia Space also allows anybody to add an event, which can be
> discovered in a calendar *[4]* or a map *[5] *of the movement. We want this
> new space to be safe and welcoming, especially for newcomers, and this is
> why it is governed by a code of conduct *[6]*, and relies on active
> community moderation.
>
> Wikimedia Space is currently a prototype, built on WordPress *[7]* and
> Discourse *[8]*. While at present it only operates in English, it will
> evolve to include multiple languages in the near future. This project is
> only possible with your participation. Spread the news and join Wikimedia
> Space *[9]*!
>
> Read more about the features you’ll find on our blog post. We have also
> published posts on how to make this space yours, so it can best serve your
> needs. You can find all the documentation for this project on its page on
> Meta.
>
> See you at Wikimedia Space!
>
>
> *María Cruz * \\  Communications and Outreach Manager, Community Engagement
> \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> mc...@wikimedia.org  |  Twitter:  @marianarra_
> 
>
>
> [1] https://space.wmflabs.org
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement
>
> [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/
>
> [4] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/calendar
>
> [5] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map
>
> [6] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/guidelines
>
> [7] https://wordpress.org/
>
> [8] https://discourse.org/
> [9] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/how-to-join-wikimedia-space/113
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Does this mean we should plan to stop using https://outreach.wikimedia.org?

The two appear to serve the same purpose and are governed by the same
codes of conduct.

Thanks,
Fae
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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Maria Cruz]

Hello everyone,

Today, the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Engagement department is
launching Wikimedia Space *[1]*, a platform for movement *[2]* organizers,
affiliates, contributors, partners, and the Foundation to share news,
questions, and conversations.

Learning from others has been the bedrock for development and growth in our
movement. With this platform, we want to promote these sorts of enriching
exchanges by welcoming people from every background to build strong and
diverse communities, breaking down the barriers for entry to our movement,
and focusing our efforts on facilitating collaboration, including from
communities that are new to our movement.

Wikimedia Space is a single place for collaboration, comprising Blog *[1]*
and Discuss *[3]* hubs. The Blog section provides a movement-wide platform
for project updates, recent events, and shared learnings. We have designed
editorial guidelines that allow everyone to share their news with others.
Wikimedia Space also allows anybody to add an event, which can be
discovered in a calendar *[4]* or a map *[5] *of the movement. We want this
new space to be safe and welcoming, especially for newcomers, and this is
why it is governed by a code of conduct *[6]*, and relies on active
community moderation.

Wikimedia Space is currently a prototype, built on WordPress *[7]* and
Discourse *[8]*. While at present it only operates in English, it will
evolve to include multiple languages in the near future. This project is
only possible with your participation. Spread the news and join Wikimedia
Space *[9]*!

Read more about the features you’ll find on our blog post. We have also
published posts on how to make this space yours, so it can best serve your
needs. You can find all the documentation for this project on its page on
Meta.

See you at Wikimedia Space!


*María Cruz * \\  Communications and Outreach Manager, Community Engagement
\\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
mc...@wikimedia.org  |  Twitter:  @marianarra_



[1] https://space.wmflabs.org

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

[3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/

[4] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/calendar

[5] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map

[6] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/guidelines

[7] https://wordpress.org/

[8] https://discourse.org/
[9] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/how-to-join-wikimedia-space/113
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