Re: [Wikimedia-l] The latest news from the Movement Strategy Process

[Samuel Klein]

Thanks for the update Nicole, I was just thinking about this. WOW will have
feedback to share.

On Fri., 1 Mar. 2019, 12:10 pm Nicole Ebber, 
wrote:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> We have some “hot off the press” updates from the Movement Strategy Process
> Wikimedia 2030:
>
> == What are the working groups currently doing? ==
>
> Members of the nine working groups
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
> >[1]
> are busy analyzing their thematic area, exploring how it could evolve by
> 2030 and finalizing their set of guiding questions. The answers to these
> questions will form the basis of recommendations for structural changes
> that will enable the movement to successfully and strongly advance in in
> our Strategic Direction.
>
> The groups are working in the area of Advocacy, Capacity Building,
> Community Health, Diversity, Partnerships, Product and Technology, Resource
> Allocation, Revenue Streams, as well as Roles and Responsibilities. Each
> group is looking to have a first draft of their questions ready by the
> beginning of March. These drafts will then be refined and reworked in the
> run up to the Wikimedia Summit
> [2] at the end
> of March.
>
> == A recap of the in-person working groups' meeting in Berlin ==
>
> In February, three working groups (Roles and Responsibilities, Revenue
> Streams, and Resource Allocation) met in person
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/_meeting_Berlin
> >[3]
> at the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. They worked (almost)
> non-stop for three days, and came out with a set of guiding questions that
> they are now refining.
>
> == The Movement Strategy Process at the Wikimedia Summit ==
>
> Our process  will take center stage at the Wikimedia Summit
> [2] (March 29
> to
> 31 in Berlin), with representatives from the nine working groups presenting
> their work so far and engaging with Affiliates, the Wikimedia Foundation
> and its committees on what the next steps will be.
>
> == How can you get involved? Join our community conversation! ==
>
> What are the questions we are seeking answers to? How can the broader
> community contribute to the structural changes? Prepare to take part in our
> community conversations to find out! This will happen in March on the
> Meta-Wiki
> page  >[3],
> on several language wikis, and also via survey. In this online
> conversation, you will be able to offer your insight and feedback on the
> guiding questions.
>
> == What’s next? ==
>
> It is all systems go in the Movement Strategy Process. Alongside providing
> support to all the working groups, the core team is currently on the search
> for Strategy Liaisons
> [4]
> to act as the point of contact between the Working Groups and the Arabic,
> Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese
> communities. We are also looking for representatives from organized groups
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons_Organized_Groups
> >[5]
> to become liaisons with the strategy process. And we have just added a
> Community Relations Specialist to our team, who will work with the
> community liaisons and ensure an effective dialogue.
>
> Please reach out to us with any questions or comments you might have.
>
> All the best,
>
> Nicole
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
>
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/_meeting_Berlin
>
> [4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121
> [5]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons_Organized_Groups
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Gregory Varnum]

A complete statement from the Wikimedia Foundation, made by Katherine, has been 
posted on the Wikimedia Blog:  
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/03/bassel-khartabil/ 


We are also asking for people’s assistance with translating this message into 
other languages given the global impact of these events:  
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Bassel/Wikimedia_Foundation_mourns_the_loss_of_Bassel_Khartabil
 


The plan is to make additional information about the Foundation’s efforts to 
honor Bassel’s contributions and values will be available during Wikimania.

I want to join Katherine and others on this list in offering my personal 
condolences to all impacted by this tragic outcome.

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> On Aug 3, 2017, at 2:26 AM, Isaac Olatunde  wrote:
> 
> Extremely sad news. May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace.
> 
> My condolence to the family.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Isaac Olatunde.
> 
> On Aug 2, 2017 9:57 AM, "Richard Farmbrough" 
> wrote:
> 
> Very sad news  indeed.  Frustrating that we could not gain more social
> media traction, when there is such nonsense that does.
> 
> On 2 Aug 2017 08:37, "kayode yussuf"  wrote:
> 
>> This is a very sad news.
>> 
>> Bassel will continue to be an hero in our hearts and we will take solace
>> in his activities in the Open movement.
>> 
>> Kayode Yussuf
>> 
>>> On Aug 2, 2017, at 00:19, David Gerard  wrote:
>>> 
 On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher 
>> wrote:
 
 at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Isaac Olatunde]

Extremely sad news. May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace.

My condolence to the family.

Regards,

Isaac Olatunde.

On Aug 2, 2017 9:57 AM, "Richard Farmbrough" 
wrote:

Very sad news  indeed.  Frustrating that we could not gain more social
media traction, when there is such nonsense that does.

On 2 Aug 2017 08:37, "kayode yussuf"  wrote:

> This is a very sad news.
>
> Bassel will continue to be an hero in our hearts and we will take solace
> in his activities in the Open movement.
>
> Kayode Yussuf
>
> > On Aug 2, 2017, at 00:19, David Gerard  wrote:
> >
> >> On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
> >
> >
> > This is giving an SSL error ...
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Ravishankar Ayyakkannu]

I am crying :(

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 19:00:19 -0400
> Katherine Maher  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow
> > community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
> >
> > Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> > anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October
> 2015,
> > when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> > wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he
> was
> > executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
> >
>
> Sorry to hear that.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Ivan Martínez]

Thanks for the (sad) update, Gregory.
Best,

2017-08-02 16:11 GMT-05:00 Enock Seth Nyamador :

> Very sad. A legend he is.
>
> Best,
>
> - Enock
>
> 2017-08-02 20:42 GMT+00:00 Bobby Shabangu :
>
> > This is very heartbreaking news indeed!
> >
> > May his family find strentght in these dark times. 
> >
> > On 2 Aug 2017 01:01, "Katherine Maher"  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our
> fellow
> > > community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
> > >
> > > Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> > > anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October
> > 2015,
> > > when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> > > wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he
> > was
> > > executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
> > >
> > > Bassel was a leader, advocate, and member of so many open culture
> > > communities it is difficult to do them all justice. In addition to his
> > > contributions to Wikimedia, he was project lead and public affiliate
> for
> > > Creative Commons Syria, a member of the Global Voices community, a free
> > > software advocate and contributor to Mozilla, and much more. The
> European
> > > Parliament statement on his detention credited him with “opening up the
> > > Internet in Syria and vastly extending online access and knowledge to
> the
> > > Syrian people."[1] He was known for his boundless enthusiasm and
> passion,
> > > always encouraging others to share, create, and connect with a better
> > world
> > > around them.
> > >
> > > Many of you cared deeply about Bassel, working to raise awareness of
> his
> > > detention and disappearance. Please know that his friends and family
> knew
> > > of and appreciated these efforts, both as a voice on his behalf and a
> > > reminder of the values of the communities to which he devoted his time
> > and
> > > attention. I personally am grappling with profound anger and sorrow
> that
> > > someone so brilliant, humane, and generous should be taken in this way.
> > For
> > > those who did not know Bassel, you can learn more about his life and
> work
> > > at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Foundation will publish a statement soon, and ask for
> your
> > > support in helping us translate that message to share more broadly. We
> > will
> > > also work to find a way to celebrate Bassel’s life and honor his
> > > contributions at Wikimania next week.
> > >
> > > Yours, sadly,
> > >
> > > Katherine
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//
> > > TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
> > > [2] (en) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil; (ar)
> > > https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%
> > > AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
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> > > 149 New Montgomery Street
> > > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > >
> > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> > > +1 (415) 712 4873
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Enock Seth Nyamador]

Very sad. A legend he is.

Best,

- Enock

2017-08-02 20:42 GMT+00:00 Bobby Shabangu :

> This is very heartbreaking news indeed!
>
> May his family find strentght in these dark times. 
>
> On 2 Aug 2017 01:01, "Katherine Maher"  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow
> > community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
> >
> > Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> > anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October
> 2015,
> > when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> > wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he
> was
> > executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
> >
> > Bassel was a leader, advocate, and member of so many open culture
> > communities it is difficult to do them all justice. In addition to his
> > contributions to Wikimedia, he was project lead and public affiliate for
> > Creative Commons Syria, a member of the Global Voices community, a free
> > software advocate and contributor to Mozilla, and much more. The European
> > Parliament statement on his detention credited him with “opening up the
> > Internet in Syria and vastly extending online access and knowledge to the
> > Syrian people."[1] He was known for his boundless enthusiasm and passion,
> > always encouraging others to share, create, and connect with a better
> world
> > around them.
> >
> > Many of you cared deeply about Bassel, working to raise awareness of his
> > detention and disappearance. Please know that his friends and family knew
> > of and appreciated these efforts, both as a voice on his behalf and a
> > reminder of the values of the communities to which he devoted his time
> and
> > attention. I personally am grappling with profound anger and sorrow that
> > someone so brilliant, humane, and generous should be taken in this way.
> For
> > those who did not know Bassel, you can learn more about his life and work
> > at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation will publish a statement soon, and ask for your
> > support in helping us translate that message to share more broadly. We
> will
> > also work to find a way to celebrate Bassel’s life and honor his
> > contributions at Wikimania next week.
> >
> > Yours, sadly,
> >
> > Katherine
> >
> > [1]
> > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//
> > TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
> > [2] (en) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil; (ar)
> > https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%
> > AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Maher
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 149 New Montgomery Street
> > San Francisco, CA 94105
> >
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> > +1 (415) 712 4873
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Bobby Shabangu]

This is very heartbreaking news indeed!

May his family find strentght in these dark times. 

On 2 Aug 2017 01:01, "Katherine Maher"  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow
> community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
>
> Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October 2015,
> when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he was
> executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
>
> Bassel was a leader, advocate, and member of so many open culture
> communities it is difficult to do them all justice. In addition to his
> contributions to Wikimedia, he was project lead and public affiliate for
> Creative Commons Syria, a member of the Global Voices community, a free
> software advocate and contributor to Mozilla, and much more. The European
> Parliament statement on his detention credited him with “opening up the
> Internet in Syria and vastly extending online access and knowledge to the
> Syrian people."[1] He was known for his boundless enthusiasm and passion,
> always encouraging others to share, create, and connect with a better world
> around them.
>
> Many of you cared deeply about Bassel, working to raise awareness of his
> detention and disappearance. Please know that his friends and family knew
> of and appreciated these efforts, both as a voice on his behalf and a
> reminder of the values of the communities to which he devoted his time and
> attention. I personally am grappling with profound anger and sorrow that
> someone so brilliant, humane, and generous should be taken in this way. For
> those who did not know Bassel, you can learn more about his life and work
> at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation will publish a statement soon, and ask for your
> support in helping us translate that message to share more broadly. We will
> also work to find a way to celebrate Bassel’s life and honor his
> contributions at Wikimania next week.
>
> Yours, sadly,
>
> Katherine
>
> [1]
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//
> TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
> [2] (en) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil; (ar)
> https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%
> AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84
>
> --
> Katherine Maher
>
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 149 New Montgomery Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Shlomi Fish]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 19:00:19 -0400
Katherine Maher  wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow
> community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
> 
> Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
> anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October 2015,
> when he was removed from the Syrian prison where he was being held. His
> wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he was
> executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
> 

Sorry to hear that.

-- Shlomi

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[kayode yussuf]

This is a very sad news. 

Bassel will continue to be an hero in our hearts and we will take solace in his 
activities in the Open movement. 

Kayode Yussuf 

> On Aug 2, 2017, at 00:19, David Gerard  wrote:
> 
>> On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher  wrote:
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>> at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

[Katherine Maher]

My apologies. The correct address is: http://freebassel.org/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

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On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher  wrote:

> at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.


This is giving an SSL error ...


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Very good news!

[WereSpielChequers]

Hi Milos, You might want to read this signpost article from 2015

that talked about the rally in very active editors from EN wiki's 2014
nadir. Another interesting measure of the rally, *Time between ten million
edits * was
hitting 73 days in late 2014 and is now back down to about 60.

Of course what we don't know is how much of the perceived decline was down
to the edit filters and therefore how much of the increase in the last
couple of years is simply because the easy wins for edit filters have been
achieved; Or how much of the decline was due to the rise of smartphones and
tablets where Wikipedia is much more of a broadcast medium with
comparatively few editors.


Jonathan/WereSpielChequers


Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 03:32:24 +0100
> From: Milos Rancic 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Very good news!
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> This is an extraordinary news for us! For almost 10 years I was hoping
> to see that and, finally, I've seen it!
>
> In short, it seems that we reached the bottom in participation in 2014
> and that we are now slowly going upwards.
>
> My claim is based on the analysis [1] of the Eric Zachte's
> participation statistics on English Wikipedia [2], but I am almost
> sure that the rest of the projects more or less mirror it. But,
> anyway, I encourage others to check other projects and other relevant
> factors and see if their results correlate with what I have found. The
> reasons for the change in trends should be also detected.
>
> If we are looking Eric's statistics from 2010 onwards, it is not
> immediately obvious if we are going up or down. We reached the peak in
> 2007 (German Wikipedia somewhat earlier, other projects later, but
> English Wikipedia is approximately 50% of our activity and its weight
> is too strong for other projects to balance our overall activity).
> After that peak, we went down as quickly as we reached the peak. Then,
> in 2010, the trends flattened.
>
> However, it was not a stagnation, but barely visible recession.
> However, that "barely visible recession" removed approximately 20% of
> the very active editors in the period from 2010 to 2014, while the
> "visible one" -- from 2007 to 2010 -- was also approximately 20%. At
> that point of time, in 2014, the next 10 years would for sure drive
> Wikipedia and Wikimedia movement into insignificance.
>
> Comparing such data is also tricky. It's not just necessary to compare
> the same months (January 2010 with January 2011, 2012 etc.), but there
> could be "freak" months, which are not following general trends.
>
> That's why I used two methods: One is coloring the months by place in
> comparison to the months of the previous years. The other is average
> number per year.
>
> There are at least a couple of important conclusions:
>
> 1) Negative trends have been reversed.
>
> 2) Both 2015 and 2016 were not just better than 2013 and 2014, but
> even better than 2012, while 2016 is just a little bit worse than
> 2011!
>
> 3) December 2016 was even better than December 2010!
>
> 4) I could guess that the period June-November 2016 was worse than the
> same period in 2015 because of the political turbulence. Without them
> -- as May and December 2016 likely show -- 2016 would be not just
> better, but much better than 2015 and maybe even better than 2010.
>
> I would say that the reversal is still fragile and that we should do
> whatever we've been doing the last two years. Yes, detecting what
> we've been doing good (or bad) is not that easy to detect. But, yes,
> better analysis of all of all of the processes should be definitely
> done.
>
> I hope that this shows that we are at the beginning of our
> Renaissance, Wikimedia Renaissance and that the Dark Wikimedia Age is
> behind us! So, please join me in enjoying that fact, even I could be
> wrong. It definitely sounds definitely amazing, even it could be just
> my imagination! :)
>
> [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IXYoTI_nCBhhuJAknH5KL450_
> D3V67KWTHuoEAh6540/edit?usp=sharing
> [2] https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm
>
> --
> Milos
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Very good news!

[Erik Zachte]

Some additional links:

Compare total editors per project (deduplicated) 
Caveat: only exists for active editors (5+ per month), not for very active 
editors (100+ edits per month)
https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ProjectTrendsEditors.html

Here is a table with total monthly editors for all Wikimedia wikis combined 
(deduplicated)
https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikimediaAllProjects_AllMonths.htm
and charts showing columns active editors 5+ and very active editors 100+ from 
that table.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Active_editors_over_all_Wikimedia_wikis_-_deduplicated.png

As for causes, WereSpielCheckers wrote an essay in 2013:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/Going_off_the_boil%3F
and also did an 'In Focus' for Signpost in 2015:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-08-26/In_focus

As for edits, instead of editors:
On English Wikipedia monthly edits by registered users is visibly higher in 
2015 and 2016 than in 2013 and 2014 
https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/PlotEditsEN.png  (blue line)  
BTW way anonymous and bot edits are also higher than their low point in 
preceding years, but these metrics don't count for active editors trends.
For similar charts for other Wikipedias see 
https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/PlotsPngEditHistoryTop.htm

Erik Zachte

P.S. unrelated but good to know if you dive into Wikistats: February 2017 
reports are incomplete (under investigation) 

-Original Message-
From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of 
Alessandro Marchetti
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 6:52
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Very good news!

These are data for English wikipedia, right?
You should compare the whole platforms. That's because bilingualism is 
increasing in many countries but not in the same direction. For example Italian 
students foreign language skills drastically increased over the last 10 years, 
so they edit also on English wikipedia. It's not sure that the opposite occurs. 
It's the same with emigration. Many 25-30 years old PhD students and Postdoc 
leave Italy and move to other countries. If that area is for example UK (a very 
common destination) they start to edit enwikipedia. This could happen also in 
France, whilst many of them have to learn German or Dutch or Swedish and it 
takes more time.
I "study" flow of users from platform, you can see when I leave welcome message 
or propose autopatrolled flag here and there and they are most probably 
asymmetrical at the moment.
If someone is interested, there are some way to try to sample this flows in an 
objective way. Happy to share with you.  

Il Domenica 19 Febbraio 2017 3:33, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> ha 
scritto:
 

 This is an extraordinary news for us! For almost 10 years I was hoping to see 
that and, finally, I've seen it!

In short, it seems that we reached the bottom in participation in 2014 and that 
we are now slowly going upwards.

My claim is based on the analysis [1] of the Eric Zachte's participation 
statistics on English Wikipedia [2], but I am almost sure that the rest of the 
projects more or less mirror it. But, anyway, I encourage others to check other 
projects and other relevant factors and see if their results correlate with 
what I have found. The reasons for the change in trends should be also detected.

If we are looking Eric's statistics from 2010 onwards, it is not immediately 
obvious if we are going up or down. We reached the peak in
2007 (German Wikipedia somewhat earlier, other projects later, but English 
Wikipedia is approximately 50% of our activity and its weight is too strong for 
other projects to balance our overall activity).
After that peak, we went down as quickly as we reached the peak. Then, in 2010, 
the trends flattened.

However, it was not a stagnation, but barely visible recession.
However, that "barely visible recession" removed approximately 20% of the very 
active editors in the period from 2010 to 2014, while the "visible one" -- from 
2007 to 2010 -- was also approximately 20%. At that point of time, in 2014, the 
next 10 years would for sure drive Wikipedia and Wikimedia movement into 
insignificance.

Comparing such data is also tricky. It's not just necessary to compare the same 
months (January 2010 with January 2011, 2012 etc.), but there could be "freak" 
months, which are not following general trends.

That's why I used two methods: One is coloring the months by place in 
comparison to the months of the previous years. The other is average number per 
year.

There are at least a couple of important conclusions:

1) Negative trends have been reversed.

2) Both 2015 and 2016 were not just better than 2013 and 2014, but even better 
than 2012, while 2016 is just a little bit worse than 2011!

3) December 2016 was even better than December 2010!

4) I could guess that the period June-November 2016 w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Very good news!

[Alessandro Marchetti]

These are data for English wikipedia, right?
You should compare the whole platforms. That's because bilingualism is 
increasing in many countries but not in the same direction. For example Italian 
students foreign language skills drastically increased over the last 10 years, 
so they edit also on English wikipedia. It's not sure that the opposite occurs. 
It's the same with emigration. Many 25-30 years old PhD students and Postdoc 
leave Italy and move to other countries. If that area is for example UK (a very 
common destination) they start to edit enwikipedia. This could happen also in 
France, whilst many of them have to learn German or Dutch or Swedish and it 
takes more time.
I "study" flow of users from platform, you can see when I leave welcome message 
or propose autopatrolled flag here and there and they are most probably 
asymmetrical at the moment.
If someone is interested, there are some way to try to sample this flows in an 
objective way. Happy to share with you.  

Il Domenica 19 Febbraio 2017 3:33, Milos Rancic  ha 
scritto:
 

 This is an extraordinary news for us! For almost 10 years I was hoping
to see that and, finally, I've seen it!

In short, it seems that we reached the bottom in participation in 2014
and that we are now slowly going upwards.

My claim is based on the analysis [1] of the Eric Zachte's
participation statistics on English Wikipedia [2], but I am almost
sure that the rest of the projects more or less mirror it. But,
anyway, I encourage others to check other projects and other relevant
factors and see if their results correlate with what I have found. The
reasons for the change in trends should be also detected.

If we are looking Eric's statistics from 2010 onwards, it is not
immediately obvious if we are going up or down. We reached the peak in
2007 (German Wikipedia somewhat earlier, other projects later, but
English Wikipedia is approximately 50% of our activity and its weight
is too strong for other projects to balance our overall activity).
After that peak, we went down as quickly as we reached the peak. Then,
in 2010, the trends flattened.

However, it was not a stagnation, but barely visible recession.
However, that "barely visible recession" removed approximately 20% of
the very active editors in the period from 2010 to 2014, while the
"visible one" -- from 2007 to 2010 -- was also approximately 20%. At
that point of time, in 2014, the next 10 years would for sure drive
Wikipedia and Wikimedia movement into insignificance.

Comparing such data is also tricky. It's not just necessary to compare
the same months (January 2010 with January 2011, 2012 etc.), but there
could be "freak" months, which are not following general trends.

That's why I used two methods: One is coloring the months by place in
comparison to the months of the previous years. The other is average
number per year.

There are at least a couple of important conclusions:

1) Negative trends have been reversed.

2) Both 2015 and 2016 were not just better than 2013 and 2014, but
even better than 2012, while 2016 is just a little bit worse than
2011!

3) December 2016 was even better than December 2010!

4) I could guess that the period June-November 2016 was worse than the
same period in 2015 because of the political turbulence. Without them
-- as May and December 2016 likely show -- 2016 would be not just
better, but much better than 2015 and maybe even better than 2010.

I would say that the reversal is still fragile and that we should do
whatever we've been doing the last two years. Yes, detecting what
we've been doing good (or bad) is not that easy to detect. But, yes,
better analysis of all of all of the processes should be definitely
done.

I hope that this shows that we are at the beginning of our
Renaissance, Wikimedia Renaissance and that the Dark Wikimedia Age is
behind us! So, please join me in enjoying that fact, even I could be
wrong. It definitely sounds definitely amazing, even it could be just
my imagination! :)

[1] 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IXYoTI_nCBhhuJAknH5KL450_D3V67KWTHuoEAh6540/edit?usp=sharing
[2] https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEN.htm

-- 
Milos

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] News from the Board of Wikimedia CH

[Ilario Valdelli]

Thank you Katy,
Charles will move in Paris but I suppose that he will remain still
connected to the Wikimedia movement even if in another country.

Thank you, really appreciated.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Katy Love kl...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Thanks for this announcement, Ilario. Congratulations to all on the Board
 of WMCH, and a most warm welcome to Micha.

 And while it's not quite time for goodbyes, I am very sad to hear that
 Charles is moving on. At WMF, we too will miss his relentless enthusiasm,
 his strong collaborative instincts, his endless desire to improve and grow.
 Those qualities have been well admired and they will be well missed.

 Katy

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  FYI an official message from Wikimedia CH:
 
 
Dear all,
 
  Wikimedia CH held its annual General Assembly on 21 March. We're pleased
 to
  announce that all of the Board re-candidated and were re-elected. We're
  even more pleased to welcome a new, seventh Board member: Micha Rieser (
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Micha).
 
  Besides being an active administrator on the German Wikipedia, he has
 also
  been our Wikipedian in Residence both at the Swiss Federal Archives and
 the
  National Library. He's currently doing the job again at the Basel
  University Library - this time without part-funding by WMCH. We trust
 that
  his personal network among GLAMs will be an asset for us, and he's an
  all-round great guy anyway (you can follow him on Twitter: @MLRzh)
 
  People come, people go: Charles Andrès, our current Chief Scientific
  Officer (in charge of projects and collaborations), has decided to move
  back to France for family reasons. His last day in the Lausanne office
 will
  be 30 June.
 
  Charles has been around the French Wikipedia since 2007, joined our Board
  in 2010, became our President and finally made the move to CSO. He has
  given a lot of time and effort to the movement, and those who know him
 will
  miss his relentless enthusiasm for new ideas and projects (you can still
  check him out @chandreswp). The Board will consider the replacement
  process, and after 30 June our Board members Stephane Coillet-Matillon
 and
  Frédéric Schütz will handle the interim.
 
  Best regards,
 
  Patrick Kenel, President
  
  Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
  www.wikimedia.ch
 
 
 
 
 
 
  --
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  Wikimedia CH
  Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
  Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre
  Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] News from the Board of Wikimedia CH

[Katy Love]

Thanks for this announcement, Ilario. Congratulations to all on the Board
of WMCH, and a most warm welcome to Micha.

And while it's not quite time for goodbyes, I am very sad to hear that
Charles is moving on. At WMF, we too will miss his relentless enthusiasm,
his strong collaborative instincts, his endless desire to improve and grow.
Those qualities have been well admired and they will be well missed.

Katy

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:

 FYI an official message from Wikimedia CH:


   Dear all,

 Wikimedia CH held its annual General Assembly on 21 March. We're pleased to
 announce that all of the Board re-candidated and were re-elected. We're
 even more pleased to welcome a new, seventh Board member: Micha Rieser (
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Micha).

 Besides being an active administrator on the German Wikipedia, he has also
 been our Wikipedian in Residence both at the Swiss Federal Archives and the
 National Library. He's currently doing the job again at the Basel
 University Library - this time without part-funding by WMCH. We trust that
 his personal network among GLAMs will be an asset for us, and he's an
 all-round great guy anyway (you can follow him on Twitter: @MLRzh)

 People come, people go: Charles Andrès, our current Chief Scientific
 Officer (in charge of projects and collaborations), has decided to move
 back to France for family reasons. His last day in the Lausanne office will
 be 30 June.

 Charles has been around the French Wikipedia since 2007, joined our Board
 in 2010, became our President and finally made the move to CSO. He has
 given a lot of time and effort to the movement, and those who know him will
 miss his relentless enthusiasm for new ideas and projects (you can still
 check him out @chandreswp). The Board will consider the replacement
 process, and after 30 June our Board members Stephane Coillet-Matillon and
 Frédéric Schütz will handle the interim.

 Best regards,

 Patrick Kenel, President
 
 Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
 www.wikimedia.ch






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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Philippe Beaudette]

Corrected link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jackson_Peebles


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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com wrote:

 User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
 October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
 studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
 referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
 focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users,
 encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes.

 Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
 and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
 Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
 adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
 himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia
 administrator but would like to be one someday.

 Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
 High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
 University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
 Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
 Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
 nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
 Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.

 Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
 Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly
 important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an
 endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
 A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
 editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another
 wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
 and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
 true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
 new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven
 mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
 understanding the learning process.

 He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.

 On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
 Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
 sense of humor and his hard work ethic.

 His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
 Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your
 contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
 like the place and decide to stay.

 Please leave remembrances and condolences at
 http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
 family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
 reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
 Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
 family's wish.

 --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Amy Vossbrinck]

Never let it be said that one person can't make a difference.  Clearly this
young man was all about reaching out to others and making an impact
everywhere he went.  The planet and many people on it benefited from his
kindness for the brief time he was here.

Thank you, Jackson for all you gave to make the word a better place.


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com wrote:

 User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
 October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
 studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
 referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
 focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users,
 encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes.

 Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
 and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
 Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
 adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
 himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia
 administrator but would like to be one someday.

 Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
 High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
 University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
 Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
 Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
 nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
 Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.

 Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
 Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly
 important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an
 endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
 A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
 editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another
 wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
 and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
 true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
 new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven
 mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
 understanding the learning process.

 He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.

 On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
 Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
 sense of humor and his hard work ethic.

 His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
 Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your
 contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
 like the place and decide to stay.

 Please leave remembrances and condolences at
 http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
 family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
 reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
 Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
 family's wish.

 --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Steve Zhang]

The loss of someone always hits us hard; the loss of one of us even more
so. I was lucky enough to work with Jackson, albeit briefly.  He will be
very sorely missed and I wish his family all the best during these tough
times.
On 21/11/2013 4:33 AM, Amy Vossbrinck avossbri...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Never let it be said that one person can't make a difference.  Clearly this
 young man was all about reaching out to others and making an impact
 everywhere he went.  The planet and many people on it benefited from his
 kindness for the brief time he was here.

 Thank you, Jackson for all you gave to make the word a better place.


 On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
  October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
  studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
  referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
  focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users,
  encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes.
 
  Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
  and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
  Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
  adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
  himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia
  administrator but would like to be one someday.
 
  Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
  High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
  University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
  Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
  Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
  nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
  Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.
 
  Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
  Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly
  important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an
  endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
  A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
  editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another
  wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
  and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
  true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
  new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven
  mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
  understanding the learning process.
 
  He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.
 
  On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
  Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
  sense of humor and his hard work ethic.
 
  His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
  Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your
  contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
  like the place and decide to stay.
 
  Please leave remembrances and condolences at
  http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
  family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
  reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
  Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
  family's wish.
 
  --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Keegan Peterzell]

Thank you for sharing this, Ocaasi. Sad, sad news indeed.

~ Keegan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan
On Nov 20, 2013 1:09 PM, Steve Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote:

 The loss of someone always hits us hard; the loss of one of us even more
 so. I was lucky enough to work with Jackson, albeit briefly.  He will be
 very sorely missed and I wish his family all the best during these tough
 times.
 On 21/11/2013 4:33 AM, Amy Vossbrinck avossbri...@wikimedia.org wrote:

  Never let it be said that one person can't make a difference.  Clearly
 this
  young man was all about reaching out to others and making an impact
  everywhere he went.  The planet and many people on it benefited from his
  kindness for the brief time he was here.
 
  Thank you, Jackson for all you gave to make the word a better place.
 
 
  On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
   October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
   studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
   referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
   focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users,
   encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes.
  
   Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
   and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
   Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
   adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
   himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia
   administrator but would like to be one someday.
  
   Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
   High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
   University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
   Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
   Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
   nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
   Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.
  
   Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
   Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly
   important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an
   endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
   A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
   editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another
   wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
   and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
   true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
   new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven
   mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
   understanding the learning process.
  
   He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.
  
   On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
   Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
   sense of humor and his hard work ethic.
  
   His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
   Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your
   contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
   like the place and decide to stay.
  
   Please leave remembrances and condolences at
   http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
   family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
   reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
   Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
   family's wish.
  
   --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
  
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you so much for posting this Jake.  I will dearly miss Jackson and
his flow of good spirit and ideas.

SJ


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com wrote:

 User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
 October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
 studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
 referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
 focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users,
 encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes.

 Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
 and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
 Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
 adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
 himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia
 administrator but would like to be one someday.

 Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
 High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
 University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
 Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
 Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
 nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
 Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.

 Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
 Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly
 important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an
 endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
 A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
 editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another
 wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
 and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
 true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
 new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven
 mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
 understanding the learning process.

 He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.

 On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
 Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
 sense of humor and his hard work ethic.

 His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
 Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your
 contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
 like the place and decide to stay.

 Please leave remembrances and condolences at
 http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
 family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
 reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
 Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
 family's wish.

 --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] In the News

[Fred Bauder]

 Folks, if this has already been brought to the List, please excuse the
 repetition. If not, enjoy;

 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/romneys-running-mate-some-say-
 wikipedia-holds-the-answer/?nl=usemc=edit_cn_20120810

 Marc Riddell

They probably got that out of Wikipedia, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012#Use_of_Wikipedia_for_divination

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] In the News

[Mike Dupont]

I love it! great stuff! wikipedia edit heatmaps is what we need!

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
 Folks, if this has already been brought to the List, please excuse the
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 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/romneys-running-mate-some-say-
 wikipedia-holds-the-answer/?nl=usemc=edit_cn_20120810

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 They probably got that out of Wikipedia, see

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012#Use_of_Wikipedia_for_divination

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] In the News

[Matthew Roth]

This one had legs this week. Here's a sample of the coverage following the
original report on Monday by Micah Sifry at Tech President. Once Colbert
jumped in, it led to another round of coverage through today. It's also
just now getting to the British press.

-Matthew


*
*
*Wikipedia | How to Spot Romney's VP Pick in Advance*
Tech President | 6 August 2012
http://techpresident.com/news/22680/how-spot-romneys-vice-president-pick-advance

*Further coverage:*

*Political Wire | Want to guess Romney's running mate? **(6 August 2012)*
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/06/want_to_guess_romneys_running_mate.html

*Politico | On veep selection, look to Wikipedia (6 August 2012)*
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media
/2012/08/on-veep-selection-look-to-wikipedia-131262.html

*Politico | Why Wikipedia isn't the veep oracle (7 August 2012)*
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media
/2012/08/why-wikipedia-isnt-the-veep-oracle-131322.html


*CNN | Looking to Wikipedia for clues about Romney's VP pick*
CNN | 9 August 2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/07/tech/web/romney-vp-pick-wikipedia/


*HuffPo | Romney's VP pick predicted through Wikipedia edits? (7 August
2012)*
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/will-wikipedia-predict-ro_n_1751782.html

*Mashable | Is Wikipedia the key to predicting Mitt Romney's VP? (7 August
2012)*
http://mashable.com/2012/08/07/wikipedia-romney-vice-president/

*Salt Lake Tribune | Will Wikipedia be a harbinger of Romney's VP pick? (7
August 2012)*
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsmoviecricket/54648634-66/wikipedia-pick-romney-presidential.html.csp

__

*Wikipedia | **Game Over: Wikipedia locks down potential VP pages in
response to Colbert mischief making*
Tech President | 8 August 2012
http://techpresident.com/news/22695/game-over-wikipedia-locks-down-potential-vp-pages-response-colbert-mischief-making

*Further coverage:*


*Politico | Wikipedia locks potential VP's pages (8 August 2012)*
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media
/2012/08/wikipedia-locks-possible-vps-pages-131458.html

*NYTimes The Caucus | Romney's running mate? Some say Wikipedia holds the
answer*
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/romneys-running-mate-some-say-wikipedia-holds-the-answer/

*LA Times | Possible VP picks' Wikipedia pages locked down amid editing
spree (8 August 2012)*
http://ur1.ca/9xhyw

*The Hill | Wikipedia locks down pages of VP contenders after excessive
edits (8 August 2012)*
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/242789-wikipedia-locks-down-pages-of-vp-contenders-after-excessive-edits

*ABC News | Colbert causes Wikipedia to lock down potential VP pages (9
August 2012)*
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/colbert-causes-wikipedia-to-lock-down-potential-vp-pages/

*HuffPo | Colbert's Pawlenty Wikipedia Prank (8 August 2012)*
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/colbert-pawlenty-wikipedia-romney-running-mate_n_1756205.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/wikipedia-romney-vp-stephen-colbert_n_1757554.html

*The Hollywood Reporter | Stephen Colbert's Wikipedia vice presidential
scheme short cirucuited (8 August 2012)*
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stephen-colberts-wikipedia-vice-presidential-359985

*USA Today | Wikipedia locks the pages for potential Romney VPs (8 August
2012)*
http://ur1.ca/9xhyt

*Daily Mail | Wikipedia locks editing access... (8 August 2012)*
http://ur1.ca/9xhyr

 *The Toronto Star | Wikipedia protects US vice presidential pages... (9
August 2012)*
http://ur1.ca/9xhzh





On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
 wrote:

 I love it! great stuff! wikipedia edit heatmaps is what we need!

 On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net
 wrote:
  Folks, if this has already been brought to the List, please excuse the
  repetition. If not, enjoy;
 
 
 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/romneys-running-mate-some-say-
  wikipedia-holds-the-answer/?nl=usemc=edit_cn_20120810
 
  Marc Riddell
 
  They probably got that out of Wikipedia, see
 
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012#Use_of_Wikipedia_for_divination
 
  Fred
 
 
 
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