Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:12 AM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: A completely un deduped (and so is double+ counting anyone who is eligible on multiple wikis because of activity there) number is 207911 for 2013. Caveats: This number is quick and dirty and 'reasonable' as a starting point but far from perfect, among other things: - It doesn't include 100% of the staff or developers, only the staff who had staff rights or asked and developers who asked because they couldn't vote in other ways). This is a relatively small amount of missing people. - It still includes bots and blocked users, because that was checked later in the process. I, again, think this is a relatively small amount given number of bots + blocked users with more then 300 edits relative to the total. It is possible some of the bots are very active across the board though which will be helped by the de dupping. - It is not de dupped meaning it double+ counts people who were active on many wikis or accounts, sometimes a lot (for example there are 7 entries for my personal account, 7 for my work account, and 69 for the steward DerHexer given global work). Sorting through the crap that the script spat out is more then I'm willing to do at 5am but I will try to do this later today and get this number down. My guess is this is in the 10k range. So I was wrong about the extent of the de duplication. In the end there were about *50124* unique people marked off on the voter list (again, like above, that does still include some bots/blocked on multiple wiki users but they are only counted once each) so call it 50k. Using that number: - With a total of 1809 valid votes that is about a 3.6% turnout. - We know that another 534 people authenticated to vote but did not actually cast a valid vote (and so most likely left after seeing the ballot)[1]. That would account for an additional 1% [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Post_mortem#Voter_participation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
I d really love to have a simple voting right without exceptions, simple to explain. This than could be adopted as well by chapters and thematic orgs to distinguish between active and other members. I.e. have a number of billable contributions to Wikipedia or commons or be a registered developer. To make it an incentive more to contribute. Rupert On Oct 6, 2014 1:55 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Do you know which users were among these 534? Would it be possible to randomly approach 20-30 of them and ask why they didn't vote? It would be helpful to learn, I guess. This is, assuming such a mini-survey was not attempted yet. Best, Lodewijk 2014-10-06 8:46 GMT+02:00 James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org: On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:12 AM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: A completely un deduped (and so is double+ counting anyone who is eligible on multiple wikis because of activity there) number is 207911 for 2013. Caveats: This number is quick and dirty and 'reasonable' as a starting point but far from perfect, among other things: - It doesn't include 100% of the staff or developers, only the staff who had staff rights or asked and developers who asked because they couldn't vote in other ways). This is a relatively small amount of missing people. - It still includes bots and blocked users, because that was checked later in the process. I, again, think this is a relatively small amount given number of bots + blocked users with more then 300 edits relative to the total. It is possible some of the bots are very active across the board though which will be helped by the de dupping. - It is not de dupped meaning it double+ counts people who were active on many wikis or accounts, sometimes a lot (for example there are 7 entries for my personal account, 7 for my work account, and 69 for the steward DerHexer given global work). Sorting through the crap that the script spat out is more then I'm willing to do at 5am but I will try to do this later today and get this number down. My guess is this is in the 10k range. So I was wrong about the extent of the de duplication. In the end there were about *50124* unique people marked off on the voter list (again, like above, that does still include some bots/blocked on multiple wiki users but they are only counted once each) so call it 50k. Using that number: - With a total of 1809 valid votes that is about a 3.6% turnout. - We know that another 534 people authenticated to vote but did not actually cast a valid vote (and so most likely left after seeing the ballot)[1]. That would account for an additional 1% [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Post_mortem#Voter_participation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published
Hi James, first of all, congrats for proving this to be possible. As it has already been said it is an achievement nothing short of great. 2014-10-04 15:47 GMT+02:00 James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com: I agree all Wikipedia articles are sort of peer reviewed. When I speak about GA/FA I refer to it as Wikipedia's semi-formal peer review process. With respect to authorship, the 5th to 10th contributors by number of editors were contacted and asked if they wished to be listed as an author. All of them declined feeling that they had not contributed sufficiently to justify being listed. You mean by number of edits? (I do not understand what you mean with by number of editors). I think this is a reasonable criteria. (We may discuss on the results, i.e. everybody declined, so Wikipedian!) Anyway I would like to suggest other metrics that could be used as a measure of paternity of the article, e.g. bytes added or removed[1], I would point you to Dario Taraborelli and the analytics teams for other ideas. It also worth pointing out for the readers of this thread that there is not a single version of the article [[Dengue Fever]] that is identical to the article published (see [[Talk:Dengue fever]] here[2]), although I would like to be pointed to one (or a set of) closest version(s). (Finding automatically close versions would be super interesting). Thanks. Cristian [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ADengue_feverdiff=628032710oldid=628012705 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Article published by the journal Open Medicine http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/viewFile/562/564 Will soon be pubmed indexed. Editorial regarding the efforts are here http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/652/565 Hope these sorts of efforts will improve the reputation of Wikipedia and the number of contributors. I guess we will see. This is wonderful news; happy to hear it :) -rachel -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Rachel diCerbo Director of Community Engagement (Product) Wikimedia Foundation Rdicerb (WMF) https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Rdicerb_%28WMF%29 @a_rachel https://twitter.com/a_rachel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
I'll join you. Pledge made. /a On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org wrote: wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Anna Stillwell Senior Learning and Org Dev Lead Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org http://www.wikimediafoundation.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
Hi Damon and welcome! I appreciate your call to action to treat everyone with respect and dignity. And your desire to be inclusive! Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. --Damon Sicore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org wrote: wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
Thank you Damon! This is indeed a powerful message and I am looking forward to working with you. Emily Blanchard Talent Acquisition Team Wikimedia Foundation eblanchard@wikimedia. eblanch...@gmail.comorg Follow us on Twitter @wikimediaatwork http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Become a Contributor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse Join Us: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us Developers Join the Fun: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share inthe sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!* On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Damon and welcome! I appreciate your call to action to treat everyone with respect and dignity. And your desire to be inclusive! Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. --Damon Sicore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org wrote: wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing
[Wikimedia-l] Office Hours with VPE Damon Sicore - 9 October 2014 20:00 UTC / 13:00 PDT
Hi everyone, As our new Vice President of Engineering, Damon Sicore, just announced in his longer email to Wikimedia-l he will be having his first IRC Office hours on Thursday, October 9th, at 20:00 UTC (13:00 PDT). This hour long office hour is a chance to meet the new VPE and ask your burning questions. The office hour will be held in #Wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. You can find information on how to get online, including a link to a webchat option if you don't have an IRC client, on the meta office hours page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate. You can also find a time converter for the start of the hour at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=20min=00sec=0day=09month=10year=2014 . Like most of our public office hours this one will be publicly logged and should be posted on the meta office hour page shortly after it's conclusion. If you want to know you more about Damon you can read the Wikimedia Blog announcement https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/29/damon-sicore-joins-wmf-as-vice-president-of-engineering/ or check out his personal blog http://damon.sicore.com. James [[cross posted on wikitech-l and wikimedia-l]] James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published
@ Cristian. I mean by number of edits. Wikipedians by number of edits is listed here for the Dengue fever article. https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/articleinfo/index.php?article=Dengue_feverlang=enwiki=wikipedia Yes I do know number of edits is not perfect and that someone who has made a single edit could have contributed substantially. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
From Bay Area hipsters to revolutionaries in less than five months. That's the change! Welcome! On Oct 6, 2014 10:43 PM, Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org wrote: wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
Hear, hear! Thank you for this intention, Damon. I'm in! -rachel On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org wrote: wikimedia-l, On arrival I was asked to describe a few leadership principles and practices I live out. In my response I included a statement about courage, honesty, and integrity [1]. These principles are not effective without applying them. To succeed, one must transfer these leadership principles, to a vast number of people, enabling them to be more successful. I’ve found the best method to teach others is to demonstrate [3]. Effective leaders demonstrate correct behavior and they demonstrate leadership by acting with courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what I expect from myself and from those around me who share our mission. Here’s a quote from Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara, a person who's ability to lead is unquestionable: 'One of the great educational techniques is example. Therefore, the chiefs must constantly offer the example of a pure and devoted life. Promotion of the soldier should be based on valor, capacity, and a spirit of sacrifice; whoever does not have these qualities in high degree ought not to have responsible assignments, since he will cause unfortunate accidents at any moment.' —Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare (1960) p. 90 [4]. We are not soldiers, but we are revolutionaries. And as revolutionaries supporting the Wikimedia mission we must consistently demonstrate the behaviors that maximize our ability to build the software required to fulfill our mission. This is important because our users and contributors are watching us as leaders. They are watching our demonstration. And if we are to support them we must treat them with respect. If we don't, they will leave. Che's policy when asking for help from their community was to always be courteous, considerate, and just. He emphasized that food, supplies, and help from the community should be exchanged for fair compensation. Always. He continues: 'The conduct of the guerrilla fighter will be subject to judgment whenever he approaches a house to ask for something. The inhabitants will draw favorable or unfavorable conclusions about the guerrilla band according to the manner in which any service or food or other necessity is solicited and the methods used to get what is wanted. The explanation by the chief should be detailed about these problems, emphasizing their importance; he should also teach by example.' Call to action: Let's renew our commitment to treat everyone with respect and dignity. Let's lead by example by choosing our words carefully with only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me. While I'm normally on IRC all the time, this last week has been special as I'm migrating machines and devices. Beginning this week I will have a client on 24-7; however, I will be online for a dedicated IRC Office Hour on Oct 9, 1-2pm PDT. I would love to hear your thoughts here or in IRC. All my best, Damon VPE, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactic_%28method%29 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_%28teaching%29 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28book%29 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Rachel diCerbo Director of Community Engagement (Product) Wikimedia Foundation Rdicerb (WMF) https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Rdicerb_%28WMF%29 @a_rachel https://twitter.com/a_rachel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
Hello and welcome, Damon. One thing I've long appreciated about the Wikimedia movement is that it is not political, and indeed the flagship project is explicitly neutral. This distinction has become a little more nuanced as the movement has taken political positions that are congruent with the overall mission, but I think it remains the case that Wikimedians have been able to avoid entanglements with general political issues. This has been especially the case with most deeply controversial and current political debates. So while I agree with your sentiment, that leaders must model values such as courage and integrity, I think it would have been better expressed without the ringing endorsement of Che Guevara. As you say, we should choose our words carefully and ensure that our language is positive and inclusive. This is obviously an area where we can all make progress. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
Here's hoping that the problem of bureaucratic degeneration is addressed by our comrades in San Francisco. Che Guevarra is most illuminating on this matter in his Feb. 1963 article Against Bureaucratism, published in translation by Ocean Press in The Che Reader in 2005. ( https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1963/02/against-bureaucratism.htm) Tim Davenport Corvallis, OR Bureaucratism, obviously, is not the offspring of socialist society, nor is it a necessary component of it. The state bureaucracy existed in the period of bourgeois governments with its retinue of hangers-on and lackeys, as a great number of opportunists — who made up the “court” of the politicians in power — flourished in the shade of the government budget. In a capitalist society, where the entire state apparatus is at the service of the bourgeoisie, the state bureaucracy's importance as a leading body is very small. The main thing is that it be permeable enough to allow opportunists to pass through, yet impenetrable enough to keep the people trapped in its nets. Given the weight of the “original sins” in the old administrative apparatus and the situations created after the triumph of the revolution, the evil of bureaucratism began to develop strongly. If we were to search for its roots today, we would have to add new motives to the old causes, coming up with three fundamental reasons. One is the lack of inner motivation. By this we mean the individual's lack of interest in rendering a service to the state and in overcoming a given situation. It is based on a lack of revolutionary consciousness or, at any rate, on acquiescence in things that are wrong. We can establish a direct and obvious relationship between the lack of inner motivation and the lack of interest in resolving problems. In this case, whether the weakness in ideological motivation is due to an absolute lack of conviction or to a certain dose of desperation in the face of repeated insoluble problems, the individual or group of individuals take refuge in bureaucratism, filling out papers, shirking their responsibility, and establishing a written defense in order to continue vegetating or to protect themselves from the irresponsibility of others. Another cause is the lack of organization. Attempting to destroy “guerrillaism” without sufficient administrative experience has produced dislocations and bottlenecks that unnecessarily curb the flow of information from below, as well as the instructions or orders emanating from the central apparatus. Sometimes, the former or the latter take the wrong course; other times, they are translated into poorly formulated, absurd instructions that contribute even more to the distortion. The lack of organization is fundamentally characterized by the weakness of the methods used to deal with a given situation. We can see examples in the ministries, when attempts are made to solve problems at an inappropriate level or when problems are dealt with through the wrong channels and get lost in the labyrinth of paperwork. Bureaucratism is like a ball and chain weighing down the type of official who is trying as best he can to solve his problem but keeps crashing time and again into the established way of doing things, without finding a solution The third cause, a very important one, is the lack of sufficiently developed technical knowledge to be able to make correct decisions on short notice. Not being able to do this meant we had to gather many experiences of little value and try to draw some conclusion from them. Discussions became endless and no-one had sufficient authority to settle things. After one, two, or more meetings, the problem remained until it resolved itself or until a decision had to be made willy-nilly, no matter how bad it might be. The almost total lack of knowledge, which as I mentioned earlier was made up for by a long series of meetings, led to “meetingitis” — basically a lack of perspective for solving problems. In these cases bureaucratism — the brake that endless paper shuffling and indecision place on society's development — becomes the fate of the bodies affected. These three fundamental causes, one by one or acting together in various combinations, affect the country's entire institutional life to a greater or lesser degree. The time has come to break away from these malignant influences. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 October 2014 20:51, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 10/05/2014 08:24 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: I checked a few of the WMF admin staff who have been employed more than a year, and many dont look likely to reach the 300 threshold, even with wikitech and foundation wikis included. An interesting question, I think, is /whether/ anyone from the Foundation ever voted that would not otherwise have had sufferage from the edits requirement? Pretty sure they have, Marc. It's difficult to tell for certain, because some of the applicable wikis where people might be posting are not included in the SUL grouping (for example, FDC wiki or other non-public wikis, Foundation wiki, etc). It should be 'quite easy' to confirm wrt staff by looking for '(WMF)' and 'office.wikimedia.org' in the raw data, and filtering out any developers with merged changesets. https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/list/290?limit=2000 This is not easy for volunteers because some of the staff usernames are not SUL accounts, dont have links to personal accounts, and userpages dont include names, so sorry for any mistakes made in the following. MRay (WMF) - no SUL account, or account by that name on meta or wmfwiki - 'ray' doesnt appear on wmf:Staff GGrossmeier_(WMF) - no SUL account, but an account by that name does exist on wmfiwki, and belongs to dev Greg Grossmeier, but didnt have merged gerrit patches for that period AFAICS. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:%22Greg+Grossmeier+%253Cgreg%2540wikimedia.org%253E%22,n,z Ldavis (WMF) - SUL account, easily meets community voting criteria LVilla (WMF) - SUL account with a link to personal account 'user:LuisVilla', which from a quick count (I didnt use the eligibility checker tool) to have met either criteria of the 200 total edits or 20 recent edits. Jorm (WMF) - didnt check; quite certain they were eligible one way or another. Sbouterse (WMF), now Siko (WMF), and Seeeko - SUL accounts, achieved the community voting criteria with both staff and personal account. woot! JMathewson (WMF) - SUL account, easily meets community voting criteria KLove (WMF) - SUL account, may have amassed 200 edits across all projects with a few months of employment (I didnt use the eligibility checker tool to confirm this). borderline case; but had she known that she needed a few more edits to be eligible, my guess is she would have done the necessary edits with ease in order to qualify. Gyoung - not a SUL account, but does have SUL accounts GYoung_(WMF) and GayleKaren, but between them doesnt appear to have met the criteria for the 2013 election, but will easily meet the criteria for the 2015 election. Lcarr - not a SUL account, but lots of merged patches. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:%22Lcarr+%253Cgeekgirl%2540gmail.com%253E%22,n,0024c1aff0b9 The other exception is for WMF board members; the easiest way to check those is by username. While scanning the list I saw a few chapter people who voted from [country].wikimedia.org , so it would also be worth checking those to see if they were also eligible on content wikis. If chapterwikis are included in the eligibility counts, then foundationwiki and wikitech (and other WMF public wikis) should also be counted. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library
Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi (WMF)) is joining the Grantmaking department at WMF to lead The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[1], an online resource for Wikipedians to get free access to journal subscriptions. In the last year, TWL has helped nearly 2000 unique users access 3000 accounts of sources like JSTOR, Elsevier, De Gruyter, and Oxford University Press,[2] and is now experimenting with community-run branches in Arabic, German and other languages. Jake will be a full-time contractor with part-time support from Alex Stinson (User:Sadads, User:Astinson (WMF)) for an initial period of six months. They are both working with an amazing volunteer team of Wikipedians guided by Head of Volunteer Coordination (User:Nikkimaria). We're particularly looking forward to seeing how TWL can expand its global (non-English) work, and what it can teach us about the best ways to support some of our top contributors, and improve content on our projects. Many of you know Jake well, but for those who don't: Jake (Ocaasi) is a long time Wikipedian, with two Individual Engagement Grants from us, and he has been on the IEG grants committee for the past two years. Jake works remotely from Philadelphia but is frequently in the Bay Area, especially during long and dark East Coast winters. Alex has been involved for many years with both Education and GLAM outreach. He resides in Kansas where he works on Digital Humanities at Kansas State. You can catch up on all of TWL's new happenings in the latest edition of the Books and Bytes newsletter.[7] We're excited to bring The Wikipedia Library on board and look forward to its growth and evolution! Warmly, Anasuya Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) started editing in 2007 as an ip. Early on he worked on articles about religious groups, political movements, and alternative health. Around 2010 he shifted focus from editing to helping new users, working in the irc-help channel and developing the Plain and Simple guide for New Editors [3] and its COI counterpart [4]. In 2012 Jake began developing projects through the Individual Engagement Grants department at WMF. He built The Wikipedia Adventure,[5] a playful interactive game to onboard new editors. He also began establishing and expanding donation partnerships in The Wikipedia Library to provide free research access to top article contributors. He helps out as a board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation [6] and gives talks about Wikipedia's role in education. Jake grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and studied political theory at Wesleyan, before starting a tutoring company in Colorado. He currently splits his time between coasts, working full-time on Wikipedia projects. His contract with WMF will focus on expanding the number and global reach of Wikipedia Library partnerships. Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) is a 9-year editor with over 80,000 contributions, actively involved in different forms of outreach. He is currently a project manager with the The Wikipedia Library, a long time volunteer with The Wikipedia Education Program, and supporter of GLAM-Wiki outreach. Alex has a Masters degree in English Literature from Kansas State University with research focused on cultural studies and the digital humanities. He works as a digital humanist at K-State, where he helps develop projects and create partnerships with educators and cultural institutions. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library/Renewal/Final [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PANDS [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSCOI [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WPMED [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/August-September2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
John, please explain what your point is here. I mean really, picking on individual people who voted in the election? That's crossing the line, especially as they met the voting eligibility criteria for the election involved, which happened 16 months ago. I expect better from you. If you would like to propose different voting eligibility criteria for future elections, including the one that will take place some time around June 2015, please do so - perhaps consider offering to chair the election committee for next year. But insinuating that some people didn't deserve to vote, or shouldn't have been allowed to vote using a staff account, when that was in the eligibility criteria for many previous elections (not just the 2013 one) is just rude. As best I can tell, there were no concerns expressed in the lead-up the 2013 election about WMF staff having franchise. Risker/Anne On 6 October 2014 22:26, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 October 2014 20:51, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 10/05/2014 08:24 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: I checked a few of the WMF admin staff who have been employed more than a year, and many dont look likely to reach the 300 threshold, even with wikitech and foundation wikis included. An interesting question, I think, is /whether/ anyone from the Foundation ever voted that would not otherwise have had sufferage from the edits requirement? Pretty sure they have, Marc. It's difficult to tell for certain, because some of the applicable wikis where people might be posting are not included in the SUL grouping (for example, FDC wiki or other non-public wikis, Foundation wiki, etc). It should be 'quite easy' to confirm wrt staff by looking for '(WMF)' and 'office.wikimedia.org' in the raw data, and filtering out any developers with merged changesets. https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/list/290?limit=2000 This is not easy for volunteers because some of the staff usernames are not SUL accounts, dont have links to personal accounts, and userpages dont include names, so sorry for any mistakes made in the following. MRay (WMF) - no SUL account, or account by that name on meta or wmfwiki - 'ray' doesnt appear on wmf:Staff GGrossmeier_(WMF) - no SUL account, but an account by that name does exist on wmfiwki, and belongs to dev Greg Grossmeier, but didnt have merged gerrit patches for that period AFAICS. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:%22Greg+Grossmeier+%253Cgreg%2540wikimedia.org%253E%22,n,z Ldavis (WMF) - SUL account, easily meets community voting criteria LVilla (WMF) - SUL account with a link to personal account 'user:LuisVilla', which from a quick count (I didnt use the eligibility checker tool) to have met either criteria of the 200 total edits or 20 recent edits. Jorm (WMF) - didnt check; quite certain they were eligible one way or another. Sbouterse (WMF), now Siko (WMF), and Seeeko - SUL accounts, achieved the community voting criteria with both staff and personal account. woot! JMathewson (WMF) - SUL account, easily meets community voting criteria KLove (WMF) - SUL account, may have amassed 200 edits across all projects with a few months of employment (I didnt use the eligibility checker tool to confirm this). borderline case; but had she known that she needed a few more edits to be eligible, my guess is she would have done the necessary edits with ease in order to qualify. Gyoung - not a SUL account, but does have SUL accounts GYoung_(WMF) and GayleKaren, but between them doesnt appear to have met the criteria for the 2013 election, but will easily meet the criteria for the 2015 election. Lcarr - not a SUL account, but lots of merged patches. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:%22Lcarr+%253Cgeekgirl%2540gmail.com%253E%22,n,0024c1aff0b9 The other exception is for WMF board members; the easiest way to check those is by username. While scanning the list I saw a few chapter people who voted from [country].wikimedia.org , so it would also be worth checking those to see if they were also eligible on content wikis. If chapterwikis are included in the eligibility counts, then foundationwiki and wikitech (and other WMF public wikis) should also be counted. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
On 10/06/2014 11:29 PM, Risker wrote: John, please explain what your point is here. I mean really, picking on individual people who voted in the election? Risked, I don't think Jay had a point beyond answering the question Are there many staffers who vote that wouldn't otherwise have been eligible with a community account by simply looking at the data. My take from his survey is Not very many so it seems eminently reasonable to simplify the criteria. -- Marc ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library
A big big congratulations to Jake! His work is so important to our mission. -Emily On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi (WMF)) is joining the Grantmaking department at WMF to lead The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[1], an online resource for Wikipedians to get free access to journal subscriptions. In the last year, TWL has helped nearly 2000 unique users access 3000 accounts of sources like JSTOR, Elsevier, De Gruyter, and Oxford University Press,[2] and is now experimenting with community-run branches in Arabic, German and other languages. Jake will be a full-time contractor with part-time support from Alex Stinson (User:Sadads, User:Astinson (WMF)) for an initial period of six months. They are both working with an amazing volunteer team of Wikipedians guided by Head of Volunteer Coordination (User:Nikkimaria). We're particularly looking forward to seeing how TWL can expand its global (non-English) work, and what it can teach us about the best ways to support some of our top contributors, and improve content on our projects. Many of you know Jake well, but for those who don't: Jake (Ocaasi) is a long time Wikipedian, with two Individual Engagement Grants from us, and he has been on the IEG grants committee for the past two years. Jake works remotely from Philadelphia but is frequently in the Bay Area, especially during long and dark East Coast winters. Alex has been involved for many years with both Education and GLAM outreach. He resides in Kansas where he works on Digital Humanities at Kansas State. You can catch up on all of TWL's new happenings in the latest edition of the Books and Bytes newsletter.[7] We're excited to bring The Wikipedia Library on board and look forward to its growth and evolution! Warmly, Anasuya Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) started editing in 2007 as an ip. Early on he worked on articles about religious groups, political movements, and alternative health. Around 2010 he shifted focus from editing to helping new users, working in the irc-help channel and developing the Plain and Simple guide for New Editors [3] and its COI counterpart [4]. In 2012 Jake began developing projects through the Individual Engagement Grants department at WMF. He built The Wikipedia Adventure,[5] a playful interactive game to onboard new editors. He also began establishing and expanding donation partnerships in The Wikipedia Library to provide free research access to top article contributors. He helps out as a board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation [6] and gives talks about Wikipedia's role in education. Jake grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and studied political theory at Wesleyan, before starting a tutoring company in Colorado. He currently splits his time between coasts, working full-time on Wikipedia projects. His contract with WMF will focus on expanding the number and global reach of Wikipedia Library partnerships. Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) is a 9-year editor with over 80,000 contributions, actively involved in different forms of outreach. He is currently a project manager with the The Wikipedia Library, a long time volunteer with The Wikipedia Education Program, and supporter of GLAM-Wiki outreach. Alex has a Masters degree in English Literature from Kansas State University with research focused on cultural studies and the digital humanities. He works as a digital humanist at K-State, where he helps develop projects and create partnerships with educators and cultural institutions. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library/Renewal/Final [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PANDS [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSCOI [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WPMED [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/August-September2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library
Congrats buddy. You've earned it Sent from my iPhone On 7 Oct 2014, at 2:40 pm, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: A big big congratulations to Jake! His work is so important to our mission. -Emily On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi (WMF)) is joining the Grantmaking department at WMF to lead The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[1], an online resource for Wikipedians to get free access to journal subscriptions. In the last year, TWL has helped nearly 2000 unique users access 3000 accounts of sources like JSTOR, Elsevier, De Gruyter, and Oxford University Press,[2] and is now experimenting with community-run branches in Arabic, German and other languages. Jake will be a full-time contractor with part-time support from Alex Stinson (User:Sadads, User:Astinson (WMF)) for an initial period of six months. They are both working with an amazing volunteer team of Wikipedians guided by Head of Volunteer Coordination (User:Nikkimaria). We're particularly looking forward to seeing how TWL can expand its global (non-English) work, and what it can teach us about the best ways to support some of our top contributors, and improve content on our projects. Many of you know Jake well, but for those who don't: Jake (Ocaasi) is a long time Wikipedian, with two Individual Engagement Grants from us, and he has been on the IEG grants committee for the past two years. Jake works remotely from Philadelphia but is frequently in the Bay Area, especially during long and dark East Coast winters. Alex has been involved for many years with both Education and GLAM outreach. He resides in Kansas where he works on Digital Humanities at Kansas State. You can catch up on all of TWL's new happenings in the latest edition of the Books and Bytes newsletter.[7] We're excited to bring The Wikipedia Library on board and look forward to its growth and evolution! Warmly, Anasuya Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) started editing in 2007 as an ip. Early on he worked on articles about religious groups, political movements, and alternative health. Around 2010 he shifted focus from editing to helping new users, working in the irc-help channel and developing the Plain and Simple guide for New Editors [3] and its COI counterpart [4]. In 2012 Jake began developing projects through the Individual Engagement Grants department at WMF. He built The Wikipedia Adventure,[5] a playful interactive game to onboard new editors. He also began establishing and expanding donation partnerships in The Wikipedia Library to provide free research access to top article contributors. He helps out as a board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation [6] and gives talks about Wikipedia's role in education. Jake grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and studied political theory at Wesleyan, before starting a tutoring company in Colorado. He currently splits his time between coasts, working full-time on Wikipedia projects. His contract with WMF will focus on expanding the number and global reach of Wikipedia Library partnerships. Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) is a 9-year editor with over 80,000 contributions, actively involved in different forms of outreach. He is currently a project manager with the The Wikipedia Library, a long time volunteer with The Wikipedia Education Program, and supporter of GLAM-Wiki outreach. Alex has a Masters degree in English Literature from Kansas State University with research focused on cultural studies and the digital humanities. He works as a digital humanist at K-State, where he helps develop projects and create partnerships with educators and cultural institutions. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library/Renewal/Final [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PANDS [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSCOI [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WPMED [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/August-September2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action
The community has heard a lot from the WMF about courage, honesty, integrity and leadership – and rather too much of the latter of late: let's remember that the Wikimedia Foundation's values[1] speak of *community-led* projects. ---o0o--- Our community is our biggest asset We are a community-based organization. We must operate with a mix of staff members, and of volunteers, working together to achieve our mission. We support community-led collaborative projects, and must respect the work and the ideas of our community. We must listen and take into account our communities in any decisions taken to achieve our mission. ---o0o--- Instead of peacock statements about courage, integrity etc., it would make a nice change to hear about competence and ability from the WMF, and to see *that* demonstrated, along with a readiness to listen and serve rather than *lead*. [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello and welcome, Damon. One thing I've long appreciated about the Wikimedia movement is that it is not political, and indeed the flagship project is explicitly neutral. This distinction has become a little more nuanced as the movement has taken political positions that are congruent with the overall mission, but I think it remains the case that Wikimedians have been able to avoid entanglements with general political issues. This has been especially the case with most deeply controversial and current political debates. So while I agree with your sentiment, that leaders must model values such as courage and integrity, I think it would have been better expressed without the ringing endorsement of Che Guevara. As you say, we should choose our words carefully and ensure that our language is positive and inclusive. This is obviously an area where we can all make progress. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: John, please explain what your point is here. I mean really, picking on individual people who voted in the election? That's crossing the line, especially as they met the voting eligibility criteria for the election involved, which happened 16 months ago. I expect better from you. My data is exhaustive, picking on _all_ voters (that I could find) who were eligible via the WMF staff criteria or used their WMF staff account to vote, so we can see the utility that criteria had last time. It was in response to Marc asking a question, which I roughly answered. Itzik's initial email said that WMF now has a voting power of 12%, if the 2015 WMF election has the same turnout as last time. IIRC, the WMF voting power for the 2013 election was around 9%. That is enough voting power to control who is on the board. Even only counting the WMF staff who actually voted in 2013, IIRC they had a realised voting power which was able to determine which of three candidates was in slot #2 and #3. I am not suggesting that they voted as a bloc, and do I believe they are the largest potential bloc of voters. As Marc suggests many of those people are also community members who would be eligible due to the community edit count based criteria. I have quantified it to ~5 votes in the 2013 election which used the WMF staff eligibility criteria, which is 0.27% of the 1809 total votes. If you would like to propose different voting eligibility criteria for future elections, including the one that will take place some time around June 2015, please do so I already did that: 50 edits for each year of employment, and be inclusive of all public wikis. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-October/074835.html - perhaps consider offering to chair the election committee for next year. IMO the election must be run by a third party, as happened prior to 2013, by SPI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_in_the_Public_Interest Adequate staff support from WMF is also needed. But insinuating that some people didn't deserve to vote, or shouldn't have been allowed to vote using a staff account, when that was in the eligibility criteria for many previous elections (not just the 2013 one) is just rude. As best I can tell, there were no concerns expressed in the lead-up the 2013 election about WMF staff having franchise. If I am insinuating anything by providing data with a bit of commentary, it is the opposite. Any concerns about a WMF 'staff eligible' criteria voting bloc in 2013 are not well founded, but the list of who voted from a staff account last time strongly suggests very few people would be affected by removing that criteria. Removing the WMF staff criteria does adjust the *potential* voting bloc (213 votes) down to a more palatable number, being only those that are active within the community, which I think is a good thing to do. However as I have said in earlier emails, I would prefer that we refine the criteria such that more of the WMF and affiliate staff boards who are active within the community can vote in 2015. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library
Congratulations, Jake! Please count me in for TWL type of efforts in India and in Indian languages. Cheers, Vishnu On Tuesday 07 October 2014 09:13 AM, Steven Zhang wrote: Congrats buddy. You've earned it Sent from my iPhone On 7 Oct 2014, at 2:40 pm, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: A big big congratulations to Jake! His work is so important to our mission. -Emily On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi (WMF)) is joining the Grantmaking department at WMF to lead The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[1], an online resource for Wikipedians to get free access to journal subscriptions. In the last year, TWL has helped nearly 2000 unique users access 3000 accounts of sources like JSTOR, Elsevier, De Gruyter, and Oxford University Press,[2] and is now experimenting with community-run branches in Arabic, German and other languages. Jake will be a full-time contractor with part-time support from Alex Stinson (User:Sadads, User:Astinson (WMF)) for an initial period of six months. They are both working with an amazing volunteer team of Wikipedians guided by Head of Volunteer Coordination (User:Nikkimaria). We're particularly looking forward to seeing how TWL can expand its global (non-English) work, and what it can teach us about the best ways to support some of our top contributors, and improve content on our projects. Many of you know Jake well, but for those who don't: Jake (Ocaasi) is a long time Wikipedian, with two Individual Engagement Grants from us, and he has been on the IEG grants committee for the past two years. Jake works remotely from Philadelphia but is frequently in the Bay Area, especially during long and dark East Coast winters. Alex has been involved for many years with both Education and GLAM outreach. He resides in Kansas where he works on Digital Humanities at Kansas State. You can catch up on all of TWL's new happenings in the latest edition of the Books and Bytes newsletter.[7] We're excited to bring The Wikipedia Library on board and look forward to its growth and evolution! Warmly, Anasuya Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) started editing in 2007 as an ip. Early on he worked on articles about religious groups, political movements, and alternative health. Around 2010 he shifted focus from editing to helping new users, working in the irc-help channel and developing the Plain and Simple guide for New Editors [3] and its COI counterpart [4]. In 2012 Jake began developing projects through the Individual Engagement Grants department at WMF. He built The Wikipedia Adventure,[5] a playful interactive game to onboard new editors. He also began establishing and expanding donation partnerships in The Wikipedia Library to provide free research access to top article contributors. He helps out as a board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation [6] and gives talks about Wikipedia's role in education. Jake grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and studied political theory at Wesleyan, before starting a tutoring company in Colorado. He currently splits his time between coasts, working full-time on Wikipedia projects. His contract with WMF will focus on expanding the number and global reach of Wikipedia Library partnerships. Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) is a 9-year editor with over 80,000 contributions, actively involved in different forms of outreach. He is currently a project manager with the The Wikipedia Library, a long time volunteer with The Wikipedia Education Program, and supporter of GLAM-Wiki outreach. Alex has a Masters degree in English Literature from Kansas State University with research focused on cultural studies and the digital humanities. He works as a digital humanist at K-State, where he helps develop projects and create partnerships with educators and cultural institutions. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library/Renewal/Final [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PANDS [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSCOI [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WPMED [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/August-September2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library
It's great to hear that this is official, Ocaasi and colleagues. Thanks also to Siko and Anasuya for supporting this. [COI declaration: I'm on IEGCom and I sonewhat passionately believe that we grow the awesome. :) ] Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Phabricator is now open for everyone
Forwarding good news. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org Date: Oct 6, 2014 2:35 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Phabricator is now open for everyone To: Wikimedia developers wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Today we celebrate an important milestone in the Phabricator project: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org is now open to all Wikimedia users! Special thanks go to @chasemp and @mmodell, who lead us to this milestone with their Phabricator expertise. Please get your account and let us know if you find any problems. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Creating_your_account explains how to register and how to claim your fab activity today (and your RT and Bugzilla activity in the future). You are invited to participate in existing projects. Creation of new projects is closed until the completion of the Bugzilla migration -- see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Requesting_a_new_project NEXT STEPS We will set up a separate Phabricator instance containing a sample of Bugzilla reports imported automatically, for your delight and criticism. After this instance is announced, we will leave at least one week for community feedback before deciding the next steps. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator#Migration_timeline -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil ___ Wikitech-l mailing list wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
