[Wikimedia-l] Program Submissions Deadline & Reminder of Open Scholarship Program

[Winnie kabintie]

Hello Hello!

We are pleased with the program submissions, for Wikimania 2021, that have
come through so far and even the planning discussions we’ve seen going on
in various groups.

SUBMISSION PROPOSALS DEADLINE APPROACHING: The deadline to submit your
proposals is approaching rapidly, Friday, 18th June, 12am PST and we would
not like to see anyone locked out. Please make sure you submit your session
proposals  for the
first ever virtual Wikimania.

Office Hours

Thank you to everyone who has joined the Submission Office Hours we’ve had
last week. We have one more this week on 15th June at 12:00 UTC
. More Office Hours
around Wikimania 2021 will become available soon… Stay tuned.

Scholarships Program Now Open

As announced last week, the scholarship program is now open until 30th
July. This year, scholarships will only be issued to Affiliates, who will
then distribute to their respective community members.

Read More about the Scholarship Program for Wikimania 2021
 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021/Scholarships)


Best Wishes,

Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

[temp3600.wiki--- via Wikimedia-l]

Would you like to present at wikimania 2021 (an online event) from the 13th to 
17th of August 2021? Wikimania is still accepting research proposals.

Temp3600
(Wikimedia Hong Kong Community Group)
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[Wikimedia-l] Update on Croatian Wikipedia evaluation

[Xeno (Jack)]

Hello,

This message is a follow-up to the 2021 April meeting of Arbitration
Committee members and other functionaries [1] from many Wikimedia projects.
During that meeting, there was a presentation and discussion about Croatian
Wikipedia and the challenges faced by that project. The discussion was
informed by a recent evaluation the Wikimedia Foundation commissioned to
better understand current and past challenges of Croatian Wikipedia. The
decision to conduct the evaluation was a result of the significant and
ongoing community concerns raised on Meta and elsewhere.

The summary of the evaluation is now available on Meta [2] and the full
report is available on Commons [3]. These documents also describe
significant changes that were implemented by the local and global community
since that meeting.

Ongoing round-table sessions [4] and the upcoming functionary meetings in
June and July [5] may include discussions about the broader recommendations
made in this report.

We welcome community members interested in discussing these topics to
attend.

Thank you,

-Xeno (WMF)

Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Functionary_consultations/April_2021


[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Croatian_Wikipedia_Disinformation_Assessment-2021

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Croatian_WP_Disinformation_Assessment_-_Final_Report_EN.pdf
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/2021_consultations/Roundtable_discussions
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Functionary_consultations/June_and_July_2021

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Update on Croatian Wikipedia evaluation

[Andreas Kolbe]

Hi Xeno,

Thanks. Good to see that an effort has finally been made to address this.

Andreas

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 8:27 PM Xeno (Jack)  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This message is a follow-up to the 2021 April meeting of Arbitration
> Committee members and other functionaries [1] from many Wikimedia projects.
> During that meeting, there was a presentation and discussion about Croatian
> Wikipedia and the challenges faced by that project. The discussion was
> informed by a recent evaluation the Wikimedia Foundation commissioned to
> better understand current and past challenges of Croatian Wikipedia. The
> decision to conduct the evaluation was a result of the significant and
> ongoing community concerns raised on Meta and elsewhere.
>
> The summary of the evaluation is now available on Meta [2] and the full
> report is available on Commons [3]. These documents also describe
> significant changes that were implemented by the local and global community
> since that meeting.
>
> Ongoing round-table sessions [4] and the upcoming functionary meetings in
> June and July [5] may include discussions about the broader recommendations
> made in this report.
>
> We welcome community members interested in discussing these topics to
> attend.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Xeno (WMF)
>
> Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Functionary_consultations/April_2021
> 
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Croatian_Wikipedia_Disinformation_Assessment-2021
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Croatian_WP_Disinformation_Assessment_-_Final_Report_EN.pdf
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/2021_consultations/Roundtable_discussions
> [5]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Functionary_consultations/June_and_July_2021
>
> 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Update on Croatian Wikipedia evaluation

[Željko Blaće]

Thank you for publishing this, but in all honesty it feels as a bit
too little too late.

After a quick reading of the summary I am somewhat disappointed that
the investigation commissioned by WMF was so reductive in presenting
the complexity of the situation (it is not all about the language) and
keeping it content centric *(with very few people/social centric
observations). WMF also did not reflect on more than a decade of
itself being a more-less passive observer (if even observer) of
frustrations of contributors to Wikipedia in Croatian language*
(calling it Croatian Wikipedia is a part of the problem as it adds to
the nation-state perception of Wikipedia). In this decade aspirations
with UCoC makes me wonder how WMF's lack of action would pass here?

For Wikipedians who spent over a decade asking for help *(many have
burned out and will not return even now that situation is better) it
would likely be useful to hear some kind of a sign of apology for the
lack of interest, oversight and support on the WMF side. As for the
recommendations presented, these at best may be well intended but also
seem fairly technocratic in approach and naive at what the capacities
and conditions of work are in the wider context and in the project
itself.

Best Z. Blace
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sharing more details about the Equity Fund

[Lisa Gruwell]

Thank you to those who attended our Equity Fund Office Hours. We had a
small turnout with about three people attending the second session (evening
UTC) earlier today to speak with the Equity Fund Committee and learn more
about the fund. It was a constructive conversation and we learned of some
particular challenges in India that are barriers for participation in our
projects. We are adding the questions that were asked and the answers in
the Knowledge Equity Fund FAQ
.
Thank you to those who attended.

My 2 cents on some of the points in this thread:


   1.

   Definitely complete the form, Sam!  Those projects seem very interesting
   and definitely worthy of exploration for this.  Thank you for sharing them.
   2.

   We want to be clear:  This fund is insufficient to solve the problems
   with Knowledge Inequity as it relates to race.  We are aiming to make
   progress and work with others who also advance this work.
   3.

   Knowledge Equity is a central part of the 2030 Strategic Direction and
   our donors were included in the conversations that got us there. They very
   much want equity to guide our work. Last year, Katherine and Janeen
   published a very clear stand on racial justice
   

   that led to this fund.  While we can’t mention every WMF program in the
   space of a banner, we do include more information about WMF
programs in the donor
   FAQ  which is
   linked on every banner with more links to our plans, annual reports,
   announcements and more detail regarding our programs.  In terms of the
   Knowledge Equity Fund, we announced it in the press release
   

   that we posted for Wikipedia’s 20th birthday in January in seven
   languages.  It is also in our 2019-2020 fiscal year Audit Report
   .   More
   information on the Knowledge Equity Fund
    is now on meta.
   We look forward to sharing more information about the Fund’s progress with
   the community and donors alike later this summer.
   4.

   To clarify, this is not a $4.5 million grant to Tides Advocacy for their
   programs around racial inequity. Instead, the Equity Fund Committee
   

   sets the direction of the fund, identifies grantees and submits them to
   Tides for review and administration. The Equity Fund Committee is
   identifying grantees that fit in the five focus areas
   
   to address racial inequity and free knowledge, and will benefit the
   Wikimedia movement.


Thanks again for the questions and suggestions. We welcome any follow-up or
additional questions on the Talk page

.

Best,

Lisa


On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 9:17 AM Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Hi Lisa and all,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Laudable though the goals of the Knowledge Equity Fund surely are, you
> seem to be saying that you gave $4.5 million – which readers presumably
> donated because they thought you were struggling to have enough money to
> keep Wikipedia up and running – to Tides Advocacy for the kind of
> "dismantling inequities" work that Tides Advocacy does anyway.[1]
>
> If donors had wanted to support Tides Advocacy's racial equity work,
> surely they could have donated to that organisation in the first place?
>
> Have you announced – or will you announce – this redirection of funds to
> the public, complete with an explanation of how this decision came about
> (i.e. as a result of last year's underspend, as described in your mail last
> December)?[2] At the time of writing, a Google search is unable to locate a
> related Wikimedia blog post or press release.
>
> Without such a public communication, donors will not even be aware that
> money they gave in response to banners asking for donations "to protect
> Wikipedia's independence" etc. is now going to be used for a different
> purpose altogether, one that is expressly outside of the scope of the
> conventional Wikimedia community grants that they might reasonably have
> expected their money to be used for.[3]
>
> Moreover, at some point, Wikipedia readers will no doubt be asked to
> donate another $4.5 million to meet expenses these funds could have covered
> (such as the most recent $5 million WMF donation to the endowment).
>
> Do you agree donors should be told?
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
> [1] https://tidesadvocacy.org
> [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] Australian prejury finishes June 30

[Margaret Donald]

Dear wikimedians
who have been so kind as to help us with our prejury.
This is a note to remind you that our prejudging finishes on June 30, so
there are just 15 days to finish rating our entries.

If you are minded to complete the task, I would suggest you just zoom
through,  grading on the image only and without concern as to whether
images satisfy competition requirements, as that issue has largely been
dealt with.)

Thank you again for all your help.
Regards,
Margaret
(wikimedian volunteer)
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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Australian prejury finishes June 30

[Margaret Donald]

Dear wikimedians
who have been so kind as to help us with our prejury.
This is a note to remind you that our prejudging finishes on June 30, so
there are just 15 days to finish rating our entries.
The Australian landing page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2021_in_Australia
The Australian pre-jury tool:
https://voting-australia.wikilovesearth.de/prejury/index.php

If you are minded to complete the task, I would suggest you just zoom
through,  grading on the image only and without concern as to whether
images satisfy competition requirements, as that issue has largely been
dealt with.)

(Sorry to send this twice, but I forgot to put in the urls)

Thank you again for all your help.
Regards,
Margaret
(wikimedian volunteer)
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[Wikimedia-l] A third try: Australian prejury finishes June 30

[Margaret Donald]

Dear wikimedians
who have been so kind as to help us with our prejury.
This is a note to remind you that our prejudging finishes on June 30, so
there are just 15 days to finish rating our entries.
The Australian landing page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2021_in_Australia
The Australian pre-jury tool:
https://voting-australia.wikilovesearth.de/prejury/index.php

If you are minded to complete the task, I would suggest you just zoom
through,  grading on the image only and without concern as to whether
images satisfy competition requirements, as that issue has largely been
dealt with.)

(Sorry to send this thrice, but I forgot to put in the urls)

Thank you again for all your help.
Regards,
Margaret
(wikimedian volunteer)
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