[GLAM] What does a healthy community look like to you?

[Maria Cruz]

Hi all,
(sorry for cross-posting)
The Community Engagement department has launched a new learning campaign[1]
to gather community impressions about what makes a healthy community
online. Users can contribute by answering one of six questions[2] or
submitting a drawing.

*Why take part in this campaign?*
The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As
the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to
bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate
online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are
Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other
learn? Share your views on this matter that affects us all!

We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia
Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those
participants who are eligible.

As many of you might be working to bring other knowledge communities to the
Wikimedia movement (like museums, libraries, archives, schools and
universities, etc), I think your views as liaisons of the wiki universe
will make the conversation very rich  =)

*Go to campaign page.*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign

Happy editing!




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[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign/Questions


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Re: [GLAM] New learning pattern on GLAM Partnerships

[Maria Cruz]

Hi Barbara,
thanks for sharing WMDE experience in this way! =)



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On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Barbara Fischer <
barbara.fisc...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Deutsche Übersetzung weiter unten!
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> we are very proud to present to you another addition to the learning
> pattern library. This time, the WMDE GLAM team wrote about ways to
> establish a successful GLAM partnerships. The learning pattern contains a
> useful checklist with tips on what to watch out for and what to avoid when
> beginning to form a partnership with a GLAM institution. It's already
> published in both English and German.
>
> We are curious to read your feed back and would like you to share your
> experience. Leave a post on the talk page.
>
> English: Towards a Successful GLAM Partnership
> 
> Deutsch: Auf zur erfolgreichen GLAM-Partnerschaft!
> 
> Both versions can also be found in the GLAM-Outreach Wiki
> 
> .
>
> And a big shout-out to Cornelius, who had the initial idea for this
> learning pattern.
>
> Thanks to everyone who worked on this one!
>
>
> Liebe Listenleser,
>
> in dem Format der Learning Patterns hat das WMDE GLAM Team 3 Tipps auf dem
> Weg zu einer erfolgreichen GLAM Partnerschaft zusammengetragen.  Und hier
> veröffentlicht:
> Englisch: Towards a Successful GLAM Partnership
> 
> Deutsch: Auf zur erfolgreichen GLAM-Partnerschaft!
> 
>
> Bitte kommentiert und teilt Eure Erfahrungen mit uns auf der
> Diskussionsseite.
>
> Unser spezieller Dank geht an Cornelius, der die Idee dazu hatte.
>
> Herzlich
>
> Barbara Fischer
> Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften
> twitter: @fischerdata
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> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-(0)44
>
> http://wikimedia.de
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[GLAM] 2016 State of the Commons: Call for submissions

[Maria Cruz]

Hi all,
As you may know, since 2014 Creative Commons has published an annual State
of the Commons Report *[1]* that tracks the growth of CC-licensed works on
the Commons.

The report has a double focus:
- Quantitative. Report on growth of CC-licensed content for year-over year
comparisons.
- Qualitative. They want to focus on short, digestible impact stories tied
to real creators around the world, in order to surface vibrance and
usability of the commons and its contributors.

I thought this was a great opportunity for Wikimedians in the GLAM-wiki
realm to share your stories and shine =)

The deadline for this call is October 31. Please find more information in
the link here: https://creativecommons.org/2016/10/04/2016-state-
commons-call-submissions/

... and let me know if you are inspired to contribute!

Best,



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*[1]* http://stateof.creativecommons.org/
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Re: [GLAM] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center

[Maria Cruz]

Hi all,

Last January we announced the roll out of the Wikimedia Resource Center,
[1] a hub intended as a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over the
world to the variety of resources and types of Wikimedia Foundation staff
support they may need to develop new initiatives or expand existing ones.
The Wikimedia Resource Center’s beta version is now live on Meta Wikimedia:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center

The redesign of the hub was informed by user-testing sessions at the
Wikimedia Conference 2017 in Berlin and feedback gathered on the talk page
of the hub. We have ordered resources by user types to make them easier to
navigate, and now all Wikimedians can add resources developed by
themselves, other individuals or organizations to the hub. The next step
for the Wikimedia Resource Center is to include features that will enable
Wikimedians to better connect with other Wikimedians that can support them.


We are currently performing more testing and working to incorporate a link
to the Wikimedia Resource Center from different community spaces, and it
will be presented at Wikimania 2017 in Montréal. If you are interested in
taking part in this conversation, please contact me, and if you are coming
to Wikimania, join our session [2] to discuss how we best learn from each
other in the Wikimedia movement.

We want to hear what you think about this new version and would like to
also invite you to submit your comments about it privately, via direct
email to me, or publicly on the talk page.

We’d like to thank Nirzar Pangarkar, Carolyn Li-Madeo and Volker Eckl,key
allies in bringing the new design to life, for all their support in this
project! Also a shout-out goes to James Hare, our technical design intern,
who has done great work of processing all the documentation on the WRC,
understanding its history and goal, and creating amicable interfaces for
contributors.

We are looking forward to more collaborations!

Best,

María



[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-January/085982.html

[2]
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_not_to_reinvent_the_wheel:_learning_from_others_in_the_Wikimedia_movement




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On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Maria Cruz <mc...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members
> must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation
> activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to
> create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center,
> and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center
>
> As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic
> activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience
> in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order
> to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to
> resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia
> Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is
> intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over
> the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may
> need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones.
>
> This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two
> of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources
> developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource
> Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include
> features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can
> support them.
>
> We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it!
> If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit
> your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted
> by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete.
> A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub.
>
> Looking forward to more collaborations!
>
> Best,
>
> María
>
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> Annual_Plan/2016-2017/draft#Program_3:_Develop_capacity-
> building_tools_and_resources_for_core_Wikimedia_programs
> --
> María Cruz
> Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement
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[GLAM] Women in the Wikimedia movement: Conversations with communities

[Maria Cruz]

Hi everyone,

In honour of Women’s History Month, the Community Engagement department is
hosting a series of conversations with community members about Women in the
Wikimedia movement
,
and what their experience is like contributing to our projects.

Our conversations will focus on women within three strategic areas of our
work: Programs, Technical Spaces, and Leadership positions. Each
conversation will have two community members presenting on their work, and
15-20 minutes at the end for conversation, follow up questions, and
discussion. The goal of these discussions is to foster understanding of
challenges and inequalities that women face throughout our movement, and to
engage with our communities to help better address them.

These conversations will be online events, streamed on YouTube, and hosted
on BlueJeans. If you would like to participate in these events, please add
the event to your calendar, or sign up on wiki:

   -

   Women in Wikimedia programs: Thursday, March 8, 2018, 17:00 UTC (add to
   calendar
   
)
   (sign up on wiki
   

   )

Presenters: Monika Sengul-Jones (OCLC Wikipedian in Residence) and Luisina
Ferrante (Wikimedia Argentina education coordinator).

   -

   Women in leadership: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 19:00 UTC (add to
   calendar
   
)
   (sign up on wiki
   

   )

Presenters: Mervat Salman (Wiki Arabia 2015 organizer) and Natalia
Szafran-Kozakowska (CEE Spring coordinator, and Polish Wikipedia sysop)

   -

   Women in technical spaces: Wednesday, March 21st, 15:00 UTC (add to
   calendar
   
)
   (sign up on wiki
   

   )

Presenters: Josephine Lim (Mediawiki contributor) and Ciell (organizer of
all-women hackathon in the Netherlands).


If you find this conversation series interesting, I would greatly
appreciate your support spreading the word. Please feel free to invite
anyone you think might have something to add to the conversations.

I look forward to seeing many of you online!

Best,

María



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[GLAM] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations

[Maria Cruz]

Hello everyone,

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

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

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

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

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

See you at Wikimedia Space!

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