Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board

[Oona Castro]

Hey, Wikimedia Portugal, good news! Happy to read them.
Also, congratulations for WikiLovesEarth contest. Beautiful photos there!

Oona

2015-07-09 14:49 GMT-03:00 Vinicius Siqueira :

> Congratulations to our friends from Portugal! We are very happy to hear
> such good news. The best wishes from the Brazilian User Group.
>
> On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Salvador A  wrote:
>
> > Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move
> > forward.
> >
> > We are waiting to hear more from you in the future.
> >
> > Best!
> > El jul 8, 2015 2:35 a.m., "Joao Miguel Vasconcelos" <
> > mvasconcell...@gmail.com > escribió:
> >
> > > Dear members of the international Wikimedia Community,
> > >
> > >
> > > I would like to announce that Wikimedia Portugal’s General Assembly has
> > > elected a Board, as well as other statutory positions.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Board is now comprised of:
> > >
> > > João Vasconcelos – President
> > >
> > > André Barbosa – Vice President
> > >
> > > Cristina Couto Soares – Secretary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The official posts are compliant with legal requirements of Wikimedia
> > > Portugal, as a legal entity. However, according to an internal
> regulation
> > > change, the activity of Wikimedia Portugal will be coordinated without
> a
> > > hierarchical structure, with neither fixed positions nor formal
> > > responsibilities.
> > >
> > > Members are able to form temporary working groups for specific projects
> > > and to collaborate in areas such as: Coordination, Outreach,
> > > Communications, Computing activities, Treasury, Fund-raising and other
> > > actions.
> > >
> > > Main coordination of activities will be made through an online
> > > collaborative platform, which enables communication between members,
> such
> > > as organizing tasks.  I’ll oversee these activities as executive
> > > coordinator.
> > >
> > > This platform should be publicly accessible for the purposes of
> > > transparency, visibility of activities, and to encourage new members to
> > > participate in the Chapter activities.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Joao
> > > --
> > > Joao Vasconcelos
> > > *Wikimedia Portugal*
> > >
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania 2015] WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania 2015

[Cornelius Kibelka]

sorry for crossposting, but not everyone is subscribed to Wikimania-l ;)
---

Hello, hello,

for those who might haven't seen it:

Tomorrow (Thursday) I'm organising a follow-up day for topics discussed at
the Wikimedia Conference between 10:00 and 16:00. We will have six
sessions, each 90 min long.

The topics are:
* Ideas for a Movement Roles Consultation
* Volunteer Support
* Global Advocacy Strategy
* International External Fundraising
* Processes of Partnerships
* Wikimedia Conference formats

There is no registration needed, just come along!
You can find all the information here:
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day

PLEASE NOTE:
The WMCON Follow-Up Day will take place in the Fiesta Inn Hotel (NOT in the
HIlton). The Fiesta Inn Hotel is right next to the Hilton Hotel. You have
to take the elevator to the Lobby, there you'll find the rooms C+D.

If you have questions or remarks, don't hesitate to contact me. My Mexican
phone number is 55 3199 1989.

Best regards
Cornelius

-- 
Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.


-- 
Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia

[Jane Darnell]

Yaroslav, I agree with the second part but disagree with the first part. I
think there is still lots and lots of low-hanging fruit, but because we
tightened up policies to only include new articles with links to digitized
and paper sources, we demand higher skills of Wikipedian editors. The
threshold of entry for editors has become higher, but certainly not
difficult. I think we still need to explore ways to empower new editors to
give them the feeling that their contributions are both valued and needed.
Jane

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter 
wrote:

> On 2015-07-15 06:47, Pine W wrote:
>
>> I agree that finding correct, accurate, current, and NPOV information can
>> be a challenging task, and media literacy is an important skill these
>> days.
>> Good research tasks today go beyond the goal of finding just any book,
>> magazine, journal or webpage that asserts a certain fact.
>>
>> Pine
>> ___
>>
>
> And actually we are already at the stage where these skills become in
> dispensable for anyone who wants to successfully contribute to Wikipedia.
> With a very few exceptions (recent sporting results etc) all low-hanging
> fruit is gone, and one needs to have access to digitized and paper sources,
> have skills in understanding these sources, and often have some language
> skills since many needed sources are not in English.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland - Fundraising Report

[Tobias Schumann]

Hi Pine and all,

to follow up you're question: We've just posted the learning pattern
distilled from our WMDE Fundraising Report. You can find it here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Developing_strong_relationships_with_donors_-_more_than_communication_via_banners


Cheers,
Tobias


2015-05-12 9:37 GMT+02:00 Till Mletzko :

> Hi Pine,
>
> Thanks for the pointer. We will do so shortly after the WMCON.
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 11.05.2015 um 20:35 schrieb Pine W:
> >
> > Hi Till, thanks very much. Would you please document these good
> > fundraising practices in the Learning Patterns Library?
> >
> > Pine
> >
> > On May 11, 2015 2:12 AM, "Till Mletzko"  > > wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We just released our new WMDE fundraising report. See the detailed
> > report here:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/Chapters/WMDE_2014_Report
> >
> > There is also an executive summary of the report on the movement
> blog:
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/08/fundraising-made-in-germany/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Till
> >
> > *_Executive Summary_*
> > From € 700,00 to € 8,200,000 in less than five years. That is an
> > astonishing development. But fundraising is not just about money.
> >
> > Fundraising at Wikimedia Deutschland, and across the entire Wikimedia
> > movement, not only helps us achieve financial goals, it also helps
> > raise
> > awareness for our mission. We reach several million people each day
> > during our fundraising campaign in Germany, making ours the most
> > successful online campaign in the country. With the help of a
> > systematic
> > strategy and comprehensive A/B tests, we have managed to increase our
> > annual fundraising campaign revenue by more than ten times in just
> > five
> > years. This success is the result of a data-driven approach that
> > focuses
> > primarily on donors and their behavior.
> >
> > This Fundraising Report reviews the findings gathered from our latest
> > campaign and assesses how our work has developed over recent years.
> > Thanks to extensive A/B tests and the technical infrastructure that
> we
> > have built up over the years, we are constantly and systematically
> > collecting data and insights. This allows us to analyze the
> > behavior and
> > payment methods of donors, which in turn helps us to plan and
> > continually improve our campaigns. We have identified five main
> > factors
> > that contribute towards fundraising success at Wikimedia Deutschland,
> > and this report discusses them in detail.
> >
> > *Five factors of successful banners*
> >
> > 1. Relevance: No association, no donation. Our results show that a
> > personal appeal in banners, the use of key words, and particularly
> > references to current events make our appeals more relevant and
> > therefore more persuasive to potential donors.
> >
> > 2. Visibility is something one has to fight hard for. The time span
> we
> > have in which to draw attention to our message is very short. This
> > Fundraising Report presents findings relating to when is the best
> time
> > for the banner to appear and analyzes various design decisions,
> > including color scheme.
> >
> > 3. Closer to the reader: If there is one thing that the entire
> > donation
> > process should be–from reading the appeal through to completing a
> > donation – it’s straightforward. The fewer clicks required, the
> > better.
> > This fact is nothing new, and it certainly does not only apply to us,
> > but this report will explain the concrete application of this
> > knowledge
> > in the creation of successful banners.
> >
> > 4. Donation obstacles should be kept to a minimum. Two findings in
> > particular have emerged from our previous years’ work: Firstly,
> > including suggested donation amounts on the banner has proven to
> > provide
> > effective guidance for donors. The lower the sum, the higher the
> > number
> > of people who donate–and the overall success of a campaign is greater
> > when more donors give smaller amounts. Secondly, the option to donate
> > anonymously is very important to many donors.
> >
> > 5. Raising the campaign profile: It pays to communicate fundraising
> > goals and show the progress of donations. In 2014 in particular we
> saw
> > how effective the creation of dramatic moments within a campaign
> > can be.
> > This report also touches on a surprising topic: the principle of
> > “social
> > proof” demonstrates how the behavior of a group can motivate others
> to
> > act in the same way, yet Wikimedia Deutschland’s fundraising campaign
> > made good use of the reverse of this effect.
> >
> > Looking back, the five factors all played a crucial rol

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia

[Jane Darnell]

I don't think there is anything to fear at all and I am also not sad to see
the encyclopedias go the way of LP's. Goodbye and good riddance. I have
always been addicted to reading and get annoyed in the bus when it moves
too fast for me to read something I see outside somewhere. As a child I
always read the encyclopedia entries before and after the one I was looking
up. Big time-waster. Today I am a huge fan of CTL-F (or Apple-F for you
apple-eaters). In this film they look up the entry on reading which
apparently has many meanings. When I look it up in the 1911 encyclopedia
today I only see one entry (for a place, not the activity). On the English
Wikipedia, this is a rather long disambiguation page today. The information
found there is not something that big media and publishing companies put
there - it is the result of lots of humble wikipedian-worker-bees over the
course of several years. Off the top of my head just glancing at the list I
feel certain it is far from complete (where's poetry reading?). Wikipedia
is here to stay, long live Wikipedia!

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/RAY_RHU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <
emi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It is interesting to see the reactions, but it just shows the change in how
> information is saved, disseminated and consumed, from analog to digital
> medium.
>
> I am more worried about how many encyclopedias have closed in the last
> years. We are moving to a world where Wikipedia is the de facto
> encyclopedia. This have evolved faster than the concentration of media
> ownership,[1] and it is dangerous in my opinion. Furthermore, references
> are links to published works, and who decides what is published or not? The
> big media and publishing companies.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership
>
> 2015-07-14 22:22 GMT+02:00 Renata St :
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed
> > encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuM&noredirect=1
> >
> > It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia.
> >
> > These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew
> up
> > with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed
> > encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the
> > frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes
> only
> > to find minimal information ("stub") or, worse yet, nothing on the topic.
> > And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not
> > satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so
> > when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information
> was
> > seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds.
> > And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of
> having
> > the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my
> > heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy
> > story (yes, I am a geek).
> >
> > Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know
> how
> > precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit
> > Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad.
> >
> > Renata
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia

[Emilio J . Rodríguez-Posada]

It is interesting to see the reactions, but it just shows the change in how
information is saved, disseminated and consumed, from analog to digital
medium.

I am more worried about how many encyclopedias have closed in the last
years. We are moving to a world where Wikipedia is the de facto
encyclopedia. This have evolved faster than the concentration of media
ownership,[1] and it is dangerous in my opinion. Furthermore, references
are links to published works, and who decides what is published or not? The
big media and publishing companies.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership

2015-07-14 22:22 GMT+02:00 Renata St :

> Hi.
>
> So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed
> encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuM&noredirect=1
>
> It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia.
>
> These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up
> with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed
> encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the
> frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only
> to find minimal information ("stub") or, worse yet, nothing on the topic.
> And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not
> satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so
> when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was
> seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds.
> And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having
> the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my
> heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy
> story (yes, I am a geek).
>
> Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how
> precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit
> Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad.
>
> Renata
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia

[Anders Wennersten]

Oh, the encyclopedias in books, my childhood love and betrayed love!

I read encyclopedias as other read comic books, and even read books like 
statistical yearbooks, table per table


And my sense of betrayal when I learnt that wile I thought I had learned 
knowledge I instead had in way learned misinformation.


When Sputnik appeared and the space race around 1960, my books had no 
info later the 1949 and not a word of Russia being in the race. And 
having read about races and "negroes", probably state of the art when 
written in 1930-ies, I did not got knowledge that was valid even in the 
early 1960.


And how they quelled my curiosity. When did the population of New York 
surpass that of London? All my books could not answer that, only giving 
sizes for a specific year.


After my love for encyclopedias ended in frustration when I was i my 
high-teens, I have regained it now with Wikipedia. Here the info is 
updated, if he topic is controversial you can read of it and that it is. 
And how easy it is to find answers coming from many different sources.


So the skill of looking up things in written books may have gone down, 
but the support to satisfy curiosity have grown exponentially.


And is not what it is all about. to proved knowledge to grow curiosity 
in all mankind?


Anders




Renata St skrev den 2015-07-14 22:22:

Hi.

So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed
encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuM&noredirect=1

It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia.

These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up
with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed
encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the
frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only
to find minimal information ("stub") or, worse yet, nothing on the topic.
And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not
satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so
when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was
seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds.
And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having
the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my
heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy
story (yes, I am a geek).

Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how
precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit
Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad.

Renata
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On 2015-07-15 06:47, Pine W wrote:
I agree that finding correct, accurate, current, and NPOV information 
can
be a challenging task, and media literacy is an important skill these 
days.

Good research tasks today go beyond the goal of finding just any book,
magazine, journal or webpage that asserts a certain fact.

Pine
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And actually we are already at the stage where these skills become in 
dispensable for anyone who wants to successfully contribute to 
Wikipedia. With a very few exceptions (recent sporting results etc) all 
low-hanging fruit is gone, and one needs to have access to digitized and 
paper sources, have skills in understanding these sources, and often 
have some language skills since many needed sources are not in English.


Cheers
Yaroslav

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