[Wikimedia-l] Seeking members for a paid translation experiment

[Gregory Varnum]

Hello!

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking community members to join a new
“Organization communications translators" group.

We are looking for 3–5 translators in each of the target languages (Arabic,
Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish) to join an experiment for
paid translations which we project will last for the remainder of 2019.

This is an experimental translation model we are testing for Wikimedia
Foundation materials primarily used in external communications (such as the
Foundation's website, transparency report, and organizational policies).
These tend to be much longer than materials we generally seek translations
for, and with more stringent requirements on languages, quality, and
timeline. We have heard that for translations of this nature, fair paid
compensation is often necessary, so we have designed this trial around
lengthy organizational-message oriented materials. We are asking
translators to be responsible for the translations in a way that we simply
can not ask of volunteers.

This model was developed based on experiences with past translation efforts
and feedback from community translators, affiliates, and staff within the
Foundation. It is not a replacement for any existing translation work, and
will not be utilized for things like project content, newsletters, or
fundraising materials (as those have existing translation models in place).

We will be testing this model out over the coming months, and will make
changes based on feedback and what we learn. We may also be making changes
to things like the pay model and process before the model is implemented as
we collect additional feedback from applicants and others within the
movement.

For more information, please visit this Meta-Wiki page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Organization_communications_translators_group

Individuals interested in participating should contact Gregory Varnum (
gvar...@wikimedia.org) in the Wikimedia Foundation Communications
department by 16 May 2019 and provide:
1. On-wiki username
2. Languages which you have high proficiency in and are interested in doing
translations for (must include at least one of the target languages)
3. Examples of past translation activities (can be links to wiki pages you
have translated)
4. A brief statement on how you manage quality when translating
5. A brief statement sharing why you are interested in participating in
this experiment
6. Acknowledgement that this model is an experiment, subject to change,
does not apply to all content produced by the Foundation, and requires
translators to assume responsibility for the accuracy and quality of their
translations

Thank you!
-greg

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Gregory Varnum (pronouns - he/his/him)

Communications Strategist

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] VideoWiki Tool

[James Heilman]

Hey All

The videowiki tool for making video summaries has moved to an "all on
Wikipedia" functionality.

Step-by-step instructions on how to use it are here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Tutorial

An example video is here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Polio

And a place to play around with the tool is here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Sandbox

Well it works there is still a lot of stuff to improve within the tool.
Feedback appreciated. Best
-- 
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse - applications still open until May 12!

[Nick Wilson (Quiddity)]

(Reposting with fixed links)

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 6:56 PM Melissa Guadalupe Huertas <
mguadal...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hola everyone!
>
> Sorry in advance for cross-posting. As many of you are aware, last April
> 5th the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation announced the launch of
> the Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse (https://w.wiki/385). The W&E
> Greenhouse is a
> fully immersive co-learning experience that lasts 9 months and is designed
> for emerging education leaders in our movement who believe in the value of
> Wikimedia projects in education. It will equip participants with the
> skills, knowledge, and support to bring their ideas to life and scale them
> into high-impact education initiatives in their community.
>
> The W&E Greenhouse has two modalities of participation: as a team (
> https://w.wiki/3A$) and as an individual(https://w.wiki/3NY). Applying as
> a team means that
> you present an idea for an education project you want to develop in your
> local community. One team will be selected to receive seed funding for
> their project, on-site mentoring from WMF staff, and access to a free
> project management online course. Applying as an individual means
> completing a short form expressing your interest and motivation, and this
> will give you access to the free online course.
>
> So far we have received 1 team application and over 60 individual
> applications from all over the world. Additionally, we have a great team of
> experienced Wikimedia education leaders collaborating in the development of
> this initiative. There are still two weeks left to apply (deadline is May
> 12) and we are very excited to keep reading about the amazing education
> projects you want to develop! We have prepared some additional resources to
> support applications during these final weeks and we have compiled them
> into this slideshow (https://w.wiki/3NZ), including a short video guide
> for team
> applications.
>
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Melissa
> Guadalupe Huertas via email: mguadal...@wikimedia.org. We appreciate you
> sharing this among your networks and we look forward to reading more
> applications.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --
> *Melissa Guadalupe Huertas*
> Wikimedia Foundation | Education Program Officer
> mguadal...@wikimedia.org
> user: MGuadalupe (WMF)
> Check out our newsletter: This Month in Education
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Spaces and call for submissions for Wikimania 2019 Stockholm

[Ad Huikeshoven]

Hi Liam,

This looks great!

Ad

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 2:28 AM Liam Wyatt  wrote:

> Dear Wikimaniacs, Wikimedians, and friends of the Wikiverse!
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania 2019 Stockholm organising team, I am pleased to
> announce two things:
>
> - The list of accepted "Spaces".
>
> - That the Call for Submissions is now OPEN.
>
> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions
>
> Please join me in congratulating the Leaders of each of the accepted
> Wikimania 2019 Spaces! As per the program design[1], Wikimania this year
> has the format of "Spaces", each with its own group of "Leaders" - all of
> who made a proposal to host a Space back in March. The core team has been
> working with the Leaders since then to prepare an interesting, diverse, and
> coherent conference. Each Space has its own topic area, and in their own
> way they all of them help address the conference theme: "Stronger together:
> Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals".[2]
>
> Each Space will have its own room for a period of time in the conference to
> curate and coordinate as they see fit.[3] You can read about what each
> Space is planning to achieve, and who is Leading it, at the link above. In
> English-alphabetical order they are:
>
>-
>
>Accessibility (A11y): Components and Standards
>-
>
>Global Advocacy for Free Knowledge: Trends, Challenges, and
> Opportunities
>-
>
>Community Growth
>-
>
>Diversity
>-
>
>Education
>-
>
>Environmental sustainability
>-
>
>GLAM - cultural partnerships and Wikimedia
>-
>
>Growing Wikimedia’s readership worldwide
>-
>
>Health
>-
>
>Languages
>-
>
>Libraries belong in Wikimedia projects
>-
>
>Multimedia knowledge
>-
>
>Partnerships
>-
>
>Quality
>-
>
>Research
>-
>
>Thriving in Safety
>-
>
>Strategy for Wikimedia 2030 – The path towards our future
>-
>
>Transcription
>-
>
>Technology outreach & innovation
>
> And of course the Poster session, which will be a plenary event.
>
> For 2019, there is no 'central' program committee nor a single submission
> form. To make a submission, visit the page of the Space which most relates
> to your proposal, read its instructions for what kinds of submissions the
> Leaders of that Space wish to receive. Then click the submission button.
>
> Each Space is looking for different kinds of content or format. So it is
> important that people wanting to propose a presentation/workshop/panel/etc
> at Wikimania read the information that the Leaders of each Space have
> provided.
>
> Once again, the link to the list of all the accepted Spaces, each with its
> own submission form, is here:
> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions#Spaces
>
> Please feel free to share/forward this email.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> - Liam Wyatt (Volunteer program chair), and Eric Luth (Conference Manager,
> Wikimedia Sverige)
>
>
> [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design
>
> [2] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme
>
> [3] Note that the Spaces do NOT all have the same room capacity, or
> duration. Thus the content of the Wikimania program is not intending to be
> 'evenly spread' across these topic areas.
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