Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

[Mono]

Tom, has a reputable news source actually verified this? Even Wikipedia
editors know that HuffPost isn't reliable...

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Tom Morris  wrote:

> On 16 April 2012 18:41, Jan Kučera  wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > how do we want to work on editor retention if we lack social features at
> all???
> >
> > These go in the right direction:
> > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Improving_our_platform
> > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_features
> >
> > Is WMF going to act finally???
> >
>
> Only with community approval. On English Wikipedia, we have discussed
> social media/social network integration repeatedly. Share This buttons
> and so on. And editors don't want it.
>
> See
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PEREN#Share_pages_on_Facebook.2C_Twitter_etc
> .
>
> English Wikinews already has some, but there's a much smaller
> community there who can decide which services we wish to integrate
> with.
>
> If we're going to have social "features" (and I use that word with
> deliberate scare quotes around it) mandated by the Foundation, I do
> hope we are going to worry about privacy. A former co-worker of mine
> discovered that NHS Direct, the health information website provided
> the UK's National Health Service, had Facebook share this links that
> were transmitting every page you went to on NHS Direct to Facebook,
> which could be matched to your Facebook profile if you are logged in.
> Which is kind of shocking given that people use NHS Direct to look up
> information on health conditions they think they might have, as well
> as all sorts of other personal issues (sexual health, gender identity,
> advice on fixing lifestyle health issues like smoking and drinking). I
> wouldn't want the clickstream of people visiting Wikipedia articles
> shared on Facebook without them pretty explicitly choosing to share
> that information. We've already seen one kid in Britain who has
> allegedly been thrown out of his house by fundamentalist parents after
> Facebook algorithmically outed him as gay. [1]
>
> I do also hope we'd decide on what basis we'd choose these social
> services. Okay, yes, Facebook is pretty popular in the West. And
> Twitter. And maybe G+. But what about in China: do we want to support
> sharing to sites that are being censored by the Chinese government?
> Does the Foundation have the expertise to know what the popular social
> networking sites are in every country and language in the world? And
> we'd then become a commercial player: if we had done this years ago
> and had added MySpace integration, the moment MySpace stops being so
> popular and Wikipedia (whether that's the community or the Foundation)
> de-emphasizes the MySpace sharing/social functionality, there'd be a
> big stack of headlines about how Wikipedia is pulling out of MySpace.
> We really ought to be neutral in this market, and there's only one way
> to be neutral: try as hard as possible not to participate.
>
> You know, there might be an easier solution here: people who are into
> the whole social networking thing, their browsers ought to improve
> sharing with their social networks. Social plugins for browsers like
> Firefox and Chrome are opt-in for the user, and can give a better
> experience than Wikipedia pages being turned into NASCAR-esque branded
> adverts for dozens of social sites. I know Mozilla people have been
> discussing coming up with better ways of doing social sharing at the
> browser level.
>
> [1]
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/facebook-targeted-advertising-gay-teen_n_1200404.html
>
> --
> Tom Morris
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ombudsmen commission

[Béria Lima]

Can you explain why you request another year from them  instead of running
a new process, Philippe?
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*Béria Lima*

*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. *


On 21 April 2012 22:06, Philippe Beaudette  wrote:

> A sign of a healthy committee is that it does its work promptly and
> undramatically.  The ombudsman commission is such a committee.  Charged
> with investigating alleged privacy violations around the checkuser tool,
> the commission has functioned with a high degree of professionalism and
> efficiency.  The commission is appointed under the auspices of the Board,
> who have delegated this role to the staff - first to Cary, and then I took
> it on.
>
> Accordingly, after a great bit of deliberation, I offered the ombudsmen the
> ability to extend their current term for one additional year. All, with the
> exception of one, have chosen to do so.  The one who has not is Pundit, who
> has accepted a position as a steward.  Dweller, who was an advisory member
> of the commission, takes Pundit's seat.
>
> It should be noted that this was done some time ago - I have been extremely
> remiss in sending out the notification.  There was no lapse of commission,
> and the commission functioned fully during the gap period.
>
> Best wishes,
> pb
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[Wikimedia-l] ombudsmen commission

[Philippe Beaudette]

A sign of a healthy committee is that it does its work promptly and
undramatically.  The ombudsman commission is such a committee.  Charged
with investigating alleged privacy violations around the checkuser tool,
the commission has functioned with a high degree of professionalism and
efficiency.  The commission is appointed under the auspices of the Board,
who have delegated this role to the staff - first to Cary, and then I took
it on.

Accordingly, after a great bit of deliberation, I offered the ombudsmen the
ability to extend their current term for one additional year. All, with the
exception of one, have chosen to do so.  The one who has not is Pundit, who
has accepted a position as a steward.  Dweller, who was an advisory member
of the commission, takes Pundit's seat.

It should be noted that this was done some time ago - I have been extremely
remiss in sending out the notification.  There was no lapse of commission,
and the commission functioned fully during the gap period.

Best wishes,
pb
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415-839-6885, x 6643

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting - Monday, April 23

[En Pine]

Hi everyone,

I thought that participants on this list might like to know that the April 
“Wikipedia Education Program Metrics and Activities Meeting” will be Monday, 
April 23, at 20:00 UTC / 13:00 (1 pm) PST. 

The meeting should be under one hour long and will happen over Webex. 

Information is at 
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program_Metrics_and_Activities_Meeting
 including notes from past meetings and information on how to get into the 
Webex meeting.

I’ll be chairing the April meeting. Several WMF staff will be present.

Agenda:
* Welcome
* Country updates: U.S., Canada, Egypt, Brazil, and possibly others
* U.S./Canada student survey results from fall 2010
* Working Group information
* Q&A

For those who haven’t heard about the new Working Group, you can find more info 
about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group. A 
good place for questions about the Working Group appears to be 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Education_Working_Group. Hopefully 
we’ll also learn useful information at this meeting and have sufficient time 
for questions during the Q&A.

Regards,

Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Live from Monmouth

[Richard Symonds]

All,

We'll be webcasting the interesting bits of today's Monmouth WMUK Board
Meeting. You can watch by going to
http://monmouthpedia.wordpress.com/webcast/.

All the best,

Richard Symonds
Office & Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
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no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.

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