Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[rupert THURNER]

Rogol, a good start into 2017! I have difficulties understanding your
question, especially why you are asking it now. This topic was discussed
quite often and for a long time to justify putting money behind talking at
least imo.

you are unhappy a restricted grant was received without community consensus
on commons to have such a technology included? Or you are unhappy that WMF
builds up a Wikidata team when wikimedia Deutschland has already one? You
are unhappy that WMF cuts the money for WMDE and at the same time increases
spending in the same area of technology? Or you are unhappy that there will
be another technical lead while at WMDE there is a lot of experience which
you consider waste and unnecessary bureaucracy? Or you want to discuss how
it will be implemented? Or, to put it in other words, what input would you
give or expect if a document like you are requesting would exist?

Best Rupert



On Jan 10, 2017 11:28 PM, "Rogol Domedonfors"  wrote:

Dear Wes

Thank you for yet another prompt response.  It seems almost churlish to say
that unfortunately that is not what I have been asking for -- I must be
very bad at expressing myself to have given so many different people so
many different mistaken impressions of my request.  To me a product roadmap
would be a quite high-level view of the new products and major deveopments
and their linkages looking out on a time scale significantly in excess of a
single year, and at a level of detail significantly less than the
aggregation of all the teams' quarterly plans.  The roadmap would have the
level of abstraction, interconnection and timscale that allows you to say
that a three-year project such as the one you have just announced will
expedite features on your roadmap and that the grant enabled accelerating
the already started work on Structured Commons into a quicker three-year
time frame: so a roadmap on which you can locate a project with a time
frame that was previously beyond three years let alone one.  It is also
known that there are long-term projects such as parser unification, new
editors and discussion systems which look out well beyond the current
year.  Are there others -- we do not (yet) know.

So again, my request is that you share this higher-level, longer-term, if
not completely definitve roadmap with the community in the interests of
transparency not only as an abstract  objective but in order to maximise
the benefits of early engagement, discussion and co-creation.

Yours
"Rogol"

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Wes Moran  wrote:

> Hello Rogol,
>
> Thanks for the question.  The Annual Plan we follow and share with the
> community for review before we begin our work is available on Meta [1]. We
> update specific plans on a quarterly basis on our goals pages [2] as they
> may evolve over the year. We also provide a number of links for the
> specific teams on our Product page and welcome participation, discussion
or
> connection through those pathways and directly with the feature teams [3].
>
> Specifically the Wikidata, Community Tech, Editing and Discovery teams
have
> specific objectives and goals in this years annual plan.
>
> Hope this answers your question and certainly engage in the ongoing
> discussion around the work on the Commons page [4].
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
>
> Wes Moran
> Vice President of Product
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final#Product
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Goals
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product
> [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Rogol Domedonfors  >
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further replies.  I assume that
> > the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
> > various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by the
> > phrase product roadmap.  "A single document" would be nice, but whatever
> it
> > is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.
> >
> > "Rogol"
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rogol,
> > >
> > > that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all
> the
> > > way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further
discussions
> > > over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has
> > been
> > > a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
> > > misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of
> the
> > > shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
> > > products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes
the
> > > Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Denny
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Denny
> > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Saroj Dhakal]

Great news indeed!

Thanks,
Saroj

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 6:48 AM, Alex Stinson 
wrote:

> Specifically in response to Pete's questions about documents:
>
> We have posted the Grant application materials on Foundation Wiki, with a
> section linking to them on the Commons Grant Information page.[1]
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex Stinson
>
>
> [1]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
> Sloan_Grant#What_did_the_grant_application_look_like.3F
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 12:52:57 -0800
> > From: Pete Forsyth 
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of
> > structured data on Commons
> > Message-ID:
> >  > gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one thing,
> > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if
> there
> > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan for
> the
> > focus on this issue!
> >
> > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted grant
> > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's usability
> > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2 million
> > in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF board
> > members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the
> Sloan
> > Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF board
> > meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about the
> > dangers of restricted grants.
> >
> > It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants. Will
> > somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of publishing
> > the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
> >
> > -Pete
> > --
> > [[User:Peteforsyth]]
> >
> > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> > in-our-future/
> > [2]
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
> > 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
> > and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
> > [3]
> > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
> > Initiative_project_details
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran  wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Wikimedia community,
> > >
> > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant
> from
> > > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > >  [1] to
> > expedite
> > > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given over
> > the
> > > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
> > > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can
> > > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
> > > describing the media files on Commons.
> > >
> > > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
> > > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
> > > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
> > > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders,
> > and
> > > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can
> > be
> > > involved in the development.
> > >
> > > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope,
> > available
> > > on Commons
> > >  data/Sloan_Grant>
> > > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia
> blog
> > >  structured-data>
> > > [3].
> > >
> > > We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for
> the
> > > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s
> GLAM-Wiki
> > > strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications
> > for
> > > the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant.
> Stay
> > > tuned for more details about the project in the coming months.
> > >
> > > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to
> > your
> > > participation in its development.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
> > >
> > > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
> > > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement *
> > > *Wikimedia Foundation*
> > >
> > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
> > > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
> > Sloan_Grant
> > > [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
> > structured-data
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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 stats

[Pine W]

Forwarding.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Alex Stinson]

Specifically in response to Pete's questions about documents:

We have posted the Grant application materials on Foundation Wiki, with a
section linking to them on the Commons Grant Information page.[1]

Cheers,

Alex Stinson


[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant#What_did_the_grant_application_look_like.3F



> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 12:52:57 -0800
> From: Pete Forsyth 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of
> structured data on Commons
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one thing,
> the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if there
> were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan for the
> focus on this issue!
>
> If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted grant
> in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's usability
> grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2 million
> in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF board
> members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the Sloan
> Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF board
> meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about the
> dangers of restricted grants.
>
> It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants. Will
> somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of publishing
> the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
>
> -Pete
> --
> [[User:Peteforsyth]]
>
> [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> in-our-future/
> [2]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
> 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
> and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
> [3]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
> Initiative_project_details
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran  wrote:
>
> > Hello Wikimedia community,
> >
> > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant from
> > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> >  [1] to
> expedite
> > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given over
> the
> > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
> > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can
> > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
> > describing the media files on Commons.
> >
> > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
> > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
> > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
> > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders,
> and
> > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can
> be
> > involved in the development.
> >
> > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope,
> available
> > on Commons
> > 
> > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia blog
> > 
> > [3].
> >
> > We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for the
> > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s GLAM-Wiki
> > strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications
> for
> > the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant. Stay
> > tuned for more details about the project in the coming months.
> >
> > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to
> your
> > participation in its development.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
> >
> > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
> > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement *
> > *Wikimedia Foundation*
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
> > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
> Sloan_Grant
> > [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Joseph Seddon]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Development

Of any use?

Seddon

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> Dear Wes
>
> Thank you for yet another prompt response.  It seems almost churlish to say
> that unfortunately that is not what I have been asking for -- I must be
> very bad at expressing myself to have given so many different people so
> many different mistaken impressions of my request.  To me a product roadmap
> would be a quite high-level view of the new products and major deveopments
> and their linkages looking out on a time scale significantly in excess of a
> single year, and at a level of detail significantly less than the
> aggregation of all the teams' quarterly plans.  The roadmap would have the
> level of abstraction, interconnection and timscale that allows you to say
> that a three-year project such as the one you have just announced will
> expedite features on your roadmap and that the grant enabled accelerating
> the already started work on Structured Commons into a quicker three-year
> time frame: so a roadmap on which you can locate a project with a time
> frame that was previously beyond three years let alone one.  It is also
> known that there are long-term projects such as parser unification, new
> editors and discussion systems which look out well beyond the current
> year.  Are there others -- we do not (yet) know.
>
> So again, my request is that you share this higher-level, longer-term, if
> not completely definitve roadmap with the community in the interests of
> transparency not only as an abstract  objective but in order to maximise
> the benefits of early engagement, discussion and co-creation.
>
> Yours
> "Rogol"
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Wes Moran  wrote:
>
> > Hello Rogol,
> >
> > Thanks for the question.  The Annual Plan we follow and share with the
> > community for review before we begin our work is available on Meta [1].
> We
> > update specific plans on a quarterly basis on our goals pages [2] as they
> > may evolve over the year. We also provide a number of links for the
> > specific teams on our Product page and welcome participation, discussion
> or
> > connection through those pathways and directly with the feature teams
> [3].
> >
> > Specifically the Wikidata, Community Tech, Editing and Discovery teams
> have
> > specific objectives and goals in this years annual plan.
> >
> > Hope this answers your question and certainly engage in the ongoing
> > discussion around the work on the Commons page [4].
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wes
> >
> > Wes Moran
> > Vice President of Product
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> > Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final#Product
> > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Goals
> > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product
> > [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further replies.  I assume
> that
> > > the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
> > > various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by
> the
> > > phrase product roadmap.  "A single document" would be nice, but
> whatever
> > it
> > > is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.
> > >
> > > "Rogol"
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Rogol,
> > > >
> > > > that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all
> > the
> > > > way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further
> discussions
> > > > over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has
> > > been
> > > > a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
> > > > misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of
> > the
> > > > shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
> > > > products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes
> the
> > > > Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Denny
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> > > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Denny
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our
> > high-level
> > > > > roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in
> > > > Commons
> > > > > project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our
> > > product
> > > > > roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the
> > Structured
> > > > > Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a
> > > > pointer
> > > > > to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development
> > roadmap,
> > > > and
> > > > > in other products su

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Rogol Domedonfors]

Dear Wes

Thank you for yet another prompt response.  It seems almost churlish to say
that unfortunately that is not what I have been asking for -- I must be
very bad at expressing myself to have given so many different people so
many different mistaken impressions of my request.  To me a product roadmap
would be a quite high-level view of the new products and major deveopments
and their linkages looking out on a time scale significantly in excess of a
single year, and at a level of detail significantly less than the
aggregation of all the teams' quarterly plans.  The roadmap would have the
level of abstraction, interconnection and timscale that allows you to say
that a three-year project such as the one you have just announced will
expedite features on your roadmap and that the grant enabled accelerating
the already started work on Structured Commons into a quicker three-year
time frame: so a roadmap on which you can locate a project with a time
frame that was previously beyond three years let alone one.  It is also
known that there are long-term projects such as parser unification, new
editors and discussion systems which look out well beyond the current
year.  Are there others -- we do not (yet) know.

So again, my request is that you share this higher-level, longer-term, if
not completely definitve roadmap with the community in the interests of
transparency not only as an abstract  objective but in order to maximise
the benefits of early engagement, discussion and co-creation.

Yours
"Rogol"

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Wes Moran  wrote:

> Hello Rogol,
>
> Thanks for the question.  The Annual Plan we follow and share with the
> community for review before we begin our work is available on Meta [1]. We
> update specific plans on a quarterly basis on our goals pages [2] as they
> may evolve over the year. We also provide a number of links for the
> specific teams on our Product page and welcome participation, discussion or
> connection through those pathways and directly with the feature teams [3].
>
> Specifically the Wikidata, Community Tech, Editing and Discovery teams have
> specific objectives and goals in this years annual plan.
>
> Hope this answers your question and certainly engage in the ongoing
> discussion around the work on the Commons page [4].
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
>
> Wes Moran
> Vice President of Product
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final#Product
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Goals
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product
> [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Rogol Domedonfors  >
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further replies.  I assume that
> > the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
> > various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by the
> > phrase product roadmap.  "A single document" would be nice, but whatever
> it
> > is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.
> >
> > "Rogol"
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rogol,
> > >
> > > that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all
> the
> > > way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further discussions
> > > over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has
> > been
> > > a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
> > > misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of
> the
> > > shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
> > > products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes the
> > > Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Denny
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> > domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Denny
> > > >
> > > > Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our
> high-level
> > > > roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in
> > > Commons
> > > > project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our
> > product
> > > > roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the
> Structured
> > > > Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a
> > > pointer
> > > > to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development
> roadmap,
> > > and
> > > > in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to
> in
> > > Wes
> > > > Moran's initial post on this topic:
> > > >
> > > > But I appreciate the speed of your reply.
> > > >
> > > > "Rogol"
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić <
> vrande...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Rogol,
> > > > >
> > > > > this was the link previously provided on this project:
> > > > > https://commons.wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Wes Moran]

Hello Rogol,

Thanks for the question.  The Annual Plan we follow and share with the
community for review before we begin our work is available on Meta [1]. We
update specific plans on a quarterly basis on our goals pages [2] as they
may evolve over the year. We also provide a number of links for the
specific teams on our Product page and welcome participation, discussion or
connection through those pathways and directly with the feature teams [3].

Specifically the Wikidata, Community Tech, Editing and Discovery teams have
specific objectives and goals in this years annual plan.

Hope this answers your question and certainly engage in the ongoing
discussion around the work on the Commons page [4].

Thanks,
Wes

Wes Moran
Vice President of Product
Wikimedia Foundation


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/Final#Product
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Goals
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview


On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further replies.  I assume that
> the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
> various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by the
> phrase product roadmap.  "A single document" would be nice, but whatever it
> is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Rogol,
> >
> > that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all the
> > way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further discussions
> > over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has
> been
> > a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
> > misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of the
> > shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
> > products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes the
> > Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Denny
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Denny
> > >
> > > Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
> > > roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in
> > Commons
> > > project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our
> product
> > > roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
> > > Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a
> > pointer
> > > to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development roadmap,
> > and
> > > in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to in
> > Wes
> > > Moran's initial post on this topic:
> > >
> > > But I appreciate the speed of your reply.
> > >
> > > "Rogol"
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Rogol,
> > > >
> > > > this was the link previously provided on this project:
> > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> > > > including
> > > > links to previous documents.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Denny
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> > domedonf...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Lisa
> > > > >
> > > > > You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
> roadmap,
> > so
> > > > > this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply
> enables
> > us
> > > > to
> > > > > accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you
> > publish,
> > > > or
> > > > > point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the
> > > > community's
> > > > > participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia
> > Movement
> > > > > Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > "Rogol"
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell <
> > lgruw...@wikimedia.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most
> > > > things,
> > > > > > there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad
> if a
> > > > > funder
> > > > > > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> > > > > organization
> > > > > > in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse,
> > when
> > > a
> > > > > > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has
> > ongoing
> > > > > > maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our
> > gift
> > > > > policy
> > > > > > .  Those are
> the
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

many thanks for your hard work and - yay, this is really exciting!

dj

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:

> All,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation,
>  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
>  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
>  led Douglas Scott with
> support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
> hope to confirm the award.
>
> This past Fall there were a total of four teams
>  that expressed interest
> in
> hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
> the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
> to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
>
> Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
> would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> contact Douglas
> Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Ellie Young
>
> WMF Events Manager
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Pacific Standard:
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Isla Haddow-Flood]

Such excellent news!! This is so exciting!!

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 21:39 Katherine Maher  wrote:

> Very exciting! Can't wait to see everyone in Cape Town.
>
> A big thank you to those who submitted considerations from Yerevan, Perth,
> and Bangkok!
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Christophe Henner  >
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations everyone :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Le 10 janv. 2017 11:24 AM, "James Heilman"  a écrit :
> >
> > A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South
> > Africa in 2018 :-)
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia
> > Foundation,
> > >  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having
> > Wikimania
> > >  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
> > >  led Douglas Scott
> > with
> > > support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> > > further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time
> we
> > > hope to confirm the award.
> > >
> > > This past Fall there were a total of four teams
> > >  that expressed
> interest
> > > in
> > > hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> > > Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> > > together materials for our consideration and their time spent
> discussing
> > > the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very
> encouraging
> > > to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
> > >
> > > Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of
> you
> > > would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> > > contact Douglas
> > > Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > >
> > > Ellie Young
> > >
> > > WMF Events Manager
> > >
> > > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Katherine Maher]

Very exciting! Can't wait to see everyone in Cape Town.

A big thank you to those who submitted considerations from Yerevan, Perth,
and Bangkok!

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Christophe Henner 
wrote:

> Congratulations everyone :)
>
>
>
>
> Le 10 janv. 2017 11:24 AM, "James Heilman"  a écrit :
>
> A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South
> Africa in 2018 :-)
>
> James
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young 
> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia
> Foundation,
> >  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having
> Wikimania
> >  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
> >  led Douglas Scott
> with
> > support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> > further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
> > hope to confirm the award.
> >
> > This past Fall there were a total of four teams
> >  that expressed interest
> > in
> > hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> > Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> > together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
> > the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
> > to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
> >
> > Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
> > would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> > contact Douglas
> > Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> > Ellie Young
> >
> > WMF Events Manager
> >
> > On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > ​
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Christophe Henner]

Congratulations everyone :)




Le 10 janv. 2017 11:24 AM, "James Heilman"  a écrit :

A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South
Africa in 2018 :-)

James

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:

> All,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia
Foundation,
>  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
>  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
>  led Douglas Scott with
> support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
> hope to confirm the award.
>
> This past Fall there were a total of four teams
>  that expressed interest
> in
> hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
> the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
> to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
>
> Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
> would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> contact Douglas
> Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Ellie Young
>
> WMF Events Manager
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
>
> ​
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[James Heilman]

A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South
Africa in 2018 :-)

James

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:

> All,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation,
>  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
>  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
>  led Douglas Scott with
> support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
> hope to confirm the award.
>
> This past Fall there were a total of four teams
>  that expressed interest
> in
> hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
> the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
> to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
>
> Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
> would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> contact Douglas
> Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Ellie Young
>
> WMF Events Manager
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
>
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[Wikimedia-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Ellie Young]

All,

On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation,
 I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
 2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
 led Douglas Scott with
support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
hope to confirm the award.

This past Fall there were a total of four teams
 that expressed interest in
hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
to have so many who want to support Wikimania.

Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
contact Douglas
Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com

Sincerely,


Ellie Young

WMF Events Manager

On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Rogol Domedonfors]

Thanks to both Lydia and Denny for these further replies.  I assume that
the WMF has a clear stable and unified view of where it is taking its
various products and the dependencies, which is what I understand by the
phrase product roadmap.  "A single document" would be nice, but whatever it
is, I am asking for it to be shared with the community.

"Rogol"

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
wrote:

> Hi Rogol,
>
> that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all the
> way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further discussions
> over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has been
> a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
> misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of the
> shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
> products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes the
> Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?
>
> Cheers,
> Denny
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors 
> wrote:
>
> > Denny
> >
> > Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
> > roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in
> Commons
> > project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
> > roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
> > Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a
> pointer
> > to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development roadmap,
> and
> > in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to in
> Wes
> > Moran's initial post on this topic:
> >
> > But I appreciate the speed of your reply.
> >
> > "Rogol"
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Rogol,
> > >
> > > this was the link previously provided on this project:
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> > > including
> > > links to previous documents.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Denny
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors <
> domedonf...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lisa
> > > >
> > > > You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap,
> so
> > > > this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables
> us
> > > to
> > > > accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you
> publish,
> > > or
> > > > point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the
> > > community's
> > > > participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia
> Movement
> > > > Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > "Rogol"
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell <
> lgruw...@wikimedia.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> > > > >
> > > > > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most
> > > things,
> > > > > there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad if a
> > > > funder
> > > > > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> > > > organization
> > > > > in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse,
> when
> > a
> > > > > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has
> ongoing
> > > > > maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our
> gift
> > > > policy
> > > > > .  Those are the
> > > types
> > > > > of
> > > > > dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted
> > grant.
> > > > >
> > > > > Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this
> grant
> > is
> > > > not
> > > > > diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to accelerate
> > the
> > > > > work we were planning to do.  In terms of restrictions, we have to
> > > follow
> > > > > through with the plan we submitted.  In other words, do what we
> said
> > we
> > > > are
> > > > > going to do.  I think that accountability is a good thing.  And the
> > > Sloan
> > > > > Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF.  If something
> changes
> > as
> > > > the
> > > > > work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable
> > conversation
> > > > with
> > > > > them about adjusting the plan.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Lisa
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hoi,
> > > > > > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want
> > > anyway.
> > > > > > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in
> stone
> > > and
> > > > > > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With
> more
> > > > money
> > > > > > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> > > > > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Denny Vrandečić]

Hi Rogol,

that is why I pointed you to the links in that document, which go all the
way back to 2004 discussions of such a project, and further discussions
over the years. These pretty much establish for me that this item has been
a topic for commons for more than a decade now. But it seems I am
misunderstanding you, and you are not looking for a documentation of the
shared understanding of the roadmap for Commons and other Wikimedia
products, but for a singular Foundation-written document that fixes the
Wikimedia product roadmap over several years instead?

Cheers,
Denny


On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> Denny
>
> Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
> roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in Commons
> project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
> roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
> Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a pointer
> to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development roadmap, and
> in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to in Wes
> Moran's initial post on this topic:
>
> But I appreciate the speed of your reply.
>
> "Rogol"
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
> wrote:
>
> > Rogol,
> >
> > this was the link previously provided on this project:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> > including
> > links to previous documents.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Denny
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so
> > > this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us
> > to
> > > accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you publish,
> > or
> > > point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the
> > community's
> > > participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia Movement
> > > Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > "Rogol"
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> > > >
> > > > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most
> > things,
> > > > there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad if a
> > > funder
> > > > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> > > organization
> > > > in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse, when
> a
> > > > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has ongoing
> > > > maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
> > > >
> > > > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our gift
> > > policy
> > > > .  Those are the
> > types
> > > > of
> > > > dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted
> grant.
> > > >
> > > > Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant
> is
> > > not
> > > > diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to accelerate
> the
> > > > work we were planning to do.  In terms of restrictions, we have to
> > follow
> > > > through with the plan we submitted.  In other words, do what we said
> we
> > > are
> > > > going to do.  I think that accountability is a good thing.  And the
> > Sloan
> > > > Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF.  If something changes
> as
> > > the
> > > > work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable
> conversation
> > > with
> > > > them about adjusting the plan.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Lisa
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hoi,
> > > > > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want
> > anyway.
> > > > > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in stone
> > and
> > > > > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With more
> > > money
> > > > > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> > > > manageable.
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >   GerardM
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth 
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for
> one
> > > > thing,
> > > > > > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly
> > if
> > > > > there
> > > > > > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and
> Sloan
> > > for
> > > > > the
> > > > > > focus on this issue!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant
> restricted
> > > > grant
> > > > > > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's
> > > usability
> > > > > > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2
>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Lydia Pintscher]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Rogol Domedonfors
 wrote:
> Denny
>
> Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
> roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in Commons
> project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
> roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
> Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a pointer
> to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development roadmap, and
> in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to in Wes
> Moran's initial post on this topic:
>
> But I appreciate the speed of your reply.

For Wikidata please see
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan  (I really
need to update this page...)


Cheers
Lydia

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Product Manager for Wikidata

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

[Charles M. Roslof]

We regularly take action against websites offering Wikipedia paid editing
services when they use the Wikipedia puzzle globe or other Wikimedia
trademarks [1]
in a way that could suggest to visitors that their services are offered or
sanctioned by Wikipedia. We receive reports of potential trademark
infringement, primarily through the trademark abuse form
[2] and
emails to legal-tm-...@wikimedia.org. We evaluate each report and take
action as appropriate. If it is a case of parody or nominative use
[3],
we may send an email asking them to include a notice that they are
unaffiliated with Wikipedia and, if, necessary, to include proper Creative
Commons attribution. If it is a case of actual infringement that could
confuse the public, we contact them to ask that they remove the marks from
their websites. In our cease-and-desist messages to paid editing websites,
we remind them of the terms of use disclosure requirements. In some cases
of trademark infringement, we can also file complaints under the Uniform
Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
[4]
seeking to cancel or claim their domain name registrations.

Best,
Charles M. Roslof


[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contact/licenseabuse
[3]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#policy-nominativeuse
[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Resolution_Policy

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On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 8:09 PM, James Heilman  wrote:

> Undisclosed paid promotional editing is one of the biggest risks we face
> not only to the quality of our content but to our reputation. We need to do
> a more to address it.
>
> No company editing Wikipedia for pay should be allowed to use the Wikipedia
> logo or name IMO. I am not sure how much the law allows us to enforce
> though. Is "wikipediawriters" a trademark infringement?
>
> James
>
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Jytdog at Wikipedia  >
> wrote:
>
> > Just want to note that in my OP I had linked to an ANI thread (now
> archived
> > here
> >  > IncidentArchive942#Earflaps>)
> > about the discovery of a long term paid editor; the same editors who
> found
> > that, have found another -- this time the editor had 70K edits on
> en-wiki.
> > ANI thread is here
> >  > Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=758846199#
> > Proposal_to_ban_FoCuSandLeArN_due_to_undisclosed_paid_editing>.
> >They edited on behalf of Banc de Binary, Alcoa, and some other big
> > players.  It appears that this editor worked for wikipediawriters.com.
> >
> > Is WMF in discussions with that company, and companies like it, with
> regard
> > to following the ToU?  If not, why not?
> >
> > What if WMF started a list similar to Beall's list of Predatory
> Publishers,
> > of companies that advertise editing WP for pay for which there is no
> > evidence of them complying with the ToU?  It would also be useful to list
> > editors associated with the companies who have been blocked or banned by
> > one or more WP communities (this would take some delicate work).
> Beside
> > this sort of public list (which people who want to hire paid editors
> would
> > probably appreciate being able to check), such companies could also be
> sent
> > a letter informing them of the ToU and telling them to stop using the WP
> > name until they start complying with the ToU - including the
> > blocking/banning policies -  and you could link that letter in the list.
> >
> > There are things the WMF could be doing that the community cannot.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Jytdog at Wikipedia <
> jytdogte...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for your note, Jacob.
> > >
> > > It is great to know that WMF is happy to help with specific on-Wiki
> > > issues, working from the ground up, as it were.  Yes members of the
> > > community are constantly playing whack-a-mole to deal with specific
> > > incidents.
> > >
> > > The reason I asked the original question, is that from th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Rogol Domedonfors]

Denny

Thank you but the link you provide appears to be to be "Our high-level
roadmap for developing the project", namely the Structured Data in Commons
project.  Since Lisa wrote "Structured Data on Commons was in our product
roadmap" I was referring to the product roadmap on which the Structured
Data in Commons project is included -- that is, I was asking for a pointer
to the roadmap for "features both on the Wikidata development roadmap, and
in other products supported by the Wikimedia Foundation" referred to in Wes
Moran's initial post on this topic:

But I appreciate the speed of your reply.

"Rogol"

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Denny Vrandečić 
wrote:

> Rogol,
>
> this was the link previously provided on this project:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview
> including
> links to previous documents.
>
> Cheers,
> Denny
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors 
> wrote:
>
> > Lisa
> >
> > You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so
> > this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us
> to
> > accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you publish,
> or
> > point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the
> community's
> > participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia Movement
> > Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > "Rogol"
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> > >
> > > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most
> things,
> > > there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad if a
> > funder
> > > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> > organization
> > > in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse, when a
> > > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has ongoing
> > > maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
> > >
> > > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our gift
> > policy
> > > .  Those are the
> types
> > > of
> > > dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted grant.
> > >
> > > Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant is
> > not
> > > diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to accelerate the
> > > work we were planning to do.  In terms of restrictions, we have to
> follow
> > > through with the plan we submitted.  In other words, do what we said we
> > are
> > > going to do.  I think that accountability is a good thing.  And the
> Sloan
> > > Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF.  If something changes as
> > the
> > > work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable conversation
> > with
> > > them about adjusting the plan.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hoi,
> > > > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want
> anyway.
> > > > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in stone
> and
> > > > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With more
> > money
> > > > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> > > manageable.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >   GerardM
> > > >
> > > > On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one
> > > thing,
> > > > > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly
> if
> > > > there
> > > > > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > focus on this issue!
> > > > >
> > > > > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted
> > > grant
> > > > > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's
> > usability
> > > > > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2
> > > million
> > > > > in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF
> > board
> > > > > members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically --
> the
> > > > Sloan
> > > > > Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF
> > > board
> > > > > meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length
> about
> > > the
> > > > > dangers of restricted grants.
> > > > >
> > > > > It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants.
> > Will
> > > > > somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of
> > > publishing
> > > > > the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
> > > > >
> > > > > -Pete
> > > > > --
> > > > > [[User:Peteforsyth]]
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> > > > > in-our-future/
> > > > > [2]
> > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Denny Vrandečić]

Rogol,

this was the link previously provided on this project:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview including
links to previous documents.

Cheers,
Denny


On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors 
wrote:

> Lisa
>
> You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so
> this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to
> accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you publish, or
> point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the community's
> participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia Movement
> Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
>
> Thanks in advance
> "Rogol"
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Pete and Gerard-
> >
> > I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most things,
> > there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad if a
> funder
> > is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
> organization
> > in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse, when a
> > funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has ongoing
> > maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
> >
> > This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our gift
> policy
> > .  Those are the types
> > of
> > dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted grant.
> >
> > Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant is
> not
> > diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to accelerate the
> > work we were planning to do.  In terms of restrictions, we have to follow
> > through with the plan we submitted.  In other words, do what we said we
> are
> > going to do.  I think that accountability is a good thing.  And the Sloan
> > Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF.  If something changes as
> the
> > work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable conversation
> with
> > them about adjusting the plan.
> >
> > Best,
> > Lisa
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want anyway.
> > > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in stone and
> > > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With more
> money
> > > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> > manageable.
> > > Thanks,
> > >   GerardM
> > >
> > > On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one
> > thing,
> > > > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if
> > > there
> > > > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan
> for
> > > the
> > > > focus on this issue!
> > > >
> > > > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted
> > grant
> > > > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's
> usability
> > > > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2
> > million
> > > > in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF
> board
> > > > members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the
> > > Sloan
> > > > Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF
> > board
> > > > meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about
> > the
> > > > dangers of restricted grants.
> > > >
> > > > It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants.
> Will
> > > > somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of
> > publishing
> > > > the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
> > > >
> > > > -Pete
> > > > --
> > > > [[User:Peteforsyth]]
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> > > > in-our-future/
> > > > [2]
> > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
> > > > 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
> > > > and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
> > > > [3]
> > > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
> > > > Initiative_project_details
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Wikimedia community,
> > > > >
> > > > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000
> grant
> > > from
> > > > > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > > > >  [1] to
> > > > expedite
> > > > > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given
> > over
> > > > the
> > > > > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
> > > > > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that
> > can
> > > > > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Rogol Domedonfors]

Lisa

You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so
this grant is not diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to
accelerate the work we were planning to do".  Please would you publish, or
point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the community's
participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia Movement
Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.

Thanks in advance
"Rogol"

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell 
wrote:

> Hi Pete and Gerard-
>
> I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts.  Like most things,
> there are both good and bad restricted gifts.  They can be bad if a funder
> is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the organization
> in direction that they were not planning to go.  Or even worse, when a
> funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has ongoing
> maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
>
> This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our gift policy
> .  Those are the types
> of
> dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted grant.
>
> Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant is not
> diverting our attention.  The grant simply enables us to accelerate the
> work we were planning to do.  In terms of restrictions, we have to follow
> through with the plan we submitted.  In other words, do what we said we are
> going to do.  I think that accountability is a good thing.  And the Sloan
> Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF.  If something changes as the
> work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable conversation with
> them about adjusting the plan.
>
> Best,
> Lisa
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen  >
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want anyway.
> > Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in stone and
> > stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With more money
> > it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
> manageable.
> > Thanks,
> >   GerardM
> >
> > On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth  wrote:
> >
> > > Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one
> thing,
> > > the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if
> > there
> > > were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan for
> > the
> > > focus on this issue!
> > >
> > > If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted
> grant
> > > in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's usability
> > > grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2
> million
> > > in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF board
> > > members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the
> > Sloan
> > > Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF
> board
> > > meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about
> the
> > > dangers of restricted grants.
> > >
> > > It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants. Will
> > > somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of
> publishing
> > > the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
> > >
> > > -Pete
> > > --
> > > [[User:Peteforsyth]]
> > >
> > > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability-
> > > in-our-future/
> > > [2]
> > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_
> > > 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_
> > > and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information
> > > [3]
> > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_
> > > Initiative_project_details
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Wikimedia community,
> > > >
> > > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant
> > from
> > > > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > > >  [1] to
> > > expedite
> > > > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given
> over
> > > the
> > > > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
> > > > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that
> can
> > > > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
> > > > describing the media files on Commons.
> > > >
> > > > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
> > > > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
> > > > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
> > > > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program
> leaders,
> > > and
> > > > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs,
> can
> > > be
> > > > involved in the development.
> > > >
> > > > We have 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

[Florence Devouard]

Wow ! Awesome !

Florence

Le 09/01/2017 à 20:48, Wes Moran a écrit :

Hello Wikimedia community,

It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant from
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
 [1] to expedite
development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given over the
course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can
focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
describing the media files on Commons.

This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders, and
external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can be
involved in the development.

We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope, available
on Commons

[2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia blog

[3].

We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for the
project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s GLAM-Wiki
strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications for
the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant. Stay
tuned for more details about the project in the coming months.

We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to your
participation in its development.

Thank you,

Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis

*Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
*Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement *
*Wikimedia Foundation*

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant
[3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-structured-data
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