[Wikimedia-l] Bengali-German Community Exchange Program 2019, Logo Challenge

[Moheen Reeyad]

 Dear All,

Bengali-German Community Exchange Program

is inviting everyone to participate in the *logo challenge*.
The logo should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by 20th March 2019 and
should be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
You can also VOTE for the proposed logos.

For more information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bengali-German_Community_Exchange_Program/Logo_Challenge

Thanks and Regards


*-- *
*Moheen Reeyad*

Executive Member
*Wikimedia Bangladesh*
Shelteck Niribili, 210/2, New Elephant Rd
Katabon, Dhaka 1205


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[Wikimedia-l] Bengali-German Community Exchange Program 2019, Logo Challenge

[Moheen Reeyad]

Dear All,

Bengali-German Community Exchange Program

is inviting everyone to participate in the *logo challenge*.
The logo should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by 20th March 2019 and
should be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
You can also VOTE for the proposed logos.

For more information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bengali-German_Community_Exchange_Program/Logo_Challenge

Thanks and Regards

*-- *
*Moheen Reeyad*

Executive Member
*Wikimedia Bangladesh*
Shelteck Niribili, 210/2, New Elephant Rd
Katabon, Dhaka 1205


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Roles & Responsibilities working group - Short update

[Pine W]

Hi Chris, I think that this document has a very good summary of existing
issues. Thanks for sharing.

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )


On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 6:17 PM Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I just wanted to share that the Role & Responsibilities Strategy Working
> Group has just published a summary of perspectives on existing movement
> governance and structures:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Roles_%26_Responsibilities/Interviews_Insights_Summary
>
> This document is based on c.25 in-depth interviews we in the working group
> have performed with people with varied roles in and perspectives on the
> movement as it stands. The aim has been for us as a group to understand
> what different people in different parts of the movement think and feel
> about movement structures as they stand. Just to be clear, we have not
> weighted / prioritised the issues raised at present, just described them.
> :)
>
> Your comments and views are very welcome on the Talk page - especially if
> you have a view or perspective that you do not see represented in the
> document. We will certainly read all those comments and incorporate them in
> our thinking. However there will also be much more news and consultation
> coming from the movement strategy core team in coming weeks, in the lead-up
> to the Wikimedia summit.
>
> Thank you to everyone who helped us by agreeing to share their views in
> this process to date, and happy reading!
>
> Yours,
>
> Chris Keating
> on behalf of the Roles & Responsibilities Working Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Project Grants program will fund 20 community-led projects

[Chris "Jethro" Schilling]

Hi folks,

In the latest round of Project Grants, the committee has recommended 20
projects for a total of approximately $678,666 USD in funding.  We received
42 proposals for review, the largest round of proposals we’ve received in a
single round. Please join me in congratulating the applicants! I’d also
like to express my thanks to all applicants this round for their hard work
and engagement with their proposals, and to the Project Grants Committee
for their careful diligence in reviewing and providing crucial feedback
during this round. Without further ado, here’s what we’re funding:[1]

==Software: five projects funded==* Commons Android app v3: This third
version of the Commons mobile uploader app aims to increase app stability,
improve a recommendations feature for nearby places, maintain a limited
connectivity mode, and provide better outreach to underrepresented
communities. [2]

* Scribe: Scribe is an editing tool to support underserved Wikipedia
editors, helping them to plan the structure of their new articles and to
find references in their language.[3]

* Culture Gap Monthly Monitoring: The Wikipedia Cultural Diversity
Observatory (WCDO) proposes a set of solutions to regularly assist
communities and individual editors to increase the cultural diversity in
their language editions’ content.[4].

* GlobalFactSyncRE: GlobalFactSyncRE will extract all infobox facts and
their references to produce a tool for Wikipedia editors that detects and
displays differences across infobox facts in an intelligent way to help
sync infoboxes between languages and/or Wikidata. The extracted references
will also be used to enhance Wikidata.[5]

* Wikidata & ETL: This project aims at improving management and increasing
automation of processes loading data into Wikidata, and proposes a tool as
a platform for creation of repeatable processes for bulk loading data into
Wikidata and other Wikibase instances from various data sources.[6]

==Online organizing: four projects funded==* Wiki Loves Monuments
international team/2019 coordination: The international coordination team
for Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) [7] proposes to strengthen the foundation
for healthy and sustainable WLM competitions across the world. In this
grant, the team will focus considerable effort on increasing the
sustainability of these events by addressing known issues around developing
best practices, resourcing local teams to run successful events, and
adapting to mobile engagement.[8]

* CEE Spring 2019: This annual international article writing contest generates
content from every country and region in Central and Eastern Europe on 30+
Wikipedias.  CEE Spring’s remarkable community spirit plays a central role
in fostering a thriving, collaborative volunteer base in the region. The
grant will continue incentivizing content creation focused on similar
themes from last year, including closing the gender gap, and expanding
minority language Wikipedias, and showcasing the cultural heritage of
Central and Eastern Europe. [9]

* WM HU/Editor retention program: This grant will fund the editor retention
program in the Hungarian Wikipedia. The project helps the Hungarian
Wikipedia community in decreasing the negative experiences and
strengthening the positive experiences of the contributors; improving the
community atmosphere and strengthening the community cohesion, the
Wikipedia identity, the sense of mission and pride in Wikipedia.[10]

* VisibleWikiWomen2019: Whose Knowledge?, in partnership with Wikimedians
and women’s and feminist organizations around the world, is organizing a
campaign to add more diverse and quality images of women to Commons and
Wikipedia throughout March 2019 to celebrate International Women’s Month.
This year, the organization plans to take what they have learned from 2018
#VisibleWikiWomen and grow the campaign, creating more materials and
connections that will be useful for this year’s campaign and many more
years to come.[11]

==Offline outreach: ten projects funded==* Smithsonian
Wikimedian-in-Residence for Gender Representation: This project will
establish a Wikimedian-in-Residence for the Smithsonian Women's History
Initiative, and increase the representation of women on Wikimedia projects,
and seek ongoing support for a permanent Wikimedian-in-Residence at the
institution.[12]

* Action Plan for Wikipedia + Libraries Training in Mexico: OCLC will
investigate the viability of and approach to a Wikipedia+Libraries training
program for library staff in Mexico, to leverage the libraries in support
of the Wikimedia Foundation’s New Readers initiative. This project will
identify a Mexico-based organization that would lead the training, develop
an advisory group, and produce an action plan for how to design and deliver
the training.[13]

* Offline Wikipedia in Senegal Schools: The problem this project plans to
address is the absence of an easy, rapid and reliable way to access the
treasure-trove of information contained in 

[Wikimedia-l] New Wikimania program design announced: call for proposals OPEN

[Eric Luth]

Hi all,

The Wikimania organizing team is now happy to announce the *Program Design*
 of Wikimania
2019!

We believe that this year’s conference theme
 requires a format
that is *future-oriented,
collaborative, active, and focused on practical problem-solving. *The
program will therefore consist of a series of parallel *spaces* (or
tracks), lead by *leaders,* and through practical training, learning,
idea-sharing and cross-cultural collaboration focusing on different *topic
areas*.

The call for proposals for these *Leaders*, and what they would like to do
with those *Spaces*, is NOW OPEN. We invite you to visit the Program Design
page  on the
Wikimania Wiki to read more.

Best,
*Eric Luth*
Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige
eric.l...@wikimedia.se
+46 (0) 765 55 50 95

Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The latest news from the Movement Strategy Process

[Samuel Klein]

Thanks for the update Nicole, I was just thinking about this. WOW will have
feedback to share.

On Fri., 1 Mar. 2019, 12:10 pm Nicole Ebber, 
wrote:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> We have some “hot off the press” updates from the Movement Strategy Process
> Wikimedia 2030:
>
> == What are the working groups currently doing? ==
>
> Members of the nine working groups
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
> >[1]
> are busy analyzing their thematic area, exploring how it could evolve by
> 2030 and finalizing their set of guiding questions. The answers to these
> questions will form the basis of recommendations for structural changes
> that will enable the movement to successfully and strongly advance in in
> our Strategic Direction.
>
> The groups are working in the area of Advocacy, Capacity Building,
> Community Health, Diversity, Partnerships, Product and Technology, Resource
> Allocation, Revenue Streams, as well as Roles and Responsibilities. Each
> group is looking to have a first draft of their questions ready by the
> beginning of March. These drafts will then be refined and reworked in the
> run up to the Wikimedia Summit
> [2] at the end
> of March.
>
> == A recap of the in-person working groups' meeting in Berlin ==
>
> In February, three working groups (Roles and Responsibilities, Revenue
> Streams, and Resource Allocation) met in person
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/_meeting_Berlin
> >[3]
> at the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. They worked (almost)
> non-stop for three days, and came out with a set of guiding questions that
> they are now refining.
>
> == The Movement Strategy Process at the Wikimedia Summit ==
>
> Our process  will take center stage at the Wikimedia Summit
> [2] (March 29
> to
> 31 in Berlin), with representatives from the nine working groups presenting
> their work so far and engaging with Affiliates, the Wikimedia Foundation
> and its committees on what the next steps will be.
>
> == How can you get involved? Join our community conversation! ==
>
> What are the questions we are seeking answers to? How can the broader
> community contribute to the structural changes? Prepare to take part in our
> community conversations to find out! This will happen in March on the
> Meta-Wiki
> page  >[3],
> on several language wikis, and also via survey. In this online
> conversation, you will be able to offer your insight and feedback on the
> guiding questions.
>
> == What’s next? ==
>
> It is all systems go in the Movement Strategy Process. Alongside providing
> support to all the working groups, the core team is currently on the search
> for Strategy Liaisons
> [4]
> to act as the point of contact between the Working Groups and the Arabic,
> Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese
> communities. We are also looking for representatives from organized groups
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons_Organized_Groups
> >[5]
> to become liaisons with the strategy process. And we have just added a
> Community Relations Specialist to our team, who will work with the
> community liaisons and ensure an effective dialogue.
>
> Please reach out to us with any questions or comments you might have.
>
> All the best,
>
> Nicole
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
>
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/_meeting_Berlin
>
> [4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121
> [5]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons_Organized_Groups
> --
> Nicole Ebber
> Adviser International Relations
> Program Manager Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> https://wikimedia.de
>
> Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit
> teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
> https://spenden.wikimedia.de
>
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[Wikimedia-l] The latest news from the Movement Strategy Process

[Nicole Ebber]

Dear fellow Wikimedians,

We have some “hot off the press” updates from the Movement Strategy Process
Wikimedia 2030:

== What are the working groups currently doing? ==

Members of the nine working groups
[1]
are busy analyzing their thematic area, exploring how it could evolve by
2030 and finalizing their set of guiding questions. The answers to these
questions will form the basis of recommendations for structural changes
that will enable the movement to successfully and strongly advance in in
our Strategic Direction.

The groups are working in the area of Advocacy, Capacity Building,
Community Health, Diversity, Partnerships, Product and Technology, Resource
Allocation, Revenue Streams, as well as Roles and Responsibilities. Each
group is looking to have a first draft of their questions ready by the
beginning of March. These drafts will then be refined and reworked in the
run up to the Wikimedia Summit
[2] at the end
of March.

== A recap of the in-person working groups' meeting in Berlin ==

In February, three working groups (Roles and Responsibilities, Revenue
Streams, and Resource Allocation) met in person
[3]
at the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. They worked (almost)
non-stop for three days, and came out with a set of guiding questions that
they are now refining.

== The Movement Strategy Process at the Wikimedia Summit ==

Our process  will take center stage at the Wikimedia Summit
[2] (March 29 to
31 in Berlin), with representatives from the nine working groups presenting
their work so far and engaging with Affiliates, the Wikimedia Foundation
and its committees on what the next steps will be.

== How can you get involved? Join our community conversation! ==

What are the questions we are seeking answers to? How can the broader
community contribute to the structural changes? Prepare to take part in our
community conversations to find out! This will happen in March on the Meta-Wiki
page [3],
on several language wikis, and also via survey. In this online
conversation, you will be able to offer your insight and feedback on the
guiding questions.

== What’s next? ==

It is all systems go in the Movement Strategy Process. Alongside providing
support to all the working groups, the core team is currently on the search
for Strategy Liaisons
[4]
to act as the point of contact between the Working Groups and the Arabic,
Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese
communities. We are also looking for representatives from organized groups
[5]
to become liaisons with the strategy process. And we have just added a
Community Relations Specialist to our team, who will work with the
community liaisons and ensure an effective dialogue.

Please reach out to us with any questions or comments you might have.

All the best,

Nicole


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports/_meeting_Berlin

[4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons_Organized_Groups
-- 
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Program Manager Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
https://wikimedia.de

Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit
teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
https://spenden.wikimedia.de

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

[James Heilman]

Yes excellent idea. For everyone who is interested in the concept of wiki
based collaboratively built video add your name on meta
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Video#Interest

Still a fair bit of technical work to do. We want to create a work flow
were the text script and instructions for when images appear within a video
all exists within Wikimedia markup on Wikipedia.

Hopefully that work flow will be ready in a few months (maybe by
Wikimania...) We also want to get built a tool for commons that can trim
and cut video similar to how we have a tool that can crop images.

James

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 1:22 PM Jonathan Morgan 
wrote:

> Could these videos be posted to YouTube?
>
> In a recent talk , internet researcher
> danah boyd makes the observation (around minute 15) that one of the
> problems with conspiracy propagation in YouTube is that nobody generally
> bothers to produce response videos to counteract disinformation narratives.
> So people who use YouTube to get their "news" (<-- a HUGE number of younger
> internet users) are never exposed to the truth around these subjects.
>
> Many of us are aware that last year YouTube tried, somewhat
> problematically, to link to Wikipedia articles in an attempt to counter
> disinformation. But it would be even more useful to* insert factual
> information into the YouTube ecosystem itself*. It seems to me that
> VideoWiki tool gives our Movement a powerful new tool to counter
> disinformation in a more timely manner.
>
> Imagine a 4 minute video that pulls from multiple Wikipedia articles and
> other WM data sources and which is designed to counter, say, a new viral
> anti-vaxx video in a concise and engaging way. Before VideoWiki, this would
> have been pretty labor-intensive to create. With VideoWiki, it seems like
> we're close to being able to develop this kind of content in a much more
> timely manner.
>
> But to be effective, the video needs to reach the intended audience. The
> best way to do that is to post it to YouTube, where that audience is. Hence
> my opening question.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 5:47 PM James Heilman  wrote:
>
> > Yes definitely possible for other languages. It currently works in Hindi,
> > Spanish, French, and English.
> >
> > Here is an example of one in Hindi
> >
> >
> https://videowiki.wmflabs.org/hi/videowiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A5?wikiSource=https://hi.wikipedia.org
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 8:47 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to add other languages if we have a free TTS system?
> > > 
> > > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf
> of
> > > Samuel Klein 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:10 PM
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki
> > >
> > > Brilliant.  Long in the making, much needed.
> > >
> > > And for branding, the website devoted to this should be called
> Wikipedia
> > > Media...
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 12:55 AM James Heilman 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey All
> > > >
> > > > We have a new project called Video Wiki
> > > >  which
> > > > allows:
> > > >
> > > >1. The easy creation of videos from scripts from Wikipedia and
> > images
> > > /
> > > >short video segments from Commons
> > > >2. Scripts can have inline references and the text of the script
> > with
> > > >references end up in the captions of the video with references.
> > These
> > > >captions can be turned on and off
> > > >3. At the end of the video it automatically adds
> > > >   1.  the license for the text (CC BY SA license)
> > > >   2. attribution of those who have edited the scripts
> > > >   3. all the metadata for the references supporting the scripts
> > > >4. The final video version on Commons lists the files that the
> video
> > > is
> > > >derived from
> > > >5. Attribution for the images is automatically added at the bottom
> > of
> > > >each image
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Have started a discussion here on Wikipedia and would appreciate
> > peoples
> > > > thoughts. Will be drafting a formal RfC about the use of such videos
> > > > eventually.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine#Video_Wiki
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > James Heilman
> > > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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