[Wikimedia-l] Join the GAC!

[Alex Wang]

Hello Everyone!

We could use some fresh volunteers in the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)!
 As you may know, the GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly
invited[1] to review and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia
Foundation Project and Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both
grant applicants and the Foundation.

Read all about it on the Candidates page[3].  New members will be inducted
March 24th 2014, so be sure to step forward before then.

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And many thanks to our current and former GAC members!

Cheers,

Alex

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[2]  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG
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[Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee!

[Alex Wang]

Hello Everyone!

We're sending out another call for new Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)
members!

The GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review
and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Project and
Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both grant applicants and the
Foundation.

Read all about it on the Candidates page[3].  New members will be inducted
by the end of March 2014, so be sure to step forward before then.

Please help this message reach as many people as possible, by relaying it
to appropriate lists and village pumps.

And many thanks to our current and former GAC members!

Cheers,

Alex

[1] _everyone_ is implicitly invited!
[2]  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

[Alex Wang]

Congrats! Looking forward to the future of WMUA and UKWP!

Alex


On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Congratulations, WMUA and UKWP! :)

A.


 On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador kwadzo...@gmail.com
 
 wrote:

  Congrats Wikimedia Ukraine and Happy 5th Anniversary.
 
  -Enock
 
 
  On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 7:38 PM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com
  wrote:
 
   Congratulations Wikimedia Ukraine on these milestones.
   500,000 articles, 10 years as a language wiki, and 5 years
   as an organization are great reasons to celebrate.
  
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feuerwerk_Dreiländerbrücke.jpg
  
  
  
   Pine
  
  
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 21:13:16 +0200
From: Richard Ames rich...@ames.id.au
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary
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- оригінальне повідомлення -
Тема: Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary
Від кого: Levon Azizian levonaziz...@bigmir.net
Кому: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Копія: Правління Вікімедіа Україна bo...@wikimedia.in.ua
Відправлено: 31.05.2014 18:40,
   
Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the
 date
of creation.
   
Exactly 5 years ago, on May 31, 2009, in Kyiv was held the
 constituent
meeting, which approved the bylaws and elected its first Board of the
  new
organization, known as Wikimedia Ukraine.
   
Our community has gone through a long and difficult path. Birthday of
Wikimedia Ukraine for our community is the third remarkable date this
year. On January 30 was the 10th anniversary of the establishment of
Ukrainian Wikipedia and on May 12 Ukrainian Wikipedia has crossed the
threshold of 500 000 articles.
   
We want to thank to Wikimedia Foundation Inc. for their help, to our
neighboring communities for fruitful cooperation with us and of
 course
to our community for their contributions!
   
Regards, Levon Azizian
Deputy chair
Wikimedia Ukraine
   
   
   
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2014-15 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New website for the New England Wikimedians user group

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Great to see the website and read about upcoming events!


On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:

 Great photo - hope to see lots of you in London at Wikimania.


 On 14 July 2014 05:32, Kevin Rutherford ktr...@hotmail.com wrote:

  Hello Fellow Wikimedians,
 
  I am pleased to announce that New England Wikimedians’ user group website
  has officially launched, and is located at ne-wikimedians.org/. I would
  also like to extend a huge thanks to Wikimedia DC's Technical
  Infrastructure Committee for helping make this site a possibility, as
 they
  were quite instrumental in ensuring that everything worked out in the
 end.
 
  As always, if anyone has any questions or suggestions, please feel free
 to
  e-mail me.
 
  Kevin Rutherford
  Co-Chair, New England Wikimedians
 
  Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaNewEngland
  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WikimediaNE
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

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Very excited about this! Congrats!


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote:

 That's a great news! Congratulations to WM User Group China.

 Cheers

 Ali Haidar Khan
 FDC Member
 Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
 On Jul 30, 2014 10:18 PM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve
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  Dear all,
 
  It is an honor to announce that the Affiliations Committee has resolved
  [1] recognizing the Wikimedia User Group China as a Wikimedia User Group;
  their main focus areas are getting more chinese people know and use
  Wikipedia, encouraging people to become contributors to the different
  Wikimedia projects, and maintain the community healthy and growing.
  Let's
  welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates -and the fourth
 from
  the Sinosphere!
 
 
  Regards,
  Carlos
 
  1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/
  Resolutions/Wikimedia_User_Group_China_-_July_2014
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  junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain.
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  Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Algeria Wikimedians User Group

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Congrats to the Algerian User Group!

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive n...@nhasive.com wrote:

 Congratulations to Algerian Wikimedians!

 On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote:

  Many congratulations to Algerian Wikimedians.
 
  Cheers
 
  Ali Haidar Khan
  FDC Member
  Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
  On Nov 2, 2014 3:14 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   Many congratulations!! Happy to hear this.
  
   Vishnu
   CIS-A2K
  
  
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Project Med

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Congrats! A very exciting project!

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:46 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive n...@nhasive.com wrote:

 Great! Congratulations team Wiki Project Med!

 On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote:

  Congratulations team Wiki Project Med!
 
  Best wishes.
 
  Vishnu
 
 
  On Wednesday 12 November 2014 05:44 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote:
 
  Hi everyone,
 
  I'm pleased to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
  Wiki
  Project Med [1] as a Wikimedia User Group [2].  The group is working to
  promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects.
  Let's welcome them to the family of Wikimedia affiliates!
  Regards,Kirill LokshinAffiliations Committee
  [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med
  [2]
  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/
  Resolutions/Wiki_Project_Med_-_Liaison_approval,_November_2014
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[Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee!

[Alex Wang]

Hello Everyone!

We're sending out another call for new Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)
members!

The GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review
and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Project and
Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both grant applicants and the
Foundation.

Read all about it on the Candidates page[3]. The deadline for signing up
for this round is December 30, 2014, so be sure to step forward before
then. New members will be inducted by the middle of January 2015.

Please help this message reach as many people as possible, by relaying it
to appropriate lists and village pumps.

And many thanks to our current and former GAC members[4]!

Cheers,

Alex

[1] _everyone_ is implicitly invited!
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG
[3]
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[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Cinema editathon

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Sounds like a fantastic event and partnership! Excited to hear how it turns
out!

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Jaime Anstee jans...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Great idea! Thanks for sharing, Ivan. Our team looks forward to hearing
 more about this event and how the new partnership develops.

 ... will there be popcorn? ;)




  On Feb 9, 2015, at 8:04 AM, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Dear all, we are very pleased to announce our first editathon Wikipedia
 ama
  el cine (Wikipedia Loves Cinema), an editathon focused in improve
 articles
  related to Cinema of Mexico in Spanish Wikipedia. Of course all the
 support
  from the whole Wikimedia community to write about the theme will be very
  welcome!
 
 
 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Editat%C3%B3n_Wikipedia_ama_el_cine
 
  This is the first activity as a party of a new agreement with Cineteca
  Nacional, the main film archive of our country.
 
  Best,
 
  --
  *Iván Martínez*
 
 
 
  *Wikimanía 2015 Chief CoordinatorUser:ProtoplasmaKid
  @protoplasmakidhttp://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org
  http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org*
 
  Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a
  proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora:
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[Wikimedia-l] Inspire Campaign: Help turn ideas into action!

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Hello Wikimedians,


On March 4th, the Community Engagement team initiated the first “Inspire
Campaign”, a drive to foster and support new ideas to improve gender
diversity on Wikimedia projects. The organizers set a goal of having 100
proposals by the end of March; this was met in the first week, and the
total now stands at 220 ideas, with a few more days more to go!  The
campaign has brought in 492 participants to the process so far, nearly
hitting its target of 500 participants.

While discussion about gender has been active, the environment has largely
remained friendly and productive. The Inspire team would like to especially
thank the Meta community and its admins for helping to keep the process
positive and running smoothly. Discussion has been further aided by a
friendly spaces guideline for participants, which most everyone involved
has respectfully followed.[1]

However, the campaign is far from done.

The next step is developing and supporting viable ideas to become real
initiatives. We need your help, whether in the form of an endorsement for a
strong idea, or constructive suggestions on a proposal that needs more
work.  Feedback from community members is key to helping an idea evolve,
and incorporating past learning and knowledge is very important for the
future success of these proposals.

You can explore ideas by category[2] or through a ‘leaderboard’ of the most
endorsed ideas[3].  And a list of ideas that have already expanded into
grant proposals can be seen here[4]. We hope to see you over at the
IdeaLab, and, remember, there are still a few days to help create
actionable ideas before March 31st!


If funding is needed to implement your idea, be sure to expand your idea
into a grant proposal before the campaign ends March 31st. Funding
decisions will be made by April 30th.

Cheers,

The Inspire Team

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Friendly_space

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Ideas_by_theme

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Leaderboard

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Funding#Open_Grant_Proposals

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Inspire Campaign launches today!

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Hello Wikimedians,


Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the Inspire Campaign in
IdeaLab!

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire

This campaign aims to encourage, foster, and support new ideas for
improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of
Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still
missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate in the
campaign on Meta-wiki by sharing your ideas, skills and feedback, and by
helping to spread the word in your local communities. The campaign runs
until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions,
community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new!
Grants are available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects developed
during this campaign that need financial support. Constructive, positive
feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your
skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life.  We
hope experienced community members will also watch the IdeaLab pages to
help keep the discussions positive and constructive. Join us at the Inspire
Campaign and help our projects better represent the world’s knowledge!

Cheers,

Alex  the Inspire Team

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Hello Wikimedians,


Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the Inspire Campaign in
IdeaLab!

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire

This campaign aims to encourage, foster, and support new ideas for
improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of
Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still
missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate in the
campaign on Meta-wiki by sharing your ideas, skills and feedback, and by
helping to spread the word in your local communities. The campaign runs
until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions,
community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new!
Grants are available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects developed
during this campaign that need financial support. Constructive, positive
feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...

[Alex Wang]

Thanks so much for this great tribute. Inspiring.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote:

 Condolences to the community. I let the Signpost folks know, and there will
 be a writeup on this coming shortly.

 -Andrew


 On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

  Viswa,
 
  Thank you so much for letting us know of this editor's inspiring story.
 We
  are sorry to lose such an exemplary Wikimedian. I hope in his passing he
  had the satisfaction of feeling that in his late years he made the world
 a
  better place.
 
  Please contact me off-list if you would like this email to appear in the
  Signpost.
 
  Condolances to his family and the Malayalam Wikimedia community.
 
  Pine
  On Mar 5, 2015 7:08 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) vp2...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   Dear Wikimedians all over the world,
  
   One of our stalwarts at ml Wikimedia community, Wikiuser:BabuG
   https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Babug (
   https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Babug)  expired yesterday night.
  
   Despite having paralyzed due to a severe stroke and severely affected
 by
   several subsequent health problems, he was guided to Wikipedia by his
  son,
   Dr. Ajay, another prominent Malayalam Wikipedian, as a possible remedy
 to
   escape perpetual loneliness.
  
   His real world name was G. Balachandran.He was born on 14th October
 1938
  in
   a small village off North Parur, Ernakulam District, Kerala, the
   Southernmost state of India.He  joined the Armed Forces Engineering
  College
   and then continued to serve the Indian Armed forces for long many
 years.
  
   He started contributing to Wikimedia, particularly to Malayalam
  Wikipedia,
   in the year 2008.
  
   His initial contributions to Malayalam Wikipedia were based upon a
   pulp-converted digital Encyclopedia, released by the Government through
   GFDL licence then.  He continued to create even more full-featured
  articles
   on his own, later. By 2014 October 18 - the day he edited last in
   Wikipedia- he had 1935 full-blown articles initiated and expanded by
   himself in ml.wikipedia.org. Besides, he also contributed more than
 350
   images to Wikimedia commons and a handsome  amount of contributions to
   Wikisource, Wikidata and Wiktionary.
  
   He always attributed his renewed energy and life's aspirations to the
   Wikimedia mission, for having returned to a meaningful life after a
  20-year
   long and frustrating solitude while constrained to an immobile chair.
  Ever
   since 2008, he stood up and started walking and moving around. His was
 an
   extreme example for us in Malayalam WP to showcase how Wikipedia can
  change
   lives.
  
   In almost all our Wikipedia Outreach sessions, we utilized this great
   example to motivate and excite the newcomers to WP.
  
   Tory Read mentioned about BabuG thus, in a document
   http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/india-chronicles.pdf, a
  review
   on the state of Indian Wikimedia Communities, in 2011:
  
   G. Balachandran, a septuagenarian who lives outside of Ernakulum in
  Kerala
state, said that working on Malayalam Wikipedia helped him recover
  after
   a
stroke left him paralyzed. “He’s much sharper now,” said his wife
   Jagadamma
K. “He’s made a lot of new friends, and that’s been good for his
  health.”
  
  
   For us in Malayalam Wikipedia, today is a black day, for having lost a
   great beacon on our voyage to ultimate openness and freedom in
 knowledge
   and wisdom.
  
  
   Yet, we feel, BabuG has made his life stamped immortal for ever and has
   shown us the pathway we should follow in continuing our humble
   contributions to the ultimate cause of mankind.
  
  
   -ViswaPrabha
   (On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community)
   http://ml.wikipedia.org
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees

[Alex Wang]

Hi All,

Today we're pleased to announce a new group of grantees working to increase
gender diversity in Wikimedia projects.

In early March, we announced the Inspire campaign
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire, an initiative led
by WMF’s Community Resources team to generate new ideas to address
Wikimedia's gender gap. From 266 ideas came 42 grant proposals eligible for
consideration. After careful review by a committee of volunteer Wikimedians
and gender-focused experts, 16 projects have been recommended and approved
for funding.

The projects are experimenting with a variety of strategies: organizing
events and leveraging professional communities, institutions and
partnerships to create quality content, researching gaps in both content
and contributors, and testing approaches for training and mentorship to
better support gender diversity on-wiki. Overall, we’re particularly
pleased to see projects looking at gender in multiple ways as they work to
improve Wikipedia’s gender diversity across various contexts, and to be
supporting some returning grantees as well as many new project leaders who
identify as women or allies for increasing gender diversity.

You can also read more about the campaign and each funded project on the
Wikimedia Foundation blog
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/.

The funded projects are:


   - Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equity
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity
   - Gender gap admin training
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender-gap_admin_training

   - Survey women who don't contribute
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Survey_women_who_don%27t_contribute

   - Wikipedia Gender Index
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI:_Wikipedia_Gender_Index

   - Wikipedia Buddy Group
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_Buddy_Group
   - Wiki Edit-a-thon Work Parties
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wiki_Edit-a-thon_Work_Parties
   - More Female Architects on Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/More_Female_Architects_on_Wikipedia

   - Linguistics Editathon series: Improving female linguists'
   participation and representation on Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Linguistics_Editathon_series:_Improving_female_linguists%27_participation_and_representation_on_Wikipedia
   - Wikipedia edit-a-thon for the Aphra Behn Society
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_edit-a-thon_for_the_Aphra_Behn_Society
   - Wikineedsgirls
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikineedsgirls
   - Gender in East Asia Wikipedia Editing
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender_in_East_Asia_Wikipedia_Editing
   - Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the Unknown Unknowns
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Full_Circle_Gap_Protocol:_Addressing_the_%E2%80%98Unknown_Unknowns%E2%80%99
   - Wellington Wikipedia Meet Up - With Childcare
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wellington_Wikipedia_Meet_Up_-_With_Childcare!

   - Just for the record
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Just_for_the_record
   - Let's fill the gender gap Workshops
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_Workshops
   - Empowering Afrodescendant women in Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_women_in_Wikipedia

What’s next:

We hope you'll continue to engage with these projects as they begin work in
coming months and offer your experience and ideas!

Meanwhile, our regularly scheduled grant programs continue :)

A number of ideas and grant proposals from the campaign are still in
development. Over the coming year, we'll continue to encourage people to
make changes based on feedback and our Project and Event Grants
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG and Individual Engagement
Grants https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG programs will be happy
to continue to receive new or adjusted proposals aimed at increasing gender
diversity during regular funding cycles along with all other topics.

A full analysis of the Inspire campaign is in progress, and in coming weeks
we'll be sharing findings from a traffic analysis and a participant survey.
Stay tuned for another update in mid-May on what we learned from the
Inspire experiment, what worked, what didn't, and recommended steps for the
future.

Many thanks to all of you that contributed to this campaign with proposals,
ideas, feedback and suggestions!

Cheers,

The Inspire Team

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[Alex Wang]

Hi All,

Today we're pleased to announce a new group of grantees working to increase
gender diversity in Wikimedia projects.

In early March, we announced the Inspire campaign
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire, an initiative led
by WMF’s Community Resources team to generate new ideas to address
Wikimedia's gender gap. From 266 ideas came 42 grant proposals eligible for
consideration. After careful review by a committee of volunteer Wikimedians
and gender-focused experts, 16 projects have been recommended and approved
for funding.

The projects are experimenting with a variety of strategies: organizing
events and leveraging professional communities, institutions and
partnerships to create quality content, researching gaps in both content
and contributors, and testing approaches for training and mentorship to
better support gender diversity on-wiki. Overall, we’re particularly
pleased to see projects looking at gender in multiple ways as they work to
improve Wikipedia’s gender diversity across various contexts, and to be
supporting some returning grantees as well as many new project leaders who
identify as women or allies for increasing gender diversity.

You can also read more about the campaign and each funded project on the
Wikimedia Foundation blog
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/.

The funded projects are:


   - Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equity
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity
   - Gender gap admin training
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender-gap_admin_training

   - Survey women who don't contribute
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Survey_women_who_don%27t_contribute

   - Wikipedia Gender Index
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI:_Wikipedia_Gender_Index

   - Wikipedia Buddy Group
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_Buddy_Group
   - Wiki Edit-a-thon Work Parties
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wiki_Edit-a-thon_Work_Parties
   - More Female Architects on Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/More_Female_Architects_on_Wikipedia

   - Linguistics Editathon series: Improving female linguists'
   participation and representation on Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Linguistics_Editathon_series:_Improving_female_linguists%27_participation_and_representation_on_Wikipedia
   - Wikipedia edit-a-thon for the Aphra Behn Society
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_edit-a-thon_for_the_Aphra_Behn_Society
   - Wikineedsgirls
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikineedsgirls
   - Gender in East Asia Wikipedia Editing
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender_in_East_Asia_Wikipedia_Editing
   - Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the Unknown Unknowns
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Full_Circle_Gap_Protocol:_Addressing_the_%E2%80%98Unknown_Unknowns%E2%80%99
   - Wellington Wikipedia Meet Up - With Childcare
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wellington_Wikipedia_Meet_Up_-_With_Childcare!

   - Just for the record
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Just_for_the_record
   - Let's fill the gender gap Workshops
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_Workshops
   - Empowering Afrodescendant women in Wikipedia
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_women_in_Wikipedia

What’s next:

We hope you'll continue to engage with these projects as they begin work in
coming months and offer your experience and ideas!

Meanwhile, our regularly scheduled grant programs continue :)

A number of ideas and grant proposals from the campaign are still in
development. Over the coming year, we'll continue to encourage people to
make changes based on feedback and our Project and Event Grants
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG and Individual Engagement
Grants https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG programs will be happy
to continue to receive new or adjusted proposals aimed at increasing gender
diversity during regular funding cycles along with all other topics.

A full analysis of the Inspire campaign is in progress, and in coming weeks
we'll be sharing findings from a traffic analysis and a participant survey.
Stay tuned for another update in mid-May on what we learned from the
Inspire experiment, what worked, what didn't, and recommended steps for the
future.

Many thanks to all of you that contributed to this campaign with proposals,
ideas, feedback and suggestions!

Cheers,

The Inspire Team

-- 
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Program Officer
Project  Event Grants
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The ProWikimedia award and thanking the volunteers

[Alex Wang]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing this model.



On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:49 AM, Santi Navarro 
santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es wrote:

 Great iniciative. I love it and I'll try to do something similar in Spain.
 Thanks for sharing this.

 Santi


 El 2015-06-11 22:43, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska escribió:

 Dear all
 As you all know in the Wikmedia movement nothing really inspiring and
 creative can be done without the volunteers. Their ideas, time and energy
 are priceless. That is why Wikimedia Poland has created an award to say
 thank you to great people that inspire and coordinate our projects
 (expeditions, workshops, editathons, photo contests etc.) and for the
 volunteer of the year.
 We invited four people from the outside of the Wikimedia movement - people
 representing cultural institutions NGO's and the media - to form a jury
 with a task to choose the projects and the volunteer that should be
 rewarded. The jury also gave us precious information about how people who
 are not Wikimedians see our projects and which they perceive as the most
 interesting and inspiring.

 The ProWikimedia 2015 award will be given in 4 categories:
 1. Free content ambassador - in recognition of a project which had major
 impact on promoting openness, knowledge of free licenses, and free culture
 outside Wikimedia communities or which resulted in resources that were of
 great use to projects, institutions and publications outside of the
 WIkimedia movement
 2. Efficient content acquisition - in recognition of a project which
 exhibited a high ratio of acquired content quality and quantity in the
 context of financial outlays
 3. Innovation / pioneering character in acquiring free content - in
 recognition of a project which showed creativity, innovative approach and
 original viewpoint in acquiring free contents for the WIkimedia projects
 4. The volunteer of the year

 The award ceremony will take place this Saturday in the library of the
 European Solidarity Center - an institution with a mission of
 maintaining the heritage and message of the Solidarity movement and
 sharing
 the achievements of the peaceful struggle for freedom, justice, democracy
 and human rights. And it is a great place to recognize the great effort of
 Wikimedia volunteers who change the world by sharing knowledge.

 The ProWikimedia project has already (thanks to the outside jury) thought
 us a lot about our actions and initiatives and given us precious (and
 sometimes surprising) insight. But it's main purpose is to keep our
 volunteers inspired, encourage them to start new initiatives and show them
 how great job they are doing. I am really excited about this award as I
 truly believe that showing gratitude to our volunteers is something really
 important. And we need to find new ways to do it.


 Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
 [[user:Magalia]]
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] the digital language divide

[Alex Wang]

Thanks for sending this, Phoebe. Very relevant and interesting.

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:59 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com
wrote:

 This feature on multilingualism online and the digital language divide
 from the Guardian is thought-provoking:
 http://labs.theguardian.com/digital-language-divide/

 It summarizes a bunch of recent research on language online, including
 the work from the Oxford Internet Institute on Wikipedia.

 -- Phoebe


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group

[Alex Wang]

Congrats!! Looking forward to working with you!

Cheers,

Alex

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote:

 !تشرفنا بكم! مبروك

 On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Cristian Consonni 
 kikkocrist...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  Il 21/Mag/2015 20:10, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve ha
  scritto:
   Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the wikifamily.
  Mabruk :-)
 
  Welcome and congrats!
 
  Cristian
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

[Alex Wang]

Congrats!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Hong, Yongmin li...@revi.pe.kr wrote:

 Finally!!!

 There was a meeting for creation fo legal entity in Oct. 2014 and I see the
 approval by WMF AffCom today.

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 2015. 7. 18. 오전 12:50에 Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve님이 작성:

  Dear all,
 
  We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the
 Wikimedians
  of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their
  main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
  available for all, along with supporting the development of other
 Wikimedia
  projects.
 
  Welcome!!
 
  1:
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
  --
  *Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
  junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain.
  Carlos M. Colina
  Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
 www.wikimedia.org.ve
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  Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

[Alex Wang]

Great news! Excited to see some awesome projects from this group!

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Patricio Lorente 
patricio.lore...@gmail.com wrote:

 Congratulations, WikiWomen, and welcome!

  Patricio

 El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 3:19 a. m., Nasir Khan 
 nasir8...@gmail.com escribió:

  Great news, congrats :D
 
  Nasir Khan
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  On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   Thank you everyone for the warm welcome for this new WikiWomen's User
   Group.
  
   Help us spread the work all around the world to chapters and other
   affiliated organizations that are working on the gender gap already and
   would find this group an useful place to connect with other people with
   similar interests.
  
   Also, any women and allies working on any WMF project who are
 interested
  in
   the gender gap is welcome to join. All languages welcome. Help us
  translate
   the pages.
  
  
  
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_User_Group#Interested_in_participating
  
   Sydney
  
   Sydney Poore
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   at Cochrane Collaboration
  
   On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Carlos M. Colina 
  ma...@wikimedia.org.ve
   wrote:
  
Dear all,
   
I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations
Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of
 Wikimedia
affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are
  providing a
collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss
  gender-related
issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase in content
  and
contributor diversity.
   
Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-)
   
   
1:
   
  
 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/WikiWomen's_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

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Congrats and welcome!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Raymond Leonard 
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 Welcome to the Iranian Wikimedians User Group!

 Yours,
 Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray
 Cascadia Wikimedians User Group http://cascadia.wiki

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  On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:20:56 -0700
  Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 
   Congratulations and much success!
  
  A.
  
 
  Congratulations, good luck, and welcome aboard!
 
  Regards,
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

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Congrats and welcome!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org wrote:

 On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:49:27 +0300
 Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:

  Dear all,
 
  On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to
  announce the recognition [1] of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a
  WUG. They are working hard to increase (in quantity and quality) the
  free knowledge available in albanian, as well as collaborating with
  other fellow wikimedians in areas of the Balkans outside of Albania
  where their language is also spoken. Hence their name :-)
 

 Congrats and welcome.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus

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Congrats and welcome!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Raymond Leonard 
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 Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus!

 Yours,
 Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray
 Cascadia Wikimedians User Group http://cascadia.wiki

 On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

  Congratulations, Belarusian colleagues!
 
 A.
 
  On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
 ma...@wikimedia.org.ve
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   Dear all,
  
   It is an honour and a pleasure to announce on behalf of the
 Affiliations
   Committee the recognition [1] of the newest Wikimedia User Group:
  Wikimedia
   Community User Group Belarus. Among their objectives are to represent
  both
   Belarusian Wikipedias (classical and academic) in international
  relations;
   to widen media presence and public awareness about Belarusian
 Wikipedias'
   community activities; and to make collaborative projects with other
   interest groups, social initiatives, NGOs and local communities in
  Belarus
   and abroad.
  
   Please join us in welcoming a new member of the family! :-)
  
  
   1:
  
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

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Garfield,

I have deeply appreciated your guidance, humility, and humor whenever I
have come to you for advice. You respect for our communities and desire to
support them no matter how crazy the situation has been inspiring. You
could easily create and enforce rigid processes and rules, but instead
consider each situation uniquely and think creatively to support our
affiliates and individual volunteers. I really appreciate that level of
commitment. You will be missed.
.
Alex

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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Garfield Byrd 
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> > All,
> >
> > For the last four years, I’ve led the Wikimedia Foundation’s finance,
> > administration, and office IT teams.
>
> Four years but I feel like you've been a part of the movement forever!
> Thank you for everything. Your contributions include managing our
> largest financial decisions and projects, but also have included many
> quiet acts of support behind the scenes, from helping run Wikimania to
> talking with contributors who wanted to know how to run their local
> group better. You've always been present in moments of crisis and
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 72 hours with Rodin editathon in Mexico City

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Very exciting and inspiring! Thanks for sharing Ivan!

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Hasive N. Chowdhury <
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> Great to know Ivan. All the best for Wikimedia Mexico.
>
>
> Hasive
> WMBD
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:43 AM, Ivan Martínez  wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone.
> >
> > This June, Wikimedia Mexico will run the editathon* 72 hours with Rodin*
> > a huge journey from June 9 to 12 at Museo Soumaya[1]. This time we're
> > trying to break our previous record (60 continuous hours), this time
> we're
> > trying to achieve an even greater marathon: more than 70 continuous hours
> > editing Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and Wikisource. We are
> > celebrating the arrival to the museum of one of Auguste Rodin's
> > masterpieces: ''The Gates of Hell'', so, we will have a celebration about
> > art and free knowledge which will include talks, theater pieces, guided
> > tours, workshops and fun time activities as karaoke nights. You saw it at
> > Wikimania, Wikimedia Mexico volunteers love fun also :) The museum will
> be
> > open also to public during that 72 hours.
> >
> > The editathon will focus on Auguste Rodin works and the Museo Soumaya
> > collections, but beyond that we have higher goals like completing the
> full
> > list of museums in Mexico and at least 50 biographies on importan women
> in
> > art and feminism as part of our permanent and transversal Gender Gap
> > Reduction Strategy. In this list (in Spanish)[2] you can find more about
> > the event and the list of articles. As in other editathons at Museo
> > Soumaya[3], we are inviting all Wikimedia chapters and affiliates to join
> > this effort and support us translating articles to more languages. As you
> > can see in the list, this time we are doing a detailed logistic which
> > involves pairing Wikimedia Mexico volunteers with museum staff
> (researchers
> > and/or curators), aiming to increase experience of the museum’s staff on
> > Wikipedia.
> >
> > *72 hours with Rodin* will pursuit to set a new record and it’s an event
> > prepared since January, escalating in intensity since two months ago with
> > the coordination by Andrés Cruz y Corro (User:Andycyca), head of
> volunteers
> > in Wikimania 2015. As a matter of fact, 60% of the Wikimania 2015 Yellow
> > Army will be present on the event.
> >
> > We will love to have support from Wikimedia community in the translation
> > of the articles produced in the editathon to more languages of the globe.
> > Please don’t hesitate if you want to join the editathon!
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Iván Martínez
> > President
> > Wikimedia Mexico
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproyecto:Museo_Soumaya/Editat%C3%B3n_72_Horas_con_Rodin
> > [2]
> >
> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproyecto:Museo_Soumaya/Editat%C3%B3n_72_Horas_con_Rodin/Art%C3%ADculos_a_editar
> > [3]
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/50-hours-of-art-the-museo-soumaya-editathon/
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

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Thanks, Asaf!

This is very useful and interesting. There is much work to be done.

Cheers,

Alex

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Anna Stillwell 
wrote:

> Thank you for this, Asaf. Very useful.
> /a
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> wrote:
>
> > Hullo everyone.
> >
> > I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
> > content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
> > Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
> > Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
> > articles about women out of all articles about humans*.
> >
> > Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
> > the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a
> table,
> > here:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap
> >
> > (please see the *caveat* there.)
> >
> > I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in
> those
> > results, but I will quickly point out the following:
> >
> > 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
> > there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.
> >
> > 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
> > articles about women among all biographies.
> >
> > 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.
> Good
> > job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
> > drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop
> culture
> > coverage.)
> >
> > 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.
> >
> > 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
> > eventually have some sense of trends and changes.
> >
> > 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a
> > dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
> > responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew
> Wikipedia!
> > :)
> >
> > 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.  Perhaps
> > you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)
> >
> > 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or
> you
> > can do it yourself, too. :)
> >
> >A.
> >
> > [1] https://query.wikidata.org/
> > [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

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Wonderful news!! Congrats!

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:15 AM, James Heilman  wrote:

> Hopefully this is just a start and the rest of Europe will follow Belgium's
> lead.
>
> J
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Tanweer Morshed 
> wrote:
>
> > Great news indeed! Thanks to the people who worked to promote FoP.
> >
> > On Friday, June 17, 2016, Omar David Sandoval Sida 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Good news, congratulations!
> > > El 17/06/2016 9:54 a.m., "Shani" >
> > > escribió:
> > >
> > > > Wonderful news! Congrats!
> > > > On 17 Jun 2016 02:38, "Romaine Wiki"  > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Great news!
> > > > >
> > > > > Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
> > > > > A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including
> > commercial
> > > > > use.
> > > > >
> > > > > Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be
> > restored
> > > > on
> > > > > Commons.
> > > > >
> > > > > But first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten
> > days
> > > > > later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep
> > you
> > > > > updated on that.)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Article in the news in Dutch:
> > > > > http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last
> year,
> > > we
> > > > > from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and
> > > communicated
> > > > > with the members of the parliament informing what this subject
> means
> > > for
> > > > > Wikipedia.
> > > > >
> > > > > With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a
> > > > priority
> > > > > for us.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks all for the support!
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's get this implemented elsewhere too!
> > > > >
> > > > > Greetings from Belgium,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Basque Wikimedians User Group

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Congrats and welcome! Excited to learn more about this group.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Sam Klein  wrote:

> Wonderful, and welcome to you all.
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:36 PM,  wrote:
>
> > zorionak!!!
> >
> > Great news!
> >
> > Mobile sent
> >
> > El 25 febr 2016, a les 19:19, Carlos M. Colina 
> > va escriure:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I am honoured to announce, on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
> > recognition of the newest affiliate in Europe: Basque Wikimedians User
> > Group [1]
> > >
> > > This new group is formed by wikimedians interested in promoting the
> > different Wikimedia projects in the Basque Country, and especially the
> > projects in Euskera, increasing the users' participation in them as well
> as
> > reaching out to cultural and educational organizations both in France and
> > Spain related to the Basque Country.
> > >
> > > Ongi etorri!!
> > >
> > >
> > > 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Basque_Wikimedians_User_Group
> > > --
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> > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > www.wikimedia.org.ve 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 15 days to create (at least) 15 biographies on notable African women!

[Alex Wang]

Congrats! So wonderful to see so many new articles and a great number of
participants. Looking forward to more Wiki Loves Women activities!

Cheers,

Alex

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Chris Schilling 
wrote:

> Fantastic news, Florence.  Thanks for sharing.  : )
>
> - Jethro
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Florence Devouard 
> wrote:
>
> > Good evening everyone !
> >
> > Results of the contest are published !
> >
> >
> > At the end of the contest,
> >
> > 15 Anglophone teams (27 participants)
> > 18 Francophone teams (24 participants)
> > and 1 team (4 participants) from Armenian language (completely unexpected
> > ... but so very welcome!)
> >
> > produced no less than ...
> >
> > 71 new biographies in English,
> > 122 new biographies in French
> > and 41 new articles in Armenian.
> >
> > This result is way beyond our expectations! And so incredibly great!
> >
> > Check out details here
> > * In English :
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women_Writing_Contest#Results
> > * In French :
> >
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wiki_Loves_Women/Concours_d%27écriture/Résultats
> 
> > <
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wiki_Loves_Women/Concours_d%27%C3%A9criture/R%C3%A9sultats
> >
> >
> > Congrats everyone !
> >
> > Anthere
> >
> > Le 15/01/16 12:58, Florence Devouard a écrit :
> >
> > The Wiki Love Women writing contest is now officially open !
> >>
> >> Please join in to celebrate Wikipedia 15 by participating to the
> >> bilingual (English/French) writing contest to increase the number of
> >> notable African women that are covered on Wikipedia.
> >> The contest is also meant as a starting point of Wiki Loves Women, a
> >> content liberation project related to Women in Africa.
> >>
> >> We would love to see you participate to the writing contest !
> >> If you want to, there are 3 ways to participate
> >> * You want to create an article ? Please add your name here
> >>
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Women/Writing_Contest/Teams
> >> .
> >> You may be solo, or you could seek the help of others to join your team.
> >> Or you can join an already existing team. You must start a new article
> >> (translation from another language is allowed). You have 15 days :)
> >> * Or you may simply add suggestions for articles to write here :
> >>
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Women/Writing_Contest/Articles_suggestions
> >> .
> >> Of course, be careful of notability etc.
> >> * Or you would be willing to join the jury. If so, please drop to the
> >> page
> >>
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Women/Writing_Contest/Jury
> >> to propose your help
> >>
> >> It is all meant to be an easy going contest... no hassle... just for the
> >> pleasure of working together on a theme still little covered on
> >> Wikipedia (even after 15 years...)
> >>
> >> Anthere and Isla
> >>
> >>
> >> LINKS
> >>
> >> The writing contest :
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Women/Writing_Contest
> >>
> >> On meta :
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women_Writing_Contest
> >>
> >> Wiki Loves Women website : http://www.wikiloveswomen.org (bear with
> >> us... still very new)
> >>
> >> Twitter #wikiloveswomen
> >>
> >> Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesWomen/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reimagining WMF grants consultation: Next steps

[Alex Wang]

Apologies. Updated hyperlink:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation



On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> In August, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the
>
> structure of WMF grant programs.
>
> Next steps for implementing changes based on the consultation are now
> available:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes>
>
> Important dates to note:
>
> 1 May: Rapid Grants launch; submission forms available for new Project
> Grants program
>
> 30 May: Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event
> Grants program
>
> 1 July: Project Grants and Conference Support launch
>
> Come read about the timeline and next steps for implementing changes based
> on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the
> discussion page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
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[Wikimedia-l] Reimagining WMF grants consultation: Next steps

[Alex Wang]

Hi everyone,

In August, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the

structure of WMF grant programs.

Next steps for implementing changes based on the consultation are now
available:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation


Important dates to note:

1 May: Rapid Grants launch; submission forms available for new Project
Grants program

30 May: Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event
Grants program

1 July: Project Grants and Conference Support launch

Come read about the timeline and next steps for implementing changes based
on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the discussion
page.

Cheers,

Alex

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

[Alex Wang]

Thank you, Katherine! This announcement has me breathing a huge sigh of
relief and fills me with optimism for what's to come.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Maria O'Neill 
wrote:

> Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you! Great news! :)
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Aaron Halfaker 
> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Katherine!  This is certainly welcome news. :)
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Victor Grigas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What a good message to wake up to!
>>>
>>> I'd like to politely suggest along with any decision making ahead, that
>>> the board please leave the door open to considering Katherine as permanent
>>> executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Tanweer Morshed >> > wrote:
>>>
 Congratulations to Katherine for taking up the responsibility! And at
 the
 same time, thanks to the Board and C-levels for coming up with a
 thoughtful
 and acceptable decision.
 It's great to see someone taking up the charge, who has been involved
 with
 the movement for a long time.


 Regards,
 Tanweer

 On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Nicole Ebber <
 nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de>
 wrote:

 > Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you for taking on this
 > responsibility! I am glad to read all those congrats and wonderful
 > emails from people involved.
 >
 > And thank you to the C-level team and Board for making this decision,
 > and for making it quickly and transparent.
 >
 > I look forward to working with you, and to warmly welcoming you in
 > Berlin in April!
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Nicole
 >
 > On 11 March 2016 at 11:18, David Parreño Mont <
 david.parr...@gmail.com>
 > wrote:
 > > OMG! Many congratulations, Katherine!
 > >
 > > El dv., 11 març 2016 a les 4:00, Katherine Maher (<
 kma...@wikimedia.org
 > >)
 > > va escriure:
 > >
 > >> Thank you, Patricio.
 > >>
 > >> I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their
 > confidence in
 > >> the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff
 for
 > >> continuing to be such committed advocates for our future -- your
 passion
 > >> and belief in our movement and purpose have been tremendous things
 to
 > >> behold.
 > >>
 > >> As a movement, we’ve had some challenges lately. We’ve started on a
 > process
 > >> of change, but as Lydia Pintscher (User:Lydia Pintscher (WMDE))
 recently
 > >> reminded us,[1] “Change happens at the speed of trust.” We will
 need to
 > >> work together over these coming months to build that trust, and
 open
 > >> critical lines of communication and accountability. I get the
 sense from
 > >> many people that that’s exactly what they’d like to do: absorb the
 > lessons
 > >> we’ve learned, re-engage with each other, and get back to
 advancing our
 > >> global movement.
 > >>
 > >> At the Foundation, we have an opportunity to center around our
 values,
 > and
 > >> practice open and collaborative communication. During the interim
 > period, I
 > >> want to get things working well and improve transparency and
 > communication,
 > >> both internally and with the communities. We will work to create a
 > >> supportive, fair environment where people can get things done,
 engage
 > with
 > >> their colleagues and community members, and understand how their
 work
 > has
 > >> an impact on our mission. This includes delivering on important
 > deadlines
 > >> for the Annual Plan and strategy,[2] filling key roles, and making
 > progress
 > >> on issues raised in our recent engagement survey.
 > >>
 > >> We are committed to delivering the first version of the 2016-2017
 Annual
 > >> Plan no later than April 1st for community and FDC review, and are
 on
 > track
 > >> to meet this deadline. The WMF 2016-2018 strategy development is
 also
 > >> underway, with a draft version open for comments until March
 18.[3] Over
 > >> the coming weeks, we’ll be moving forward with our Chief Technology
 > Officer
 > >> (CTO) search, and working with the Talent and Culture team to
 reinvest
 > in
 > >> our culture. As new other emerge, we’ll work together to prioritize
 > them.
 > >>
 > >> To accomplish all of this, we are going to need your help. I want
 to
 > hear
 > >> from you about what you would like to achieve in this interim
 period.
 > This
 > >> includes how we can collaborate together to prepare the
 organization and
 > >> movement to welcome our next Executive Director. The Foundation is
 > prepared
 > >> to actively support 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

[Alex Wang]

Congrats! Excited to learn more about your activities.

Cheers,

Alex

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Sydney Poore  wrote:

> Congratulations!! Look forward to hearing more about your projects.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sydney
> On Mar 6, 2016 4:57 PM, "Carlos M. Colina"  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > On behalf of the Afffiliations Committee, I am glad to announce the
> > recognition of a new Wikimedia User Group in the United States:
> Wikimedians
> > of Colorado User Group [1]
> >
> > Among their objectives are organizing meetups of wikimedians in Colorado,
> > plus organizing events to promote our projects in the state, especially
> in
> > educational institutions and libraries.
> >
> > Let's give our colleagues a warm welcome! :-)
> >
> > 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group
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> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
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[Wikimedia-l] Want to join a grants committee?

[Alex Wang]

Hello!

The Community Resources team is now recruiting committee members to support
the launch of two new grants programs [1].


The Project Grants Committee will review and advise on projects that
promote new experiments and sustain ideas that work.


   - Program launches July 1, 2016 with an open call for new grant
   proposals.
   - Up to USD 100,000 for projects up to 12 months. Submissions accepted
   quarterly.
   - Interested in joining? Learn more here:
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee/Orientation
   - Submit your candidacy by July 15, 2016 to participate in the first
   round.

The Conference Support Committee will review and advise on large
conferences and events.


   - Program launches July 1, 2016.
   - Submissions accepted monthly.
   - Interested in joining? Learn more here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Committee/Orientation
   - Submit your candidacy by June 1, 2016 to participate in the launch.

Why should you serve on a grants committee?

   -

   Make a big difference by supporting applicants and grantees that are
   doing projects to improve content and increase participation across the
   Wikimedia movement.
   -

   Build yours skills and experience by participating in our innovative
   participatory grantmaking programs.
   -

   Interact with volunteers from all over the world.


Do you know somebody who you think would be perfect for this role?

   -

   We love referrals and want to build diverse committees!  Please
   encourage them to join.


Cheers,

Alex

[1] You can read more about the launch of WMF’s redesigned grant programs
here:
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants

[Alex Wang]

Hello Wikimedians,

We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation grants
program, Rapid Grants!

Rapid grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or
organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects
throughout the year for up to USD 2,000. Projects can include experiments
or standard needs that don't need broad review to get started. Applications
are reviewed weekly by WMF staff.

Read more about the new program and apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid

Questions? Email rapidgra...@wikimedia.org

For more information about next steps and important dates for the grants
program redesign, please visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation

Cheers,

Alex

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants

[Alex Wang]

Hi Ido,

Thanks for exploring the new program! Yes, we definitely plan to have the
pages translated. We want to see if there will be any substantial edits to
the content during this first phase before we do a big translation campaign
in August.

Cheers,

Alex

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:30 AM, ido ivri <idoi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome news, Alex!
>
> The rapid grants site is very welcoming and the information is very clear.
> I especially appreciated the "learn" page with the guidelines, and I do
> think the forum is a good idea that should definitely be explored.
>
> Going forward, it'll be a good idea to translate guidelines, etc. to our
> local communities. I wonder if the Rapid Grants pages could be opened for
> translation, perhaps after the initial Rapid Grants pilot phase.
>
> Again, this is awesome!
>
> Ido
>
> Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 20:11:10 -0700
> > From: Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org>
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> > Hello Wikimedians,
> >
> > We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation
> grants
> > program, Rapid Grants!
> >
> > Rapid grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or
> > organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects
> > throughout the year for up to USD 2,000. Projects can include experiments
> > or standard needs that don't need broad review to get started.
> Applications
> > are reviewed weekly by WMF staff.
> >
> > Read more about the new program and apply here:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
> >
> > Questions? Email rapidgra...@wikimedia.org
> >
> > For more information about next steps and important dates for the grants
> > program redesign, please visit:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alex
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Updated dates: Reimagining WMF grants consultation

[Alex Wang]

Hi All,

We've pushed back the dates a bit for launching the new grants programs.
Please see the updated dates below:

16 May: Launch Rapid Grants
*30 June:* Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event
Grants program
1 July: Open call for Project Grants and launch of Conference Support
Program
2 August: Round 1 Project Grant applications due

More details can be found on the Implementation page here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation

Cheers,

Alex



On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> In August, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the
>
> structure of WMF grant programs.
>
> Next steps for implementing changes based on the consultation are now
> available:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes>
>
> Important dates to note:
>
> 1 May: Rapid Grants launch; submission forms available for new Project
> Grants program
>
> 30 May: Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event
> Grants program
>
> 1 July: Project Grants and Conference Support launch
>
> Come read about the timeline and next steps for implementing changes based
> on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the
> discussion page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updated dates: Reimagining WMF grants consultation

[Alex Wang]

Hi Rupert,

You can see the full Community Resources budget, including the grants
programs here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/2016-17_Annual_Plan#Budget

Note that Rapid Grants are a type of Project Grant and included in that
budget.

Please note that this budget is still under review and may be revised.

Cheers,

Alex

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:05 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> how much budget do the differing programs have, alex?
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We've pushed back the dates a bit for launching the new grants programs.
> > Please see the updated dates below:
> >
> > 16 May: Launch Rapid Grants
> > *30 June:* Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project &
> Event
> > Grants program
> > 1 July: Open call for Project Grants and launch of Conference Support
> > Program
> > 2 August: Round 1 Project Grant applications due
> >
> > More details can be found on the Implementation page here:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> In August, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the
> >>
> >> structure of WMF grant programs.
> >>
> >> Next steps for implementing changes based on the consultation are now
> >> available:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation
> >> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes
> >
> >>
> >> Important dates to note:
> >>
> >> 1 May: Rapid Grants launch; submission forms available for new Project
> >> Grants program
> >>
> >> 30 May: Last day to apply for a grant under the current Project & Event
> >> Grants program
> >>
> >> 1 July: Project Grants and Conference Support launch
> >>
> >> Come read about the timeline and next steps for implementing changes
> based
> >> on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the
> >> discussion page.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Program Officer
> >> Project & Event Grants
> >> Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
> >> +1 415-839-6885
> >> Skype: alexvwang
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The WMAR's ad about Wikipedia

[Alex Wang]

Thanks for sharing, Anna!

Where/how does WMAR plan on distributing this ad?

Cheers,

Alex

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Hola Anna,
>
> Me gusta el video! Además de la conciencia pública, ¿cuáles son sus
> objetivos para la campaña de publicidad?
>
> Pine
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Anna Torres  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > After launching our documentary film about our community and editors,
> > Wikimedia Argentina is now launching an ad to reach new public and
> position
> > the organization in he mass media.
> >
> > Hope you all like it! You can find it here
> > <
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spot_%22Soy_Wikipedista%22_WMAR.webm
> > >
> > .
> >
> > Hugs!
> >
> > --
> > Anna Torres Adell
> > Directora Ejecutiva
> > *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farsi Wikipedia

[Alex Wang]

Congratulations!!!

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Amir Ladsgroup 
wrote:

> I talked to Mohsen earlier and convinced him it's Persian. I hope it uses
> Persian more often :D
>
> Best
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 1:25 PM Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 22:40:12 +0430
> > Mardetanha  wrote:
> >
> > > I would to let everyone know, after 13 years and millions of edits,
> > Finally
> > > Farsi Wikipedia has reached 500,000 article. This is a very historic
> > moment
> > > for all us in Farsi Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > Mardetanha
> >
> > Congratulations to the Persian Wikipedia contributors on reaching this
> > landmark! Well done, and good luck in the future.
> >
> > One small nitpick if I may:
> >
> > http://behdad.org/farsi.html/
> >
> > “Persian is the English word for Farsi.”
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
> >
> > --
> > -
> > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> >
> > *shlomif:* hack, hack, hack ; save ; make ; make test; commit. And start
> > over.
> >
> > *mrjink:* hack, hack, hack; save; make; swear; fix typos; save; make;
> make
> > test; swear some more; hack some more; save; make; make test; cheer;
> > commit.
> >
> > *meep:* hack, make, test, segfault, oh noes, revert to previous revision
> >
> > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply
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[Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Jul 1-Aug 2)

[Alex Wang]

Hi everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open
call on July 1.  We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new
ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>.

Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to
implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching
an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other
support for community-building.

Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very
welcome. 

Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying?
Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and
guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab>  Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request.

Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via
Hangouts and IRC for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open
Call. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better.  Dates
and times are as follows:

* Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC

* Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC

* Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC

* Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC

* Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC

* Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC

Links for Hangouts and the IRC channel are available here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.  Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>

Please feel free to get in touch with me (aw...@wikimedia.org) or Marti
Johnson (mjohn...@wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with
your project!

Warm regards,

Alex & Marti

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[Wikimedia-l] Report on the Gender Gap Inspire Campaign

[Alex Wang]

(Apologies for cross-posting)


Hello!

After almost two years, the first Inspire Campaign on gender diversity is
coming to a close.[1] As an initial experiment in proactive grantmaking, we
consider the campaign a success! It engaged over 600 people in addressing
the gender gap, resulting in both quantitative and qualitative shifts:
approximately 13,000 articles were created or improved, the number of women
leading grant-funded projects significantly increased, and our thinking
about gender diversity expanded in both expected and unexpected ways. While
there are still a few grants that will continue into 2017, we believe this
campaign has been a success in bringing attention, diverse thinking and new
progress to the topic of gender diversity within our movement.

Many thanks to the teams that have dedicated their time and effort over
these months!

We have put together a report, focusing on the outcomes of the Inspire
grants that submitted reports by August 2016.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Inspire_
Campaigns/Gender_gap

Our report focuses on the major themes we saw across these 11 grants, and
especially highlights how people participated and contributed in expected
and unexpected ways. For instance, we now know that people participated in
many more ways than just editing; we also know that in addition to article
improvement and creation, multiple approaches were adopted to rectify
content bias and content gaps.

In the long term, once the movement strategy is complete in August 2017,
our team will revisit the topic of gender diversity under the new lens of
the movement’s strategic priorities. By designing new or improved models
for proactive grantmaking, our hope is that Inspire campaigns will continue
to ignite innovative thinking how to address key issues like the gender
diversity within our movement.

Happy reading!

Alex Wang, Marti Johnson, Sati Houston, and Chris Schilling

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Archi
ve/Gender_gap_campaign

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wiki Loves Women explainer video

[Alex Wang]

Really great work!

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Sydney Poore 
wrote:

> I really like and think it is useful.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sydney
>
> On Mar 8, 2017 9:38 AM, "Florence Devouard"  wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > Wiki Loves Women is officially launching its presentation video today.
> >
> > Please check it out here and tell us what you think :
> > https://vimeo.com/207432965
> >
> > It is also on Commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/
> > wiki/File:Wiki_loves_Women_-_English_WebM_-_Final.webm
> >
> > This video was a partnership between WikiAfrica, Goethe Institute and
> > Blink Tower.
> >
> > It brought quite a few challenges... such as myself being completely
> happy
> > with the exact terms of the script, succeeding to get every element of
> the
> > video under a free licence including the background music, getting a nice
> > african women voice for the narrative, getting curly hair rather than
> flat
> > ones, identifying nice examples of western as well as african concerns...
> > etc. We tried to be as inclusive as possible.
> >
> > Well, we hope you like it.
> > If you do... please litterally "like" the video and "like" our facebook
> > page
> >
> > A French version is currently being recorded and should follow shortly.
> >
> > Last, we would love to see the video subtitled in many langages. If you
> > want to give a hand for the translation, please get in touch with us (by
> > email, or twitter, or facebook, or on our meta talk page :
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women)
> > I'll set up a page for translation on meta shortly.
> >
> > http://www.wikiloveswomen.org
> > https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesWomen
> > http://www.twitter.com/wikiloveswomen
> >
> > Isla and Florence
> >
> >
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] One week left to submit a Project Grant Proposal

[Alex Wang]

Hello!

*There is just over a week left to submit a Project Grant proposal* <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> by the March 14 deadline.
If you have ideas about how you could enhance the work of Wikimedia
volunteers, start your proposal today!  Please encourage others to apply as
well.  Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant
request.

   -

   Submit a grant request <
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
   -

   Learn from examples of approved projects in Project Grants <
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>,
   Individual Engagement Grants <
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging> or Project and
   Event Grants <
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Requests#Grants_funded_by_the_WMF
   >


Please feel free to get in touch with me (aw...@wikimedia.org) with
questions about getting started with your idea.

Warm regards,

Alex


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Diversity Award for the mentoring program of the 2017 Wikimedia Hackathon in Vienna

[Alex Wang]

Congrats! Creating ways for newcomers to feel more welcome and supportive
is awesome!

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Isaac Olatunde 
wrote:

> Congratulations to you all.
>
> Greetings from Nigeria.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> On Sep 30, 2017 12:01 PM, "Moheen Reeyad"  wrote:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> > --
> > Moheen
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations!
> > >
> > >
> > > Hasive
> > > WMBD
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Tanweer Morshed <
> wiki.tanw...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Congratulations to Wikimedia Austria!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday, September 28, 2017, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia
> Nederland
> > <
> > > > rient...@wikimedia.nl> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congratulations!
> > > > >
> > > > > Sandra Rientjes
> > > > > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
> > > > >
> > > > > tel.(+31) (0)30 3200238
> > > > > mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379
> > > > >
> > > > > www.wikimedia.nl
> > > > >
> > > > > *Postadres*: *
> > > > > Bezoekadres:*
> > > > > Postbus 167
> > Mariaplaats
> > > 3
> > > > > 3500 AD  Utrecht Utrecht
> > > > >
> > > > > 2017-09-28 15:39 GMT+02:00 Claudia Garád <
> claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
> > > > > >:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello everyone!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We wanted to share some good news with you: Our international
> team
> > > > around
> > > > > > the Wikimedia Hackathon mentoring program won the first Austrian
> > Open
> > > > > > Source Award in the category "Diversity" [1].
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Austrian Open Source Award was established this year in order
> > to
> > > > > raise
> > > > > > awareness and visibility for our local Open Source Communities
> and
> > > > their
> > > > > > projects. The jury consisted of representatives from across the
> > > various
> > > > > > Open Communities in Austria (Open Knowledge, Linux, and Drupal
> > among
> > > > > > others) and honoured outstanding projects in the categories Open
> > > Data,
> > > > > Open
> > > > > > Software, Open Hardware, and Diversity.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Jury particularly mentioned our comprehensive documentation
> > > under a
> > > > > > free license which enables other event organizers to apply our
> > ideas
> > > > and
> > > > > > concepts and to build on them [2] [3].
> > > > > > We are very happy about this positive signal for inclusive
> events,
> > > > which
> > > > > > make it easier for all newcomers to join our great communities
> and
> > we
> > > > > hope
> > > > > > it encourages even more people to also make our other Wikimedia
> > > events
> > > > > more
> > > > > > and more newcomer friendly. A special thanks goes to our awesome
> > > > mentors
> > > > > > who were the heart and soul of the mentoring program and the
> > > Hackathon!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For more information about what we learned around the mentoring
> > > program
> > > > > > you can also check out our post from the Wikimedia Blog [4].
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]: https://www.openminds.at/
> > > > > > [2]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Handbook
> > > > > > [3]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/
> > > > > > Mentoring_Program
> > > > > > [4]: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/31/vienna-hackathon-
> > > learnings/
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Claudia Garád
> > > > > > Executive Director
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *Wikimedia Österreich*
> > > > > > Stolzenthalergasse /1
> > > > > > 1070 Wien
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New portal about Gender Gap on meta

[Alex Wang]

Thank you so much Florence and Alacoolwiki! The updates took a lot of work
and are super useful.

I haven't looked into all the tabs, but will do so soon.

Thank you!

Alex

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:03 PM Camelia Boban 
wrote:

> Thank you for the wonderful work Florence and Alacoolwiki . I will update
> what you asked for.
>
> Camelia
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2020, 9:48 PM Florence Devouard 
> wrote:
>
> > Taking the opportunity to invite you to update this page :
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Gender_Gap_Observatory
> >
> > This page aims to track the presence of women both on the boards and in
> > the leadership of affiliated Wikimedia groups, as well as the main
> > bodies of the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation. The idea is to have
> > a more accurate vision of how many women are taking positions of
> > leadership and thus promote more equity in our movement.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Ant
> >
> >
> > Le 13/05/2020 à 20:20, Florence Devouard a écrit :
> > >
> > > Hello everyone
> > >
> > >
> > > u:Alacoolwiki  and
> > > myself worked on the portal page of the Gender Gap on meta.
> > >
> > > Before :
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_gap=19889900
> > > New : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap
> > >
> > > Why ? The former page was very very outdated.
> > > So first task was to clean it up, remove outdated info
> > > Second task was to look for more recent data, do a bit of digging
> around.
> > > Third task was to reorganize the whole portal. This was done along the
> > > same lines than the *Wikimedia Resource Center
> > > <
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Resource_Center
> >.
> >
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > >
> > > How you can help ?
> > > Please note that the goal is not necessarily to have regular
> > > information being updated over there (because we do know it will not
> > > happen, right ? :)),
> > > but to serve as a hub to link to all resources, groups, initiatives
> > > led within the community (and beyond). The current pages are by no
> > > means fully updated. Feel free to jump in and add.
> > > Please do NOT drop links and be done with it. Have a _curated
> > > approach_ to make it useful AND practical.
> > >
> > > In particuliar, I hope that gender-gap oriented groups will make the
> > > effort of adding their groups to the page listing them if it is found
> > > to be missing : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap/Groups
> > >
> > > And I hope that people leading initiatives will add them here :
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap/Initiatives
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope it can be useful and better reflect the diversity of our
> > > mouvement and of the approaches we follow.
> > >
> > > Last, I will outline that I am aware that the current design does not
> > > permit translation. I gave much thinking about that and, in light of
> > > former state of the page (very outdated) and former state of
> > > translations (very very weak...), I decided to favor design and
> > > useability :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > >
> > > Anthere
> > >
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Update

[Alex Wang]

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate the work of this group and all of
the information presented!

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 12:29 PM Deb Tankersley 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just a quick note to say that we've published two annual reports regarding
> the Wikimedia Foundation's sustainability efforts for calendar year
> 2019 - carbon
> footprint
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Carbon_Footprint_Report_-_June_30,_2020.pdf
> >[1]
> and impact statement
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_-_June_22,_2020.pdf
> >[2]
> - along with a blog post
> <
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/08/13/how-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-continuing-efforts-to-reduce-its-carbon-impact/
> >[3]
> and a brief update on the Meta Sustainability page
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability#Wikimedia_Foundation_sustainability_timeline
> >
> [4].
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Deb
>
> [1]
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Carbon_Footprint_Report_-_June_30,_2020.pdf
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Carbon_Footprint_Report_-_June_30,_2020.pdf
> >
> [2]
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_-_June_22,_2020.pdf
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_-_June_22,_2020.pdf
> >
> [3]
>
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/08/13/how-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-continuing-efforts-to-reduce-its-carbon-impact/
> [4]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability#Wikimedia_Foundation_sustainability_timeline
>
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>
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>
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