Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outcomes from the Consultation on Wikimedia movement conferences/Wikimania

[Chris Schilling]

>
> 3) I am still really unsure who is owning this process, either within the
> WMF or in general. Generally, I think clear responsibility and
> accountability *eases* difficult conversations and so far as I can tell
> they are  lacking in the conversation about "what should happen with
> Wikimania".


Hey Chris.  I agree that the ownership of the "what should happen with
Wikimania" question is somewhat murky at the moment.  It's true that I
along with others in Community Resources prepared and ran this
consultation, and we've done our best to present conclusions and make a
general plan based on the feedback we received.  Further complicating this
issue of ownership is the absence of this team's director (Siko Bouterse)
and her boss (Luis Villa), who have resigned.

With that said, I expect decisions around Wikimania in 2018 to be shaped by
outcomes in Esino Lario this year, in addition to the practical matter of
our budget.  I expect there will be opportunities for community members to
help further define what will happen in 2018 as well.

Is it the WMF's view that Wikimania in its current form is
>
broken and change is needed - if so who represents that view to the
> community? (Or if not, what *is* the WMF's view?)


It is fair to say that our team does view the past planning process for
Wikimania (i.e. 2015 and prior) as problematic and not feasible, for the
reasons described in the consultation itself.[1]

Equally, I am not really
> clear what the Wikimania Committee sees its sees its role as these days.
> In
> general I am all for ad-hoc groups going and doing things but I think we
> are some way past the limit of that model with Wikimania.


I'm in full agreement.  The role of the Wikimania/Steering Committee will
need to be better defined, and I suspect some of that will happen over the
next year.

4) I don't see a 55-47 vote on a menu of 3 options as being a particularly
> strong indication of community consensus. Indeed, it's pretty clear there
> isn't a consensus, and it would be a shame if people proceeded on the basis
> that "There was a consultation and the answer was X - so we're doing X".
> That said, I would be really happy to hear voices from the WMF or the
> Wikimania Committee saying "The important factors we see are X, Y and Z.
> From the consultation showed lots of other people were thinking X and Y
> (though less Z) and P and Q were also important which we hadn't thought
> about. As a result, we are intending to do: This.


For now, I'll point to this response I made to a similar question on the
discussion page,[2] but I can elaborate more on this if you'd like.

With thanks,

Jethro

[1] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania#What_is_the_problem_you.27re_trying_to_solve.3F
>

[2] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania/Outcomes=next=15313641
>

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Just to add my thoughts on this. I think the whole discussion is quite a
> novel situation in WMF-Community relations, as we have never dealt with an
> issue quite like this before.
>
> Firstly the good (and even though this section is shorter, it's just as
> significant):
> 1) The WMF is consulting and discussing, not simply doing. This is a good
> thing (and hopefully it's possible to agree that it is a good thing, even
> if you disagree with the handling of the consultation, or indeed the
> conclusion reached). If you don't think it's a good thing, please compare
> it with say (for instance) the Haifa letter.
> 2) We do now have a clear statement of what benefits Wikimania brings the
> movement, which we didn't have before. Again, this is good. :-)
>
> However there are a few areas where I still have some concerns about the
> direction this is going:
> 3) I am still really unsure who is owning this process, either within the
> WMF or in general. Generally, I think clear responsibility and
> accountability *eases* difficult conversations and so far as I can tell
> they are  lacking in the conversation about "what should happen with
> Wikimania". Is it the WMF's view that Wikimania in its current form is
> broken and change is needed - if so who represents that view to the
> community? (Or if not, what *is* the WMF's view?) Equally, I am not really
> clear what the Wikimania Committee sees its sees its role as these days. In
> general I am all for ad-hoc groups going and doing things but I think we
> are some way past the limit of that model with Wikimania.
> 4) I don't see a 55-47 vote on a menu of 3 options as being a particularly
> strong indication of community consensus. Indeed, it's pretty clear there
> isn't a consensus, and it would be a shame if people proceeded on the basis
> that "There was a consultation and the answer was X - so we're doing X".
> That said, I would be really happy to hear voices from the WMF or the
> Wikimania Committee saying "The important 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing the net cost of Wikimania

[Chris Schilling]

Hey folks,

Ellie has put together a summarized budget including revenue and expenses
from Wikimania 2014 in London[1] and Wikimania 2015[2], which I've gone
ahead and posted to the summary pages of these conferences on meta.

Thanks,

Chris

[1] 
[2] 

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Itzik writes:
>
> > If we want to talk about the cost of Wikimania it will be great if the
> WMF and the local team will share the costs.
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Budget
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015/Budget
> > Maybe I missed something, but it's strange that such discussion takes
> place without a real budget breakdown.
> > To summarize 2 huge event to "1$ million USD" does not make sense.
>
> Agreed 1million%.  It would be important to see a rough cost breakdown, &
> compare that to the best-budgeted Wikimanias.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tomasz Ganicz 
> wrote:
>
> > 2016-02-10 6:06 GMT+01:00 Samuel Klein :
> >
> > > FUDCons
> >
> > Also it is hard to compare Wikimanias with FUDCons as it is
> > a) much  smaller (usually bo more than 200 attendees)
> > b) divided by regions - for example in 2015 there were 3 FUDCons
> > (Argentina, India, Spain) and 2 Flocks (NY and Kraków) -  so they are
> > rather like our Iberecop or CEE meetings than the global conferences.
> >
>
> Thanks.  Similar to regional events perhaps, not Wikimania.  Still worth
> comparing budgets perhaps, if available.
>
> But I was wondering about the trend over time: whether extensive funding
> during the RedHat days made the events less useful, in the years after that
> funding was reduced.
>
>
>
> > And also Fedora developers have many potential sources of external
> funding
> > - mainly from IT companies which uses free software and want to apply for
> > their specific needs and for whom they quite often work.
> >
>
> True.  But attendees to GLAM or education conferences also tend to have
> many potential sources of funding - mainly from archives or educational or
> technical companies who curate knowledge or develop education tools. And we
> have IT industry partners who are similarly willing to support Wikimanias.
> Not entirely dissimilar.
>
>
> > But anyway, Fedora offers scholarships for attendees, see:
> >
>
> Yes, wiki conferences should as well - that part of conference funding is
> important.  Even early Wikimanias with almost no WMF support had
> significant scholarship pools.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 15 days to create (at least) 15 biographies on notable African women!

[Chris Schilling]

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
> 
>
> 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] Thanks, likes and progress on Wikimedia Discourse pilot

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Hey Ad,

I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway error when trying to access
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/.  Not sure if this is a general error with
wmflabs or something specific to Discourse.

- Jethro

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Ad Huikeshoven  wrote:

> Hello readers of wikimedia-l,
>
> One of the outcomes of the 'better thankspam' thread was to experiment with
> a pilot installationg of Discourse. This has been set up at
> https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ by Erik Bernhardson.
> In the past weeks a couple of dozen of people have signed in and have been
> taking a look around. In a recent thread on wikimedia-l Fæ posted results
> of SQL queries of number of users thanked and number of users thanking on
> different wikis.
> On Discourse users can like (by clicking a heart) for individual posts.
> Number of hearts received and number of hearts given are by default and
> automatically counted by Discourse, and these numbers are public, see
> https://discourse.wmflabs.org/users?period=yearly.
>
> For the Wikimedia Discourse installation to be a succesful pilot it has to
> be a real alternative for the wikimedia-l mailing list. Users want to read
> posts in their mail, and want to be able to reply to posts by mail, without
> having to visit the site. Users who have signed up at
> https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ will receive new posts by default in their
> mailbox. Mail preferences can be individually set. Wikimedia Discourse
> users can reply by mail to posts received by mail. Members of Wikimedia
> Discourse can mail new posts. Please let me know if anything is missing at
> Wikimedia Discourse that the current wikimedia-l mailing list does have.
> Sign up for an account at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ to discover the
> extras Discourse offers. Wikimedia Discourse users can earn barnstars for
> example, isn't that nice?
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> for Wikimedia Discourse, neither are there resources available for moving
> MediaWiki authentification from Oauth 1.0 to Oauth 2.0. As said, SSO or
> Oauth is a 'nice to have' and doesn't have to block a succesful pilot.
>
> Secure communication is a must. The Discourse installation is now
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>
> Here is a short list of places where the Discourse installation can be
> discussed:
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discourse
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[Wikimedia-l] Future IdeaLab Campaigns results

[Chris Schilling]

Hey folks,

(Cross-posted to a number of mailing lists)

Last December, I sent out an invitation to
[[m:Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns|help determine future ideaLab
campaigns]] by submitting and voting on different possible topics.  I'm
happy to announce the results of your participation (<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns/Results>)
and encourage you to review them and our next steps for implementing those
campaigns this year.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to
participate, submit, and comment on campaign topics.

With great thanks,

Jethro

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[Wikimedia-l] Help decide Future IdeaLab Campaigns!

[Chris Schilling]

Hey everyone,

I invite you to help decide what topics should be considered for future
IdeaLab campaigns, which generate novel proposals for improving and
addressing community needs on the Wikimedia projects to which you
contribute:



You can offer feedback and your own campaign topics through a survey
conducted through AllOurIdeas 
in addition to participating on the IdeaLab talk page.

I’m looking forward to seeing your feedback and exploring potential
directions we can take IdeaLab campaigns for next year!

With thanks,

Jethro

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[Wikimedia-l] Community Reviewers needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

[Chris Schilling]

Hey folks,

Proposals for the current round of Individual Engagement Grant (IEG)
applications are now available, and include many great ideas:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join

Grant applicants are seeking feedback on these proposals from contributors
like yourself through Oct. 19th!  If one of these ideas catches your
attention, consider reading it over, and feel free to endorse, express
concerns, make suggestions, and ask questions.  Your input and expertise
will help the applicants develop better proposals, and support the IEG
Committee during their evaluation. Reading over an IEG proposal may even
inspire you to get involved with a proposal by volunteering, becoming an
advisor, or even submitting one of your own ideas.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Many thanks,

Jethro

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[Wikimedia-l] Outcomes from the Reimagining WMF grants consultation

[Chris Schilling]

Hey everyone,

In August, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the
structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated!

A report on what we learned from and changed based on this consultation is
now available:

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


Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources
team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and
comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks,

Jethro

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[Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

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Hi everyone,

This is Chris Schilling (User:I JethroBT).  The Wikimedia Foundation
Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals for
funding new experiments from August 31st to September 29th.  <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>  As a former grantee in
developing the Co-op mentorship space, I encourage you to explore IEG as a
way to realize your idea for improving Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Reimagining_Wikipedia_Mentorship>

Your idea could involve building new tools or software, organizing a better
process on your wiki, conducting research to investigate an important
issue, or providing other support for community-building.Whether you need a
small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD) Individual Engagement
Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition
to other expenses like travel, materials, and rental space. Project
schedules and reporting are flexible for grantees, and staff are available
on Meta to support you through all stages of your project.

Do you have have an 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.  IEG Program Officer Marti
Johnson and I will also be hosting several Hangouts for real-time
discussions to answer questions and help you make your proposal better -
the first will happen on September 8th. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
 Please feel free to get in touch with Marti (mjohn...@wikimedia.org) or me
with questions about getting started with your idea.

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 this September! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>


With thanks,


Chris

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[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours on Reimagining WMF grants at 16:00 UTC today

[Chris Schilling]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to announce that I along with Winifred Olliff will be holding office
hours https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours in
#wikimedia-office on IRC today at 16:00 UTC.  We'll be focusing on
discussion and questions surrounding the structure of the Reimagining WMF
grants idea
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants.
We will have some questions prepared, but feel free to bring comments or
suggestions.

With thanks,

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