[Wikimedia-l] Meet the first board of the UG Wikipedia & Education

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear all!

The UG Wikipedia & Education elected a week ago its first board [1], and it
is my honor to communicate members and roles of this board to the movement.
The electoral process was both smooth and engaging, and thanks for everyone
who got involved with it. Please join me extending the traditional
honorific "Hooray" to the newly elected board members :)

The aim of the UG Wikipedia & Education is officially "to enhance and scale
local and global educational efforts, advocate for education within the
Wikimedia movement, and elevate the narrative of education outside our
movement" [2]. The group was recognized on 27 June 2018.

The first board meeting, that decided on internal board affairs and roles,
was held yesterday; information on meetings and action calls will be shared
on the education list [3]. Stay tuned!

== Board ==

Shani Evenstein, chair

Susanna Mkrtchyan, vice-chair

Ananth Subray, secretary

Filip Maljković, membership admin

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, treasurer

== References ==

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/User_Group_election_2018-2020/Results

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group

[3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education

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Thanks all. Have a great week!

João Alexandre

reviewer of the 2018 electoral process
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of the Affiliate Selected Board Seats voting

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

The ASBS voting was an exciting process, as it was a first and important
step to deepen and broaden participatory decision making in our movement. I
thank the current board members who have been bold and launched this
process. I also thank the election facilitators who have worked restlessly
to make this happen. Thanks to candidates who have contributed to a
productive, engaging exchange of ideas with community members.

The election of Nataliia and Shani is of course wonderful. Congratulations!
From what I can tell, the Brazilian community --which has gone through such
a hard period in recent times-- is wholeheartedly celebrating for you!

Cheers,

João
User:Joalpe


Em qua, 12 de jun de 2019 às 19:56, Ad Huikeshoven 
escreveu:

> *Dear Wikimedians, We are writing to let you know the result of the
> election for the 2 Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia
> Foundation board. The successful candidates were Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani
> Evenstein Sigalov. A total of 122 affiliates voted, 85% of the 143 eligible
> to vote, which is a record. As you know the election was conducted under a
> variation of the Single Transferable Vote, which meant that prorated votes
> were redistributed between candidates to come up with the final result. In
> the 10th step of counting the final place, after Nataliia Tymkiv was
> elected, was between Shani Evenstein Sigalov (40.519678) and Richard Knipel
> (40.480322).  We have put the full count narrative on meta so that others
> can verify it if they wish.[1] It is the closest ASBS result for some time,
> and all candidates brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the
> WMF.  In the 9th step of counting Reda Kerbouche lost by a very small
> margin. Adding a ballot with rank #1 for Richard or Reda would result in
> them being elected instead of Shani. The same goes for removing a ballot.
> Changing the ranking on one of the ballots in a specific can way can result
> in a different outcome for the second seat. This is an election in which
> every vote counts.  As in any election, there is a chance that some voters
> misinterpreted the instructions and voted wrongly. We don't see a
> justification for an action as extraordinary and controversial as opening
> votes for review after the vote period is over. The instructions were
> visible and clear: "Rank any candidate from 1 (your preferred candidate) to
> 11 (your least preferred candidate)." After voting, voters received a
> confirmation email stating the name of each candidate they voted with the
> number of their rank: Rank 1, Rank 2, ... The agency of voters should be
> respected. As part of the retrospective we may identify areas of
> improvements on our side, but still the process was quite simple and
> documented. Some voters realized they made a mistake and requested a new
> ballot. New ballots were issued in those cases. This choice was done
> because of the specific situation of this election, since the process was
> complex for new affiliates and participation, diversity and inclusion were
> a clear goal.[2] We have published on meta information about who got a new
> ballot within the voting deadline.[3] The Election Facilitators have been
> available nearly 24 hours a day monitoring the various communication
> channels to answer any questions affiliates might have. We did our best at
> answering all of them. After our own scrutiny of the data, and based on our
> experience in community processes, we strongly advise the community to
> respect the integrity of the process, and advise against allowing any
> modifications of votes at this point. If the votes had been reopened for
> modification with or without publishing vote results, that would have
> caused significant confusion and criticism that could have jeopardized the
> entire election.  We will publish a debrief with recommendations for a next
> ASBS process on meta.[4] We invite all representatives of affiliates to a
> feedback session at Wikimania.[5] We would like to congratulate Nataliia
> Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov and thank everyone who stood.  Regards,
>  Ad Huikeshoven, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Neal McBurnett, Abhinav
> Srivastava, Alessandor MarchettiElection Facilitators [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results
> >
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019
> >
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots
> >
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief
> >
> [5]
> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Vision and strategy papers for Wikidata and Wikibase are published

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear Franziska!

Welcome to the list! And thanks a lot for your contributions to Wikimedia
and for the documents you have shared. I will read them with vivid interest!

I am not sure if this is considered --and sorry if it is!-- but it'd be
wonderful to have in-depth discussions on the vision and strategy papers
during WikidataCon.

Cheers!

João

Em qua, 28 de ago de 2019 às 13:44, Franziska Heine <
franziska.he...@wikimedia.de> escreveu:

> Dear all,
>
>
> More than 7 years ago we started the development of Wikidata. We started
> out with the main goal of building a central data store for Wikipedia.
> Very quickly we expanded to also covering the other Wikimedia projects.
> Then came the interest from people outside Wikimedia to use Wikidata’s
> data to build their own apps, websites, visualisations and more. And
> last year we witnessed a significant interest in Wikibase, the software
> behind Wikidata.
>
>
> This means our structured data work has expanded very significantly from
> what we started out with. At the same time, over these past few years,
> both WMDE [1] and the WMF [2] have spent significant time and invested
> in supporting the movement strategy work and aligning our organizational
> plans with the movement strategy.
>
>
> Given all this interest, and this moment of opportunity and positive
> change, we felt it was time to sit together and get clarity on the next
> steps for our structured data work. It is important that we know what we
> want to achieve in the next few years, what our long-term hopes are for
> Wikidata and Wikibase, how these align with organisational and movement
> strategy, and what support and resources are required for their success.
>
>
> The result of these conversations include one product vision paper and
> three product strategy papers that we are publishing today:
>
>
>   *
>
> Vision: This paper gives a high-level overview of where we’d like to
> see Wikidata and Wikibase evolve and grow, based on the work of the
> past 7 years and many conversations with community members, movement
> partners, and other stakeholders.
>
>   *
>
> Wikidata for Wikimedia projects: This paper dives deeper into how we
> see Wikidata developing in the context of the Wikimedia projects and
> how it can better support the projects.
>
>   *
>
> Wikidata as a platform: This paper explores the value of Wikidata as
> a source of data for others outside Wikimedia to build upon.
>
>   *
>
> Wikibase Ecosystem: This paper goes deeper into the idea of the
> Wikibase Ecosystem, a network of Wikibase instances which could
> share data and other capacities.
>
>
> We are now inviting you to read the vision and strategy papers and give
> us your feedback. We are collecting this feedback until the end of
> October and will then integrate it as appropriate into a second
> iteration of the papers.
>
>
> The papers are published at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Strategy/2019. Please leave
> your feedback and questions on the associated talk page.
>
> We are looking forward to reading your input.
>
>
> Since this is my first mail to this list, a short introduction about
> myself: I joined Wikimedia Deutschland 2 years ago as the Head of
> Software & Development. I have been working with the Product, UX,
> Engineering and Community Communication people in my department to move
> this amazing project forward.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Franziska
>
> Head of Software & Development, Wikimedia Deutschland
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Planning_2019/enand
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Zukunftsprozess/EN
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Denny, this is very exciting! Congratulations to this wonderful opportunity.

We should definitely organize a Wikidata Lab on the new project and how we
can engage with it. (We might actually have to change the name of the labs,
damn!) Whenever you think is the right time for this event and if you
indeed think it is worth doing it, please let me know and we'll make it
work!

Again, this is great news! Count us in!

João

Em qui., 2 de jul. de 2020 às 13:39, Denny Vrandečić 
escreveu:

> Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
>
> I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project, and
> deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the Foundation.
>
> Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice. Thanks
> to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was confident
> enough to make this decision.
>
> There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on your
> guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
>
> Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in the
> next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to set
> up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project and
> planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> mailing list [3].
>
> One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all to
> come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> the project itself, and much more?
>
> Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out with
> you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
>
> Stay safe,
> Denny
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber  wrote:
>
> > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> >
> > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> project
> > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> good
> > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know and
> > love.
> >
> > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> into
> > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's still
> > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> much
> > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> >
> > -- brion
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that
> > has
> > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees.
> > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
> > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
> > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> that
> > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase
> > the
> > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> participation,
> > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate
> in
> > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > create something new.
> > >
> > > This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia
> was
> > > submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2]
> > after
> > > years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and
> lively
> > > discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and
> the
> > > creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers,
> and
> > > information that is available in one language may not make 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board update on Branding: Briefing postponement

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Thanks for the update Nataliia. I hope he or she is feeling better. Best,
João

Em qua., 8 de jul. de 2020 às 14:44, Nataliia Tymkiv 
escreveu:

>  Hello! Just a quick update: the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was
> notified by staff on the night of July 7th that the briefing of July 8th
> needs to be rescheduled because of the illness of one of the key staff
> members. We are looking for a new date before the August board meeting, and
> we shall share an updated timeline in a few days.
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> Vice Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working
> hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] Wiki Movimento Brasil will support the WikidataCon 2021

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

t; für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Movimento Brasil 2020 Report of Activities and Activities Plan for 2021

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear all!

Please, find here the Report of Activities for 2020 by the UG Wiki
Movimento Brasil:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movement_Brazil_User_Group/Report/2020

Please, find here the Activities Plan for 2021 by the UG Wiki Movimento
Brasil:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movement_Brazil_User_Group/Activities_Plan_2021

These documents were discussed and approved during WMB's General Assembly,
on December 5th. Some minor updates were done on the Report of Activities
to encompass the period after the GA. We have added to the Activities Plan
our co-hosting of WikidataCon 2021 --this adjustment was discussed and
ratified internally.

I hope this message finds you well.

Have a nice day!

João

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Wikimedia Portugal Annual Report 2020

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear Gonçalo,

Thank you for sharing Wikimedia Portugal's Annual Report of Activities.

Despite all we have faced as a global society last year it is amazing to
see how important work that is done in the movement remains. Thank you and
thanks to the Portuguese community for all you do.

Talk soon,

João

Em qua., 5 de mai. de 2021 às 07:43, Gonçalo Themudo <
goncalo.them...@wikimedia.pt> escreveu:

> Dear all,
>
> Last Thursday, the Board of Directors of Wikimedia Portugal completed and
> approved our Annual Report for 2020. You can read it, in Portuguese, at our
> wiki [1].
> This report will still need to be approved by our General Assembly that
> will take place later this month.
>
> Thank you,
>
> [1] - https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relat%C3%B3rios/Anual/2020
>
> Gonçalo Themudo
>
> *Presid**ente*
> *Wikimedia Portugal*
> *Email: *go ncalo.them...@wikimedia.pt
> 
> *Website: *http://pt.wikimedia.org <https://sites.google.com/view/themudo>
> *Imagine um mundo onde cada ser humano pode partilhar livremente a soma de
> todo o conhecimento, na sua própria língua.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Join us for the Latin America regional education meeting

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Hello Sailesh. I hope this message finds you well.

This is very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Could you please specify the language in which this meeting will take place
and if simultaneous translation will be made available? I am mostly
interested in knowing if translation to Portuguese will be available, as
the topic could spark some interest in the Brazilian community.

Thank you,

João

Em sex., 26 de mar. de 2021 às 13:39, Sailesh Patnaik <
spatn...@wikimedia.org> escreveu:

> Estimados y estimadas Wikimedistas,
>
> Les escribo para invitarles a la segunda reunión regional de Wikimedia y
> educación[1]. Este mes será nuestra primera reunión para Latinoamérica y
> tendrá lugar el 31 de marzo 2021 a las 14:00 UTC. Esta reunión es una
> oportunidad para aprender y compartir proyectos, herramientas, o ideas con
> la comunidad de Wikimedia y educación de la región. Será liderada en
> español por Jose Reyes, Oficial de Educación de Wikimedia México, y parte
> del equipo de EWOC como especialista de comunidades de la región.
>
> En esta reunión regional de educación para Latinoamérica contaremos con
> las presentaciones de:
>
>-
>
>José Reyes, sobre el estado de programas de educación en México
>-
>
>Novedades desde Wikimedia Argentina
>-
>
>Y la experiencia del programa ¡Leamos Wikipedia! en Bolivia
>
>
> Si tienes otros temas, ideas, o preguntas que quieras añadir a la agenda,
> puedes dejarlas aquí[5] y trataremos de incluirlas durante la reunión.
> ¡Esperamos verles ahí!
>
> Cordialmente,
>
> José, equipo EWOC, Sailesh, y equipo de Educación de la Wikimedia
> Foundation
>
> ---
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
> I am writing this email to invite you all to the second regional education
> meeting[1]. This month we are starting with our community members based in
> the Latin America region[2]. You can use these regional office hours as an
> opportunity to learn and share your projects, tools, or ideas with the
> education community from the region.
>
> These regional education meetings are planned by the community specialists
> of the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators (EWOC)[3] and the Education team. We
> are using this as an opportunity to strengthen the EduWiki network, explore
> collaboration opportunities, and identify common practices or challenges
> that are faced by our community members in different regions of the world.
> We are launching these regional office hours as a pilot initiative to
> complement our general monthly office hours[4], we encourage you to
> participate, share your ideas, and help this become a fully community-led
> initiative.
>
> Our first LatAm regional education meeting will take place on 31st March
> 2021 at 14:00 UTC, it will be led in Spanish by José Reyes, Education
> Program Manager of Wikimedia Mexico and EWOC community specialist for the
> region.
>
> At this LatAm regional education meeting, we will hear from:
>
>-
>
>Jose on the state of education in Mexico
>-
>
>Some updates from Wikimedia Argentina
>-
>
>And the experience of running Reading Wikipedia in the classroom
>program by Wikimedistas de Bolivia.
>
>
> If you have other ideas, topics, or questions you want to ask, you can add
> them to the agenda here[5]. We will try to answer them during the meeting.
> We are looking forward to seeing you there!
>
> Best!
>
> José, EWOC community specialist team, Sailesh, and Education team
>
> [1]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting
>
> [2]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting/LatAm
>
> [3]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators
>
> [4] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours
>
> [5]
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting/LatAm#Add_your_agenda
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Join us for the Latin America regional education meeting

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each.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting
>>
>> [2]
>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting/LatAm
>>
>> [3]
>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators
>>
>> [4] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours
>>
>> [5]
>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/Regional_Meeting/LatAm#Add_your_agenda
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia España has been recognized as a charity in Spain

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Santiago, un abrazo feliz desde Brasil: un suceso inspirador y un
reconocimiento justo al trabajo que hacen! João

Em qua., 24 de fev. de 2021 às 08:21, Amir Sarabadani 
escreveu:

> That's great news! Congratulations to everyone involved in the process!
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:14 PM Santiago Navarro <
> santiagonava...@wikimedia.es> wrote:
>
>> Hello. I have the pleasure to inform that last Friday, 19th February
>> 2021, Wikimedia España was recognized as a charity (entidad de utilidad
>> pública) in Spain by the Ministry of the Interior and it was published
>> at the Boletín Oficial del Estado (Official State Gazette). This is a
>> recognition of the hard work the association has been doing last 10
>> years in Spain. To be recognized, it has been a long process, and we
>> were waiting for an answer for this application since the end of 2019. I
>> want to say thanks to all people who worked to achieve that.
>>
>> Here you have a short entry in our website about that:
>>
>> https://www.wikimedia.es/2021/02/19/wikimedia-espana-declarada-entidad-de-utilidad-publica/
>> Here the text of the Boletín Oficial del Estado:
>> https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2021-2626
>>
>> --
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>> Presidente
>> Wikimedia España
>> www.wikimedia.es
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [All-affiliates] New board of Wikimedia España

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Queridas compañeras y compañeros, reciban un fuerte abrazo desde Brasil.
Tengan un lindo momento, empoderador y transformador, en la dirección de
WMES y que logremos juntos caminar en la consolidación de la Wikimedia.
Suerte! João

Good luck! Have fun!

João

Em qui., 15 de abr. de 2021 às 14:10, Santiago Navarro <
santiagonava...@wikimedia.es> escreveu:

> Hello! Last Saturday, April 10th 2021, Wikimedia España celebrated its
> General Meeting where a new board was elected after the end of the
> period of three years for the last one. The meeting was celebrated
> on-line due to restrictions because of COVID-19.
>
> The new board is constituted as following:
>
> President: Florencia Claes (user:Florenciac), former Vicepresident
> Vicepresident: Mentxu Ramilo Araujo (user:Mentxuwiki), new in the board
> Secretary: Ana Porras (user:Escalafandra), new in the board
> Treasurer: Pedro Pacheco (user:Pedro J Pacheco), same position than in
> the last board
> Member: Ester Bonet (user:Tiputini), new in the board
> Member: María Bolado (user:Trastolillo), same position than in the last
> board
> Member: Santiago Navarro Sanz (user:Millars), former President
>
> The new board was elected by unanimity and it is the first time when we
> have a woman for the position of President and also the first time with
> a majority of women in the board.
>
> Thank you very much to the board members who will not continue after
> many years: Jorge Sierra Canduela (user:Lucien leGrey), Miguel García
> San José (user:Rastrojo) and José Emilio Mori Recio (user:-jem-). In the
> meeting we remembered Elena Sanz, former secretary, who passed away last
> year.
>
> In the meeting we also approve the activity and economical report for
> 2020 and the plan of activities and the budget for 2021.
>
> The report for 2020 as a pdf file is linked here:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Informe_Anual_WMES_2020.pdf
> You can read a blog post about the new board in our website:
> https://www.wikimedia.es/2021/04/12/nueva-junta-directiva-2021/
>
> Best regards!
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Welcome Maryana! We look forward to strengthening the Wikimedia Movement
with you.

Congratulations to the WMF BoT and all the others that were involved
in/with the Transition Committee.

João


Em ter., 14 de set. de 2021 às 12:53, Nataliia Tymkiv 
escreveu:

> Dear all,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
> [1] [2].
>
> Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment
> Accelerator [3], a South African non-profit social enterprise focused on
> building African solutions for the global challenge of youth unemployment.
> Prior to this, she spent six years as Chief Operating Officer of Planned
> Parenthood Federation of America [4], a volunteer-led social movement
> focused on access to women’s healthcare. Maryana has also worked in
> academia as the Advisor to the President of Rice University [5], an
> international research university based in the United States.
>
> Her professional career has been motivated by breaking down systemic
> barriers, creating opportunities for collaborative solution-building, and
> community empowerment. She has a proven track record for leading complex
> organisations shaped by shared decision-making.
>
> In looking for the next CEO, we on the Board convened a Transition
> Committee [6], primarily to guide us in finding the right person for this
> critical role and secondly to oversee the executive Transition Team. The
> Transition Committee conducted a far-reaching and competitive global
> search, receiving around 400 recommendations and speaking to about 50
> potential candidates. Throughout this selection process, Maryana impressed
> us as someone who is deeply inspired by the Wikimedia vision and who
> embodies the values of equity and community that inform all Wikimedia work.
> She has extensive leadership experience working with volunteer-led
> initiatives and building partnerships across public, private and social
> sectors. Maryana also brings expertise in technology-led innovation to
> accelerate meaningful social change. She does this with a global
> perspective: Maryana was born in the Middle East, educated in the United
> States and the United Kingdom, and has spent the last decade living and
> working on the African continent.
>
> Maryana joins the Wikimedia Foundation at a crucial time. The movement is
> larger than ever, and it has never been more relevant or more trusted. This
> is an inflection point, as decisions need to be made to execute a shared
> vision for where the Movement wants to be in 2030. We believe that Maryana
> is the right person to help lead the Foundation at this moment.
>
> As Maryana begins, her priorities will include supporting movement efforts
> to implement the Wikimedia 2030 recommendations, such as the development of
> a Movement Charter and the finalization of a Universal Code of Conduct. She
> will continue the Foundation’s focus on knowledge equity and exploring ways
> to address the gaps in content and the diversity of contributors to
> Wikimedia projects. She will be supported by the Board in this journey.
>
> Maryana will officially start at the Wikimedia Foundation on January 5,
> 2022, as she transitions from her current job. Until then, the Foundation
> will continue to be led by the Transition Team, with guidance from the
> Board. In my conversations with her, I have seen that Maryana is a fan of
> direct communication and excited to learn from the movement. In the coming
> weeks, she will share ways to connect. Please join me in welcoming Maryana
> (CCed) to the Foundation!
>
> PS. For translations of this message, or to help translate it into more
> languages, please visit Meta-Wiki [7]
>
> *[1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-maryana-iskander-as-chief-executive-officer/
> *
>
> *[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander
>  *
>
> *[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambee_Youth_Employment_Accelerator
> *
>
> *[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood
> *
>
> *[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University
>  *
>
> *[6]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Creating_a_CEO_Transition_Committee_and_Transition_Team,_2021
> 
>  *
> *[7]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/14_September_2021_-_Welcoming_the_new_Wikimedia_Foundation_CEO
> 

[Wikimedia-l] Update from Wiki Movimento Brasil

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear friends!

I am writing on behalf of the UG Wiki Movimento Brasil to share updates
about our board.

Our group members convened at our General Assembly, on November 1st, and
unanimously appointed the following members as our new board:

* Valério Melo, User:Ixocactus, president

* Chico Venancio, User:Chicocvenancio, vice-president

* Lucas Teles, User:Teles, finance director

They will serve for a four-year term, according to our bylaws. All new
board members come from the Northeast Region, one of the most impoverished
areas in Brazil. Regional power decentralization is a major objective in
Wiki Movimento Brasil's Diversity Plan (https://w.wiki/4Kio).

In the occasion of our General Assembly, we also appointed:

* User:Albertoleoncio and User:Vini_175 to the Fiscal Council, and

* User:DarwIn, User:Victor Lopes, User:Friduxa, User:Tetizeraz and
User:TiagoLubiana to the Good Governance Committee.

I take this opportunity to thank Vinicius Siqueira and Célio Costa Filho
with whom I have served on the board from 2017 to 2021. We were honored to
be part of the consolidation of Wiki Movimento Brasil as a thriving
Wikimedia affiliate.

Best of luck to the new board. Thank you for all you do for this Movement.

Abraços,

João Alexandre Peschanski

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia AGM

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Hey Asaf. I think the link you have provided is outdated. Reports are now
kept at [[m:WADP]]. Cheers, João

Em ter., 22 de fev. de 2022 às 16:05, Asaf Bartov 
escreveu:

> Congratulations to the new Boards of WMID!
>
> This made me want to catch up on WMID's activities, but I am not finding
> an up-to-date activity report in [[m:Reports]].  Is it somewhere else?
>
> A.
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 9:44 AM Biyanto Rebin <
> biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to inform you that Wikimedia Indonesia has been
>> successfully holding annual general meetings in a hybrid event. On 19
>> February, our AGM elected a new Chair of the Board of Executive, @Rachmat
>> Wahidi . Rachmat has been involved in
>> Wikimedia Indonesia since 2014. He has been a very useful and kind-hearted
>> person for all of us in Wikimedia Indonesia.
>>
>> Beside the new chair, we elected the new board of trustees as well.
>> * Ichsan Mochtar,
>> * Annisa Ayu Maharani,
>> * Andri Humardhani,
>> * Hendra Prastiawan, and
>> * Fachria Marasabessy. (re-elected)
>>
>> Thanks to our previous Board of Executives (Ivonne Kristiani, Hillun
>> Vilayl Napis, Thirza Ria Vandari, Djohan Hasibuan) and Board of Trustees
>> (Rinto Jio, Fachria Marassabessy, Fajarwati).
>>
>> We hope this new change can bring a more hopeful future for WMID.
>> I will still be around Wikimedia Indonesia until June 2020, to make sure
>> the transition is going smoothly. :)
>>
>> For Affiliates and Chairperson mailinglist's admin, please help to remove
>> me and add Rachmat for future communication.
>>
>> Best,
>> Biyanto Rebin
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear members of the Wikimedians of Japan User Group,

Welcome, on behalf of Wiki Movimento Brasil! This is exciting! I hope we
will find ways of working together in the near future!

Best,

João

Em qua., 18 de out. de 2023 às 12:42, Affiliations Committee <
aff...@wikimedia.org> escreveu:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> [1] Wikimedians of Japan User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
> group aims to establish a national organization to promote Wikimedia
> projects and support Wikimedians in Japan.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Jeffrey Keefer
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedians_of_Japan_User_Group
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Hi Asaf.

I hope you and yours are doing well!

Let me respectfully disagree with what you just said about Wikiversity.
Most of the features you have mentioned that led you to choose the
development of WikiLearn are actually addressed on the project, for
instance in the cMOOC templates. In this example on Wikiversity in
Portuguese
,
there is a learning management system set up (tabs at the top
),
that has even been described in a peer-reviewed journal of technology and
education (in Portuguese
).
Certificates are not provided through Wikiversity, indeed, but this could
be easily implemented (in the framework we have developed certification
happens on this toolforge platform ). Of
course, development is needed in our projects, and this remains true also
for Wikiversity, and I am sorry this project of yours was finally not an
opportunity for investing in this development and reach a better outcome,
that would actually respond to the call of Skill and Leadership
recommendation with more attention to collaborative governance and
community consultation.

Best,

João


Em ter., 17 de mai. de 2022 às 20:42, Asaf Bartov 
escreveu:

> Thank you all for your questions, feedback and excitement about the
> WikiLearn platform. We wanted to take this opportunity to provide some
> clarity on the choice to utilize an Open edX platform instead of
> Wikiversity.
>
> Last year, we led a pilot  to
> better understand how to move our once in-person capacity building
> experiences online. The goal of the pilot was to ensure we were developing
> an optimal learning environment that could deliver live courses, facilitate
> peer discussions and provide graded assignments with instructor feedback
> for two cohorts of learners. Unfortunately, Wikiversity could not provide
> these elements.
>
> Wikiversity is a system for collaborating on creating and sharing
> curricula. It is not a learning management system, nor was it ever designed
> to be one. It does not support the critical functions necessary for online
> learning such as dynamic exercises and assignments, learner tools,
> instructor tools (e.g. grading assignments, messaging learners, monitoring
> progress), computer-grading, certificates and badges, learner cohorts,
> scheduled live sessions, and more.
>
> Wikiversity's greatest strength -- Mediawiki's world-class collaboration
> features -- is not a core  priority for online curriculum development
> (which in an overwhelming number of cases is the work of a sole or lead
> author and one or more known and selected assistants, rather than of peers
> collaborating publicly and pseudonymously), and is significantly less
> important than any of the above features it lacks.
>
> The WikiLearn platform stewarded by the Community Development team, and
> called for by the Skill and Leadership recommendation
> 
> of Movement Strategy, does need to be more than a wiki for developing and
> sharing curricula; it needs a learner-centered user experience, human and
> computer-automated assessment features and much more. Utilizing Wikiversity
> was never a viable option for our programmatic and capacity building goals.
>
> We also acknowledge the sentiment, “why not invest in Wikiversity to
> address the shortcomings you have outlined?
>
> Quite simply, we wanted to implement WikiLearn within a year or so, and
> utilize the resources the team had to do so. To overhaul the software
> running Wikiversity so that it would become a full-blown learning
> management system with the features needed would have been a multi-year
> undertaking, including research, community consultation, design,
> development, testing, etc., and it is not within the mandate of our team to
> lead this type of work independently.  Therefore, we prioritized choosing
> an existing, tried and true LMS system that is free software as the best
> values-aligned path to achieving the goal of an open platform for online
> learning.
>
>
>
> For the Community Development team,
>
>Asaf Bartov
>
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 7:57 PM Mike Peel  wrote:
>
>> Ah, OK, so it's not "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!" -
>> it's focused on internal Wikimedia training, not external users? I
>> missed that, sorry, and thanks for 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing the Board of Trustees preliminary election results

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Congratulations to Mike and Shani. I am sure you will do an amazing job as
WMF trustees and help us go through the intense period of changes that lies
ahead.

Thank you to all the election organizers, candidates and voters.

Regards from São Paulo.

João

Em qua, 21 de set de 2022 17:40, Jackie Koerner 
escreveu:

> *You can find this message translated into additional languages on
> Meta-wiki.
> *
> *More languages
> 
>  • Please
> help translate to your language
> *
>
> *Hi everyone, This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task
> Force and the Elections Committee*
>
>
> Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Board of Trustees
> election
> 
>  process.
> Your participation helps seat the trustees the community seeks on the
> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
>
> These are the preliminary results of the 2022 Board of Trustees election:
> - Shani Evenstein Sigalov
> 
> - Mike Peel
> 
>
> You may see more information about the Results
> 
>  and Statistics
> 
>  of
> this Board election.
>
> The Board will complete their review of the most voted candidates,
> including conducting background checks. The Board plans to appoint new
> trustees at their meeting in December.
>
> Best,
>
> Movement Strategy and Governance
>
> --
>
> Jackie Koerner (she/her) Communication Specialist, Community Resilience &
> Sustainability Location: Midwestern US (UTC-5)
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Movimento Brasil's Strategic Manifesto, 2023-2025

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear friends!

The Wikimedia affiliate Wiki Movimento Brasil is happy to share with the
Movement our Strategic Manifesto for 2023-2025. There is a visual version
in Portuguese [1], English [2] and Spanish [3], as well as an on-wiki
version [4], available in these languages, French and open to further
translations.

This document is the result of a one-year-long collaborative process,
started in November 2021, to redefine our affiliate's priorities and goals.
This process –which reflects how our community and organization have
appropriated the 2030 Movement Strategy– has rested upon a mix of research
and community-consultation methods, and the actual writing has had the
direct involvement of 65 people. Key moments were: a community-wide
research we have led on strategy and governance [5] and the organization of
the first Brazilian Wikimedia Conference, in which we held strategy
discussion sessions with Wikimedians and partners [6].

We have sought to carefully document our coordination, research, production
and writing process, so that our case might eventually serve as a parameter
for other initiatives. The methodology [7] and the lexicon [8] of our
Strategic Manifesto are available for consultation.

We thank everyone who has participated and supported us in this work. We
remain attentive to anyone who would like to share feedback or has
questions about Wiki Movimento Brasil's strategy.

Cheers,

João


References

[1] Visual version in Portuguese: https://w.wiki/5xJj

[2] Visual version in English: https://w.wiki/62QF

[3] Visual version in Spanish: https://w.wiki/62NB

[4] On-wiki version: https://w.wiki/5upR

[5] Strategy research with the Portuguese-speaking community:
https://w.wiki/4xiH

[6] WikiCon Brasil: https://w.wiki/4xgK

[7] Methodology: https://w.wiki/4NAU

[8] Lexicon: https://w.wiki/5xgm

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*João Alexandre Peschanski | Usuário:JPeschanski (WMB)*
*Diretor Executivo | **Wiki Movimento Brasil*
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Annual Report 2022: Wikimedia Norge

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Dear Elisabeth. Congratulations for all this amazing work! Best, João

Em sáb., 25 de fev. de 2023 13:00,  escreveu:

> Dear fellow Wikimedians,
>
> Coming out of Covid, 2022 was a year of transition for many of us. We’re
> happy to share our challenges and results in the English translation
> 
> of Wikimedia Norge’s Annual Report 2022
> 
> .
>
>
>
> Also, please join us in celebrating a wonderful team player:
>
> At our recent Annual General Assembly, long-standing Wikipedian and
> language technology professor Trond Trosterud
>  was awarded the Norwegian
> Wikipedian of the Year Prize
> 
> (announcement in Norwegian). Trond is a key contributor to the efforts to
> strengthen under-represented languages in the Wikimedia projects. A
> well-earned prize!
>
>
>
> Keep up with our activities and events on Facebook
>  or Instagram
> , if you like.
>
>
>
> Vennlig hilsen / Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Elisabeth Carrera
>
> daglig leder/Executive Director
> Wikimedia Norge
>
> .
>
> Tel. +47 48 92 48 92
> elisab...@wikimedia.no
>
>
>
> *Støtt kunnskapsdugnaden vår!
> *
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia UK Strategic Report for 21/22

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Indeed, what a beautiful material. Very inspiring! Congratulations WMUK :)
Best, João

Em sex., 3 de fev. de 2023 às 13:14, Andreas Kolbe 
escreveu:

> Wow, what a gorgeously designed report!
>
> Beautiful to look at. Love it.
>
> Andreas
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:03 AM Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia UK has just published our Strategic Report for the financial
>> year 2021/22. Excitingly, this is our first fully digital format, which
>> we hope brings to life the breadth of Wikimedia UK’s activities and impact.
>>
>>
>> You can find the report directly here
>> <https://2022strategicreport.wikimedia.org.uk/> or on our website
>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> under Strategic Report.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Lucy
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
>> Chief Executive
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[Wikimedia-l] Podcast on Wikimedia Strategy in Brazil

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Hello all! I hope you are doing well!

I'm reaching out to inform you about the *podcast* "Sopa Wiki" (Wiki Soup),
which was produced by the Brazilian affiliate *Wiki Movimento Brasil* (WMB)
last year.

The podcast comprises five episodes, each addressing one of the five *strategic
priorities *outlined in the strategic plan
<https://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Estrat%C3%A9gia_Wiki_Movimento_Brasil_2023-2025/en>of
Wikimedia in Brazil [1]. These priorities revolve around technology,
community practices, partnerships, knowledge equity, and Wikimedia
governance. The episodes also introduce local initiatives that contribute
to strengthening the open knowledge ecosystem within our context.

The podcast episodes are in Portuguese and have been uploaded to Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sopa_Wiki> exclusively in that
language [2]. However, for those interested in the content but not fluent
in Portuguese, we have added *English subtitles* on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEmJ1V6HikFS_ULB39w2Cd0y4d4_-Xyij>
[3].

I hope some of you find this material intriguing, and I'm open to
discussing it further should you have any questions or suggestions.

Best regards from São Paulo, Brasil,

João

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References

[1]
https://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Estrat%C3%A9gia_Wiki_Movimento_Brasil_2023-2025/en
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sopa_Wiki
[3] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEmJ1V6HikFS_ULB39w2Cd0y4d4_-Xyij

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Celebrating Donatien Kangah

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

Bravo, Donatien!

Em sex., 23 de fev. de 2024, 12:17, Olushola Olaniyan <
olaniyanshol...@gmail.com> escreveu:

> A big congratulations to my very good friend and brother. This is
> long-awaited, and I am glad you got it. The result of your work in the
> movement speaks for itself.
> Again, this is a double congratulations. As a football fan that I am, I
> don't agree that the Nations Cup should go to the Ivory Coast because we
> were better on the day than your team. Nevertheless, it's a big win for you
> and your country.
>
> Remember, to whom much is given, much is expected.
>
> More WINS!
>
> Cheers
>
> ISO
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 1:15 PM Bobby Shabangu 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to you Donatien and once again congratulations to Ivory
>> Coast for winning the CAF championship. 
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 11:54, Mahuton Possoupe 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Wikimedia projects would not be possible without the work of the
>>> countless volunteers, passionately working on bringing free knowledge to
>>> the world. This month we Wikicelebrate
>>> one of
>>> such volunteers: Donatien Kangah (User:Papischou), a Wikimedian from Côte
>>> d'Ivoire, editor of French language Wikipedia, a community leader active on
>>> local, regional, and global levels, a huge football fan, and the co-creator
>>> of the Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire.
>>>
>>> Donatien is an experienced Wikipedia trainer, and a member of Wikifranca
>>> micro grant committee. He supported Wikimania through his activity in the
>>> scholarship committee, worked in the capacity building group for Movement
>>> Strategy and collaborated with communities from Senegal, Togo, Chad and
>>> Guinea. Most of his engagement is connected to the Community User Group
>>> Côte d'Ivoire, which he co-founded and which he now leads.
>>>
>>> For Donatien the value of editing lies in learning through sharing.
>>> “Each act of sharing knowledge in Wikipedia is about checking sources,
>>> discovering new facts. Even if I already know a lot about the topic, I
>>> discover new facts in sources. It is like swimming in information. Sharing
>>> knowledge is not a passive process, it is a constant discovery. Through
>>> contributing I have learned a lot about my country, Africa and the world.
>>> Editing allows you to grow through giving”, says Donatien.
>>>
>>> Learn more about Donatien, and his amazing work on Diff
>>> 
>>> or on Meta .
>>>
>>> Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
>>> amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
>>> participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
>>> you think should be celebrated, recommend
>>> them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Celebrating,
>>>
>>> Mahuton, Mehrdad and Natalia
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Persian Wikipedia passing 1 million article milestone

[João Alexandre Peschanski]

What an amazing milestone! Congratulations to the Persian Wikipedia
community. João

Em ter., 23 de abr. de 2024, 20:26, Levi Kambai Timothy <
camylev...@gmail.com> escreveu:

> It isn't easy to attain that height. It takes a lot of hard work.
> Congratulations to the Persian Wikipedia.
>
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024, 12:12 am Asaf Bartov,  wrote:
>
>> Truly, an impressive community, working in difficult conditions.
>>
>> Kudos to the Farsi Wikipedia!
>>
>>A.
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, 19:01 Amir Sarabadani  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Persian Wikipedia (fa.wikipedia.org) which recently celebrated its 20th
>>> birthday just passed its 1,000,000 article milestone.
>>>
>>> Many volunteers have built, contributed, protected and loved this wiki
>>> for the past two decades and here's to many more decades to come.
>>>
>>> It has been a bumpy road but providing a free source of information to
>>> more than 130M Persian language speakers has always been a pleasure,
>>> especially when the concepts of fact and truth are under threat like never
>>> before.
>>>
>>> Persian Wikipedia is being viewed by around 30M people monthly and has
>>> had 350M page views every month while only ~1,500 active editors [1] and
>>> ~35 admins have been keeping it alive and protecting it from all types of
>>> harm.
>>>
>>> [1] Users making more than five edits in the past 30 days
>>> https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/fa.wikipedia.org/contributing/active-editors/normal|line|2-year|(page_type)~content*non-content|monthly
>>>
>>> Here is to volunteers of Persian Wikipedia
>>> --
>>> Amir (he/him)
>>>
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