Re: [Wikimedia-l] [African Wikimedians] Happy Africa Day: keyboards for all the languages of Africa

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stakes in documentation, I could have missed some
> >> >> languages. Please contact me if you find any problems.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How diverse are your readers?

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Hey folks,

Trey authored a Wikimedia blog post on this as well:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/12/12/failed-queries-fear-of-missing-out/

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:34 AM Dan Garry (Deskana) 
wrote:

> The topic of zero-result search queries comes up from time to time. The
> logic is generally this: if we can see the top queries that got no results,
> then we can figure out what users are looking for but not finding, and add
> it to the encyclopedia. Wonderful user-centred thinking, and it sounds
> great! The problem is, sadly, the data doesn't help us achieve this at all.
>
> The sheer volume of requests means that a lot of the top zero-results
> queries are junk. Trey Jones, an engineer on the Search Platform Team,
> wrote a comprehensive analysis
> <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:TJones_(WMF)/Notes/Survey_of_Zero-Results_Queries
> >
> a
> few years ago of the top zero-result queries based on an analysis of a
> 500,000 multi-lingual sample. It was quite enlightening in some senses—we
> found out a lot about the things that people are doing with the search
> system, found some bugs in other products, and so on—but it didn't actually
> help us understand what people were looking for and not finding.
>
> Dan
>
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 23:12, Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> > Hi Gerard,
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 2:26 PM Gerard Meijssen
> >  wrote:
> > > but really
> > > why can we not have the data that allows us to seek out what people are
> > > actually looking for and do not find..
> >
> > Please open a Phabricator task for this request at
> > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org . Please add Research as a tag and
> > add me as one of the subscribers. I'd like to work with you on a
> > concrete proposal. A few items to consider as you're expanding the
> > description of the task:
> >
> > * We won't be able to release raw search queries as they come to
> > Wikimedia servers. That is for privacy reasons.
> >
> > * You also likely don't need raw search queries. If you can be
> > specific about what you want to have access to, as much as possible,
> > that can help us get started with scoping the problem. I'm looking for
> > something along these lines: "I want to be able to see a monthly list
> > of top n search terms in language x that result in 0 search results or
> > results where the user does not click on any of the search results
> > offered." The more specific, the better. If you are in doubt, put some
> > description and we can iterate on it.
> >
> > Best,
> > Leila
> > p.s. The goal of this exercise is to have an open question ready (with
> > all the details one needs to know) for the next time we will have a
> > volunteer researcher to work with us.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Greener, plastic-free conferences and events

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Hi Fae,

On virtual participation, we learned quite a bit from a remote-first
strategy: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/05/wikimania-2017-materials/

Best,
--Ed

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21 November 2017 at 15:00, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
> > I'm interested to see how we can make our conferences, not least
> > Wikimania, and other events more green and, particularly, use less
> > plastic.
> >
> > I see from:
> >
> >https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative
> >
> > that:
> >
> > 
> >
> > On February 24, 2017, the board of trustees of the Wikimedia
> > Foundation adopted the following resolution as a result of this
> > initiative:
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the
> > impact of our activities on the environment. We aim to always act
> > responsibly and sustainably as possible, including favoring renewable
> > energy for our operations. We believe that a long-term commitment to
> > sustainability is an essential component of our work towards the
> > Wikimedia mission and vision.To this end, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > makes the following commitments:
> >
> > * We will seek to minimize our overall impact on the environment;
> > * We will consider sustainability as an important part of decisions
> > around servers, operations, travel, offices, and other procurement;
> > * We will use green energy where it is available and financially
> prudent; and
> > * Starting in 2018, we will include an environmental impact statement
> > in our annual plan.
> >
> > 
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > * use cotton (not plastic) lanyards; or avoid lanyards altogether
> > * don't give away cheap plastic pens, etc.
> > * avoid bottled water, where tap water is potable, otherwise use glass
> bottles
> > * avoid sandwiches in plastic (or plastic-lined) packs
> > * avoid disposable cutlery and plastic plates
> > * ensure waste is collected, appropriately sorted and recycled
> >
> > How can we build this into our movement?
> >
> > Should it be a consideration in assessing grant funding applications?
> >
> > Would a more specific resolution from the board help?
> >
> > Who at WMF has oversight responsibility for these issues?
> >
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> Thanks for raising the topic. It's been raised before, but there
> should be more public credit given to events and conferences that make
> the extra effort to be green.
>
> I definitely support this being a more visible goal, along with
> helpful checklists, for funding events. Logically the "environmental
> impact statement" should be seen to flow down as requirements on all
> affiliates, something I'll be looking for in 2018.
>
> The biggest environmental impact from our conferences, comes from
> staff and volunteers flying around the world, when the WMF and
> affiliates could do more to encourage virtual meetings and to manage a
> stronger virtual engagement. At the moment virtual participation at
> WMCON or Wikimania is often limited to the odd livestreamed
> presentation or small working group supported by a video hangout; it's
> at a low level and it would be nice to see far more experimentation
> with technology and virtual presence.
>
> The deliberately small choices you mention of avoiding plastic or
> encouraging attendees to do something simple like reuse and refill one
> cup for the day, or ensuring that caters are serving local food with
> low mileage,[1] makes a lot of sense. Even if this added slightly to
> an event's expenses, I think everyone would applaud the deliberate
> selection of venues and suppliers that make low environmental impact a
> priority.
>
> Links
> 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How to watch and follow Wikimania 2017 remotely

[Ed Erhart]

Hello,

We've published a blog post about the remote strategy we deployed for this
year's Wikimania, including links to where you can find session notes,
presentations, videos, and more.[1] Please take a look!

Best,
--Ed

[1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/05/wikimania-2017-materials/

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Denise Jansen <jan...@wikimedia.nl> wrote:

> Great, thanks for the info!
>
>
> Denise Jansen
> Projectleider
> Wikimedia Nederland
>
> tel. 06  2952 0069
> (ma, di, do)
>
> *Postadres*: *
> Bezoekadres:*
> Postbus 167Mariaplaats 3
> 3500 AD  Utrecht Utrecht
>
> *Wikimedia Nederland organiseert regelmatig bijeenkomsten, u bent daarbij
> van harte welkom. Kijk voor meer informatie in onze agenda
> <https://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/agenda>.*
>
> 2017-08-08 17:27 GMT+02:00 Melody Kramer <mkra...@wikimedia.org>:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > As many of you know, Wikimania 2017 will take place in Montréal, Canada
> > from 9–13 August.
> >
> > If you cannot attend this year, there are still opportunities to follow
> > along remotely. Keynote sessions will be livestreamed [1] and recorded
> > throughout the conference on YouTube [2] and Facebook Live [3].
> Additional
> > recorded sessions will be posted on the conference notes page [6] when
> they
> > become available. We are asking all speakers to designate a notetaker for
> > their session, and to copy the template [8] for use in their session.
> >
> > You can also follow @Wikimania [4] and the hashtag #wikimania [5] on
> > Twitter. We will round up presentations and highlights for both Meta and
> > our blog after the conference ends. [6] You can also search the full
> > programme schedule. [7]
> >
> > Please respond here or contact me directly with any questions or ideas to
> > make this experience better for remote participants.
> >
> > - Mel
> >
> >
> > [1] The Livestream schedule is here:
> > https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Livestreamed_keynotes
> >
> > [2] YouTube livestream links:
> > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_cUZLMpibyRiIdp0uF-lQ
> >
> > [3] Facebook links will be posted on the livestream schedule when
> > available. The keynote talks will be livestreamed on the Wikipedia
> Facebook
> > page: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/
> >
> > [4] https://twitter.com/Wikimania
> >
> > [5] https://twitter.com/search?q=%23wikimania=tyah
> >
> > [6] A full list of conference sessions is here:
> > https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/All_Session_Notes Notes and
> > presentations will be posted as they become available.
> >
> > [7] Complete program schedule
> > https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme
> >
> > [8] Notetaking template:
> > https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2017-template
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Today's eclipse and Wikimedia Commons

[Ed Erhart]

Hey, folks:

To close the loop here: we've posted a Wikimedia Blog post about what we
did during this limited experiment, and how it went. https://blog.wikimedia.
org/2017/08/29/solar-eclipse-photos/

If you have thoughts, comments, and ideas for future similar initiatives,
please get in touch with us.

Best,
--Ed

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Melody Kramer <mkra...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I wanted to let you know about some experimental outreach we have planned
> for today's solar eclipse, which will be partially visible from parts of
> the Americas, as well as spots in Asia, Africa, and Western Europe.
>
> We put together a blog post
> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/18/solar-eclipse/> [1] and infographic
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August_2017_solar_
> eclipse_-_upload_to_Commons_infographic.png>
> [2]
> to encourage photographers of the upcoming solar eclipse
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017> [3]  to
> upload them to Commons. This request was placed on the Village Pump [4]
> last week.
>
> We're planning to publicize the blog post on our social media channels
> today, and the only *specific* outreach we have planned is to encourage
> people who post high-quality photos on those platforms to upload them to
> Commons. We're deliberately limiting our push so we don't flood Commons
> with poor-quality photos, and/or make life difficult for anyone.
>
> Please feel free to use the infographic [2] to reach out to photographers,
> and let us know if you have any comments or concerns with anything. We'd
> love to work with you all on improvements as needed. This is definitely an
> experiment, and your feedback will help us figure out if we'll want to
> repeat it for other (perhaps more global) events. [5] We are also going to
> collect some basic metrics and will send them out once we assess today's
> experiment. Thank you!
>
> Mel
>
> [1] Featuring an interview with Wikimedia Commons user: Juliancolton, the
> post details how to take eclipse photos and how to upload them to Commons
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/18/solar-eclipse/
>
> [2] English:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August_2017_solar_ec
> lipse_-_upload_to_Commons_infographic.png
> Spanish:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August_2017_solar_ec
> lipse_-_upload_to_Commons_infographic_-_es.png
>
>
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017
>
> [4]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Ecli
> pse_photography
>
> [5] If this works, we would love to help make templates or encourage
> photographers to upload in the future. Please let us know what events might
> work with this approach.
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

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A memorial is being held in Berkeley, California on 21 August.
https://www.facebook.com/events/663526253795755/

On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou <
ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Of little interest perhaps, but Kevin's profile appeared on my LinkedIn's
> "People you may know" page (as did another recently deceased ex-WMF
> staffer's). I reached out to LinkedIn directly, filling in their deceased
> members form so that remove or mark the profile as deceased (different
> networks handle this type of request differently). From past experience,
> often the family of the deceased is too overwhelmed to deal with their
> loved one's online profiles and are grateful if others 'take care' of that.
>
> Something to consider if you come across other online profiles of Kevin.
>
> K.
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Rachel Farrand 
> wrote:
>
> > You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and
> > accomplishments:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/
> > 2016-08-04/Obituary
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a
> > > tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making
> > the
> > > projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he
> > was
> > > also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and
> thankless
> > > job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being
> > heard
> > > or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He
> > ran
> > > for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these
> > issues
> > > in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum
> > of
> > > all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish
> > > unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public
> > > comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
> > >
> > > Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his
> > > passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by
> > > continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating
> > > harassment on our projects.
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[Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

[Ed Erhart]

I regret to inform everyone that Kevin Gorman, a Wikipedian who was the
first Wikipedian-in-residence at a US university or college, has passed
away. There is a memorial page on Facebook, and editors are leaving
condolences on his English Wikipedia talk page.

https://www.facebook.com/bombus.memoriam/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kevin_Gorman

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedians of the year Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

[Ed Erhart]

Hi all,

As many of you have heard, Emily Temple-Wood (Keilana) and Rosie
Stephenson-Goodknight (Rosiestep) have been named as the co-Wikipedians of
the Year at Wikimania.

Congratulations to them both, along with the runner-ups Mardetanha and
Vassia Antanasova (Spiritia)!

You can read more about this on the Wikimedia blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/24/wikipedians-of-the-year/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Blog post about new WMF affiliate-nominated trustees

[Ed Erhart]

We now have translations of Spanish and Italian!

https://blog.wikimedia.org/es/2016/05/26/conoce-a-los-dos-nuevos-miembros-de-la-junta-directiva-de-la-fundacion-wikimedia-christophe-henner-y-nataliia-tymkiv
https://blog.wikimedia.org/it/2016/05/26/ecco-i-due-nuovi-membri-del-consiglio-direttivo-della-wikimedia-foundation-christophe-henner-e-nataliia-tymkiv

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Ed Erhart <eerh...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> If someone does translate the post, please ping me and I'll put it up as
> soon as possible. In particular, I'd love to have a French-language version
> of the post. Thank you!
>
> Best,
> --Ed
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Vira Motorko <vira.moto...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Can be translated on Meta page
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Meet_the_Wikimedia_Foundation
>> ’s_two_newest_trustees:_Christophe_Henner_and_Nataliia_Tymkiv
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Blog post about new WMF affiliate-nominated trustees

[Ed Erhart]

If someone does translate the post, please ping me and I'll put it up as
soon as possible. In particular, I'd love to have a French-language version
of the post. Thank you!

Best,
--Ed

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> Can be translated on Meta page
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Meet_the_Wikimedia_Foundation
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Videos from Jerusalem Hackathon & WikiArabia

[Ed Erhart]

The blog post Victor mentioned is now published:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/28/wikimedia-hackathon/

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Victor Grigas <vgri...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> @ User:BrillLyle, you beat me to it - I was going to share these here along
> with an upcoming blog post about the Hackathon and the Tech meetup. We'll
> be sharing these videos from the WMF social media accounts shortly.
>
> If anyone wants to translate the captions from English to your language on
> these (non-burned in subtitles) versions below, I'll migrate those captions
> to the WMF YouTube and Vimeo accounts:
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Wikimedia_Hackathon_Jerusalem_2016_(no_subtitles).webm.en.srt
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:WikiArabia_tech_meetup_in_Ramallah_2016_(no_subtitles).webm.en.srt
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilll...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > In case you haven't seen these, the videos below were shared during
> today's
> > WMF Metrics and Activities Meeting - April 2016.
> >
> >
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_2016_Wikimedia_Hackathon_in_Jerusalem.webm
> >
> >
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiArabia_tech_meetup_in_Ramallah_2016.webm
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > *Erika Herzog*
> > Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle
> >
> > Secretary, Wikimedia NYC
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

[Ed Erhart]

I think this is a brilliant idea, both personally and professionally. I'm
incredibly thrilled that I'll be (continuing to) work under Katherine.
Bravo.

--Ed

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Rosemary Rein <rr...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Thank you Katherine for your service and leadership  at this critical
> junction for the organization and our community.
>
> Rosemary
> On Mar 10, 2016 6:56 PM, "Patricio Lorente" <patricio.lore...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has
>> proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full
>> support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer
>> Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF))
>> will step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the
>> C-levels for their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for
>> stepping up during this period of transition.
>>
>> In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying immediate
>> priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving
>> communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we
>> agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization while it
>> addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will allow
>> the rest of the executive team to focus on critical organizational
>> functions, including community and engineering management, fundraising, and
>> strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about our
>> process and thinking here:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/March_2016_-_Leadership_Team_transition_planning
>>
>>
>> Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer
>> for about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile
>> and effective team that serves the needs of the organization and movement,
>> collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She has
>> thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through
>> transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy process
>> and the annual plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is known for
>> listening to and empowering the people that she works with.
>>
>> For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for
>> global open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led
>> advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access Now,
>> where she worked on freedom of expression, access to information, and
>> privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments around
>> the world to deepen transparency and participation in her roles at the
>> World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and
>> UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major global
>> issues). She is a member of the advisory board of the Open Technology Fund.
>>
>> With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move
>> quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive
>> Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify
>> roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way for
>> community and staff to participate.  We want this process to be inclusive
>> and incorporate many voices. We look forward to sharing an update on our
>> progress toward the end of next week.
>>
>> As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board. Geoff
>> Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez as
>> Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in those capacities. As of March
>> 14, Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime
>> Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The
>> Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the time
>> being, with support from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather
>> Walls.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>  Patricio
>>
>> Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
>> Meta-Wiki:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/10_March_2010_-_Wikimedia_Foundation_executive_transition_update
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] "BuzzFeed: Days of Counting Pageviews and Unique Visitors Are Over"

[Ed Erhart]

Hi Pine,

A big part of our efforts are to humanize the movement, surface our
content, and reach new audiences—research shows that public awareness of
Wikipedia and what it does is not as high as you'd think in emerging
communities.

The blog has been running in-depth and detailed articles like "News on
Wikipedia: Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy,"[1] "These
Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s
revolution,"[2] and "Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different
place: Magnus Manske"[3] to showcase our editors and contributors, along
with their contributions to the movement. We plan to continue this in the
coming months.

Our posts that look at article popularity try to go deeper, examining the
editing behind them. Antonin Scalia does that, as does "Millions read Bowie
biography following sudden death."[4] We highlight featured articles
wherever possible.

We also surface fantastic content from our contributors, such as "Recording
romanticism and filling Wikimedia Commons with 19th-century music"[5] or
"Love is strange: ten weird Valentine’s facts from Wikipedia,"[6] although
I freely admit that our social media platforms can do this far more often
than the blog can. 

I'm cc'ing Jeff Elder, Digital Communications Manager, on this email so
that he can talk about his fantastic work on social media. Some of the
comments we get are astounding, and we've started the process of expanding
to new platforms—including Instagram.[7]

Best,
--Ed

[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/
[2]
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/30/improving-wikipedia-texas-revolution/
[3]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/18/fifteen-years-wikipedia-magnus-manske/
[4] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/28/bowie-death-wikipedia/
[5] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/14/spain-recording-romanticism/
[6] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/12/love-is-strange/
[7] https://www.instagram.com/wikipedia/

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> An interesting article in Fortune:
> http://fortune.com/2016/02/19/buzzfeed-metrics/. "One of the biggest
> challenges in online publishing, Nguyen says, is the continual process of
> re-evaluating what criteria the company should be looking at in order to
> gauge its effectiveness in reaching an audience, a process that BuzzFeed
> calls “re-anchoring.” In effect, it’s an almost scientific approach of
> checking to see whether the thing being measured is actually the thing that
> is most important."
>
> While WMF seems to be focused on pageviews for fundraising reasons (and I
> would guess that this is also the thinking behind WMF Communications
> increasing its staff and budget for social media), I hope that we can
> explicitly include off-wiki uses of Wikimedia content in our measures of
> impact and success.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Happy Magnus Manske Day!

[Ed Erhart]

Don't forget the Wikimedia Blog's profile of Magnus for Wikipedia's 15th
anniversary!
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/18/fifteen-years-wikipedia-magnus-manske/

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On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Ricordisamoa <ricordisa...@openmailbox.org>
wrote:

> Il 25/01/2016 00:47, Jane Darnell ha scritto:
>
>> Hope everybody takes some time today to share what they have learned from
>> using Magnus' tools. It's time to call on all posse members to share their
>> tool tips, because it's ...
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day
>>
>
> Actually it's 23:56 UTC of January 24
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[Wikimedia-l] Live a year in four minutes: Watch #Edit2015, Wikipedia’s year-in-review video

[Ed Erhart]

See 2015 in four minutes! Our year-in-review video, #Edit2015 is now live.
A collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation's Victor Grigas and
several volunteer editors, #Edit2015 celebrates the individuals all over
the world who've invested thousands, if not millions, of hours in curating
Wikimedia sites.

Please watch it and share on social media! You can simply paste the YouTube
link into a tweet or Facebook post and share with your friends.

Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Edit_2015.webm
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Rm1LKcHD1VE
Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/12/15/edit2015

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] (no subject)

[Ed Erhart]

+1 Marc. Both of us were volunteers for years before starting work at the
WMF, and I'm sure we both have opinions that don't line up with the WMF's
overall vision. Quoting Marc's personal thoughts as representative of the
organization as a whole is not helpful for anyone involved.

@Richard and the moderators, I'm rather not start a new thread to respond
here. Please allow responses to the currently ongoing threads and reject
any *new* (no subject) threads. Thanks.

--Ed

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Ed Erhart <the.e...@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 Marc. Both of us were volunteers for years before starting work at the
> WMF, and I'm sure we both have opinions that don't line up with the WMF's
> overall vision. Quoting Marc's personal thoughts as representative of the
> organization as a whole is not helpful for anyone involved.
>
> --Ed
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier <m...@uberbox.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 15-12-04 04:14 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
>> > Funny how the first response from a WMF employee was that they thought
>> > using stock images was OK.
>>
>> Please don't put words into my mouth that weren't there.  I said that I
>> didn't find it /concerning/, not that it was "OK".
>>
>> My point in that email was that commons makes it ungodly hard to find
>> what you want, not commenting on whether or not the use of stock
>> photography is desirable.
>>
>> Also, I don't work with fundraising and am not involved with the banners
>> in any way.  Even if I /had/ expressed the opinion that it was Ok to use
>> stock photography, it'd just be that - my personal opinion.
>>
>> -- Marc
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quality issues

[Ed Erhart]

On the very specific point of knowledge and how it's not always possible to
boil it down to a single quantifiable value, I couldn't agree more. Thank
you, Andreas, for the detailed anecdote displaying that problem, and I'll
be happy to provide more if needed.

Does Wikidata have a way of marking data entries as estimates, or at least
dates as circa (not just unknown)?

--Ed
On Nov 28, 2015 1:24 PM, "Andreas Kolbe"  wrote:

> Gerard,
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015, Gerard Meijssen  wrote:
>
> When you compare the quality of Wikipedias with what en.wp used to be you
> > are comparing apples and oranges. The Myanmar Wikipedia is better
> informed
> > on Myanmar than en.wp etc.
> >
>
>
> Is it? The entire Burmese Wikipedia contains a mere 31,646 content pages at
> the time of writing, covering (or trying to cover) all countries of the
> world, and all aspects of human knowledge.[1]
>
> The English Wikipedia's WikiProject Myanmar, meanwhile, has 6,713 pages
> within its purview.[2] I dare say that's more articles on Myanmar than the
> Burmese Wikipedia contains. As an indication, the English Wikipedia's
> article on Myanmar is more than twice as long as the one in the Burmese
> Wikipedia.
>
> Moreover, according to Freedom House[3], the internet in Myanmar is not
> free:
>
> "The government detained and charged internet users for online activities
> [...] Government officials pressured social media users not to distribute
> or share content that offends the military, or disturbs the functions of
> government."
>
>
>
> > When you qualify a Wikipedia as fascist, it does not follow that the data
> > is suspect. Certainly when data in a source that you so easily dismiss is
> > typically the same, there is not much meaning in what you say from a
> > Wikidata point of view.
> >
>
>
> Data are always generated within a social context, and data generated by
> political extremists or people living under oppressive regimes are suspect
> whenever they have political implications. (Looking at the descriptions of
> Burmese politics, my feeling is the Burmese Wikipedia is not under
> significant government control, but largely written by ex-pats. However,
> the situation is quite different in some other Wikipedias serving countries
> labouring under similar regimes.)
>
>
>
> > PS What does your librarian think when she knows
>
>
>
> It was a he, but I'll leave him to join in himself if he chooses to.
>
>
> I happen to work on Dukes of Friuli. Compare the data from Wikidata and the
> > information by Reasonator based on the same item for one of them.
> >
> > https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?=2471519
> > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2471519
> >
>
>
> Let's look at this example. Reasonator says of Grasulf II of Friulim, "He
> died in 653". There is no source. Wikidata says he died in 653, and the
> indicated source is the Italian Wikipedia.
>
> However, when you look at the (very brief) Italian Wikipedia article[4],
> you will find that the year 653 is given with a question mark. The English
> Wikipedia, in contrast, states, in its similarly brief article[5],
>
> "Nothing more is known about Grasulf and the date of his death is
> uncertain."
>
> Do you now see the problem about nuance? Reasonator and Wikidata
> confidently proclaim as uncontested fact something that in fact is rather
> uncertain.
>
> The sole source cited by both the English and the Italian Wikipedia is the
> Historia Langobardorum, available in Wikisource.[6] My Latin is a bit
> rusty, but while the Historia mentions that Ago succeeded Grasulf upon the
> latter's death, it says nothing specific about when that was. The
> Historia's time indications are in general very vague, usually limited to
> the phrase "Circa haec tempora", meaning "about this time". So it is in
> this case.
>
> For reference, the Google Knowledge Graph states equally confidently that
> Grasulf II of Friuli died in 651AD. This may be based on the English
> Wikipedia's unsourced claim (in the template at the bottom of the English
> Wikipedia article) that his reign ended c. 651, or on some other source
> like Freebase.
>
> The other Wikipedias that have articles on Grasulf II provide the following
> death dates
>
> Catalan: 651
> Galician: 653
> Lithuanian: 653
> Polish: 651
> Romanian: Unknown
> Russian: 653
> Ukrainian: 651
>
> As for published sources, I can offer Ersch's Allgemeine Encyclopädie
> (1849), which states on page 209 that Grasulf II died in 651.[7]
>
> The extreme vagueness of the available dates is pointed out by Thomas
> Hodgkin in Vol. 7 of "Italy and Her Invaders" (1895). Hodgkin puts the end
> of Grasulf's reign at 645, "as a mere random guess", and adds that "De
> Rubeis, following Sigonius", puts the accession of Ago in 661.[8]
>
> There may well be better and more recent sources beyond my reach, but
> having these published dates in Wikidata, with the source references, would
> actually make some sense. Unsourced 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] FDC recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 1 APG grant requests

[Ed Erhart]

eta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round1
> [4]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recommendations_of_the_FDC
> [5]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list

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ur current plan is to bring this up with the list once there is a good
> >> number of people on it.
> >>
> >> Given that the list is for affiliates, our feeling is that it is best
> for
> >> them to decide how they would like to use the list. If a structure is
> >> imposed on them, it is less likely they will use the list, and the whole
> >> point of creating it would be defeated. Since there were requests for
> the
> >> list to be private, it seemed easier to start from that point and make
> >> changes based on the consensus of those we hope will utilize the list
> most.
> >>
> >> -greg (User:Varnent)
> >> Vice Chair, Affiliations Committee
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 19, 2015, at 1:10 PM, Ed Erhart <the.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I too question the need for a private mailing list. We should require
> >> more
> >>> than a just a "consistent request" before we reduce transparency and
> >> create
> >>> yet another walled garden away from the community.
> >>>
> >>> --Ed
> >>> On Oct 16, 2015 12:07 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Got it. Thanks Varnent.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regarding the privacy question: I'm sort of thinking that if we really
> >> want
> >>>> to keep the new list private for legal or other reasons, it should be
> >> run
> >>>> outside of WMF servers like the chapters list is. On the other hand,
> if
> >> the
> >>>> purpose of the new list is to facilitate discussion among affiliates
> in
> >> a
> >>>> smaller and less public group while still being open to WMF employees
> >> to a
> >>>> limited degree, then the hosting proposed here makes sense.
> Personally,
> >> I
> >>>> get the sense that the affiliate and WMF relationships have generally
> >>>> (there are exceptions) warmed a bit over the past couple of years as
> >>>> affiliate governance and leadership have evolved and as WMF's
> evaluation
> >>>> capacity has improved, so I'm fine with the new design. Thanks for
> >> working
> >>>> on this.
> >>>>
> >>>> Pine
> >>>> On Oct 15, 2015 8:55 PM, "Gregory Varnum" <gregory.var...@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hey Pine,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As you know, AffCom started looking into this list after some
> >> discussions
> >>>>> with affiliates in Berlin, Wikimania, and at that page you referred
> to.
> >>>> We
> >>>>> did talk with that list’s moderators about potentially reusing that
> >> list
> >>>>> (largely why the creation of this list took awhile). However,
> >> ultimately,
> >>>>> we decided to proceed with the creation of this list.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The old list is not on Wikimedia servers or officially connected to
> >>>>> AffCom, so I cannot speak to its future. However, it has becoming
> >>>>> increasingly inactive, is limited to chapters (so excludes a majority
> >> of
> >>>>> our affiliates), and not something we have promoted recently. My
> >> personal
> >>>>> hope is that this new broader list replaces that one over time, but
> >> that
> >>>> is
> >>>>> not something we can “force” as it’s not a resource we officially
> help
> >>>>> manage.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -greg (User:Varnent)
> >>>>> Vice Chair, Affiliations Committee
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi Carlos,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can you clarify how this list relates to the existing chapters
> mailing
> >>>>>> list? (Also, please see the discussion at
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Mailing_list_request_for_comment
> >>>>>> ).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Pine
> >>>>>>

[Wikimedia-l] New blog roundup needs your input

[Ed Erhart]

Hi all,

As part of ongoing attempts to improve the Wikimedia blog,[1] we're going
to trial a digest/roundup of stories from around the Wikimedia movement. As
I'm not omnipresent, this will require input from you.

Please send any timely and interesting story ideas you have to me via email
or on my talk pages (on meta or en.wp[2]) by this Wednesday, 21 October.

[1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ed_Erhart_(WMF) /
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list

[Ed Erhart]

I too question the need for a private mailing list. We should require more
than a just a "consistent request" before we reduce transparency and create
yet another walled garden away from the community.

--Ed
On Oct 16, 2015 12:07 AM, "Pine W"  wrote:

> Got it. Thanks Varnent.
>
> Regarding the privacy question: I'm sort of thinking that if we really want
> to keep the new list private for legal or other reasons, it should be run
> outside of WMF servers like the chapters list is. On the other hand, if the
> purpose of the new list is to facilitate discussion among affiliates in a
> smaller and less public group while still being open to WMF employees to a
> limited degree, then the hosting proposed here makes sense. Personally, I
> get the sense that the affiliate and WMF relationships have generally
> (there are exceptions) warmed a bit over the past couple of years as
> affiliate governance and leadership have evolved and as WMF's evaluation
> capacity has improved, so I'm fine with the new design. Thanks for working
> on this.
>
> Pine
> On Oct 15, 2015 8:55 PM, "Gregory Varnum" 
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Pine,
> >
> > As you know, AffCom started looking into this list after some discussions
> > with affiliates in Berlin, Wikimania, and at that page you referred to.
> We
> > did talk with that list’s moderators about potentially reusing that list
> > (largely why the creation of this list took awhile). However, ultimately,
> > we decided to proceed with the creation of this list.
> >
> > The old list is not on Wikimedia servers or officially connected to
> > AffCom, so I cannot speak to its future. However, it has becoming
> > increasingly inactive, is limited to chapters (so excludes a majority of
> > our affiliates), and not something we have promoted recently. My personal
> > hope is that this new broader list replaces that one over time, but that
> is
> > not something we can “force” as it’s not a resource we officially help
> > manage.
> >
> > -greg (User:Varnent)
> > Vice Chair, Affiliations Committee
> >
> >
> > > On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Pine W  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Carlos,
> > >
> > > Can you clarify how this list relates to the existing chapters mailing
> > > list? (Also, please see the discussion at
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Mailing_list_request_for_comment
> > > ).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Pine
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Carlos M. Colina <
> > ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear all,
> > >>
> > >> On behalf of the Affiliations Committe, I am pleased to introduce the
> > >> launch of the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list, which is basically a
> > place
> > >> for all the affiliates (chapters, thematic organizations, user groups)
> > to
> > >> discuss issues related to affiliates, make announcements to other
> > >> affiliates, and collaborate on activities and community-wide events.
> The
> > >> idea is to help facilitate the dialogue affiliates across our
> movement,
> > >> plus collaborative discussions like community-wide activities, joint
> > >> edit-a-thons, regional conferences, blog/report posts, or other
> > >> communications from affiliates.
> > >>
> > >> Each Wikimedia movement affiliate is allocated three spots on the
> > mailing
> > >> list. All affiliates may contact the Affiliations Committee to request
> > >> additional spots if needed.
> > >>
> > >> Please find a bit more information on Meta:
> > >>
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_mailing_list
> > >> and do not hesitate contacting us if you have further questions.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Carlos
> > >> --
> > >> "*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
> > >> 
> > >> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> > >> Phone: +972-52-4869915
> > >> Twitter: @maor_x
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[Wikimedia-l] #FREEBASSEL: Free culture advocate who built 3D renderings of Palmyra missing in Syria

[Ed Erhart]

Hi all,

We've just published "#FREEBASSEL: Free culture advocate who built 3D
renderings of Palmyra missing in Syria
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/>" to the
Wikimedia blog.

In short, Bassel Khartabil, an open-source advocate who has been imprisoned
in Syria for three years, was moved to an undisclosed location last
weekend. His friends and family fear for his safety.

I'd like to ask the people on these lists to get the word out on social
media (please retweet this ASAP
<https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/652164523671990272>) and/or translate
the post. Any languages are welcome.

Thanks, everyone.

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[Wikimedia-l] News on Wikipedia, Content Translation, freedom of panorama, and more from the Wikimedia blog

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Here are this week's stories from the Wikimedia blog.

• Raising awareness of endangered species, one Wikipedia page at a time:
Christian Cariño
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/10/awareness-of-endangered-species/

• News on Wikipedia: Reddit controversy and the Women’s World Cup final
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/08/reddit-and-the-wwc/

• Getting newcomers into Wikipedia with Content Translation
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/new-wikipedia-translators/

• Plan your next Wikimedia writing contest with the Evaluation Report and
Toolkit
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/plan-wikimedia-writing-contests/

• Wikisource needs your input
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/wikisource-survey/

• Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/protect-freedom-of-panorama/

• Growing the Wikimedia blog
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/02/growing-wikimedia-blog/

You can find new articles each weekday—and our new email subscription
service—at http://blog.wikimedia.org/.

Best,
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Here are this week's stories from the Wikimedia blog.

• Raising awareness of endangered species, one Wikipedia page at a time:
Christian Cariño
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/10/awareness-of-endangered-species/

• News on Wikipedia: Reddit controversy and the Women’s World Cup final
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/08/reddit-and-the-wwc/

• Getting newcomers into Wikipedia with Content Translation
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/new-wikipedia-translators/

• Plan your next Wikimedia writing contest with the Evaluation Report and
Toolkit
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/plan-wikimedia-writing-contests/

• Wikisource needs your input
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/wikisource-survey/

• Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/protect-freedom-of-panorama/

• Growing the Wikimedia blog
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/02/growing-wikimedia-blog/

You can find new articles each weekday—and our new email subscription
service—at http://blog.wikimedia.org/.

Best,
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[Wikimedia-l] New email subscriptions, Texans rewrite articles on their state's revolution, and more: this week on the Wikimedia blog

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Here are some of this week's stories from the Wikimedia blog. New content
experiments are marked with an asterick (*), and we'd love to hear your
feedback on them.

• These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their
state’s revolution*
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/30/improving-wikipedia-texas-revolution/

• The Wikimedia Foundation’s “Got Your Back” when it comes to user privacy
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/29/whos-got-your-back/

• Get email updates from the Wikimedia blog
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/30/email-updates-from-the-blog/

• ACLU files amended complaint on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/01/wikimedia-nsa-update/

• New French partners for The Wikipedia Library
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/28/wikipedia-library-new-partners/

• Developing a Songhay Wikipedia from scratch: Mohomodou Houssouba
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/developing-songhay-wikipedia/

• Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and more*
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/

You can find new articles each weekday—and our new email subscription
service—at http://blog.wikimedia.org/.

Best,
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This week on the Wikimedia blog: Print Wikipedia, Ukraine, and more

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Here are some of this week's stories from the Wikimedia blog:

• 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/19/meet-print-wikipedia/

• Wikimedia Ukraine unlocks ‘secret’ cultural heritage lists
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/19/ukraine-secret-cultural-heritage/

• Documenting the world’s biological diversity, one insect at a time:
Jeevan Jose
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/25/biological-diversity-jeevan-jose/

• Annual Wikimania conference comes to Mexico City
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/22/wikimania-conference-2015/

• News on Wikipedia: Charleston church shooting, Pakistan heat wave, Danish
elections, and more
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/23/news-on-wikipedia/

• Train the Trainer: Running effective outreach activities in India
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/24/outreach-activities-in-india/

• World Music Day: What are you listening to?
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/21/world-music-day-2015/


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Can Wikipedia Survive? op-ed

[Ed Erhart]

Gerard,

We need many more text junkies, also known as article writers. Don't
denigrate them.

Best,
--Ed

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hoi,
 I think I understand how much time is wasted replicating the same thing
 over and over again. When we know specific facts for instance an old
 president of the Sierra Leone dies, all articles about him have to change.
 When new demographics of Almere become known, all articles are to change.
 Adding information to Wikidata should be trivially easy on a smartphone.
 This has been proven by The Game. When it is that easy to add
 information, the information can be updated in lists, in info boxes and
 alerts may be generated to modify the text where needed. You will often
 find that there is little to write when all the list, categories, info
 boxes are already updated.

 The consequence is that people who want to write articles may continue
 doing this. They do what they like best but at the same time we can do with
 fewer text junkies. The fun thing is that experience has learned us that
 when information becomes more complete we will attract more people anyway.
 It is just that all information does not need to be typed in manually all
 the time, everywhere ad nauseam.

 With more people adding data that is used everywhere, the problem of
 sourcing becomes easier as well. Because a source is a source grin and
 every language has its bias /grin but that is a different issue. One
 solace, we should always compare Wikidata data with other external sources.
 In this way we will also get some/more grip on what sources to trust. :)
 Thanks,
   GerardM

 On 22 June 2015 at 23:46, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:

  Gerard, I think you may be missing the point of the NYT op-ed.  The issue
  isn't data, it's people who will use that data (whether it comes from
  structured data sets like Wikidata, or from dead-tree or electronic
 media)
  to create articles, curate them, maintain them, keep the various
 wikipedias
  mostly spam-free, and develop communities around them.  We're not lacking
  in data. We're lacking in human beings and healthy, growing communities.
 
  On the other hand, I'm not entirely certain that Andrew's concerns about
  the use of smartphones as the primary mode of access is entirely
  justified.  We've known for a long time that many of our editors in Asian
  countries edit using smartphones, often with a keyboard attached; we've
  even featured them in videos.  But realistically, the overwhelming
 majority
  of Wikipedia *readers* have never considered, even for a moment, actively
  participating in editing - and it has been that way pretty much since at
  least 2005, and maybe earlier.  We can do better, of course, and making
 it
  easier to edit on tablets in particular is a worthwhile enterprise
  (smartphones...well, I'm not even persuaded they're going to exist five
  years from now in the way that we know them today...)
 
  Risker/Anne
 
  On 22 June 2015 at 13:41, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   Hoi,
   Magnus pointed the way forward when he started MediaWiki. When you look
   into the whole stack of his data related tools, you will find how they
  make
   aggregating data a whole lot easier and worthwhile. He demonstrated how
   people on a mobile can be asked to help with simple tasks it works
 well
   and it continues to work in production (labs willing).
  
   When you are talking micro contributions, every statement in Wikidata
 is
   one. It can easily be done from a mobile when the UI is given
 attention.
  It
   is known how to create articles from data. The Swedes, Dutch etc have
  done
   it often enough and it brought them more readers and more editors...
  
   Study what we already know. There is nothing new here and the solutions
  are
   there to be had. We only have to accept them. I do agree that  the old
  old
   way of Wikipedia is ultimately a dead end.
   Thanks,
GerardM
  
   On 22 June 2015 at 19:28, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote:
  
What we need to figure out is how to allow translation of articles
through micro contributions via cellphones.
   
Maybe send out sentences one by one for translation from one language
to another. Just start with the leads of articles that are deemed to
be of good quality. Than when the lead is all translated join it back
together and add it to that language. This would of course only apply
to articles which are non existent in the target language.
   
Maybe Amir's content translation tool could do this eventually
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation
   
--
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
   
Starting July 2015 I am a board member of the Wikimedia Foundation
My emails; however, do not represent the official position of the WMF
   
The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
   

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

[Ed Erhart]

Hello everyone,

This story is now featured on the Wikimedia blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/17/princess-of-asturias-award/

Best,
--Ed

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Dennis Pierri dennis6...@gmail.com wrote:

 Amazing!  Thanks for sharing!
 On Jun 17, 2015 12:17 PM, Raymond Leonard 
 raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  Folks,
 
  I thought that this was good enough to send directly to this list.
 
  Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international
  cooperation
 
 
 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eae55ea0d15841f5bb4f30ff00bf5430/wikipedia-wins-spanish-prize-international-cooperation
 
  Yours,
  Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] While Election committee counts the votes...

[Ed Erhart]

Hi Milos,

I think you're overestimating the importance of this list, which is read by
only a small portion of the community. Many people in the wider community
have no idea this exists.

Best,
--Ed

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Luis Villa lvi...@wikimedia.org wrote:
  On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote:
 
  3. Participation in the mailing list may be a misleading indicator of
  activity or interest, as other regional or specialized forums (eg.
  Facebook, GLAM-oriented lists, etc) have emerged in recent years.
 
 
  Let me second this. My department is thinking about community health
  metrics (constructive suggestions welcome!), but I would not personally
  propose mailing list participation (especially this list) as a good
 metric
  - decreased participation here may reflect many, many things, only some
 of
  which are actually negative.

 This is not the only one indicator, but it's pretty consistent since
 2011 (take a look into [1]). In other words, something happened in
 May. Maybe it's actually about the elections because people used other
 means of communication for that.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

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Hi all,

Considering that at this point it is James vs. the world, and has been for
quite some time ... have we flogged this dead horse enough yet? [1]

--Ed

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HORSEMEAT

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thomas Morton wrote:
 
  If you know nothing about surveys or statistics it is probably a good
 idea
  not to describe a properly calculated metric (yes, I sat down and did the
  math) as absurd

 I stand by my statement that trying to pin down donor opinion on
 whether they approve of meeting or exceeding market pay to a 1% margin
 of error with a 99% confidence interval is completely unnecessary. If
 a survey with a few hundred respondents turns out to be ambiguous,
 additional donors could be surveyed later. I have been trying to
 discuss this with Tom off-list.

 Pine wrote:
 
  I'm a little confounded as to why you're still looking to Glassdoor as
 your
  primary source of information on employee satisfaction after Gayle
 indicated
  that she has much more comprehensive data on this subject from the
 employee
  survey

 Please have a look at the slides from that survey at
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB5m5AHoGnot=60m -- Particular
 questions I have about the employee engagement survey so far include:

 (1) Is a survey of 84 respondents which asks age, marital status,
 ethnicity, gender, department, tenure, and organizational level an
 anonymous survey, or would nearly all of such responses be personally
 identifiable?  Glassdoor offers much stronger anonymity,

 (2) In general, were there any questions pertaining to whether
 employees are satisfied with their pay?  I can see none on any of the
 report slides. I do see questions pertaining to recognition which
 are repeatedly identified as problem areas. Pay is by far the largest
 complaint on Glassdoor from both satisfied and unsatisfied employees,
 but it does not appear to have been measured on the Foundation's
 survey. At 1:12:30 it is said that the slide deck will be made public.
 I hope we get to see the list of questions too.

 (3) The slide at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB5m5AHoGnot=65m is
 astounding. What does it mean that all three of the executive
 respondents completely agreed with the statements that we treat
 everyone with dignity and respect and we consistently hire strong
 talent and recognize strong performers but only 54% and 52% of the
 twenty-four managers responding agreed, respectively?

 (4) The top two questions at
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB5m5AHoGnot=65m45s indicate that
 those who have been working for the Foundation for more than two years
 have very profoundly different assessments of both recognition (which,
 again, seems to be the closest thing to pay that the survey asked
 about) and the competence of people in key positions compared to newer
 employees. Do we want to trust employees opinion in proportion to
 their experience with the organization?

 (5) At https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB5m5AHoGnot=68m attracting
 skilled individuals for hiring is identified as a specific
 improvement need. How is it being addressed?

 David Gerard wrote:
  Anyone in IT knows that there's such a thing as charity scale, where
  you get paid less because you're working for a nonprofit in exchange
  for less stress and/or doing actual good in the world.

 The slide at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB5m5AHoGnot=62m10s
 indicates that in comparison against 120 corporations and 7
 non-profits who have participated in similar surveys over the past
 seven years, the Foundation scored in the 76th percentile on this
 survey.  I am not sure that reflects very well, given the state of the
 economy over that time period.

 I do believe paying people more does lower their stress and attract
 and retain more talent. Although there is apparently no shortage of
 opinion to the contrary, I have yet to see any data in agreement with
 those opinions.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Ed Erhart]

I wonder what the wikipediaredefined people would think of Brandon Harris'
Athena Project?

cf. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Op-ed,
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Athena, etc.

--Ed

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes indeed. Cool ideas ... and they look a bit more *professional* than our
 effort. ;)

 Andreas

 On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:55 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:

  Michel Vuijlsteke wrote:
   Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
   http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/
 
  There are some interesting and neat ideas in there.
 
  Any idea what the copyright/license status of the images used on that
 page
  is? It'd be nice to be able to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons so
  that they can be annotated on Meta-Wiki and/or mediawiki.org.
 
  MZMcBride
 
 
 
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