Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Pine W]

Hi Dumisani,

Thank you for the response.

My concern is mainly regarding the idea of WMF unilaterally making a
decision to implement protection of information or assets on Meta. The
distinction that I am making is between a request and a unilateral
action. If WMF thinks that there is a reason for protection of an
asset on Meta, and WMF makes a request to the Meta community or to a
Meta admin for that protection, and the request is granted by the
community or the Meta admin, then I'm likely to support both the
process and the outcome.

There have been some other inquiries and suggestions raised in this
thread by Tito Dutta, Lodewijk, and Mike Peel. I am hoping that you
will respond to them as well.

I took a brief look at the page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal and a
couple of the subpages, and at first glance I think that the design is
good. My guess is that as affiliates gain experience with using the
portal that there will be some detailed feedback. Perhaps you could
create a brief survey to ask affiliates what they think of the portal
and for any suggestions.

Thanks,

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Dumisani Ndubane]

Hello Pine

Thank you for your response. We appreciate the stewardship that the
community has on meta, and this is not in dispute.

In this case because we are working with a system that aims to collect
Affiliates data in a structured form, as well as make it accessible to the
community via query tools, it became necessary to protect the Lua modules
and tables that hold this data. The forms themselves are protected by.
default and accessible to administrators only. The individual Affiliates
remain in control of the data that they will submit via these forms.

As the data grows, it is possible that we may move that to another wiki,
should current security concerns on the data validity and integrity
increase. However, we strongly felt that the forms should be developed on
meta in order to avoid disrupting established reporting norms by Wikimedia
Affiliates.

Be assured that we will continue to be sensitive to community stewardship
as we improve the system.

Best regards

Dumisani Ndubane

Monitoring & Evaluation Strategist

Wikimedia Foundation 



On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:16 PM Pine W  wrote:

> Hello Dumisani ,
>
> I would like to remind you of the questions in this thread, although I
> understand that there may be some delays in getting responses due to
> the issues with Covid-19.
>
> I have not looked into the new portal and I don't have an opinion
> about it, but I hope that affiliates will find it to be an
> improvement.
>
> I have one point that I would like to make. Protection of a page is an
> administrative action, and I do not believe that any WMF staff should
> make content administrative actions on Meta unless under exceptional
> circumstances such as a legal mandate. If WMF wants a page on Meta to
> be protected, then WMF should make a request to a community
> administrator for page protection, which the administrator may
> independently decide whether to grant. If WMF wants more control over
> content, then a more appropriate venue for affiliate reports would be
> one of the WMF wikis instead of a (mostly) community wiki. I feel that
> it is important that WMF staff not encroach on the jurisdiction of the
> community such as by making administrative actions, however small,
> that can and should be done instead by community administrators.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Pine W]

Hello Dumisani ,

I would like to remind you of the questions in this thread, although I
understand that there may be some delays in getting responses due to
the issues with Covid-19.

I have not looked into the new portal and I don't have an opinion
about it, but I hope that affiliates will find it to be an
improvement.

I have one point that I would like to make. Protection of a page is an
administrative action, and I do not believe that any WMF staff should
make content administrative actions on Meta unless under exceptional
circumstances such as a legal mandate. If WMF wants a page on Meta to
be protected, then WMF should make a request to a community
administrator for page protection, which the administrator may
independently decide whether to grant. If WMF wants more control over
content, then a more appropriate venue for affiliate reports would be
one of the WMF wikis instead of a (mostly) community wiki. I feel that
it is important that WMF staff not encroach on the jurisdiction of the
community such as by making administrative actions, however small,
that can and should be done instead by community administrators.

Thanks,

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

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Thank you Dumi and Derick for amazing initiative.
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On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 7:19 AM effe iets anders 
wrote:

> Thanks for the update Dimi.
>
> The system seems reasonably flexible (assuming the links can be both
> internal and external). There are two things I'd suggest:
> - Please track language versions. If multiple languages are available, it
> would be nice if they can be connected. It would also be helpful to
> identify languages in the report.
> - Be generous with the 'other' option. For example, you now only allow
> monthly and annual reports. Would you discourage quarterly reports to be
> shared? Or three-year reports? I know those may not be required by WMF, but
> they may be produced for different purposes. I imagine you would want those
> to be shared too?
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 6:49 PM Joy Agyepong  wrote:
>
> > Hello Dumi,
> >
> > Thanks for the update and teams efforts on this initiative. I have taken
> a
> > tour on the portal and it looks really simplified and easy to navigate.
> > However, I will be on standby for the training session.
> >
> > Best,
> > Joy
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Isaac Olatunde 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Dumi,
> > >
> > > Thank you and Derrick for this work. I look forward to the seminar.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Isaac
> > >
> > > On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, 20:10 Michael Peel,  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Dumi,
> > > >
> > > > This looks interesting, but I’m worried that the WMF is still trying
> to
> > > > exclude itself from reporting its metrics. Will this new tool also
> make
> > > it
> > > > easier for the WMF to post its reports?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > > On 6 Mar 2020, at 17:51, Dumisani Ndubane 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> > > > >
> > > > > We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for
> > Wikimedia
> > > > > affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We
> > > would
> > > > > love your feedback.
> > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > - -
> > > > - -
> > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> > > > >
> > > > > Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> > > > >
> > > > > The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of
> > the
> > > > > Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve
> > > three
> > > > > purposes as follows:
> > > > >
> > > > >   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
> > > > >   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and
> > > > financial
> > > > >   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
> > > > >   [[Reports]] page on meta.
> > > > >   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
> > > > >   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
> > > > >   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
> > > > >   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view
> > > > results on
> > > > >   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the
> > > > coming
> > > > >   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
> > > > >   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta
> > until
> > > > the
> > > > > end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived.
> All
> > > > > organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of
> > March
> > > > are
> > > > > encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use
> the
> > > new
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[effe iets anders]

Thanks for the update Dimi.

The system seems reasonably flexible (assuming the links can be both
internal and external). There are two things I'd suggest:
- Please track language versions. If multiple languages are available, it
would be nice if they can be connected. It would also be helpful to
identify languages in the report.
- Be generous with the 'other' option. For example, you now only allow
monthly and annual reports. Would you discourage quarterly reports to be
shared? Or three-year reports? I know those may not be required by WMF, but
they may be produced for different purposes. I imagine you would want those
to be shared too?

Best,
Lodewijk

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 6:49 PM Joy Agyepong  wrote:

> Hello Dumi,
>
> Thanks for the update and teams efforts on this initiative. I have taken a
> tour on the portal and it looks really simplified and easy to navigate.
> However, I will be on standby for the training session.
>
> Best,
> Joy
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Isaac Olatunde 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Dumi,
> >
> > Thank you and Derrick for this work. I look forward to the seminar.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Isaac
> >
> > On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, 20:10 Michael Peel,  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dumi,
> > >
> > > This looks interesting, but I’m worried that the WMF is still trying to
> > > exclude itself from reporting its metrics. Will this new tool also make
> > it
> > > easier for the WMF to post its reports?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > > On 6 Mar 2020, at 17:51, Dumisani Ndubane 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> > > >
> > > > We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for
> Wikimedia
> > > > affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We
> > would
> > > > love your feedback.
> > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - -
> > > - -
> > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > >
> > > > Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> > > >
> > > > Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> > > >
> > > > The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of
> the
> > > > Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve
> > three
> > > > purposes as follows:
> > > >
> > > >   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
> > > >   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and
> > > financial
> > > >   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
> > > >   [[Reports]] page on meta.
> > > >   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
> > > >   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
> > > >   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
> > > >   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view
> > > results on
> > > >   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the
> > > coming
> > > >   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
> > > >   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta
> until
> > > the
> > > > end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> > > > organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of
> March
> > > are
> > > > encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the
> > new
> > > > forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on
> the
> > > > Portal’s talk page
> > > >
> > > > We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to
> > the
> > > > submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and
> > > April
> > > > 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
> > > >
> > > > We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information
> > > about
> > > > each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any
> > > incorrect
> > > > or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> > > > information page[4] to provide updated information.
> > > >
> > > > We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> > > > useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new
> > forms,
> > > > please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> > > > questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in
> > due
> > > > time.
> > > >
> > > > Kindest regards
> > > >
> > > > *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> > > > *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > > *Learning & Evaluation team*
> > > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > >
> > > > *Links:*
> > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> > > > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> > > > [4]
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Joy Agyepong]

Hello Dumi,

Thanks for the update and teams efforts on this initiative. I have taken a
tour on the portal and it looks really simplified and easy to navigate.
However, I will be on standby for the training session.

Best,
Joy

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Isaac Olatunde 
wrote:

> Hello Dumi,
>
> Thank you and Derrick for this work. I look forward to the seminar.
>
> Regards
>
> Isaac
>
> On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, 20:10 Michael Peel,  wrote:
>
> > Hi Dumi,
> >
> > This looks interesting, but I’m worried that the WMF is still trying to
> > exclude itself from reporting its metrics. Will this new tool also make
> it
> > easier for the WMF to post its reports?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > > On 6 Mar 2020, at 17:51, Dumisani Ndubane 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> > >
> > > We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
> > > affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We
> would
> > > love your feedback.
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > - -
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >
> > > Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> > >
> > > Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> > >
> > > The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
> > > Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve
> three
> > > purposes as follows:
> > >
> > >   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
> > >   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and
> > financial
> > >   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
> > >   [[Reports]] page on meta.
> > >   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
> > >   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
> > >   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
> > >   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view
> > results on
> > >   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the
> > coming
> > >   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
> > >   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> > >
> > >
> > > The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until
> > the
> > > end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> > > organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March
> > are
> > > encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the
> new
> > > forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
> > > Portal’s talk page
> > >
> > > We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to
> the
> > > submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and
> > April
> > > 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
> > >
> > > We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information
> > about
> > > each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any
> > incorrect
> > > or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> > > information page[4] to provide updated information.
> > >
> > > We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> > > useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new
> forms,
> > > please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> > > questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in
> due
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Kindest regards
> > >
> > > *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> > > *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > > *Learning & Evaluation team*
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > >
> > > *Links:*
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> > > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> > > [4]
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
> > > [5]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Isaac Olatunde]

Hello Dumi,

Thank you and Derrick for this work. I look forward to the seminar.

Regards

Isaac

On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, 20:10 Michael Peel,  wrote:

> Hi Dumi,
>
> This looks interesting, but I’m worried that the WMF is still trying to
> exclude itself from reporting its metrics. Will this new tool also make it
> easier for the WMF to post its reports?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> > On 6 Mar 2020, at 17:51, Dumisani Ndubane 
> wrote:
> >
> > TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> >
> > We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
> > affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
> > love your feedback.
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - -
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> >
> > Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> >
> > The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
> > Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
> > purposes as follows:
> >
> >   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
> >   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and
> financial
> >   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
> >   [[Reports]] page on meta.
> >   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
> >   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
> >   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
> >   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view
> results on
> >   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the
> coming
> >   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
> >   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> >
> >
> > The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until
> the
> > end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> > organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March
> are
> > encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
> > forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
> > Portal’s talk page
> >
> > We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
> > submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and
> April
> > 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
> >
> > We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information
> about
> > each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any
> incorrect
> > or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> > information page[4] to provide updated information.
> >
> > We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> > useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
> > please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> > questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
> > time.
> >
> > Kindest regards
> >
> > *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> > *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > *Learning & Evaluation team*
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > *Links:*
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> > [4]
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
> > [5]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Michael Peel]

Hi Dumi,

This looks interesting, but I’m worried that the WMF is still trying to exclude 
itself from reporting its metrics. Will this new tool also make it easier for 
the WMF to post its reports?

Thanks,
Mike

> On 6 Mar 2020, at 17:51, Dumisani Ndubane  wrote:
> 
> TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> 
> We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
> affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
> love your feedback.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 
> Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> 
> Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> 
> The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
> Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
> purposes as follows:
> 
>   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
>   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and financial
>   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
>   [[Reports]] page on meta.
>   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
>   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
>   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
>   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view results on
>   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the coming
>   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
>   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> 
> 
> The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until the
> end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March are
> encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
> forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
> Portal’s talk page
> 
> We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
> submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and April
> 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
> 
> We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information about
> each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any incorrect
> or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> information page[4] to provide updated information.
> 
> We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
> please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
> time.
> 
> Kindest regards
> 
> *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> *Learning & Evaluation team*
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
> *Links:*
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for the update. The third point you mentioned about (structured)
data and data query, that sounds really interesting, and I would love to
run such query or attend the (online) seminars you have proposed.
About "Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we"
-- I am unsure, the people who wrote long report pages with infographics,
and Wikicodes, perhaps could edit that simple Reports table as well.

I started studying the portal and made a minor change to update something
{{Diff|19875666}}. I understand the portal will be gradually improved, and
more information, details will be added (such as for " Attach report link"
should it be full URL or [[Wikilink]], or should "What type of Report are
you attaching?" have more options? anyway...) I'll further study this, but
I don't want to submit the form just to study things. :) So a test/sandbox
option for the module/portal would be good.

Thanks
Tito Dutta
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On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 at 01:56, Chico Venancio 
wrote:

> Congratulations on the launch! Knowing the competence of both involved I'm
> confident the project will be an asset in improving communication between
> affiliates and wmf as well as improving data collection of reports and good
> practices of affiliates.
>
> Thanks to all involved for their efforts and as soon as I can I'll check it
> more closely and help the affiliates I participate in to use and give
> meaningful feedback to further improve on the new platform.
>
> I'm excited to try it out and participate in the onboarding sessions.
>
> Congrats again on the launch.
>
> Chico Venancio
>
> Em sex, 6 de mar de 2020 14:52, Dumisani Ndubane 
> escreveu:
>
> > TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
> >
> > We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
> > affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
> > love your feedback.
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - -
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
> >
> > Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
> >
> > The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
> > Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
> > purposes as follows:
> >
> >1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
> >form-based report submission interface for annual activity and
> financial
> >reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
> >[[Reports]] page on meta.
> >2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
> >information using OOUI forms on the fly.
> >3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
> >logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view
> results
> > on
> >available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the
> coming
> >financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
> >structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
> >
> >
> > The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until
> the
> > end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> > organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March
> are
> > encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
> > forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
> > Portal’s talk page
> >
> > We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
> > submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and
> April
> > 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
> >
> > We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information
> about
> > each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any
> incorrect
> > or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> > information page[4] to provide updated information.
> >
> > We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> > useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
> > please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> > questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
> > time.
> >
> > Kindest regards
> >
> > *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> > *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > *Learning & Evaluation team*
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > *Links:*
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> > [4]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
> > [5]
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Chico Venancio]

Congratulations on the launch! Knowing the competence of both involved I'm
confident the project will be an asset in improving communication between
affiliates and wmf as well as improving data collection of reports and good
practices of affiliates.

Thanks to all involved for their efforts and as soon as I can I'll check it
more closely and help the affiliates I participate in to use and give
meaningful feedback to further improve on the new platform.

I'm excited to try it out and participate in the onboarding sessions.

Congrats again on the launch.

Chico Venancio

Em sex, 6 de mar de 2020 14:52, Dumisani Ndubane 
escreveu:

> TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
>
> We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
> affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
> love your feedback.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,
>
> Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!
>
> The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
> Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
> purposes as follows:
>
>1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
>form-based report submission interface for annual activity and financial
>reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
>[[Reports]] page on meta.
>2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
>information using OOUI forms on the fly.
>3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
>logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view results
> on
>available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the coming
>financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
>structured data, to allow for richer analysis.
>
>
> The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until the
> end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
> organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March are
> encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
> forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
> Portal’s talk page
>
> We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
> submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and April
> 2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).
>
> We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information about
> each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any incorrect
> or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
> information page[4] to provide updated information.
>
> We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
> useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
> please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
> questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
> time.
>
> Kindest regards
>
> *Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
> *Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> *Learning & Evaluation team*
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> *Links:*
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
> [4]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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[Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Dumisani Ndubane]

TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
love your feedback.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,

Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!

The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
purposes as follows:

   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and financial
   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
   [[Reports]] page on meta.
   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view results on
   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the coming
   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.


The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until the
end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March are
encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
Portal’s talk page

We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and April
2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).

We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information about
each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any incorrect
or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
information page[4] to provide updated information.

We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
time.

Kindest regards

*Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
*Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*Learning & Evaluation team*
Wikimedia Foundation

*Links:*
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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