Nicely done! A model on so many levels. Let's learn from this and find ways to speed and templatize this style and approach. ~~~~
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:03 PM Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has > been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our > movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the > high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say > that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of > the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have > something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your > feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project > – formerly codenamed “okapi”. > > While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current > movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API > as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our > movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously > create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and > improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many > readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent > attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s > culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive > contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access > for Wikimedia volunteers who need it. > > The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have > written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and > where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’ > in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last > several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many > corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations > who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out > weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in > our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to > help prepare this new initiative. > > A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on > Meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay > > Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles, and > technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2] and > [3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in > French, German, Italian, and Spanish. > > The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback > on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure > it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described > above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example: > Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the > technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the > “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the > financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed? > > Meet the team and Ask Us Anything: > > The central place to provide written feedback about the project in general > is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise > > On this Friday (March 19) we will be hosting two “Office hours” > conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions: > > - > > 13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732 > - > > 22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note: > this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania) > > Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical > platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future. > > We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21) > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network, > and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics > > Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an > existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g. an > affiliate’s members’ meeting). > > > On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team, > > Peace, Love & Metadata > -- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison. > > [0] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles > > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise > > *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* > WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> Program Manager & > Wikimedia > Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Okapi> Community Liaison > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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