ZB -- Just seeing this excellent idea. Yes, it is a good time to revisit and envision what might be possible if this were a much broader and more universal practice, with a wide range of templates.
I would suggest combining it with a global scholarship program for younger students -- a multilingual internationally known wikimedia scholarship program, with matching funds and support via regional partners, would elevate the principles, the focus on improving public knowledge, and the practice of self-organization and learning-by-participating that makes us tick. SJ On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 1:28 AM Željko Blaće <[email protected]> wrote: > Before this last 21st day in the 21st year of 21st century > is globally over, I try to re-initiate re-thinking > on this 15 years old proposal for a Wikipedian-in-residence > > http://original-research.blogspot.com/2006/12/wikipedian-in-residence-proposal.html > but also articles in (only) 27 language Wikipedias, > > Meta, Outreach wiki and elsewhere > for updating the notion of WIR and roles it performs in Wikimedia, > an ecosystem of diverse entities, dynamics and relations. > > As Wikimedians with wider perspective than a single wiki project, often > more than a single language and for sure more than single community, gear > up to discuss and act on 2030 strategy, that includes new initiatives, new > formations of decentering resources, new content, forms and methods of > working, with new priorities, conditions, tools, services and what > not…there is also a value in reflecting and reimagining what is already > established but often overlooked practice. > > Some of the WIR practitioners have been self-reflecting on and off > publicly https://wikistrategies.net/5-things-wikipedian-in-residence/ and > engaging with communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9YgFm2eso > there was also network establishment. > 3 years ago WREN UG (Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User Group) > was recognized with the aim to protect the common elements of the role and > for creating a peer support network of new and experienced WIRs for > collaboration and to encourage a global professional environment which > inspires institutions to appoint persons to engage with Wikimedia. > > In recent times Wikipedian-in-Residence, is more often > Wikimedian-in-Residence, in rapid growth of Commons and Wikidata (but also > in 2021 first one in Wiktionary) and sometimes Wikimedian-at-Large, in more > generalized practice of strategy or direction setting work. > Additionally in time of pandemic when doing physical events is challenging > and many of the (potential) partner organizations are closing down or > limiting public events to bare essential, short and transient it is more > important than ever that individuals (rather than cohorts of editathon > enthusiasts) keep revisiting institutions and work with them in a most > flexible mode and scale. > > Finally to start both re-visioning and maybe even re-positioning WIRs in > Wikimedia we should think of what this network of ‘free agents’ can bring > towards 2030, beyond what WMF, affiliates, UGs, HUBs, WikiProjects and > other organizational forms can. Also think how much more useful this > initial inspiration of artists, writers and researchers in residence could > be if these creative and critical roles in the art and cultural sector get > embraced and encouraged more often and more intentionally. > > Z. Blace > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/LLPODGYR7UVIP2KESHKUPJK2QR7MYYMK/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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