Hello!
We've just posted an update to the New Readers update page. Cross-posting
here.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Updates
Thanks, and have a great new year,
Anne
== December 23, 2016 ==
=== General ===
The [[m:New_Readers/Target_countries|'''target countries consultation''']]
is complete. We will now begin to develop a list of countries from the
criteria selected and run metrics against them going forward. We do not
plan to deprecate the "global south" metrics yet. See the linked page for
more information. [note to reviewers, I need to write up that report before
this goes out]
Several members of the New Readers team will be attending
[[m:WikiIndaba_conference_2017|Wiki Indaba]] in Ghana to support community
efforts, learn from people who live in Africa, and share what we've learned
so far. Kacie, Jack, and Zack are currently confirmed to attend.
The complete data from the
'''[[m:Global_Reach/Mexico_Survey_Documentation|phone survey in Mexico]]'''
is now publicly available! We are excited to share this with you and will
continue to publish data from the other surveys conducted.
=== [[m:New_Readers/Offline|Offline]] ===
The first round of testing '''online to offline''' prototypes is now
complete, and we will be delivering a report early in 2017 with what we
learned. Thanks to everyone who participated on meta and otherwise!
The New Readers team advised on grants related to offline access during
this quarter's [[wmfblog:2016/12/16/twelve-project-grants/|Project Grants]]
cycle. Several members of the team, to be confirmed, will be serving as
advisors on the
[[m:Grants:Project/Stephane/Kiwix/Offline_medical|'''Offline Medical
grant''']] with Kiwix. We are excited for closer collaboration with the the
Kiwix and WikiProject Med teams.
Members of the Global Reach team participated in the
[[:en:Internet_Governance_Forum|UN's Internet Governance Forum]], where
much of the focus was about bringing the next billion online and sharing
relevant content with those that are new to the internet.
=== Awareness ===
The Global Reach team has been investigating potential media partnerships
in India with the goal that people discover Wikimedia content, know that
it's coming from Wikimedia, and understand what Wikimedia is.
Global Reach has also been looking into opportunities to connect with local
fan bases in Nigeria.
The Communications team has launched two messaging surveys to learn how
Wikimedians in India and Nigeria describe and promote Wikipedia. The
surveys collect data on messaging tactics, key words, and recommended media
formats for promoting Wikipedia.
They are also developing an awareness campaign to launch alongside the new
Wikipedia Zero partnership in Iraq.
=== Affordability ===
The Global Reach team is launching a Wikipedia Zero partnership in Iraq
this quarter. We will be conducting phone surveys before and after the
launch in order to understand a benchmark and impact of the awareness
campaigns and Zero program there.
As mentioned in the last update, workshops are scheduled to develop our
efforts around affordability in January/February 2017.
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Hey there!
I just learned about this project:
http://wikiwhere.west.uni-koblenz.de/about.php
It's premise is that facts can vary depending on where you get them from,
and therefore the sources cited for different languages can have different
facts.
An interesting look at content bias, thought you all might be interested.
Cheers,
Anne
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*Anne Gomez* // Reading Product Manager, New Readers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate
<http://donate.wikimedia.org>. *
Hey,
I just heard about XOWA <http://xowa.org/index.html> via a lifehacker
article
<http://lifehacker.com/xowa-makes-it-easy-to-download-wikipedia-for-offline-…>.
I haven't seen XOWA mentioned on these lists too much (it hasn't had a
subject line on "Offline-l" in over 2 years), so thought it was worth
highlighting its existence and checking in.
Is there anyone who works on XOWA who would be willing to share any
feedback on adoption or known use cases? I was just talking about offline
desktop with Anne G. and we were speculating as to where and when this was
valuable.
Best,
Jon