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From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM
Subject: Your Lightning Talks wanted for WCNA this Friday-Sunday
To: Wikimedia U.S. Chapter <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
5 minutes on any wiki topic, sign up today!
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2021/Lightning_Talks
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear all,
Free registration closes tonight (!) for Wikiconference North America,
to be held virtually this weekend:
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2021/Schedule
register:
https://pretix.eu/wcna/2021/
lots of good stuff on deck, including a listening tour with the WMF's new
incoming CEO and a couple of great plenaries!
cheers,
Phoebe
Dear Wikimedians in New England,
The 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election is coming soon,
this is the time when four seats of the Board of Trustees are elected. In
September the Board is expected to appoint its new members.
The Board has asked us, the Board Election Facilitation Team, to take care
that all communities in the movement are aware of the elections. With the
help of more than 70 election volunteers from all over the world, we are
reaching out to many communities already.
A major step in this is having as many candidates as possible running for
the Board, especially from underrepresented groups. That is why we are
getting to you: we ask for your support and help about that very matter.
The Call for Candidates is up now and we would kindly ask you to provide
the announcement along your channels - newsletters, blogs, wikis, mailings
and community platforms as the final week of it is starting today.
The announcement is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-06…
Many translations are already available, if one suits your needs, please
feel free to pick it up. In case a translation is not available, incomplete
or not sufficient, we would appreciate you fixing it. If you are doing a
new translation, please feel free to do it on meta, so the landing page is
available in your language.
Though we do not expect this to take more than an hour, we know that we are
asking a lot. Be assured, that we would not do this if it weren’t for our
wish to make all communities a part of this as much as they deserve. We
hope that you can agree on its importance and would be glad to hear from
you.
Best regards,
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*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her*
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
*English language communities and Meta-Wiki*
Dear New England Wikimedians,
The new WMF approach to grantmaking is devolving a good deal of review and
granting authority to regional committees. Please consider volunteering
for a committee in a region that you are now or have been part of. North
America is particularly light on candidates at present.
Self-nominations for the committee close this week
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…>
.
Warmly, SJ
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
This looks lovely. Is anyone interested in participating?
They are looking for a representative to join here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021/Partici…>
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From: Deborah Jay <debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 16, 2021 at 9:18 AM
Subject: New England Wikimedians User Group: Invitation to the "Wikipedia
Pages Wanting Photos 2021" Campaign
Cc: Isaac Olalekan Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
Dear New England Wikimedians,
We are inviting the *New England Wikimedians User Group* to
participate in *Wikipedia
Pages Wanting Photos 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021>*, a
global contest scheduled to run from July first through August 31, 2021:
Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then
add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the
Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki
Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined
the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized
by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries.
The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and
videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages.
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting
and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing
pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by
user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons.
The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP
participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically
or thematically) or for a language WP. We’d be glad for you to reply to
this email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_…>
.
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs (User:Deborahjay / debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com)
Communities liaison coordinator
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Hi all,
Would you like to get more people taking part in the Wikimedia Foundation’s
Board of Trustees election?
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the plan for the 2021
Board elections
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021…>.
That plan includes outreach and communication support for the Board
elections. The Board election facilitators will:
- Inform communities of the trustee selection process
- Invite communities to engage in voting
- Encourage people representing emerging Wikimedia communities to run as
candidates
Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. It was better in
communities with volunteer election support. Some of those communities
reached over 20% voter turnout. We know we can get more voters to help
assess and promote the best candidates, but to do that, we need your help.
We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. Election
Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The
facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following:
- Promote the election in their communities’ channels
- Organize discussions about the election in their communities
- Translate messages for their communities
*Who are the Election Volunteers to connect your community with this
movement effort? Is it you? Or someone you know?* *Check out more details
about Election Volunteers*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…>
and
add your name next to the community you will support in this table
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…>
or get in contact with a facilitator
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Team>.
We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki Projects in the top
30 for eligible voters. Even better if there are two or more sharing the
work.
Best,
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*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her*
Board Election Facilitator
*English language and Meta-Wiki*
Hi all,
A friend of a friend contacted me about having a Wikipedia article created for a member of their immediate family. They have written the text already that could be used for consideration or a template. Since this would possible be a conflict of interest for the author, I am looking for advice on how to help this friend of a friend.
Does anyone have experience with Requested Articles tool for this scenario? Or other advice I can pass along?
Thank you so much for this assistance.
Regards,
Laura
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Laura Jenemann
Communication, Media, & Film Librarian
Boston University Libraries
617-353-9240
ljeneman(a)bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>
Dear New England Wikimedians,
Please join us on Thursday, April 22, 2021, from 3-6 p.m. for a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon celebrating Earth Day! This year’s focus will be on environmental health<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_health>.
The event will include:
* A presentation by Dr. Diana Ceballos<https://www.bu.edu/sph/profile/diana-ceballos/>, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health on Environmental Health in Wikipedia, and How You Can Help Your Community.
* An introduction to Wikipedia editing
* Support and troubleshooting by BU Libraries staff
How to participate:
Register in advance.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-earth-day-2021-registrat…> We will provide you with a Zoom link prior to the event and instructions on how to set up a Wikipedia editing profile.
Registration deadline is April 21 at 3pm (Eastern) so that we can send a link to Zoom prior to the event.
You can contact Laura Jenemann (ljeneman(a)bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>) or Rachel Dwyer (rdwyer(a)bu.edu<mailto:rdwyer@bu.edu>) with any questions.
Best wishes,
Laura
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Laura Jenemann
Communication, Media, & Film Librarian
Boston University Libraries
617-353-9240
ljeneman(a)bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>
Hi folks,
Now that we have entered the "second wintah" phase of Boston springtime,
what more cosy indoor activity to do than editing Wikipedia? I'm passing
along details of this edit-a-thon happening on Saturday - all are welcome.
Join 500 Women Scientists, Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative, and
Harvard Museum of Natural History on Saturday, March 20th at 12:00 pm ET
for a collaborative Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase representation for
women and non-binary researchers leading in the microbial sciences. Learn
how to edit Wikipedia to improve and create pages that recognize and honor
the achievements of these outstanding scholars.
Dashboard to join:
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Virtual/Harvard_Microbial_Sci…
Registration and meeting link for training -- March 20th, 12 noon ET :
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEufumurjIsE907Jrr8sgXgPrTtAUY3VI7c
Also, if you are new, they ask that you create an account ahead of time,
and there are links to trainings and suggested articles in need of work on
the dashboard.
best,
Phoebe