Hi Fellow Wikimedians,
You are all cordially invited to this month's SWAN meeting on February 27
at 3:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific & Americas) and 18:00 UTC (Europe, Africa, Middle
East & Americas). The meeting link is on the meta wiki page.
Agenda
· Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines/Voter information
· Hubs/Dialogue
· Movement Charter
· Brand
· WikiForHumanRights campaign
· International Women's Day / March gender gap campaigns
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Dear Wikimedians,
In a nutshell: This is the second call for applications to volunteer for
the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review
Committee, or CRC). The CRC will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct
escalation process pathways are defined and established. Text below
explains what the committee does and what is required of applicants. If it
resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you
think appropriate! This call for applicants will be open until February 25. (A
translatable version of this announcement is on Meta at [1].)
*
In 2020, the Board of Trustees asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put
together an interim volunteer community review process to help support
Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a
functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity,
this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust &
Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community
administrators or governance bodies.
A permanent review process for Trust & Safety team cases will be created
later as part of the final stages of the Universal Code of Conduct, but
this quickly constituted interim Case Review Committee will be asked to
serve until it is functional. As of February 2022, the interim Case Review
Committee will serve until the end of the calendar year 2022, or when a
permanent process is ready to supersede it. This is a critical layer of
oversight to ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that
the Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so.
We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an
interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify,
please apply.
There is a page on Meta with more information about how the CRC works.[3]
In brief, it reviews the case files of qualifying Trust & Safety
investigations that are appealed either by the person who requested the T&S
investigation or by a person sanctioned as a result of one. We anticipate
that, during active appeals, members may need to dedicate about 5 hours of
work a week reviewing case files. Since it began accepting appeals in
September 2021, however, the CRC has had a light workload.[4]
You will be asked to meet with the rest of the group on a quarterly basis
to discuss the committee itself and how it might be improved. In its first
year of operation, the CRC has provided feedback to Wikimedia Foundation
Trust & Safety on how it could improve some of its processes.
There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If
you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee
charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions
of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then
want to apply, please write to legal(a)wikimedia.org using “Case Review
Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your
credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role.
Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an
administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What
experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to
professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require
legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only
be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists.
Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as
much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are
lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current
availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide
translations for the interim process.
The CRC serves an important role in collaborations between Trust & Safety
staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance right in
protecting communities - both in supporting community members and
recognizing community autonomy.
*Please submit your application by the end of February 25, 2022.*
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Char…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Mont…
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Brian Choo
Facilitator for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
We are happy to announce the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2022!
This year’s Core Organizing Team members are:
Anton Protsiuk, Antoni Mtavangu, Evelin Heidel (Scann), Houcemeddine Turki (Csisc), Kayode Yussuf (Kayusyussuf), NANöR, Omar David Sandoval Sida (Omar_sansi), Richard Knipel (Pharos), Sandra Aceng, and Venus Lui [1].
This talented group of volunteers from around the world was selected from more than 70 excellent applications. They will work with you over the next six months to organize our annual flagship event, designing a Wikimania that brings our community together and celebrates our movement.
Wikimania 2022 will be a virtual main event, with the option for communities across the movement to host in person events where possible. There will be grant funding for these in person events – more information to come on Wikimania mailing list [2].
In the coming weeks, the COT will be inviting your ideas and suggestions on what Wikimania 2022 should look like – what would you like to see more of? What should we keep from last year [3]? What should be different? And of course we’ll need your contribution to the event as volunteers. More to be shared soon and do not hesitate to share your thoughts with us on the Wikimania 2022 discussion page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2022
Thanks and here’s to a great Wikimania 2022!
Iolanda
on Behalf of the Wikimania Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation team
[1] All the bios are on https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/24/announcing-the-wikimania-2022-core-or…
[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimania-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Evaluation
Thank you so much, Mehman! I'm happy to know you personally too.
See you around in the movement. I hope the same for you.
Best,
Biyanto
Pada tanggal Rab, 23 Feb 2022 pukul 21.34 Mehman Ibragimov <
mehman(a)wikimedia.ge> menulis:
> Dear Biyanto,
>
> Thanks for your contribution to Wikimedia Indonesia and the Wikimedia
> movement. I'm happy to know you personally. I wish you success in your
> future endeavors and life.
>
>
> *Kindly,__________________________________*
>
>
> *Mehman Ibragimov*
>
>
> *Chairman | Wikimedia UG Georgia <https://ge.wikimedia.org/>*
>
> *mehman(a)wikimedia.ge*
>
>
> *Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mehman_(WMGE)> *
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM Biyanto Rebin <
> biyanto.rebin(a)wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your kind words and wishes Bobby and Samir!
>> See you around. :)
>>
>> Best,
>> Biyanto
>>
>>
>> Pada tanggal Rab, 23 Feb 2022 pukul 17.33 Samir Elsharbaty <
>> selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org> menulis:
>>
>>> Thanks for all what you've done for the Indonesian Chapter, Biyanto!
>>> Wish you all the best with your future endeavours!
>>>
>>> Looking forward to working with the new board!
>>>
>>> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>>>
>>> Brand Associate
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 4:24 AM Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations to you colleagues!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Bobby Shabangu
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 09:44, Biyanto Rebin <
>>>> biyanto.rebin(a)wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to inform you that Wikimedia Indonesia has been
>>>>> successfully holding annual general meetings in a hybrid event. On 19
>>>>> February, our AGM elected a new Chair of the Board of Executive, @Rachmat
>>>>> Wahidi <rachmat.wahidi(a)wikimedia.or.id>. Rachmat has been involved in
>>>>> Wikimedia Indonesia since 2014. He has been a very useful and kind-hearted
>>>>> person for all of us in Wikimedia Indonesia.
>>>>>
>>>>> Beside the new chair, we elected the new board of trustees as well.
>>>>> * Ichsan Mochtar,
>>>>> * Annisa Ayu Maharani,
>>>>> * Andri Humardhani,
>>>>> * Hendra Prastiawan, and
>>>>> * Fachria Marasabessy. (re-elected)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to our previous Board of Executives (Ivonne Kristiani, Hillun
>>>>> Vilayl Napis, Thirza Ria Vandari, Djohan Hasibuan) and Board of Trustees
>>>>> (Rinto Jio, Fachria Marassabessy, Fajarwati).
>>>>>
>>>>> We hope this new change can bring a more hopeful future for WMID.
>>>>> I will still be around Wikimedia Indonesia until June 2020, to make
>>>>> sure the transition is going smoothly. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> For Affiliates and Chairperson mailinglist's admin, please help to
>>>>> remove me and add Rachmat for future communication.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Biyanto Rebin
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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Hi all,
Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly
Office hours this Tuesday, 2022-03-01, at 12:00-13:00 UTC (4:00 PT / 7:00
ET / 13:00 CET). Find your local time here
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1646136000>.
To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set
agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad
[3]. You are welcome to add questions / items to the etherpad in advance,
or when you arrive at the session. Even if you are unable to attend the
session, you can leave a question that we can address asynchronously. If
you do not have a specific agenda item, you are welcome to hang out and
enjoy the conversation. More detailed information (e.g. about how to
attend) can be found here [4].
Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to
answer research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors,
organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and
initiatives. Here are some example cases we hope to be able to support you
with:
-
You have a specific research related question that you suspect you
should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t
know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it.
For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors
in my wiki?
-
You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia
contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to
improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be
harder to find an answer for during an office hour. However, discussing
them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to
work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future.
-
You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation
does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates:
if you are interested in building relationships with the academic
institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn
more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of
Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those
of you interested more closely in this space.
-
You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5].
Hope to see many of you,
Emily on behalf of the WMF Research Team
[1] https://research.wikimedia.org
[2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours
[3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours
[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
[5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html
--
Emily Lescak (she / her)
Senior Research Community Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation
Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap
challenge* model proliferating.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov <nefedov.valentin(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello, dear Wikipedians!Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the
> Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has
> launched the second edition of writing challenge Ukraine's Cultural
> Diplomacy Month <http://ucdm.wikimedia.org.ua>, which lasts from 17
> February to 17 March 2022. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian
> artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural
> phenomena of Ukraine that made a contribution to world culture. The most
> active contesters will receive prizes.
>
> We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian
> culture on Wikipedia in any language!
>
> Sincerely,
> Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Hello all,
—-------
tl;dr: The Movement Strategy & Governance team will conduct interviews with
groups working on a Hub in their context. Findings from these interviews
will serve as a basis for the Global Conversations event on Regional and
Thematic Hubs, which will take place on March 12, 13:00 to 16:00 UTC.
—---------
We, the Wikimedia movement, are still in the process of trying to
understand and come to an alignment on what Regional and Thematic Hubs
should be. Our workshop back in November was a good start, but we're still
away from having a clear definition of it.[1]
Now, we want to take a different approach on it: We want to conduct
interviews with all interest groups that are working on establishing a
regional or thematic hub in their context. Our main and guiding question
for these interviews will be ****What are the generally shared and
context-specific needs among the Wikimedians exploring the hub concept*?***
We are in the process of scheduling these interviews with all groups
interested (Hubbers, check your inboxes in the coming days!). If you would
like to talk proactively with us, let us know! You can find more details on
these interview series (we call it Hubs Dialogue) on Meta.[2]
In a second step, we will provide a report with the outcomes of these
interviews. The aim of the event is to share these findings with the
Movement, ensure that they reflect Wikimedians’ lived experiences, and from
this shared understanding, start discussing how the conclusions can be
integrated into the Movement Charter drafting process.
What do we expect from participants? We will share the findings and we
would like participants to listen in, understand, and reflect on these.
*The event will take place on March 12, 13:00 to 16:00 UTC on Zoom.
*Interpretation
will be provided in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese. Registration
will open next week (Feb 24) and will close shortly before the event (March
10). Anyone interested in the topic is invited to join us. More information
(and even more to be published soon) on Meta.[3]
Best regards,
Cornelius
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Documentation/27_November_Workshop
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Dialogue
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Global_Conversations_March_12,_2022
--
Cornelius Kibelka (he/him)
Event Coordinator
Movement Strategy + Governance
2030.wikimedia.org
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate.
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It's Happening today!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳
As part of the EduWiki Week event, community members across Sub-saharan
Africa are joining together for their first Regional meeting. There is
going to be a lot to learn and share and promises to be exciting. You don't
want to miss this event!
Theme: EduWiki Collaborators Network_The Future, Our Voice
*Date: Thurs 24th February 2022*
*Time: 15:00 UTC/GMT*
*Zoom: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250>*
*French version*
Ça se passe aujourd'hui !!!
Dans le cadre de l'événement EduWiki Week, les membres de la communauté à
travers l'Afrique subsaharienne se réunissent pour leur première réunion
régionale.Il y aura beaucoup à apprendre et à partager et promet d'être
passionnant. Vous ne voulez pas manquer cet événement !
Thème : Réseau de collaborateurs EduWiki_L'avenir, notre voix
Date : jeudi 24 février 2022
Heure : 15:00 UTC/GMT
Agrandir : https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/83786819250
See you soon!
Best,
EduWiki Collaborators SSA