Talk:Cascadia Wikimedians

Recent WikiConference North America 2023[edit]

Just a bit of a report back from the recent WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto (overall program here, many relevant notes, slides, etc. are linked):

There were a few important "threads" in the discussions this year:

Governance, especially the formation of a North American Hub and (secondarily) the Movement Charter
AI, disinformation, and the credibility of Wikipedia content (some sessions overlapped these topics).
- One potentially ominous scenario I hadn't considered: if most people get their information through a single smartspeaker, MML, etc., far fewer people will discover Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, even when that is where their information comes from, and we will lose our main source of recruits.
Wikimedia and education, including education about Wikipedia
Editathons
Women and (ethnic and sexual) minorities

Three Cascadians who presented [if I missed someone, please add yourself]: myself, Peaceray and User:Buidhe. As it happens, none of us presented on any of the above topics (though we certainly engaged in plenty of the related discussions). I presented about some of my work with archival materials in Commons; Peaceray presented about using Wikidata for the first round of work on a biography; Buidhe presented on how to write featured articles. Also present from Cascadia were User:SounderBruce, User:Another Believer, sometime Cascadian User:Bluerasberry; WMF CPTO Selena Deckelmann, who lives in Portland, gave the opening plenary address. If I missed noting anyone else, please feel free to add yourself.

I was interviewed after the conference for Jim Hedger's Webcology podcast, out of Toronto. Here's a recording. His interview with me starts at about 9:58. Webcology is mostly a webcast about search engine optimization, but I'm interviewed here about my work in Wikimedia Commons (and a bit on Wikipedia). The original plan was to go into this at much greater length, but Google made enormous changes to their algorithm that week, and that inevitably took up most of the air in the room and the time in the podcast. - Jmabel (talk) 05:41, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More follow up - Selena Deckelman gave a speech there, and has now shared the text of her speech as a draft for publication in The Signpost. In her talk she mentions attending Wiki Cascadia meetups, so more attention for Cascadia. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 19:31, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 19:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 14:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 21:08, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(Second Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting[edit]

Greetings Peaceray, Benjamin Mako Hill,

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 18:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The full draft of the Wikimedia Movement Charter will soon be shared[edit]

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The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is happy to announce that the full draft of the Movement Charter will be published on April 2nd, 2024. This will kick off the community engagement period from April 2nd to April 22nd.

The Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia Movement, including to lay out a new Global Council for movement governance.

Everyone in the Wikimedia Movement is invited to share opinions on the full version of the Charter draft – this is the last chance to offer feedback before the Charter draft is updated for the ratification vote in June 2024.

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share your message or question on the Movement Charter Talk page;
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RamzyM (WMF) 13:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 15:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Third Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting[edit]

Greetings Peaceray, Benjamin Mako Hill,

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--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 15:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The full Movement Charter draft awaits your review on Meta[edit]

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Hi everyone,

The full draft of the Movement Charter has been published on Meta for your review.

Why should you care?

The Charter is important as it will be an essential document for the implementation of the 2030 strategy recommendations. Participating in the Charter discussions means that you ensure that your voice is heard and your interests are represented in shaping the future of the Movement.

Community Engagement – April 2nd to April 30th, 2024

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) cordially invites everyone in the Wikimedia movement to share feedback on the full draft of the Movement Charter.

Let your voice be heard by sharing your feedback it in any language on the Movement Charter talk pages, attend a community drop-in session, or email movementcharter@wikimedia.org.

Please read the Committee's latest updates for more information.

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