Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Culture of Documentation
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Culture of Documentation
Creating a culture of documentation is one of the two initiatives (or "outcomes") of the Manage Internal Knowledge recommendation. It aims to intentionally encourage the behaviour of writing down the rich knowledge and learnings that Wikimedians possess (for example, how to organize a certain activity effectively from A to Z). Achieving this goal entails providing better resources to document the work of the Wikimedia Movement, such as offering documentation training, technological tools, and other kinds of support.
Facilitate a culture of documentation to become integral to Wikimedia’s work and evaluation and as an outcome in itself, by resourcing its creation in key areas, such as capacity building, advocacy, partnerships, and technology.
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| Initiative | Project | Stakeholder type | Project lead | Geography of the project | Implementation Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35. Facilitate a culture of documentation | Overall Initiative Coordination | WMF | Movement Strategy & Governance | Global | Research & Needs Assessment |
| 35. Facilitate a culture of documentation | Chapter Capacity Building for Advocacy Program | WMF | Global Advocacy (Public Policy) | Global | Pilot |
| 35. Facilitate a culture of documentation | Case studies | WMF | Learning and Evaluation team | Discontinued | |
| 35. Facilitate a culture of documentation | Learning patterns | WMF | Learning and Evaluation team | Discontinued |
Related documents and discussions
Some of the past discussions, texts and old versions of Movement Strategy recommendations that can provide further context to this initiative:
- Advocacy recommendation #4: There is constant knowledge management about methods, cases, success stories, and failures for all advocates to access and learn from, processed and maintained by, with and for them.
- Advocacy recommendation #6: The advocacy priorities of the Wikimedia movement are clearly articulated through a shared, highly visible and living document.
- Capacity Building recommendation #6: Evaluating Capacity Building
- Partnerships recommendation #8: Prioritise documentation