Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Wikimedia UK
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Name of group | Wikimedia UK |
Virtual location (page-link) or physical location (city/state/country) | 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LT |
Location type (e.g. local wiki, Facebook, in-person discussion, telephone conference) | Wikimedia UK office, in-person discussion |
# of participants in this discussion (a rough count) | 7 |
Summary
[edit]Summary for the discussion: Wikimedia UK met on Monday 11th April to start cycle one, phase one of the Wikimedia Movement Strategy process. With 7 of us present, we conducted the majority of our discussions as one group and separated into two groups to create our thematic statements. Our conversation led us to identify the following key themes;
- Facts matter/transparency
- Diversity
- Preserving all cultures
- Influence for openness (advocacy)
- Emerging communities
- Biggest intangible heritage asset
- Beyond text
- Tech as an accelerator
- Partnerships and other sectors
Line | Statement (summary sentence) | Keywords |
1 | We should encourage diversity of open knowledge by empowering communities to share their cultural heritage with the rest of the world | diversity, open knowledge, communities, cultural heritage |
2 | Wikimedia should push for all governments to be public domain by default | governments, public domain |
3 | We should endeavour to accelerate and innovate the process of learning aided by technological advances | accelerate, innovate, learning, technological advances |
4 | We should be guided by collaboration with like-minded organisation to increase resources and overcome hurdles to the creation of and access to free knowledge | collaboration, creation, access |
5 | We should aim to beat fake news and promote evidence based, democratic decision making | fake news, evidence |