Talk:Ohio Wikimedians User Group/Scoping Document Feedback

Hello everyone, I'm PonyToast and I'm the new Wikimedia Strategy Liaison for Ohio Wikimedians. In short, my job is to be the point of contact between our group and the Wikimedia Movement Strategy Process.

In 2017, the strategy team and Wikimedia set a bold direction: By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us. From there, it was a task of determining how, exactly, we are going to get there. Since July 2018, working groups have identified key guiding questions within nine thematic areas relevant to the movement. Now, it's your turn to discuss and provide your feedback!

The first big milestone is Wikimedia Summit 2019 in Berlin, which some of you may be attending. The strategy teams will be discussing the questions the working groups have defined around how to make our movement more future ready and take some early steps toward answering them. For those in attendance, your perspective is crucial, and we want to make sure you have had a chance to be heard. For this, Wikimedia's Strategy Team has released Scoping Documents from the 9 working groups. Each document outlines key questions under a different theme that relate to structural challenges in the movement. These documents are available in multiple languages so that as many people as possible can have a voice in answering them.

Please feel free to add a section below so we can begin these discussions. The discussions we have will be shared back to the Wikimedia Foundation on March 28, 2019.

As Wikimedians, our task this year is to ask a bold question: what will it take to make our 2030 vision a reality? As Strategy Liaisons, you are leaders and facilitators in the global quest for answers. I have dropped a few starter questions below. Our success is in your hands! PonyToast🍞(Talk) 14:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Sources and Reliability

What is the role of our technology in preserving/protecting access towards free knowledge,free speech, free software,and open internet platforms and standards?

One concern I have as a Wikimedian is how, if we are going to be a hub for information, Wikimedia will be combatting false information in an age where it is far too easy to spread it. Here in Ohio, as we are a politically "hot" state, this is incredibly important. PonyToast🍞(Talk) 14:14, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Diversity

Can we establish that every community must have a code of conduct which provides for inclusion of diversity? What things might this code of conduct include?

Wikimedia over the next 100 years

What ongoing revenue does the Wikimedia movement need by 2030 to accomplish its mission over the next 100 years?

Technology

Should software/tech be considered as a possible revenue-generating avenue? If the movement is to become “the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge”, should this position be leveraged financially?

Relationships

How might we build Wikimedia into an effective convenor of impactful partnerships, coalitions, and collective action based on a shared vision of open knowledge and the “Big Open” Movement?

In my opinion, the most important part of building relationships is communication. It is crucial to think about how we get the message of the movement to our partners and beyond. In the context of building within the movement, we need to drastically improve the way we communicate among ourselves, other user groups and affiliates. This includes learning from each other as to avoid reinventing the wheel, seeking out models of past partnerships, and understanding what was successful and what failed to work. I think creating a code of conduct or outlining best practices when working with others would be a good place to start. Rimmel.Edits (talk) 00:19, 5 April 2019 (UTC)