Talk:WikiClassics User Group/2020

Winners of Wiki Loves Classics

The results are publshed in this page. Feedbacks were positive, somebody wants to wirte a post on some wikimedia website (I have asked for details). I am working now to find a sponsorship to print them. I will let you know.

In any case, we are ready for 2020!--Alexmar983 (talk) 15:44, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

iDAI

Hi, there are actually two requests for new properties depending iDAI-identifiers on Wikidata: d:Wikidata:Property proposal/iDAI.chronontology ID and d:Wikidata:Property proposal/iDAI.gazetteer ID. When the Corona crisis will be over one time, I wanna meet the decisive people of the DAI in Berlin to talk with them about linking their data bases on Wikidata. So if there's more you wanna have,, you wanna know or what ever, please collect it here. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 21:36, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

WMF Report 2019

Hi, I am starting to draft the yearly reportin WikiClassics User Group/Reports/2019. Please take a look. Sorry I couldn't do before, the last three weeks have been crazy at work.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

I will add for sure the part of social media channels and Wiki Loves Classic by the end of tomorrow.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:28, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

@Ilbuonme: I remember the article you were writing; could you tell us some information, so that we can cite it? --Epìdosis 17:35, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

@Epìdosis, Geraki, Camelia.boban, OrbiliusMagister, FocalPoint, Ilbuonme, Christelle Molinié, Mizardellorsa, Tursclan, Saintfevrier, SurdusVII, Marcus Cyron, Romulanus, Gts-tg, Geraki, Sp!ros, DerHexer, Ijon, Sir Henry, Eunostos, T8612, Renato de carvalho ferreira, Taketa, 4nn1l2, DerMaxdorfer, DarwIn, Prof.Lippold, Hartmann Linge, Xenophôn, Csisc, Pradigue, and Pompilos: Hi all, the draft is going on. Please you can add something there. we should than send the report at least on the mailing list so whatever you think it's worth visibility just insert it. For example we made some tweets about the presence of some of you at some academic events, you can add those probably.--Alexmar983 (talk) 14:50, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

I was also told that it's lready enough, so it's a good thing. I will put it tonight in the Reports table on meta. Thank you for all feedbacks on-wiki and off-wiki so far.--Alexmar983 (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos

Dear Wikimedia Affiliate Community,

We are inviting you to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP), a new global contest scheduled to run from July through August 2020:

Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.

WPWP offers a focused task for guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. It can be used to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons.

The organizing team is looking for a contact person at the Chapter, Thematic group & Wikimedia User Group level (geographically or thematically), or for a language WP, to coordinate the project locally. We’d be glad for you to sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities

Thank you,

Deborah Schwartz Jacobs

On behalf of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Organizing Team - 21:19, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Call for candidates - June 2020

Hi everyone,

The Affiliations Committee (AffCom) – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms. As the committee must hold mid-year elections to replenish its members at this time, those joining the committee during the current process will serve a slightly extended term from July 2020 through December 2022.

AffCom continues to closely monitor the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy process initiated in 2016. While the affiliation models continue to be discussed as part of the broader strategy discussion, as no decisions have been made to change the current affiliation models yet, AffCom continues to work in the same manner with regard to affiliate recognitions and intervention support for affiliates with issues of non-compliance in 2020. AffCom continues to process applications for user group and chapter/thematic organization creation, while we await the strategy next steps and begin to prepare for a smooth transition of the committee and affiliates ecosystem to any changing movement structures and systems in 2021.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Click here for further details.

James Heilman on behalf of AffCom

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Survey about 2030 Movement Brand Project

@Epìdosis, Geraki, Camelia.boban, OrbiliusMagister, FocalPoint, Ilbuonme, Christelle Molinié, Mizardellorsa, Tursclan, Saintfevrier, SurdusVII, Marcus Cyron, Romulanus, Gts-tg, Geraki, Sp!ros, DerHexer, Ijon, Sir Henry, Eunostos, T8612, Renato de carvalho ferreira, Taketa, 4nn1l2, DerMaxdorfer, DarwIn, Prof.Lippold, Hartmann Linge, Xenophôn, Csisc, Pradigue, and Pompilos: I have just received a mail about the 2030 Movement Brand Project.

I followed it in general but I have no time during these weeks so I did not follow the recent developments properly. Here is also a youtube video, and some of you are probably also aware through international the mailing list or similar discussions within other affiliates, like I am. I was aware of the issue, but I had no free time since the COVID-19 outbreak to follow it in detail.

The survey will be available until 30 June, You are welcome to share any considerations, I will share mine as well if I can. I will summarize the UG position with pleasure.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:50, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I also cannot see the questions in advance, I have to fill the UG name and profile on the first page, which I am not sure if it is something I can do more than once. I'll look into it but again, I have no time.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:53, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@Alexmar983: hi to all wiki friends.. I cannot follow because I am deaf, that is, I have difficulty following with spoken voices.. however, I don't participate.. good evening!! --SurdusVII 18:01, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I have seen the YouTube video live and I am still paralyzed. When I will be recovered, I will maybe participate in the survey. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 19:20, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

here the survey. You will also vote personally, but I am supposed to cast a vote of the whole UG. Please share your comments and I will try to summarize them.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:59, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I think that a statement that the old poll and the new ones should be respected seems legit to me. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 19:02, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I perfectly agree with @DerHexer:. --Epìdosis 19:58, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Who want to be affiliate liaison on the matter? i would have no problem in following the issue normally, but this is a very busy season for me so please whoever feel they are better for the role, tell us here and than sign up.--Alexmar983 (talk) 11:03, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I will attend this event--Alexmar983 (talk) 18:02, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Some core information from the meeting (you can also read here)

• Essie Zar in charge of the survey was there for the first "technical" part. The second part was more free and only amongst the affiliate.
• We are waiting for a statement from the BoT, tomorrow. The statement that a rebranding will occur because the BoT had a final decision was surprising to most people.
• We revised the option of the survey, 5 of the g choice are based on "Wikipedia". It looks like an unusually narrow choice, in the end.
• Naming of affiliates of global name changes is a big issue, there might a chance only visual identity will change, but not the term.
• We revised what occurred for small rebranding "workshops" in Norway (Oslo) and India (Bangalore), the meetings were not strcitly related to rebranding and only one option from that events seems to be related in what is in the survey, "interconnected".
• Almost everything is delayed in the movement but not this survey, which is odd.
• At the moment we want to draft a concise open letter. I put the preliminary signature, timing is critical, please let me know if you disagree. We can NOT share the link to social media or open "forums" but it can be shared privately or with the Boards.
• There is general drift to avoid boycotting the survey and use the "4th option". It's better to wait the statement from the BoT tomorrow.
• I can sort the option in some order, if you see some "lesser evil" in the other Wiki options, please let me know
• the branding is different from the 2030 strategy, there is a proposal to be merged with that this September.
• Rationalization of name of Affiliates will probably occur as well.

I hope this is all.--Alexmar983 (talk) 20:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

The new statement from the BoT is here.--Alexmar983 (talk) 10:34, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Survey's deadline was formally extended from 30 June to 7 July--Alexmar983 (talk) 23:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

main letter. I will sign it on behalf of the UG. @Epìdosis, Geraki, Camelia.boban, OrbiliusMagister, FocalPoint, Ilbuonme, Christelle Molinié, Mizardellorsa, Tursclan, Saintfevrier, SurdusVII, Marcus Cyron, Romulanus, Gts-tg, Geraki, Sp!ros, DerHexer, Ijon, Sir Henry, Eunostos, T8612, Renato de carvalho ferreira, Taketa, 4nn1l2, DerMaxdorfer, DarwIn, Prof.Lippold, Hartmann Linge, Xenophôn, Csisc, Pradigue, and Pompilos: I ping you all again since few days have passed. i will ad the UG signature in few hours, and I can remove it if some concern or opposition is clearly raised (it would be useful however if you indicate a clear support)--Alexmar983 (talk) 11:37, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

•  SupportI did not write the letter (because of lack of time) but as far as I can revise the final version, I precisely approve its "neutral" tone. The Board had the ultimate power and we gain nothing from a frontal opposition in this scenario. A strong vocal opposition IMHO it's up to the single people in the community to push right now, see also here.--Alexmar983 (talk) 11:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
• Abstain. Too many hats here. :-) Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 12:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Support - I once supported the process. But I can not ignore the vast majority working on our ptojects. I can not support such autocratism. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 13:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Support ---Mizardellorsa (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Support--- Darwin ^Ahoy! 14:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
• UPDATE:It's enough support to add a preliminary signature, I will check later of course when the final signature is needed.--Alexmar983 (talk) 15:29, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment It was supposed to be a private discussion, as till the letter publish on Meta, was confidential. Now is done. --Camelia (talk) 15:34, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

And I kept it private since Sunday to few hours ago (see above) but now we have to start to decide to sign or not. Plus, I said they are not supposed to edit and give me feedbacks. I am sorry but there are people here like Paulo who did not notice this, the communication was not very clear on this matter. Another person commenting here is from the Board of a chapter (he can access it) and he also did not notice it. I was told to kept it private in the first phase and I did so, but now it's almost ready and we don't have a structured board so they can't ask a small group to be fully private, it's not functional. And I cannot give less time to decide just by myself. if you want me to give some last feedback, I need to ask you. i am not going to do everything by myself.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:08, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

 Support I signed the letter on behalf of WikiDonne UG, so I agree to do it as WikiClassics too. --Camelia (talk) 17:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment Hi all... I signed it formally few minutes ago, mostly because I am offline tonight and tomorrow. Please if you disagree just ping me and we will discuss it again, although I hope it's not the case. Some of the support votes come from people who actually studied the matter more than I have done during these days.--Alexmar983 (talk) 17:53, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Support - bit late, but yes, I agree. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 18:31, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Epìdosis 19:37, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
• Abstain. I don't have a strong opinion on this issue. All best, --Ilbuonme (talk) 10:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@Alexmar983: "there are people here like Paulo who did not notice this" - You got it wrong, I never edited the letter from here, I always had the direct link to it from the branding videoconf. And I was indeed supposed to edit and collaborate on it, which I did.--- Darwin ^Ahoy! 14:03, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

User talk:DarwIn I got it right. I said you could access, which is true, and that you did not notice it was linked here before the deadline by mistake, which based on your reply it's probably also true because you did not leave a comment on that despite being here now a second time. --Alexmar983 (talk) 14:11, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

@Epìdosis, Geraki, Camelia.boban, OrbiliusMagister, FocalPoint, Ilbuonme, Christelle Molinié, Mizardellorsa, Tursclan, Saintfevrier, SurdusVII, Marcus Cyron, Romulanus, Gts-tg, Geraki, Sp!ros, DerHexer, Ijon, Sir Henry, Eunostos, T8612, Renato de carvalho ferreira, Taketa, 4nn1l2, DerMaxdorfer, DarwIn, Prof.Lippold, Hartmann Linge, Xenophôn, Csisc, Pradigue, Pompilos, Kaizenify, and Millars: I will prepare the reply to the survey on behalf of the UG. I was very direct personally, so considering the two abstain votes in the previous request, I will try to be as neutral as possible, but of course the UG's statement is generally a negative one. If there is anything you want to share, please let me know. --Alexmar983 (talk) 12:19, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

• I already signed, so my  Support is clear. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 13:06, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --- Darwin ^Ahoy! 13:59, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment I appreciate your respect for my vote, but since a clear agreement has emerged, I don't want my personal ignorance on the matter to slow down the UG action, so as far as I am concerned please don't mitigate the tone of the UG statement because of me. --Ilbuonme (talk) 14:20, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

  +1 —DerHexer (Talk) 15:52, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

•  Support - εΔω 19:33, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I have sent the survey yesterday in the late evening, you can all have a copy via mail of the receipt, just contect me.--Alexmar983 (talk) 20:07, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Affiliations Committee elections announcement June 2020

Hi everyone,

This is a friendly reminder that the Affiliations Committee (AffCom) – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members! The deadline to post your application on the nomination page is 30 June 2020.

• Application process: Considering the anticipated changes following the Strategy recommendations, we had a limited scope to introduce changes in the process. We have made a small but impactful addition to the application process by introducing the Self Assessment survey form which will help the committee know more about your engagement as endorsements are not consistently shared, may not be representative, and often do not speak to the specific skills needed.
• Selection process: No change; see: Membership.

If you have any questions, please contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to answer questions about our work if this helps people decide to apply. Please distribute this announcement among your networks. Good luck to all the candidates!

On behalf of the committee,

--Rosiestep (talk) 00:49, 19 June 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

June 21 All-Affiliates Brand Meeting

All Wikimedia affiliates are invited to join an urgent All-Affiliates Brand Meeting in two sessions on Sunday June 21, regarding the most recent developments.-- Pharos (talk) 19:59, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

UG members are informed above, so I suggest to keep the previous unified discussion, if it's fine with you.--Alexmar983 (talk) 19:18, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Feedback on movement names

There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.

Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.

You should have received a separate affiliate survey via email. If you have not, feel free to email brandprojectwikimedia.org.

Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.

Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement --The Brand Project team, 13:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.

Project about Latin texts

Hi all! Recently I've started with @Alexmar983: a project about Latin literature and inscriptions centered on Wikidata and Commons with the support of Wikimedia Italia (and Wikimedia Switzerland); the idea was promoted by @Mizardellorsa:, member on the Board of Directors of Wikimedia Italia.

The main page of the project is d:Wikidata:Testi latini. If you have specific proposals about other possible tasks, please let us know in the talk page of the project; we can always rearrange few priorities if the chapters agree. This is intended to be a long-term effort with more steps to come; we had a very strict deadline and it was very important to start something quickly, we will investigate different possibilities of development. In the future, if the project is expanded, we will have more time to discuss with you as well. --Epìdosis 20:57, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia

Hello everyone. I am posting the announcement below, which you may have missed elsewhere, and in the hope that you can share it with your local communities. Please note that it may be available in your language at m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement. Thanks for your attention! m:User:Elitre (WMF)

Hi all,

It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to create something new.

This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May 2020 after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and information that is available in one language may not make it to other language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.

The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.

As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation . We are very excited that Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.

It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project, and that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or how they would use content from this project.

We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with the communities to think through these important questions.

There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list . We recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.

Yours,

Katherine Maher (Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation) -16:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Commons:Wiki Loves Classics

hello there! sorry for bothering here as well, but I am not sure how closely the page on Commons is being monitored, and receiving any kind of answer is appreciated, so we know if we should allocate some time to promotional activities of WLC, or concentrate on other things related to the WLM contest. thanks! --アンタナナ 19:52, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to affiliate members to complete a survey about WMF Universal Code of Conduct

Hello; My name is Mervat, and I am helping the Trust and Safety team to reach out to affiliates in order to discuss the Universal Code of Conduct.  

There has been talks about the need for a global set of conduct rules in different communities over time, and finally, Wikimedia Foundation Board announced a Community Culture Statement, enacting new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity across projects.Since the universal code of conduct that will be a binding minimum set of standards across all Wikimedia projects, will apply to all of us, staff and volunteers alike, all around the globe, and will impact our work as groups, individuals and projects, it’s of great importance that we all participate in expressing our opinions and thoughts about UCoC, its nature, what we think it should cover or include and what it shouldn’t include; how it may develop, drawback or help our groups.   This is the time to talk about it. As you are a valuable contributor to the Wikimedia movement, your voice counts. Before starting to draft the code of conduct, we would like to hear from you; We invite you to devote some minutes to take this survey; your answers will help us create a safer environment for all on Wikimedia:

(English): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5AE-xflkxtfRMnZtg/viewform?usp=pp_url  

It's possible that you are a member of more than one affiliate; hence you may receive this survey more than once, and you may have participated previously in the discussions or filled out a previous survey during the first round of consultations about UCoC which targeted wikipedia/wikimedia communities. We apologize for this; it is really difficult to identify if a wikimedian belongs to multiple groups that work to spread free knowledge.

Looking forward to your thoughts and opinions and hoping that you can respond within the next 2 weeks.  If you have any questions about the surveys or difficulties accessing the link, please contact me by email (msalman-ctr@wikimedia.org)Results will be considered during the drafting process for the UCoC.

Thank you for your participation

Mervat Salman Trust & Safety (Policy) Facilitator Wikimedia Foundation --Mervat (WMF) (talk) 16:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@Epìdosis, Geraki, Camelia.boban, OrbiliusMagister, FocalPoint, Ilbuonme, Christelle Molinié, Mizardellorsa, Tursclan, Saintfevrier, SurdusVII, Marcus Cyron, Romulanus, Gts-tg, Geraki, Sp!ros, DerHexer, Ijon, Sir Henry, Eunostos, T8612, Renato de carvalho ferreira, Taketa, 4nn1l2, DerMaxdorfer, DarwIn, Prof.Lippold, Hartmann Linge, Xenophôn, Csisc, Pradigue, Pompilos, Kaizenify, Millars, and Llywrch: I ping you all so you can see the message. Thnak you.--Alexmar983 (talk) 18:41, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Mervat - ask your colleagues, why I'm not interested to work with your department. No trust, no safety. Nobody ever can live with trust and in safetyness with this T&S team. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 18:49, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marcus Cyron:, No dear, I will not ask about people's personal experience with the team. Hope things are changing for the best of all. Be safe. --Mervat (WMF) (talk) 19:35, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Sunday August 23: Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Strategic flock of Wikimedians heading in a new direction.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a proposed forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

The idea is to follow up on the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting and other strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Sunday September 20 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Birds of a feather flock together.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August SWAN meeting and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, this month we are meeting on Sunday September 20, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 01:38, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Movement Strategy - What Are Your Choices For Implementation

Hello WikiClassics User Group/2020,

The time has come to put Strategy into work and everyone's invited to participate.

The Movement Strategy Design Group and Support Team are inviting you to organize virtual meetings with your community and colleagues before the end of October. The aim is for you to decide what ideas from the Movement Strategy recommendations respond to your needs and will have an impact in the movement. The recommendations are available in different formats and in many languages. There are 10 awesome recommendations and close to 50 recommended changes and actions or initiatives. Not everything will be implemented. The aim of prioritization is to create an 18-month implementation plan to take some of the initiatives forward starting in 2021.

Prioritization is at the level of your group, affiliate, and community. Think local and relevant! Regional and thematic platforms are great ways to prepare and share ideas. Afterwards, we will come together in November to co-create the implementation plan. More information about November’s global events will be shared soon. For now and until the end of October, organize locally and share your priorities with us.

You can find guidance for the events, the simple reporting template, and other supporting materials here on Meta. You can share your results directly on Meta, by email, or by filling out this survey. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or comments, strategy2030wikimedia.org

We will be hosting office hours to answer any questions you might have, Thursday October 1 at 14.00 UTC (Google Meet).

MPourzaki (WMF) (talk) 16:18, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Sunday October 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Friendship is a movement value.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the September and August SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including the recent proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws, this month we are meeting on Sunday October 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 17:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Join the Global Conversations on November 21 and 22

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WikiClassics User Group/2020, we would love to see you at the upcoming Movement Strategy Global Conversations. It’s been a while.

The Movement Strategy Global Conversations will take place on Saturday November 21, 11:00 to 15:00 UTC, and Sunday November 22, 17:00 to 21:00 UTC, and you are warmly invited.

The focus will be to look at priorities identified by communities and affiliates, and to begin to create a movement-wide implementation plan for 2021. The main sessions will be in English. Any group interested to support live interpretation in another language may be able to receive a rapid grant. Let us know as soon as possible.

Please register by Nov. 20 so we can share the Zoom login information with you. If you have any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to reach out to the Support Team via Telegram, Wikimedia Chat or by email at strategy2030wikimedia.org.

Looking forward to seeing you on November 21 or 22.

MPourzaki (WMF) (talk) 16:05, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement

The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement. To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities, including affiliates, on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. We hope your affiliate will decide to share your thoughts by participating in a focus group or joining the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

ELappen (WMF) (talk) 18:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Sunday November 29 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Take flight with us.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, and October SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including the recent proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws, this month we are meeting on Sunday November 29, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although a number of places have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 18:52, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Global Conversations continue on December 5 and 6

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Global Conversations Dec. 5 & 6

Hi WikiClassics User Group/2020. 250 people participated in virtual Global Conversations that took place on November 21 and 22. The conversation continues on December 5 and 6 and we warmly invite you to take part. Registration is open until December 4. Looking forward to seeing you.

Since September, many groups have shared their local, regional, and thematic priorities for implementing the Movement Strategy recommendations. During the first set of Global Conversations on Nov. 21 and 22, we focused on initiatives that should be globally prioritized and coordinated. We invite you to read the selected global priorities. What do you like about them? What is missing? And what would make you want to play an active role in implementation? Share your thoughts in advance and continue the conversation on December 5 and 6.

Looking forward to seeing you again, or for the first time, on December 5 and 6.

MPourzaki (WMF) (talk) 20:58, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Latin language User Group

Hi there, if you are a Latin reader / editor / transcriber and would like to help develop more Latin content, transcriptions, learning materials, please join the Latin language User Group where we will try to co-ordinate activities across Latin language Wikimedia projects. JimKillock (talk) 11:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)