Talk:Wikimedia CH/Archives/2020

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)

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

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.

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)

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) 01:59, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Movement Strategy - What Are Your Choices For Implementation

Hi Wikimedia CH/Archives/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. 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).

Bonjour!

Le temps est venu de mettre la stratégie en œuvre et tout le monde est invité à participer.

Le groupe de design de la stratégie du mouvement et l'équipe de soutien vous invitent à organiser des réunions virtuelles avec votre communauté et vos collègues avant la fin du mois d'octobre. L'objectif est de vous permettre de décider quelles idées issues des recommandations de la Stratégie pour le Mouvement répondent à vos besoins et auront un impact dans le mouvement. Les recommandations sont disponibles sous différents formats et dans plusieurs langues. Il y a 10 recommandations remarquables et près de 50 changements et actions ou initiatives recommandés. Tout ne sera pas mis en œuvre. L'objectif de la priorisation est de créer un plan de mise en œuvre de 18 mois pour faire avancer certaines des initiatives à partir de 2021.

La priorité est accordée au niveau de votre groupe, de votre affilié et de votre communauté. Pensez local et pertinent ! Les plateformes régionales et thématiques sont de bons moyens de préparer et de partager des idées. Ensuite, nous nous réunirons en novembre pour co-créer le plan de mise en œuvre. De plus amples informations sur les événements mondiaux de novembre seront bientôt partagées. Pour l'instant et jusqu'à la fin octobre, organisez-vous au niveau local et partagez vos priorités avec nous !

Vous pouvez trouver des guides pour les événements, le modèle de rapport simple, et d'autres documents de soutien ICI. Vous pouvez partager vos résultats directement sur Meta, par courriel ou en remplissant cette enquête]. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des questions ou des commentaires, strategy2030wikimedia.org

Nous organiserons les séances de renseignement pour répondre à toutes vos questions, le jeudi 1er octobre à 14h00 UTC (Google Meet, en Anglais).

À bientôt!

Hallo!

Es gibt Neuigkeit zum Thema Movement Strategy und alle, die daran interessiert sind, sind herzlich eingeladen mitzumachen.

Wie bereits im August berichtet, hatte eine Gruppe von Ehren- und Hauptamtlichen einen Plan für eine virtuelle Veranstaltungsreihe für den Herbst ausgearbeitet: Im Rahmen dieser Online-Veranstaltungen soll geklärt werden, welche der zehn Empfehlungen (mit den gut 50 Maßnahmen) aus dem Movement-Strategy-Prozess zuerst angegangen werden sollen. Denn natürlich können nicht alle Maßnahmen gleichzeitig in Angriff genommen werden. Ziel ist es einen 18-monatigen Umsetzungsplan zu erstellen, der ab Januar 2021 gelten soll. Auch ist es Ziel zu klären, welche Organisation, Gruppe oder Community eine der Maßnahmen bearbeiten möchte.

Bevor aber es nun aber eine globale, also community-übergreifende Diskussion zu dem Thema gibt, sind zunächst alle interessierten Wikimedia-Organisationen, -Gruppen und -Communities eingeladen eine eigene Priorisierung der Empfehlungen/Maßnahmen auf lokaler bzw. regionaler Ebene durchzuführen, um zu klären was für euch wichtig ist (oder was nicht). Im November werden dann Online-Veranstaltungen auf globaler Ebene stattfinden, um gemeinsam oben bereits beschriebenen Umsetzungsplan zu erstellen. Mehr Informationen dazu veröffentlichen wir in den kommenden Wochen. Bis Ende Oktober liegt der Schwerpunkt erstmal auf der lokalen Priorisierung.

Anleitung wie so ein lokale Veranstaltung aussehen kann, wie die Priorisierung dokumentiert werden kann, sowie weiteres Material dazu gibt es HIER auf Meta. Die Ergebnisse eurer Diskussionen könnt ihr direkt auf Meta veröffentlichen, eine E-Mail schicken oder in dieses Formular ausfüllen. Solltet ihr Fragen oder Kommentare jedweder Art haben, schreibt uns gerne eine E-Mail an strategy2030wikimedia.org.

Solltet ihr Fragen haben, gibt es darüber hinaus eine Online-Sprechstunde zum Thema, am Donnerstag, den 1. Oktober, um 14:00 UTC (16:00 MESZ) auf Google Meet (auf Englisch).

Viele Grüße, --KVaidla (WMF) (talk) 11:51, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Mein Rekurs auf meinen Ausschluss aus dem Verein WMCH - Stand der Dinge?

In 5 Tagen bin ich seit 500 Tagen mit einem #sms2smsBAN belegt wegen Rückfragen zum WMDE-Projekt #ZDFwikipedia: Der Verein WMCH hat mich wenige Tage vor der GV 2020 aus dem Verein ausgeschlossen, wo ich dieses Traktandum angemeldet und zugesprochen erhalten und vortragen wollte. Auf den "spontanen Rauswurf" aus dem Verein auf Grund eines Vorstandsbeschlusses, habe ich - wie es die Statuten vorsehen - Einspruch erhoben. Weil ich nichts mehr höre - obwohl via eMail zugesichert - bitte ich auf diesem Weg um einen Stand der Dinge in meiner Sache. Gerne transparent hier. Als Wikipedianer der ersten Jahre, halte ich wenig von eMail-Hinterzimmern und eingeschriebenen Briefen via Schweizer Post, wie es die professionelle Geschäftsstelle es macht.

Sms2sms (talk) 11:26, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

PS: Über eine inhaltliche Kritik zu meinem Text in der NZZ vom 18. April 2020, Seite 7 hätte ich mich gefreut. Zumal WMCH WikiDienstag.ch inhaltlich ausserordentlich grosszügig und über viele Monate hinweg offensiv unterstützt hat und es mich interessiert hätte, wo differenzen gesehen werden. (Ein nächster Text zu Wikidata soll demnächst ebenfalls erscheinen.)

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) 17:05, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata project of WMCH

Please see Talk:Wikimedia_CH/Project/Montreux_Jazz_Festival. Jura1 (talk) 05:48, 28 October 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) 18:43, 24 November 2020 (UTC)