Talk:Wikipedia & Education User Group
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Relationship to the Wiki Education Foundation?
[edit]Hello Wikimedia Educators, What is the connection and/or relationship between this group and the w:Wiki Education Foundation? I'm a bit confused. Pings: @ولاء: @KCVelaga: @DNdubane (WMF): @Liannadavis: @Mathglot: @Barakat (WUGN): @Bluerasberry: @Pharos: @Pacita (WikiNYC): - Wil540 art (talk) 15:03, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Wil540 art: There is not much connection.
- This user group is one of the Wikimedia movement affiliates. As such it is a volunteer-run organization. It has no budget as shown in annual reports. Wil you and I are with Wiki NYC, so we have the same understanding of the relationship between conferences and wiki community groups. Wiki NYC is the largest group supporting the regional WikiConference North America, but the conference itself and its budget are notin control of Wiki New York City. Similarly, Wiki Education User Group is not in control of Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Conference Fund/EduWiki Conference 2025 in Colombia or EduWiki Conference 2025 but the user group's approval is necessary for the conference to have stability year to year.
- Wiki Education Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization in the United States. It has to comply with wiki community rules when it does engagement in the Wikipedia ecosystem, however, it is not a wiki community organization and does not crowdsource its operations with volunteers like the user group. While Wiki Education does have global impact, particularly through the super popular Programs and Events Dashboard which nearly every user group uses, its staff focuses on the United States and Canada for outreach. The reason for the focus is that charitable foundations in the United States will give grants to support Wikimedia content development only in that region, and they will not give money for global multinational development or outreach.
- To summarize, similarities are that both do educational outreach to universities and schools in Wikimedia projects. Differences are that one is focused on organizing volunteers mostly without a budget, and the other uses paid staff and grants to achieve strategic goals decided by people in leadership roles, typically coinciding with national educational trends at the intersection of government, charities, and university campaigns.
- I am a Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Virginia. I want both of these organizations to be successful but I have hardly participated in programs with either of them. Because I have found a way to get myself funded as a Wikimedian for university projects since 2012, my role is a useful example and model for a kind of program that either of those organizations might promote. As it has happened over the years, both of these organizations have their own outreach strategies which turned out different from the one I use, which is affiliating with the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:25, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Wil540 art: Bluerasberry did a great job of describing already, but just to add a little color, I am the connector between the two groups. The Wikipedia & Education User Group members are typically education program leaders all around the world; these can be paid staff, volunteers, instructors, etc., essentially anyone who's interested in connecting the Wikimedia projects with education worldwide. The User Group does not directly run programs on the projects, but instead runs efforts to connect and support program leaders so they can better enact education programs. As LiAnna (Wiki Ed) I am paid staff of the Wiki Education Foundation, but in my volunteer capacity, I serve as the chair of the Wikipedia & Education User Group. Other board members are education program leaders from other countries. Liannadavis (talk) 20:54, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
Invitation to Collaborate: Wiki Science Competition 2025 India
[edit]Dear user group members,
We are happy to share that, for the first time, India will be hosting the Wiki Science Competition 2025 (WSC 2025). This is a wonderful opportunity to highlight India’s scientific achievements, stories, and contributions on a global stage.
Your support is essential for the success of this campaign. To ensure transparency and collaboration, we kindly request communities to:
Start or join a discussion about this campaign within your community (on your local talk page, mailing list, or any suitable forum).
Nominate your community representative (Single Point of Contact (SPOC)) from your community who can coordinate with the WSC India organizing team, encourage participation, and facilitate communication.
Please start a discussion, share the link to the discussion thread or provide us with an Etherpad/document that captures the outcome of your community’s conversation in support of your nominated candidate.
Please fill out this form : Apply Here
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE A SECTION WHERE YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE LINK OF YOUR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.)
We kindly request communities to hold discussions and share the name of your representative by 5 October 2025 or before.
Together, let us run this campaign successfully and make India proud.
For more details, please see: Wiki Science Competition
If you have any questions, please contact us at: contact@wikisciencecompetition.in
Sincerely,
On behalf of the Organizing Team
Wiki Science Competition 2025 – India
-- Archies 2804 ✈️ (📬 Let’s connect) 07:33, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
[edit]Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.
Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:
Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cst
wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.
For the Committee Support team,