WIKIMOVE/Podcast
In this episode we go back to the origins of movement strategy. We shed a light on some of the concepts that are foundational to the strategy and to how Wikimedia projects are governed since the beginning: decentralization and subsidiarity. Our guests explain where these concepts came from, and why they are central to the future governance model. We explore what decentralization could mean in practice for areas such as fundraising, software development and advocacy.
Our guests are...
- Claudia Garad, Executive Director of Wikimedia Österreich since 2012, member of the Roles & Responsibilities Working Group during phase 2 of the Movement Strategy process, President of Wikimedia Europe since 2022
- Guillaume Paumier, Wikimedian since 2005, working for the Foundation since 2009, architect of the first phase of movement strategy which led to the strategic direction.
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We talk with two veteran functionaries about the system of governance for Wikipedia and what the challenges are. We learn about IP blocks and notability criteria. We ask provocative questions like… does Movement Strategy make everything worse? Does the system need to change or do the people need to better learn to obey the rules? What can be done to strengthen our community governance and the people holding it up? (Note: this will not be the last conversation we will host on these issues, as other voices should be surfaced too)
Our guests are...
- Florence Devouard, co-executive Director of Wiki in Africa, former Steward and WMF Chair, active Wikipedian since 2002
- Martin Rulsch, Wikimedia Steward (volunteer) and project manager at Wikimedia Deutschland (employee), active Wikimedian since 2005
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- Wikipedia Functionaries
- Wikimedia Stewards
- Notability on Wikipedia
- Series of articles about IP Blocks on Diff
In this episode we talk with Denny Vrandečić and Lydia Pintscher about the software products that are changing the way the Movement leverages data to move towards the strategic direction of knowledge equity and knowledge as a service. Lydia gives an update on what is happening with Wikidata, and Denny shares about a newer project – Abstract Wikipedia, which aims to let more people share more knowledge in more languages. Abstract Wikipedia allows people to create and maintain Wikipedia articles in a language-independent way. A particular language Wikipedia can then translate the article into its language. We also touch on Wikifunctions, and large-language models and how it all relates.
Our guests are...
- Lydia Pintscher, Portfolio lead for Wikidata at Wikimedia Deutschland
- Denny Vrandečić, Founder of Wikidata and currently leading the development of Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia at the Wikimedia Foundation
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Our unique and complex movement can sometimes be hard to navigate, particularly for newcomers. In this special episode we answer questions from volunteers who recently joined the Wikimedia Movement and would like to better understand our strategy 2030. We talk about the genesis of the strategy, the future we envision for our movement and we also touch upon key issues related to knowledge equity and global governance.
Our guests are...
- Sharon Naa Deedei Tagoe, Volunteer at the Open Foundation West Africa
Sharon studies at the Ghanaian University and joined the Movement in 2022.
- Likambo Isaac Kangu, diaspora coordinator for the UG South Sudan in the Refugee settlements in Uganda
Likambo Isaac Kangu is a South Sudanese refugee living in Uganda. He joined the Movement in August 2022.
- Ruby Damenshie-Brown, Senior Program Officer at the Open Foundation West Africa
Ruby joined the movement in 2019, she volunteered in different roles and contributed as a Fellow to the global campaign for WikiforHuman rights 2022 of the WMF.
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- Movement Strategy Recommendations
- Movement Strategy Principles
- Strategic Direction
- Movement Charter
- Kiwix
- Kiwix4School
- Let's connect
- Capacity Exchange
- Movement Strategy Funds
In this episode we talk with Anass Sedrati and Pepe Flores, two distinguished Wikimedia activists from emerging communities. They share about the enthusiasm and the struggles that can be found everywhere on the globe where Wikimedians are growing their communities. We talk about how the movement can best support these communities, and how we can build a governance model that gives them a voice. Anass and Pepe also give us an insight into their work with the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.
Our guests are...
- Anass Sedrati, Co-founder and board member of Wikimedia Morocco User Group, founding member of Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group, and Arabic Wikimedians User Group. Member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.
- Pepe Flores, President of Wikimedia Mexico and member of the Movement Charter Draffting Committee
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News from the Movement:
- WIKIMOVE Evaluation survey
- Wiki Movimento Brazil Strategic Manifesto
- Rights Con
- WMF research grant
- GLAM Wiki Conference survey
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Regional and thematic hubs continue to be the hot topic among many Wikimedians pursuant to the strategy recommendations. Many affiliates and volunteers have done hub-like work for a long time, and hubs now seem to provide a vehicle to formalize and financially sustain that work. The idea of having structures that help people share resources, do fundraising together, and make decisions at the regional level reverberates with many. Today we have Johnny Allegre and Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska to give us updates on hub activities in Asia and Eastern Europe.
Our guests are...
- Johnny Alegre, President of Philippine WIkimedia Community UG and member of the ESEAP Hub
- Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska, Community Support Team Manager at Wikimedia Poland and member of the CEE Hub Interim Steering Committee
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News from the Movement:
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Don't look up!:
In this episode we talk about new projects to connect the people of our movement for mutual aid. Our movement is constantly growing and diversifying, all across the globe. New people are joining and new communities are forming every day. As volunteers and as staff of affiliates, they are having to acquire new skills, figure out how to organize, form organizations, do outreach and advocacy, and work with institutions and governments. For every skill or piece of knowledge that a Wikimedian is looking for, there is probably another Wikimedian who has figured it out or has the answer. But how do they find each other?
Our guests are...
- Rebecca O'Neill, Project Coordinator of Wikimedia Community Ireland since 2017
- Jessica Stephenson, Evaluation Program Officer with the Community Resources at the Wikimedia Foundation since April 2021
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The people behind the movement:
In this episode we talk with three Wikimedians who are trailblazers for including marginalized voices into the Wikimedia projects. Lucy Crompton-Reid, Daniel Bögre Udell and Kiril Simeonowski are active in different but complementary projects that implement Recommendation 8, Topics for Impact. You can find out about new formats for creating oral citations, a toolkit in the works for surfacing marginalized knowledge and first ideas on helping to create Wikipedias with marginalized language communities. Join us for this and to find out about Wikidata’s 10th Birthday!
Our guests are...
- Kiril Simeonovski, Kiril is president of Shared Knowledge and a leading Wikimedian from the region of Central and Eastern Europe and has been actively contributing to the Wikimedia projects since 2008.
- Daniel Bögre Udell, Daniel is a co-founder and the Executive Director of Wikitongues, which supports language revitalization projects on every continent.
- Lucy Crompton-Reid, Lucy joined Wikimedia UK as Chief Executive in October 2015. She is on the British Library Advisory Council and sits on the board of The Audience Agency and Visible Theatre.
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- Identify topics for impact
- Capacity development for underrepresented communities
- Language diversity Hub and Wikitongues
- Project around cluster H
- Wikitongues
Don’t look up:
We are looking back at years of complaints about how Wikimedia technology is outdated and exclusive. Non-encyclopedic forms of knowledge are still impossible or hard to insert into our existing formats. The last big innovation from our movement is Wikidata, which is now almost ten years old. Movement Strategy calls on us to innovate our technical and social systems so that new and marginalized communities can join and share their knowledge. We talk about the UNLOCK accelerator program, how it is being implemented in collaboration with WMS and WMDE this year, and explore how the movement can become more of an innovation ecosystem.
Our guests are...
- Kannika Thaimai, Program lead of the UNLOCK accelerator at Wikimedia Deutschland
Before joining Wikimedia Deutschland in 2019, Kannika worked in a social startup and supported other social startups through their various development phases.
- Ivana Madžarević, Program and Community Support Manager at Wikimedia Serbia
Together with Kannika, Ivana runs the accelerator program for innovation in our movement. Before joining Wikimedia Serbia 8 years ago, Ivana worked many years in the NGO sector.
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News from the movement:
- Inspiring Open Podcast:
- Wiki Learn Platform
- Soundlogo of Wikimedia
- CEE regional event
- Wikiindaba 2022
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Insights from Wiki Movimento Brasil
Wiki Movimento Brasil surveyed the Portuguese speaking communities about some of the big juicy concepts in the MS20230 recommendations - equity in decision making, leadership development and diversity. By doing that, they reached many community members not previously engaged. In this pod they talk about the insights, opportunities and challenges that emerged. These Wikimedians are showing the way of how we can make the strategy come to life at community level, and jointly figure out what our next steps are locally and regionally. We also talk about money, building communities and the Movement Charter Drafting Committee….
Our guests are…
- Érica Azzellini, Wiki Movimento Brasil's Community Manager
Érica is in charge of community support, partnerships and strategy development at Wiki Movimento Brasil. She is also a member of the movement charter drafting committee.
- Lucas Piantá, Wiki Movimento Brasil’s Strategy Working Group
Lucas works as researcher on the movement strategy implementation in the lusophone community. He serves on a number of committees including the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Committee.
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Latest news from the movement:
- Hackathon 2022
- Open data day small grants
- Wiki Loves Earth 2022
- Digital Services Act
- UCoC -Results of the community vote
- re:publica
Is this hope I’m feeling?:
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What’s in this episode?
Our guests are…
- Tochi Precious, Founder of the Igbo Wikimedia User Group
Tochi has been working on developing the creativity of young African editors and increasing the number of African language Wikipedias.
- Guillaume Paumier, Principal Program Manager, Advancement, Wikimedia Foundation
Guillaume was instrumental in the earlier stage of movement strategy development and helped write the strategic direction.
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Latest news from the movement:
- Wiki Loves Africa
- Movement Charter Drafting Committee
- Wikimedia Hackathon
- Wikimania 2022
- Wikimedia Summit 2022
Is this hope I’m feeling?:
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