WikiLearn - Introduction to Partnership Building (computer-graded exercises) - video: How to Inform the Community - part 1

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subtitle-1830-4380-1	"Whom should we consult?"
subtitle-4500-11430-2	"And this is especially a mystery or a problem in larger wikis, because in a very"
subtitle-11430-17400-3	"large wiki it doesn't make sense for every event or program to be discussed across the"
subtitle-17400-21080-4	"entire wiki. I think about English Wikipedia or French Wikipedia."
subtitle-21090-25080-5	"They're large wikis and they serve many, many countries in the world."
subtitle-26290-30790-6	"It doesn't make sense that every time I want to run an editing workshop in some town, I"
subtitle-30790-34690-7	"have to post on the English Village Pump and everybody on English Wikipedia can have an"
subtitle-34690-41110-8	"opinion. I can still do it, but usually there would be very few responses because"
subtitle-41110-45790-9	"very few people would care about a little editing workshop in some place on a very"
subtitle-45790-52000-10	"large wiki. If I'm on a small wiki, maybe every single editing workshop is a big enough"
subtitle-52000-55990-11	"event for people to care and have opinions about and want to help or think that it"
subtitle-55990-57430-12	"should be done better or differently."
subtitle-57430-63550-13	"So on a small wiki, we may well want to post everything in the most central venue that we"
subtitle-63550-70090-14	"can, but on a larger wiki we should probably stick to more relevant areas of the wiki,"
subtitle-70180-75250-15	"like a relevant WikiProject, a WikiProject that's dedicated to our topic, or to the"
subtitle-75250-81880-16	"country that we're running it in, or to some selected portion of Wikimedians, who are more"
subtitle-81880-88030-17	"likely to care, and more likely to support, work in the field that we're pursuing."
subtitle-88780-93550-18	"But again, in a small or medium wiki, because there's relatively fewer people around,"
subtitle-93550-98680-19	"there's relatively less activity, it makes sense to use the central channel, whatever it"
subtitle-98680-104140-20	"is, the village pump, the cafe, the "under the tree", whatever you call it, to get the"
subtitle-104140-108670-21	"maximum amount of attention to your announcement, rather than putting it only on"
subtitle-108670-112600-22	"some side talk page, because you want people to be aware."
subtitle-114160-117970-23	"So that's the sort of generic answer to whom should we consult?"
subtitle-118270-120490-24	"Again, in English Wikipedia, I can't tell you."
subtitle-120790-125530-25	""Well, these are the 200 people you need to inform." It doesn't work that way."
subtitle-125860-130240-26	"You need to inform a relevant section of the community, and on the English Wikipedia,"
subtitle-130270-134770-27	"because it's so large, you can even just not inform anyone and hope for the best."
subtitle-135070-136360-28	"Because it's so large."
subtitle-136360-139600-29	"You can do a lot of smaller programs and nobody cares."
subtitle-139600-143260-30	"But if you are thinking of doing something that would affect tens of thousands of"
subtitle-143260-148210-31	"articles, or that is going to bring hundreds of thousands of images to Commons, you should"
subtitle-148210-150280-32	"definitely let the communities know."
subtitle-154340-156000-33	"So that was about whom."
subtitle-156020-158120-34	"And now some very quick examples."
subtitle-158120-160840-35	"Here are examples that I wrote in 2 minutes."
subtitle-160850-165920-36	"They're not perfect, but they're examples of the tone and the framing."
subtitle-165920-169130-37	"Again, to make my point about the three models of communication."
subtitle-169550-174230-38	"So here is an example that invites people to be informed."
subtitle-174740-180320-39	"This is a post that I could post on the village pump or something: "Wikimedia Group X"
subtitle-180320-187640-40	"intends to partner with Y", with a link to that partner, "to provide editing workshops"
subtitle-187640-192560-41	"to Y staff with the hope of gaining high quality volunteer contributors on Y's field"
subtitle-192560-193730-42	"of expertise."
subtitle-194120-198020-43	"We also intend to encourage Y to donate images from their collection into Commons,"
subtitle-198020-202490-44	"which would then be usable in articles in our and every other Wikipedia."
subtitle-202490-205500-45	"We're interested in volunteer mentors."
subtitle-205500-215280-46	"Sign up below." So, this text and again, it's not complete, you definitely want to include"
subtitle-215280-220590-47	"some specific information like who would be leading it and when are we beginning or how"
subtitle-220590-223890-48	"long it would be or what city it would take place in."
subtitle-224100-225840-49	"The point is not that this is a complete text."
subtitle-226380-230790-50	"The point was to show you the tone, and note my choice of verbs."
subtitle-230790-235500-51	"Wikimedia Group X intends to partner with Y."
subtitle-236250-238290-52	"Here's why we intend to do that."
subtitle-238290-240630-53	"We have the hope of gaining high quality contributors."
subtitle-241530-243060-54	"This is kind of like a PVP."
subtitle-243060-247710-55	"But here I'm focusing on the benefit to Wikimedia because I'm talking to Wikimedians."
subtitle-248610-251040-56	"So I'm talking only about the benefit to us."
subtitle-251430-256080-57	"And we also want to do this, and we are interested in volunteer mentors."
subtitle-256080-262920-58	"Sign up below. So notice that I'm inviting people to get involved as mentors, which is"
subtitle-262920-265560-59	"implicitly also inviting them to support this."
subtitle-266070-269880-60	"Because if someone signs up as a volunteer mentor, they're saying, "not only do I think"
subtitle-269880-272100-61	"it's a good idea, I'm even willing to take part"."
subtitle-273790-277330-62	"So I'm inviting people to implicitly endorse my work."
subtitle-278550-283230-63	"But I'm not actually explicitly saying, "hey, do you think it's a good idea or a bad"
subtitle-283230-288330-64	"idea?" I'm not literally inviting people to just share opinions."
subtitle-289140-294000-65	"As you know, people on wiki share their opinions whether you invite them or not."
subtitle-294000-298140-66	"So people will certainly tell me if they think it's a terrible idea."
subtitle-298170-305550-67	"But the framing of this text, I think, I hope you'll see, sends the message that this"
subtitle-305550-307020-68	"is something I intend to do."
subtitle-307380-309750-69	"And I want you to know that I intend to do this."
subtitle-310020-316410-70	"I want you to know why I'm doing this, or we, the group, why we are doing this, and we"
subtitle-316410-318780-71	"invite you to get involved in this way."
subtitle-320100-322490-72	"So this is an informing."
subtitle-322800-327810-73	"I'm giving you the information about activities that basically we are going to"
subtitle-327810-329580-74	"take. We're not waiting for your confirmation."
subtitle-330270-333180-75	"We're going to do this, but we're giving you a heads up."
subtitle-333180-334920-76	"We're telling you that this is happening."
subtitle-336330-342900-77	"I hope this is clear versus this example of consulting."
subtitle-342900-349950-78	""Wikimedia Group X is considering partnering with Y to plan a massive image donation of"
subtitle-349950-352740-79	"their 300,000 images to Wikimedia Commons."
subtitle-353130-358830-80	"There are questions of metadata mapping and copyright clearance still to be determined in"
subtitle-358830-361710-81	"order to ensure smooth ingestion."
subtitle-361740-368630-82	"Specifically, we would welcome advice on..." And then I would list specific things that"
subtitle-368630-373970-83	"I'm consulting about, specific things that I am asking for input about."
subtitle-374390-378980-84	"I hope you'll agree, I hope you see that this sets a completely different tone, and it"
subtitle-378980-382280-85	"frames the discussion in completely different terms."
subtitle-382310-385850-86	"Here I am explicitly saying, I need your input."
subtitle-386270-387870-87	"I want your input."
subtitle-387890-393050-88	"I'm also sounding less deterministic here."
subtitle-393050-399230-89	"I'm saying I'm considering partnering with Y, leaving the door open to, maybe you'll"
subtitle-399230-402200-90	"convince me that it's a terrible idea, or that it's an unworkable idea."
subtitle-402470-406400-91	"Maybe it's a great idea, but we can't do it because there's a technical issue or"
subtitle-406400-409130-92	"whatever. So I'm saying I'm considering partnering."
subtitle-409670-411320-93	"That's the plan. That's the goal."
subtitle-412320-413820-94	"But there are questions."
subtitle-413820-415500-95	"I recognize that there are questions."
subtitle-415500-417930-96	"I recognize that we don't have all the answers yet."
subtitle-417930-424470-97	"And I am explicitly and specifically inviting you to help me, to help us, think"
subtitle-424470-427950-98	"about these questions, to help us by getting involved in these questions."
subtitle-428700-433980-99	"But again, I'm not really explicitly saying here, "hey, what do you think about"
subtitle-433980-437130-100	"partnering with" because that would sound like a group decision."