Zaɓukan Gidauniyar Wikimedia/2025/Ƴantakara/James Alexander
James Alexander (Jamesofur)
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| Bayanin dan takara |
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| Candidate video statement | ||
| Jimlar ƙidaya kalma don aikace-aikacen gabaɗaya (da ake buƙata + tambayoyin zaɓi) kalmomi 2500 ne. | ||
| Shin kun karanta mafi ƙarancin buƙatun ɗan takara kuma kun tabbatar kun cika mafi ƙarancin cancanta da buƙatun cancantar ɗan takara? | Yes | |
| Shin kun karanta tsarukan ɗan takara kuma kun yarda ku bi tsarukan? | Yes | |
| Tambayoyin da ake bukata | ||
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| Me ya sa kuke neman kujerar Kwamitin Amintattun Gidauniyar Wikimedia? Me za ku bayar da gudummawa? Me za ku so ku kara koyo game da shi? | Harkar Wikimedia ta kasance babban bangare na rayuwata. Ya same ni ta jami'a (abin mamaki, ƙasa don abun ciki da ƙari ga fa'idodin lafiyar hankali na aikin sa kai), ya taimake ni nemo aikina na dogon lokaci (a kan layi da aminci na fasaha), kuma ya kasance ginshiƙin ƙaƙƙarfan abotata. Wannan ba da gangan ba; Nan da nan na gane cewa ba kawai na sami mutane na ba, amma motsi na ainihin mahimmancin duniya. Ilimi kyauta yana da mahimmanci don haɓaka haɓaka, zaman lafiya, da fahimtar duniya. Sauƙaƙan samun ilimi ya zama mafi mahimmanci a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Ƙungiyar Wikimedia ta samar da tushen abin da nake fata ya kasance mai girma, amma kuma ina jin tsoron cewa yana ƙara samun saɓani da sauran hangen nesa na duniya.
Ina so in ci gaba da yi wa harkar hidima a yanzu da kuma nan gaba. Yayin da aikina ya girma, ƙarfina da abubuwan da nake so sun samo asali. Na shiga kwamitin bincike na Wikimedia Endowment Board a bara saboda na yi imani basirata da gogewa na iya taimakawa wajen tabbatar da makomar tafiyar. Komawa cikin motsi da himma tare da wannan aikin ya ƙarfafa ni kawai. Na dade ina tunanin yin takarar shugabancin Gidauniyar, amma ina so in jira har sai in ba da gudummawa sosai. Wannan lokacin shine yanzu. Muna da manyan amintattu masu fasaha iri-iri da zan so in koya daga gare su amma kuma na yi imanin tarihina zai dace da nasu. Ina da shekaru 18+ a cikin tafiyar da digiri a cikin Tattalin Arziki. Aikina na ƙwararru na kwanan nan yana mai da hankali kan ɗabi'a da aminci na amfani da AI a cikin fasahar kasuwanci, kuma ina da shekaru 15+ da ke aiki a cikin amincin kan layi, ciki har da sama da shekaru takwas a Gidauniyar Wikimedia, inda na zama shugabanta na Aminta & Tsaro na farko yayin da ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyi suka haɓaka cikin sauri. Gidauniyar da tafiyar koyaushe sun mamaye matsayi na musamman, suna ba da fifikon fahimtar abubuwan da suka gabata, yanzu, da nan gaba yayin da kowa ke iya samun damar yin amfani da shi yayin da fasahar ke tasowa. Mun daɗe muna kan tudu kamar yadda duniyar da ke kewaye da mu ke canzawa. Ina so in zama wani ɓangare na taimaka mana ta hanyar wannan canji, kuma shiga cikin hukumar ita ce hanya mafi kyau don yin hakan. | |
| Da fatan za a kwatanta kwarewarku ta Wikimedia (kamar gudummuwa ga ayyukan Wikimedia, zama memba a ƙungiyoyi ko alaƙa na Wikimedia, ayyuka a matsayin mai shirya tafiyar Wikimedia, ko shiga tare da ƙungiyar kawancen tafiyar Wikimedia). | Na ƙirƙiri asusuna na yanzu a cikin 2006. Wataƙila akwai ƙananan asusun gyara ɗaya ko biyu (ko a'a) kafin wannan, amma ban taɓa samun damar gano waɗancan ba. Na sami wasu ƙananan gudunmawa a cikin shekaru biyu na farko amma na tafi duka a cikin 2009. Wasu karin bayanai sun haɗa da:
Daga watan Agustan 2010 zuwa Disamba 2018, na yi aiki a gidauniyar Wikimedia, inda na sami 'yancin kai sosai wajen tantance hankalina. Ganin mahimmancin wannan aikin, zan raba wasu abubuwa masu mahimmanci, waɗanda yawancinsu suna ci gaba a yau:
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| Daga mahangar ku, Me ya kamata Gidauniyar Wikimedia ta ba da fifiko a cikin shekaru 3-5 masu zuwa, kuma me yasa kuke ganin waɗannan a matsayin mafi mahimmancin fifiko? | Koyaushe za a sami sabbin abubuwan da ke ci gaba da haɓakawa da muke buƙatar magancewa, amma wasu za su kasance dawwama cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa:
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| Da fatan za a bayyana gogewar ku game da ƙungiyoyin gudanarwa (rashin riba ko riba), tare da ambaton girman nauyin da ke kan ku, da kuma sarkakiyar kungiya (dangane da sikelin ayyuka, kasafin kuɗi, adadin mutanen da abin ya shafa, ko wasu matakai masu ma'ana) da girman mashawarta ko kungiya. | Mashawartar Wikimedia za ta kasance mafi girman hukumar gudanarwa da na kasance wani bangare na kai tsaye, kuma dalili daya, na da yawa, ina so in shiga shi ne kwarewa. Duk da haka, na shafe shekaru da yawa ina shiga cikin hukumomin gwamnati. A bi da bi:
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| Tambayoyi daga Al'umma (da ake bukata) | ||
| An samo waɗannan tambayoyin daga al'umma. Ana buƙatar waɗannan tambayoyin don la'akari da kammala aikace-aikacenku. Idan wannan sashin bai cika ta 23:59 AoE, Yuli 8 (11:59 UTC, Yuli 9), ba za a yi la'akari da aikace-aikacen ku ba. | ||
| Ta yaya kuke shirin tabbatar da gaskiya da rikon amana a cikin tsarin yanke shawara a matsayinku na memba na Kwamitin Amintattu? | Yayin da yawancin tattaunawa da muhawara suna buƙatar matakin sirri (ko na ɗan lokaci ko mara iyaka), dole ne mu yi ƙoƙari mu kasance masu gaskiya kamar yadda zai yiwu don sauƙaƙe gudanar da ingantaccen shugabanci da gaskiya. A duk inda zai yiwu, zan matsa don nuna gaskiya a cikin tarurrukanmu, tattaunawa, da yanke shawara, ba kawai haɗa da sakamakon ba amma dalilin da ya sa. A koyaushe zan ba da kaina don tambayoyi ko damuwa ko da ba koyaushe zan iya ba wa wani amsar nan take ba, musamman idan aka yi la’akari da mahimmancin baiwa ma’aikatan gidauniyar damar gudanar da ayyukansu ba tare da wani tasiri ba daga Mashawarta. Irin wannan martani yana da mahimmanci don fahimtar abin da ke faruwa a kewayen motsi gabaɗaya. | |
| Menene sabon batu na farko da za ku so ku kawo gaban Mashawarta don tattaunawa, kuma ta yaya za ku bi? | Na tabbata kusan duk wani batu da zan iya tunanin an tattauna shi ko kadan ko dai a taron mashawarta ko tsakanin mambobin mashawarta, don haka ba zai taba zama sabon batu ba. Har yanzu, ban da nadin sabon Shugaba, Ina so in tattauna yadda muke tunkarar AI da canjin fasaha. Dole ne mu kusanci wannan bisa dabara, la'akari da amfani na waje da na ciki da kuma tunanin makomar gaba. Kwarewar aikina da mayar da hankali kan haɓaka samfuran AI masu aminci da aminci, haɗe tare da dogon lokaci na shiga cikin motsi, kawo murya mai mahimmanci ga tebur. | |
| Ta yaya ya kamata a tunkari yanke shawara game da ciniki da fifiko a fasahar Wikimedia ko yankunan samfur? Da fatan za a bayyana abin da cinikin ke cikin ra'ayin ku. | Koyaushe ana yin ciniki a cikin ayyukan ƙungiya, ko na fasaha ko akasin haka. Wani lokaci, wannan game da kuɗi ne ko albarkatu; za ku iya ba da kuɗi da kulawa da yawa. A wasu lokuta, game da aiki ne da samun dama tare da scalability da sauƙi. Ayyukan Wikimedia da bayanan da al'umma ke ƙirƙira dole ne su kasance masu sauƙi da sauƙin ƙirƙira, amma wannan ba lallai ba ne yana nufin riƙe bashin fasaha ko samfuran da suka shuɗe har abada saboda dacewa da baya ko sha'awa. Za mu yi shi fiye da da yawa, amma ba za mu iya yin shi har abada. Kuna buƙatar kusanci ciniki-offs da fifiko tare da ƙididdigar farashi/fa'ida. Idan za ku iya kashe ɗan kuɗi ko lokaci don kula da aiki, ya kamata ku. Idan fa'idodi ko tanadi daga canjin suna da mahimmanci, to kuna buƙatar rage farashin canjin, musamman a cikin al'umma mai haɗin gwiwa kamar namu. Manyan canje-canje na buƙatar bincike mai mahimmanci na ɗan gajeren lokaci da fa'idodi na dogon lokaci, wanda galibi ke kai ni ga dogara ga fa'idodin dogon lokaci. Koyaya, yana da mahimmanci don taimakawa rage farashin ɗan gajeren lokaci da zaku iya haifarwa, don in ba haka ba, kuna iya rasa masu ba da gudummawa ko fatan alheri na tsawon lokaci fiye da yadda kuke tsammani. | |
| Adadin masu haɗin gwiwar Wikimedia ya ƙaru sosai cikin ƴan shekarun da suka gabata, amma tabbatar da isassun kayan aiki na iya zama ƙalubale. Idan aka ba wannan, ta yaya za mu sake tunani game da yanayin motsi, gami da yadda ake kimanta masu alaƙa, da tsunduma, da kuma wadata su? | Haɓaka a cikin masu alaƙa ya kasance babbar hanyar haɗin kai ga tsarin yanayin motsi cikin shekaru da yawa, musamman tare da nau'ikan alaƙa iri-iri daban-daban waɗanda ke ba da damar tallafi mai da hankali da haɓaka kowane nau'in al'ummomi. Ba na yin kamar ni ƙware ne a sararin mai alaƙa duniya, don haka ina so in saurara a hankali ga duk wanda ke da hannu a yanzu da kuma nan gaba. Duk da haka, abin da nake yi a yanzu shi ne cewa za mu so mu dogara ga ƙungiyoyin yanki da kuma girma, ƙarin balagagge abokai don taimakawa sarrafa sararin albarkatu wanda koyaushe zai kasance iyakance. Ba na jin yana da ma'ana a sa ran isassun shugabannin al'umma na gari su sami damar gudanar da ƙungiyoyin da suka manyanta a ƙaramin ma'auni, don haka fitar da wasu daga cikin wannan balaga ga ƙungiyoyin laima ko ƙungiyoyin tallafi, na yau da kullun ko na yau da kullun, yana ba mu damar samun faɗin da muke so tare da balaga da muke buƙata don ba da fifikon rabon albarkatun ƙasa da tabbatar da gaskiya da sassauci. | |
| Kamar yadda Babban Jami'in Gidauniyar Wikimedia (Shugaba) ya canza sheka, wadanne halaye kuke ganin yakamata shugaba mai zuwa ya kunshi, kuma ta yaya hakan zai taimaka wajen ci gaban tafiyar Wikimedia? | Yayin da Gidauniyar da Tafiya suka bunkasa, bukatu na Shugaba kuma ya karu har ta kai ga kusan neman cikakken mutum wanda ba zai yiwu ba. Wannan ya ce, muna buƙatar wanda zai iya shugabanci a duniya da kuma jama'a. Su ne fuskar Gidauniyar kuma ana ganin su a matsayin fuskar Tafiya, ko mun so ko ba mu so. Dole ne su iya yin hakan cikin kwanciyar hankali a duniya. Muna kuma bukatar wanda yake masanin fasaha. Ba sa buƙatar samun horo na yau da kullun ko ma gogewa a waɗannan fannonin (ko da yake yana iya taimakawa). Duk da haka, dole ne su kasance masu dacewa da fasaha kuma su bayyana mahimmancin fasaha da aikinmu. Da kyau, za su zama memba na al'ummar mu. Wataƙila ba mu san ko su waye ba tukuna, amma ya kamata su san ko mu waye. | |
| Tambayoyi na zaɓi - Kwararren Kwarewa, Basira da Ilimi | ||
| Waɗannan tambayoyin na zaɓi ne. Amsoshin za su ƙidaya zuwa jimlar iyakar kalma akan aikace-aikacen ku. (Tunatarwa: Ba za ku sami wasu damar ba da wannan bayanin ba). | ||
| Da fatan za a bayyana ƙwarewar sana'ar ku da kuma dacewa ga aikin mashawarta. | After working at the Wikimedia Foundation for just over eight years, I worked in Trust & Safety at Twitter from January 2019 until March 2023. There, I led the Illegal Content & Media Operations team, overseeing automated and manual policy enforcement on multi-media content (audio, images, video) as well as content involving terrorism, child safety, and regulated goods. The work there was widespread and varied, encompassing everything from building proper moderation tooling to developing AI detection models for audio and visual media. The global team I led grew to a maximum of 25 full-time employees and 1,500-2,000 indirect contractors. Over the last six months or so, I transitioned to leading our wider safety platform team on the Product side, as well as overseeing the teams that handled internationalization and T&S Project Management. It was challenging work but enormously valuable for me to learn how to manage larger teams and budgets and engage with a diverse range of executive and board-level leaders, from Yoel Roth to Elon Musk.
After a short break from work, where I spent time working with industry groups to discuss AI and moderator safety, as well as restarting my obsession with swimming (ask if you want an earful), I joined Salesforce as a member of their Office of Ethical and Humane Use policy team, where I remain today. There, I focus on content safety across all our products, as well as product and consumer policy for our in-house AI models and AI-driven consumer products. I hope to bring this experience to the Board as we discuss our strategic direction in this space. | |
| Da fatan za a bayyana yadda kuka magance, ko ba wa wasu shawara, matsala mai sarƙaƙiya a cikin ƙungiya. Ta yaya kuka yi aiki tare da wasu don magance lamarin? Menene canjin da ya haifar daga ƙoƙarin ku? | Unfortunately, many examples can’t be discussed publicly, but one more visible case was Twitter’s 2020 shift to remote work. We wanted to ensure that our thousands of contracted moderators worldwide could continue working safely from home. I was part of the leadership task force that drove this, setting up security protocols and home systems while continuing to pay them. Though some couldn’t work for days or weeks, the transition was successful, and strengthened their loyalty to the company and our mission. | |
| Da fatan za a bayyana asalin ilimin ku, gami da digiri, takaddun shaida, da darussan karatun da aka gama, da kuma dacewarsu ga aikin mashawarta. | I hold a bachelor's degree in Economics, which, although I've never been an economist, has helped me better understand finances, investments, and the broader economy. This will be particularly helpful for the Board, as we've several other great board members with financial experience as well. | |
| Da fatan za a ƙara duk wata hanyar haɗin yanar gizon da ta dace da ke kwatanta asalin ƙwararrun ku, gogewa, bayanin martaba (kamar LinkedIn, shafin ma'aikata, da sauransu). | ||
| Tambayoyi na zaɓi - Kwarewar Jagoranci | ||
| Waɗannan tambayoyin na zaɓi ne. Amsoshin za su ƙidaya zuwa jimlar iyakar kalma akan aikace-aikacen ku. (Tunatarwa: Ba za ku sami wasu damar ba da wannan bayanin ba). | ||
| Da fatan za a bayyana hanyoyin da kuka taimaka wajen samar da gada tsakanin al'ummomi da yawa (kamar ta yin aiki akan ayyuka a wajen wiki na gida, ko yin aiki akan haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu yawa). | I'm proud to say that this has been a significant part of my career, both professionally and as a volunteer, whether that's as an OTRS team member, a global sysop, or an elections coordinator in San Francisco. Every community is a combination of other communities, and it's crucial to recognize this and continually support and bridge those around you. | |
| Za ku iya kwatanta wata manufa, akan wiki ko a kashe, da kuka taimaka wajen ƙirƙira ko canza? Menene kuka koya daga wannan kwarewa? | ||
| Ta yaya kuka sami damar ƙarfafa mutane don jin muryoyinsu? | ||
| Kuna iya bayyana yadda kuka nuna ikon jagorantar wasu wajen warware matsaloli, daidaitawa da canji ko cimma burin, musamman a matakin jagoranci ko gudanarwa? | ||
| Tambayoyi na zaɓi - Tsarin Tunani | ||
| Waɗannan tambayoyin na zaɓi ne. Amsoshin za su ƙidaya zuwa jimlar iyakar kalma akan aikace-aikacen ku. (Tunatarwa: Ba za ku sami wasu damar ba da wannan bayanin ba). | ||
| Da fatan za a bayyana gogewar ku ta shiga ko jagorantar kungiya wajen tsara makomarta. Ta yaya aikinku ya ba da gudummawa wajen zabar hanya madaidaiciya ga kungiyar? | ||
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