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Wikimedia Foundation's search for a newED kicks off

Jay Walsh — 2013-05-21T22:32:09

Dear all,

This afternoon Kat Walsh, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the
Wikimedia Foundation announced the kick-off of the search for the next
ED of the Wikimedia Foundation:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/search-for-next-wikimedia-foundation-executive-director/

Please take a moment to read through Kat's note, and please support
this process by sharing the news of the ED search throughout your
networks (be they digital or analog :). We are hoping to get
significant, international coverage of this opportunity, something
that will help us reach a wide range of amazing candidates.

We'll also be sharing the opportunity via twitter/identi.ca
(< at >wikipedia and < at >wikimedia) and on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Thanks for your help,

Jay Walsh

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Kicking off the search for our next Executive Director

Posted by Kat Walsh on May 21, 2013

Today we launch our search for the next Executive Director of the
Wikimedia Foundation.

About six weeks ago, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Executive Director Sue
Gardner told us she will be stepping down from her role. Happily, she
is staying on until we find her successor, and we are now launching
that search.

It will be a challenge to find someone who is able to fill Sue’s
shoes, but I am glad to say that the Board of Trustees, Sue and the
senior staff of the Wikimedia Foundation are aligned in our quest for
a successor who will build on Sue’s considerable accomplishments, and
steer the Wikimedia Foundation toward even greater success in the
future.

The Wikimedia Foundation is the internationally-active San
Francisco-based non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia. It supports a global community of tens of thousands
of volunteers in collecting, developing, and making the sum of all the
world’s knowledge freely available. Over half a billion people use
Wikipedia and its sister projects every month. We are the fifth most
popular website in the world, and the only donor-supported site in the
top 100. We’re widely recognized as the most influential and important
organization in the free knowledge movement.

Our Executive Director reports to the Board of Trustees and acts in
partnership with the global volunteer community, providing the
leadership and setting the strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation,
while managing its day-to-day operations and activities. The Executive
Director is responsible for modernizing the user experience and
nurturing, growing and diversifying the community of people who write
our projects. He or she also ensures our grantmaking supports
innovation across the Wikimedia movement and enables contributor
growth in underrepresented demographics and geographies.

Our Executive Director needs to understand and advance the Wikimedia
movement’s core values. They need to have proven management skills in
technology and product development in order to effectively lead a
high-traffic website, and have experience designing and implementing
planning processes with a high built-in assumption of fast and
iterative change. He or she will need to have exceptional
communication skills, and possess both a drive to achieve
transformative results and a deep respect for collaborative processes.
The Executive Director’s ability to effect change in partnership with
Wikimedia’s community will be decisive not just to their success, but
to Wikimedia’s lasting impact.

It’s impossible to know where our next Executive Director will come
from: there is no career path that makes running the Wikimedia
Foundation somebody’s obvious next step. The right person might or
might not currently work at a big web site. They might or might not be
in the non-profit sector. They could have a background in education,
or product development, or media, or community development, or
something entirely different. They may live in the United States, or
outside it. In this search, we want to cast a wide net for candidates,
so that we can find the person with the rare mix of skills,
experiences and values needed for this important role.

If you’re reading this post you know how much the work of the
Wikimedia Foundation matters. I’m asking you for your help in
spreading the news of this unique opportunity. Please share this post
widely in your networks.

For more information, to suggest potential candidates or to put
yourself forward, please write to info< at >moppenheim.com.

Some details on the recruitment:

We have retained the search firm m/Oppenheim Associates to assist in
finding and screening candidates. We’ve worked successfully with
m/Oppenheim in the past to fill senior roles at the Foundation. They
know us well, and we trust they’ll do a great job with this hire.
The full position description is available on the Wikimedia Foundation
site, hosted at jobs.wikimedia.org.
The hiring process will unfold over the next three to six months; we
hope to have a new Executive Director in place by October. That said,
we’re going to take the time we need to find the best possible
candidate. We are glad to restate that our current Executive Director,
Sue Gardner, will stay with us throughout the recruitment process
until we have a new Executive Director in place.
Following initial screening of the candidates a short-list of
applicants will be interviewed by Board members and members of the
senior staff, and we will encourage them to get involved with the
Wikimedia community (if they aren’t already) to learn more about our
movement. (We would also encourage anyone interested in the role to
take a look at our guiding principles, or to pick up one of the books
documenting and describing the Wikimedia movement.)
We’ve set up some pages on meta wiki, the central collaboration wiki,
where Wikimedia community members can find more information and also
get involved in a public discussion about the role and the recruitment
process.

Thanks in advance for helping spread the word about this rare and
important opportunity.

Kat Walsh
Chair, Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Nederland monthly report forApril

Sandra Rientjes — 2013-05-20T09:31:10

April was a busy month for Wikimedia Nederland. Our report is available on
meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201304

It is also included as text in this message. We have changed the structure
of our monthly report to match our Annual Plan 2013 and our FDC application.

COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors

- Wikimedia Nederland Conferentie

Preparations have begun for the annual Wikimedia Nederland Conference which
will take place on November 2. One of the themes will be 'editor diversity'
- we are cooperating with WMDE who will be holding an international event
on that topic a week later on November 9. We are still looking for
volunteers to take charge of programming and publicity.

- Wikipedia Training National Museum of Ethnology

A basic editing training was given to students and employees of the
National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden by volunteers Erik Zachte, Hay
Kranen and Boardmember Hans Muller.WORK: content, collaboration and
activity development

- WIki Loves Monuments

The Wiki Loves Monuments team is preparing for the 2013 competition. This
year, the focus will also be on municipal monuments and we are looking for
funds to organise a combined Wiki Loves Monuments - editor training -
publicity event in Den Haag. Wikimedia NL volunteer Els Arends published an
article in the magazine 'Monumenten' about Wiki Loves Monuments,
encouraging people to get involved.

- Wikipedian in Residence at National Library and Archives

The National Archives and National Library are going to hire a Wikipedian
in Residence, a first for the Netherlands! This promises to be the start of
a wider ranging cooperation between WMNL and these two national
institutions. Focus of the cooperation will be improving content and
recruiting editors.

- CoSyne: final presentation to European Commission

WMNL Board member Frans Grijzenhout attended the final presentation of the
CoSyne <http://cosyne.eu/index.php/Main_Page> project to the European
Commission in Luxembourg. WMNL's involvement was appreciated by the other
partners in this project.

- Wiki loves sound

Wiki Loves Sound is a new initiative to promote use of sound in Wikimedia
projects. In April, 1838 of the 2300+ sounds donated by The Netherlands
Institute For Sound and Vision were uploaded to Commons and 50+ sounds were
added to Wikipedia pages during an editathon. A Dutch spoken instructional
video about adding sounds was made.

- Wikivoyage

Field research for Wikivoyage was carried out by students of the Nijenrode
Business School. Reports and recommendations to be expected in May.WMNL:
participation and support

- The WMNL newsletter was distributed to members, donors and other
interested parties.

RESOURCES: Strong and sustainable financial position

- Finalising Q1 report

The first quarterly report following our FDC application was completed on
time.GLOBAL: International collaboration *NB: reports by WMNL volunteers,
board and staff who have attended international events can be found on the WMNL
Wiki <http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internationaal>*

- Milano Wikimedia Conference

WMNL Chair Ziko van Dijk, Treasurer Ad Huikeshoven and Executive Director
Sandra Rientjes attended the Milano Wikimedia Conference. WMNL volunteer
Lodewijk was also there on behalf of the Wiki Loves Monuments International
coordination group.

- EU policy working group meeting

On April 6 and 7, representatives of WM-chapters met in Brussels to discuss
EU-policy affecting copyright and internet freedom. Lodewijk and Romaine
represented WMNL. A full
report<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting/minutes>
of
the meeting is available on Meta.

- GLAM-Wiki

Volunteers Lodewijk, Romaine and Maarten attended the Glam WIki event in
London, as did GLAM coordinator Sebastiaan ter Burg.

- International Amsterdam Hackathon preparations

Preparations for the International Hackathon picked up pace in April with
the programme being finalised and arrangements made to support visa
applications and travel. It is expected that 140 participants will gather
in Amsterdam, May 24-26.ORGANISATION: board, management and support

- Board retreat weekend 6-7 April

Board and Executive Director attended a two-day meeting, following the
Board elections in March. Topics on the agenda were: division of tasks
within the Board, cooperation and communication, recruiting new volunteers.

- Hiring part-time staff member for finances

Tom Kisters will start work on May 1. He will work on finances and office
management.

Sandra Rientjes
Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland

tel. (+31) (0)6 31786379

*Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:*
Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3
3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht
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Advocacy Advisory Group open formembership

Stephen LaPorte — 2013-05-17T15:48:15

Hello all,

Are you interested in policy and legislative issues that could affect the
Wikimedia movement? If so, please join the the Advocacy Advisory Group at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

The Advocacy Advisory Group is an open, public email list that focuses on
legislative advocacy, affiliations, and other related issues. The group
discusses these topics, advises the Wikimedia Foundation on advocacy and
affiliation actions, and shares updates on similar activities by chapters
and other organizations. Additional background is available in the
Foundation's Policy and Political Association Guideline:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Affiliations_Guideline

Many thanks,
Stephen

Hiring Community Liaisons (Contract)

Howie Fung — 2013-05-18T06:00:00

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Hey all,

For the last 18 months, the Engineering & Product Development department
has been experimenting with the role of “Community Liaison, Product
Development” - a staff member embedded in the Product team and tasked with
factoring community concerns into our software development process, keeping
editors informed about what we’re doing, and maintaining a dialogue between
those who write code and those who write articles.

While there is always room for improvement, I think this role has shown a
lot of promise.  We have a number of large projects coming down the
pipeline (e.g., visual editor, discussion systems) and we need more help
reaching out to our contributor communities, especially our non-English
speaking projects, as our outreach there has traditionally been challenged.
 We’d like to recruit a small number of English-speaking or multilingual
editors to do the Community Liaison job with different development teams
and focuses.

In particular we’re looking for people with a strong history of
contributions to our projects who can provide sound and reasoned judgment
and are trusted to do so by their community. Speaking other languages in
addition to English is a major plus, as one of the objectives here is to
ensure we can properly interact with and support non-English projects.
 I’ve included the full job description below.

Our immediate need is for help with the Visual Editor.  We’d like to hire a
few community liaisons to help inform different Wikipedia language
communities of the upcoming launch, create spaces for feedback and
discussion, synthesize feedback for the Visual Editor team, and other
activities required to support the Visual Editor launch later this year.

If this is a role that would interest you, please e-mail Philippe Beaudette
at pbeaudette-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA< at >public.gmane.org<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=pbeaudette-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA< at >public.gmane.org>.
 And if you know someone else who might fit the role, let them know about
it :-). We’re provisionally interested in hiring 2-3 liaisons, at an hourly
rate commensurate with experience.  This can be a part-time role, but we’ll
need at least 15 hours/week for the length of the engagement (minimum 3
months).  Please do apply if you think it’s a role that suits you, and if
you find places we haven’t notified, spread the word!

Thanks.


Howie
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Director of Product Development
Wikimedia Foundation


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Community Liaison Job Description

Background Information and Statement of Purpose

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Engineering & Product Development Department is
looking at ways to more effectively incorporate broad community
perspectives in decisions and hold dialogues with our editors about the
scope, pace and features of upcoming changes to Wikimedia projects. As part
of this, it is hiring additional Community Liaisons from our volunteer
community.

Scope of Work

Support and improve our ongoing software development projects, in
particular:

   -

   Building up a network of volunteers from both English language and
   non-English language wikis, increasing the number of projects we can
   interact with;
   -

   Engaging the community in the software development process, by acting as
   a conduit for community questions, bugs and and feature requests, talking
   to editors about our work and how they can participate in it effectively,
   and recruiting them for workgroups and studies;
   -

   Being available from time to time to provide expertise and knowledge
   about our projects, including but not limited to training
   externally-sourced staff in the way our projects work, answering their
   questions, and providing expert advice on an ad-hoc basis;
   -

   Ensuring that our community is represented in the decision-making
   process and that our planned software adequately reflects user needs;
   -

   Monitoring Wikimedia projects, with the assistance of a network of
   volunteers, for emerging issues that have an impact on Engineering
   programmes; and
   -

   Other duties as needed.


Requirements

Effective Community Liaisons will be:

   -

   Experienced users of Wikimedia projects, capable of representing our
   community within the Foundation and vice-versa.
   -

   Strong communicators (both verbally and with the written word), able to
   explain our products to different groups of users with different levels of
   technical understanding.
   -

   Able to focus on the larger picture, understanding which concerns and
   views are widespread and which are marginal or individual.
   -

   Approachable, as both users and product developers must be able to trust
   these people for the relationship to function.
   -

   Self-motivated - they will be given important projects and expected to
   execute with little to no supervision.
   -

   Strongly empathetic - they excel at understanding the perspectives of
   others and bridging the gap between different approaches to the world.
   -

   Willing and able to remain resilient in the face of frustration from our
   users, in order to get the job done.


Pluses

Other positive attributes or areas of knowledge include:

   -

   Diverse language skills. While the Wikimedia Foundation communicates
   internally in English, we aim to be able to talk to our different
   communities natively.
   -

   Experience with the software development process. You will be thrown
   into teams that are actively working on new features; having a background
   that reduces the slope of your learning curve is a plus.
   - Familiarity with multiple Wikimedia projects is a major plus; we are
   about more than just Wikipedia.

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The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 19 -- 13 May 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-05-16T01:14:31

News and notes: WMFâcommunity ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13/News_and_notes

In the media: PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13/In_the_media

Featured content: A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13/WikiProject_report

Arbitration report: ''Race and politics'' opened; three open cases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13/Arbitration_report


Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-13


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Re: WMIT bulletin no. 52 - May 15, 2013

.mau. (maurizio codogno — 2013-05-15T20:18:52

Hi all,
the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#51) is available. This time
we write about our scolarships for Wikimania 2013, the money we got
from Italian taxpayers who chose to support us, echoes of Wiki Loves
Monuments 2012, WikiWomen and our next appointments.

As usual a link has been added to meta, ay
Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia ; more-or-less raw text of
the bulletin follows below.


  ciao, .mau.

  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

== Wikimania 2013 scholarships ==
As previously announced, Wikimedia Italia is assigning
[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Programma_borse_di_partecipazione_per_Wikimania_2013
8 scholarships] for Wikimania, of the value of €1,250 each, to
encourage participation of Italian Wikipedians and Wikimedian to the
event. The evaluation committee has reviewed many requests, almost all
worthy of attention, and eventually declared the winners who will go
to Hong Kong to [http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page
Wikimania 2013]. Here is the list, in alphabetical order of Wikipedian
nickname:

*[[:it:Utente:Adert|Adert]]
*[[:it:Utente:Archeologo|Archeologo]]
*[[:it:Utente:Atropine|Atropine]]
*[[:it:Utente:Fabexplosive|Fabexplosive]]
*[[:it:Utente:Ignlig|Ignlig]]
*[[:it:Utente:Jaqen|Jaqen]]
*[[:it:Utente:Laurentius|Laurentius]]
*[[:it:Utente:Mitchan14|Mitchan14]]

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all for your interest.
A special thank you to those who dealt with the (difficult) operations
for selecting the applications: [[:it:User:Franciaio|Franciaio]],
[[:it:User:Ilario|Ilario]], [[:it:User:Nemo_bis|Nemo]],
[[:it:User:Triquetra|Triquetra]] and [[:it:User:Cotton|Cotton]].

== 5 per mille: yesterday, today and tomorrow ==
The Revenue Office has issued
[http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/Nsilib/Nsi/Documentazione/Archivio/ArchivioSchedeAdempimento/Schede+adempimento+2011/Richiedere+2011/Iscrizione+elenchi+5+per+mille+2011/Scheda+informativa+5xmille+2011/Elenchi+2011/Elenchi+ammessi+esclusi+5permille+2011+con+scelte+e+importi/
the data] related to the preferences expressed by taxpayers in 2011
for the target of 5 per thousand of their taxes. The number of those
who choose Wikimedia Italia as a recipient increased by 83% (!) over
the previous year. We are grateful for the confidence you gave us and,
on this occasion, we remind you that also this year you can choose to
allocate [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Cinque_per_mille your 5 per
thousand to Wikimedia Italia]. You have just to enter on the form of
the tax return (or communicate to your accountant) the tax code of the
association: 94039910156.

== Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 ==
Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 2012 continues to be a success,
encouraging us to work with even more enthusiasm to the new edition.
From May 5 to 12, in San Salvo Marina in the province of Chieti,
[http://www.altovastese.it/news/domenica-5-maggio-a-san-salvo-presentazione-del-libro-grandi-alberi-dabruzzo-inaugurazione-mostra-wiki-loves-monuments-italia/
a show] has been compiled with the winners photos of Italy Wiki Loves
Monuments 2012. In addition,
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saline_di_Trapani_-_ora_rossa.jpg
a click of Saline of Trapani] was published last week on the site of
[http://www.repubblica.it/ambiente/2013/05/06/foto/sos_natura_quante_oasi_wwf_da_salvaguardare_2-58157971/1/?ref=HRERO-1#1
Repubblica.it].
In short, we are full of energy for the new year, also galvanized by
the patronage that [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/istituzioni/ ten
Italian regions] already granted us. And you?! Are you ready to help
us? You can [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/monumenti/segnala/
notify us of] the monuments and collect permissions
([https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U1XaBiKFYCWirKFlWgvyi0Yx4G3xVUHNF_hIpbuu5E4/edit
here a facsimile of the form]).

== Wikiwomen ==
On Saturday, May 4, [http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/home.php
Salaborsa library] in Bologna was the scene of an ''edit-a-thon'' of
biographies of female figures in history.
[[:it:User:Atropine|Ginevra]] coordinated the work of 13 participants
(10 women and 3 men), supported by
[[:it:User:Virginia_Gentilini|Virginia Gentilini]] and
[[:it:User:Elitre|Elitre]]. After an exposition of the principles of
Wikipedia and women that should have written, Wikipedians-to-be were
divided into groups and put to work. Five new entries have been
created and two extended. To know all the details and stay informed on
events organized by Wikimedia Italy to reduce the gender gap, please
refer to the [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/WikiDonne related page].

Sincere thanks to our volunteers who have teamed up in recent months,
helping to grow the
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:GLAM/Biblioteche Libraries'
Project]. We noticed that the activities promoted in series increase
the participation of the public and arouse greater interest among
librarians in Italy.

==  Next appointments ==

* May 17, Milano: [http://www.joomlalombardia.org Joomla! Lombardia],
together with [http://www.europarl.it/view/it/benvenuti_ufficio/milano.html
Office of the European Parliament in Milan], organizes the conference
[http://www.joomlalombardia.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=72&key=322e355c3d8e342b111ef83558031bca&subid=44-ea048b21d1e840a8c8f41566fca57f34&tmpl=component
"Software ethics. Free software, a resource supportive, ethical and
economic for the company, the community and the family."] To tell the
story of Wikimedia and Wikipedia, realities that do not accept
advertising but rely on the support of volunteers, members
[:it:User:Ilario Ilario] and [[:it:User:Mizardellorsa|Mizardellorsa]].
The event runs from 9:30 to 13:00, at the conference room of the
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - Palazzo delle Stelline (C.so Magenta, 59 -
20123), and you can sign up for free
[http://www.joomlalombardia.org/calendario-attivita.html?task=view_event&event_id=22
here].

* May 21 and 28, Borgo San Lorenzo (Firenze):
[[:it:User:Giaccai|Susanna Giaccai]] will hold an introductory course
to Wikipedia for librarians, in the computer room of Unione Montana of
Municipalities of the Mugello, with Internet connection on all
workstations, from 9 am to 13.

* May 30, Crema: [[:it:Utente:Virginia_Gentilini|Virginia Gentilini]]
will speak at the conference
[http://opac.provincia.cremona.it/library/home-RBC/viaggio-nel-mondo-del-libro''
Librarians tell themselves: challenges, opportunities and alliances'']
organized by the Cremona Libraries' Network, talking of the
relationship between Wikipedia and the world of libraries. The meeting
([http://opac.provincia.cremona.it/sites/brescia/assets/UFF.-BIBLIOTECHE-CREMONA/Convegno/A5convegno.pdf
here] the full program) will begin at 9:30 am and will take place at
the S. Pietro da Cemmo Hall of the S. Agostino Augustine (Museo Civico
- piazza Winifred Terni de Gregory). You can
[http://opac.provincia.cremona.it/library/home-RBC/form-iscrizione-convegno/
register online].

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The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 18 -- 06 May 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-05-10T17:34:32

News and notes: Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/News_and_notes

In the media: New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/In_the_media

Featured content: WikiCup update: full speed ahead!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Earn $100 in cash... and a button!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/WikiProject_report

Technology report: Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-05-06/Technology_report


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This Month in GLAM: April 2013

The 'This Month in GLAM' team — 2013-05-08T22:04:27

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings
within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and
more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums.
You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

*This Month in GLAM – Issue IV, Volume III – April 2013*
------------------------------


From the team: Some personal thoughts on GLAM
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/From_the_team

Australia and New Zealand report: Wikipedia in academia and libraries in
Australia
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_report

Denmark report: Upcoming Edit-a-thon 1864
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Denmark_report

Finland report: WLPA; GLAM Sessions; Funding
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Finland_report

France report: Brest
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/France_report

Germany report: Hamburg Museum; Museum August Kestner
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Germany_report

Hungary report: Article writing contest about statistics and related
sciences
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Hungary_report

Italy report: Wikipedia workshop; Editathon on women's biographies
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Italy_report

Mexico report: Fotofestín activities; DIY scanner project progress and
Winners of the Holy Week in Mexico photo contest at ITESM Campus Ciudad de
Mexico
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Mexico_report

Netherlands report: GLAM WIKI UK; Wiki loves Sound; Wikipedian in
Residence; Wiki loves Libraries; Wikipedia Training National Museum of
Ethnology
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Netherlands_report

Spain report: Longest edit-a-thon ever at Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Spain_report

Sweden report: GLAM handbook version 3; conferences; hackathons and Wiki
Loves Public Art
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Sweden_report

Switzerland report: Swiss Federal Archives looking for a Wikipedian in
Residence
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Switzerland_report

Taiwan report: Taiwan Government Data Portal Launched
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Taiwan_report

UK report: GLAM-Wiki; new and departing Wikipedians in Residence
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/UK_report

USA report: First GLAM Boot Camp; Consortium meeting; GLAMout; plus
workshops and editathon
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/USA_report

Special story: Intersections between GLAM and Wikinews
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Special_story

Open Access report: Featured content; Wikimania sessions
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Open_Access_report

Calendar: May's GLAM events
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Events


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Jared Zimmerman joins WikimediaFoundation as Director of UX

Erik Moeller — 2013-05-06T16:44:04

Hi folks,

It’s my great pleasure to announce that today, Jared Zimmerman will
start as Wikimedia Foundation’s Director of User Experience. As UX
Director, Jared will lead the design team and have a hands-on role on
the team, contributing his own design work. It’s still a small team
(Brandon, Vibha, May, and Pau), but we expect to hire an additional
3-4 designers in the coming 12-18 months.

Prior to Wikimedia, Jared was Principal Interaction Designer at
Autodesk, where he worked with engineers, visual artists, and user
experience researchers to create new software solutions for
architecture and design professionals with an emphasis on AutoCAD for
Mac and soon to be released online design collaboration tools. Jared
has led cross-disciplinary design teams in his roles at Autodesk,
Ammunition Group, and iconmobile, including creative direction.

At Autodesk, he was part of the transition to agile development and
helped his design teams apply those principles to their work. During
his time there he worked with design management to establish designers
as product owners in the scrum process, to further integrate them into
the development process from start to finish, as well as teaching his
team best practices for use of agile design tools.

Jared has degrees in Graphic Design (BGD) and Fine Art Photography
(BFA) from the Rhode Island School of Design. His photography has been
in featured in publications such as Travel + Leisure Magazine,
ZonaRetiro, and Huffington Post.

In addition to starting in his new job, Jared is also planning his
wedding in July to his fiancée Shannon. [1] In his spare time Jared is
wrapping up a remodel to their home, working on his first iPhone app,
experimental cooking, photographing the bay area & abroad [2], and
answering questions on Quora. [3]

I look forward to Jared’s leadership in helping elevate a delightful,
consistent and efficient User Experience to becoming a key measure of
success for our work.

Please join me in welcoming Jared! :-)

Erik

[1] http://shannonbadiee.com/
[2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/
[3] https://www.quora.com/Jared-Zimmerman/answers

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WMIT bulletin no. 51 - May 2, 2013

.mau. (maurizio codogno — 2013-05-02T15:39:33

 Hi all,
the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#51) is available. You may
find a report on the Wikimedia Conference held in Milano, read about
some initiatives in libraries and nursing university, know about an
interview to our "capa" and a couple of talks of our members.

As usual a link has been added to meta, ay
Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia ; more-or-less raw text of
the bulletin follows below.

 ciao, .mau.

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== Wikimedia Conference 2013 in Milano ==

From April 18 to 21 Milan hosted the
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013 Wikimedia
Conference 2013], the annual international meeting for discussing the
state of the Wikimedia movement.
Some numbers: about 150 delegates from all over the world attended the
meeting from forty chapters and groups, a dozen of volunteers of
Wikimedia Italia for support, two facilitators moderated the sessions,
200 notebooks were used, as many pens were consumed too, 12 eggs (!)
were needed...
If you want to know more, please consult the web page where you may
also find the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013/Schedule
complete program] of the conference, with reports and slides of
meetings, and to
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Conference_2013
Wikimedia Commons] where you can see over 500 photos of the event. <br
/>
A report of the event dedicated to Wikipedia and education is
available on the
[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/26/education-program-leaders-gather-to-share-experiences/
Wikimedia Foundation blog].

== Libraries and Wikipedia ==

Wikipedia approaches libraries and vice versa. The series of Wikimedia
initiatives for connecting the two worlds continues.

; Sala Borsa library, Bologna
: Saturday, April 20, [[:it:User:P tasso|Piero Grandesso]] held a
workshop for those who want to know something more about Wikipedia,
steal some secret on how getting the best from it and maybe become an
active contributor. The public, very heterogeneous, was particularly
interested in the presentation; among the attendees there also were
some librarian0.
: Saturday, May 4 [[:it:User:Atropine|Ginevra Sanvitale]], expert
Wikipedian, will conduct the first collective
[http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/eventi/23821 ''edit-a-thon''] in
the library: a marathon of writing entries, dedicated in particular to
the female figures in the fields of history, science and literature.
The meeting, designed for users who already know how to move within
Wikipedia, will be held from 15 to 18 in the Internet area; it is
free, but booking is required.

, Public Library of Cles (Trento)
: Thursday, May 9, [:it:Utente:Giaccai|Susanna Giaccai] will hold a
course on [http://www.aib.it/attivita/2013/34229-seminario-20130509/
being introduced to Wikipedia] aimed at librarians, teachers and
educators, to provide basic knowledge on the functioning of Wikipedia.
The meeting will take place from 14 to 17, at the Hall
Borghesi-Bertolla of the library. Registration is required:
reservations will be accepted up to the 100 available seats.

== Wikipedia goes.... to the university ==

Wednesday, April 24, was the last date in the session
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raduni/Fondazione_IRCCS_Istituto_Nazionale_dei_Tumori_wikicorso_2013
meetings on Wikipedia] addressed to the students of the last year of
the Nursing Bachelorate of the
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondazione_IRCCS_Istituto_Nazionale_dei_Tumori
Fondazione IRCCS - National Cancer Institute of Milan].
The creator of the initiative was [[:it:User:Franciaio|Franciaio]],
supported by [[:it:User:Ilario|Ilario]] and
[[:it:User:Mizardellorsa|Mizardellorsa]] in the role of teachers.
The experience just ended will be continued next year too: the
"Wikipedian day" will become a real elective course for nursing
students at the University of Milan, with the assignment of university
credits. In addition, some students have already been proposed to put
Wikipedia in the center of the dissertations for obtaining their
degrees. Moreover, other hospitals helding degree courses are
interested to promote a similar initiative for their students. We will
keep you updated!

== Wikimedia Italia on Corriere.it ==

[[:it:user:Frieda|Frieda Brioschi]] says, [http://ur1.ca/dm12z in an
interview with Corriere della Sera], the association's activities,
starting from some considerations on the participative web and the
possibilities for young people to make Wikipedia an opportunity for
personal growth, learning to create the web without it dragging them.

== Open Science ==

[[:it:User:Aubrey|Andrea Zanni]] (''member of Wikimedia Italy
board''), participated on Monday, April 22 to
[http://www.worldwiderome.it/ World Wide Rome - Open Science - I am
the mind], an event dedicated to Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi
Montalcini on the anniversary day of her birth. ''In scienza e
coscienza. In memoria di Aaron Swartz'' (In science and conscience. In
memory of Aaron Swartz) is the title of his talk, dedicated to the
young "martyr" of open access.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=byf1b6VuApc#!
Clicking here], you can see the full video;
[http://www.chefuturo.it/2013/04/andrea-zanni-rita-e-aaron-noi-siamo-la-mente-100-anni-di-openscience/
here] instead you can read a reflection of Zanni, published on "WChe
Futuro!" web magazine.<br />
The event was also attended by Maurizio Napolitano, another member of
Wikimedia Italia, with a speech titled ''La conoscenza nella società''
(Knowledge in the society).
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb1rWE2nhRI clicking here], you can
see the full video.

== News from WikiWorld ==

* Can't wait to get home to upload to Commons your latest photos? Now
you can do it instantly with a comfortable
[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/29/announcing-the-official-commons-app-for-ios-and-android/
app for Android and iOs].
* From April 25 the Alpha version of
[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor Visual Editor] is
active on the Wikipedia in Italian. Visual Editor allows you to edit
Wikipedia without having to learn Wikisyntax, like in a word
processor.

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The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 17 -- 29 April 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-05-02T05:19:54

News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/News_and_notes

In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/In_the_media

Traffic report: Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/Traffic_report

Featured content: Wiki loves video games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Japanese WikiProject Baseball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/WikiProject_report

Arbitration report: ''Sexology'' closed; two open cases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/Arbitration_report

Recent research: Sentiment monitoring, Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers, UNESCO and systemic bias, How ideas flow on Wikiversity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/Recent_research


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[PRESS RELEASE] The Wikidata revolutionis here: enabling structureddata on Wikipedia

Matthew Roth — 2013-04-25T17:58:34

This press release is also available online here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room/The_Wikidata_Revolution


The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia

San Francisco, 25 April 2013 -- A year after its announcement as the first
new Wikimedia project since 2006, Wikidata has now begun to serve the over
280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data
that can be used in more than 25 million articles of the free encyclopedia.
By providing Wikipedia editors with a central venue for their efforts to
collect and vet such data, Wikidata leads to a higher level of consistency
and quality in Wikipedia articles across the many language editions of the
encyclopedia. Beyond Wikipedia, Wikidata's universal, machine-readable
knowledge database will be freely reusable by anyone, enabling numerous
external applications.

"Wikidata is a powerful tool for keeping information in Wikipedia current
across all language versions," said Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director
Sue Gardner. "Before Wikidata, Wikipedians needed to manually update
hundreds of Wikipedia language versions every time a famous person died or
a country's leader changed. With Wikidata, such new information, entered
once, can automatically appear across all Wikipedia language versions. That
makes life easier for editors and makes it easier for Wikipedia to stay
current."

The development of Wikidata began in March 2012, led by Wikimedia
Deutschland, the German chapter of the Wikimedia movement. Since
Wikidata.org went live on 30 October 2012, a growing community of around
3,000 active contributors started building its database of 'items' (e.g.
things, people or concepts), first by collecting topics that are already
the subject of Wikipedia articles in several languages. An item's central
page on Wikidata replaces the complex web of language links which
previously connected these articles about the same topic in different
Wikipedia versions. Wikidata's collection of these items now numbers over
10 million. The community also began to enrich Wikidata's database with
factual statements about these topics (data like the mayor of a city, the
ISBN of a book, the languages spoken in a country, etc.). This information
has now become available for use on Wikipedia itself.

"It is the goal of Wikidata to collect the world's complex knowledge in a
structured manner so that anybody can benefit from it," said Wikidata
project director Denny Vrandečić. "Whether that's readers of Wikipedia who
are able to be up to date about certain facts or engineers who can use this
data to create new products that improve the way we access knowledge."

The next phase of Wikidata will allow for the automatic creation of lists
and charts based on the data in Wikidata. Wikimedia Deutschland will
continue to support the project with an engineering team that is dedicated
to Wikidata's second year of development and maintenance.

Wikidata is operated by the Wikimedia Foundation and its fact database is
published under a  Creative Commons 0 public domain dedication [
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/] . Funding of Wikidata's
initial development was provided by the Allen Institute for Artificial
Intelligence [AI]², the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Google, Inc.

More information available here:

* Project homepage: https://www.wikidata.org/
* Example of an "item" page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159
* Description of the project:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction
* How volunteers can get involved with Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute
* Some of the first applications demonstrating the potential of Wikidata:
** http://simia.net/treeoflife/ - a (still very incomplete) "tree of life"
drawn from relations among biological species in Wikidata's database
** "GeneaWiki" generates a graph showing a person's family relations as
recorded in Wikidata, example: Bach family
https://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/geneawiki/?q=Q1339


About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.org
http://blog.wikimedia.org

The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 517 million unique visitors per month, making them the
fifth-most popular web property worldwide (comScore, March 2013). Available
in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 25 million articles
contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based
in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited,
501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.

Wikimedia Foundation media contact
Jay Walsh
Communications
+1 415-839-6885 ext. 6609 (San Francisco)
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The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 16 -- 22 April 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-04-25T11:48:26

News and notes: Milan conference a mixed bag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/News_and_notes

In the media: Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/In_the_media

Featured content: Batfish in the Red Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/Featured_content

WikiProject report: WikiProject Editor Retention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/WikiProject_report

Arbitration report: ''Sexology'' case nears closure after stalling over topic ban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/Arbitration_report

Technology report: A flurry of deployments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-22/Technology_report


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FDC Letter of Intent process and schedulefor 2013-14

Patricio Lorente — 2013-04-18T07:02:53

Dear friends and colleagues,

We want to share with you information about the Letter of Intent process
and the FDC schedule for next year (July 2013 - June 2014). As you may
remember, the *Letter of Intent (LoI)* is the first step towards applying
for funds from the FDC, as discussed in the FDC framework [1]. This was not
part of the first year's process, but is meant to be an integral part of
the FDC calendar from this next round (Round 1, 2013-14) onwards. *The
Letter of Intent asks all entities who intend to apply for Round 1 (or
Round 2) to formally state their intention to do so.* In addition, the LoI
now asks applying entities to include a notional dollar figure (or local
currency figure) in the Letter of Intent. Applying entities will be able to
update this amount in their final FDC proposals. The updated Letter of
Intent template will be available on the FDC portal [2] by May 1, but the
sample is here for reference [3].

With the Letter of Intent, the FDC staff can support applying entities in
their proposal process well before the deadline for proposals. We hope this
will remove some of the challenges faced by applicants in the first year of
the FDC process. The FDC can also plan better with a clear understanding of
who intends to apply, and an estimation of the funds requested.

The FDC framework originally stated that the deadlines for the LoI were
June 1 for Round 1 and November 1 for Round 2. However, we are pushing back
the deadline *by one week*, since the community review period was also
extended by two weeks. *The LOI deadline will now be June 8 for Round 1,
and November 8 for Round 2. *

For your reference, here is the updated 2013-2014 Round 1 proposal process
schedule:


   - *Letter of Intent deadline for Round 1: 8 June 2013*
   - Deadline for WMF Staff to post eligibility: 15 July 2013
   - Deadline for entities to meet eligibility requirements: 15 September
   2013
   - Proposal submission deadline: 1 October 2013
   - Community review period: 1 October - 31 October 2013
   - Staff assessment deadline: 8 November 2013
   - FDC recommendation due: 1 December 2013
   - Board decision due: 1 January 2014


The schedule for the 2013-14 Round 2 proposal process:

   - *Letter of Intent deadline for Round 1: 8 November 2013*
   - Deadline for WMF Staff to post eligibility: 15 December 2013
   - Deadline for entities to meet eligibility requirements: 15 February
   2014
   - Proposal submission deadline: 1 March 2014
   - Community review period: 1 March - 31 March 2014
   - Staff assessment deadline: 8 April 2014
   - FDC recommendation due: 1 May 2014
   - Board decision due: 1 June 2014


It is our hope that the Letter of Intent process will help in planning for
both the entities and the FDC, and ensure that the FDC and FDC staff are
supporting the applying entities significantly ahead of the proposal
deadlines.

As always, do not hesitate to let us or the FDC support staff (
FDCsupport-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA< at >public.gmane.org) know if you have any questions or concerns about
this important process.

Warm regards,
Patricio and Jan-Bart
(Board representatives to the FDC)

[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Process_overview
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Sample_letter_of_intent

The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 15 -- 15 April 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-04-17T19:34:21

Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/Op-ed

News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/News_and_notes

Featured content: The featured process swings into high gear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/WikiProject_report


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WMIT bulletin no. 50 - April 17, 2013

.mau. (maurizio codogno — 2013-04-17T14:30:18

Hi all,
the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#50) is available. We wrote
about the upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Milano, the not-so-incoming
Wikimania 2013, the tax days (Italian people may choose to devolve a
small part of their taxes to Wikimedia Italia), and past and
forthcoming meetings where we attended as experts or rapporteurs.

As usual a link has been added to meta, at
Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia ; more-or-less raw text of
the bulletin follows below.

ciao, .mau.

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== Wikimedia Conference 2013 in Milano ==

Tomorrow, Thursday, April 18,
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013 Wikimedia
Conference 2013] starts. The conference is held every year to improve
coordination between the various Wikimedia chapters, discuss the next
challenges and share national experiences. For the first time the
Wikimedia Conference will be held in Milanp, Italy; we are proud that
Wikimedia Italia is in charge of the organization. You may find
further information and some tidbits on the
[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/Wikimedia_Conference_2013
official press release] (in Italian), while
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013 at this
page], and through the hashtag #wmconf on Twitter, you can follow the
updates in real time. All board and staff members awill be in Milan at
the conference during the event in Milan, so the work of the office
will be momentarily suspended. We apologize in advance for any delays.

[[File:Wikimania-2013-banner.png|thumb|256px|left| "''Wikimania
2013''" - By Amimi Cheng and Wikimania 2013 organizing committee.
Copyright owner: Wikimedia Hong Kong (Wikimedia Hong Kong)
[CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons]]

== Wikimania 2013: let's go to Hong Kong! ==

From 7 to 11 August 2013 the eighth edition of
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 Wikimania] will be held
in Hong Kong.

Like we did in the past, Wikimedia Italia has decided to award 8
sponsorships, to cover the costs of participation in the event. Each
sponsorship includes travel expenses (by plane), accommodation and
registration to the event, for a maximum amount of € 1,250 each.

If you are interested you can find all the details of the announcement
on [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Programma_borse_di_partecipazione_per_Wikimania_2013
the page for the event].

Applying is easy: you only have to fill an
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YXCiNeC6Uo5pdxJsiF0Wm3NNnPYs-G56-3ehd1sGzHs/viewform
online form] and then send a confirmation email to the email address
domande(at)wikimedia.it. The deadline for submission of applications
is scheduled for 23:59 Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

== Set culture free. With your signature ==

To donate the 5x1000 of your taxes to Wikimedia Italia, you have just
to write on the dedicated form of the tax return (or communicate to
your accountant) the tax code of the association: 94039910156. Visit
[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Cinque_per_mille this page] for more
detailed information. It is a real help, which does not cost you
anything.

== (past and present) Wikimedian events ==

* On April 5 [[:it:Utente:.mau.|Maurizio Codogno]] took part to the
[http://studenti.imparadigitale.it/ TabletSchool meeting] in Bergamo,
sponsored by [http://www.imparadigitale.it/ Centro Studi Impara
Digitale] (Learn Digital Research Centre). The event was enlivened by
the many questions raised by the students and by the presence of guest
experts ready to give answers. We strongly advise you to look at the
[http://www.ustream.tv/channel/impara-digitale streaming of this
event], which proved to be very enlightening.

* On April 11, in the context of [http://biennaledemocrazia.it/
Biennale della Democrazia] in Torino, the president of Wikimedia Italy
[[:it:Utente:Frieda|Frieda Brioschi]] participated in the meeting
[http://biennaledemocrazia.it/eventi/wikipedia-come-strumento-di-cittadinanza-digitale-dai-una-voce-alla-democrazia/
 Wikipedia as a tool for digital citizenship], during which they
discussed the contribution that Wikipedia can make to the traditional
education. In particular, we submitted our digital literacy project
called [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Dai_una_voce_alla_democrazia
''Dai una Voce alla Democrazia''] (Give a Voice to Democracy), which
in the recent months has involved the children of several schools in
the province of Torino. A short
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChlbh33zr0 online video] of the
appointment is available.


* [http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it Salaborsa Library] in Bologna
organizes two free workshops in the series of meetings
[http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/eventi/23821 Wikipedia in the
Library]. The first event is scheduled for Saturday, April 20 and is
aimed at beginners who want to take their first steps into the world
of Wikipedia: [[:it:Utente:P tasso|Piero Grandesso]] will be the
Wikipedian expert who will guide you. Saturday, May 4,
[[:it:Utente:Atropine|Ginevra Sanvitale]] will lead the the first
''edit-a-thon'' in the library: a writing entries marathon on
Wikipedia, particularly dedicated to the biographies of female figures
in history.

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Amical Viquipèdia Report, March 2013

David Parreño Mont - Comunicació — 2013-04-16T19:00:31

Dear fellows,

The following message is just to keep you informed about the activities
developed during the last month by Amical Viquipèdia.

Kind regards,

David Parreño Mont
User:Davidpar
(As a member of Amical Viquipèdia)

----

*Source:*
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Associaci%C3%B3_Amical_Viquip%C3%A8dia/March_2013

GLAM-WIKI

   - March 1st. GLAM-WIKI workshop at Basque Contry Cultural Institutions.
   Kippelboy
   - March 5th. Museu d'Història de Catalunya (Catalan Museum of History)
   announces its Wikipedian in Residence, user Galazan.
   - March 6th. Meeting with Fundació Joan Miró to preparate the
   35-hour-long edit-a-thon to be held in April. Kippelboy
   - March 8th. Meeting to organize wiki workshop in Tarragona. Kippelboy
   - March 8th. Meeting to find a possible Wikipedian in Residence at Museu
   de la Música (Music Museum). Kippelboy
   - March 9th. Edit-a-thon at Palafrugell Archive[1] about women who have
   a street dedicated. During WikiWomen's History Month[2]. Davidpar
   - March 16th. Edit-a-thon at Drassanes,[3] in Barcelona (Commons
   category)[4]
   - March 18th. Meeting with people in charge of education section at
   Catalan Museum of History. Galazan and Barcelona
   - March 18th. Wikipedia workshop at Puigcerdà library. Kippelboy
   - March 19th. Presentation of a new Wikipedian in Residence at Museu
   Morera, Lleida. ESM
   - March 22th. Meeting with Barcelona City Council to design Wikiproject
   1714. Kippelboy
   - Weekly. Wikipedia editing meetings at Girona's Museum of art.

 Education

   - Whole month. Second phase of project Viquimodernisme (Modernism)[5].
   Kippelboy and ESM collaborating with GRACMON-University of Barcelona.
   - Whole month. Wikiproject about Preservation of digital information
   resources[6]. 11 articles were started or expanded. Wikiproject coordinated
   by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya with Amical's support.


   - wikiArS
      - March 18th. The image set Messinian salinity crisis in the
      Mediterranean sea[7] created by Pau Bahí (Llotja School) advised by D.
      Garcia-Castellanos (I. Jaume Almera CSIC) is considered as “Valued Image
      Set” in Wikimedia Commons.
      - Whole month. Peer review of Llotja and EDRA student’s works.
      Preparation of assignments for Manresa students. Contacts with
new schools.
      - Help page for posting to Commons specific for students linked to
      wikiArS.[8]

 Open Data

   - March 4th. Meeting with Grup Catalunya Dades to prepare Big Data Week
   Barcelona.[9]

 Media

   - Amical's Twitter surpasses 2000 followers.[10]
   - Barcelona TV, TV3, Descobrir.cat talk about edit-a-thon at Drassanes.
   Davidpar
   - La Vanguardia, Europa Press, Catalunya Ràdio (interview to Galazan),
   VilaWeb, Bonart, ABC/EFE talk about Wikipedian in Residence at Museu
   d'Història de Catalunya. Davidpar
   - Agència Catalana de Notícies, La Vanguardia, TV3 (minute 6:45), 324.cat
   1, 2, Catalunya Ràdio (minute 3:38), VilaWeb, VilaWeb Mollerussa, La
   Mañana, Segre 1, 2, Nació Digital, El Punt Avui, La Paeria, Bondia.cat,
   Bonart, IntocableDigital.Cat talk about new Wikipedian in Residence at
   Museu Morera, Lleida.
   - "Viquimodernisme, not just another GLAMwiki project",[11] article by
   ESM on Wikimedia Blog about Viquimodernisme.

 Other

   - March 8th. Meeting with Direcció General d'Atenció Ciutadana of
   Catalan Government.
   - March 16th. 12th anniverary of Catalan Wikipedia. We had a good cake
   during Drassanes edit-a-thon :-)
   - March 20-21th. Coorganizated Sharing Commons Sprint[12], with
   IGOP-UAB, OKFN and Ourshare. Lilaroja, Dvdgmz
   - March 25th. Meeting-workshop at Centre d'Estudis Vilassarencs. Dvdgmz


[1]
http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Viquimarat%C3%B3_dones_amb_carrer_a_Palafrugell</>
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month </>
[3] http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Viquimarat%C3%B3_drassanes</>
[4]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Editathon,_Barcelona_Royal_Shipyards</>
[5] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/21/viquimodernisme/ </>
[6]
http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Preservaci%C3%B3_de_recursos_d%27informaci%C3%B3_digital</>
[7]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Valued_image_set:_Messinian_salinity_crisis_in_the_Mediterranean_sea</>
[8] http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/WikiArS/Com_publicar_a_Commons </>
[9] http://bigdataweek.com/barcelona/ </>
[10] https://twitter.com/wikimediacat </>
[11] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/21/viquimodernisme/ </>
[12] http://p2pfoundation.net/Sharing_Commons_Spring_Barcelona_March_2013</>
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WMF Board Agenda, April 2013

Stephen LaPorte — 2013-04-16T13:40:43

Hello,

Please find below the WMF Board of Trustees' draft agenda for the upcoming
meetings on April 17, 2013 - April 19, 2013.


== Wednesday, April 17, 2013 ==

'''16:00 - 18:00''' - Governance Committee Meeting

== Thursday, April 18, 2013 ==

'''09:00''' - Greetings and Introductions

'''09:10''' - Committee Reports

* Audit Committee Report
* Governance Committee Report

'''09:45''' - Committee Reporting Guidelines

'''10:00''' - Open Resolutions

* Resolution on guidelines on potential conflicts of interest
* Resolution on recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
* Resolution on the Board Governance Committee Charter
* Resolution appointing another trustee to the Board Governance Committee

'''10:15''' - Annual Plan Update

'''11:00''' - FDC Year Two Guidance

'''12:00''' - Lunch

'''13:00''' - WMF and FDC

'''13:45''' - Strategy Committee Proposal

'''13:30''' - Guiding Principles for the Wikimedia Foundation

== Friday, April 19, 2013 ==

'''09:00''' - Editor Retention

'''10:00''' - Transition Team Update

'''12:00''' - Lunch

'''13:30''' - Trustee Candidates

'''14:30''' - Executive Session

Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2013

Tilman Bayer — 2013-04-12T18:55:48

Hi all,

please find below the WMF report for March 2013, in plain text.

As always, the editable and formatted version has been published on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Report,_March_2013

and the reports are being posted on the Wikimedia blog, too:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/corporate/wmf-monthly-reports/

As usual, we are also publishing a separate "Highlights" summary.
Please consider helping non-English-language communities to stay
updated, by providing a translation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_March_2013

Many thanks to those who have translated the February "Highlights"
into Asturian, Catalan, Danish, German, Spanish, Maltese, Russian and
Simplified Chinese (and partially into some other languages like
French, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål andTraditional Chinese)!

While still focussing on WMF activities, the "Highlights" include a
small selection of the most noteworthy events from the whole movement.
Suggestions for the upcoming April issue are welcome until May 1 at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Highlights#Movement_news_items_for_April_2013
.

Regards, Tilman



--

  Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2013

<Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4,_2013.ogv>
Video of the monthly Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting
covering the month of March

    Contents

  * 1 Data and Trends
  * 2 Financials
  * 3 Highlights
      o 3.1 Lua speeds up pages and empowers Wikimedia's technical
        contributors
      o 3.2 Mobile uploads launch for apps and the mobile web
      o 3.3 First Individual Engagement Grants awarded to innovative
        community projects
      o 3.4 Wikipedia Zero wins award, reaches new users
      o 3.5 Ombudsmen meet, might expand mandate
  * 4 Engineering
      o 4.1 VisualEditor
      o 4.2 Editor engagement
      o 4.3 Mobile
      o 4.4 Other engineering news
  * 5 Fundraising
      o 5.1 Major Gifts and Foundations
      o 5.2 Annual Fundraiser
  * 6 Grantmaking and Programs
      o 6.1 Strategic Goals Metrics
      o 6.2 Grantmaking
          + 6.2.1 Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
          + 6.2.2 WMF Grant requests approved in March 2013
          + 6.2.3 WMF Grant reports accepted in March 2013
          + 6.2.4 Participation Support requests approved in March 2013
          + 6.2.5 Individual Engagement Grants
          + 6.2.6 Editor Growth and Contribution Program
          + 6.2.7 Wikimania Support
          + 6.2.8 Brazil
              # 6.2.8.1 Institutional Partnerships
              # 6.2.8.2 Hirings
              # 6.2.8.3 Data & Experiments
              # 6.2.8.4 Education
              # 6.2.8.5 Online tutorials
              # 6.2.8.6 Communications
              # 6.2.8.7 Medicin Wikiproject
              # 6.2.8.8 Community and High School
      o 6.3 Programs
          + 6.3.1 Wikipedia Zero
          + 6.3.2 Global Education
      o 6.4 Learning & Evaluation
  * 7 Human Resources
      o 7.1 Staff Changes
      o 7.2 Statistics
      o 7.3 Department Updates
  * 8 Finance and Administration
  * 9 Legal, Community Advocacy, and Communications Department
      o 9.1 LCA Report, March 2013
          + 9.1.1 Contract Metrics
          + 9.1.2 Trademark Metrics
          + 9.1.3 Domains Obtained
          + 9.1.4 Coming & Going
          + 9.1.5 Other Activities
      o 9.2 Communications Report, March 2013
          + 9.2.1 Major announcements
          + 9.2.2 Major Storylines through March
          + 9.2.3 Other worthwhile reads
          + 9.2.4 WMF Blog posts
          + 9.2.5 Media Contact
          + 9.2.6 Wikipedia Signpost
  * 10 Office of the Executive Director
  * 11 Visitors and Guests


== Data and Trends ==

Global unique visitors for February:

    *483 million* (-1.12% compared with January; +1.53% compared with
    the previous year)
    (comScore data
    <http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/graphs/unique_visitors> for all
    Wikimedia Foundation projects; comScore will release March data
    later in April)

Page requests for March:

    *21.5 billion* (-1.1% compared with February; +24.8% compared with
    the previous year)
    (Server log data
    <http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProjects.htm>,
    all Wikimedia Foundation projects including mobile access)

Active Registered Editors for February 2013 (>= 5 mainspace edits/month,
excluding bots):

    *78,083* (-7.53% compared with January / -2.43% compared with the
    previous year)
    (Database data
    <http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/graphs/active_editors>, all Wikimedia
    Foundation projects.

*Report Card* (integrating various statistical data and trends about WMF
projects) for February 2013:

    http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/

(Definitions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Metric_definitions>)


== Financials ==

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Revenue_%26_Expenses_February_2013_-_Actual_vs_Plan.png>
Wikimedia Foundation YTD Revenue and Expenses vs Plan as of February 28,
2013

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Expenses_by_Functions_February_2013.png>
Wikimedia Foundation YTD Expenses by Functions as of February 28, 2013

(Financial information is only available through February 2013 at the
time of this report.)

All financial information presented is for the Month-To-Date and
Year-To-Date February 28, 2013.

Revenue $35,650,340
*Expenses:* 
Engineering Group $9,379,205
Fundraising Group $2,411,055
Grantmaking & Programs Group $3,935,546
Governance Group $504,987
Legal/Community Advocacy/Communications Group $2,029,585
Finance/HR/Admin Group $3,702,999
Total Expenses $21,963,377
Total surplus $13,686,963

  * Revenue for the month of February is $1.89MM vs plan of $276K,
    approximately $1.61MM or 585% over plan.

  * Year-to-date revenue is $35.65MM vs plan of $30.46MM, approximately
    $5.19MM or 17% over plan.

  * Expenses for the month of February is $4.25MM vs plan of $4.03MM,
    approximately $215K or 5% over plan, primarily due to higher capital
    expenses offset by lower personnel expenses, internet hosting, and
    grant expenses.

  * Year-to-date expenses is $21.96MM vs plan of $25.94MM, approximately
    $3.98MM or 15% under plan, primarily due to personnel expenses,
    capital expenses, internet hosting, FDC grants executed, WMF project
    grants, and travel expenses partially offset by higher legal
    expenses and bank fees.

  * Cash position is $40.68MM as of February 28, 2013.


== Highlights ==


=== Lua speeds up pages and empowers Wikimedia's technical contributors ===

On March 13
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/>,
Lua <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)> was enabled for
templates on all Wikimedia wikis. The existing syntax for wikitext
templates is complicated and limited: it does not offer loops
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(computing)>, for example. With Lua,
editors can now use a real programming language
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/>,
in which they can also contribute to programming projects outside
Wikimedia. For Wikimedia wikis, Lua means a big performance gain in
widely used templates, such as citations. For example, 300 citations on
an English Wikipedia article now render in 3 seconds instead of 18
seconds
<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1gMw12QMPn0Xj_5tiUi1WBtzyREU7YIph7ZjmgdS0PiE/edit#slide=id.gb8d4f86e_026>.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mobile_web_upload_button.PNG>
The new image upload button in an article on the mobile version of the
English Wikipedia


=== Mobile uploads launch for apps and the mobile web ===

On the mobile version of Wikipedia, smartphone users can now easily
upload a lead image
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-to-this-article-uploads-now-live-on-mobile-wikipedia/>
to Wikipedia articles that lack one. Also in March, the Mobile team
released a dedicated app for Wikimedia Commons
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/putting-commons-contributions-in-your-hand-mobile-app-uploads/>,
allowing media uploads from Android and iOS devices.


=== First Individual Engagement Grants awarded to innovative community
projects ===

The recipients of the first Individual Engagements Grants were announced
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/29/wikimedia-individual-engagement-grantees/>
on March 29. These grants fund projects by individuals or small teams
for a duration of six months. Among the largest of the eight funded
grants are "The Wikipedia Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library>"
($7500), which aims to give
editors access to reliable sources, donated by publishers, "The
Wikipedia Adventure
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Adventure>"
($10,000), an on-wiki game for new editors, and a project to
collaboratively define a vision for the future of Wikisource
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision>
(10,000 Euros).


=== Wikipedia Zero wins award, reaches new users ===

Wikipedia Zero, which gives people around the world mobile access to
Wikipedia free of data charges, won the 2013 SXSW Interactive “Activism”
award
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/>,
beating four other finalists. Also in March, Wikipedia Zero became
available to more than 55 million additional subscribers in Russia, as
part of a partnership with Beeline (VimpelCom). This was the biggest
launch for the Wikipedia Zero team to date. The same month, a new
Wikipedia Zero partnership with Axiata Group was announced
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/axiata-wikipedia-zero-partnership/>,
which will expand the program in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Sri
Lanka and Bangladesh this year.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-Ombudsman-Commission-Public.jpg>
Four of the Ombudsmen during their visit at the WMF office


=== Ombudsmen meet, might expand mandate ===

In March, the Foundation's LCA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LCA>
team hosted five out of seven
members of the Ombudsmen Commission in San Francisco, where these
community members from around the world met with each other in person
for the first time
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/01/privacy-policy-complaints-on-wikipedia/>.
They consulted with various WMF departments and provided input regarding
privacy topics and the work of administrators. Formed in 2006, the
Ombudsmen Commission is currently tasked with investigating complaints
of alleged Privacy policy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy> violations on behalf
of
the Board of Trustees. It has been proposed that the Commission should
also be allowed to handle complaints about the global CheckUser policy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy> and Oversight
policy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy>.
An RfC (request for comment) about this is being prepared.


== Engineering ==

A detailed report of the Tech Department's activities for March 2013 can
be found at:

    https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/March

Department Highlights


<Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sneak_Preview_-_Wikipedia_VisualEditor.webm>
"A Sneak Preview of the Wikipedia VisualEditor", narrated by Trevor
Parscal (uploaded March 1, 2013)


=== VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor> ===

/(Accessible introduction to what the Visual Editor is
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/07/inventing-as-we-go-building-a-visual-editor-for-mediawiki/>)/

In March, part of the team worked on infrastructure for the major new
features that they'll be adding in the coming months. We aim for
VisualEditor to be the default way all users edit our sites by July
2013, so it needs to let everyone edit the majority of content without
needing to use the usual "wikitext" editor. This will mean adding
support for references, (at least) basic templates, categories and
images, each of which is a very large piece of work. This month the team
primarily worked on draft designs and initial code to ensure users can
edit categories and templates.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:VisualEditor-Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_quarterly_review_deck.pdf&page=14>

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_quarterly_review_deck.pdf?page=14>
Slides from the VisualEditor/Parsoid quarterly review (see also slides
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor_-_2013-04_Metrics_deck.pdf>
from the monthly metrics meeting)

The VisualEditor team undertook its first ever "Quarterly Review
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews>"
(minutes
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/VisualEditor-Parsoid,_2013-03-27>),
whose slides
<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor-Parsoid_-_2012-13_Q3_quarterly_review_deck.pdf>
detail these designs, the work done to date and expectations for the
near future. The alpha version of VisualEditor on mediawiki.org and the
English Wikipedia was updated twice, adding better input and selection
support, fixing a number of bugs, and restructuring the back-end so that
the new features will be simpler to create.

The Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid> team (who are creating
the parsing program <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing> that translates
plain wikitext into HTML annotated for easy editing, and /vice-versa/)
continued writing specifications, fixing bugs, and improving how Parsoid
deals with different human languages, newlines and whitespace, and
transclusion. They wrote a blog post explaining their challenges
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/04/parsoid-how-wikipedia-catches-up-with-the-web/>.
And late in March, C. Scott Ananian joined us as a contractor. Welcome!


=== Editor engagement <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_editor_engagement> ===

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4,_2013-7345.jpg>

Fabrice Florin presenting about Notifications (slides
<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1cknqzVqRBPffahIBWc_npox_EGae03QU08F6PI7LAck/edit#slide=id.g19a9245b9_2_6>)

In March, the editor engagement features team worked on three projects:
Notifications, Article Feedback and Flow.

For Notifications (formerly code-named 'Echo'), we developed a range of
new features, including: the 'thanks' and 'user rights' notifications,
as well as HTML email notifications. We also started to collect our
first metrics and prepared a socialization plan for our upcoming release
on the English Wikipedia later this month.

For Article Feedback, we deployed a new version of the tool on the
French and German Wikipedias, for evaluation by their communities. Final
features include 'discuss on talk page' and 'auto-archive. The tool was
temporarily turned off on the English Wikipedia, where we expect to
re-deploy it on an opt-in basis as soon as practical.

Design work continued on Flow. We continued creating a "Portal" that
will engage discussion about Flow at three locations (mediawiki.org,
meta, and the English Wikipedia), and performing research.

The Editor Engagement Experiments
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_Engagement_Experiments> team largely
placed other projects – such as guided tours
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/guided_tours>, EventLogging
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EventLogging>, and others – on hold to focus
on two key initiatives: the "Getting Started
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted>" process for
onboarding new Wikipedians
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/onboarding_new_Wikipedians>, and on making the
redesign of account creation and login
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/account_creation_user_experience> a permanent,
internationalized part of MediaWiki core.

For the Getting Started project, the team launched a new version on
English Wikipedia, which included a new landing page with additional
types of tasks suggested for brand new editors to try. The list of tasks
is now generated by a basic recommender system
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Onboarding_new_Wikipedians/Recommender_system>
built by Ori Livneh, which gathers, filters, and delivered a fresh list
of tasks automatically for every editor. This new backend paves the way
for releasing the "getting started" feature on other projects, after
we've completed data analysis and testing to understand which kinds of
tasks are ideal for first time editors. Additionally, Matt Flaschen
collaborated with the Editor Engagement Features team to build
notifications <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo> to welcome new editors and
invite them to contribute via the Getting Started.

For the account creation and login work, S Page, Munaf Assaf, and the
rest of the team rebuilt our design to work with MediaWiki core, and
solicited reviews from outside the team. We currently plan to launch
both interface redesigns on an opt-in basis in April, to have editors
test the localization and other functional aspects of the forms via a
URL parameter, before we enable them as default.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4,_2013-7367.jpg>

Maryana Pinchuk presenting mobile image uploads (slides)
<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1EW-Io5mTXeNwaPBGvAefqvvQ2-wIs9x4tioZtTcllJg/edit#slide=id.gb84d9a88_015>


=== Mobile <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering> ===

We have a stable version of the mobile-optimized website, which everyone
on a smartphone uses by default, and we have a beta version that
logged-in Wikimedia users can opt to use to see features we're still
building. When functionality is polished enough, we promote it from the
beta site to the stable site. In March, we added the ability to easily
upload a lead image
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/28/add-an-image-to-this-article-uploads-now-live-on-mobile-wikipedia/>
to articles that lack one in the stable version of the mobile site. We
also helped users by giving them a temporary fix to an issue we
discovered that made logging in hard or impossible for some users of
newer mobile web browsers; that problem had prevented a number of users
from being able to upload photos via the mobile site. We are now well on
our way to reach our goal of 1000 unique uploaders/month by the end of
June 2013. Check out the mobile app dashboard
<http://mobile-reportcard.wmflabs.org/> to see mobile contributions via
the website and via apps.

Also: we've added thumbnails of lead images from articles in the mobile
watchlist view, as well as a "last modified" timestamp on articles in
the stable version of the mobile site. We are currently focusing on some
performance enhancements for the mobile site. In April we will graduate
the "uploads dashboard" feature from beta to stable, will further refine
our photo upload features, and will let beta site users see and use a
feature to identify articles on subjects near your current location.

The Mobile team that makes dedicated Wikimedia mobile apps have created
an initial version of the Commons photo uploader app
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/putting-commons-contributions-in-your-hand-mobile-app-uploads/>
for Android; it is available for download in Google Play. The iOS
version is still in beta, but should be available in the Apple app store
next month.

In March, Wikipedia Zero
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships> added new telecom
partners (such as Axiata Group Berhad
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/axiata-wikipedia-zero-partnership/>),
fixed some technical problems, and onboarded new staff. We also won an
SXSW Interactive "Activism" award for Wikipedia Zero
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/>.
(see also the general "Highlights" section)

Max Semenik, Arthur Richards and Faidon Liambotis held an OpenStreetMaps
mini-hackathon at Open Source Days 2013 in Copenhagen
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/Wikimedia_Mapping_Event_2013>. During
the event, they agreed on an implementation strategy for a future WMF
mapping cluster. The cluster would serve OSM "tiles" and thus help
integrate OSM functionality better into Wikimedia sites, and help with
our mobile apps which already make use of OSM data.


=== Other engineering news ===

  * Lua scripting
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/>
    has launched on all WMF wikis, making templates faster and making
    pages more flexible. You can read that post to understand what to do
    on your wiki to take advantage of this, and you can also read about
    the implications for Wikimedia's future
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/>
    (see also general "Highlights" section)
  * We redesigned the Translate interface
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/25/redesigning-the-translation-experience-an-overview/>
    and made other progress
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-release-of-the-mediawiki-language-extension-bundle-and-other-updates/>
    on translation and language-related tools.
  * We have fresh, friendly instructions on reporting a technical
    problem
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/how-to-create-a-good-first-bug-report/>
    and invite you to help prioritize problems to fix
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/help-wikimedia-squash-software-bugs/>.
  * Our designers are collaborating with the Noun Project
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-noun-project-and-the-wikimedia-foundation-host-an-iconathon-to-create-an-encyclopedia-collection-of-free-icons/>
    towards creating an "Encyclopedia Collection" of free icons.
  * Our Operations group (the systems administrators who keep our
    servers running) has started a twice-monthly meeting with other
    engineering teams, to keep communication flowing about requirements
    and possible upcoming problems or infrastructure needs.
  * The User Metrics API <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_Metrics>
    launched; it's a service that allows researchers to perform cohort
    analysis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_study> on various data
    sets, making it easier to measure the effects of programs and
    platform experiments among discrete sets of users. The Analytics
    group <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics>, which works on software
    to make statistics about Wikimedia available, is currently working
    on improving the web-based user interface, to make it available for
    use outside of Wikimedia Foundation staff in the coming months.


== Fundraising ==

Department highlight

  * The fundraising team ramped up testing in languages and countries
    that were not included in the year-end 2012 campaign, raising
    approximately $5 million USD.


=== Major Gifts and Foundations ===

  * Received a $250,000 grant from Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing.


=== Annual Fundraiser ===

  * The fundraising team ran banners in languages and countries that
    were not included in the year-end 2012 campaign (US, UK, Canada,
    Australia, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Germany). Approximately
    $5 million USD was raised from this campaign in the month of March.
    Banners were taken down on March 31, 2013. Any future testing will
    be announced on the Fundraising 2013
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013> page
    on Meta.
  * Patricia Pena visited India and researched user feedback and
    possible opportunities for local processing in the country. We
    interviewed roughly 20 donors and networked with over 20 Indian
    payment providers.
  * The fundraising tech team continued to add new payment options
    including Boletos for Brazil and Direct Debit for Spain,
    Netherlands, and Austria. In addition, the team added the option to
    make a recurring credit card donation for countries where this was
    not previously offered.
  * Megan Hernandez, Katie Horn, and Bryony Jones visited Japan, a top
    donor country, and met with 3-5 Japanese donors every day during the
    week of March 11. The team tested 10 different messages and designs
    and developed a high performing fundraising banner.
  * Victor Grigas produced brief video introductions to the VisualEditor
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sneak_Preview_-_Wikipedia_VisualEditor.webm>
(see above)
    and the Wikipedia Education Program
    <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wikipedia_Education_Program.webm>
(see below).


== Grantmaking and Programs ==

Department Highlights

  * Launched Wikipedia Zero with Beeline (Vimpelcom) in Russia, largest
    single operator to date (55+ million subscsribers)
  * First round of Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) approved and
    announced
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/29/wikimedia-individual-engagement-grantees/>!
  * Round 2 2012-2013 proposals to the Funds Dissemination Committee
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals> were
submitted on 1 March 2013 and have
    been open to community review from 1 March to 31 March.


=== Strategic Goals Metrics ===

Metric Value MoM MoM% Chart
Global South Active Editors (5+ edits in main namespace) 15.5k -317
-2.0% Decrease [1]
<http://gp.wmflabs.org/graphs/global_north_south_active_editors>


=== Grantmaking ===


==== Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) ====

  * Proposals for Round 2 2012-2013 were submitted on 1 March 2013. 4
    proposals were submitted (presented alphabetically) :
      o Wikimedia Czech Republic
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Czech_Republic/Proposal_form>
      o Wikimédia France
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form>
      o Wikimedia Hong Kong
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Hong_Kong/Proposal_form>
      o Wikimedia Norge
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Norge/Proposal_form>
  * *Community review:* From 1 March until 31 March, members of the
    Wikimedia community commented on the four funding proposals
    submitted to the FDC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals> (Wikimédia
France
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form>,
    Wikimedia Hong Kong
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Hong_Kong/Proposal_form>,
    Wikimedia Norge
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Norge/Proposal_form>,
    and Wikimedia Czech Republic
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round2/Wikimedia_Czech_Republic/Proposal_form>)
    during the one-month open comment / community review period.
    Comments and questions were submitted for each proposal: each
    proposal discussion page had at least 20 distinct authors and at
    most 34 distinct authors. 111 was the maximum total number of edits
    made on the discussion pages of any proposal, and 79 was the minimum
    total number. The comments addressed many topics, including
    expressing overall support or concern for a proposal, questioning
    the specifics of financial tables, stating concerns about an
    entity's plans to hire staff, and requesting more information about
    specific programs. Questions and comments from the community will be
    summarized and reflected in the FDC staff assessments published on
    April 8, and will be considered by the FDC when it deliberates in
    Milan in late April.
  * The Progress report form
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Progress_report_form> was
    finalized and made ready for use by entities funded in 2012-2013
    Round 1 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1>,
who will
    submit their first progress reports before 30 April 2013. Entities
    may submit their reports from their proposal hub pages in the FDC
    portal.


==== WMF Grant requests approved in March 2013 ====

  * Grants:WM IN/Program Grant Quarter 1 2013
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/Program_Grant_Quarter_1_2013>:
Grant to support
    the activities of Wikimedia India during the first quarter of 2013.
  * Grants:WM Wikisym/2013 WikiSym OpenSym Conference
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_Wikisym/2013_WikiSym_OpenSym_Conference>:
Grant to
    support the annual WikiSym conference.
  * Grants:Jackson Peebles/Video and Interactive Tutorials
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Jackson_Peebles/Video_and_Interactive_Tutorials>:
    Jackson will use screen capture software to author video tutorials
    with potential interactivity for certain Wikipedia tools and processes.
  * FF portal/Recommendations/Fotofahrt im Heißluftballon
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FF_portal/Recommendations/Fotofahrt_im_Hei%C3%9Fluftballon>:
    Flow funding request to support aerial photography projects in Germany.
  * FF portal/Recommendations/Faculty of Economics Skopje
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FF_portal/Recommendations/Faculty_of_Economics_Skopje>:
Flow
    funding request to support Wikipedia education activities at the
    Faculty of Economics in Skopje.


==== WMF Grant reports accepted in March 2013 ====

  * Grants:Abbas Mahmood - Creative Commons Community in Kenya/CC Kenya
    Formative Meeting/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Abbas_Mahmood_-_Creative_Commons_Community_in_Kenya/CC_Kenya_Formative_Meeting/Report>
  * Grants:WM US-DC/Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 USA/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_USA/Report>
  * Grants:WM US-DC/Events 2012/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Events_2012/Report>
  * Grants:WM ZA/Wiki Loves Monuments/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Report>
  * Grants:WM IN/Bootstrap Grant/Report
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/Bootstrap_Grant/Report>
  * Grants:WM HU/Annual Program Plan 2012/Report/Q4
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_HU/Annual_Program_Plan_2012/Report/Q4>
  * Grants:WM NL/Annual Program Plan 2012/Report/Q4
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_NL/Annual_Program_Plan_2012/Report/Q4>
  * Grants:WM SE/Annual Program Plan 2012/Report/Q4
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_SE/Annual_Program_Plan_2012/Report/Q4>

Contractor Kevin Gorman has published a review of the Wikimedia
Foundation’s grants program
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Retrospective_2009-2012> from
fiscal year 2009-2010 through fiscal year 2011-2012.


==== Participation Support requests approved in March 2013 ====

  * Participation:SarahStierch/NMLA Conference
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:SarahStierch/NMLA_Conference>
  * Participation:Thelmadatter/Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin
    American Library Materials
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Thelmadatter/Seminar_on_the_Acquisition_of_Latin_American_Library_Materials>
  * Participation:Umbrellas000/US OpenGLAM Launch Weekend, Open
    Knowledge Foundation
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Umbrellas000/US_OpenGLAM_Launch_Weekend,_Open_Knowledge_Foundation>
  * Participation:Bdcousineau/US OpenGLAM Launch Event
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Bdcousineau/US_OpenGLAM_Launch_Event>
  * Participation:Hlong-lib/US OpenGLAM Launch Weekend, Open Knowledge
    Foundation
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Hlong-lib/US_OpenGLAM_Launch_Weekend,_Open_Knowledge_Foundation>
  * Participation:Tedder/Legislative Data and Wikipedia Conference
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Tedder/Legislative_Data_and_Wikipedia_Conference>
  * Participation:Cryptic C62/Legislative Data Workshop
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Cryptic_C62/Legislative_Data_Workshop>
  * Participation:Lpagola/LibreGraphicsMeeting
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Lpagola/LibreGraphicsMeeting>


==== Individual Engagement Grants ====

The IEG Committee completed its review, and WMF announced
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/29/wikimedia-individual-engagement-grantees/>
that all 8 recommended projects have been selected
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging> for round 1 funding.

The selected projects are:

  * Build an effective method of publicity in PRChina
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina>,
led
    by zh:User:AddisWang <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AddisWang>,
    funded at $350. Addis and a small team of volunteers based in
    mainland China will be experimenting with social media campaigns to
    grow awareness of Wikipedia in China.
  * Replay Edits
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Replay_Edits>, led by
    w:User:Jeph_paul <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul>, funded at
    $500. Jeph is building a MediaWiki gadget that creates a visual
    playback of the edit history of a Wikipedia article, allowing users
    to see an article’s change over time.
  * The Wikipedia Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library>,
    funded at $7500 and The Wikipedia Adventure
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Adventure>,
funded at $10,000, will
    both be led by w:User:Ocaasi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ocaasi>.
    For the Wikipedia Library, Ocaasi will be building and consolidating
    partnerships with reference providers donating access to reliable
    sources for Wikipedia editors, and improving the systems for
    managing these programs. The Wikipedia Adventure is an on-wiki game
    that will be piloted on English Wikipedia using the Guided Tours
    extension to determine whether this type of interactive learning is
    an effective engagement strategy for new editors.
  * Consolidate wikiArS to involve art schools
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Consolidate_wikiArS_to_involve_art_schools>,
led
    by w:User:Dvdgmz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dvdgmz>, funded at
    7810 Euros. The WikiArS outreach program builds partnerships with
    art and design schools to teach students to create images for
    donation to Wikimedia Commons and for use in Wikipedia articles.
    This grant will support focused experimentation in the existing
    Catalan program’s models that can allow the initiative to scale and
    to be sustained as an international program.
  * Elaborate Wikisource strategic vision
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision>,
led by
    User:Micru <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Micru> and
User:Aubrey <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aubrey>,
    funded at 10,000 Euros. This project brings together the global
    Wikisource community and other stakeholders to define a vision for
    the project’s future. They’ll begin work on near-term goals that can
    be accomplished by volunteers on-wiki, and investigate paths forward
    for longer-term improvements to Wikisource.
  * MediaWiki data browser
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediaWiki_data_browser>,
    led by User:Yaron K.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yaron_K.>, partially funded at
    $15,000 in order to pilot the initial concept. Yaron’s project will
    create a framework to allow any user to easily generate apps or
    websites to browse sets of structured data that exist on Wikipedia
    and other projects running on MediaWiki.
  * MediaWiki and Javanese script
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediaWiki_and_Javanese_script>,
led by
    User:Bennylin <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bennylin>, has
been provisionally approved
    for funding at $3000, provided that a couple of dependencies
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IEG/MediaWiki_and_Javanese_script>
    can be satisfied. This project will provide technical support using
    a “train-the-trainers” model that teaches volunteers how to use
    Javanese script online, facilitating the transcription of Javanese
    texts to projects like Javanese Wikisource.


==== Editor Growth and Contribution Program ====

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editor_Growth_and_Contribution_Program_logo.png>
Logo of the Editor Growth and Contribution Program

A landing page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tambayan_Philippines/Get_started> for
Geo-targeted Editors Participation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geo-targeted_Editors_Participation>
was created on English Wikipedia, and an invitation to edit was
displayed using the geo-targeted centranl notice to readers from the
Philippines, where readers were encouraged to registed an account and
were surfaced random stub articles about local topics to improve.


==== Wikimania Support ====

  * Hired Ellie Young, Contractor to take the lead on orchestrating
    Wikimania! Welcome, Ellie!
  * Finalizing review of Wikimania Scholarship applications. Over 1200
    applicants with 660 who made it into round 2 of the review process
    (i.e., non-spam). Committee of 9 voting members thoroughly reviewed
    and scored applicants. Anticipated ~100 scholarships through WMF.


==== Brazil ====


===== Institutional Partnerships =====

A debate on governance with Ação Educativa, WMF and a member of the
community took place, to trigger a debate on meta. The report on the
meeting has been published
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_Catalisador_do_Brasil/Planejamento_2012-2013/Parcerias/Governan%C3%A7a>
and is now open for debate.


===== Hirings =====

  * Job positions of the Brazilian Wikipedia Education Program for
    substituting the current contractor opened! (with coverage by big
    media, thanks to Tom)


===== Data & Experiments =====

  * Translation of the Meta Page Research:Data
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data>
    into Portuguese is ongoing
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Central_de_pesquisas/Portal_de_dados/tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o>.
  * Prototype of the Data Center
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Central_de_pesquisas/Portal_de_dados>
    has been developed and is being debated: the proposal is to have a
    central page with data and tutorials for anyone to work on data
    creation and analysis.
  * IRC meetings
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Projetos/Wikip%C3%A9dia/Reuni%C3%B5es>
    to debate proposals for Analyses and Data Center page
  * Henrique’s onboarding in SF: Henrique attended the Python conference
    and various meetings in SF as part of his onboarding.
  * An initial proposal for data analyses and experiments
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_Catalisador_do_Brasil/Planejamento_2012-2013/An%C3%A1lise_de_Dados_e_Experimentos>
    has been published on Meta and is being debated.

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikip%C3%A9dia_na_Universidade_-_FGV_SP_(direito).jpg>
Wikipédia na Universidade - FGV SP (direito)


===== Education =====

Partnerships with universities

  * FGV SP (Getulio Vargas Foundation): A lecture at FGV Law School in
    São Paulo for about 70 people has taken place, with the
    participation of a WMF team and one volunteer. The university has
    tried to implement actitivies at Wikipedia but faced difficulties in
    having the content accepted. They’re restructuring the project with
    our support now.
  * Gama Filho: several videos <http://www.youtube.com/wikipediapt> to
    invite students from the University to engage in the translation
    course/partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation have been produced.


===== Online tutorials =====

We’ve catalyzed and provided a first translation version for online
tutorials <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Training>. The
community has imported the pages and is customizing the material.


===== Communications =====

  * The community has approved the recreation of communications channels
    as blogs
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/propostas#Blog_da_Wikimedia.2FWikip.C3.A9dia.3F>
    - though the br.wikimedia claims it should be under their website
    <http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:%C3%81gora/Blog_Wikimedia/Wikip%C3%A9dia%3F>.
    We should run a test on the Correio da Wikipédia
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Correio_da_Wikip%C3%A9dia>
    for one month and check the signpost distribution system and would
    publish that on br.wikimedia too, for customization.
  * Catalyzed initiative of a journalist volunteer who started
    interviewing volunteers
    <http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:%C3%81gora#Entrevista_com_editores>
    to write stories about them


===== Medicin Wikiproject =====

  * Bot: improvements have been made and it’s ready to be tested on the
    real environment by the community (request for bot approval
    <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Rob%C3%B4s/Pedidos_de_aprova%C3%A7%C3%A3o/Wikiprojetosbot>)


===== Community and High School =====

  * The bridge reported last month built between the community and High
    School Peretz became the subject of an article
    <http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/1251093-colegio-em-sp-estimula-alunos-a-editar-e-melhorar-a-wikipedia.shtml>
    in Folha de S.Paulo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folha_de_S._Paulo>. The
    newspaper has also produced an online tutorial
    <http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/1251021-gravada-aprenda-a-editar-artigos-e-a-criar-novas-paginas-na-wikipedia.shtml>.


=== Programs ===


==== Wikipedia Zero ====

/(see also general "Highlights" section)/

  * Launched Wikipedia Zero with Beeline (Vimpelcom) in Russia, largest
    single operator to date (55+ million subscribers)
  * Completed partnership contract and announcement with Axiata,
    expanding partner base of Wikipedia Zero to 410 million subscribers
  * Wikipedia Zero received the 2013 SXSW Interactive Award for "Activism"

<Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wikipedia_Education_Program.webm>
The Wikipedia Education Program, in video form! (narrated by Annie Lin
and LiAnna Davis)
<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4,_2013-7419.jpg>

Rod Dunican presenting about the impact of the Education Program (slides
<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1UYnRWTJ18JGCfeb747L-W8clStCrecCibxQQchrFIYA/edit#slide=id.gb7714626_047>)


==== Global Education ====

Highlights:

  * Egypt term wrapped up with a celebration conference in Cairo.
  * Classes started in Egypt, Jordan, and Algeria, as part of the
    Wikipedia Education Program Arab World
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ar:%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85>.
  * Volunteers proposed new thematic organization to run U.S. and Canada
    Education Programs, the Wiki Education Foundation
    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation>.

Egypt program celebrates end of second term

The second term of the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt wrapped up
with a celebration conference at Cairo University. Dr. Abeer Abd
El-Hafez, a professor of Spanish from Cairo University, opened the
conference and spoke about the spirit of the program and its importance
in the lives of students and teachers in terms of skills development and
new experiences. Faris El-Gwely, the education program consultant who
runs the program in Egypt, shared results from the second term, and the
best students and Ambassadors from the program received certificates
recognizing their hard work. Students and professors also shared
information about their experiences in the program. Check out photos
from the event.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Second_Celebration_Conference,_Egypt-February_2013>

U.S. student shares special Wikipedia story

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Article_Photo.jpg>
Jacqueline McCrory

University of San Francisco master's student Jacqueline McCrory wrote
the Wikipedia article on habitat conservation plans for her class with
Professor Aaron Frank in spring 2012 — and was then astonished to
discover that she'd been assigned to read the article in a different
class in fall 2012! Jacqueline talks about how her Wikipedia article
experience gave her additional responsibility at work and kudos from
professors in her department in a post on the Wikimedia Foundation blog.
Read the post.
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/student-assigned-to-read-a-wikipedia-article-that-she-wrote/>

Quebec professor's work featured in WMF blog

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lauriers_C%C3%A9gep_de_Chicoutimi06.jpg>
Simon Villeneuve's students

Professor Simon Villeneuve of physics and astronomy at Cégep de
Chicoutimi, a college in Quebec, has been using Wikipedia as a teaching
tool in his classroom since 2008. Overall, his students have created
more than 150 articles on the French Wikipedia on topics related to
astronomy and physics, and Simon has learned a lot about the best ways
of doing Wikipedia assignments. Read a post he wrote for the Wikimedia
blog about his work.
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/07/quebec-school-project-improves-french-wikipedia/>

News coverage highlights Poland, Ukraine programs

An article in the Global Post highlights the work being done in Poland
and Ukraine related to the Wikipedia Education Program. The Ukraine
program ran a pilot last term that produced 23 improved articles. The
Poland program is working with a university to replace a bachelor's
thesis with a Wikipedia article. Learn more by reading the article.
<http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/130313/wikipedia-academic-thesis-Poland-Ukraine-Egypt>

Education project improves Catalan Wikipedia

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagrada_Familia_nave_roof_detail.jpg>
Sagrada Familia nave roof detail, an example of modernism in Barcelona.

Esther Solé from Amical Viquipèdia wrote a post for the Wikimedia
Foundation blog about the "Viquimoderisme" project to improve articles
related to modernism on the Catalan Wikipedia. Around 100 art history
students at the University of Barcelona are working with researchers to
create new articles on Catalan modernism, a topic important to the
cultural history of Catalonia. Esther's report highlights their
learnings from the initial phase, and they're currently embarking on the
second phase, in which a museum in Barcelona will also offer students
access to resources they can use in their articles. Read more about the
project. <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/21/viquimodernisme/>

Online student trainings deemed a success

A post on the Wikimedia Foundation blog highlights the successful
development of an online training for students piloted on the English
Wikipedia with the United States and Canada programs. In the post,
author Sage Ross describes how early feedback and user testing has led
to iterative improvements to the content of the training. This term,
more than 400 students (about one third of all students participating in
the program) have successfully completed the training. Read more about
the online training.
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/20/online-training-for-newcomers/>

Education Program featured in video

Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager LiAnna Davis and
former Program Manager Annie Lin were featured in a video describing the
basics of the education program. In the short video, Annie and LiAnna
describe how the program works and talk about the impact the program has
had in the last three years. Watch the video.
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/wikipedia-education-program-video/>

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Ruy_de_Queiroz.jpg>
Professor Ruy de Queiroz

Brazil professor featured on Wikimedia blog

Professor Ruy de Queiroz of Brazil is one of the pioneers of using
Wikipedia in his classroom. In 2005, he was browsing the Portuguese
Wikipedia in logic and theory of computation — his study areas — and
found the Portuguese version lacking in comparison to the English
version. Over the last seven years, he and his students have added
content to more than 125 articles on the Portuguese Wikipedia in an
effort to improve access to information. Read more about his work.
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/26/ruy-de-queiroz-profile/>


=== Learning & Evaluation ===

  * Working with the Analytics and E3 teams to expand the UserMetrics
    API tool to address the needs of the G&P partners at large
  * Plagarism study along with the Wikipedia Education team, working on
    tools to be able to query based on article categories, editor type,
    and contribution types
  * Program mapping study, creating database of all funding mapped to
    programs. Thanks to volunteer Rosie Lewis for this awesome work!


== Human Resources ==

<Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4,_2013-7331.jpg>

Gayle Karen Young presenting about hirings in the first quarter (slides
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NHoqUo8prz3GGWluoar3Y5hj5MvXMkf-YTSa33FfYhM/edit?usp=sharing>)

In March, HR has made some changes to our benefits providers, namely a
broker change and a flexplan provider change. HR also hosted the second
remote employee task force meeting with a focus on improving in-office
technology for better remote participation, which Office IT has been
assiduously improving. We have also been working on analyzing our
compensation structure, and our 401k committee has been working to add
new low fee index funds and find a new plan advisor.


=== Staff Changes ===

New Requisitions Filled

  * Adam Baso, Senior Software Developer (Engineering)
  * Yuri Astrakhan, Senior Software Developer (Engineering)

New Contractors

  * Dan DeJarnatt (HR)
  * Kristan Johnson (Fundraiser)
  * Meron Kristos (Finance)
  * Andrey Valkov (Fundraiser)
  * Ellie Young (Grantmaking & Programs)

Contract Extended

  * Oona Castro (Grantmaking & Programs)
  * Jeroen DeDauw (Engineering)

Departures

  * Peter Gehres (continuing as contractor)
  * Svetlana Istrati
  * Patrick Reilly

Contracts Ended

  * Zoe Bernard
  * Darrin Fox
  * Aaron Halfaker
  * Ian Poirier
  * Jawad Qadir
  * Mike Wang
  * Anita Whites

New Postings

  * A/P Clerk
  * Communications Volunteer
  * Development Associate
  * Software Engineer | Language Engineering
  * WordPress Developer (Contract)


=== Statistics ===

Total Requisitions Filled
    March Actual: 134
    March Total Plan: 175
    March Filled: 2, Month Attrition: 3,
    YTD Filled: 43, YTD Attrition: 21
    6 Position canceled for FY

Remaining Open positions to fiscal year end
    34 (8 of which are on hold)


=== Department Updates ===

Real-time feed for HR updates

http://identi.ca/wikimediaatwork or http://twitter.com/wikimediaatwork


== Finance and Administration ==

  * Review of FDC round 2 proposals for the FDC.
  * Completed Wikimedia Argentina site visit report which will be
    presented to the WMF Audit Committee at their summer meeting.
  * Completed Version 1 of the WMF annual plan, which is now being
    reviewed by the WMF Senior Level Team and the WMF Board of Trustees.
  * Reviewing options for Foreign Exchange management beyond the big
    international banks to receive and distribute funds for the global
    movement.


== Legal, Community Advocacy, and Communications Department ==


=== LCA Report, March 2013 ===


==== Contract Metrics ====

  * Submitted : 17
  * Completed : 20


==== Trademark Metrics ====

  * Submitted : 26
  * Approved : 2
  * Pending : 20
  * Denied : 3
  * Approval not needed : 1


==== Domains Obtained ====

  * wikipedia.us
  * wikipedia.is
  * softwarewikipedia.com
  * wikispecies.org
  * wikimedia.gr


==== Coming & Going ====

  * Two legal interns’ spring internships are coming to an end. Thanks
    to Ava Miller and Megumi Yukie for all of their help this semester!
  * One of our contract attorneys, Ian Poirier, left the Foundation for
    a permanent opportunity and we wish him the best in his new job!
  * We welcome Elaine Wallace, a talented and experienced attorney who
    will be volunteering her time with us over the next few months.


==== Other Activities ====

  * Community Advocacy hosted a meeting in the office of 5 out of 7 of
    the Ombudsman Commission both to facilitate their work with each
    other and their assistance with various staff on WMF initiatives
    (see also general "Highlights" section)
  * Community Advocacy set up the first of a series of phone calls for
    WMF management with highly connected community members around the world.
  * Legal continues to work through the trademark registration process
    to protect our marks around the world.


=== Communications Report, March 2013 ===

In March we successfully issued another major announcement for Wikipedia
Zero, highlighting a partnership with Axiata that will bring WP Zero to
countries in Southeast Asia. We also worked closely with the executive
team on news of Sue Gardner's upcoming departure from the Foundation.
The team is also rotating our group of Communications volunteers, and
hoping to bring in about four new volunteers to help us with day to day
media monitoring and reporting.


==== Major announcements ====

/Axiata partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile
Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Axiata_partners_with_the_Wikimedia_Foundation>/

    18 March 2013 - Axiata Group Berhad and the Wikimedia Foundation
    today announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile devices
    free of data charges to Axiata customers throughout Asia.


==== Major Storylines through March ====

/WMF ED Sue Gardner to leave Foundation/ (Mar 27, 2013)

This month’s major news story focused on Sue Gardner’s announcement that
she would be stepping down later this year once a successor for her
position has been identified, to focus on defending the free and open
Internet. Mostly positive-tone coverage of the news largely followed a
highly visible story published by the NY Times shortly after Sue made
the announcement on the WM Blog and on public and community mailing lists.

    (blog post)
    https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/27/sue-gardner-departure-announcement/
    http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/a-driving-force-behind-wikipedia-to-step-down/
    http://www.stern.de/digital/online/fuehrungssuche-beim-online-lexikon-wikipedia-chefin-sue-gardner-tritt-zurueck-1990466.html
    http://www.webpronews.com/sue-gardner-to-depart-wikimedia-foundation-uncomfortable-with-where-internet-is-heading-2013-03

/BP Edits to WP make headlines/ (Mar 20, 2103)

A flawed CNET story from mid-March sparked substantial coverage of a BP
staffer’s presence on English Wikipedia. The original story accused the
staffer of rewriting a number of BP related articles. Subsequent
coverage was mostly critical of BP for its actions. Some coverage
speculated that the BP staffer may have operated within the approved
‘policies’ around COI editing.

    http://prweek.tumblr.com/post/45989772176/wikipedia-editors-have-accused-a-bp-spokesman-of
    http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/bp-accused-of-rewriting-wikipedia-records/15556
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/21/bp-wikipedia-page_n_2923363.html
    http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/bp_edited_its_own_environmental_record_on_wikipedia/

/Wikipedia Zero / Axiata / SXSW/ (Mar 8, 2013)

In early March Wikipedia Zero was honored with its first major accolade,
the SXSW Interactive award. Later in March Wikipedia Zero launched its
first major initiative in southeast Asia, further extending the number
of global customers who will be able to access WP without data charges
into the hundreds of millions.

    http://www.informationweek.in/Mobile/13-03-21/How_Wikipedia_plans_to_use_mobile_phones_for_empowering_knowledge_seekers.aspx
    http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-to/blog/sxsw-wikipedia-for-non-smartphones-is-brilliant-here-s-why-15189767


==== Other worthwhile reads ====

How Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia Harnessed the Web as a Force for Good | Wired
| March 2003

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/03/jimmy-wales-wikipedia/

Jane Goodall apologizes for plagiarizing Wikipedia | March 22

http://www.dailydot.com/culture/jane-goodall-plagiarized-wikipedia/

Wikipedia, meet Lua! | March 18
    (blog post)
    https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/
    http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/18/wikipedia-crowdsourcing-site-performance-speeding-up-488731-templates-with-a-little-lua-to-go/
    http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Wikimedia-adopts-Lua-for-page-generation-1825268.html


==== WMF Blog posts ====

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/

Thirty-two blog posts in March, with bilingual posts
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/multilingual-post/> in German, Dutch,
Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, and French. Some highlights:

  * *Parsoid: How Wikipedia catches up with the web
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/04/parsoid-how-wikipedia-catches-up-with-the-web/>*

  * *WikiAfrica project welcomes and trains Cameroonians to contribute
    to Wikimedia sites
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/15/wikiafrica-space/>*

  * *Evaluating the success of Wikimedia Czech Republic’s Mediagrant
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/18/evaluating-czech-mediagrant/>*

  * *The recent UK report and movement governance
    <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/19/movement-governance-recommendations/>*


==== Media Contact ====

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room/Media_Contact#March_2013


==== Wikipedia Signpost ====

For lots of detailed coverage and news summaries, see the
community-edited newsletter “Wikipedia Signpost” for March 2013:

  * Volume 9, Issue 9
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-03-04>,
    04 March 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 10
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-03-11>,
    11 March 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 11
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-03-18>,
    18 March 2013
  * Volume 9, Issue 12
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-03-25>,
    25 March 2013


== Office of the Executive Director ==

Sue Gardner announced
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/27/sue-gardner-departure-announcement/>
that she plans to leave her position as Executive Director of the
Wikimedia Foundation, to focus on defending the free and open Internet.
She will remain fully engaged as Executive Director until her successor
has been recruited, which is expected to take at least six months.


== Visitors and Guests ==

Visitors and guests to the WMF office in March 2013:

 1. Teemu Leinonen (Aalto University)
 2. Ken Collier (Thoughtworks)
 3. Dan Garry (Ombudsmen Commission)
 4. Lev Gloukhenki (Ombudsmen Commission)
 5. Leif Larsen (Ombudsmen Commission)
 6. Thomas Goldammer (Ombudsmen Commission)
 7. User:Erzbischof (Ombudsmen Commission)
 8. Erin Reading (NPS)
 9. Gershon Bialer (EventLogging Workshop)
10. Mlitn (EventLogging Workshop)
11. Piotr Bablok (EventLogging Workshop)
12. Jonathan March (EventLogging Workshop)
13. Valerie Ball (KPMG)
14. Gour Lentell (BiNu)
15. Ton Chookhare (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
16. Franzi Mare (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
17. Nikita Kiselev (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
18. Thomas Malec (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
19. Julio Santil (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
20. Joseph Zhou (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
21. Vishel Shah (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
22. Lauren Fernandez (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
23. Abigail Feuer (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
24. Sarah Walker (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
25. Adi Rubinovich (UC Berkeley Haas MBA Tour)
26. John McLear (Etherpad Project)
27. Idoia Valencia (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
28. Mikel Garcia (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
29. Borja Pinedo (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
30. Patrizia Varela (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
31. Eneko Sieso (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
32. Asier Lopez (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
33. Beñat Egaña (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
34. Lucia Vazquez (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
35. Goio Arana (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
36. Tomas Tamayo (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
37. Jon Jimenez (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)
38. Kim Dodson (consultants)
39. Randall Benson (consultants)
40. Mark Oppenheim (m|Oppenheim)
41. Mikel Gazzia (SMASH co-op)
42. Christine Cavanaugh-Simmons (CCS Consulting Inc)
43. Deb Wolter (Red Bamboo Consulting)
44. Mary Gardiner (TAI)
45. Simon Turkalj (Simon Turkalj Associates)
46. Patrick Dippery (COO and Co-Founder, Collabriv)
47. Nimish Gautam (visitor)
48. Thomas Shaffer (Change.org)
49. Patrick Chen (Change.org)
50. William Adams (Full Circle Group)
51. Glenn Turner (Advanced Mobile Notary)
52. Simon Cross and guest (Praekelt foundation)
53. Drew Paroski (Facebook)
54. Grant Joung (Thoughtworks)
55. Brian Bocchino (Gravity People)
56. Roman Garcia (User:Blurpeace
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Blurpeace>)
57. August Wissmath (volunteer)
58. Philip Steele (Pension Architects)
59. Michael Rom (Pension Architects)
60. Kunal Mehta (User:legoktm <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Legoktm>)
61. Brian Behlendorf (Cofounder of the Apache Software Foundation and
    Board Member of the Mozilla Foundation)
62. Liliana Bounegru (DataDrivenJournalism.net, European Journalism Centre)
63. Mat Dryhurst (Director of Public Programming, Gray Area Foundation
    for the Arts)
64. Jonathan Gray (Director of Policy and Ideas, Open Knowledge Foundation)
65. Jay Nath (SF Mayor's Chief Innovation Officer)
66. Timothy Vollmer (Manager of Policy and Data, Creative Commons)
67. Gregg Servis (Full Circle Group)
68. Brett Victor (guest speaker)
69. Andrew Lih (Author and guest speaker)
70. Doug Hessel (Johnson & Dugan)
71. Virginia Sutton (Johnson & Dugan)
72. Linda Lam (Johnson & Dugan)
73. Andrea De Ville (Radford)
74. Zachary Osman (Radford)

The Signpost -- Volume 9,Issue 14 -- 08 April 2013

Wikipedia Signpost — 2013-04-10T06:27:13

Wikizine: Introducing ''Wikizine'': WMF scales back feature after outcry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/Wikizine

News and notes: French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/News_and_notes

Featured content: Wikipedia loves poetry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/Featured_content

WikiProject report: Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/WikiProject_report

Arbitration report: Subject experts needed for ''Argentine History''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/Arbitration_report

Technology report: Testing week for developers and their deployments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08/Technology_report


Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-08


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Wikimedia Argentina report: March 2013

Osmar Valdebenito — 2013-04-10T01:54:32

Dear Wikimedians,

Here is the monthly report of Wikimedia Argentina for March 2013.
You can read the full report (in Spanish and English) here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/Reportes/2013-03

== Education Strategy Meeting ==

The Education Strategy Meeting took place on Saturday, March 2nd, at
Wikimedia Argentina headquarters in Buenos Aires. Fifteen people took part
in the meeting, all involved in the education field from different
perspectives: academic faculty members, teachers and Wikipedia volunteers.
They came from various cities, such as Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario
(in Argentina), and Montevideo (in Uruguay).

During the meeting, the discussion took place around the different features
an educational plan should have: main teaching aims, differentiated by
levels, key roles identification in each one, and main actions to be
promoted. The goal of the meeting was to develop a strategy in Education
for Wikimedia Argentina, with a special focus on different levels: primary
and secondary education, university students and teachers training.

After the meeting, a mailing list and a new wiki were created to continue a
colaborative work. We expect to organize a second meeting in the next few
months to carry on activities and discussions. Should anyone be willing to
take part, just send an email to correo-AeOJrEpdGNe90NfjFjGe7w< at >public.gmane.org

== Second edition of “Ibero American Women” ==

On March 8th, 2013, as part of the commemoration on International Women’s
Day, Wikimedia Argentina launched the second edition of the contest
“Iberoamerican Women”. The aim of the competition is to increase the
biographical contents of renown Ibero American women, by creating new
articles or expanding the ones already written. In 2011, this contest
allowed the creation of 500 new articles about important women in our
continent.

The following prizes are offered to the winners:
* To the user with the highest scoring: an automatic camera Panasonic LUMIX
DMC-FH6 or equivalent.
* To the best article: an automatic camera Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FH6 or
equivalent.
* To the second user with the highest scoring: an Amazon 100 dollars gift
card or equivalent.
* To the third user with the highest scoring: an Amazon 50 dollars gift
card or equivalent.

Those interested in taking part of the contest can submit their work by
August 30, 2013. Check for rules, terms and conditions at
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiconcurso/edici%C3%B3n_23

== Edit-a-thon at the Buenos Aires City Legislature ==

On Saturday, April 27, a new editing marathon will take place in Buenos
Aires City, as Wikimedia Argentina and the Buenos Aires City Legislature
invite the community to take part in the first “Legislative Edit-a-thon”.
The aim of this activity is to improve and develop a series of articles in
Wikipedia about the history and heritage of this governmental institution.
The event has the support of the professional body of the institution, who
specialize in the history of this public organ and the building that hosts
it. This same place used to accommodate, decades ago, the offices of the
National Ministry of Labour and of the Eva Perón Foundation, during her
public life. The legislative body also donated a series of images that will
be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons during the following weeks, including
historical and current images of the building.

To take part in the edit-a-thon, sign up at
https://eventioz.com.ar/1-editaton-legislativo. The event will take place
on Saturday, April 27th, as of 16 hs onwards at the Palacio Legislativo,
Perú 160. If you have any questions, please email correo-AeOJrEpdGNe90NfjFjGe7w< at >public.gmane.org

== Institutional tutoring program ==

In 2012, Wikimedia Argentina started a process of professionalization,
which continues today in different actions. We want to become a leading
organization in the conception, management and promotion of Wikimedia's and
other free knowledge initiatives in the country.

The project of “institutional tutoring”, conceived in WM-AR, allows us to
identify areas for improvement, adapt successful projects and acquire best
practices through some of the best WM chapters worldwide, like Wikimedia
Deutschland (WM-DE).

Cornelius Kibelka, a member of WM-DE and a former employee, visited Buenos
Aires and took part in this new project, focused on the areas of
Administration, Communication and Volunteers participation. His 20-days
stay made possible interviews with different members of the Board, and
after that, a series of recommendations were elaborated in colaboration
with WM-AR Executive Director. These advice involves both short, mid and
long term actions. The report in English is available at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutoria_en_Buenos_Aires_final_report_english.pdf

== Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 - Awards Ceremony ==

The international contest Wiki Loves Monuments had its Argentine version
last September, when 6,034 photos took part in the competition. 10 of these
images were chosen to participate in the international contest. Among the
ten winners of the global edition, which were revealed on December 2012,
was the Argentine photographer Tomás Terroba, who got the 8th place. His
picture gave him the 1st place in the Argentine edition of the contest. It
shows the military cemetery of Puerto Darwin, in Soledad Island, one of the
Malvinas Islands. There lay 237 Argentine soldiers who died in the
Falklands War in 1982. More than half of the bodies buried there have not
been identified yet.

The award ceremony for the Argentine edition of the contest will take place
on June 4th, 2013, at 18:30, in the Buenos Aires Palace of Culture (Avenida
de Mayo 575). Invitations will be sent in proper time.

From June 4 to 17, a photo exhibition will take place in the same building,
including the top 10 pictures from the Argentine edition, together with the
photo that won the international competition (an image of the Tomb of
Safdarjung in New Delhi, India). The exhibition will be opened every day of
the week, from 14:00 to 18:00.

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Kind regards,

*Osmar Valdebenito G.*
Director Ejecutivo
A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
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