Keywords

Keywords that have been used in the context of Wikimedia, usually during a fad or other period of hype. Most of these terms have been covered in enough bullshit that they've lost any actual meaning. This list is roughly in chronological order.

• usability
• gender gap
• Global South
• mobile
• [new] editor retention (alias current community is not indispensable)
• [social] experiments (alias eugenetics?!)
• editor engagement
• Product -(usually followed by analyst, manager or whitepaper)
• metrics (nondescript)
• Strategic goals
• leaders [1] (alias a WMF-aligned oligarchy to replace consensus, which is a broken system)
• professionalization (sometimes meaning: dis-empower volunteers, enable only staffers to [not] do something)
• upwards prioritize
• changes, innovation (any opposition is "change aversion" in need of change management)
• global (usually means: more expensive, but still WMF, or English Wikipedia-centric)
• fiduciary duty [2]

Troopes

Wikimedia tropes.

• "It'll happen before [or after] Wikimania!"
• "It'll happen after the fundraiser!"
• "You are frustrated" (often said by WMF employees to/about volunteers)

See also

• Writing clearly
• Euphemisms