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The Global Data & Insights team launched a pilot for data use and consultation here in this meta portal beginning February 2022. We seek community-based use cases to partner in piloting our two key use cases.

The purpose of this pilot and consultation is to gather feedback and suggestions from community use case participants either reflecting on the project and metrics design, or directly piloting a beta Wikimedia Movement Data Landscape dashboard and metrics. We intend to work to align on the most key data elements to both Foundation and community stakeholders as we begin to track the Wikimedia movement’s progress in breaking down the social, political, and technical barriers to full participation in free knowledge and support movement strategy change efforts with geo-based data.

If you would like to learn more about what we are doing and why, you can read the idea, learn about the overall pilot and consultation in these subpages for more background and calls to action.

We are looking forward to learning from you and incorporating your input where we can, to further our work and support the Foundation’s MTP. I hope you will participate in the consultation to share your ideas of the future and help lay the groundwork for defining the Foundation’s strategic direction.

Two Use Cases

Use Case 1: Direct grant funds and resource opportunities to spaces ready for growth.

Actors: Grant applicants Grants officers Grant-making committees Regional hub organizers Potential Partners Potential reflection questions for piloting and decision-making: Is a potential partner or grantee proposing a project in a country, language, and project space with an adequate reader or editor presence and/or high growth potential, to accomplish its goal(s)? Is a partnership opportunity or grant request in line with the country’s Wikimedia presence, and proportionate to their base? Might a potential partner or grantee face potential barriers to freedom or access which may prevent reaching goals in the targeted geographic space(s)? How many other affiliates may be operating in the same space.

Use Case 2: Direct non-monetary support and partnering opportunities to relevant spaces ready for development.

Actors: Community Organizers Affiliates Grantees Partners Community engagement and support teams Potential reflection questions for piloting and decision-making: Which countries or regions have a strong affiliate presence and reader base but are lacking in editorship? Does a country or region have a well-balanced movement organizer ecosystem to support an international event or extensive collaborative partnership? Which countries and regions have the most potential for growth in different domains? To what extent does a country engage in various languages and projects? What countries may need capacity support to enable movement coordination?

Timeline and Time Commitment

To properly pilot the preliminary data in the testing space, one should anticipate a time commitment of 4-5 hours for signing up to the NDA, reviewing the project material and demo session recording, inputting exploration time, and reporting back on your experience.

We are looking to continue with the pilot period. We continue to monitor the talk page for new pilot volunteers and we plan to present some targeted demonstration workshops in July to preview the metrics to key use cases.

If your work represents one of the two use cases planned for the pilot, please post on the talk page to let us know you want to be part of the equity landscape data pilot!

If you are part of a strategic Wikimedia organizing or governance group interested in attending a demonstration workshop watch for workshop announcements and/or reach out on our talk page if you have a specific workshop request for your group!

Click here to see details on the structured sessions and expected time

The following sessions will be available as recordings for any new pilot participants:

Initial Recorded Onboarding Sessions

Review recorded overviews of the metrics and dashboard elements (30-40 minutes)

Optional Workshop or Office Hours Attendance

Optional workshops and/or technical support session(s) to identify questions that may be answered within the data and to demonstrate specific avenues to answering them with the data (60 minutes)

Closing Feedback

Share back of the questions asked, answered, and the planning/decision outcomes from the pilot experience. (30-60 minutes)