Talk:Wikimedia LGBT+/Archive 7

Wikimedia movement strategic planning: Cycle 1

There is ongoing strategic planning for the future of the Wikimedia movement. Please see the following links for more information:

• Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017

Cycle 1 lasts until April 15, which is just 3 days from now. Click here for details:

• Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 1

If you have any ideas, or want to see what others are saying and contribute to any ongoing discussions, check out Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 1. Thanks! -Another Believer (talk) 02:02, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Experimental LGBT+ Wikidata reports

I have tried playing around with interesting SPARQL queries to see how Wikidata reports might help with future LGBT+ editathons or projects. I would appreciate any feedback on the tables below. Some with poor results show how the Wikidata records, or our project labeling using Wikidata, might become part of live reports to drive editathons, for example to generate maps of LGBT+ history, like historic sites of gay history around Europe, or LGBT+ culture, such as a live map of gay bars in Germany with Wikipedia articles. Click on the bottom left of the report to see the SPARQL code.

1. Map LGBT Pride Parades listed by country and where wiki sites have entries.
2. LGBT+ people who died of unnatural causes sorted in order of how many wiki sites have entries for them. Some have articles about their death, but are not about them.
3. Authors found by searching for books which have topics like queer studies or a genre of LGBT
4. Map of LGBT historic places
5. Missing LGBT+ rights activists in English, Spanish and German

Also raised at en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies but these are not specifically for English based events.

Thanks --Fæ (talk) 13:17, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2017 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 1 to 23:59 UTC May 14. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2017 Board of Trustees election page on Meta-Wiki.

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Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)

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The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified 5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.

You are invited to join the online and offline discussions taking place on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.

Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:

• Healthy, Inclusive Communities
• The Augmented Age
• A Truly Global Movement
• The Most Respected Source of Knowledge
• Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem

On the movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.

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19:24, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections

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On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, we are pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson elections. Please read the letter from the Wikimedia Foundation calling for candidates at on the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Funds Dissemination Committee
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
The Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase will last until May 28 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates until May 28. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki. Once the questions submission period has ended on May 28, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to.

The goal of this process is to fill the five community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and the community-selected ombudsperson. The election results will be used by the Board itself to make the appointments.

The full schedule for the FDC elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• May 15 (00:00 UTC) – May 28 (23:59 UTC) – Nominations
• May 15 – May 28 – Candidates questions submission period
• May 29 – June 2 – Candidates answer questions
• June 3 – June 11 – Voting period
• June 12–14 – Vote checking
• June 15 – Goal date for announcing election results

More information on this year's elections can be found at the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

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@wikilgbt

Hi, the Twitter stream has been inactive for a long time. Could we resurrect this considering upcoming Pride events (I can't remember who was managing the account)? --Fæ (talk) 13:19, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

@Fæ: I am the only with with account access. I cannot commit to use the account. Do you want it? Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:29, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

If you email me the details, I'll flag it up as a 'comms' opportunity on our Telegram and email list. I see no harm in a few volunteers having access, depending on their current projects and activity levels, so long as we keep a log.

Should anyone have ideas for tweets/retweets for the account, or ways of raising its profile, they can tweet or DM me @Faewik. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 14:36, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

I emailed you the info. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:56, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia movement strategy: Cycle 3 during July

See Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 3 if you are interested in contributing to the ongoing cycle of the Wikimedia movement strategy (July). Thanks! -Another Believer (talk) 02:22, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia Diversity Conference

See also: Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017/Ambassadors

Funding for the Wikimedia Diversity Conference has been approved and will take place in Stockholm during 3-5 November 2017. I have offered to serve on the conference's program committee. John Andersson of Wikimedia Sverige, who will be hosting the event, wrote in an email:

"We now need your help in making it a success! We invite members from your Wikimedia organization or user group to sign up as ambassadors for the conference. Ambassadors are champions of Diversity on Wikimedia and volunteer to use that power to support the conference in several ways.

[1] Support before the conference. Ambassadors help communicate to local communities that the conference will happen and provide updates of the planning process, such as when to register and how to apply for scholarship and why submit a proposal. The other way is to provide constructive input and ideas for the program and for the overall event. Ambassadors can also organize discussions at other conferences taking place prior to the Diversity conference.

[2] Support during the conference. Ambassadors can also volunteer their champion powers during the conference to support documentation and curation of discussions and insights, facilitate the implementation of the program with the facilitation team, support participants with helpful advice and on-site information.

[3] Support after the conference. Ambassadors help disseminate the knowledge gained during the conference to their communities and to participate in networks to continue working with Diversity.

Active participation as an ambassador will support a scholarship application. We would be grateful if you could forward this possibility to your communities. Furthermore, we are actively looking for more funding from sponsors, but we do have limited opportunities to provide scholarships and only parts of the travel costs for participants can currently be covered. If your Wikimedia organization has the opportunity to provide a full or partial scholarship for your volunteers or staff, please let us know. We would be happy to highlight your involvement and support on the conference portal."

Feel free to discuss the upcoming conference here. Questions, concerns, interest in serving as an ambassador, etc. Thank you! -Another Believer (talk) 02:33, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikimania 2017 Meetup

Hello! A few of us have been discussing throwing together a last minute Wikimedia LGBT+ meetup, dinner, or even gay bar crawl one of the evenings of Wikimania 2017. What would people want to discuss or do at this meetup? I visited the agenda we had for our Wikimania 2015 meetup, which might be a useful resource to consider what the agenda could be. I just created a separate page so we can try to coordinate a date, time, and location! Here is the link: Wikimania 2017 LGBT+ Meetup! Hexatekin (talk) 16:13, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Facebook group

At the Wikimania LGBT Meetup in Montreal yesterday, we decided to found a Facebook group to make communication within the group easier. Feel free to join! --Shikeishu (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

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The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

• Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)
  • Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
• Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)
  • Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
• Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)
  • Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)
  • Introduction of williamsworks
• Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)
  • The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
• Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (10 February 2017)
  • Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

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Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

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As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

• Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)
  • Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
• Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)
  • Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
• Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)
  • Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

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Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

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On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations
• April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period
• April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions
• May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period
• May 15–19 – Board vote checking
• May 20 – Board result announcement goal

In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

• Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
  • There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

• Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
  • One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

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Photo project for anatomy, "Normprojekt"

In 2016 Wikimedia Sverige commissioned a photo shoot called Normprojekt in which anatomical models show various body parts and poses which could be used to illustrate Wikipedia articles. The project took a queer perspective for staging the shots. I do not recall seeing this raised in Wiki LGBT+ so I thought that I would list it now. I am not sure how to catalog this with other LGBT+ projects but I think that we should collect and sort projects like this.

I am not sure if this project even has a central page describing it and linking out to where on wiki anyone has discussed or used it.

Commons:Category:Uploaded via Campaign:Normprojekt en:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Anatomy/Archive_10#Wikimedia_Sweden_image_project

Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:35, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Learning Quarterly: June 2018

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Wikimedia LGBT+/Portal AND Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies

I am trying to understand the differences between the Wikimedia LGBT+/Portal here and the Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies WikiProject. I envision there is sufficient overlap, but wondered if anybody has some of the history on how these two developed in different directions? --- FULBERT (talk) 15:59, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

The portal here at Meta sort of represents LGBT-related activities within the Wikimedia community in its entirety, whereas "WikiProject LGBT studies" is specific to English Wikipedia, and exists so editors can collaborate to create and improve LGBT-related content. Here at Meta, we try to bring all Wikimedia projects into the fold, and communicate between affiliates. Does this help? -Another Believer (talk) 16:14, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Also, these pages might give some additional context: Wikimedia LGBT+/Activities, Wikimedia LGBT+/Business, Wikimedia LGBT+/Interwiki. -Another Believer (talk) 16:17, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Very helpful summary, Another Believer. Makes me wonder about any potential overlap with communications as well; will look for that as I review the resources you pointed to both here and above. Thanks. --- FULBERT (talk) 20:09, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Share your feedback in this global Wikimedia survey

Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
My name is María Cruz and I work for the Wikimedia Foundation on the Learning and Evaluation team. In one week or so, the Foundation is starting a global survey to learn about the experiences and feedback of Wikimedians. I am writing here, because I wanted to share with you a bit more about the project.
The survey is called "Wikimedia Communities and Contributors" and is conducted annually. We will send the survey to editors across all the Wikimedia projects, as well as Wikimedia affiliates and volunteer developers. This survey is going to be our way of making sure that we can hear feedback from a significant number of users from across the projects. This research supports editors and Wikipedia’s mission. This is our second annual CE Insights survey, and we look forward to improving it every year.
We will be contacting 2 people from each affiliate, based on the primary contact information that we have. Each affiliate will receive an additional third link which they can distribute to any leader in their chapter or user group.
Go to the project page to see the results of last year’s survey, and to see how your feedback helps the Wikimedia Foundation support communities. You can sign up to be notified about the results of the survey, or to learn how you can help with planning the survey next year.
If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please feel free to send them to Edward Galvez's talk page on Meta-Wiki or email him directly at surveyswikimedia · org in any language. You can learn more about this project and read about frequently asked questions. You can also share your feedback on Meta-Wiki.

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Request for feedback on brochure about editing LGBTQ+ articles

Wiki Education is developing a guide to help students write about topics related to sexuality. The handout is meant to supplement other resources that they consult, such as an interactive training and basic editing brochures. Staff would like to get some community feedback on the draft here: User:Cassidy (Wiki Ed)/Sexuality studies. If you're interested, please provide feedback by April 18th. Thank you! -Another Believer (talk) 21:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for pinging us about the draft of the new resource being developed on issues related to sexuality Another Believer. FULBERT (talk) 18:17, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

LGBT+ User Box

Do we have any Wiki user boxes related to our LGBT+ User Group? I have not located any, so wondering if one exists? --FULBERT (talk) 17:37, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Not that I know of... -Another Believer (talk) 23:26, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@FULBERT: Everything is new in the space of wiki community organizations. There are almost no well-established Wikimedia user groups. The entire concept of a user group is new and there is no alignment in various people's imagining of what they do. Getting synced with WMF staffers' imagined role of user groups is a challenging disconnect too, because internally they have few wiki community members and as a culture have different perceptions than wiki community members.

Not only is there no wiki LGBT+ user group box, I am not aware of a user box for any wiki community organization. User boxes, except for language, are more of an English Wikipedia thing than for every project. The user profile on meta propagates out to the 500+ Wikimedia projects, and I think if the equivalent user box does not exist on all those other projects, then it might not render. The only boxes which are everywhere are the babel boxes for language. I could be mistaken about this.

I do not think there is an obvious way to indicate group affiliation. I see this as a problem because it should be easy for users to define affiliation somehow and user boxes are the most popular way to signal this. Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:32, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

There is one on Meta and Commons, I thought folks knew about it:

Wikimedia LGBT+ user group

• template:Wikimedia LGBT+ user group
• c:template:Wikimedia LGBT+ user group

It uses the standard Userbox template and is in use on my user page. It renders perfectly well in multiple language Wikipedias where my User page defaults to the one on Meta, but needs to have language variations added. It would be easy enough to export specific versions to other projects if the Meta based one were not sufficient. --Fæ (talk) 05:27, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing that userbox Fæ; I added it onto my user page. Will convert to a userbox template and share that once the conference this weekend is over. FULBERT (talk) 05:53, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia Conference 2018

Wikimedia Conference 2018 will take place from April 20 to 22, 2018 at the Mercure Hotel in Berlin-Neukölln (same location as in 2017). User Groups must have shown signs of recent activity (within the last six months) and be up-to-date on their reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). User Groups may send two delegates. The registration process will start on November 24, and will end on January 15, 2018.

This might seem far away, but really we need to start discussing now who is interested in attending the conference on behalf of the WMLGBT+ User Group. There were some issues last year regarding the decision process, so I'd like to get the ball rolling now. If you are interested in attending the conference, please indicate so here, and perhaps include why you'd like to attend and/or what your goals might be. Thanks! -Another Believer (talk) 17:44, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

I am interested in getting Wiki LGBT up to current reporting and in supporting whomever wishes to go. I do not wish to volunteer to go myself. I have various projects to report, including an upcoming World AIDS Day event at the LGBT Center in NYC, and would like to talk with whomever will go so that they can share my updates. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:38, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

I suggest that the attendees of the Diversity Conference with LGBT+ related interests are approached. The fact that they are active and going to the conference (from a variety of institutions) may mean that they could be interested in representing the user group for the WMCON. There are a number of people chipping in on the Telegram group who have never been to a past WMCON, and there should be a preference for encouraging new reps. Though the criticism that bounces around about sending too many "white men" to Wikimedia events may be unfair at times, there is a benefit to be had in engaging more visible, or at least t-shirt wearing, LGBT+ women and trans folks at events. I'll put a note on the Telegram group, maybe others could craft something for Twitter, the email list and a couple of relevant talk pages or notice boards?

As per Blue, as I went last year, I'll not be putting my name in the hat. --Fæ (talk) 14:31, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes, please do whatever you can to help spread the word and encourage people to express their interest. In the past, very few people expressed interest in attending the conference and representing this group. I would be interested and willing to attend if there is limited interest, but I too would love to see new representatives. -Another Believer (talk) 15:06, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

I went last year and if there is nobody who wants to go, I could do it again in 2018. It would be great if we can find someone else so that not the same persons attend every year. -- Freddy2001 ^talk 20:54, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm in the same boat. I'm happy to represent our group, and would be willing to attend if no one else expresses interest, but would also like to see new representation. I did not attend the conference last year, but did in 2015 and 2016. -Another Believer (talk) 01:01, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm in Berlin anyway so if it is ok Berlin I might be able to go. I don't have that much free time on my hands though. So I could drop in here and there when it is relevant but likely not attend the whole thing unless it's on a weekend. So that's my two cents. As I would like organize a Wikipedia at World pride New York 2019 if you also be an opportunity to present that and of course everything else...--Earlyspatz^talk 12:26, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Registration has opened, and I believe WMLGBT+ is eligible to send two representatives. Any ideas on how to decide who should attend? Don't want to kick this can too far down the road, nor do I want any individuals to be accused of making decisions without wider consensus. -Another Believer (talk) 23:40, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Today we had a World AIDS Day event in NYC at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. The number of people who participate in LGBT+ wiki events in NYC is large enough and also represents an international demographic as many people here are immigrants. At the same time, even if individuals in this group are interested in wiki, and even interested in wiki organizing, it is challenging to identify people who are that and interested in connecting with wiki organizing issues outside of LGBT topics. Some of us are meeting to talk about next steps the weekend before Monday 11 December, so I might have something to report in that week. I will ask around. Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:49, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Just to confirm on eligibility, see Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants'_List. Thanks everyone for letting new people have an opportunity to grow. --Nemo 13:13, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Nominations for representatives to attend

User:FULBERT

I nominate user:FULBERT to represent Wiki LGBT+ at the Wikimedia Conference in 2018.

User:FULBERT has been engaged with Wikimedia projects since early 2017. In that time he has attended NYC events, collaborated with Wiki Education Foundation to incorporate Wikipedia in the classroom for two classes (1) (2), attended and actively participated in Wikimania Montreal including the LGBT+ meetup, and he has made other efforts to encourage groups of Wikipedians to be more efficient either by scaling up outreach or making administrative changes to be more effective. FULBERT has day jobs as a professor at a major university in New York City and with a major national nonprofit organization in the United States but of international impact. He would be an ideal candidate to attend the Wikimedia Conference because after long conversations, we in NYC are nearing the end of what we can explain to him and his questions would be best answered by him meeting other Wikimedia community organizers at this sort of conference. I know that he is fairly new to engaging in Wikimedia projects, but as a professor who uses Wikipedia in the classroom he has demonstrated his ability to convince graduate students to contribute to Wikipedia and make them see this opportunity for their own benefit and to the mutual benefit of Wikipedia. In his nonprofit network I think that he similarly is in a position to encourage institutional engagement in Wikimedia projects if only he could access a bit more of the training and experience that he needs to speak confidently about wiki.

Although FULBERT does not take the development of LGBT+ content as his focus, he has shown special interest in helping anyone else bring this content to Wikipedia. Also, he has professional training and experience in administration and organizing, and I think that Wiki LGBT+ and the larger Wikimedia community would benefit from having more people with this background. At the conference FULBERT would advocate for greater inclusion of LGBT+ people, allies, and perspectives in every field of outreach. I also like his ideas about better integrating advocacy for LGBT+ projects with issues of fairness and equality for all demographics, because I think that gives Wiki LGBT+ synergy with other, similar groups. I think that his professional and Wikimedia background make him able to advocate in this way to an extent that anyone without his experience could not. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:24, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks for the nomination, Blue Rasberry . My work over the past year with all things Wiki, from Wiki NYC to Wikimania, its connection with nonprofits, and its link with the open education movement has convinced me it is one of our ways forward in advocating for equality, equity, and credibility as a counter to the effects of bias and fake news. I accept this nomination and, if given the opportunity to attend and represent Wiki LGBT+ at the Wikimedia Conference in 2018, will do all I can to help us move our shared work and contributions forward. FULBERT (talk) 19:05, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Support I support User:Fulbert's attendance, and trust he will attempt to document and report appropriately. -Another Believer (talk) 14:41, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@Earlyspatz: Thank you for offering to attend. However, saying "I could drop in here and there when it is relevant but likely not attend the whole thing" makes me wonder if we can send another representative who is able to be fully present and assist with documentation and reporting. Your presence in Berlin is convenient, but I think we should send 2 people who can commit to all the duties and responsibilities that come with attending the entire conference. -Another Believer (talk) 14:41, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Freddy2001

I would like to nominate User:Freddy2001 to represent Wikimedia LGBT+ at the Wikimedia Conference 2018.

User:Freddy2001 has been involved with Wikimedia projects since 2012, mostly on the German Wikipedia and on Commons. She has attended many Wikimedia activities and conferences, including Wikimania 2016 and 2017 (including the LGBT+ meetups), the Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017 and German Young Wikipedian meetups (which she helps organising). She is a very keen photographer, which is useful in documenting conferences.

She has also attended the Wikimedia Conference representing Wikimedia LGBT+ before, namely last year. She has shown interest to do so again, and I think it would be valuable for this user group to have her attend. Seeing the nomination of User:FULBERT, I think they would complement each other well, given both users' background and experience.

I would also like to remind that registration closes 15 January, so if Wikimedia LGBT+ would like to send two representatives, we'd need to decide rather quickly. SPQRobin (talk) 15:15, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Support This user attended last year and did good reporting at Wikimedia LGBT+/2017. This group could use the stability of continuity in representation and participation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:51, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the nomination SPQRobin. I attended last year (Bluerasberry has linked my report) and have heard from many users on different conferences what challenges they face and what successes they have. I do a lot of work for underrepresented groups (not just limited to LGBT+ people) in the Wikimedia projects, for example the young wikimedian project. The WMCON is a precious opportunity to connect to other affiliates and work together on our goals: equality, free knowledge and open possibilities for everyone. I accept the nomination and if I will get the privilege to represent WMLGBT+, I will do everything to bring the project, our work and our values and goals forward. -- Freddy2001 ^talk 22:56, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Support I support User:Freddy2001 attending. I want to acknowledge some editors' preference to rotate representatives, but I have no problem with Freddy2001 returning to contribute to the conference with WMLGBT+'s goals in mind, and help with documentation and reporting. I propose waiting a couple more days to see if any other editors express support or concerns, otherwise I believe we've selected two representatives. Thanks to all who have contributed to this discussion. -Another Believer (talk) 04:28, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

*bump* Since there has been no additional discussion, I support having the two reps above going ahead and registering. @FULBERT and Freddy2001: Please confirm once you've registered, thanks! -Another Believer (talk) 14:59, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Another Believer for the go ahead. I will register on this today and then report back. It will be a good opportunity to articulate some of our work and needs, per the preparation for the registration questions. FULBERT (talk) 12:28, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

I am now registered for #WMCON2018, and look forward to working with Freddy2001 to represent our community at the conference. FULBERT (talk) 19:26, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

I am registered for the Conference and was accepted to attend the the Learning Days. -- Freddy2001 ^talk 07:37, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the update! -Another Believer (talk) 16:21, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Planning for Wikimedia Conference 2018

Now that Freddy2001 and I are scheduled to attend the conference, it may be a useful time to gather input from our community here. I have some ideas and thoughts about organization, communication, and the like, though really hope to get input from our community here.

What are the greatest needs you think Wikimedia LGBT+ has that we can bring to and hope to be informed by our attending the Wikimedia Conference 2018? FULBERT (talk) 16:58, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

I am trying to locate previous reports or materials from any past Wikimedia LGBT+ representation at Wikimedia Conferences, though am not able to locate them. Can somebody point me to anything we have so I can better understand where we are starting from in this area (as we are preparing for 2018)? Pinging Another Believer, OR drohowa, Bluerasberry, Tom Morris, Shujenchang, Sou Boyy, and Freddy2001. I envision we can build off of our previous accomplishments, and welcome any insight or guidance from anybody on this. Thanks in advance! --- FULBERT (talk) 15:54, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I wanted to include Hexatekin too! --- FULBERT (talk) 16:15, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

@FULBERT: I invite you to poke around Category:Wikimedia LGBT+, and pay special attention to some of the event links at Wikimedia LGBT+/Business and Wikimedia LGBT+/Wikimania. Some of the Wikimania meetup pages link to Etherpad notes. Also, our annual reports provide overviews of previous Wikimedia Conference experiences: Wikimedia LGBT+/2015, Wikimedia LGBT+/2017. I hope this helps! -Another Believer (talk) 16:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and just FYI, "Hexatekin" and "OR drohowa" are the same editor. -Another Believer (talk) 16:21, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Another Believer for the pointers; will do! --- FULBERT (talk) 19:52, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

I added a spot for an LGBT+ meetup at WMCon here. Freddy2001, any suggestions for day/time? --- FULBERT (talk) 14:01, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

What's about Friday, 19:30? -- Freddy2001 ^talk 16:38, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Sure Freddy2001; will add it as a suggestion. I suppose if it conflicts with dinner or too many other sessions they will let us know. --- FULBERT (talk) 17:15, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

I was going to suggest just showing up or contacting us or me, rather than having a sign-up form as some of the other groups have. Does that sound a good idea Freddy2001 due to some attendee needs? --- FULBERT (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

I have been thinking about this, Freddy2001, and wonder if perhaps we should create and link to a dedicated meetup page for this? While I do not think it is necessary for people to register, I think it would be useful to have a spot to list us, perhaps have a link to our work here, and begin to draft an agenda (even if only rough ideas). I am also wondering if that may not be a place to discuss our work overall at WikiCon related to promoting the LGBT+ opportunities, needs, and thoughts for our community? What do you think? --- FULBERT (talk) 17:53, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

I created a meetup page for us at the Wikimedia Conference 2018 here Freddy2001. Anybody here, feel free to add any ideas or suggestions to it, including those who may not be attending in person. FULBERT (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Report from the Wikimedia Conference 2018

I created a new page for our user group's 2018 accomplishments and put my summary report from attending the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin as one of our representatives. I think the page (or at least my section) still needs some formatting, but I wanted to get it up while it is still timely. I will be adding notes from our LGBT+ Meetup at the Conference in the next day or two. Very interested in feedback on it. FULBERT (talk) 21:56, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

I know we have a number of reports from previous Wikimedia Conferences in addition to mine above, though I think they are difficult to find. Anybody have a suggestion where they should be more clearly linked? Thinking under Activities or Business? I am happy to round them up and link them, just wondering where the most appropriate spot make be? Pinging Bluerasberry Another Believer RachelWex for thoughts --- FULBERT (talk) 12:03, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

I've aways tried to associate LGBT-related pages with Category:Wikimedia LGBT+. -Another Believer (talk) 17:00, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, and makes sense, though that alone may not be easy to locate for people looking for them. I will take a spin at linking to them someplace directly as well, Another Believer --- FULBERT (talk) 17:18, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes, great idea, just wanted to recommend a place to start searching for related pages. -Another Believer (talk) 17:58, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2018

I've mentioned this briefly above, but I'd like to invite project members to please consider contributing to this year's Wiki Loves Pride campaign in some way. The results are already coming in and looking nice. It'd be nice to have even more to showcase, so spare a moment if you have one. Thanks to all who help keep this going! -Another Believer (talk) 04:22, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Any thought on having this via a project tracker (projects dashboard)? Wondering about this for the remote participation as well. Very glad this is here, as I initially missed it! So very important we gather some of these data to show some of the impact of our work --- FULBERT (talk) 14:21, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

LGBT+ User Group Meetup - Discussion

I want to share the report I wrote about my experiences as an LGBT+ User Group representative at the Wikimedia Conference last month in Berlin. My notes and a summary of the discussion with our opportunities, challenges, and next steps raised at our LGBT+ Meetup are all online: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT%2B/Wikimedia_Conference_2018#LGBT+_User_Group_Meetup We are really interested in your thoughts and feedback! Due to the many channels we have and our intentions to engage with as many of our LGBT+ User Group members as possible, we ask if we can focus the feedback replies via our email list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/lgbt or via the Talk page on the post itself. Looking forward to continuing our opportunities together! --- FULBERT (talk) 19:43, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

There has been some discussion across several channels on a remote Pride Editathon. Anybody know if anything like that is already planned or in process? FULBERT (talk) 20:52, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/2018 will run during the month of June, at least as an English Wikipedia project. -Another Believer (talk) 22:15, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Another Believer for the link. On there is a page for a Remote Wiki Loves Pride event page for discussion and ideas related to engaging in Pride Month events for people who do not have a local Wiki Loves Pride presence. --- FULBERT (talk) 19:30, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

LGBT+ User Group representatives

One of the issues that arose when I met with the Affiliations Committee about our user group is it is unclear who our two representatives are in their system, namely the contacts who they reach out to when they need to communicate with us or who they will ask for reporting. I was told that they should be listed on our site and input in their system, which they did not have. Does anybody know who they are so we can make sure they are listed here and do not miss any communications. Pinging User:Another Believer User:Bluerasberry User:Nattes à chat User:RachelWex to make sure you see this and inquire if you know. I volunteer to be one of these, even if temporary, if nobody is currently in place. I think that, going into Pride Month (in many parts of the world) we need to begin sorting these issues to remain in good standing. --FULBERT (talk) 11:09, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

By default one was probably me, but if anyone would like to setup a consensus process we could nominate reps. There is no official procedure and the affcom contacts may have no special relationship to how the group might be represented elsewhere. BTW, I think we can have as may points of contact as we want,we should naturally inform Affcom when they change or become inactive. Fæ (talk) 13:35, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

I think we should have as many male representatives as female representatives. I think that a group of people instead of only two representatives would be better.--Sparrow (麻雀) 🐧 16:37, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

I think the original reps were User:Fae, User:Hexatekin (formerly User:OR drohowa), and myself. I have no problem letting someone else be the official rep, and I'm not sure Hexatekin is very active these days. But, like Fae suggested, I also don't think the official contacts are really afforded any special privileges or relationships, so this may be an unnecessary worry. We needed names to create a group, but now that the group is created, the reps are really just the folks who step up, apply to attend conferences and other events, propose and run online campaigns, contribute to on- and off-wiki discussions, etc. Sparrow, re: "I think that a group of people instead of only two representatives would be better." This is how I see this group already. There are not really official leaders. And, just for the record, User:Hexatekin is female, so there were 2 male and 1 female reps originally. -Another Believer (talk) 17:11, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

AffCom informed me when we met that there should be two user group reps who are their points of contact and who should be listed on our User Group site; I did not inquire if there could be more than two or how other groups handled this (I only had 15 minutes with them). When I asked them who our reps were now, they did not have any names in their system for when they looked us up. FULBERT (talk) 21:39, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Their system has missed our existing foundation agreement for some reason. The 3 reps are named on it, alongside our signatures. We should ask Affcom to correct their data to match the user group agreement they have on record.

Our website is these pages on meta, and I'll double check the agreement later today and add a section on our portal with names and original dates. Affcom asking for this is a new requirement, so I'll drop them a confirming note. We are deliberately run with the minimum possible bureaucracy, but as the reps are in the agreement we should take care to record the baseline and be able to link to a user group consensus for changes. Unless someone wants to propose another way, that probably needs nominations and a vote on meta, supported by a note out on our linked comms channels. Fæ (talk) 00:07, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Checking through my email archive, I added our three signatures to the Wikimedia Foundation PDF User Group Agreement on 9 October 2014 and Another Believer officially sent the document to WMF Legal on 10 October 2014. The User Group "Effective Date" stated in the document by the WMF is September 18, 2014. During my role with Chapters, these WMF agreements often get published on-wiki, but as the User Group is not a legal entity, there is no requirement for us to make this document (with our signatures and full legal names) a public record. As we want anyone to be able to participate in WMLGBT+ while respecting their privacy, I suggest we avoid publishing full legal names unless this is a firm requirement, as this would lock out people who prefer to keep their legal name confidential, even if they are happy to have it associated with their Wikimedia accounts in private.

What I'll add to the portal page is that from 2014-09-18 the WMLGBT+ UG representatives have been Hexatekin, Another Believer and Fæ. All of our three Wikimedia accounts have email enabled, as well as us remaining active and available via on-wiki pages.

As there is no urgency, I suggest we consider putting out a note later this week/month asking for feedback on the process for nominating or reconfirming representatives, so the discussion is not limited to meta. It is a requirement that potential representatives are comfortable with confirming their identities with the WMF, which means sharing "Government ID", name and address if requested by the WMF; however apart from this and the normal annual activity reporting requirement for user groups, the procedure is deliberately light-weight. My understanding is that the 2014 agreement with the WMF will continue to stand, even if our representatives named on these meta pages changes. However that's something that I will confirm in my email to Affcom to make sure.

It's worth repeating that the UG reps are an administrative necessity, the reps have no other agreed role in the User Group, we were three active members who happened to be available to meet up during Wikimania with Affcom. As we have had the same reps for 4 years, asking for nominations and potentially refreshing our named reps to ensure they are active participants and likely to be available for any questions from Affcom or the WMF is a sensible idea. The process discussion may also be a good time for people to question whether we need to have a more regular committee-type structure with, say, a set of annual minutes. --Fæ (talk) 01:07, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Fæ for the due diligence in keeping these records and reaching out to AffCom to make sure they are current and we do not get left out of any important communications. I agree that our maintaining and sharing what they require is a good idea, and as this was the first of the immediate recommendations that came from my meeting with them in April (along with the companionship of User:Imacat who joined me in the meeting). I also agree that using real names or User: names here on Wiki is also a good option due to some complexities our community faces globally. As we discussed in the Meetup as well, this is a great step in our thinking about how we may want to develop and what needs of our community we may want to better understand and meet. --- FULBERT (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

I have added a representatives list to the Participants page diff. If the User Group changes this list, one of the reps needs to then "formally" tell Affcom.

As mentioned above, an email has been sent to Affcom informing them of the publication of representatives on our Portal page, along with naming them in the email. The email subject is "Wikimedia LGBT+ representatives" and was sent a few minutes ago; just in case anyone needs to reference it or help an Affcom member find it. --Fæ (talk) 11:47, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying this for our user group Fæ; really glad we could get this in order as it keeps us current with AffCom needs. --- FULBERT (talk) 11:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)