User:Sj

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en-N This user has a native understanding of English. de-2 Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau. es-2 Esta persona tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español. fr-2 cet·te utilisateur·rice dispose de connaissances intermédiaires en français. he-1 משתמש זה יודע עברית ברמה בסיסית. zh-1 这位用户的中文达到初级水平。 ar-0 هذا المستخدم ليس لديه معرفة بالعربية (أو يفهمها بصعوبة بالغة).
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Welcome to my page! I am Samuel Klein, wikipedian, linguaphile and, hoom, inclusionist. I am currently working on platforms for community-owned publishing of research and data. In the past I worked on a national digital library, at a "purpose of the Internet" research group, directed part of a global education project, and served as a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. Currently summarizing some cross-wiki thoughts + conversations about project + community design as design chats.

Currently working on matchmaking people with ideas. My writing background consists of a few journals and newsletters, doggerel on the back of exams, broadsheets on telephone poles, philosophical essays, and marked-up drafts of [others'] texts in red and blue. My academic background includes physics, mathematics, algorithms and language. In the Wikiverse: you can find me on the English Wikipedia, and occasionally on Wikibooks, Wiktionary (see also mod-wiktionary), the OLPC wiki, and previously on some smaller language wikis (Nahuatl, Swahili) or taking collab notes on Hypothesis XXX - synchrony across annotation systems for all sorts of knowledge (e.g., via hypothes.is and open annotation).

Recent peering: User:Sj/peer | Challenges | Federated knowledge | Design chats

To contact me: My talkpage · meta.sj (gmail) · +1 ... 529 4266

Movement thoughts: roles / fundraising / Chapter-WMF | North American Wikimedians
Wikipedia Zero | International grantmaking and US Executive Order 13224‎‎

If you need assistance: Please leave me a message or request.

• Steward handbook · Requests · Special:Log/rights · Special:userrights · Steward activity
• privacy · 'sample articles' maintained by MarsRover
• See also: WikiDC, GLAM/OKFN

17 new pages on meta:

14 May 2025

• 08:4908:49, 14 May 2025 CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/Capacity Building for Wikiclub Coordinators in Armenia (hist | edit) [2,720 bytes] Մարի Ավետիսյան (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CEE Newsletter Article | status = proposed <!-- only to be changed by editor / at editor request --> | title = {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}}<!-- will be filled automatically --> | author = <!-- add your name here --> | head image = Wikiclub coordinators’ gathering 2025 05.jpg | head = <!-- one paragraph that should provide introduction to the topic --> | body = <!-- rest of the article --> Wikiclubs are a cornerstone of Wikimedia Armenia's efforts to fo...")
• 08:3908:39, 14 May 2025 Abstract Wikipedia/Updates/Message/he (hist | edit) [939 bytes] A100Star (talk | contribs) (Created page with "עדכון מפושט חדש של ויקיפדיה וויקיפונקציות יצא")
• 07:5807:58, 14 May 2025 Wikimedia movement affiliates/Noticeboard/Archives/2025-01 (hist | edit) [977 bytes] ArchiverBot (talk | contribs) (Bot: Archiving 1 thread from Wikimedia movement affiliates/Noticeboard)
• 07:4307:43, 14 May 2025 Million Wiki Project 2025/Reports/WikiCollections 2024 (hist | edit) [581,569 bytes] Iyhab (WMUAE) (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Portal navigation | portalname = | portalicon = x90px|link=The Million Wiki Project | themecolor = #000000 | icon1 = | active = {{{active|}}} }} {{repport-WMPro |WDa= 18800 |WCo= 3113 |Wpar= 337 |Wtar=<!-- Enter the final number of outcomes related to Wiktionary in Arabic or leave empty --> |Wsar=<!-- Enter the final number of outcomes related to Wikisource in Arabic or leave empty --> |Wpfr=<!-- Enter the...")
• 07:4007:40, 14 May 2025 Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025/Participants/Waqar (hist | edit) [1,064 bytes] Waqar Ali Chandio (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=== {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} (Language_1, Language_2) X points total === <!-- # Example article 1: +4,953 bytes, suggested article, new translation = 5+10 = {{#expr:5+10}} points # Example article 3: +20,104 bytes, improved article = {{#expr:20+2}} points # Example article 4: +21,325 bytes, new article, 0 references = 0 points (one shouldn't create articles without sources!) # lt:Example article 5|...")
• 06:2906:29, 14 May 2025 Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025/Participants/mddanishsiddiquie1973 (hist | edit) [716 bytes] Mddanishsiddiquie1973 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=== {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} (Language_1, Language_2) X points total === <!-- # Example article 1: +4,953 bytes, suggested article, new translation = 5+10 = {{#expr:5+10}} points # Example article 3: +20,104 bytes, improved article = {{#expr:20+2}} points # Example article 4: +21,325 bytes, new article, 0 references = 0 points (one shouldn't create articles without sources!) # lt:Example article 5|...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 06:2406:24, 14 May 2025 WikiProject Women's Health/Tools (hist | edit) [251 bytes] Netha Hussain (talk | contribs) (+1)
• 06:2206:22, 14 May 2025 Youth Conference 2025/Sustainable Event (hist | edit) [4,362 bytes] Janbery (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{:Youth Conference 2025/Header|page=6}} {{:Youth Conference 2025/Footer}} Category:Events in 2025 {{SUBPAGENAME}}")
• 05:2905:29, 14 May 2025 Volunteer Supporters Network/Resources/ja (hist | edit) [8,692 bytes] Omotecho (talk | contribs) (Tr)
• 05:2705:27, 14 May 2025 Wiki Knowledge Park/Project Reports/2024/Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 (hist | edit) [2,022 bytes] ZI Jony (talk | contribs) (+) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
• 04:5404:54, 14 May 2025 Education/News/Drafts/Wikimedia workshop at OER conference in Germany (hist | edit) [1,238 bytes] Daniel Mietchen (talk | contribs) (started)
• 03:4503:45, 14 May 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard/mapping/Purpose/ko (hist | edit) [3,417 bytes] 리듬 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "위키미디어 재단 이사회 게시판/매핑/목적")
• 03:3603:36, 14 May 2025 QuickStatements 3.0/User stories/Data curator (hist | edit) [2,296 bytes] EPorto (WMB) (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{QuickStatements 3.0/Header}} {{QuickStatements 3.0/Header/User stories}} {{QuickStatements 3.0/User story |user-title = Data curator |as a = data curator, who loves Wikidata onthology and to model information |i want to = do specific edits, such as reconciliation of ranks, qualifiers and references, and fix constraint violations |so that = I can make Wikidata more reliable and meaningful for others who uses it |type = curator }} ===User scenario: Fixin...") Tag: Visual edit
• 03:3403:34, 14 May 2025 Wikimedia Foundation/People/ko (hist | edit) [2,714 bytes] 리듬 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "위키미디어 재단/사람들")
• 03:2903:29, 14 May 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard/mapping/Proposals/ko (hist | edit) [3,735 bytes] 리듬 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "위키미디어 재단 이사회 게시판/매핑/제안")
• 03:2803:28, 14 May 2025 Wikimedia Algeria/Algerian Railway Workshop 2024 (hist | edit) [7,547 bytes] UOzurumba (WMF) (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div dir="rtl" lang="ar"> == الأهداف == * '''ترجمة صفحات محطات القطار الجزائرية:''' ستقوم مجموعة من المتطوعين بترجمة صفحات محطات القطار من الفرنسية إلى العربية، مما يجعلها متاحة لجمهور أوسع. * '''توثيق تاريخ السكك الحديدية الجزائرية:''' في السنة التي تلي 2024 سيقوم المشروع بتصوير كل...")
• 03:2603:26, 14 May 2025 Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025/Participants/Sarramedj (hist | edit) [2,425 bytes] Sarramedj (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=== {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} (Language_1, Language_2) X points total === <!-- # Example article 1: +4,953 bytes, suggested article, new translation = 5+10 = {{#expr:5+10}} points # Example article 3: +20,104 bytes, improved article = {{#expr:20+2}} points # Example article 4: +21,325 bytes, new article, 0 references = 0 points (one shouldn't create articles without sources!) # lt:Example article 5|...")

Thoughts

News : Managing translations revisited. Long-term strategy for Wikimedia projects is being discussed and planned with some vigor | How Wikipedia Works, a book on using Wikipedia from nostarch press (with cameos by the sister projects) | LSS revived! | coralline ideas for generalized message-distribution : a way around the 100-mailing-list coordination problem. | Pimp your edits! | Mailing lists/cleanup

Interesting : Modern translation and coordination @ the Embassy, pages linked from Requests. A new Stewards noticeboard. A new Main page? Level activity across request types, improve feedback for uses of Special:CentralAuth, improve [[Help:]] pages about cross-wiki special pages/tools. New contributor objections

FDC complaint mid-2015 without clear timeline for response?

Fun : SJ Klein with Wikipedian Guy, reprises of old Wikimedia Quarto sidefeatures... like interviews with Ward Cunningham and Larry Lessig.
Pressworthy pages : User:Sj/PR
Village Pumps: ar, da, de, eo, es, fr, it, ja, nl, sv, zh, bab

Projects

A cheerful logo variant

Strategy : w:User:John_Carter/Opinions (2009), 2015?

Top of the desk. Active projects (see also Project map) | Wikiproject group, Digitizing and Translation with MW...   Digest / on en: | Annonces | MP
elian excellence: Incoming tech requests | Wikipedia languages
meta-slimming: Historical Wikipedia pages | statistics, on en:

old pages to slim: The importance of being Wikipedia, ...

older budget thoughts : Long term plans

communication models : the Why Give blog

Mania over time

Deleted pages to watch : <empty>

WMF events future: (see Board agenda; other agenda; &c. Last 2 quarters' planning unexpectedly light; energy drawn into private channels)
WMF events past: WMF.org chat, #wm, Sat July 24 | Vereins-Chat, #wm.de, Fri July 30 | Wikimania, August 2005

WM News, Sept 10+. | W-News | M:HP | Babel/Babylon
21 fahrplan, Dec 26-28

Status, Thoughts

The Dao of Wiki * Quirks of int'l grantmaking

Resolved, that ... WMPH - why did these stop being shared on Meta? Cross-wiki links needed.

I am thinking of ways to

1. improve key sites: Wikimedia website(Main, Fundraising, GFDL), http://www.wikimedia.org redirection page
2. improve key meta pages: Goings-on(t), Meta:Babel(t, Interorg relations.)
3. move meta-discussions to meta:, from en: and other subprojects.
4. improve community:
   • better multilingualism / translation across WM,
   • nuanced interactions with new users, playful trolls, nascent vandals, non-editor readers; article validation
   • meshed ideas, empirics, and [pre]conceived notions relating to community infrastruture, vision-building, interaction, insight and insanity, ...
     • Old essays: Various Wikipedian essays, Wikipedia commentary
     • Old ideas: Send this article to a friend, ...
5. unify discussion: power structures within WM and across WP-instances (covering Ver ein/ Wreader and es: split issues as well as the mundane)
6. help propose new projects: Wikifamily, Wikinews, Pa/Pr/Fu, Media, Prufing, Review...
7. design a few feature improvements
8. help people who reuse wikimedia content recognize the projects the content came from
9. help others and future selves see what I see
10. share test writing and wiki work

Topics belonging uniquely here:

Other Topics

Structure + Developer committee, Finance committee, Editor committee, PR committee -- for helping to coordinate and divide labor in those key areas. + Translation crew for discussing and processing multilingual issues; translation, communication, official languages, &c. + Press Corps for handling press IDs, contacting major events, getting exclusive interviews and photoshoots. See also Wikews. + Other groups to plan for Grants, Collateral, Legal issues, Outreach/User groups, Publicity, Print issues, Partnerships. Overviews + WM-wide mesh ('organization chart', 'project map', 'topic map', 'discussion counter', 'Wikipedia languages')

Toolchain + My MediaWiki feature requests + Division of labor requests + EasyTimeline Law + (c): Jamesday on #wp, en:Wikipedia:Copyright... + Chapters: Verein, Association, EO chapter in France... Review + New pages, Article validation, villi...

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