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Hello, Eva Martin (WMDE). Welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum if you need help with something (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Also worthwhile acquainting yourself with the functions of global user pages. Happy editing!

 — billinghurst sDrewth 00:05, 2 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Translation edit

Hi Eva! Please, can you mark your edits in Wikimedia Europe for translation? In this way, your changes will be reflected in other language editions and can be translated. Thanks! Davidpar (talk) 10:38, 19 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear @Davidpar thank you for your message. As a Wikiverse-newbie I am always glad to receive advices and learn more about tools and good practices on Meta. I have now made a request to get translation admin rights. In the meantime, my former edits on Wikimedia Europe have been marked by my collegue @Lea Lacroix (WMDE). Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 15:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Perfect, @Eva Martin (WMDE)! No problem, I saw that @Lea Lacroix (WMDE) just marked the content for translation, thanks to both of you for your understanding! Davidpar (talk) 16:45, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

Ask Me Anything session introduction (12 November), presented by a Movement Charter Drafting Committee member.
  • MCDC members attended the “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” sessions to provide more information about the Movement Charter, its goal, why it matters and how it impacts the communities. Recordings of the presentations in different languages can be found here.
  • The Movement Charter Ambassadors Program: Movement Charter Ambassadors (MCA) are individuals or groups interested in helping to ensure that their communities are fully engaged in community consultations. MCA are interested in supporting their communities to understand the content of the Movement Charter as well as ensuring that their communities can easily provide feedback. Anyone can become a MCA! Dedicated funds are available to support the MCA and their activities. Are you interested in becoming a Movement Charter Ambassador for your community? Sign up here!
  • The Movement Charter Drafting Committee will close membership: The  Committee decided not to add new members or replace those who step down after 1 January 2023, unless for exceptional reasons.
  • Learn about Movement Charter Drafting Committee’s work in October:  The Committee released its regular monthly update from October 2022. It includes highlights about the Committee's progress in drafting the Movement Charter content, its upcoming community consultation and participation at Wikimedia events.

Coming up:

  • Regional feedback conversations: The MCDC’s community consultations to collect feedback on the first three sections of the Movement Charter will take place between November 20 and December 18, 2022. You are invited to join one of the regional conversations planned for the eight regions (and various languages) of the Movement. Please note that interested people can share their feedback in different ways, including on the Meta talk page, on the Movement Strategy forum, filling out a survey (anonymously) and sending an email to: movementcharter wikimedia.org.
  • Sign up here to become a Movement Charter Ambassadors from your community and help ensure that your community is aware of the conversations around the Movement Charter! 


--13:37, 20 November 2022 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

Presentation about the Values & Principles chapter by MCDC member Georges Fodouop.
Presentation about the Roles and Responsibilities chapter (statement of intent) by MCDC member Manavpreet Kaur.
  • Learn about Movement Charter Drafting Committee’s work in November: As usual, the Committee released its regular monthly updates from November 2022. This month’s updates include highlights about the external facilitator hiring, next in-person meeting of the Committee and updates about the new drafting groups, among others.
  • First community consultation period: From mid November to mid December 2022 the Committee members took part in 8 regional feedback sessions. Committee members joined the sessions to provide clarifications and answer to questions that came from different language communities on the Movement Charter.
    • Recordings of the presentations shared during the regional meetings are available here for those interested.
    • A list Frequently Asked Questions that came up in the calls is available on Meta.
    • If you have not shared your feedback on the drafts of the Movement Charter yet, please do so by filling out this anonymous survey, which is open until January 2, 2023 and is available in more than 12 languages.
  • The Movement Charter Ambassador Program received over 15 proposals. The ambassadors are currently putting their initiatives into action in various local communities. The Movement Charter Ambassadors Program will once again be opened for applications in the second quarter of 2023, in preparation for the next  round of Movement Charter consultations. Both individuals and organizations will be able to apply. Those interested in becoming Movement Charter Ambassadors are encouraged to sign-up.

Coming up:

  • Community Conversations summary: The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation will prepare and publish the final summary report of the community feedback in January 2023. The report will be shared with the MCDC and the communities on different channels of communication.
  • Feedback on the Movement Charter: There will be additional ways to engage with the Movement Charter content, including the early feedback on the proposed ratification process and a new set of draft chapters in the second quarter of 2023.


--14:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

 

Coming up:

  • Community feedback on the ratification methodology proposal of the future Movement Charter. The feedback was postponed until March 2023. The communities will be able to review the ratification methodology and share their early input on the open questions.  
  • The MCDC will soon announce a “Call for Advisors”. The call will be an invitation for interested individuals with relevant expertise and knowledge to participate in drafting the Charter. Advisors will be considered non-voting members.
  • Responses to the community consultation feedback by the MCDC. The Committee has been carefully reviewing feedback collected in the consultation from November & December 2022, and will publicly share responses to the feedback by March.  


--14:20, 22 February 2023 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

 

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--11:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

 
Committee's meeting in New York, in early March.

Coming up:

  • Revised chapters: The Committee is preparing to publish the revised draft chapters of The Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities intentions statement, based on the community feedback received in November and December 2022.
  • Inviting advisors and experts: The Committee is preparing to welcome a number of advisors from outside the Committee. All interested Wikimedians were invited to apply earlier (you can still apply here!). Additionally, the Committee is planning and scheduling meetings with individuals with specific sets of expertise in various topics, including stewards, movement committees, Wikimedia Foundation and affiliate staff, and others.

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--19:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

Updates:

  • Charter Ratification Methodology proposal conversations: The Movement Charter Drafting Committee recently held the first conversations regarding the ratification methodology for the Movement Charter. The MCDC has received valuable feedback from different communities and the Committees during the community input period. The report of the community input will be shared in May, while the updated version of the ratification methodology will be presented between September and November 2023.
  • Communication evaluation: The Communications sub-committee of the MCDC together with the support staff conducted an evaluation of the communications. The Communications sub-committee appreciates the time and input of the community members who shared their opinions during the interviews. Several recommendations are going to be implemented in the upcoming period based on the valuable input.
  • Learn about the MCDC’s work in April: The MCDC continues to draft additional chapters: The Global Council, Hubs, Decision-making and Roles & Responsibilities. Alongside the drafting work, the MCDC is planning their in-person meeting scheduled for 2-4 June in Utrecht, Netherlands with the aim of advancing the charter's content.

What’s coming up?

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APP question edit

Hi there! I'm here to ask which specific part of APP prompted your question about editor retention? (As far as I remember, it isn't an explicit goal for Product and Tech this year.) Also, wanted to flag mw:Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#2023 in January was on this topic, for what is worth. TTYS, --Elitre (WMF) (talk) 16:34, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi and thanks for sharing the link to the January Showcase around editor retention!
Here is the part of the APP that I was referring to: "A key challenge to programmatic growth in the region has been the difficulty of retaining African editors on Wikimedia projects, driven by both on-wiki policy barriers (e.g. Wikipedia notability policies) and technical challenges (e.g. IP blocking). This year, the Foundation is proposing to work with communities to jointly address the editor retention challenge through social and technical interventions"
You can find the original text under the section 'Regional goals' for Sub-Saharan Africa. Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 07:33, 24 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Right. I believe the technical side of it is basically IP Masking. If you haven't caught up with it recently, IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation#April_2023:_The_Plan_for_IP_Masking is a good starting point (and there's some convos on the talk page). For any related questions, please feel free to reach out to User:Whatamidoing (WMF). Be well, and sending our best to our WMDE peers. --Elitre (WMF) (talk) 10:13, 24 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much for pointing out the proposition around IP Masking, this is very helpful :) Eva Martin (WMDE) (talk) 13:48, 24 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

aide enquête usage Wikipédia, validation bannière en allemand edit

Bonjour @Eva Martin (WMDE),

je me permets de vous contacter car j'anime l'équipe de recherche qui enquête sur les usages de Wikipédia (vous avez peut-être vu passer la bannière sur le Wikipédia en anglais, ou, actuellement, en français). Cette semaine nous ouvrons l'enquête en allemand, et j'ai besoin que quelqu'un valide la bannière, qui a déjà été relue par @Stefan_Kühn. La bannière est ici et le questionnaire est ici.

Merci d'avance! Jullienn (talk) 12:50, 26 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 submission edit

 

Dear Eva,

On behalf of the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 programme committee, I am pleased to inform you that your submission titled "Wikimedia Summit Engagement" has been accepted as a lightning talk. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please fill in the registration form. In case you have any additional requests or questions, do not hesitate to contact me or any other committee member.

Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:53, 24 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter edit

 

This newsletter combines content from both June and July, due to a delay in sharing out the previous newsletter.

Updates:

  • Learn about MCDC’s work in May & June: as usual, the update includes information about the meetings held by the Committee in this month, as well as about the work that was completed and the ongoing work & discussions.

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--12:25, 30 July 2023 (UTC).

Movement Charter Drafting Committee's monthly newsletter: August 2023 edit

Updates

  • Community consultation: The community consultation on the Global Council, Hubs, and the Glossary drafts is ongoing. We value your input, if you have not already, please take a moment to review the draft chapters and share your thoughts with the MCDC. We’ve posed open questions we would like your opinion on. Feel free to engage in a way that is most comfortable for you and your community. Learn more on our Diff blogs about the Global Council and Hubs.
  • Launch Party: On July 30 we hosted a Launch Party to share the Global Council and Hubs draft chapters. It was an inspiring event where we had the opportunity to listen to your feedback and address some of your questions. If you missed it, you can catch the recording on YouTube.
  • Community Conversations: We want to hear from as many people as possible. On July 16, the SWAN meeting opened its doors and offered an opportunity to interact with the MCDC members regarding the new drafts of the charter. Notes are available here. On July 28, a regional conversation with the Francophone community was held. Here comes a short summary here in English and French. Additionally, on August 2 we had a fruitful conversation with the LATAM region.
  • MCDC’s Work in July: As usual, the update includes information about the meetings held by the Committee in this month, as well as about the work that was completed and the ongoing work & discussions.

Upcoming

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MCDC Support Team, 23:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)