Sara Mörtsell (WMSE)

Welcome to Meta!

Hello, Sara Mörtsell (WMSE). 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). Happy editing!

-- Meta-Wiki Welcome (talk) 09:48, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?

Hi! The Wikimedia Foundation would like your input on how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project.

After reading the Reimagining WMF grants idea, we ask you to complete this survey to help us improve the idea and learn more about your experience. When you complete the survey, you can enter to win one of five Wikimedia globe sweatshirts!

In addition to taking the the survey, you are welcome to participate in these ways:

• Respond to questions on the discussion page of the idea.
• Join a small group conversation.
• Learn more about this consultation.

This survey is in English, but feedback on the discussion page is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) (talk · contribs) through MediaWiki message delivery. 01:24, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Last call for WMF grants feedback!

Hi, this is a reminder that the consultation about Reimagining WMF grants is closing on 8 September (0:00 UTC). We encourage you to complete the survey now, if you haven't yet done so, so that we can include your ideas.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) (talk · contribs) through MediaWiki message delivery. 19:09, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Help decide the future of Wikimania

The Wikimedia Foundation is currently running a consultation on the value and planning process of Wikimania, and is open until 18 January 2016. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in 2018).

After reviewing the consultation, we'd like to hear your feedback on on this survey.

In addition, feel free to share any personal experiences you have had at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania. We plan to compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk), from Community Resources 23:46, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Towards a New Wikimania results

Last December, I invited you to share your views on the value of Wikimedia conferences and the planning process of Wikimania. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report summarizing your feedback and important changes for Wikimania starting in 2018 as an experiment. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page. Thank you so much for your participation. I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, 22:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign on content curation & review

I've recently launched an Inspire Campaign to encourage new ideas focusing on content review and curation in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia volunteers collaboratively manage vast repositories of knowledge, and we’re looking for your ideas about how to manage that knowledge to make it more meaningful and accessible. We invite you to participate and submit ideas, so please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 28th.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is welcome - your skills and experience can help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign to improve review and curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and accessible! I JethroBT (WMF) 05:39, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

(Opt-out Instructions) This message was sent by I JethroBT (WMF) (talk · contribs) through MediaWiki message delivery.

Participate in the Inspire Campaign and help address harassment!

Through June, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas focusing on addressing harassment toward Wikimedia contributors. The 2015 Harassment Survey has shown evidence that harassment in various forms - name calling, threats, discrimination, stalking, and impersonation, among others - is pervasive. Available methods and systems to deal with harassment are also considered to be ineffective. These behaviors are clearly harmful, and in addition, many individuals who experience or witness harassment participate less in Wikimedia projects or stop contributing entirely.

Proposals in any language are welcome during the campaign - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign so that we can work together to develop ideas around this important and difficult issue. With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 17:47, 31 May 2016 (UTC) (Opt-out instructions)

Training modules: Can you help us with translation?

Hello Sara Mörtsell (WMSE), hope all is well! As you may know, we at the Wikimedia Foundation's Support and Safety team are developing new training materials to help contributors deal with online harassment situations, and with problems at real life events. The final English version is now finished!

I'm wondering if you would be willing to help us translate content for these Training Modules into your language. We are targeting a minimum of ten languages for these modules, including the English original.

If the answer is yes, please let me know with a ping, or just get stuck in - either way, we would really appreciate your support! Joe Sutherland (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 18:12, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

This is excellent news. I'd like to find a volunteer who can help translate it into Swedish, and I'm on it. Thanks. Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 10:00, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Hello again! Just wanted to say thank you for offering to help on the Training Modules translation drive. This is just a gentle reminder that any help translating, even a few lines or messages, will get us closer to the goal of having these important materials available to more language communities. We are hoping to make progress on this by the end of the month. If you have any questions, or need assistance, I’m happy to chat.

• Keeping events safe
• Dealing with online harassment:
  • Fundamentals
  • Other forms of harassment
  • Communication best practices
  • Handling reports
  • Closing cases

Thanks again! Joe Sutherland (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 00:17, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Email

I Sarah, I got a notification saying you emailed me, but I don't see a message from you in my email inbox. Would you mind resending? -Another Believer (talk) 01:45, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Sent it again, much shorter version :) --Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

You got mail!

Hi Sara! You've got email! :) Rehman 09:10, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! :) Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 12:06, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Re:Wikimedia diversity

Hi Sara, hope you are well. I just answer to the 3 questions about the diversity, :-*. --Camelia (talk) 11:54, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 12:07, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

WikiGap-2018

Hi Sara! Users of the Bashkir Wikipedia would also like to participate in the contest WikiGap-2018. We will write in the Bashkir language. --ZUFAr (talk) 11:51, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Excellent news! Where will you host your event and when? Best, --Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 15:10, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

• We will write in the Bashkir section of Wikipedia. We do not have a lot of users, so we will write from March 8 to April 30. Can we count on some prizes for the participants?

In our Wikipedia, most of all women. This is the feature of our wikipedia. Articles for Wikipedia are written by women of retirement age, former teachers, journalists, etc. who know their native language. They are jokingly called wiki-grandmothers.--ZUFAr (talk) 02:43, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Sounds like you're doing a fantastic job with Bashir Wikipedia. In general, WikiGap is not organized as a contest, but I'd like to explore if givaways can be sent your way, perhaps via the Swedish Embassy in Moscow which is part of WikiGap in Russia. How many participants are you expecting? --Sara Mörtsell (WMSE) (talk) 13:44, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

• I announced the beginning of the event . Our community supports this event. 11 users were tagged, among them only 1 man. Maybe someone else will join later.--ZUFAr (talk) 06:24, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

[Wikipedia & Education User Group] Updates: November 2018

Greetings,

Integrating Wikimedia with education is a powerful strategy for the outreach of Wikimedia projects. Realising this concept, a group of leaders promoted this and formed the Wikipedia Education Collaborative. After some time, this evolved to become a user group, officially recognised by the Affiliations Committee in June 2018. The user group had its first board elections earlier in September. In the process to formalise activities and give a shape the user group for long-term sustainability, we are now revamping our processes. Thanks for supporting us during incubation stages, we are now inviting you to formally join the user group by following the instructions on the members' page. Being a member will allow you to be a part of this wonderful collaboration and also do interesting stuff.

Kind regards
On behalf of Wikipedia and Education UG, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:44, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Participate in usability testing for new Event Metrics tool?

Hi Sara_Mörtsell_(WMSE). I'd like to invite you to participate in usability tests we're planning for the Event Metrics program now in development. The test will involve a one-hour video conference session with a design researchers, who will lead you through a series of tasks on the program and talk to you about how well the tool's user interface works for you and how it could be improved. Sessions will take place the second and third weeks of January.

If you think you can help out, please email Daisy Chen at dchen[at]wikimedia.org and let her know:

• The email address where you prefer to be reached.
• Your time zone
• General times when you prefer to meet (evenings, mornings, etc.)

Daisy will follow up to schedule a time. Thanks for your help in making Event Metrics a tool that event organizers will find empowering. —JMatazzoni (WMF) (talk) 19:58, 30 November 2018 (UTC)