Movement Charter/Drafting Committee/Candidates
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Niriba ban zani ni bɛ piiba piibu piibu ŋɔ ni nolini lahabaya nyɛla din be kpe Movement Charter's Drafting Committee. Ban daa mali kɔrisi ni piibu piibu ŋɔ daa nyɛla bɛ ni daa ti soli ni bɛ piigi bɛ maŋa August goli dabaayi hali ni September goli biɛɣu pia ni anahi dali n zaŋ pahi bɛ taba zuɣu ka piibu ŋɔ n-naai piigi. Lala laɣingu tumi ni bɛ kalinli nye pia ni anu.
Saha shɛli boligu ni boli niriba ni bɛ piigi bɛ maŋa zali ka piibu piibu niŋ nyɛla din paai tariga. Piibu piibu gbaai ni di niŋ silimmin goli October pia ni yini ni di biɛɣu pishi ni anahi yuuni sunsuuni yuuni 2021 AoE ( UTC – UTC). Set up process yaligu wuhiya ni tuuli niriba ayopin ban yɛn doni zuɣusaa piibu piibu maa ni nyɛla ban yɛn nyɛ zaa shɛhi.Wikimedia ni mi laɣinsi shɛba yɛla mini Wikimedia Foundation tuma yili nima n yɛn piiba n-kpɛhi zaa shɛHI.
Tiŋa shɛŋa ban niriba yɛn zani ka di piiba
Ban yɛn zani ka di piiba maa yila tiŋsi ŋɔ ni na:
| Country | Count | Geography | Wikimedia Regions[Country 1] |
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| Algeria | 2 | North Africa | Middle East and North Africa |
| Australia | 1 | The Pacific | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| Belgium | 1 | Western Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Brazil | 1 | South America | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Burundi | 1 | East Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Cameroon | 1 | Central Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Canada | 2 | North America | United States and Canada |
| Colombia | 1 | South America | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 4 | West Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| DR Congo | 3 | Central Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| France | 1 | Western Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Germany | 1 | Western Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Ghana | 2 | West Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Haiti | 1 | The Caribbean | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Hungary | 1 | Central Europe | Central and Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
| China | 2 | East Asia | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| India | 9 | South Asia | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| Indonesia | 1 | Southeast Asia | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| Iraq | 1 | Middle East | Middle East and North Africa |
| Italy | 1 | Soutwestern Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Mexico | 1 | Central America | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Morocco | 1 | North Africa | Middle East and North Africa |
| Netherlands | 2 | Western Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Nigeria | 4 | West Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Palestine | 1 | Middle East | Middle East and North Africa |
| Peru | 1 | South America | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Philippines | 2 | Southeast Asia | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| Poland | 3 | Central Europe | Central and Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
| Portugal | 1 | Southwestern Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| South Korea | 1 | East Asia | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| Russia | 2 | Eastern Europe + North Asia |
Central ni Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
| Rwanda | 1 | East Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Slovakia | 1 | Central Europe | Central ni Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
| Spain | 1 | Southwestern Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | South Asia | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| Sweden | 1 | Northern Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| Taiwan | 3 | East Asia | East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific |
| Tanzania | 1 | East Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | The Caribbean | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Ukraine | 1 | Eastern Europe | Central and Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
| United Kingdom | 3 | Northern Europe | Western & Northern Europe |
| United States | 8 | North America | United States and Canada |
| Venezuela | 2 | South America | Latin America & Caribbean |
Na boriba
We are closing this section to manage the translations. As a result, no further edits to candidate statements can be made.
We are also kindly requesting the candidates to confirm their “main wiki project” and define their expertise by naming the project and choosing 3 areas of competency from the respective matrix. We kindly ask the candidates to send this information by October 3, 2021 to strategy2030
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Irvin Sto. Tomas (Filipinayzd)
Filipinayzd (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | In my leadership role, I actively represented PhilWiki Community and presented at the Wikimedia Conference (2017-2018) and Wikimedia Summit (2019), Wikimedia+Education Conference (2019), ESEAP Conference (2019), and the Global Conversations (2020). As a community coordinator and organizer, I represented and served as a presenter at the Philippine WikiConference (2012-2013). Currently, I am the Board Treasurer and the committee chair in GLAM and Education. Prior to this, I have served as a community coordinator (2012-15; 2015-2017), and chairman/president of PhilWiki Community (2018-2020).
As a project lead, I implemented different campaigns including WikiGap Campaign in the Philippines (2019-2020), Wiki Loves Monuments in the Philippines (2018-2020), Wiki Takes the City (2012 and 2015/16), and the Community celebration of the 20th year of Wikipedia (2020) in Naga City, and Bikol Wikipedia's 1st (2008), 5th (2012), 10th (2017) and 13th year (2020). In the advocacy campaign, I was invited and talked in various fora promoting the activities of the organization and answering relevant issues related to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement. Among these engagements are: at the Bicol Region Librarians Council (BRLC)'s Regional Conference on Reinventing Library Management in the 21st Century (2012), Boses ni Lolo guest Wikipedian on DWRN 657khz (2015) and DWRJ 96.1 (2016), Ini An Totoo DWOK 97.5 TV program on the Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education policy under the K-12 Curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Wikimedia Movement (2019), Language Month episode of Abogado Juan "Hapot mo, Simbag ko" on Home Radio 95.1 (2020), WikiGAP: Closing the Digital Gender Gap discussion sponsored by Developh Community (2021), and Wiki Loves Earth and Wikimedia Commons Workshop at the Pagkarahay Art Festival (2021). I am most active on my local Wikipedia and spend some of my time contributing on Commons and Incubator. I used to be an admin on Bikol Wikipedia and on Bikol Wiktionary. Currently, I am working on Bikol Wikisource and Rinconada Bikol Wikipedia. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am actively involved in various collaborations on and offline in different capacity. As a project team member, I served as the event manager of Wiki Loves Earth in the Philippines (2018-2020). I also served as a final jury in Wiki Loves Monuments in Armenia (2020), and Wiki Loves Earth in Armenia (2020), and the local coordinator of WPWP Campaign (2020) and Wikipedia Asian Month (2018-2020) on Bikol Wikipedia. In 2018, I was part of the communications committee of the ESEAP Conference held in Bali, Indonesia.
As a mentor and volunteer, I taught new editors and participants at workshops such as at the Open Web Day - University of Nueva Caceres (2013), Rinconada Bikol Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (2016) held at Iriga City Public Library, WikiTutorial (2018) held at Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, a teacher's training workshop of Department of Education - Division of Catanduanes (2019), and WPWP in the Philippines at CBSUA (2021). As a participant, I am proud to have finished 6th over-all in the WikiGap Challenge (2020), and to be recognized among the participants as "meritevoli di menzione" at the Wikipedia 20 concorso di testi poetici by WikiDonne. Together with other global community leaders, I participated in the 2019 Training of Trainers which developed my organizing and leadership skills. Recently, I have been an active participant in the Wiki Loves Art mural painting activities of PhilWiki Community in partnership with Kintab Artists Group promoting Wikimedia and Wikipedia in Education at different public schools and a state university. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | ESEAP has to have representation in the drafting of the Movement Charter. Being deeply involved in the movement for quite some time now, I believe I have something to share. To be part of a diverse, and vibrant pool of passionate advocates of free knowledge, is one great opportunity and challenge. | |
Marie-Louise Aembe (WINEUR)
WINEUR (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been involved in the movement since 2018. At the moment I am a Wikipedia contributor | |
| Team collaboration experience | We also collaborate within our UG when it comes to run projects as we are living in different cities. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Zuŋɔ, Wikipedia nyɛla yuun' pishi ka di wuhiri ti di kuli chɛla yuma awɔi ni ti paai Wikimedia 2030. Yuma awɔi ŋɔ maa lahi pala saha waɣala ti yi lihi binshɛŋa din na kpalim ni ti niŋ pɔi yuuni 2030. Dinzuɣu, ti bɔrila ninvuɣ' shɛba ban mali Movement Strategy maa baŋsim ka ni mali saha n-ni sɔŋ ti ka ti tooi di nasara. N ku' bɛla Movement Strategy maa puuni n-nyɛ Saloons Organizer DR Congo tiŋgbaŋ ni ka daa lahi nyɛ ban be East Africa, Uganda. | |
KAHOU (Kahoutoure)
Kahoutoure (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I participated in several edit-a-thons, especially the 1lib1ref edit-a-thons and the Afrociné projects, Wikikouman, as well as the Wiki Loves Africa contributor evenings, and Wikipedia Class | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am the Project Manager of Afrociné Côte d'Ivoire and the Project Assistant of Glam and I actively participate in the different activities of the Wikipedia sister projects | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | En ma qualité de Producteur des médias et réalisateur, je suis un conservateur d’images et Directeur exécutif d’une faîtière d’archivistes, bibliothécaires et libraires en Côte d’Ivoire (FICCI) Ma formation en gestion de projet et de manager m'a permis d'acquérir de nombreuses compétences parmi celles que vous recherchées. Je possède les atouts qui me permettront de réussir dans le rôle que vous voudrez bien me confier. Motivation, rigueur et écoute sont les maîtres mots de mon comportement professionnel.
As a Media Producer, I am an image Conservator and Executive Director of an umbrella organization of archivists, librarians and booksellers in Côte d'Ivoire (FICCI). My training in project management has enabled me to acquire many of the skills you are looking for. I have the assets that will allow me to succeed in the role you will entrust to me. Motivation, rigor, and listening are the keywords to describe my professional behavior. My experience as a Project Manager during the VIIIth Games of Francophonie has allowed me to acquire the knowledge necessary for the proper execution of tasks under pressure. Regularly confronted with the ups and downs of the job, I am able to respond to unforeseen events in complete autonomy. Taking part in the Drafting Committee of the Movement Charter represents for me a real future commitment in which my aptitude and my experience will be able to express themselves fully. | |
Sameera Lakshitha (Sameera94)
Sameera94 (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Active contributor on Sinhala Wikipedia | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am so glad to contribute to makes the internet better. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I am a Sri Lankan wikimedian and I edit English and Sinhala wikipedia, since 2019. | |
Adel Nehaoua (Nehaoua)
Nehaoua (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | current Administrator in Arabic Wikipedia and arabic Wikisource, I contribute to the Arabic and frensh Wikipedia, and I have more than 102,000 modifications at the global level, I translate articles between English, French and Arabian on the wikipedia and meta. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Active member within the Arab and Algerian community since 2019. I am member of organization team of Wikiarabia 2021 | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Since I started engaging closely with the French and Arabic communities, I knew that communities need to build good relations with the foundation and its projects. I supported the Wikimedia strategy 2030 and thought the recommendations would lead the movement to achieve its mission and vision. Hence, participating in implementing the recommendations is a common interest among all communicates and the foundation. As an individual, I think I can benefit in the Charter Drafting Committee; I would like to share my thoughts and exchange ideas and experience with others. In addition to my interest in cooperating with committee closely, I will play a connector role between the committee and my community and will not preserve any effort to serve the needed efforts and time needed to draft an ambitious charter that meets the expectations of wikimedians around the globe. | |
Yair Rand (Yair rand)
Yair rand (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am an administrator on several projects, and an interface admin on English Wiktionary. I've done a reasonably large amount of policy writing on multiple projects, wrote a lot of gadgets and user scripts (some examples include TabbedLanguages on Wiktionary, ReferenceTooltips for Wikipedia, the WikidataInfo.js script for Wikidata, and the SignWriting Keyboard for Sign language projects), worked on Wikidata ontology structuring, and have done a moderate amount of work on content.
I spend far too much time following things on Meta and elsewhere, so I'm fairly familiar with how the various movement structures and systems work. (I've also been writing "fantasy Wikimedia charters" on my own for ~5 years, which ought to count for something. :) ) | |
| Team collaboration experience | I'll be blunt: My relevant team collaboration experience is much less than many other candidates. I've never worked as part of any affiliate organization, nor any on-wiki committee, nor any strategy working group. Additionally, both my technical and policy-writing activities have been less "team-based" than is typical. That said, all Wikimedia activities are pretty inherently collaborative, and if anything is going to be a skill that we've almost all necessarily gotten good at, it's good-faith collaboration in writing something together. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | A major goal of the Charter is to "clearly define roles and responsibilities", set boundaries, and define what we're doing and how we do it. It is essential for the future functioning of the projects and supporting organizations, that we create ironclad safeguards against overreach by our institutions, firmly anchor long-standing principles and goals, and establish a solid and effective framework for how the various high-level processes and parts of Wikimedia interact with each other.
The new framework should unambiguously specify responsibilities and authorities, minimize conflict, and allow everyone to get on with their work. The Charter should organize structures to enable projects and groups to receive needed support, while protecting them from inappropriate interference. As expressed in the Strategy Recommendations, all of Wikimedia's supporting organizations should be bound by enforceable basic requirements, and certain structures should be distributed and decentralized. I would like the creation of the Charter to be an open and participatory process, involving many volunteers directly editing numerous Charter drafts around Wikimedia, moving forward in a wiki-style manner, our many communities and groups cross-pollinating texts and ideas and arguments and points of discussion, and gradually converging towards coherent results with the assistance of the drafting committee. Whatever the method, the final outcome must be subject to community-wide ratification. Wikimedia is built by the volunteer community; it is the community that must decide whether to go forward with the Charter. | |
Oleksandr Havryk (Олександр Гаврик)
Олександр Гаврик (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am active editor Ukranian wikipedia and a member of the Wikipedia movement since 2016. I am a participant and co-organizer of several Wikiconferences in Ukraine, one of the co-authors of a special page for the media, which is designed to provide objective and reliable information about Wikipedia for the Ukrainian media. I am actively involved in advocating for Panorama Freedom and distributing free licenses. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have experience of teamwork both in the Ukrainian Wikipedia community and in public organizations. I am a former member of the Board and a former member of the Audit Commission WMUA. I have experience participating in collegial organizing committees both within and outside the Wikimedia community. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I believe that the main task in building the Movement, along with building institutions, is to establish external and internal communication between all the members of the community. | |
Sofia Matias (Girassolei)
Girassolei (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Started editing in 2020 with Wiki Editoras Lx, since then I have participated in several events promoted by various wikipedia groups, including wikimedia portugal and Wiki Movimento Brasil | |
| Team collaboration experience | I'm a member of Wiki Editoras Lx that is a group of women that tries to fix the gender gap in portuguese wikipedia by creating articles about women and at the same time teaching new editors. i was in the team that organized Festa da Wiki-Lusofonia (2021); | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | M bɛ mi ni yɛn sabi shɛli. N wuhila kɔrsi domini n suhu n ku gbai bɛŋ' shɛli ini n niŋdi maa. N nyɛla Sana Wikipedia ka tɛhi ni yi movement Charter mali bukaata, ka ku saɣi ni di kɔŋ di zalikpaŋ'shɛŋa ŋa ni tumdi doli, ka ku bori ni di kɔŋ daliri shɛli din nyɛ baŋsim wuligibu. | |
Valentin Nasibu (VALENTIN NVJ)
VALENTIN NVJ (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | As a co-founder and board member of the Wikimedians of Democratic Republic of Congo User Group, I organize awareness-raising conferences, training workshops, edit-a-thons and photo shoots for Wikipedia, Commons and other sister projects. I participate in the International Francophone Contributions Month, Art+Feminis, Wiki Love. | |
| Team collaboration experience | On the national level, I work in collaboration with the members of the steering committee of our user group in organizing Wikipermanence (face-to-face and online) and for the production of free content related to Africa on the internet in general and on Wikipedia in particular through the Africa Month campaigns, Africa Wiki Challenge. On the continental level, I participate in the campaigns WikiForHumanRightsin in Morocco, 1Libre1Ref and several collaborations with other African user groups (Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, etc.). On the international level, I participate in Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | In 2019, I have been involved (with friends) in organizing strategy fares based on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy recommendations; and with my experiences on the Wikimedia movement, I feel able and available to be part of the drafting team of the movement's charter in order for it to be a solution that all affiliates of the Wikimedia community from all corners of the world are waiting for "Ensure Equity in Decision-making". | |
Richard Knipel (Pharos)
Pharos (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I've been active in the community movement since 2004, and have served as an administrator on English Wikipedia and Meta-Wiki, and formerly on Commons as well. My first editing area was WikiProject New York City, which I started, and my very first article was U Thant Island, about an obscure little urban island with a fascinating history. I have tried to balance the local and the global, in both my editing and in my community organizing.
I have been active in the following organized groups, among others:
I also started these Commons and GLAM initiatives:
In response to last year's branding controversy, I and others helped organize these strategic initiatives:
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| Team collaboration experience | Wikimedia is a deeply team-based movement, and my efforts have not been as an individual, but always in concert with and learning from others.
I have helped bring together individuals and communities, and have assisting in convening many meetings, both project-based and geography-based (including WikiConference North America), in an attempt to foster greater community dialogue. In addition to the COLOR and SWAN initiatives, I have also tried to foster global community understanding through Wikipedia Weekly Network over the past year, and especially for the 20th anniversary with Wiki 20 Countdown/Asia-Pacific and Wiki 20 Countdown/Africa. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Di tu ni ti nya laɣingu shɛli din laɣindi ka kpaŋsiri sokam. M mi dihi tabili n ni tooi sɔŋ ka lala niŋ. Di tu ni ti nya gbaŋ shɛli din yɛn ti mabiligu dondɔna dihi tabili zaŋ kpa maŋsɔŋsulinsi ni tuma nɛma polo. N nyɛla ŋun yɛn zaŋ baŋsim ni hankali shɛli n ni daa nya "COLOR letter" tuma mini SWAN anduniya laɣinsi la nI, m-mɔni ban tu kamaata ka bɛ yihi gbaŋ din mali yaa na. Gbaari suŋ yirila sokam yaa tibu ni na, ka di bi tu ni ti lɛbi m-biri li. Ti ni lihiri shɛli nyɛla di bo soya ka tuma niɛma paai sokam ka gaŋbu kani, ka lahi bo nangban' yini na ban kam tumdi Wikipedia dunia zaa sunsuuni.
Therefore, I commit myself to these principles:
I believe in a community driven iterative on-wiki process, not something written in a black box in a dark room. I will commit to ensuring these principles in the process and in the product, and I believe I have the experience, the diplomacy, and the nuance to be effective in this task. | |
Manavpreet Kaur (Manavpreet Kaur)
Manavpreet Kaur (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Started off as an editor on Punjabi Wikipedia creating content about Forensic Science. Later expanded to Hindi. As a teacher at University, I engaged my students, started planning activities, events & realising my inclination towards outreach & engagement, later moved to designing programs, initiatives and building institutional collaborations with support of other affiliate members in India. Some of the programs organized in collaboration with fellow wikimedians & regional communities are- WikiConference India 2016, Strategy Salon Patiala, 2017, Women TTT 2019, WikiGap 2019, Armenian-Indian collaboration/2019, Wiki4Women 2020, Syberthon 2020, WikiGap-Wiki4Womxn 2021 (India). I have been a resource person to- Train the Trainer 2017, Wiki Awareness Campaign Karnal 2018, Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India), Train the Trainer 2018, Wiki Advanced Training 2018, Strategy Youth Salon 2019, TWLCon (2019 India).
Apart from this, I have shared my work with fellow wikimedians during Conference(s), Summit(s), training(s) and have also been a part of some panels like- Women in the Wikimedia movement for in-depth discussions on experiences, challenges and learning. I am also the Co-founder of first affiliate in India, Punjabi Wikimedians UG. | |
| Team collaboration experience | In addition to the shared details, organized a campaign, Wiki Women for Women Wellbeing 2018 bringing together 10 language communities in India with an intent to explore and promote women leadership in different languages (in India), thus helping in bridging the gender gap along with the usual accomplishment of content creation. In addition to this, with Women leads from 10 different language communities in India, organized first Women Train the Trainer program (India) in 2019. Currently supporting an education program in Regional institution with students working in 11 languages & mentors from different communities. Working with AffCom has provided me the experience of community challenges, strengths & collaborative operations. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Kamani ninvuɣ'so ŋun nyɛ Wikimedia nira n yina India, n bohinya ka nyɛ hankaya yaɣ'pam puuni n-ti pahi baŋdiba ban yi yaɣ'shɛŋa ni na India tingbani ni. Ti ni mali bukaata ni yɛli shɛŋa, ti sodoligu yɛli muɣisira ni ti tuma biɛhigu nyɛla din yi di ko ka che yaɣ'shɛŋa ha nima gba di ni ka lala ŋɔ zuɣu kpa talahi ni ti laɣim n-to jina din yɛn mali yɛla n-zali ka salo zaa sodoligu lu n zahim n-ti andunia zaa. Kamani ninvuɣ'so ŋun yina yaɣishɛli din dii ka jina ni zaŋ chaŋ shaawara gahinda gbaabu puuni, n nyɛla ŋun tehi ni ka dama n tuma n nyɛli ni n zaŋ hankaya shɛŋa n ni nya n wuhi salo ka zaŋ teha pam n tabi n sɔŋ m-mɛ sochibiga din yɛn ku bukaata n-ti yaɣa balibu kam ʒilɛya ni. N ni baŋ anfaani shɛli ŋan be bɔba ni yɛli yura mini bɛ yɛli muɣisira yihibu polo ni la zuɣu, n nyɛla ŋun kuli be kpaŋmaŋa ni n timidi nua zaŋ chaŋ jintobo shaawara gahinda gbaabu puuni. Kamani ti ni mali nia ni ti ni ti chɛ ka ti sodoligu niŋ yaa ka laɣim sokam ŋɔ zuɣu, n nyɛla ŋun gbaai alikawuli ni n-ni zaŋ n saha ni n baŋsim n tabi sɔŋ ka ti tooi Iaɣim n-nam sochibiga din yɛn chɛ ka waliginsim din be ti sunsuuni ni la yiɣi ka furi ka la la ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛn lee nia palibu n zaŋ-ti so kam. | |
Dennis Raylin Chen (Supaplex)
Supaplex (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I started contributing to Wikipedia in 2006, when Wikipedia was an early example of a Web 2.0 site. Wikipedia brings together a large number of people from different backgrounds to write articles on the scope of human knowledge that is less included in encyclopedias and textbooks. This open knowledge project has encouraged people like me to participate more deeply.. In 2010, I started to participate in community activities in Taipei, and held a few quarterly gatherings to promote the revival of the formerly inactive local chapter of Wikimedia Taiwan. For people who know the story of the Taiwanese Wikimedia community, they know that Wikimedia Taiwan was successfully revived particularly due to the Taiwanese aborigines which belong to the Austronesian languages group. We assist them in bringing the incubator to an official Wikipedia site. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am the board member of Wikimedia Taiwan and served as the board supervisor. I co-organized a program track at the COSCUP, which is a large open source conference in Taiwan,.together with Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. About the community, I mainly organize the OpenStreetMap x Wikidata monthly gathering in Taipei. OpenStreetMap and the Wikidata Taiwan community participate in the local promotion and data maintenance of these two projects. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Although speaking Austronesian languages in Taiwan will have a better international recognition, because according to scholars, Taiwan is considered to be the birthplace of the Austronesian languages. However, it is still not widely recognized that there is not only Taiwanese Chinese in Taiwan, but also other Chinese languages, such as Taiwanese and Hakka. Lala n nyɛli ni kadama ni Austronesian bala tɔɣisibu din be Taiwan la ni tooi niŋ dede zaŋ chaŋ tiŋgbani yaɣa bala zaashee nyɛbu, pirimla baŋdiba buɣisiya, ni Taiwan n nyɛ Austronesia bala ŋɔ dɔɣim shee. Amaa, di na bi tooi nyɛ zaa shee andunia yaɣa zaa puuni pirimla di ni pala Taiwanese Chinese n be Taiwan la zuɣu, a maa chaana nima bali shɛŋa gba pahiya m beni, kotomisi Taiwanese mini Hakka. So chibiga ŋɔ zuɣu, n mali tamaha ni n gu ka taɣi bala din ka zaashee n be Taiwan tingbani ni n ti pahi bala din pahi n ka zaashee biɛhigu ni ka mali bukaata ni sɔŋsim ni di gu ka taɣili, ka zaŋli n niŋ tabiibi ʒaamani maʒina puuni din nyɛ wikipedia sodoligu zuɣu. | |
Alice Wiegand (lyzzy)
lyzzy (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I started in 2004 as an editor on German Wikipedia. Besides editing I was an administrator, bureaucrat, OTRS agent and more. Early on, I realized that for me there is more to it than writing articles. My participation during the global strategy process in 2010 was the initial spark for my international focus. I joined the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) from 2008 to 2011 and was a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board from 2012 to 2018.
Currently I am a board member of Wikimedia Deutschland again. During the development of the 2030 strategy recommendations I was a member of the Movement Strategy Working Group Advocacy. I have been following the Movement Strategy closely since then and participated in the global conversations and events to support the process moving ahead. | |
| Team collaboration experience | With regards to my Wikimedia experiences, I have worked collaboratively in several processes, like movement roles in 2010-11 or working group (2018-20) or, of course, in different committees during my board tenures. Still, I think we need to be open to experiment with new methods and ideas to bring people, ideas and processes together on the global level to identify what unites us. What is in my comfort zone may not be the best way to do things for others, in other parts of the world and in different cultures. That’s where we all need to be open and not set our own experiences and assumptions as the lone center of wisdom. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Mani sani, Movement Charter ŋɔ maa n-nyɛ binshɛli din mali anfaani pam zaŋ chaŋ tini mali kɔrisi ni baŋsim bayana niŋbu andunia zaa zaŋ hali ni sɔhi biɛɣuni.
M mali dihitabili ni kamani di niŋ talahi ni ti n labi tɛhi yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa zuɣu ti daa nabi lihi di barina nima. Ti zaa bɔri ni shaawara gbaabu shee, ka so kam mili ka tim nuu. Din zuɣu, ti Wikimedia laɣingu ŋɔ tuya ni ka di kpaŋsiri shaawara gbaabu ni Sabisabiriba yiko nima. Movement Charter ŋɔ maa nyɛla din yɛn wuhi ti soya zaŋ chaŋ tuun' pala shɛŋa ti ni na bɔri ni ti niŋ kamani Global Council, din su ni di laɣim salo maa suhuyurilim din yɛn tooi che ka ti di Movement maa nasara dibahibamdi Sabisabiriba, volintiya nima ni laɣinsi ni di tuuntumdiba. Mani nyabu puuni, ban yɛn sabi Charter ŋɔ maa yɛn niŋ vihigu pam n laɣim tuun' shɛŋa laɣinsi laɣinsi ni yɛn sabi shɛli, ka laɣinli n sabi n-ti Wikimedia nima. Din mali yambahinga pam ti yi kpa laɣinsi zaɣa bihi din yɛn sɔŋsiri ka ti niya nim maa pali. Amaa mali dihitabili ni ti Movement maa mali haŋkali zilima nim pam n gari kuli la ninvuɣu pishi (20). Ti mii zaa bɔri li mi ti nim deei yi bɔri ni bo bɛhi suŋ n zali ti bihi. | |
Zhong Juechen (三猎)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I contribute to several Wikimedia projects, maily zh.wikipedia. I'm proud to be one of few editors in zh.wikipedia who keeps writing articles on their own instead of translating from other projects without checking references. I review articles and call on the community to realize the seriousness and importance of revewing, which was the main reason I recieved the Awards for Professionalism of Instruction. I try my best to help newbies (to some extent, we're all newbies), online and offline. I visted meetups held in various cities of Mainland China and Taiwan to learn experiences, and now I hold meetups in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Also, as a PhD candidate in sociology, I study zh.wikipedia (nationlism, colonialism, gender issues, bureaucracy, knowledge as power, and the wall between veterans and newbies / editors and readers) and published a paper on Taiwan Sociology Association Meeting of 2019. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am used to collaborate with people on an article, a programme, a document. However, I don't treat these experience as team collaboration, but peer to peer collaboration instead. I tell good jokes. In Chinese, though. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | As someone who truly believes that the administrative system of Wikimedia should be taken as *not a big deal*, I couldn't imagine my self being a candidate here. But I just changed my idea, realising that there are thousands of people around the world keeping writing articles, spreading free knowledge, and not caring Wikimedia politics at all, just like me. They may not care, but should be cared. So here I am. My objective is to represent the idea of decentralization. There're flowers in my home, just beside my computer. I grow flowers, or flowers grow? I think the latter way. | |
Abdulrahman (itzedubaba)
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| Team collaboration experience | Participate in various Wikipedia programs such as wikimenia 2021 | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I have lofty and noble professional dreams of helping as many vulnerable people as I can to be safe and happy. As a graduate student, I will aim to master the gambit of strategies that are most effective at promoting progressive social change. Being a caring person is intrinsic to social work, along with the drive and high motivation to challenge clients to realize their full potential. Social workers must honor the individuality of each client and empower them to move forward and achieve improvement. The fullest respect of client dignity helps to foster a sense of worth leading towards self-realization and -determination, and helps to produce participatory citizens rather than burdens to the system. The fight against social injustice is intrinsic to social work as I see it, in addition to advocacy, always with an eye on achieving the best outcomes for one’s clients. I personally feel strongly that serving as a voice for the oppressed should come naturally for social workers as they fight for justice and progressive change in their communities. While working with individual clients in the micro setting is my primary and immediate goal, I think it is complimentary to never lose sight of the broader picture and the way in which our own efforts are part of a larger movement towards greater levels of equality and dignity in our society. | |
Runa Bhattacharjee (Runab_WMF)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have a personal and a professional role inside the Wikimedia movement. In my personal capacity I am a contributor to Bangla and English Wikipedia, and Commons. In my professional role, I work at the Wikimedia Foundation providing operational support to the Inuka, Language, and Campaigns Product teams as a Director in the Product Department. At various times, I have participated in activities that the teams or the Product department have undertaken for product initiatives. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have been part of open source communities since 2000, and participated in various roles that directly impacted the project’s objective and growth. My primary contributions have been in localization of open source software at a time when internationalization support for Indic languages was at a formative stage.
It was a challenging frontier that provided me the opportunity to understand how software development practices could be optimized towards equitable adoption beyond socio-political and linguistic boundaries. This required continuous collaboration with a globally spread community of volunteers, organizations, policymakers, corporates, and governments. I have participated both in an individual and organizational capacity in such efforts primarily as part of the Fedora, Mozilla, GNOME, KDE, and Ankur Bangla (formerly Bengalinux) communities. Since 2013, I have been part of the WMF’s Language team, with whom I had earlier collaborated in my other roles, and have been closely associated with language support efforts within the Wikimedia movement. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I believe that the strength of any movement can be determined by how well it can anticipate its preparations for the future. A movement as vast and global as the Wikimedia movement is an ever growing space and will continue to diversify in ways we may not even be able to imagine in the present. What we do know is that the movement has a mission and we can take consistent steps towards its success. Within the Wikimedia Movement, we have regularly acknowledged the need to bridge gaps of content and participation that currently exist. Big and small efforts have been conducted at various times. Having had the opportunity to closely observe some of these activities, my understanding has been that the success that we achieve through these efforts happens through sheer grit and perseverance of the individuals involved. Our systems and structures could have supported them better if there was more clarity on how we can conduct our everyday work through well established processes, and how we can bring in change to meet new challenges. As part of the drafting committee for the Movement Charter, I would like to keep our focus on a healthy combination of globally shared standard practices, and flexibility so that the guidance provided through the Charter allows a sense of stability to movement participants at all levels, and retains scope for continuous improvements as we work towards the 2030 vision. | |
Chris Keating (The Land)
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| Team collaboration experience | I was part of the Roles and Responsibilities strategy working group, which developed the idea of a Movement Charter. This was a cross-cultural, multilingual team with a big job to do - just as the Drafting Committee will be. In this situation, I am very aware of my own privilege as a native English speaker, and take care to encourage and support others to express their views as well as contributing. I am also aware of the importance of communicating with project communities. I was one of the few working group members to take part in on-wiki discussions about the draft recommendations.
I was Chair of Wikimedia UK at a time when the Chapter was going through many changes. During my time as Chair we went through a Governance Review and implemented its findings, including making our Board much more diverse and inclusive. This was the first time a Wikimedia organisation had asked for detailed professional scrutiny of its governance. Implementing its findings needed a lot of diplomacy, tact and determination. I have also been involved with dozens of other voluntary groups - from large charities to small volunteer committees, in areas ranging from political campaigning to medical research to the orchestras in which I play the violin. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyɛla nivuɣ' so ŋun pahi ka movement charter nyɛ naba zani, N nyɛla ŋun mali zaŋsim pam zaŋ chaŋ di tuma tumbu polo.ka charter bee global council kpabu maa n-dii nyɛl hali, amaa yaɣ' shɛŋa di ni tu ni ti yuli viɛnyɛla kamani tiŋ' duya laɣinsi kpabu nti pahi soya yoobu zag n-ti salo ka bɛ ni tooi tɔhiri bɛ nolini ziliŋ kom ka di ka mugisigu shɛli
M mali dihitabili ka dama Di nyɛla malibu mini drafting nyɛla din yɛla yɛn to pam. Drafting komittii gɔ nyɛla ban yɛn nya nasara di yi niŋ ka bɛ yooi Soya nti kommunitinima ka bɛ too zaŋ bɛ haŋkali ni nyɛ shɛli m-pahiba.so shɛŋa manu ni nya ka di ni sɔg ka lala soli gɔ nyɛ naba too zani viɛnyɛla m-bɔgɔ, di tu ni ti yirigi yomyom nti kpe ŋa puuni, ni kommunitiinima ni yɛn tooi kpɛhi bee lɛbigi viɛnyɛla shɛm. N nyɛla ŋun mali milinsi pam zaŋ chaŋ gɔmnanti yɛla yɛla polo, ka di kuli pala sochib' si gbahib u. N nyɛla gun nyɛ kugu dambalo n-ti UK wikimedia, N sɔŋ mali yɛli muɣisira pam n-zali kalnli zuɣu, N lahi nyɛla tum yaga pam ni kamani laɣibɔbo mini di dibu nti kommunitinima yuuni din gbaai 2011-12, superprotect,FramBan, nti pahi WFM yɛla taɣibu polo yunn' pia din gari la N dihitabili ni movement charter nti pahi the global council nyɛla ban yɛn gurigi bɛ maŋa pam nti sochibigi. Bɛ tumdi bɛ tuma viɛnyɛla, di nyɛla din yɛn tooi sɔŋ ka yɛla chaŋ viɛnyɛla. Dini che ka ti tooi mali yɛɔ' mugisira din mali ti saha gbaliŋ n tam kalnli zuɣu. Di nima maa zuɣu ka n zani ti komittii tali ŋɔ. | |
Alvonte (Alvonte)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have significant experience with Wikimedia projects since 2010, I am:
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| Team collaboration experience | I have collaborated with all kinds of different teams at various stages off-wiki, including but not limited to:
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Ʒilinsi n dɔɣiri dabiɛm, 'ka wula ka n yɛn niŋ' and bɛhimbu. Saha ŋɔ, andunia zaa tɔbu n nyɛla ni ti tuhi zuliya jalinsi, pɔi ka di mii yɛn niŋ tabbata, naɣila baŋsim niŋ la bayaana n-ti so kam yoli. Wikimedia nabi tooi n tuhi tɔbu maa. Ti ni niŋ di binshɛli ŋɔ maa nyɛla binshɛli din nyɛ baŋsim kpanjɔɣu ka di kɔŋ ko di saɣi ni di tooi she' salo zaa nangbanyini ka che ka nintiɣili ka di be andunia salinima sunsuuni. Ti zaa yi saɣi ti taba ni suhudoo, di nyɛla binshɛli din yɛn ti ti andunia suŋ. Di tu ni ti niŋ ninmɔhi m pahi ti Kpaŋmaŋa zuɣu. N mali la tahima ni dahinshɛli andunia shɛli ni tini be ŋɔ yɛn lɛbi la so kam dini, ka ti zaɣ' yino kam ni tooi be luɣili kam zaa ti ni bɔra, ka yuri taba, ka be zɔri shɛli. N niya ŋɔ maa pala binshɛli din ni tooi neei biɛɣu bee n di nasara naɣila ti zaa tɛha dɔli la taba ka baŋsim lahi niŋ bayana. N mii mali dihitabili ni Wikimedia ni tooi ŋari saɣiliŋgi shɛli din be baŋsim bɔhimbu polo andunia zaa.
N lahi mali dihitabili ni Wikimedia ni niŋ nimmohi n bahi wikipedia shɛŋa din pa silimiinsili maa ka lahi sɔŋsi Sabisabiriba ban tohiri sabiri lala wikipedia nim ŋɔ maa. Di pala binshɛli din nyɛ alaha amaa tini ku yina ŋɔ maa ŋuna, yi yimi maa na. N mali korisi ni tuun' shɛŋa tini yɛn tumdi ŋɔ nyɛla binshɛli din yɛn sɔŋ Sabisabiri pali ba ka bɛ tooi diri alizama. Dinzuɣu, n mali korisi ni ti ka ni ti taada nim maa nyɛla binshiɛɣu din yɛn nyɛ polo Wikipedia ŋɔ zuɣu din yɛn che ka sohi biɛɣu, ti bihi ni ti yaansi sani mi bɛ yaanima ni daa gbubi kaya shɛŋa. Amaa ti ku li mi ni tabibi baŋsim ni chɛni shɛm ŋɔ, di ti be lahi yɛn mali ba buchi dɔmini saha be mali Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Crypto, NFT ni din pahi-pahi. M mali tahima ni dahinshɛli, Babylon niya nim ni pali ka di nyɛla Wikimedia tumtumsa ni ka Wikimedia lɛbi furila n zaŋ ti ti bihi ni ti yaansi. Ti tuma ŋɔ nyɛla binshɛli din mali anfaani pam ka di tu ni ti kpaŋsi. P. S.: N daa be bɔri ni yina n bo nam maa amaa niriba pam daa kuli kpaŋsiri ma mi ni satara nima n Email mini Inbox puuni zaa ka di daa nyam n ni ka n yɛli ni chɛ ka n gba lamli n-nya. N taɣila akaunti din yɛn che ka n tooi tuɣi n tuma. A ni tooi sabima di yi niŋ ka a mali yɛltɔɣ' shɛli. | |
Christophe Henner (schiste)
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | The drafting committee will have to ensure that the whole process respects the recommendations from the Wikimedia 2030 strategy. The recommendations are to explore and set-up how we can move from a centralized movement to a decentralized and truly global movement. That move will require all of us to be able to have all the discussions that we need to have and never hide behind how the way are today, but find solutions to design what we need to become. In that endeavor, I did show across my Wikimedian life that I have no problem challenging the status quo to improve the movement.
To me, the main role of the drafting committee will be to structure the work to allow for community collaboration all across the writing process and not just at the end for the ratification. On top of that, to also ensure we don’t take the easy path to conserve things as they are but that everything we keep as it is today is kept that way because it actually contribute to the movement being global and decentralized. As for my vision, I do strongly believe that we should be having those discussions very directly and not shy away to open tough discussions and options. And have them by always trying to find ways to apply a subsidiarity principles. The discussion we are about to address are key, important and sometime very emotional topics. Through the different hats I wore (editor, chapter chair, Wikimedia Foundation chair) and my professional curriculum (which has been about governance and running organizations for almost ten years and the last two in the size range of the Foundation staff-wise) I believe I also will be able to bring not only experience or knowledge, but also perspectives. As I have sat at the different side of the table I can empathize with the different stakeholders of that discussion. Finally, the charter will become our guiding document to ensure we have shared alignment on where we go, trust and empowerment in the institutions and processes so that we can focus on making the world a better place and not on “how do we disseminate funds?”. | |
Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni (Kishorekumarrai)
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Din niŋma zuhu pielli Pam yi ni zaŋma n pahi Movement Charter washika ŋmariba zuɣu, n daliri nima zooya. Ni nyɛ Colegi zuɣu lana maa, N tihimi tabli ni baŋsim wuligibu mini yaligibu n soŋdi leb'ginsim tinsi ni mini solo sunsuuni. | |
Reda Kerbouche (Reda Kerbouche)
Reda Kerbouche (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am a founding member of Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group and head of communication at Wikimedia Algeria since 2014. I am an active member of the community since 2010. I have organized and led several Wikimedia projects in the last few years. I support all communities, mostly indigenous languages. I have organized with my group several Wikimedia contests. I presented several projects at several conferences around the world about Wikimedia, in 2018 I did a small presentation about the Wikimedia movement at a UNESCO event in Tunis.
I speak French, Arabic, Russian, Tacawit, and work in English. I work for developing African and indigenous languages, in 2019 I was able to start the creation process of the Tacawit Wiktionary (the first language community to found itself on a project other than Wikipedia). I was in the organizing committees of WikiIndaba and WikiArabia. I am also a member of WikiIndaba Steering Committee and a Former member of the AffCom and I was a Candidate of The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. I represent my affiliation in the organization of the collaboration between the francophone groups of the Wikimedia movement (WikiFranca). | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have participated in several team collaborative experiences within our movement at different topics and levels. At the organizational level of the UGs, I can say that I am a very important member for my affiliations. I organize meetings to discuss the situations and solutions that must be resolved or achieved. My team and I are working on projects of several formats. Organization of contests, example of WLX on Commons, or lastly the contest of Kateb Maktub on WP in Arabic. I also participate in training of young and future Wikimedians in Russia, Algeria and Dubai by collaborating with different affiliations of the region. I participated in the organization of many conferences in Africa and Europe. We made partnerships to set up educational projects such as MOOCs in Arabic, Russian and Tamazight, working with affiliates and companies in these regions. I always launch discussions to launch projects or activities wherever I am. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | My professional experience has always been related to management and leadership. I started by creating my own company working in the field of culture, then I was invited to work with large European retailers and multinational corporations from France and Sweden. in parallel with my personal projects in the cultural field. From 2019 I am working with cultural associations in Algeria collaborating with UNESCO to promote the material and immaterial heritage. I start an organization in Algeria the Citizen Inventory of Heritage where I am a co-founder and CFO. I have specialist degree and a Ph.D. in management from the University of St. Petersburg.
As an active member of the community at the international level, and with my personal experience, I know that we can do better. many affiliates cannot receive grants to meet their needs and struggle day and night to exist. The big challenge will be to find a solution to help all volunteers to do their work promoting our movement, especially where access to our resources is difficult. More diversity in the movement, we always say that we have a diverse movement, but in fact, we still have to work on it, especially on gender and minority groups. My biggest dream is for our movement to live in non-politics so that all peoples, countries, genders, cultures, religions live with the sole purpose of promoting free knowledge. | |
Robert McClenon (Robert McClenon)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am not sure what is meant by the Wikimedia movement, but my experience with Wikimedia servers and communities is as a builder of the English encyclopedia, and in particular as a mediator in the English Wikipedia | |
| Team collaboration experience | A 45-year career of professional involvement with information technology teams, as well as a track record as a mediator in the English Wikipedia | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N bɛ tiɛhi bee n dihitabili ni wikimedia soli zaŋ ti salo bɛni ka di tu ni tagi bee n kpaŋbsi ŋa. Nivug' shɛba ban maani zaani mini di tuma nyɛla duŋ yooi soli n-ti nirba pam ka bɛ lagim gbubbi taba n-kpaŋ bɛ maŋa ka electric libraries kpaŋbsi.
Di tu ni komittii ŋɔ kpaŋ bɛ maŋ n-tooi niŋ zaŋŋsim ni electric libraries ŋɔ kpaŋsi. Di lahi tu ni komittii ŋɔ suhi soli zani di gama ka ni tooi Tum bɛ tuma viɛnyɛla ka nahiŋŋgu bɛni. | |
Daria Cybulska (Daria_Cybulska_(WMUK))
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| Team collaboration experience | At Wikimedia UK I usually work across teams to deliver projects - this requires soft influencing skills to reach agreement, negotiate common ground and move projects forward. I collaborate with external teams where Wikimedia UK gives grants to partner organisations, or projects pitched by volunteers. Beyond working with others on the 2030 strategy (see below), earlier this year I was one of 15 people chosen through a competitive application process to work on a collaborative book sprint. I was collaborating with people from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, some experts within narrow technical fields, some academics. The ‘Collective Wisdom’ book, our end product, can be seen at this link. I believe that with my team collaboration approach comes a great dose of humility. I know I don’t have the answers. I believe in putting others in focus and learning from them, especially if their context is different than mine. My commitment to equity steers me to seeking solutions and knowledge within the people I work with and support. In practice that means that when I coach my team members, or facilitate group discussions, my primary belief is that the people I work with may already hold the answers to their challenges. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I bring a perspective from the organised part of the Wikimedia movement, and a long standing participant of the 2030 strategy process, while holding an open and learning approach.
I have worked in the UK civil society sector for the past 12 years, and for the last 9 I’ve worked at Wikimedia UK, leading on its programmes to deliver ‘free knowledge for all’ and implement the knowledge equity vision. I’ve been a trustee at two charities, currently at Global Dialogue, a European-wide field building network for civil society organisations working on human rights and democratic space. Being a secretariat space for a number of organisations at various stages of development, it gives me insight into a range of governance models, and into legal structures for developing organisations. Global Dialogue also brings a lot of funders in the space, which connects to my practical experience within the 2030 strategy process. Throughout 2018/2019 I was a member of the strategy working group focusing on Resource allocation. We looked into progressive philanthropies, barriers that emerging communities are experiencing in accessing funding. We centered on structures of power and privilege that come with grant-making, and programmatic harms resulting from not addressing them. Accountability to donors is also something we investigated. (I also spent a week with representatives of 8 other thematic groups, taking 90 recommendations total and editing them into a coherent set of global recommendations). A lot of the work done within the Resource Allocation group later informed key principles expressed in the global strategy. However, them being quite abstract and separated from implementation initiatives, I’m concerned that we will not see them realised in action. This would be a big loss, as I think it’s in these principles that we can really envisage a different Wikimedia movement. A Movement Charter is an opportunity to bring that into operation, and I’d hope to help with that. | |
Alek Tarkowski (Tarkowski)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am a member of the Polish Wikimedia Association and consider myself a member of the Wikimedia Movement, although I am not an active editor. My main affiliation in the broader free knowledge movement is with Creative Commons: I co-founded the Polish chapter in 2005, co-chaired the CC Network strategy process review, and am currently on the CC Board of Directors and the CC Network Executive Committee. Since 2018, I have participated in the Movement Strategy process, and in 2018-2019 I was a member of the Partnerships Working Group. I deeply believe that the Wikimedia Movement Strategy requires the participation of partners from the broader open / free knowledge movement - so I also try to personally engage as much as possible.
Furthermore, my main job is as Strategy Director of Open Future Foundation, a think tank for the open movement. Previously, I have led for a decade Centrum Cyfrowe, a Polish open think-and-do-tank, and I have been for many years a member of Communia, the Association for the Digital Domain. Through these work engagements I have been focused on advocacy and policymaking in support of the commons, which I see as a contribution to the Wikimedia movement - by making sure that the policy and regulatory environment in Europe and globally is favorable to Wikimedia, its creators and users. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have extensive experience in strategy building, also as a collaborative process. In the years 2008-2011 I worked on a team inside the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, which led the work on Poland's national long term strategy, "Poland 2030". Afterwards, I have been involved in multiple strategic exercises, including Polish Strategy for Digital Skills, strategic organizing of the Open Education movement (including the "Cape Town Open Education Declaration + 10 years" process), the Creative Commons Network Strategy process (which I co-chaired) and the Wikimedia Movement Strategy Partnerships Working Group (mentioned above). I also have experience in participatory workshop design and facilitation, and I am an alumnus of the Leadership Academy for Poland, an adaptive leadership program with a strong soft skills / team collaboration component. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | M mali dihitabili ni Wikimedia n-na nyɛ baŋsim yoli-yoli kpanjɔɣu bee Movement shɛli din na mali anfaani n gari di tabi maa zaa pohim zuɣu. Di gari tini lihiri shɛm gba dɔmini ka baŋsim yoli-yoli maa kɔŋ ko, di tiri ban tohiri sabiri li maa jilima pam (dibahibamdi ti ʒaamani ŋɔ pohim zuɣu jilima n kai maa), ka lahi n-nyɛ laɣingu shɛli din nyɛ shahira zaŋ ti naŋgbanyini tabi tohi sabi.
Pirinla ŋɔ maa zuɣu, m bɔri mi ni m be Movement Charter maa puuni dɔmini m mali dihitabili ni n ni sɔŋ ka 2030 Wikimedia niya nim maa ka di pali. M mali dihitabili yaha, ni Charter ŋɔ maa nyɛla binshɛli din yɛn lɛbi furila Wikimedia taarihi nim puuni. Din sɔŋsi ka tuma dizuɣuri zaa tam kalli zuɣu, ka lahi yɛn n-nyɛ dariga din yɛn kpaŋsi baŋsim yoli-yoli kpanjɔɣu taribu dɔmini din m pun n-nyɛ Wikimedia niya kpɛŋ. M mali tahima ni n milinsi zaŋ chaŋ Movement Strategy nim polo di yaɣa maa zaa nyɛla binshɛli din yɛn sɔŋsi ti tobu ŋɔ maa. N lahi bɔri ni zaŋ n Creative Commons ni n Network milinsi maa n zaŋ sɔŋsi ka ti niya ŋɔ pali. Bahigu, m mali dihitabili ni Wikimedia Movement Charter nyɛla binshɛli din bi gaŋda ka che ka so kam tohiri sabira. Di tu ka Charter Committee maa nam tuma nim sochibisi din yɛn wuhi so kam o tuma ni nyɛ shɛm. M bɔri mi ni kpɛ Movement Charter Sabisabiriba puuni din yɛn che ka n tooi duhi n yee zaŋ chaŋ so kam tohi sabu polo. Sochibisi nyaɣisa beni pam ka ti ni tooi zaŋ tum tuma din ku yɛn kpaŋsi Wikimedia Movement tohiri sabiri tali. | |
Anupam Dutta (Anupamdutta73)
Anupamdutta73 (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Contributing to Bengali Wikipedia, mainly by translating articles from English Wikipedia ; Editing articles in Bengali, English and other languages ; Contributing pictures in Wikimedia Commons; Sometimes I edit Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Served as Secretary and President of Rotaract Club of Tollygunge (under Rotary Club of Tollygunge) | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Wish to be part of the historical Movement by collaborating with all the interested fellow Wikipedians and create the Draft which will serve as the "Reference" for all the Wikipedians to follow. At the same time, it should be flexible enough to reflect the passage of time. | |
Jastin Boniventure Msechu (Justine Msechu)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | N ni kpe Wikipedia hali ni zuŋɔ bohim binyahiri pam kamani lahabali nambu, lahabali maliniŋ ni lahabali lebigibu | |
| Team collaboration experience | N nyela ŋun pahi ka di maani shili ni ti tum wikipedia tuma pam Swahili ni Arusha ŋɔ | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyɛla ŋun mali kpaŋmaŋa ŋun yɛla dii bi to. Hali di yi niŋ ka taɣibu taɣi kpirikpir' taɣibu, n nyɛla ŋun tooi kɔlimdi m maŋa m-baŋ n ni yɛn niŋ shɛm n-naai tuun' shɛli din ʒi n zuɣu ka saha bi di ma. Dinzuɣu n dihi tabili ni zuɣusuŋ yɛlitɔɣa n-nyɛ li ni m be Movement Charter Drafting Committee la ni, din yɛn che ka ti sɔŋ ka Wikipedia ti tooni ka di nianim' gba pali zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 2030. Di lahi nyɛla din ni sɔŋ ka n tooi zaŋ m milinsi ni Wikipedia wuhi shɛba ka gbazaa nya soli bohim shɛb' mi gba sani. | |
Jaseem Ali (J ansari)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects for more than 5 years. After attending, Hindi wiki conference 2018-19 and WAT 2018, I felt there is a lot of work to do in the field of awareness of Wikipedia among societies and outreach activities so, other than online editing I am more involved in conferences, meetups, GLAM, online and contests like Wiki Love Monuments, Wikipedia Asian Month 2017-18, Wikimedia Tiger project-2018-19, etc.
I was Joined to Wikipedia and Wikimedia as a Reader in the year 2011 but I have registered this account year 2016. After joining the Wikimedia Movement, I led several contests in the form of an organizer in Edit A Than and Offline, Online The event. In which Hindi Wikipedia conference Delhi 2018. And Hindi Wikipedia conference Kolkata 2019 contributed as an organizer in. I am currently contributing to the Hindi Wiki Library and Hindi Wikipedia education program as a coordinator. I am an Advisor in Wikisource GLAM Heritage India Project For Hindi Wikisource. I mainly contribute to the projects of Hindi Wikipedia. Where I have important rights. As I Was a sysop on Hindi wikitionery and Hindi wikivoyage. And I am an autopatrolled, reviewer, Rollbacker on the Hindi Wikipedia. As well as being the most active contributor to Hindi Wikipedia, I have created more than 1400 articles based on geography. Political science etc. I've edit numbers more than 31K. I am the founder member of the Hindi Wikimedians User Group I am a founder member of Hindi wikivoyage and Hindi Wikiversity. I am a translator of the weekly technical newsletter for Hindi Wikipedia.
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| Team collaboration experience | There are briefly my past Wikimedia involvement.
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | As a Student and a wikimedian I spend more time of my daily exposure on Wikipedia and its sister projects. Which is why I share my experience with social media channels, Whatsapp, telegram, Hangout and Wikipedia. Since joining Wikipedia 2016, at first I thought wikipedia is just a free knowledge sharing mechanism. Im interested in the art of spreading free knowledge globally.I would be happy to participate at the drafting of the Movement Charter for several reasons.an active Wikimedia, and have a lot of experience in Wikimedia movement, this will be great opportunity for me in Wikimedia movement. | |
Sadik Shahadu (Shahadusadik)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | N yuli Sadik Shahadu ka n yi Ghana na. Mani n-daa pahi tohi ka di kpa Dagbani Wikimedians Usergroup n-ti pahi Global Open Initiative. Mani n lahi nye regional ambassador zañ ti Art=feminism nim’ indigenous communities, ka lahi be Wikimedia Language Diversity Hub nim’saawar’maaniba komitii la ni. N namin lahi tm n-ti Wikimedia project grants committee la yoli.
Yuma ayonu din garila ni, n nyela ñun tum toontali tuma n-ti Wikipedia yaga pam kamani edit-a-thons, bangsim lebu, foto walk nima, n-ti Global Open Initiative and the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. N namin nye Wiki Loves Folklore mini Wiki Loves Earth 2021 nim korineeta zang ti Ghana zaa. 2017 yuuni zang na hali ni zungo n-tum tuma pam yoli n-ti Wikipedia mabiligu dundona pam n-ti pahi Wikimedia Affiliate Usergroups nim ata din be Ghana. N nyela suhi be Wikipedia yeligibu, dibahibahindi Africa zuliyanim ni. N kpanmang tuma shenga m-bono: N-daa sonya ka ti nam ka yaaigi bachinim kamani tusaanahi 4,000) n-zang ning Wikimedia Commons ni.( • Mani n-daa zani ka di ning 2020 Afrocuration ka ti lebigi Silimiinsili ni COVID 19 lahabaya din gari pihinahi (40) laasabu n-sabi li Dagbanli ni n-zan ning Dagbanli Wikipedia ni.
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| Team collaboration experience | Over the past over the past six (6) years, I have collaborated and worked on several Wikimedia-related projects with organizations/institutions such as the University of education's school of languages Ghana (The Dagbani department), University for development studies (UDS Navrongo campus), Wiki Africa Education and Artandfeminism. Outside Wikipedia, I served as a Mozilla Open Leader X fellow working with students to create open educational resources (OER) in Ghana and currently serving as an ambassador for the Mozilla festival 2021. Since 2020, I have served as a MozFest wrangler, working with the Mozilla foundation staff to co-designed the Mozilla festival. In 2017, I was a member of the CC global summit 2018 program committee and a Co-lead for the 'future of the Commons' track. I am currently a program facilitator and panel chair for the Hack4OpenGLAM at the 2021 Creative Commons global summit.
In addition to that, I work with several open leaders and OER experts on the 'Open Education for a Better World' program as an advisory board member to support participants and also help create scholarship opportunities for students from Africa at the university of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. As a digital language activist, I work with individuals and organizations who are interested in digitizing the Dagbani language on the internet. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I believe, open education will provide a lasting solution to the global injustice that is affecting education in Africa. As one of the world's most visited online learning platforms, Wikipedia has proven to be one the most valuable online resources for both students and educators. As a volunteer contributor, I wish to contribute my experience to help this committee thrive. I am a project manager, researcher and a digital language activist with strong internet industry experience. I am passionate about open education, open data, and opensource technology.
My strengths are my interpersonal communication skills and my ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds. I am interested in working with indigenous languages communities, and always happy to discuss how we can bridge the gender gap on Wikipedia and the digital divide across Africa. | |
Handgod Abraham (Kitanago)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am a founding member of the Wikimedia Haiti User Group. I participate and lead several workshops on wikimedia projects. I translate articles between English, French and Haitian Creole on the wikipedia and meta. I maintain the Haitian Literature project on wipedian in French and I participate in several other wiki projects. I am volunteering for the current elections of the board of directors of the Wikimedia Foundation. I have just proposed myself as a member of the regional committee for Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Team collaboration experience | I am a community manager. I have been contributing for about 10 years as a cultural activist and I am executive chairman of the "Marathon du Livre". I am also a member of the Executive Committee of Éditions Pulùcia. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N yuya ni n kpehiri n nua wikipedia tuma puuni din jendi salo ʒilɛli tuma. N nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun suhi yu ni n gbundi kpalanzuya ni niraba din yɛn che ka ti tooi laɣim n gbaai n pali ti zaa nia ni kpa binshɛli di bahi bahindi baŋsim tooni tibo. N kpuɣi bia ni n zaŋ n baŋsim tum tuma ka di nyɛla n yɛn gbuni la kpalanzuya ni n taba ka ti tabi n sɔŋ wikipedia tuma ŋɔ ka di nia pali. | |
James Hare (Harej)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Volunteering since 2004 in a number of capacities, including individual content and technical contributions (mainly bots). I have also worked on behalf of Wikimedia affiliates to plan outreach and training programs, including Wikimania 2012, and I have also run those kinds of programs as a representative of a partner institution. More information is available on my user page. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have worked with volunteer and hybrid volunteer–professional teams to organize events as large as over 1,000 people, run affiliate boards, plan events both large and small, build and maintain relationships with partners, and develop software collaboratively with the communities as a Wikimedia Foundation staffer. I served on the boards of two affiliates, Wikimedia District of Columbia (2011-2018) and Wiki Project Med (2017). I also was briefly on a Wikimedia Foundation conference grants committee and I served as a facilitator for the 2014 affiliate-selected board seat process. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | M be Wikipedia Gbaŋ'ŋmariba ŋɔ puuni n yuugi, n teeiya Wikipedia ni daa tuu piligi ka niriba be kpuɣili nimmɔhi amaa ti daa tuɣimi n ŋmari washika nima amaa zuɣu, Wikipedia nyɛla yuuni pishi zuŋɔ ka ti yuli chaŋ luɣuli kam. N zaŋ galimi ti ti ʒileli ni bɛn che ka ni nyɛ chɔɣinsi maa, amaa a di nyɛ dahim gba n zaŋti Wikipedia Movement. Di zali kpana jandila baŋsim taribu mini wuligibu solo sunsuni ka di che ka di niŋ tabata ni niriba tohi sabi washika.
A lihi movement charter ŋɔ maa yɛltɔɣa, di bɔri mi ni ti yina ni zalikpana din yɛn wuhiri ti ni yɛn niŋ shɛm Wikimedia movement tumtumsa ka di tumda ka chɛni viɛnyɛla. Di lahi nyɛla binshɛli, tum nadaa, din baligi di tuma ni dini niŋ di shɛm n ti so kam amaa ka be zami n-ti na' bihi bee n-nyɛ tindaan zuli. Di pahila ti Movement ŋɔ zuɣu ka choɣinsi nyɛli. A maa Global Council nuu yi bɛ pa ti zuɣu, di yɛn chemi ka ti darza filim solo sani ka di che ka washika ŋmariba niŋdi be suhu yubu hali Wikipedia Foundation yi kuri milliona niŋdi tiŋsi lebginsim ni. Din niŋ ka Movement Charter palli kpa, ti yen kpaŋla ti maŋa n zaŋ ben sheŋa din kani maa pahi. Dini nyɛ ti pahili yee I consider these the top three priorities for the movement charter:
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Anass Sedrati (Anass Sedrati)
Anass Sedrati (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am active in Wikimedia projects since 2013. I edit Wikipedia on several languages, and contribute to launch new versions in under-resourced languages as well. I am a co-founder of Wikimedia Morocco User group (Board member), Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group, and Arabic Wikimedians User Group. I have participated actively in different projects and initiatives, including being a Wikimedia 2030 Working group member (advocacy), the strategy liaison for Arabic language (WMF - contractor), member of the transition design group, and member of the connectors group, participating in writing the final 2030 recommendations. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have participated in several team collaborative experiences within our movement at different levels. Locally, I have been project coordinator for Wikimedia Morocco for several years, and the co-chair of WikiArabia conference in 2019. Internationally, I was the volunteer manager for Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, and have served as program committee member and scholarship committee member at many local and regional conferences. I am also a member of the Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee.
Regarding strategy, I have been collaborating with Wikimedians from all corners, when being a working group member, but also across the different conferences, projects and events where we met. This gave me an important insight and a valuable experience of how to collaborate cross-culturally, in different time zones, and also on how to manage different ways of working, but still manage to deliver the needed result. Otherwise, I have a 8+ years professional experience as project manager, and my daily life is about team collaboration. I have worked in projects in IT, Telecommunications, health, public sector, finance, with several teams and companies around the world. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I have been involved in the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy process since its beginning wearing several hats. Having participated in writing the final recommendations, I firmly believe that the Movement Charter will be a crucial document (and guide) for the future of our movement. It is important therefore to give it the place it needs, and ensure that the best possible team will work in it.
I would like to bring my background, as an interdisciplinary Wikimedian, who lived in three countries, to be part of this drafting committee. I am connected to several communities in the movement, and strive to share the different perspectives and contexts I am aware about, to reflect them into our global context. Diversity and inclusivity are among my important drivers, and ensuring that all our stakeholders (including the eventual future ones) is something I would like to achieve. As a community leader, I have been involved in several governance discussions, and my PhD dissertation regards IoT (Internet of Things) Governance, containing a full chapter about Wikipedia governance :) I reiterate my affirmation that the Movement Charter is a very important document (comparable to a constitution), and that it should be a priority for those who can join this initiative. I will be honored to build this with the drafting team. If anyone has a question or needs an information from me, please feel free to contact me at my talk page, and I will return to you as soon as I can. | |
Anne Clin (Risker)
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| Team collaboration experience | Most of the committees and teams I have worked with have been highly collaborative. Of particular note is the work of the Roles & Responsibilities strategy team, the FDC, and the Arbitration Committee, whose success was dependent on collaborative work. Although less visible, there is also significant collaboration amongst both the local and global CheckUser group; and as part of the Arbitration Committee and later as an oversighter, I have worked with local oversighters to create and maintain a highly collaborative and mutually supportive environment. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N maŋmaŋa pilli bee n ni yi shɛli na be di ko ka che n taba. Sahakam, n yuuni la n maŋa ka dama n nyɛla ŋun sabira ka mali zaɣa ni andunia zaa laɣimbu nia din nyɛ wikipedia nima sodoligu ŋɔ zuɣu, amaa pani ninvuɣ'so ŋun ʒiya n-ti yaɣ'yini nima. N nyɛla Wikimedia nira yuun pia ni ayɔbu zuŋɔ bee garibu, ka mali di hankali pam n ya tingbani ni mini andunia yaɣa zaa ha nangbanyini. M mali nineesim zaŋ chaŋ taarihi din be sochibiga ŋɔ nama ni yuma din garila ni, ka mali milinsi pam zaŋkpa sochibiga ŋɔ chiha yaɣa zaa.
Kookali shɛŋa ni nyɛ saha ŋɔ ni saha shɛŋa din pun gari zaŋ jɛndi sochibiga ŋɔ tabo nima nyɛla din kpɛhi n biɛhigu laɣim tum tuma, kpalanzuya gbunibu, suhuyurilim chɛbu di yi ti niŋ ka n suhuyurilim yi di ko ka chɛ ti bobigu nia palibu. N saɣi-ti ni sochibiga ŋɔ nima pala din ni tooi niŋ bɛ niriba zaa suhuyurilim n tiba bɛ di ti yari salo ban be dinni zaa yubu; amaa di zaa yoli, n dihitabili ni tiya laɣim n-tum, ti nyɛla ban yɛn di nasara shɛli din yɛn niŋ dede ka nyɛ sokam ni yɛn saɣi n-ti shɛli. M mali dihitabili din nyɛ zaɣ'pali ni kadama din toya tuma din gbaai–Wikipedia nima, Common nima, WIkidata, Wikisource, ni tuun'shɛŋa din pahi pahi – nyɛla sochibiga ŋɔ ni du n tam shɛli zuɣu, ka di mali bukaata ni sochibiga ŋɔ bo soya din yɛn chɛ ka lala tuma nima ŋɔ maa kuli zoora ni alaafee ni yɛm bahiga. N pa, m mi na ʒin nyɛ wikipedia tabisɔŋ laɣinshɛli nira; di zaa yoli, n tuma zaŋ chaŋ FDC mini yuuni 2030 sochibiga gbaabu tuma nyɛla din che ka n ti tuma duuŋɔ jilima din ka ŋmali ni di nia nima zaŋ chaŋ sodoligu ŋɔ zuɣu dama bɛ nyɛli goon'daa sodoligu maa zuɣu. My current and past movement activities have reinforced to me the necessity of co-operation, collaboration, and compromise in order to meet broader goals. I recognize that it will not be possible for this drafting committee to meet all of the expectations of all of its members, let alone all of the expectations of every member of the movement; however, I believe that by working together we can achieve a balance that will gain acceptance from our broad global community. I firmly believe that the individual projects – the Wikipedias, Commons, WIkidata, Wikisource, and the many other “sister” projects – are the centerpiece of the movement, and the movement infrastructure must be designed to help these projects to grow and develop in a healthy way. I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of any Wikimedia affiliate organization; nonetheless, my work on the FDC and the 2030 strategy project has inculcated a deep and abiding respect for these organizations and their value to the movement as a whole, as they are important aspects of the project support infrastructure. | |
Rafael Laynes Hancco (RaftaLayns123)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Creator and editor of more than 100 articles | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have not worked but will do so after a great translation. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Wikipedia puuni, ban pun be di puuni mini ban na yɛn kpe nyɛla ban yɛn tooi zaŋ ŋa tum tuma, wikipedia din pala encyclopedia. ŋa nyɛla din kuli be tagibu puuni. | |
Gergő Tisza (Tgr)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Since finding Wikipedia in 2004, I have gained experience in a wide range of roles - editor, patroller, administrator, translator, OTRS agent, technical volunteer, outreach activist, chapter founder, and board member. Since 2013 I have been working for the Wikimedia Foundation as a software developer (see staff user page here - to avoid any doubt: my candidacy here is entirely in a volunteer capacity) and have focused my free time on wiki software development as well. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have been involved in movement strategy since 2017, first as a member of the Product & Technology working group, then as a recommendation writer. On-wiki, I have been active (mostly between 2005-2012) in mediation, consensus-building, and policy-making. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | For all its virtues, the Wikimedia Movement has only been partially successful at empowering its volunteers, whose work it is sustained by. We need to improve equity, in both senses of the word: ensuring we treat each other fairly and impartially, and ensuring we treat those donating their time and efforts to the movement as shareholders, who can participate in the decisions that affect them and their work, and get all the support they need to do that well. The movement strategy is a bold attempt to achieve that, and I'd like to do what I can to help it move forward.
What I hope to bring to the table:
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Yang Shih-Ching (imacat)
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| Team collaboration experience | Working as a community organizer of the Taiwan local female STEM communities since 2010, I founded Women in FOSS in Taiwan (2010), PyLadies Taiwan (2013), and WikiWomen Taiwan (2015). | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyela gun yeri n tiri pagba mini "LGBT" yiko nima, ka n tiehi ni di tu kamaatu ni ti kpang ti maga ka wikemedia movement tooi gbaai pagba mini dabba lagingu, n ti daadama zaa. Din pala bangsim maa nyela yoli zang n ti daadama zaa, amaa bangsim maa gbaari la sokam, ka sokam tooi namdi li. Di zaa nyela bin shegu din mali anfaani ni ti zang tuma niema din ni tooi kpangsi soya n ti pagba, "LGBT" ni bin bibihi din ni tooi kpangsi Mikimedia Movement. N borimi ni n song tuma ~no
As a Taiwanese and a member of the Chinese Wikipedia, as Chinese Wikipedia is one of the largest Wikimedia projects, I think more voices should be heard in the committee, in order to accomodate the problems the Chinese Wikipedia is facing, and the cultural issues that should be included into the Wikimedia Movement. I would also like to contribute my efforts for us to be heard. | |
Ciell (Ciell)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been involved with the movement since 2006. At the moment I am a Dutch Wikipedia admin, temporary admin on the Papiamentu Wikipedia, admin on Commons, VRTS-agent, CN admin on Meta, and hold some other rights like campaign creator for Commons:Montage campaigns for judging photo competitions. Especially as a CN admin I work in a very language and cultural diverse role, that next to this diversity also asks to keep in mind the position and the world's perception of the WMF in the choices and designs we make for the Wikimedia banners and campaigns. I enjoy this challenging role a lot. In intercultural situations I find it a challenge to seek balance between the person approaching me with a request and the general sentiment and rules on the different projects. I am also involved in Gender Gap, LGBTI+, Accessibility, and GLAM Wikiprojects, both in on- and offline collaborations. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Specifically for Strategy I have been involved in many different ways since 2017, sometimes by translating and getting our community to form an opinion on the Strategic Direction 2030 (ex. nl:Wikipedia:Strategie 2030, and by posting about WMF initiatives in our Village Pump, our main channel for internal community communication. I have attended several meetings for the development of the Strategic direction. In the past months I have been involved with the implementation of the new Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) in our Dutch "Beleid Vriendelijk Ruimtes" that the Dutch Chapter (WMNL) uses for their events: the concept is up on the chapters wiki at the moment for community consultation. (Concepttekst nieuw Beleid Vriendelijke Ruimtes) I have organized several events as well, alone or as part of a team, from small meetings in libraries to multi-day and multinational events like the Wiki Techstorm. I had some smaller supporting tasks in several Wikimania's (2018, 2019, 2021). A short (ever incomplete) resume of my wiki activities in the past 15 years can be found, in Dutch, here | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I would like to help create a Movement Charter that will not be to restrictive to our current communities, but does set a decent base line of what is expected for the different roles and responsibilities we have. Through the years I have learned roles evolve and responsibilities change. I therefore would like the Movement Charter to become a clear charter, but flexible enough to be able to excepting additions and amendments, so it will actually provide a solid foundation for our communities in the years to come, and hopefully beyond. A time-proof charter, so to say. | |
Tito Dutta (Titodutta)
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyɛla ŋun tohiri sabiri Wikipedia Pam, n tohi sabi Wikipedia sabbu Balbu bu shɛm. Din tooi niŋ ka a nyɛ ni washika nima shɛŋa zaŋ jandi lahabali kpana bee lahibali zuɣu shɛŋa Wikiindata bee Wikipedia zuɣu. Wikipedia Strategy nyɛla yɛli kpeeni Wikipedia tohi sabi zuɣu. N bori ni n pahi yi gbaŋ'ŋmariba zuɣu ka ti zaŋ ti kpalan'zuya n gbuni taba n tum anfaani tuma zaŋ n ti Wikipedia Nina movement Charter maa.
Dini yɛn sɔŋma ka n tooi vihi ka kpaŋsi nan'gban'yinga Bini ŋɔ puuni. N zaŋ yɛltɔɣa kpana n sɔŋ Wikiindata mini Global South kpamba ka bɛ lihi zamzam. Ka nyɔɣu ka n yɛn ŋme amaa n tum tinsi ŋɔ puuni yuuni gbaliŋ. Din bahindi nyaaŋa, n dihi n tabli ni din sɔŋ ma ka n deeii hankali bee baŋsim pala n pahi ni pun mali shɛŋa zuɣu. • Dini yɛn sɔŋma ka n tooi vihi ka kpaŋsi nan'gban'yinga Bini ŋɔ puuni. • N zaŋ yɛltɔɣa kpana n sɔŋ Wikiindata mini Global South kpamba ka bɛ lihi zamzam. Ka nyɔɣu ka n yɛn ŋme amaa n tum tinsi ŋɔ puuni yuuni gbaliŋ. • Din bahindi nyaaŋa, n dihi n tabli ni din sɔŋ ma ka n deeii hankali bee baŋsim pala n pahi ni pun mali shɛŋa zuɣu. | |
Yao Kouamé Didier (Didierwiki)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Since I joined the Wikimedia user Group Côte d'Ivoire community in 2015 and I have remained a very active volunteer contributor. I learned a lot of things in a progressive way, such as article creation and editing, training and others. As a very active member of the Wikimedia user Group Côte d'Ivoire community, I was elected General Secretary of the said community and Glam-Wiki Project Leader in this year 2021. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have worked on several local projects in perfect collaboration with the project teams, such as wikikouman, Glam-Wiki, Wiki Loves Africa. I participated in several committees that have reflected on setting up strategies for the realization of certain projects within the community Wikimedia user Group Ivory Coast, I was part of the trainers of the Wiki Class where we worked in synergy. I am part of the Working Group of Wikimania 2021.In regards of Wikimedia volunteering, I work in perfect harmony with other Project Managers. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N yuya ni m pahi ka di sabi Wikipedia Movement Charter la dama n daa pahiya ka di niŋ Wikipedia 2030 Strategy soya la. Wikipedia yuun' pishi (20) m-bɔŋɔ, di tu ni ti baŋ ni tuma pam na be ti, din dee yi niŋ ka ti bori ni ti pali Wikipedia 2030 nianima. N dihi tabili ni Movement Charter maa yɛn nyɛla gbaŋ shɛli din yɛn sɔŋ ka Wikipedia sohibiɛɣu ni viɛla. | |
Richard (Nosebagbear)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | After a false start back in 2012 I fell into the rabbit hole in 2018 and have been active since. One of my most active fields is as an OTRS (now VRT) response agent, primarily working with those with absolutely no Wikimedia experience, aiding in navigating what can be a distinctly byzantine process. I also became an en-wiki admin in 2019, which was also around the time that I became highly active in the Strategy side of the movement. This has run from participation in every phase of almost every recommendation, the prioritisation discussions, the UCOC, and every discussion we've had to implement the 2030 strategy. This included helping craft the compromise selection method for the MCDC. | |
| Team collaboration experience | The bulk of my career has been as a Strategy Analyst for a multi-national - a small team with a primary remit for acquiring the different views and priorities of a dozen different business units, and then drafting a viable strategy that can be lived with by everyone. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I wondered what to put here - everyone appears to have their own views on the statement's use, but I'd think you'd want to know what I'd actually do if chosen (albeit in short-form!).
This is a crucial process, but critically we need to make it as little about the specific drafters and as much about the Community's viewpoints (stressing the plural). We shouldn't be attempting to drive through a controversial position with 51% support, and I would not. I am a strong supporter of "subsidiarity" - that is, anything that can be done at the broadest level (the local communities and the meta-community), should be.
Finally, I'm open to functionally any level of questions. If there ends up a cap on the formal process, ask on my talk page | |
Adi Purnama (Rtnf)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Just a newcomer contributor who occasionally chats on several Wikimedia-related Telegram group and participated in several Wikimedia Online Meeting (ESEAP, Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct) | |
| Team collaboration experience | I'm already involved with several social/tech movement outside Wikimedia before. For example: Knowledge Management Research Group: Pustaka , [:https://pustaka.miraheze.org/wiki/Tempat-Tempat Tempat Tempat Project] , usaha.click, and [://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenStreetMap Foundation]. Inside Wikimedia, i and several fellow participants at Indonesian Wikidata Datathon 2021 founded Komunitas Wikidata Indonesia (Indonesian Wikidata Community) to coordinate our effort. We work together to improve Wikidata items related to Indonesian topics in general. In addition, we also focus on translating other Wikidata items into Indonesian language. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Din nyɛ Wikipedia kpaŋmaŋ shee nyɛ baŋsim, tumbu mini deebu zaŋchaŋ bi niriba. Di simsi ni ti deeri ninsalinima ban bɛ yaɣa balibu ni ti tingbani ni, n lahi pahi ti ni bori shɛli, kpaŋsibu mini tohibu.
Ti shɛba sabiri gbana. Ti shɛbi maandi "software". Ti shɛba maandi laɣiri sara, saha beei tuma mibu. Shɛb bori "data", vihigu beei "media". Shɛb laɣindi ʒia, ka bori "copy right" reform, ni "network". Shɛb nyɛla ban laɣindi ʒia, karimba nima ni sabiri ka niŋdi taɣibu.Shɛb niŋdi din gari ŋɔ nim zaa, ni shɛŋa. Din laɣindi ti nyɛ ti ni niŋdi bin shɛŋa, n nyɛ di tahili ka niŋdi li.Ti zaa nyɛla ban pahi laɣingu ŋɔ ni ka chɛ ti bori ni baŋsim nyɛ yoli nyɛla din yɛn liɛbgi dunya ŋƆ n titi.Ninsali kam tu ni o mali baŋsim. Ka ninsali kam ni simsi ni o mali bi maŋmaŋ baŋsim. But, we are still far from having collected the sum of all knowledge. Most of content we have created is in the form of long-form encyclopedia articles and still images, which leaves out many other types of knowledge. Our current communities don't represent the diversity of the human population. This lack of representation and diversity has created gaps of knowledge and systemic biases. Readers often question the reliability of the content we create, notably because it is not accurate, not comprehensive, not neutral, or because they don't understand how it is produced and by whom. The low barrier for entry from our early years has now become insurmountable for many newcomers. Some communities, cultures, and minorities have suffered from this exclusion more than others. Toxic behaviors and harassment have had a negative impact on participation in our projects. Other types of contribution beyond editing aren't recognized as equally valueable, and the structures of our movement are often opaque or centralized, with high barriers to entry. We even should change and innovate our services before it was too late. Many readers now expect multimedia formats beyond text and images. People want content that is real-time, visual and that support social sharing and conversation. We should address all of this issue so we can improve our movement. I hope, Movement Charter could address this issues. | |
Michael Baker (Tango Mike Bravo)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | My main experience is creating and editing pages on en.wikipedia. I have also contributed to Wiki Loves Monuments in 2017 and attended Wikimania in 2014 in London where I was living at the time. | |
| Team collaboration experience | In 1994 I founded Electronic Frontiers Australia and was on its board, first as chair, then as board member for several years. During that time I was the EFA representative on the Global Internet Liberty Campaign. With others I was responsible for drafting several of the GILC statements that were subsequently signed by many of the GILC member organisations. On en.wikipedia was part of an ad-hoc team that merged Template:Family tree into Template:Tree chart. This involved editing every template and page that used the former template to check and if necessary make minor changes so that the template use did not break. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N zoola Scotland tingbani ni (n ni tooi lebigi Glaswegian Siliminsili ni), n chaŋla n yunivasity shikuriti la Scotland mimi England tingbana ni, ka daa ti yi n labi Australia tingbani ni n ti lee di bilichini ka m mini m paɣa pa be Italy tingbani ni. N bohindila Italy balli sahaŋɔ. At The N ni daa be "Open University" mani n daa nyɛ zuɣulana paa n-ti shikurubihi laɣingu din daa su ka yuuni n taɣiri zalikpana di daa gbubi laɣingu maa. Pɔi ka n daa naai kpuɣi napɔŋ n kuli Australia tingbani ni n daa nyɛla ŋun pahi tuun shɛli ŋan daa jɛndi kum yɛltɔɣa ka daa tooi lee din laɣim laɣiri din daa yiɣisi £10,000 ka di daa nyɛla dini daa nyɛ shɛli alikawuli nima gbaabu puuni ka daa mali mara kadama di yɛn yomi diyi daa niŋ ka di nyɛla din kuli pɔri puuni £10,000 alikawuli nima n daa lo. Mani n kpa Electronic Frontiers Australia din laɣim zalikpana kundi tuuli sabbu ka daa lee di tuuli daambulo. N nyɛla EFA kpamba bansu di shaawara gbaabu ni yino ka lahi nyɛ ŋun zaya n-ti "Global Internet Liberty Campaign" din jɛndi ti tingbani ŋɔ mini andunia yaɣa zaa tuma tumbu zalikpana, din tuma gbaai laɣinsi mini gbaabu ni galimi din nyɛ ti tingbani mi ni andunia yaɣa zaa zaŋ dalim pohim zuɣu salo biɛrisuŋ zuɣu. Silimiinsili wikipedia puuni n nyɛla ŋun namidi yɛltɔɣa ka maani yaɣa nima n niŋda.
AFD shaawara nima gbaabu puuni shɛŋa n nyɛ, (en:Diet Coke Button, en:Disha Ravi, en:Yogananda Pittman) N nyɛla ŋun yuuna ka labiri n maani zaana diyi ti niŋ ka so wurim yaɣa shɛŋa din gbaai (Disha Ravi, Petra Ecclestone, Tamara Ecclestone, Yogananda Pittman) Templati kabi laɣim taba ni sabbu din gbaai (Template:Family tree into Template:Tree chart, Template:Rickard family tree)
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Aliyu (Aliyu shaba)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | N ni kpe wikipedia hali ni zuŋɔ n nyela ŋun bɔhim binyahiri pam kamani lahabali nambu ni di maliniŋ. | |
| Team collaboration experience | N namin pahi ka wikipedia jina tobu laɣinsi kamani Wikimedia 2020. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | M bɔrimi ni n kpaŋ m maŋa n-tɔhi n-sɔŋ wikipidedia tuma yaɣa zaa din yɛn che ka di lahabaya ti tooni. Saha shɛli kam, di tu kamaata ni di gbuni kpalanzuya n-tum tuun' shɛli din yɛn mali anfaani n-ti sokam, ballee din jendi shikuru baŋsim bobu. M mali nia ni n zaŋ m baŋsim, ka gbuni kpalinzua ni shɛba dabam n-tab' sɔŋ ka Wikimedia Foundation chaŋ tooni | |
Ashioma Medi (SuperSwift)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I've been an active contributor to the English Wikipedia since 2017 and hold the new page reviewer rights. I have contributed to articles relating to women through the women in red campaign. I started editing Wikidata in 2019. Outside of editing, I have worked in the creation of Wikimedia hubs in Nigerian Universities, where I serve as a leader and trainer in different institutions. I have also served as a judge in different contests; from the Afrocine project to the African Women in Media contest. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Actively involved in the ongoing memorandum of understanding between the Wikimedia community in Nigeria and the Nigerian National Archives. Member of the Communications Team at the 2019 Wiki Indaba. Reaching an agreement with the Ekiti State University, Nigeria to set up a Wikimedia hub in the school. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | It is my desire to help create a Movement Charter that will not be restrictive to individuals, communities, organizations but shares accountability and responsibility as well as ensure equitable opportunities for participation in decision-making and resource allocation. Having cross-cultural communication skills (English and Igbo) means I can actively engage the English community and Igbo Wikimedia community and relay their issues with the movement charter.
My experience as a research fellow at a government & public policy institute has broadened my scope on governance, organization management, board management, legal actions, policy documentation & implementation, and other required knowledge bases. This helped me successfully draft the by-laws with consultation from appropriate authorities for the working of a Wikimedia hub. As a product designer, my skills of design thinking, critical thinking, strategic thinking would help in translating strategy recommendations into structures, help see the gaps to be covered, and would also help in getting things done at the set time. | |
Osama Eid (Osps7)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I contribute to Arabic and English Wikipedia, have editorial rights to Arabic Wikipedia and English Wikipedia, and have editorial rights to Wiki Commons. I mainly work against vandalism Free knowledge, I have more than 11,000 mods globally, I have been very involved in the Wikimedia movement by disseminating free knowledge in contests and campaigns, and the percentage of achievements, I am an active member of the Wikimedia group in the Levant, and I trust What is happening in the east east. Launching projects in universities for training on Wikipedia. I manage the educational programs of the Arabic Wikipedia in the State of Palestine, and I also participate in all the campaigns and projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. | |
| Team collaboration experience | The Levant Wikimedia Group, and the activities of the Arabic Wikipedia days | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I edit articles in the Arabic and English Wikipedia and hold permissions in the Arabic and English encyclopedia. Law demanded. I am very interested in spreading knowledge. I also create edits in all Wikimedia Foundation projects, am a member of the Levant Wikimedia team, and launch educational programs at my university. I would like to be a member of the movement charter drafting team, and this will be a new and wonderful addition to me, and I expect to come up with very important recommendations. I also want to develop a flexible charter for the movement, and that this charter supports all communities and contributes to increasing people's knowledge of the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. I also want the charter to be appropriate for all changes and for all societies, and for it to be a just and positive charter. | |
Galder Gonzalez (Theklan)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I started as a wikimedian really early, in 2006. I have been mainly collaborating at my main wiki, but since 2017 I have been involved in the Wikimedia movement. I'm currently an staff member at the Basque Wikimedians User Group, where I work mainly on our education program. As a devoted wikimedian on education, I was part of the team which organized the first Wikimedia+Education conference. I have been part of the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy team, focusing on Diversity. I have volunteered in other Wikimedia events, such as Wikimania. As a volunteer, I also like to help small Wikipedias to work with automatic templates from Wikidata, a project where I also spend some volunteering time. I have organized the WLM contest three times in the Basque Country and I have a broad knowledge about how we are organized. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have worked on communications before, especially co-ordinating big campaigns, so I can work with a team. I have also volunteered at the Movement Strategy and I'm experienced working both online and asynchronous. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | As a member of the Basque Wikimedians User Group, I have a good approach of what is happening in smaller wikis and smaller communities. During the Movement Strategy (long) discussion I had a good perspective on how we should handle differences and go beyond our current status. I think I can be useful in this moment, as the Movement Charter will handle many of the arguments we had about governance during those long long long online and offline discussions. | |
Hobit (Hobit)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I worked on an NSF proposal years ago that involved Wikipedia and was supported by the WMF. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I often teach very large courses at the college level sometimes involving a teaching staff of as many as 25 people. While all my work is in English, I work with people from all over the world. During the pandemic I ran meetings online with people from ~10 different time zones. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Daliri shɛli din chɛ ka n bɔri Wikipedia nyɛla di cherimi ka so kam za o gama zuɣu ka tumdi o tuma. Dibahibamdi binshɛɣu kam ni ku tooi bahi paai pia la zuɣu a en.wikipedia.org din ku bahi nyɛla gaŋdu dɔmini di tila ŋun kam be di zuɣu ka o za o gama zuɣu ka tumdi o tuma ka gadama shɛli kani. Di niŋ ma lahaʒiba pam din tooi di nasara shɛli ŋɔ maa ka lee kuli nyala Volunteer tohi' sabi. Mani tɛha puuni, ti yi be lihi ʒam taba ka lihiri so kam ka o nyɛ ninsala,ti nyɛla ninvuɣ' shɛba ban yɛn di nasara.
N ku tooi yali ni Sabisabiriba gɔnaate n nyama amaa n sabiri n yaa tariga. Hali n sabiri n tiri neesim zaŋ jɛndi kundi polo ka di gbaŋ bɛlima zooi bakɔi sunsuuni. RfC closures I've made on en are probably the best way I can illustrate my ability to read and understand views from different parties ([1] is the most recent). I will be fairly busy with work from September until mid-December and there would likely be a couple of weeks in there where I could not provide 5 hours of work. That shouldn't be true again until September 2022. | |
Kanhai prasad chourasiya (कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I member of the SWMT, I also active doing cross-wiki spammers and Patrolling project from Twinkle prefence & Swviewer.
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Jamie Li-Yun Lin (Li-Yun Lin)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Board member of Wikimedia Taiwan (2016.03 - present)
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| Team collaboration experience | As a board member of Wikimedia Taiwan, I worked as a volunteer manager for Taiwan Wikiproject Med for three years, also assist the Taiwanese community and WMTW can have better conversations/ cooperation with international Wiki communities and involve in more movements. Besides the duties from WMTW, I also participate in several regional organizations and Wikimedia movements. such as joining the program committee of the ESEAP conference to design and arrange programs for participants, discussing and writing recommendations as a Community health team member for 2030 movement and so on. Starting from 2017, I keep assisting improve the Chinese translation quality for Wikiprojects and movements; what's more, working as a Chinese interpreter for Wiki global conversations. I have plenty off-Wiki and on-Wiki collaboration experience. I am currently the director of Wikipedia Asian month (events and user group), cooperating with more than 60 Wiki teams from worldwide to promote Asian cultures via Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects. I am a full-time PhD researcher/ PhD candidate in real life, my major research field is immunology, virology. I shared my Wiki experience in some universities before and now have a lot of cooperation with other research teams all over the world. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Pirinla yɛltɣa pam din yina China Sabisabiriba laɣinsi maa ni be ku bukaata maa zuɣu, saha kana ni ti yiɣisi zabi ti maŋ zuɣu din yɛn che ka ti gba be shaawara maa gbaabu shee ka ni tooi yɛli zaŋ ti ti yaɣili. Pirinla ʒilinsi zuɣu, n di wahala ka nyɛ filiŋ pam ni bali shɛli ni nyɛ la zuɣu, ni n ni nyɛ doo maa, ni n ni mali shikuru shahara gbaŋ shɛli ŋɔ, ni n kukɔli maa ni din pahi-pahi. Di tu ni yalli ŋɔ maa zani tariga ka ninvuɣu pala ban yɛn kpɛna ban be di lala wahala maa. M mali dihitabili ni milinsi shɛŋa zaa ni bo maa nyɛla binshɛli din ni tooi sɔŋsi ka ti sabi Movement charter shɛli din yɛn ti so kam suhudoo ka o tohiri o tohibu ka dabiɛm cheei be mali o. | |
Ian Ramjohn (Guettarda)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | N nyɛla ban kpa Caribbean User Group Wikipiidia la nima ni yino, ka be di tooni tali laɣingu ni. Zaŋ hali ni saha shɛli laɣingu ŋɔ ni kpa Wikilaɣingu din daa be North America yuuni 2018 pulini, n daa nyɛla ŋun sɔŋ n zaŋ chaŋ laɣinsi laɣimbu polo ka lahi lee ŋun daa gariti tooni ni laɣinsi pam ni, ŋa shɛŋa n nyɛ ban mali baŋsim para ka bi yuya du and ti pahi ban pkaŋsiri kaya ni taɣada nima kpuɣibu zaŋ chaŋ WikiCari chuɣu yuuni 2020 puli ni. N nyɛla ŋun nyɛ tumtumida (ni yuli din nyɛ User:Ian (Wiki Ed)) n be Wiki Education Foundation tum yuuni 2014 n daa lee ŋun sɔŋ ninvuɣ'tuhi tuha ban daa na nyɛ sabi sabiri pala (10–14,000 yuuni ka pulini) bɛ ni daa lee ban kuli kpɛri n ginda ni bɛ tohi bɛ tuuli tohibu wikipiidia ni ka di nyɛla Wiki Karim baŋsim lahabaya bayaana dundɔŋ zuɣu (bayaana dundɔŋ kurili din daa su laɣinsi mini tum tumisa). N daa pahila ban tɔhi n sabi ti Wikidata baŋsim lebu kundi la yuuni 2019 pulini. N nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun nyɛ Wikipiidia sabisabiri gonaate tum yuuni 2004, n nyɛla ban gbubi silimiinsili Wikipiidia fukumisi nima puuni yino tum yuuni 2005 ka daa lee ŋun tohi n sabi sabibu yaɣa din daa nyɛ bɛni zaŋ shɛli n pa polo ni, yuya din daa pa polo ni n ti pahi sabibu yaɣa din daa nyɛ zaɣ'suma. | |
| Team collaboration experience | N nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun tumidi ni salo ni a chiika Wiki karim baŋsim puuni. Ti nyɛla laɣingu din nyɛ zaɣ'bila ka so kam tuma kuli kpɛri taba ni din kuli yɛn che ka tuma tum di ni tu ni di tum shɛm. Ti tuma ni karimzɔŋ kara karimba nima mini shikuru bihi ban sabira (ti Wikipiidia shikuru bihi tuma) n nyɛla ŋun kuli tumida ni n taba biɛɣu kulo. N tuma zaŋ chaŋ ti baŋdiba mini tabiibi tuma nima puuni ti ni lee ban baŋsiri tuma duri mini tumtumdi baŋdiba bɛni yɛn sabi Wikidata nini Wikipiidia shɛm, n nyɛla ŋun timida nuu ni n taba ka ti tumidi lala tuma ŋɔ. Ti ni doli so shɛŋa n sabiri ti yuuni teha soyo, ti yuuni lahabaya sabibu n ti pahi ti hankali para soya zaa nyɛla din nyɛ tabisɔŋ tuma, ka n lahi nyɛ ŋun tumidi ni n taba ka ti maani sabibu nima din yiri pohim zuɣu n niŋida n ti pahi lahabaya di pahi pahi ka lahi lee ŋun tohi n sabi Wikipedia @ 20 kundi shɛli din na yoli kuli n sabila yaɣ'yini puuni.
Pɔi ka ŋɔ maa ti naai'niŋ, n nyɛla ŋun pun wuhi bikura shikuru kaman yuun pia zuɣu; n lee ŋun tabiri n sɔŋdi ni wuhi zaŋ chaŋ shikuru bihi kura karim bɔhimbu din soya pumpu n doya ni di saha nima din nyɛ din waɣ'waɣa, n gbunidi kpalanzuya ni n karimba taba, karimba nima ban tabiri n sɔŋda, ni tum tumidiba ban su tabiibi bohim duu fukumisi, ŋa zaa bɔrila salo ban ni tooi gbunidi kpalanzuya ni taba din yɛn che ka tuma chaŋ venyɛla, dakulo kam. Pɔi ni lala ŋɔ, n daa pun nyɛla ŋun tum ʒilɛli biɛri suŋ tuma shaawara lana. N nam, n gili bo, ka mali laasabu yɛli shɛŋa zuɣu, la gbunidi kpalanzuya ni tum tumidi taba din yɛn che ka tuma lahabaya tooi sabi, ka tahi n ti ti ban bɔrili, ka che ka mali niŋ lee din niŋ tabata di yi niŋ ka ban mali di bukaata yuliŋa ka tahi bɛ teha na zaŋ chaŋ di polo zaa nyɛla din mali bukaata ni kpalanzuya gbunibu ni taba.. Prior to this, I worked for a decade as an instructor in higher education; shepherding classes of undergraduates through semester-long courses, coordinating with other instructors, teaching assistants, and lab prep staff, requires a team that collaborates effectively, week after week. Before that, I worked in environmental consulting. Designing, collecting, and analysing field survey data, and working with my colleagues to get reports written, delivered to clients, and getting revisions done in response to their feedback required considerable collaborative team work. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyɛla sabiri gonaate Silimiinsili Wikipiidia zuɣu, ti dundɔŋ din galisi ka kurigi n gari ti dundona zaa. Di ni lee ka ninvuɣ'yino ku tooi zani ni o tɔɣisiri n tira dundɔŋ gɔrigu ŋɔ maa tatabo ŋɔ zuɣu, n ni tɔɣisi yɛltɔɣa n yina di puuni. Pirim la n ni nyɛ yuun pia ni apɔi tohi tohira ka lahi nyɛ Siliminsili Wikipiidia fukumisi kpamba ni yino la zuɣu, n nyɛla ŋun be di puuni bi achiika, amaa ka lee pa gbanpiɛlli, ka nyɛ Global South bilichini ŋun lee ŋun yihi o zuɣ'na domini n daa bɔrila daliri ni n-ti ti lahabaya ka wuhi nyuli zaŋ chaŋ baŋsim sodoligu din doli zuɣ'saa n sheeri tingbani ni na, n nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun lahi be di kpaŋa. Pirimla n ni lee ninvuɣ'so ŋun tab n sɔŋ ninvuɣ'pala ban tohiri n sabiri la n gari so kam la di sodoligu la zuɣu, n nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun mali milinsi zaŋ chaŋ bɛni bɔri shɛli ni bɛ hankaya ni jɛndi shɛli ni.
M piila piibu n-ti n maŋa ni n yɛn zaŋila m biɛhigu puuni yiko n che ka niriba wum n damili luɣ'shɛŋa saamba ni mɔra ni bɛ gba nyɛ zaa shee ka di lee ʒiya bi bɛni nyɛli bee ka bi vaaba n labi. N nyɛla ŋun tuhi n dihi Wikipiidia dabitim bandi n labisi, ka sɔŋ niriba ka bɛ tum n gba nyɛ zaa shɛhi din ni tooi maɣis bɛ taba. N nyɛla ninvuɣ'so ŋun gbuni kpalanzuya ni ninvuɣ'shɛba ban kpaŋdi bɛ maŋa ni bɛ chɛ ka taarihi ni wuhi ni salo shɛba nyɛla biɛhigu ni ŋmaabahi gba kpɛna ti safu ŋɔ ni. Ninvuɣ'shɛba bɛ ni piigi ni bɛ yuli n yihi "Movement Charter" ŋɔ na tuya ni bi baŋ ni ka dama di mali bukaata a'dalichi niŋbu zaŋ chaŋ salo ban galisi mini salo ban pɔra sunsuuni ni bɔri shɛli be bɛ yɛli yura di bahi bahindi taarihi ni wuhi ni biɛhigu ŋmaai shɛba n bahi. Di tuya ni bɛ lahi mali shili ni bɛ ni wum salo ban bɛ ʒilɛli ni ni mali shɛli ni bɛ tiba bɛ ʒilɛli maa ni, ka baŋ ni ka dama yɛm din yi salo sani nai, dina n gari din yi nin-yino sani na. M mali Kookali zaŋ chaŋ ti sodoligu ŋɔ zuɣu luɣuli kam. N pun tum tuma yaɣa kara puuni kamani SiliminsiliI Wikipedia, ka gbuni kpalanzuya n zooi ka duhi zaɣ'bihi kamani WikiSpore. M mali Kookali zaŋ jɛndi laɣingu din mali so chibisi din pe n doya ka mali tumtumdiba ban nyɛ dini yɔri shɛba ka di sɔŋsim pam tooi yirila sambanni na ka che WMF, ka shɛli di gba mi bɛ pe n-doya ka tumida ka di pala laɣidibo soya kundi bɛni mi n-tili nyɛla din chɛ ka m baŋ waliginsim nima din be laɣinshɛŋa puuni. N nyɛla sabi sabiri biiŋa ka nyɛ ŋun maani n sabira viɛnyɛla. N nyɛla ŋun mi alizama pam n zaŋ ti kaya ni taɣada nima zaa nangbanyini. N nyɛla ŋun mali Kookali zaŋ chaŋ yɛla dede mɛbu puuni din daa sɔŋ "Wiki Karim baŋsim ka di yi sɔŋsim zaŋ ti shikuru bihi ban kalinli daa yiɣisi 2,747 ka di nyɛla tumtumdiba niriba ayi ban daa nyɛ bɛ ni kpuɣi shɛba saɣ'pali pirigili yuuni 2014 n chaŋ shikuru bihi ban kalinli daa yiɣisi 6,820 tabisɔŋ yuuni 2020 ka di nyɛla tumtumdi yino ko (ma ni). N nyɛla ŋun mali Kookali n zaŋ jɛndi tuma lebiginsim zalikpana en.wp puuni; n tuuli tuma zaŋkpa di polo din daa nyɛ zaɣ'yini shɛli (din daa bi tooi di nasara) n daa nyɛ ni da mo ni m mali n tam kalinli zuɣu Era notation yuuni 2005. Lala baŋsim parisi ŋɔ n ti pahi Kookali shɛŋa ni mali ŋɔ nyɛla din ni sɔŋ ma ka n tooi yihi sodoli shɛŋa din yɛn ku bukaata ni achiika. I've chosen to use my social capital to be heard in places where newcomers pushing for equity are likely to either be overwhelmed or ignored. I have pushed back against Wikipedia's colonised bones, and worked to help empower others to work for equity. I have collaborated with people making huge strides to bring historically excluded groups into our mission. The people chosen to draft the Movement Charter should understand the need to balance the interests of the large communities with the needs of the small groups, especially those who have been historically excluded. They must also be willing to listen to what people within the community have to say, understanding that the collective wisdom of the community, there are always better ideas than any individual might bring. I have a sense of the breadth of what exists in our movement. I have worked on large projects like the English Wikipedia, and collaborated to help develop small ones like WikiSpore. I have experience with an organisation with a formal governance structure and paid staff that obtains the majority of its funding from funders outside WMF, and one with a more informal structure run with no budget gives me an understanding of some of the contrasts among affiliates. I am a good writer and a better editor. I am an effective and experienced cross-cultural communicator. I have experience building systems of support that helped Wiki Education go from supporting 2,747 students with two dedicated half-time staffers in Fall of 2014 to supporting 6,820 students in Fall 2020 with one dedicated staffer (me). I have experience with policy development on en.wp; one of my first major forays was an (unsuccessful) attempt to standardise Era notation in 2005. These skills and experiences should help me draft effective and efficient procedures. | |
Pepe Flores (Padaguan)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been member of Wikimedia Mexico's board since 2013. I was an ordinary board member from 2013 to 2018, and vicepresident since 2018. I helped as organizer in Wikimania 2015, and represented my chapter at Wikimedia Conference (2015, 2016), WikiConference North America (2016, 2019) and Wikimania (2015, 2019. My main activities in Wikimedia Mexico are focused in outreach, communications, advocacy, regional affairs and community building. | |
| Team collaboration experience | As Communications Officer in a digital rights organization, I'm used to work with interdisciplinary groups regarding regulatory and policy discussions, collaborative writing, and legal analysis. I'm capable of working with global stakeholders in different parts of the world, and I'm flexible about time zones and schedules. I have also experience working with related to open culture movements, as part of the Creative Commons Global Network and member of Creative Commons Mexico. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Community is the backbone of the Wikimedia Movement. I'd like to offer my expertise as part of the digital rights community to ensure that the Charter is diverse, inclusive, and respectful of all the different backgrounds. I'd like to promote central discussions regarding privacy, freedom of speech, among other human rights in the drafting process. As Latin American, I'd also want to ensure that the Movement Charter reflects the cultural diversity of my region. | |
ellif d.a (ellif)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | For Wikipedia, I had started Korean Wikipedia in Feb 2005. The whole editing experience was dreadful, including several ‘fights’ and block requests from other 'users' until now. A lot of disagreeing with policies in the KO-WP made me afraid of participating with Korean Wikipedia, and I had to start a new one in 2012, for fulfilling the Sum of the Knowledge. And now, I regard myself as a user of the Korean Wikimedia movement, not about Wikipedias. For the Non-WP experience, I have participated with the first day of Wikimedia (South) Korea and photographed most main events in Wikimedia Korea, which one of them are included in the foundation's press release for the WM-KR recognition. And I have initiated several editathons in the Republic of Korea before the COVID-19. The main project is about the participating researchers on humanities into Korean Wikipedia to enhance articles' qualities. Also, I have participated in the recent global conversations by the Strategy team. In these events, I emphasised the importance of including wikimedians with Disabilities and Wikimedians who are not enabled to speak in English. | |
| Team collaboration experience | (Had several projects completed, but not public) For Wikimedia projects, I was an representative for the Wikimedia South Korea before KWA organized, and participated for making Korean Wikimedia Association. I also served one year in the OTRS(2012-2013) for Korean service. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Saha ŋɔ ni Wikipedia Movement nyɛla din mali yɛlimuɣisira din kpɛm' pam. Tuuli, ti tuma yaɣa pam nyɛla din tam di ni yɛn niŋ shɛm n-kali ban mali kur'bukaata m-pahi jina, din yɛn che ka di tooi yuli sokam. Ŋmahinli ninvuɣu shɛb' ban mali dalima (nandaamba) pam nyɛla ban tooi diri shɛhira biɛri zaŋ kpa bɛ mabiligu dundɔna polo, ka di zuɣu tooi che ka bɛ cheri sabbu bee ka ka dundɔŋ maa kpamba blookiri ba. Bɛ tuma milinsi nyɛla din naʒin niŋ vihigu zaŋ kpa Wikipedia Movement polo. Yaha, ban niŋdi vihigu ka baŋsim pam zaŋ kpa bɛ ni niŋdi vihigu yaɣ' shɛŋa ni, nyɛla ban tu ni bɛ be, ka lahi bori ni be ti tuma yaɣa ni. Ti lahi mali ban sabira ka nyɛ paɣaba, ka bɛ lee bi galisi. Di tu ni laɣingu maa kpaŋsi ka bɛ kalinli maa galisi.
Din pahiri ayi, so' shɛli di ni taɣiri gaŋbugaŋbu Secondly, the methodology that blocks the discriminative attacks, aiming to get out users who have different viewpoints with their groups, should be made. The current 2030 strategy or UCoC policy do not have any mention or procedure of it. For an example of KO-WP and JA-WP (See Wikimania submissions by Kitamura Sae), some people are making edits with aggressive speeches or argue they are not ‘logical’ or ‘rational’: for intimidating users in opposition with them. These attritional debates, which cause heartbreak to many users, and weaken the community, should handle in this charter. Di tu charter ŋɔ lee luɣ' shɛli ti ni yɛn pili taɣiri shɛli ti ni bori maa. Di tu ni ti saɣi ti ni mabiligu dundɔna ŋɔ nɔɔ n-kuri sokam taɣi dee dundɔna maa ni. Sokam taɣi dee ŋɔ mi nyɛla din mali anfaani pam ti tumnim' ni. M borimi ni m pahi saawari maaniba ŋɔ ni daliri ŋɔ zuɣu, din yɛn che ka Wikipedia tooi nya lahabaya pali din yɛn sokam sani na. | |
Dosso Djibril (Djibril016)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have participated in three French Wikipedia trainings and online webinars. I am in the WhatsApp French Wikipedia working group in my country, Ivory Coast. | |
| Team collaboration experience | In the context of updating articles on French Wikipedia, we worked as a team during and after the training. I also have a good experience of at least five years in the use of collaborative tools. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Wikipedia nyɛla binshɛli din mali anfaani pam zaŋ ti andunia zaa dibahibamdi vihigu-vihigu yaɣili. Di mali lahabali suma n-ti shikuru bihi, Sabisabiriba, karimba nima... Dinzuɣu di niŋ talahi ti Adam bi' kam ni o niŋ nimmohi kati gbuni gbalanŋ zuya ni taba n che ka Project ŋɔ ka di lɛbigi n niŋ daadama zaa anfaani. Pirinla ŋɔ zuɣu, n gba yimi na ni n bo nam maa din yɛn che ka n gba tɔhi ni mi shɛli, ni m baŋsim zaa zaŋ chaŋ tuma ŋɔ toontali zuɣu. N tumtumsa kuli lumi zahim ti Movement Drafting Kɔmitii ni bɔri yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa.
Tout d’abord, Gestionnaire de l’information documentaire, ma mission étant de mettre l’information à la disposition des usagers, de les former aux techniques de recherches documentaires, les orienter vers les dictionnaires utiles dans le cadre de leur recherche. Faire partie du comité de rédaction du mouvement me permettra de mettre à la disposition de cette équipe toutes les attentes, les difficultés, les informations souhaitées des usagers. Tuuli, n nyɛla Lahabaya manija ka n tuma n nyɛ ni n che ka lahibali niŋ bayana n-ti Sabisabiriba, ka wubisiri ba zaŋ chaŋ Documentary Research Techniques ka sɔŋdi ba ka bɛ nyɛri bachinima kpanjɔɣu. Mani n deei yi kpe Wikimedia Drafting Kɔmitii maa puuni zuɣu Kpalinkpaa, ka Wikimedia Project nim ko'ka yɛn niŋ da amaa din sɔŋsi ka wubisi niriba zaŋ chaŋ tuma niɛma shɛŋa din be Project ŋɔ maa zuɣu. | |
Jorge Vargas (JVargas (WMF))
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in September 2013, allowing me to connect with the Movement across several forums and geographies in many opportunities. In my role with the Foundation's Partnerships Team (initially with a focus in Latin America, and now leading the Regional Managers team for almost 5 years), I've had the opportunity to meet and work with Affiliates and movement leaders globally, and better understand more particularly the needs of those outside of the United States and Europe.
I have been actively involved in the Movement Strategy process since it started, from the New Voices Research in 2017 that led to the Strategic Direction, to co-charing the Diversity Working Group in 2018-19. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Collaboration is in my DNA. As a Sr. Partnerships Manager, working successfully with others is essential to my team's goals and success. Impactful partnerships (within or outside the Wikimedia movement) always require team collaboration. I collaborate with other WMF teams constantly, engaging with people across themes and areas of work.
Leading Regional Partnerships also means closely collaborating with a range of actors, from UN agencies, tech companies, other non-profits, governments, and multilateral agencies. This work has also allowed me to partner with Wikimedia affiliates and movement leaders globally, building bridges between the movement and different partners with the goal of furthering our mission and making Wikimedia a well-known, diverse, and relevant space on the Internet. The 8+ years of tenure serving the Wikimedia movement also trained me well in what cross-cultural collaboration truly means, leading with empathy and understanding of cultural differences, navigating diverse personal and professional approaches towards problem-solving, multiple time zones, and across geographies. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Being an active participant and leader in the Movement Strategy process helped me to really understand the big importance the Movement Charter will have for the future of our Movement. I'm excited to take this work into tangible and needed actions towards our mission. Although not an active on-wiki contributor, I'm a Wikimedian at heart in a variety of ways, truly understanding the needs, gaps, strengths, and flaws of our movement, and more particularly, in underrepresented parts of the world whose voice is not present in our projects.
While participating in the Movement I've seen first hand the unfortunate bias Wikimedia (and the Internet) has towards US/Europe and English language centrism. During my time with Wikimedia, it became evident that as a social movement we need to strongly address the multiple blockers that exist to really allow our vision statement to become a reality. The Movement Charter will be instrumental in this goal. Trained initially with a legal background that transitioned in my last 7 years of experience to partnerships and business development, I also think I have the skills to be part of a drafting committee of a document such as this Charter, as I can bring the voices and ideas of others and my own into text that's understandable and clear. The Movement Charter needs to be a strong foundation towards that goal, and I strongly believe my professional and personal experience gives me the skills and tools required to be a part of the Drafting Committee, and represent both my professional side as a WMF staffer, as well as my personal interests and motivations in the Wikimedia movement. | |
Basheer (Uncle Bash007)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am an experienced wikipedia editor with most of my contributions from hausa & english wikipedia. I have organized and participated in a number of wikipedia campaigns and this lead to increase in new editors in northern Nigeria. I am one of the co-contributors of Hausa Wikimedia user group. I have being a contributor to wikipedia movement since September 2019 and I want to stay and give more as long as i am alive and able. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have collaborated in many wikipedia projects which leads to the rapid growth of the Hausa wikipedia. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N ni tuui kpe Wikipedia ni 2019 n daa na tɛhimi ni Wikipedia kuli nyɛla so shɛli niriba ni doli n-wuligir' lahabali yoli. N suhi daa kuli bɛla n ni yɛn niŋ shɛm ka lahabali wuligi ti sokam dunia zaa yoli. Tooni ha ka n-daa ti Wikipedia tuma yaa gari lala, di naɣi nyɛla duniya zaa so' shɛli bɛ ni doli n-chɛ ka baŋsim niŋdi bayana bala mini kaya pam ni, ka lahi kpaŋsir' zalisi din ni gu ka taɣi salinim' biɛrisuŋ zuɣu dibahibahindi din jɛndi kaya ni adiini waliginsim yɛlitɔɣa. N nimmɔhi ni Wikipedia daa nyɛla din kpaŋsi pam n ni daa tuui chaŋ Wikimania 2021, ka daa tooi nya milinsi ni ninvuɣu kobisi ban yi yaɣ' kɔŋkɔba na, ka tooi laɣim n-tumda ni nangban yini. Dimbɔŋɔ bi yi shɛli pahila WMF nim ni kpaŋmaŋ shɛli Zaŋ chaŋ bɛ ni yuli ka sokam nyɛ yim la, ni bɛ toondaan' tali ni viɛla ka mali yaa la zuɣu. N kuli dihimi tabili ni kpe n-tu ni m-be ka tum, dama man' ŋuna nir' kam ka n-yi kuli nya n zaŋdila o jilima n-ti o kaman n kpɛm n-nya o. N lahi nyɛla ŋun tiri niriba jilima pam ka bi yuli ʒɛm niriba ka di nyɛla bɛ kaya ni taɣaada bee bɛ daadiini yɛla zuɣu. Dinzuɣu n suhi yuya ni m be laɣingu din gahim ŋɔ ni. M bɔri ni n tum pam zaŋ ti laɣingu maa ka lahi niya ni m bɔhim pam di puuni.
I am confident I have what to give to the chatter as I have experience in governing and I have good speaking and writing skills. I will work collaboratively in defining & structuring policies that will ensure the positivity of the Wikipedia goals and vision. | |
Ndahiro Derrick (Ndahiro derrick)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | A founder of the Wikimedia User Group in Rwanda, a jury coordinator for Wiki Loves Monuments international organizing team and a member of the regional grants committe for Middle East & Africa. | |
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I am a Rwandan wikimedian and the Founder of Wikimedia User Group Rwanda and a volunteer in the User Group in Uganda, I edit English, Kinyarwanda and kirundi Wikipedias, Wikivoyage, english Wikiqoute and Wikimedia Commons, since 2019, I have participated in Wiki Loves Monuments,Wiki Loves Africa,Wiki Loves Folklore,Wikigap,Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki4Refugees both in Uganda as a contestant where i made it among winners and in Rwanda as the coordinator, Besides that, I also train newbies from Rwanda,Burundi as a way of recruiting more people in the movement but also pay back to the Wikimedia User Group Uganda, who introduced me and mentored me throughout to the wikimedia movement. Besides the above, I also create and improve content on english,kinyarwanda and kirundi wikipedias,something i wont hesistate to call my passion. I believe that team work,mentorship and passion are essential to achieve a collective goal, therefore having a full conviction in possessing the above essentials,I believe they will help me to serve in the wikimedia Movemenent under the movement Charter's Drafting Committee and representing East Africa. One, by engaging every movement Charter's Drafting committe member through listening to their views,without judging,and creating a leveled ground by mainstreaming gender in all operations ,to fight against systematic discrimination of women in the decision making processes. Am a quick learner,enthusiastic and reliable ,I believe in team work and change creation therefore ,The committee having me as part of them,will enhance team work,commitment and realiability not forgetting represetantion of East Africa on the committee | |
Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom)
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* Proud part of international community thanks to the Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe, public speeches, grants comm, collaborations among affiliates incl. capacity building, and more. Twice elected to the Funds Dissemination Committee, also member of the Resource Allocation Wikimedia strategy working group. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Diverse, mission-oriented and driven by passion teams are the crucial part of the Wikimedia Movement. Be it Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects and programmes, I find starting/joining and further developing a spirited team representing various skills and perspectives as a highly rewarding and effective way to achieve our goal: equitable, quality, developed together knowledge. The same I strive to use in my professional life, including work in a multicontinental team and in multinational expert groups in banking. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Wikimedia n nyɛ baŋsim dunoya din di nasara andunia yili zaa zaŋ kpa baŋsim yoli wuligibu. Niriba ban kalinli yiɣisi biliyɔŋ anii nyɛ ban bɔriti pam bɛ biɛhigu ni: zaŋ jɛndi soochi, yoli, n piɛndoya dede, ni lahabaya - a maa ka lahi nyɛ din tiri yiko ni baŋbu, maliniŋ ni maŋ-sulinsi. Yuuni pishi nyaaŋa, di tuya ni ti ni di nasara shɛŋa kuli tiri tooni saha kam ka ban yɛn ti doli ti nyaaŋa na ti mali ŋa n niŋdi anfaani bɛ biɛhigu ni. Ti ni kuli m maani timaŋsi n zaana ni ti ku bukaata maŋa n-ti anduniya ŋɔ, di tuya ni ti mɛ n tam Naawuni ni larigi ti pin gahinda shɛŋa zuɣu n tooi gari waliginsim shɛŋa ŋan na be ti biɛhisini ni.
N niŋ dihi tabili ni ninvuɣ'shɛba ban nyɛ yaa mini bɛ ʒiʒiini taba zaa, zaŋ chaŋ hankaya din yirina dinvuɣ'bɔbigu sani, n-ti pahi nin nyɛmbo din yirina a'dalichi niŋbu ni sali nima sunsuuni. N lahi nyɛla ŋun mali dihitabili n zaŋ chaŋ sodoli bɔbigu mini laɣinsi, tuma duri ban tabiri n sɔŋda yaa kpaŋsibu, zaŋ chaŋ bɛ a'dalichi mini bɛ taɣibu zaŋ doli ʒaamani biɛhigu zaŋ chaŋ bɛ ʒileya ni n-ti ʒaamana din na kanina yɛl'bɔra. Wikipedia wuhiti ni ka dama maŋ tooni tibo, ban nyɛ ban dola ka dii ka yee, ni laɣim tum tuya ni di dee zaashee andunia nyaaŋa zuɣu n gari yaa laɣim n-niŋ luɣiyini ni sodolisi din ka piibu; lala hankaya ŋɔ tatabiti nyɛla din yirina ninvuɣ'gansi, salo, laɣinsi n ti pahi WMF laɣingu nima nim hankali para puuni na. Zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 2030, di tuya ni yaa laɣimbu yaɣ'yini konko la siɣi tiŋa ka chɛ ka ti daa hankali labina ti ʒileya ni yɛltɔɣa nima, saha nima din be n-ti ti ni ti yɛli yura. Di tuya ni ti laɣinsi yɛligi di kpari bɔɣiri ni nasara dibu, n lebigira ka buɣisiri so pala din yɛn niŋ salo anfaani zaŋ chaŋ bɛ yɛli yura polo. Di tuya ni ti bo so maŋa ni kpalanzuya gbunibu mini hankali para yihibu na, zaŋ chaŋ toontali mini bohimbu, n-ti Wikimedia nima ban pun gari, ni Wikimedia nima ban na doli na. N mali dihitabili ni kadama, n Wikimedia hankali ni n ni nyɛ ŋun tɔhiri n sabira ŋɔ, n ni nyɛ ŋun tabiri n sɔŋdi ŋɔ, ka lahi nyɛ ŋun doli sodolisi din yihiri sɔŋsim na, n ti pahi n shikuru baŋsim ni n tuma hankali (economics/psychology/MBA working in risk/finance) nyɛla din ni sɔŋ ma ka n baŋ salo ni bɔri shɛli, ka tooi zaŋ teha din yɛn tam kalinli zuɣu ka di tabi n sɔŋ sochibiga ŋɔ. I believe in empowered individuals and their associations, in the wisdom flowing from their diversity, and the motivation stemming from the equitable treatment. I also believe in the diversity of the approaches and organizations, empowerment of affiliates, in their equity and adaptability to local contexts and future needs. Wikipedia taught us that self-governance, grassroot and partnership prevailed over centralization and strict hierarchies; similar lessons come from great initiatives of the individuals, groups, chapters and the teams of the WMF. By 2030, we need to be less centralized and more attentive to local ideas, opportunities and needs. We need to operate as a much wider graph of successful organizations, developing and testing new ways to serve the needs of their audiences. We need to create a better space for collaboration and invention, for leadership and learning, for Wikimedians from the past, and the Wikimedians of the future. I believe, that both my Wikimedia experience of an editor, affiliate person and grant assessor, as well as my education and professional experience (economics/psychology/MBA working in risk/finance) help me to recognize the needs of particular community members, bring valuable perspective and help coin the great charter. | |
Abdul-Rasheed Yussif (Din-nani1)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am a very active Wikimedian from 2015. English and Dagbani Wikipedia are the Wikipedias that I edit most. Being a co-founder of Dagbani Wikimedians User Group, I worked tiredlessly for the realisation of the group's objective. Due to the hardwork of the team and volunteers, the group (language specific) was given a fully fledged Wikipedia that was announced on July 1, 2021. I, being a pioneer of the group trained alot of volunteers to acquire editging skills to be able to contribute to Wikimedia projects.I have participated actively in different projects and initiatives, including being GLAM ambassador for GOIF,event organiser for Art and Feminism and a trainer/project manager for Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have participated in several team collaborative experiences within Dagbani Wikimedians User Group at different levels and that lead to successfully carrying out several useful projects such as Bachinima project, Wiki loves Folklore and My Northern achiever project. The accumulation of which landed us into having a fully fledged Wikipedia. I have vast experience in bringing up my community from being in the incubator to being made a fully fledged Wikipedia. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | M piligu m bogo ka n mbori ni mpahi movement strategy committee ŋɔ ni ka n daliri ni nyɛ shɛli nyɛla ni bɔri ni mpahi mbaŋsim WMF tuma ŋɔ polo shem. N zanŋsim lahi be bala shɛŋa din ka wikipedia zuhu la ni, ŋɔ zuhu ka bɔri ni bi gbazaa nyɛ yiko din yen che ka bi lahabaya gba be Wikpidia zuhu. N lahi bɔri ni tahiri lahabaya yiri English wikipidia kanna dagbanli wikipedia la zuhu pam ka lahi bɔri ni mpiindi lahabali pala din yen niŋ ka ban bi tooi karimdi silimimsili la gbaaza diri lahabaya anfaani | |
Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Through the last 13 years, I've gained a very wide & diverse experience in various Wikimedia projects as a volunteer, an admin, an AffCom member and recently a part time Contractor. I have almost 19,000 edits and around 850 articles created and translated by me. I've founded the Iraqi Wikimedians User Group back in 2015, the first user group in Iraq, I also co-founded Wikiwomen Prize Competition in 2015. I've created and managed various editathons and workshops, as well as helped in founding Sorani Kurdish User group. I organized WLM competition for Iraq for 3 years. I'm very well engaged in the movement current strategy implementation discussions, further more as I worked for last year a contractor in the foundation, I've gained valuable knowledge about what communities need and where the movement need to get directed? | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have been a supportive team member in several teams within Wikimedia movement. I've coordinating projects for Wikimedia Iraq for several years. On wider level, I was an admin in Arabic Wikipedia for 3 years & have served as an Affcom member engaging with different affiliates and communities. As I participated since 2008 in more than 15 local and international Wikimedian conferences, I've gained amazing friends from around the globe. therefore, according to accumulative and continuous discussions, I've built a valuable skill of collaboration with different cultures effectively. On a professional & personal level, I have a 10+ years professional experience of managing teams & projects. I have worked in projects in Telecommunications, Oil & gas Industry, NGO organizations, Electronics companies around the world. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N dihi tabili ni 2030 soçhibiga ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛn nyɛ nasara yuma pam nyaaŋ. Baŋsim shɛli n ni mala nyɛla din ni sɔŋ ka zalikpana kundi maa sabi n doli lala so'chibiga maa. Saha shɛli n ni ku n- niŋ lala movemabiligu dundɔŋ maa ni nyɛla din mali ma shili viɛnyɛla ni n tooi tum tuma ŋɔ, ka n dihi tabili ni n ni tooi pahi ka ti sabi kundi shɛli din mali anfaani pam n-ti mabiligu ŋɔ dahin shɛli. N nyɛla ŋun mali hankali zilinli zaŋ kpa zuliya shɛŋa ban pora, ka di zuɣu che ka n dihi tabili ni lala hankali ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛn mali bukaata zalisi kundi ŋɔ sabbu shee. Zuɣusuŋ yɛlitɔɣa n-yɛn nyɛ li ni m be ban yɛn zam zalisi ŋɔ sabbu ni ka nye ŋun mali nimmɔhi pam ni n sɔŋ ka di sabi | |
Ad Huikeshoven (Ad Huikeshoven)
Ad Huikeshoven (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Experience in the Wikimedia movement: Online:
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Imagine a world in which all editors of Wikimedia projects are happy, and have found balance in their lives. The reality here and now is different. You are addicted to editing one or more of the Wikimedia projects. It's not your fault nor are you to blame that you're addicted: it's quieting the pain of a childhood trauma.
The Wikimedia Foundation shamelessly exploits the fruits of your unpaid volunteerism. You put so much time into it that it comes at the expense of caring for your family, your friends, your job or your school. In case you are financially independent or retired, you are free to spend all your time as you wish - if you do not forget to drink, eat and sleep on time. As long as you are not yet financially independent, you could expect the Wikimedia movement to look after you and provide guidance and support where you need it most. The Charter for the Wikimedia Movement is the place to establish the rights of unpaid volunteers. I want to work to ensure that locally, in all countries, there is professional support for local volunteers in their own language, which meets the local needs of those volunteers. This includes translation to (and from) local languages of (news) reports about the Wikimedia projects, localization of templates and gadgets, organization of community activities, and what you need to become happy, and find balance in your life. My intention is to contribute to the drafting of a text that will be endorsed by the communities. This, I believe, will need to be an iterative process of community consultation. The committee will produce texts in several rounds and gather feedback from the communities - and other stakeholders. I will work to ensure that it will be an open consultation process based on making consent decisions. In the feedback rounds, anyone may object to parts of the text. For the Charter to eventually be ratified, the committee must have resolved any insurmountable objections before anyone is asked to ratify the text. | |
Dušan Kreheľ (Dušan Kreheľ)
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | The Tech / News translation brought my attention to the global existence of the Wikipedia Movement. This global movement can be beneficial and enriching for a person and the movement can function as another dimension in addition to just contributing and editing some articles in some local Wikipedia. Technology serves man, not man technology. Technology is a means. What will happen in the future depends on today's actions and not only actions with short term effects or just looking at oneself and one’s actions. I like to have a perspective on the whole whole, ie. What are the trends and what are the characteristics. Just as technology and the presence of articles are needed in the Movement, so are people. Young people are our gift / opportunity. | |
Gilbert Ndihokubwayo (Gilbert Ndihokubwayo)
Gilbert Ndihokubwayo (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Co-founder of Wikimedia Community User Group Burundi, East Africa strategy summit, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Pages Wanting Photos. | |
| Team collaboration experience | East Africa strategy discussions, West Africa Regional Strategy Meetup, Movement Strategy conversation, Wikimedia Community User Group, African Wikimedians (telegram group), Vikimedio en Esperanto (telegram group), Duscussing Wikimedia’s Movement Strategy process. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | H nyɛla ninvuɣ so ŋun kpanŋ siri m maŋa, ka di bori ni n soŋ Wikimedia foundation. N karimduu shee, n daa deei baŋsim zaŋ chaŋ Development Support Communmication;
N lahi deei baŋsim din bɛ yaɣa balibu balibu, ni so shɛŋa din bɛ bobgu alizama, tum laɣim alizama, fondi shaawara nima, ni kaya balibu alizama. I am available for the activity and promise to act in the interest of the Wikimedia movement, in respect of the Universal Code of Conduct, and following the Strategic Direction and Movement Strategy recommendations. In fact, after different participations in Wikimedia movement events, I am developing skills in Wikimedia projects and plan to grow up. In my professional works I accomplished a consistent database, to coordinate different actors, to find compromises. My practices helped me to test my ability to plan, to be responsive and creative, I have also tested my ability to see gaps that need to be covered, ability of negotiating with different parties. | |
Georges Fodouop (Geugeor)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am an active member and Co-founder of Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group. I have contributed to Wikimedia projects since 2013. During all these years, I have coordinated several projects: Wiki Loves Women, like Wikimedian in residence, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Afripedia, the WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique project... I coordinated several other local projects: Promotion of local Cameroonian languages in the Wiktionary through Lingua Libre. I am also a member of Wiscom (WikiIndaba Steering Committee); 1Lib1Ref ambassador for French-speaking countries. I am a member of the grants commission (Microfi) of Wikimedia France. I have also actively contributed to the organization of several strategic salon which have enabled us to make our modest contribution to the future vision of the movement. Cameroon UG Reports. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I participated in several collaborations through the projects that I coordinated or the responsibilities that I held. Whether locally or internationally.
Locally, I contributed to the creation of the Cameroon User Group with other founding members; so we have worked on setting up all the procedures leading to affiliation and laying the foundations for the future. The Wiki Loves Women project opened the doors for me to the Wikimedia movement; I worked extensively with both the principal coordinators of the project and the national coordinators of countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. This was the case with the project coordinators Wiki Loves Earth and others. As a member of the Wiscom (WikiIndaba Steering Commitee), I discovered the place of the movement in Africa and contributed to its evolution and impact through the organization of annual conferences. In the French-speaking world, I have several collaborations:
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N nyɛla ninvuɣ’ so ŋun kpaŋ m-maŋa pam zaŋ chaŋ 2030 sochib' shɛli ti ni yuuni la, lagiŋgu nyɛl bee soli kam bini kpuɣi nyɛla n ni mali nu' timbu ŋa polo.
N nyɛla ninvuɣ’ so ŋun mali shili pam ni n-sɔŋ ka lala sochibigi too nyɛ naba zani. Ka M mali tahima ni baŋsim shɛli ni pun mali ŋɔ nyɛla ŋa yɛn tooi sɔŋ ka di niŋ. | |
Galahad (Galahad)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Sysop of eswikivoyage since 2013, member of Ombuds Commission since 2019. Organizing some events focused on less developed wikimedia projects. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Founder of Wikimedia Small Projects in Spanish, member of Wikimedia Venezuela. I've participated in the movement strategy conversation and served as election volunteer on 2021 board election. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | laɣingu maa taɣira ka bori yaɣa pala. N tuma shɛli din tabiri soŋdi liɛbgimsim tuma, n yuundi ni tiŋsi zaa karim, ka dama a yi yuli baŋsim shɛli Foundation maa ni bori ni ti gu. | |
Gnangarra (Gnangarra)
Gnangarra (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Community builder, helped to form Wikimedia Australia, 2 years as President, 4 as Vice President, Currently part of ESEAP leadership group, created Commons Quality Images project, also part of the development of Nyungar language Wikipedia. Former Admin/Sysop on en.wp stepped down in good standing in after about 14 years, admin/sysop on Commons since 2007. current VTRS volunteer since 2019 previously a volunteer for about 2 two years around 2007-10. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Everything we do in the movement is a team effort whether its content creation, event organisation, or Affiliate activity. Last commitment was Wikimania 2021 | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I cant reinforce enough that everything we do is a collaborative effort. I believe in assuming good faith and giving people the opportunity to learn, grow, and make mistakes regardless of how long they have been contributing, I acknowledge there must be limits on when actions stops being a mistake become pattern characteristic. The Movement Charter must provide a foundation for who we are, what we do, and why we do it. Priorities I see in the charter are for ensuring protection of anonymity, equity in access for everyone through both being able to participate at reasonable local times in what ever language they most comfortable with. Care needs to be taken in nuances of every language and how its translated to ensure that the concepts are presented equally to everyone equity starts with the charters wording must be able to carry the same principles through every translation iteration. | |
Iniquity (Iniquity)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been actively involved in Wikimedia Foundation projects since 2008. Was the administrator of some small wikiprojects in Russian. But most of the time I worked as a technical specialist in Russian Wikipedia. Recently I have been paying a lot of attention to the development of cool things from the Growth team in the Russian Wikipedia and try to integrate the community more strongly into the global movement. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Since 2017, I has been actively involved in promoting technical initiatives, collecting opinions and finding consensus on Russian Wikipedia. I was a member of technical teams, organizer of projects both inside and around Wikipedia. One of the last, just a project about help to beginners, which accumulates work with newcomers and features of the Growth team. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I love when communities are intertwined. When there is no clear division between English and other Wikipedias. It seems to me that we must move towards globalization towards unification, in terms of information, of all projects. So that the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation become not separate small cells, but really one movement. One movement is not only the people who participate in the projects, but also the information these projects provide to the readers. It should be diverse, standardized and available in all languages of the world, for all cultures. It seems to me that my knowledge of different communities, understanding of how poorly integrated communities work and what they think, will help fix these problems within the framework of the Movement Charter. | |
V M (Vis M)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | My main contributions so far have been maintenance & housekeeping, patrolling vandalism across different projects, adding 50,000+ Malayalam language lexemes at Wikidata, 500+ ml entries at en.Wiktionary, 1000+ uploads to Commons, editing chemistry, materials and manufacturing articles on en.w, collaborating, connecting and assisting people across different projects, widening free knowledge movement, etc. I am active across diverse Wikimedia sister wikis; having 1000+ edits on 4 wikis and 100+ edits on 10 wikis in total. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Collaborated as part of a few WikiProjects, mainly LD, KERALA and POLYMER. I participate in many discussion forums of Wikimedia projects and groups. I am also a happy-to-help person, assisting those looking for help. I have always maintained a welcoming atmosphere. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I will try to give importance for ensuring that the diverse groups of people, including the global south and especially the women, all can access and contribute conveniently to different Wikimedia projects. This would include ensuring a safe and welcoming community that keeps to the Universal code of conduct.
Wikimedia should enable everyone to easily contribute from smartphones and preferred devices (The desktop, IMHO, has a gender/demography bias). I have always strived to remove barriers to free knowledge and reduce the learning curve needed to participate and contribute. Those who like to add knowledge should be able to do so without spending time familiarizing stuffs. Things should be designed intuitively. Proper communication and documentation are other aspects that have been missing so far. The WMF need to communicate with the communities and take in feedbacks of diverse groups of different sister projects. The drafting committee should include it. | |
Abel L Mbula (BamLifa)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Co-founder of Wikimedians of DRCongo User Group, I organize Wikimedia-like events (e.g.: training, hackathons, ediathons...) mostly in the francophone community. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I mostly work with fellow wikimedians in the continent in order to run create awareness for Wikimedia projects. We also collaborate within our UG when it comes to run projects as we are living in different cities. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Ti kuli niŋdi la kpaŋmaŋa tum yuuni 2018 ni ti nya wula ka ti Movement ŋɔ maa yɛn be zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 2030. Zuŋɔ, Wikipedia nyɛla yuun' pishi ka di wuhiri ti di kuli chɛla yuma awɔi ni ti paai Wikimedia 2030. Yuma awɔi ŋɔ maa lahi pala saha waɣala ti yi lihi binshɛŋa din na kpalim ni ti niŋ pɔi yuuni 2030. Dinzuɣu, ti bɔrila ninvuɣ' shɛba ban mali Movement Strategy maa baŋsim ka ni mali saha n-ni sɔŋ ti ka ti tooi di nasara. N ku' bɛla Movement Strategy maa puuni n-nyɛ Saloons Organizer DR Congo tiŋgbaŋ ni ka daa lahi nyɛ ban be East Africa, Uganda. Ŋɔ nim maa n-ti pahi yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa zuɣu chɛmi ka n ni tooi gbibi ka sɔŋdi Movement Charter Drafting Committee. | |
Chico Venancio (chicocvenancio)
chicocvenancio (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I am a co-founder and board member of Wiki Movimento Brasil, the sole Wikimedia affiliate in Brazil, currently.
Meta Wikimedia activity As a board member of Wiki Movimento Brasil, I have joined the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meetings, particularly the ones on the Movement Charter, and have been active in movement-wide discussions, for example, on the Universal Code of Conduct. I have also liaised between the Wikimedia Foundation and our affiliate on several occasions and represented our affiliate in Wikimedia international and regional meetings and discussion channels, including the Wikimedia Conference in 2017. | |
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| Statement (not more than 400 words) | This is the time to define what we want to be as a movement from now on. This is the major goal we have set to ourselves for ensuring equity in decision-making. To move forward, we need to define a common ground of principles and practices for decision-making, and develop mechanisms for equitable global representation and meaningful, empowering participation of local communities. As a participatory, community-oriented process, the Movement Chart will embody the Wikimedia spirit and provide a necessary framework for the Wikimedia Movement.
We need to learn from what we have achieved and envision together the future we want to live in. For instance, roles and responsibilities need to be clearly laid out, as transparency is key for our movement procedures and deliberations. Coming from an underrepresented community, I know procedures and deliberations must be empowering and structured in a way that contributes to mitigating unequal capacities to participate in the open knowledge ecosystem. The success of the Movement Charter --an embodiment of the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process discussions and practices-- is dependent on our capacity to deeply engage our diverse communities in the drafting process. This founding document will not succeed by the relevance of its content and commitment of its initial drafters only; it must be a collaboration across stakeholders, that is, it must be done the wiki way. | |
Félix Guébo (Ivcom)
Ivcom (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | I have been a contributor to Wikipedia since 2015. I joined the Wikimedia user Group Côte d'Ivoire community the same year as I became a volunteer. In 2016 I was assigned as a communicator within the community, mainly in the position of Graphic designer. According to this title I am in charge of the elaboration of any graphic and physical visual communication support within the community in our country. In 2021, I joined the executive board of Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire, as Deputy General Secretary, where I am in charge of the community's Secretariat. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Particularly at Wikimedia, I have worked in the local team of the Wiki Loves Africa project for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 sessions. My role consisted in helping with the realization of the activity programs, development of the content for publication, management of the teams for taking the photos, training of and support to the volunteers to the project, staying in line with the strategic direction and the recommendations of the Project Manager. This had the aim of a reliable and perfect dissemination of communication materials, the assistance of the local contributors on Commons and finally the realization and the correction of the reports of the project activities. The work was supervised by the Country Project Manager. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Tum wikipedia ni kpa, yuun' pishi m-bala, ti nyɛla ban kpaŋ bɛ maŋa pam, ka na Mali tuma pam ni tu Tum. A yi yuli, yuma ayɔbu n-guui n che ni paai 2030 nanima maa. Di tu ni ti kpaŋ ti maŋa n tooi nya ti bimbɔra din yɛn che ka yɛlli kam chaŋ viɛnyɛla. Maani kpaŋmaŋa polo, zaŋ chaŋ haŋkali shɛli ni nya zaŋ chaŋ n yá polo nti pahi kpaŋmaŋa zaŋ chaŋ wikimedia 2030 nanima, N daa lahi nyɛla ŋun tum yoli zaŋ ti drafting wikimedia movementcharter. | |
Nethi Sai Kiran (Nskjnv)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Active contributor on Wikipedia, Wikidata & Wiki commons. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Working closely with Telugu Wikipedia community in growth project and welcome message structure for improving new user contributions. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | I am a budding Wikimedian contributing majorly towards Telugu Wikipedia, although my journey with the Wikimedia movement is short I have had enough opportunities to build content and interact with the community. I am participating in the 100 wiki days challenge and on the 98th day as of 10 September 2021. I contributed to over 7500 pages in wiki pages wanting photos competition and stood 6th in the world & 1st in Telugu Wikipedia. I also actively take part in community activities helping new wikimedians to edit on Wikipedia through growth project, proposing changes in content and outreach activities at Telugu Wikipedia. | |
Ybsen M. Lucero (Ybsen lucero)
Ybsen lucero (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | Co-Founder, Board Member and former Executive Director of Wikimedia Venezuela. I've been organizing Wikimedia-like events (e.g.: workshops, edit-a-thons, contests..) for more than 10 years. I translate articles from english to spanish. | |
| Team collaboration experience | Active member within the Venezuelan and Iberocoop community since 2010, I've participated in global and local events since 2014, including Iberoconf 2014 and Wikimedia Conference from 2016 to 2018. I've participated in the Iberocoop strategy discussions, Movement Strategy conversation, Wikimedia Venezuela, Iberocoop (telegram group), Wikimedia en Español (telegram group), Discussing Wikimedia’s Movement Strategy process. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | N milinsi zaŋ chaŋ Wikimedian chɛ mi ka n baŋ ka dama, Bohimbu din nyaɣsim zaa ka ti che ka niriba gba diri ti baŋsim anfaani ka wuhiri Shɛba. N gba ni nyɛ ninsali la zuɣu, m mi mi ni zal kpana n bɛni ka tuma Tumda. N ŋɔ tuma borila ninsali shɛba bɛn mali hanli dabam dabam ni tehi konkoba din ni tooi sɔŋ Wikipedia Movement maa. Ni kpaŋ n maŋa n zaŋ n kpalan'zuya gbini n taba ka ti kpaŋsi baŋsim wuligibu mini Bohimbu. M borimi ni n yɛligi n fohim, ni zaŋ n kpalan'zuya gbini n taba maa ka ti tuma maa ka Wikipedia Movement Chaŋ tooni. | |
Josh Lim (Sky Harbor)
Sky Harbor (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
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| Wikimedia movement experience | For the last sixteen years I have played several roles in growing and supporting the Wikimedia movement in the Philippines and the local community that anchors it, as well as the global Wikimedia community at large. These include:
* Organizing the Philippine Wikimedia community into a coherent group of people, which led to the founding of Wikimedia Philippines in 2010. Between 2010 and 2016, the organization was responsible for significantly expanding the reach of the Wikimedia projects in the Philippines, including significant inroads in content, outreach and the growth of our community and volunteers. Today, as the Wiki Society of the Philippines, we continue to work with various stakeholders to improve quality of access to Wikidata in the country, as well as encouraging documentation of historical sites in the Philippines and combatting disinformation on the Wikimedia projects online and offline. This has also parlayed into activities outside the Philippines, such as building the Cite Unseen bias checker tool. * Giving at least three editing workshops to members and non-members of WikiProject Never Again, and have played an active role in supervising our growing number of Wikipedians-to-be to ensure that they are properly editing Wikipedia while also preserving the accuracy, neutrality and rigor of our articles on Philippine history and politics, both in Tagalog/Filipino and English. I was also instrumental in developing Southeast Asia's first Wikipedian in Residence program at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani. I have also spoken at various conferences and fora, internal and external, about the Filipino Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia projects, including at Wikimania, the Wikimedia Hackathon, Open Source Bridge, AlterConf, CredCon and FOSSASIA. My work in the movement has also been covered by both the local and international press, with mentions in The Guardian, FHM, CNN and Scout Magazine, among others. Aside from my work in the Philippines, I am actively involved in the activities of the Wikimedians of Los Angeles user group, as I currently live in Los Angeles. As part of that group, we're working to grow the community while pursuing impactful events and outreach in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. | |
| Team collaboration experience | I have made community and collaboration the center of my volunteer work and my professional career over the last sixteen years. Many of the activities we've done in the Philippines were inherently collaborative in nature. For example, our work with WikiProject Never Again was only made possible with the complex work of bringing Wikimedians, external partners, volunteers and interested persons together to build a lasting project. Having worked as well in the movement for as long as I have, both in building things like Cite Unseen and the ESEAP Hub, and in working with the Affiliations Committee, I have come to have a deep respect for the need to have everything built collaboratively, in pairs or large groups, whether it be working on solutions to the hardest issues of our time or just finding easier ways for people to communicate and share knowledge.
These lessons on collaboration that were gleaned through the Wikimedian experience were also instrumental in my professional life. Working for DeviantArt, I've come to use what I've learned in the movement to help develop the kinds of activities we should do for our users, or to help inform major decisions that we should make in terms of how we ought to approach the site's development. Working with a team of eight other people, we've had several successes in terms of contests and other community campaigns that we've run on-site, with this extending to external partnerships as well that have led to successes like our campaign on mental health awarness, our annual Holiday Card Project, and more recently our endeavors to celebrate our global diversity through thoughtfully-executed campaigns that showcase our shared common heritage. I strongly believe that when it comes to collaboration, it is important to be able to both talk and to likewise be a quiet observer when the time calls for it. Although I've become more quiet in the movement over the last few years, ultimately collaboration requires giving way. Participating in community discussions across three continents (in Asia, Europe and North America), both online and offline and in formal and informal settings, is part and parcel of that experience. | |
| Statement (not more than 400 words) | Wikipedia Movement nyɛla bin'sheli din mali yɛltɔɣ'gahinda. N ku la saha n ŋma washika shɛŋa dini ŋmahindi ti yɛltɔɣa gahinda do mini ni nyɛ Wikipedia washika ŋmariba la yino maa. N dihi tabli ni di tu ni ti mali nin'vuɣu shɛba bɛn mali baŋsim mini zilin'kɔm zaŋ jandi tiŋsi mini solo tuma din yɛn che ka baŋsim wuligibu mini tuma maa chaŋ kaliŋkaliŋ.
N bɛ kpuɣi Drafting Commitee maa tuma dindema. N nia nyɛmi n sɔŋ ka wikipedians gba ku gbuɣi bɛ tuma din dema domini bɛ zaa mali nuu timbu ni ti kpaŋsi ti zal'kpana mini tini niŋdi bɛn shɛŋa. N mali tahima ni n zaŋ hankali shɛŋa ni pun nya bee n mali sɔŋ ka Movement maa boɣu du saa zuɣu ka solo ben bɛ katiŋsi mini yiŋa di di anfaani. Din lahi pahi nyɛmi, di niŋ talahi ni bɛn yɛn kpa Movement Charter maa nyɛla nin'vuɣu shɛba beni mali di hankali mini baŋsim ni tooi kpɛ solo ka tum tuma maa dini nyɛ shɛm. N lihiri ni n sɔŋ ka ti Movement ŋɔ maa tumi tuma viɛ'yɛliŋga ka di chaŋ tooni ka zani di naba ayi zuɣu. Ni kpaŋ m maŋa ka ti tum tuma maa din tu ni ti tumli shɛm, ti tuma maa ku doli bali shɛli niriba maa ni yɛra, di yɛn tum mi ni di soli, m mi ni tuma maa ni mali yɛl'muɣisira, m mi ni tuma maa ni to, amaa ti ni kpaŋ ti maŋa tumli ni aadalichi. Ni yɛn zaŋ shɛli bahindi n nyɛ, ŋun kam mali bohigu beei pahigu kpaŋmi o maŋa che ka di paa ma. N puhiya ka paɣi ni saha shɛli yi ni tima maa. On a parting note, please feel free to leave me a message should you have any questions or concerns, and thank you so much for your time. | |