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596:"I think there's editing and there's readers, so I can talk about the editing piece of it. With editors, it's complex. There are things that have shifted over time, and I actually have this really promising report the Community Metrics team put together, that says we're starting to see a rise in younger editors overall. That doesn't translate to functionaries, but I don't have as good data on overall. They're a crucial population of people that make the whole system work, so for me there's data that shows that younger editors are kind of turning in a different direction, and if you dig in and look at each region, you start to see different stories. So it's quite a complex picture. Overall, I would say I get a lot of feedback from the administrators, in particular, that they're just seeing their numbers drop, that we're not getting enough new people into that system, so those are the factors and data that I have about admins and I'm really interested in more." 484:"I think it's a very good argument that you're making, but there's two things that I wanted to add to that. First of all, editors are already flooded with bad quality edits. I would still argue that the average quality of professor-supervised class editing will be higher than the average quality of a newcomer edit. Mainly because students have access to all those journal libraries and are, by design, probably the top 1% of knowledge-privileged people. By design, their edits will most likely not be horrible, although probably not great, either. Second, I think the problem you're raising is super important, that we do not discourage people by hanging them out to dry, go out and edit Knowledge and of course, prepare them. I think you're very right that, first of all, we need to let people know what the rules are, maybe get them familiar with the format, but isn't that true of academic writing in general? You do not ask people to start writing journals." 474:"You mentioned you were very pro-student editing and how you think everyone should do it, right? Obviously, I'm cool with young people editing, because I'm 21 and if I was against that, I wouldn't be editing at all. But I think maybe there are more factors to consider than just seeing if some articles stay. From the newcomer's perspective, you don't want to be setting people up to fail. Then, from the community outreach perspective, yes, people will clean up after the people who are doing things that they aren't supposed to be, but it kind of diminishes the volunteer morale a bit? they're constantly flooded with content that they need to clean up, then it can be a bit of a vicious cycle where they're less welcoming to student editors. So, I was just wondering if you've ever considered that, and if you had any thoughts on how you might want to mitigate factors like that?" 1172: 1063: 513:, and it's important to respond quickly to safety concerns. I asked a question about how they determine the "realness" of a threat, and it turned out that it depends a lot on the context of the specific situation. Do they live in a country with a good human rights record? Does the project itself, or the person, see the threat as concerning? Sometimes the foundation does not get involved because they don't want to do any harm (e.g. if they make a public statement, they might put the victim's family in danger). There was some audience participation about the general nature of how some editors are more open about their identities than others, and how it's very much a personal choice that we should not judge others for. 194: 1092: 1076: 1208: 1132: 1196: 1160: 1184: 1116: 1104: 1144: 117: 124: 144: 1240: 237:, so why would it be me? I was told to expect a response within three weeks, but it ended up taking longer than that (apparently, there were unexpected challenges internally, and I was told it wasn't my fault). I found out that it was actually me on July 4, which gave me about a month to come to terms with my upcoming fame. I was excited for the most part, but I was also terrified; sometimes it felt like a countdown of doom, where my life would never be normal again. 104: 186: 134: 611:, as I talked a bit about my personal life and my ambitions, and we discussed how he wants more experienced Wikimedians to be a part of Residence programs. We also discussed how he does a lot of work guiding newbies, noting that when they don't make mistakes, they're often accused of being sockpuppets. He stated that I'm good at "constructive dissent": I'd never heard that phrase before, but I think it describes me well. 36: 154: 572:, which was incredibly exciting to see! The gist is that this feature will encourage editors to cite a source before adding content, or explain why they do not want to do so. It'd be a game changer. Apart from that, there was some discussion about how the foundation is concerned about the future of search engine traffic and keeping younger editors engaged. 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150,000 contributions. Then the talk switched to something I had talked about with other people yesterday: Knowledge clubs! The speaker made the argument that students can write about what they're interested in, which provides a lot of good long-term engagement. One of the downsides, though, is that it can take a lot of work to establish one of these clubs.
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straight face and not give the secret away at that point. When we all sat down at a table in the room for the opening ceremony, at 5 pm, my heart was pounding, but I tried my best to remain calm and just act like everything was normal, and I think I did a good job acting the part. On the inside, I felt like I was experiencing something akin to an
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looks different from how it would on a social media site (for example, targeted ads cannot be bought), but Knowledge's increased visibility raises the motivation for bad actors. If a government fails to censor its opponents, they usually try to discredit the information source and threaten people: at
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was read at the ceremony. He also said that there have been people that got married at Wikimania. I also got some advice about how the foundation might offer me a job at some point, because they like "poaching" prominent community members; however, I was warned that this experience can be incredibly
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session, because it sounded fascinating. Unfortunately, I did not find it to actually be that way, and ended up leaving early. It mostly seemed to be about... one editor being upset that Commons did not block a specific person? They suggested a foundation committee needed to be established for this,
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sessions to fulfill my duties as a volunteer. Anyone who receives a scholarship to attend Wikimania is required to do this; I had to send a few emails to get this rearranged a few times, though. The first time I was chosen to do video editing (which I have no idea how to do), while the second time I
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session from 10:00 to 10:25 am. I noted that these resources were only offered to affiliates, so at the end of the session, I asked someone from the audience about my desire to know more about the type of activities affiliates participate in, since I think this process can be somewhat confusing from
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Excellent indeed. Of course, now that you're world-famous it took slightly more effort to talk to you than last time in Toronto, what with my own minor illness also slowing me down this time. Yes, I saw other bright young people besides you, doing more, learning more, getting a little scared, a bit
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officials (he said that sometimes people will ask how to add an image, or that they don't like that certain content exists, in which case they are told that they would be reverted if they tried to remove it, and that Wikimedia Ukraine cannot control what's on the Ukranian Knowledge). I was somewhat
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I admit I have very limited experience with public speaking: I had never been on a stage before, and I had a thousand people watching me for the first time in my life. I could literally feel my legs shake, and I spent a lot of my mental effort just trying to stay still and not fall. I was told by a
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In late May, I received an email telling me that I was one of the five people shortlisted for the award. I tried not to think about it too much: I didn't think I'd actually be the winner and that one of the other four editors would be chosen. I didn't consider my accomplishments to be even remotely
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A fascinating travelogue which, as all good travel writing does, tells your readers a lot about you as well as your trip. I am glad we share an interest in mobile editing, and also that you had a great time. Way back when I was in college well over 40 years ago, I did some fairly serious research
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session from 10:30 to 10:55 am. Some key takeaways were: most Wiki Education efforts have been in North America, targeting faculty and databases; libraries are a vast resource of pay-walled or otherwise hard to access sources, and if 1% of American university students made a contribution, it'd be
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In retrospect, I wouldn't have interrupted them as they were speaking, as I did a few times in that exchange: I think I was treating it like a conversation, but in this context, it comes across as somewhat rude. If I meet him again someday, I'd likely apologize for that. Afterwards, I had a brief
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does, being a board member of the organization since February 2021. He said that a lot of what they do when interacting with the public is correcting common misconceptions (an example being that projects don't operate like a business and there are no clearly defined hierarchies). We talked a lot
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session from 11:00 to 11:55 am. The speaker was employed by the Foundation's legal department and it was a pre-recorded presentation. Details were limited, because there's only so much that can be shared, but I found what was presented interesting. Key takeaways were that they've taken down 150
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about template parsing and a possible new feature regarding talk pages. I repeatedly emphasized the importance of how the community would much rather have years of backlogs worth of technical issues dealt with, compared to radically reinventing features. We also talked a bit about how sometimes
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After the rehearsal finished, I spent time with a bunch of friends behind a staircase (we had a table and it's way less gloomy than it sounds). Some plans were made for after the opening ceremony, because "it's not like any of us will have anything to do". It was incredibly difficult to keep a
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the start of election cycles, sometimes people will contact political parties directly to remind them of the rules. When there's political violence, chapters and admins collaborate in private channels. Trust and Safety performs investigations and has a disinformation team. I learned that the
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saved the day by finding us meals and beverages. Apart from that, my introduction to Wales and the rest of the recipients went smoothly. We sat next to each other in one big circle and shared who we are and which category we were chosen for. Then, we rehearsed the ceremony itself.
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started describing me; Seddon suddenly looked up from his tablet and literally blurted out, "It's you!" We shared a knowing look: sure enough, it was me. My name was announced, the lights that gave everyone a headache went crazy, and I forced myself to walk onto the stage.
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situation"). He told me that when the fundraising banners were less manipulative and also less effective last year, they had to lay off 20% of their staff. Apparently, the endowment was created as a buffer, so when people donate less often, the foundation will still be
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have their own data centres. I'm not a tech person and this piece just repeats what I remember being told that day. But I do think it's worth mentioning that the accuracy of something I said was disputed. One example that was given was Dropbox.
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scams are provided, and have performed more than 50 informal settlements. He repeatedly thanked the members of the community who offer leads into these investigations, as the team has to focus on the worst offenders due to limited
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conversation with other audience members in the hallway, where I discussed how I think Knowledge works best when someone's heart is in it, and not because they're doing it for a grade. I mentioned another editor I had met at a
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When we arrived at the airport, I said an official goodbye to some editors, and we arranged a group photo where we all showed our passports. However, plenty of us didn't have flights for hours, so we organized an impromptu
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session from 9:00 to 9:55 am. It was a panel with four participants, and I listened to what the speakers had to say about their experiences; I particularly agreed with the argument that academic publishing should be more
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The buildings to the left and right of the conference venue. I coined the term "Lego building" to refer to the latter when giving people directions and it caught on. Someone else coined "UFO" to refer to building on the
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about this briefly at WikiConference North America, I talked a bit about how I know lots of people my age that edit. anecdotal experience isn't everything, but I assume you have pretty good reasons for coming to that
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will write content about Ukraine, and vice versa. Wikimedia Ukraine also does outreach work with libraries and museums. Finally, they have monthly awards where the most active editor and newbie win... a can of
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session from 11:30 to 11:55 am. I thought it was a very interesting success story for what Wikimedian in Residence programs can accomplish. The slides are linked at the session page for others who are curious.
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after I left the previous one. I learned that the foundation has not given technology grants for awhile, so the project was being supported by Hacks/Hackers. More information about the script can be found on
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dizzy with absorbing the many novelties. They were all a delight even though I couldn't hope to keep up. Ah, if only I could be merely thrice your age again, but clearly Wikiism is falling into good hands.
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about the history of Canadian snack food and read portions of it while hanging out with other editors in the hackathon room. I did this for the rest of the day and hung out with editors Chlod, Dreamy Jazz,
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I had breakfast, and then arrived at the conference venue absurdly early (like 7 am). I had trouble sleeping after the intensity of the previous night, and I woke up around 4 am. I had a conversation with
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I talked for longer than what was actually included in the interview. For example, I was asked what my favourite article was: it was a question that caught me somewhat off-guard, but I said that it was
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I received a coffee mug and keyboard mouse as a gift from the city of Katowice. The organizers of the conference itself handed these gifts to me and the other Wikimedian of the Year winners.
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I found out that the Wikimedia Foundation owns their data centres for privacy reasons, that this practice is incredibly expensive, and that it's unusual for tech companies to do this
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Oh no! I totally misspelled her name. It's Natalia. I think my phone autocorrected me there. I'm going to go fix that now. But she's one of the organizers of the conference.
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was chosen to take notes for a session that was being presented in Spanish (a language I do not understand). I tried my best to take notes during these two sessions for the
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Before the sessions started, I had a conversation with other editors. Someone told me about how they attended a wedding of two Wikipedians and the lead section of
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shocked, because it must be really intimidating to receive a phone call from government officials out of the blue like that. What's more, Ukraine does not have
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is a resource that exists. I also learned that occasionally the foundation does policy advocacy when it has implications for Wikimedia projects. An example was
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for privacy reasons, that this practice is incredibly expensive, and that it's unusual for tech companies to do this. A new data centre was recently built in
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is incredibly old: as a result, this presents unique challenges and a lot of things are "hacks on top of hacks". I was encouraged to attend a session where
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comparing and contrasting the teachings and practices of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mennonites and the Quakers with regards to military conscription.
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from 1:30 to 1:55 pm. I admit to being intrigued about the concept of the position itself (it's near the top of the list for my dream job aspirations).
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Preparation for the opening ceremony started at 1 pm. I was one of two recipients who misunderstood that I was supposed to have lunch before meeting
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few people afterwards that I did look a little nervous, but the situation didn't look as dire as it felt. If you wish to watch it, you can do so
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This was just great to read (and review). Once again, congratulations for your massive achievement! I don't know who "Natasha" is, though...
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people in the community and the WMF don't understand each other that well and some possible sources of that tension (what I refer to as the "
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thread where a WikiEd class has gone wrong. So hearing someone say, "If you do this, Knowledge editors will oftentimes check to see if it's
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with more than 1,000 participants. Unfortunately, I don't understand German, but I think that's a more representative sample size than 28.
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I attended the orientation from 9:00 to 9:45 am. It was mostly some background on how the 2024 Wikimania conference was moved from
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would leave at 9 am. It was about a half-hour drive, and I had a fun time talking with several other editors on the bus.
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Love seeing the ketchup chips mentioned of course! We’ll have toast to you and this award at the next WikiClub meeting.
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This was a pre-conference culture crawl day, so there were no sessions to attend. Katowice is six hours ahead of
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What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year: Hannah Clover shares her fondest memories of her first Wikimania.
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about human rights from 10:00 to 10:55 am: it was not uploaded on YouTube, but the slides are available
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which confused me. It's possible I didn't understand the importance of what they were trying to get at.
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impacted daily life and in turn, Wikimedia Ukraine itself: a lot of Wikipedians either died, were
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the books I had brought to the conference, and he did start reading one of these books:
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when the process was open, but ultimately decided against it. I figured that attending
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wanted to interview me, so I cut lunch a bit short and headed up to the press room.
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to recognize why changing these rules would be useful, but it took so long that
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During the election disinformation session, I had a whispered conversation with
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If from a class of thirty people... five articles remain, it's zero versus five
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was enough for one year; obviously, I changed my mind once I was chosen as the
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Great read! I had no idea there were so many things going on at Wikimania!
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I woke up early to check out of the hotel, because my shuttle back to the
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Being interviewed by another Wikimedian in front of the hack-a-thon room.
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to Katowice (including some friendly banter about how they were going to
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than it currently is. Later on, I heard something that stood out to me:
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A very well-written personal account of Wikimania, Vulcan loves this!--
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Ice cream I bought at the plaza across from my hotel on the first day.
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when questions and comments were opened up to members of the audience:
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Understanding and assisting with undisclosed paid editing enforcement
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also joined us. Whenever I was not attending a session, I was there.
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after the session concluded, and he let me know about an equivalent
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or not, they will make comments, they will edit it for you", and, "
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domains, have created lines of communication with platforms where
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I had breakfast in the hotel lobby and talked to New Zealand user
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session from 3:30 to 4:10 pm. The poster I created can be found
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for the first time, so we all encouraged him to go for it!
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the outside looking in. However, I have not heard back yet.
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session from 11 am to 11:55 am. One key takeaway was that
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us with the slides and merchandise), some anecdotes about
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A talented artist creating a representation of Wikimania.
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said that he was going to try to nominate an article for
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session from 10:00 to 10:25 am. There were fancy charts,
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did a good job stepping in and making the best of it.
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in the airport café. I unpacked my backpack to show
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This is a photograph of me at the opening ceremony.
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