Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Cycle 2/Iberoconf 2017/it
Information
What group or community is this source coming from?
| name of group | Iberocoop |
| virtual location (page-link) or physical location (city/state/country) | Iberoconf 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Tipo di ubicazione (ej. wiki locale, Facebook, discussione presenziale, teleconferencia) | in-person discussion |
| # of participants in this discussion (a rough count) | 36 |
Summary
- Theme key
- Healthy, inclusive communities
- The augmented age
- A truly global movement
- The most trusted source of knowledge
- Engaging in the knowledge ecosystem
- Questions key
- What impact would we have on the world if we follow this theme?
- How important is this theme relative to the other 4 themes? Why?
- Focus requires tradeoffs. If we increase our effort in this area in the next 15 years, is there anything we’re doing today that we would need to stop doing?
- What else is important to add to this theme to make it stronger?
- Who else will be working in this area and how might we partner with them?
First session
| Line | Theme (refer to key) | Question (refer to key) | Summary Statement | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | 1 | Ensure welcoming protocols. | welcome, etiquette |
| 2 | A | 4 | Generate protocols to identify and manage harassment scenarios. | harrasement |
| 3 | A | 1 | Newcomers increase and retention. | newcomers, retention |
| 4 | A | 4 | Build bridges with networks that don't necessarily share our values. | partnerships |
| 5 | A | 3 | Don't use Meta-wiki for everything. There are other tools. | communication |
| 6 | A | 4 | Promote the [Wikipedia's] 5 pillars. | outreach |
| 7 | A | 3 | Wikipedia is not exclusive to Wikimedia, nor vice versa. | sister projects |
| 8 | A | 1 | Acquainted newcomers: create in-person and virtual support groups in their communities. | newcomers |
| 9 | A | 4 | Proposal: admin accountable for events that affect the creation of contents and a formulation of more explicit/direct official policies. | outreach, policies |
| 10 | A | 3 | Generate mechanisms to eliminate community power discrepancies. | environment |
| 11 | B | 3 | Decrease bias in Latin American content. | bias |
| 12 | B | 1 | As a consequence [of this theme, we will achieve] greater self-knowledge. | movement |
| 13 | B | 1 | More support for free software. | free software |
| 14 | B | 1 | Inclusion and decision on new technologies. | technology |
| 15 | B | 3 | Proposals for the development of technological advances in editing tools and use of projects should be given in a much more consensual way, without one point of view weighing on another. | technology, tools |
| 16 | B | 3 | Changes in the interrelation of Wikipedia with other tools that allow free-licensed content are necessary. | free, content |
| 17 | B | 4 | Analyze trends on new consumers use to incorporate ideas. | newcomers |
| 18 | B | 4 | Expand the admission of free formats in Commons (3D) | formats, Commons |
| 19 | B | 1 | How to make technological progress translate into access to knowledge. | knowledge |
| 20 | B | 1 | Incorporate artificial intelligence in Wikimedia projects. | IA |
| 21 | B | 4 | Importance of developing and promoting Free Open Source Software. | free software, open source |
| 22 | B | 1 | Ensure that new technology incorporation doesn't create an access gap -- and serve all people. | gap |
| 23 | B | 1 | New technology should facilitate horizontal participation. | participation |
| 24 | B | 4 | Explore the possibility of improving machine translation. | translation |
| 25 | C | 4 | We must improve communicationally. | communications |
| 26 | C | 4 | [More] multilateral events. | community |
| 27 | C | 3 | Don't reinvent the wheel: it is necessary to improve and adapt the wheel. | innovation |
| 28 | C | 1 | Generate / share documentation. | sharing |
| 29 | C | 1 | Inclusion for the community. | community |
| 30 | C | 3 | Share the realities of each country. | context |
| 31 | C | 4 | Promote criticism of technological development. | criticism |
| 32 | C | 1 | Strive for balance between established and new points of view. | balance |
| 33 | C | 3 | Look for new, unreached niches for active inclusion. | outreach |
| 34 | C | 1 | Efforts to reduce gaps. | gaps |
| 35 | C | 4 | Diagnosis of countries/groups to move towards a global movement. | diversity |
| 36 | C | 3 | Reduce language barriers: hire translators or volunteers. | language |
| 37 | C | 4 | Generate a Wikimedia project focused on traditional knowledge to link it to other Wikimedia projects. | traditional knowledge |
| 38 | C | 3 | To demand greater efforts in the projects to confront gaps of lack of (geographical, gender, age, idiomatic) diversity. | gaps |
| 39 | C | 1 | Provide the opportunity for the peoples to represent themselves. | diversity |
| 40 | C | 1 | Incidence in political discussions to support Internet access. Copyright Reform and Free Internet in all countries. | public policies, access |
| 41 | C | 3 | Flexibilize criteria for the use of oral sources. | diversity |
| 42 | D | 1 | Look for strategies to engage our critics (and that they don't stay in criticism). | criticism |
| 43 | D | 1 | A cultural struggle: collective creation versus classical creation. Overcome this barrier. | culture |
| 44 | D | 4 | Expansion of Wikipedia Library, and more regional alliances with allied organizations/universities. | partnerships |
| 45 | D | 4 | Filters and controls to have more and better content sources. | content |
| 46 | D | 4 | Bifurcating paths with educational centers and integrating new ideas (1 lib-1 ref). | education |
| 47 | D | 4 | Communicate Wikipedia mechanisms to avoid fake news. Reinforce these mechanisms. | fake news |
| 48 | D | 1 | Expand the editors number and train them. | editors |
| 49 | D | 1 | Greater connection between Wikipedias in different languages. | Wikipedia, language |
| 50 | D | 1 | To strength Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects as an object of academic studies. | academy |
| 51 | D | 3 | Reduce the influence of conflicts of interest with commercial entities. | conflict of interest |
| 52 | D | 1 | Increase the existence of open and free access sources. | sources |
| 53 | E | 1 | Reduce digital illiteracy. | digital literacy |
| 54 | E | 1 | New voices are represented. | diversity |
| 55 | E | 4 | Development of free software for minority languages growth. | language, free software |
| 56 | E | 3 | Diversity of content: fight intrinsic bias. | content, bias |
| 57 | E | 1 | Promote thematic diversity (more topics, if all Pokémons have an article, female writers should have one too). | diversity |
| 58 | E | 4 | "Reliability" through alliances with reliable organizations. | reliability |
| 59 | E | 4 | Work in the relationship with the educational system, media, free knowledge-advocacy organizations, libraries, museums, archives, and traditional knowledge movements. | partnerships |
| 60 | E | 1 | We would achieve a significant improvement in contents quality and quantity, as well as their sources. | content, quality, sources |
Second session
The second session was focused on the challenges for Iberocoop initiative and the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) in relation to the themes A and C, the more important ones for the participants.
| Line | Theme (refer to key) |
Question (refer to key) |
Summary Statement | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] More proactive role in participation into "contaminated" spaces. | environment |
| 62 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] United front for a fast response to newcomers persecution. | newcomers |
| 63 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] More coordination between chapters and user groups regarding activities. | coordination |
| 64 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Identify common problems that affect us to be healthy and inclusive communities. | environment |
| 65 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] More activities: volunteer help. | activities |
| 66 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Promote non-deletion of articles, move articles to user's sandbox or use templates. | deletionism |
| 67 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Wikipedia should have a more effective policy rather than "do not bite the newcomers". | newcomers |
| 68 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Alliance between chapters and administrators to monitor edit-a-thons. | edit-a-thons |
| 69 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Promote a new formal policy consulted with the community. | policies |
| 70 | A | 4 | [Iberocoop] Growing the movement is a must. | movement |
| 71 | A | 4 | [WMF] Accompaniment of the Foundation from its Support and Safety team. | safety, community |
| 72 | A | 4 | [WMF] More linguistic diversity. | diversity |
| 73 | A | 4 | [WMF] "Do not bite the newcomers" awareness campaign. | newcomers |
| 74 | A | 4 | [WMF] Remember that excessive requirements to articles reduce participation. | participation |
| 75 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] Include minority languages, encourage changes on the Incubator. | language |
| 76 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] Focus on issues related to our mission (public policies). | public policies |
| 77 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] To be a reference in public policies for other organizations. | public policies |
| 78 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] We must have greater position and international presence. | globalism |
| 79 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] Identify groups (working niches). | partnerships |
| 80 | C | 4 | [Iberocoop] Promote the sources flexibility in specific subjects (oral tradition). | sources |
| 81 | C | 4 | [WMF] More technical tools. | tools |
| 82 | C | 4 | [WMF] More resources. | resources |
| 83 | C | 4 | [WMF] To be an interlocutor in public policies matters. | public policies |
| 84 | C | 4 | [WMF] Specific policies to increase the participation of women and other cultures. | diversity |
| 85 | C | 4 | [WMF] New projects aimed at local cultures. | cultures |
Detailed notes
Participants
Both Strategy sessions were attended by all the conference participants, and led by Jorge Vargas and Marco Correa, with the facilitation of Fernanda Malnis. For the first session, the group was divided into 5 subgroups, as follows:
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
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Group 4
Group 5
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Working session -
Group 2 -
Group 5
