User:DomenikaBo/ND

Hello everyone!

Thanks to Sae who scheduled the ND-Meetup at Wikimania 2024 and thanks to everyone who attended! I have never created a usergroup before, but together we will manage. For the first steps I set up this page in my BNR, until we have figuered out what are the next steps. Please feel free to add and edit! :)

Gathering group members

To create a usergroup, we need at least 3, best 10 users that fulfill the following criteria (source: Wikimedia_user_groups) :

1. ACTIVE ACCOUNT

500 or more contributions to a Wikimedia project OR
Wikidata: 800 or more edits
in a year preceding the application on a registered account
accout that has existed for at least 6 months

2. REPUTATION

good community standing (not currently suspended or prevented from participating)

Please sign if you match

DomenikaBo (talk) 10:47, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
saebou (talk) 11:16, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Drkirstyross (talk) 11:34, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Leaderboard (talk) 16:08, 12 August 2024
Vera (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Auregann (talk) 07:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Big Ideas

Based on our input I created this mindset and these three main topics.
Next steps:

we agree to these goals
We start to draft out a precise wording of these goals. I would set up an etherpad for us.

Mindset & Goals

Mindset: POSITIVE
a group with positive vibes that do not consider us "to have a problem",

1. SHOW US: show that there are and how many there are of neurospicy identities (all kinds of) in the Wikimedia Community

show the impact/contribution of ND users in the Wikimedia Community
support ND newcomers to the Wikimedia Community

2. COMMUNICATE NEEDS online & offline: express wishes for real life meetings concerning sensorial input (e.g. noise, lights...) and make constructive suggestions to event organizers to accommodate our needs better (alternative to noisy activities, quiet focus activities, tips to help us interact with others... be included in any research into modifications or changes made (technical or training) to the platform

3. SUPPORT: support each other when one of us experiences harrassment because of ND

Input

This is vague - for instance it is not clear how "support ND newcomers" would work and the same for "experiences harassment". Not everything needs to be codified indeed, but some clarity would be expected. Also I find the use of the word "neurospicy" odd - it isn't a term I've come across before and the same applies to my language checker. Leaderboard (talk) 08:50, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it is vage. But it is the first draft. We are getting into more specific wording later.

The term "neurospicy" is common to me. It is more cool, more legère than "neurodiverse". DomenikaBo aka Gerd 16:03, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Agreed

Do you agree? Sign here or if not leave input above.

DomenikaBo aka Gerd 08:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Vera (talk) 12:20, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
saebou (talk) 09:50, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Naming

Neurospicy Wikimedians Usergroup

Logo

This is a quick and dirty version of what it could look like. The text would be underneath of course.