Wikimedia Conference 2011/Documentation/Working Groups: Movement Roles Matrix

informal groups that want to work with or within the Wikimedia movement

support vs. endorsement

Use Cases

• doctors with a NGO - improve Wikipedia articles about tropical diseases
• group of teachers - seeking help to edit Wikipedia articles
• librarians to improve library articles - hiring a project manager
• Wikipedians getting together in a given place

are there hidden groups that we might need to reveal?

• do they have any needs, if they don't contact us?
• we don't care if they not contact us?

We ask for

• basic information on how/what Wikimedia works/is
  • some groups (eg. the group of Wikipedians know that already)
  • they need to understand the principles
  • to accept them - filter them / they should filter themselves, eg. the green party editing articles on nuclear enegery
  • how do we make sure that these groups have understood and accepted the basic information
    • contact
    • neccessary documentations (leaflets etc.)
    • exchange, dialogue, ongoing (phone calls, e-mails...)

We provide

• mentoring / knowledge sharing
  • edit workshop
  • talk about Wikipedia

• Material / Stuff
  • outreach / swag
  • logistics (rooms...)
  • grants to do outreach (eg. find a computer room)
  • budget for educational material

• Reputation
  • usage of logos (eg. when making a book)
  • public relation
  • act as a reference