Here's a couple of talks that will surely calm the en.wiki traditionalists.....
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Let's completely change how wiki links work*
Let's completely change how templates workOne for the management
Challenges when going on photo walks2008 called, it wants its movement strategy back.....
WMF Growth team: what we know about newcomers and how to nurture themSpoiler alert: nothing, and with software
I don't know about you people, but I AM READY TO FEEL SAFE......
Welcome to "Thriving in Safety"WOOT WOOT WOOT RROHH RROHH RROHH
Honestly, Wikipediocracy would actually get somewhere if their recent ragging on the incompetence of the WMF Trust & Safety Department actually focused on stuff like that, the message it conveys to anyone attending that stream looking for signs of a professional and serious department. Show that to Vigilant and co., all they're gonna do is make jokes about what the author looks like.
I'm glad I checked the description of this session before I booked my plane ticket
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. Except we’re not...because of course it is only about the lack of oral history type content, not any serious examination of the question, have we actually produced a summary of human knowledge, or are we even close to doing so?
This should also get the en.wiki crowd pretty steamed.....
Universal Code of ConductThe workshop thus calls for active participation from the community members to come and take part in the discussions and help frame the behavioral standards that would guide Wikimedia projects and the communities for years to come.
Number of attendees: ~40
From a HTD perspective, it looks like this is the only session of any use.....
Characterizing Wikipedia Citation UsageHence I doubt there will be anyone there, and the records of the presentation will miraculously somehow get lost down the back of the sofa.
The en.wiki separatists might not realize it, but it's shit like this that they really need if they are going to survive. If they destroy the Foundation, who fulfills this critical role?
Mendaliv?
Understanding content moderation on English WikipediaThe tasks of monitoring for and removal of content that violates Wikipedia’s guidelines is carried out by the community of volunteer editors. This study, conducted by researchers at the Berkman Klein Center, seeks to aid in the Wikimedia Foundation’s understanding and public discussion of Wikipedia's content moderation systems.........Ultimately, the findings from the project will help the Wikimedia Foundation to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the community’s efforts to moderate content. It will support Wikimedia’s efforts to educate lawmakers about the scale and efficacy of its community-driven model of removing harmful and illegal content. It will also provide a benchmark which can be returned to in order to better understand the effects of content removal laws and other regulatory trends on these community processes.
Here's a session for Dysklyver.
Do we need a global dispute resolution committee?Should cause some fireworks back at the ranch.
In recent years, we have seen several onwiki conflicts between and within communities of different Wikimedia projects without local dispute resolution mechanisms. It sometimes happens that local administrators are not capable of handling such conflicts, especially when more than one Wikipedia project is involved. In such cases, users on Meta-Wiki are called for help, including the global community through requests for comment or users involved in global administration like Global Administrators and Stewards. However, most members of these groups are acting more on the technical side of the projects and are not focused on resolving disputes.
Several attempts to create any such body where harmed people can go to and ask for help, have failed (see m:dispute resolution committee and linked pages). One of the reasons for that is a lack of common understanding when and how any such body should work. We want to bring people together who help us discuss whether or not we need such committee and how and by whom it should be shaped to respect the needs of local communities but be effective for conflicts which affect more than one wiki or local ones that cannot be solved by administrators alone.
Here's one for Fram, if he's not too busy this week. Don't think he has much going on.
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Languages/A_wealth_of_opportunities_hiding_in_plain_sightSpoiler alert: If we have commons and Wikidata, do we even really need Wikipedia?