Concept VisualEditor Edit-a-Thons Actions Communication WikiProject EditorsOpen Source MediaWiki LGBT Wikidata Open Culture Innovation Behaviour Teahouse Content Women Edit Learning Resources Collaboration Participation Guidelines Encouragement Education Broadening Community Gender Change Strategies ToolsetWikimedia Global South Diversity Conference Dialogue WikiQueer Indigenous Languages Research Volunteers Free Knowledge Reducing Barriers Technical Developments Challenges & Opportunities Outreach IdeaLab Initiatives Equality Feedback Quality Wikipedia November 9 -10, 2013 Berlin WIKIMEDIA DEUTSCHLAND Welcome to THE Wikimedia DiversitY CONfereNce 2013! To empower and engage people around experience what has worked and what the world to collect and develop educa- has not and how these projects can be tional content is the mission of the glob- taken further. Beyond that, we will work al Wikimedia movement. But we are on new ideas on reducing barriers that still in our infancy. Many languages and keep people from taking part in our cultures are not adequately represented projects. We will exchange ideas about in the different Wikimedia projects, many diversity and an inclusive culture in the people shy away from participating in Wikimedia projects during working ses- our projects and sharing their know- sions. Let us start to talk about projects ledge with the world. Particularly striking and let us create new ideas! is the low proportion of women. To gain the knowledge and commitment, for Wikimedia Deutschland is proud to be example of underrepresented groups, the host of the Wikimedia Diversity to increase the pool of knowledge in the Conference. We would like to thank the Wikimedia projects, and to further a Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia UK heterogeneous, colorful, diverse com- and Wikimedia Netherlands for their munity, is the goal of our work. support throughout the process. Our staff and volunteers have worked dili- Wikpedians, Wikimedians and experts gently during the past months to make from all over the world join this confer- this event happen. During the confer- ence to follow the vision of free access ence they will be available at the loca- to the sum of all human knowledge for tion and provide you with any assistance every person. This opportunity gives us you may need. the unique chance to share our know- ledge and understanding of diversity topics. For the next two days, we will Welcome to Berlin! engage in discussions about our work in the field of gender diversity and geo- graphic diversity. At the conference, you Pavel Richter will learn more about existing projects Executive Director in the Wikimedia movement; you will Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Wikimedia Diversity Conference 3 SatUrdaY, November 9, 2013 SUNdaY, November 10, 2013 Time LOUNge Room 112 Time LOUNge room 112 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration ANNA LENA SCHILLER // Welcome and intro 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - Pavel Richter // Welcoming words Best Practice IV 9:30 a.m. Anna Lena Schiller (facilitator) // Intro & get to know each other 9:30 a.m. - ALYssa WriGht // Collaborating TinG Chen // The economy of Best Practice I 9:55 a.m. with other open source communities diversity 9:30 a.m. - Ilona Buchem // Promoting gen- Best Practice V 9:55 a.m. der diversity through open innovation 10:00 a.m. - Silvia Stieneker // Women edit Best Practice II 10:55 a.m. – from a small local initiative to a 10:00 a.m. - Netha Hussain // Diversifying AndrÉS MAGGese // Preservati- Valerie Aurora // Diversity nationwide network 10:55 a.m. India through outreach among women on of indigenous languages through initiatives that worked in other open Wikipedia communities EmilY Temple-Wood // Women John Andersson // Thematic scientists and philosophers on English edit-a-thons as a way to reach new Nemin WanG // Editor diversity on Wikipedia groups Chinese Wikipedia Best Practice VI Best Practice III 11:00 a.m. - Tim MoritZ Hector // The 11:00 a.m. - Dumisani Ndubane // Wiki Indaba 11: 55 a . m . Teahouse – why and how we interna- GreGorY Varnum // LGBT Out- 11: 55 a . m . and the African agenda tionalize it reach Gerard MeiJssen // Wikidata as a tool to bring initial information T Vishnu Vardhan // So many lan- SYdneY Poore // Mentoring: how Katie CHAN // Where‘s the T in guages: Challenges and opportunities to mentor women and older people in Wikimedia Diversity? for the Wikimedia movement in India the Wikimedia movement 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Lunch Lunch 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - Ask a board member // Questions and discussion with Alice Wiegand and Ideas & Action III 1:25 p.m. María Sefidari, moderated by Anna Lena 1:00 p.m. - Alolita Sharma // The question Siko Bouterse // Ideas into Ideas & Action I 2:30 p.m. of culture: changing the diversity equa- action: IdeaLab Diversity working tion of open source session 1:30 p.m. - Jake OrlowitZ // Inviting diversity: M. Flaschen, J. Zimmerman, V. 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. A playful approach to broadening our Bamba, P. Giner // Engaging new Coffee break community editors by reducing barriers 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - Closing panel & sum-up Coffee break 3:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - Round-up & next steps Ideas & Action II 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Ilona Buchem and netha ALYssa WriGht and Siko Bou- Social program 5:30 p.m. hussain // Design Diversity terse // Creating a toolset for impact n.n. Sum-up first day 5:40 p.m. Round-up 7:00 p.m. - Social program n.n. 4 5 SessioNS ON SatUrdaY SessioNS ON SatUrdaY 9:30 - 9:55 A.M. LOUNGE 10:00 - 10:55 A.M. LOUNGE JOHN ANDERSSON THEMATIC EDIT- 10:00 - 10:55 A.M. ROOM I12 A-THONS AS A WAY TO REACH NEW ILONA BUCHEM PROMOTING GENDER NETHA HUSSAIN DIVERSIFYING GROUPS ANDRÉS MAGGESE PRESERVATION OF DIVERSITY THROUGH OPEN INNOVA- INDIA THROUGH OUTREACH AMONG INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES THROUGH TION WOMEN The presentation will give an overview about WIKIPEDIA what Wikimedia Sverige has done so far The presentation focuses on outlining the Wikimedia’s gender gap is more pronounced with regard to edit-a-thons. First, it will give The presentation will focus on Andrés approach, development steps and preliminary in the Indian Wikimedia Community where examples followed by a general discussion Maggese’s work with school children in results of the project “Wikipedia Diversity” only 3% of the participants of the editor sur- on what can be learned from these. Wikime- Argentina. Many children are of Guaraní conducted by Beuth University of Applied vey (2011) were female as opposed to 9% dia Sverige had three edit-a-thon events in or Quechua descent and still speak these Sciences Berlin and Wikimedia Deutschland globally. The presentation will focus on the 2012 and 2013 focusing on different topics. languages besides Spanish, but most of them e.V. The project focuses on enhancing gen- context-specific barriers and challenges faced By means of a survey among the partici- did not know about Wikipedia’s existence der diversity in the German Wikipedia and by Indian women in editing Wikipedia and pants, they will be evaluated in order to find in their native languages. Over the last few follows the principles of open innovation. Its how the Wikimedia community in India has common denominators. The question is if months, Maggese and his partner have intro- aim is to engage the Wikipedia community attempted to bridge the gender gap. It will carefully chosen thematic topics can help to duced them to these language versions of in devising new, creative and effective ways focus on the designs of outreach programs get more women involved and if there is a Wikipedia and taught them how to edit. The of approaching gender diversity, especially conducted in India for targeting different need to change the format of an edit-a-thon presentation will show the steps they took, related to such questions as: How can we population groups, and the cultural aspects to reach a successful outcome. Thus, the idea the ensuing results so far and their expecta- establish a welcoming culture which is invit- that are to be addressed while conducting of the presentation is to share Wikimedia tions for the future. ing to female contributors? How can we outreach. Sverige’s experiences with edit-a-thons and communicate in an inclusive way and solve to get valuable input from others to continue Andrés Maggese, Wikipedian since 2012, has conflicts constructively? How can we develop Netha Hussain is a medical student from work in this area. been working in schools in Argentina since awareness of gender issues without provok- Kerala, India. She began editing Wikipedia last year. He currently works as a teaching ing gender wars? in 2010, contributing to the English and Ma- John Andersson is a project manager at assistant, focusing on Wikipedia in the class- layalam Wikipedia. She has been involved in Wikimedia Sverige and has worked with the room. With his partner, a sysop, he focuses Ilona Buchem is professor for Digital Media women topics and coordinated two edit-a- two projects Europeana Awareness and the on teaching children how to use and edit and Diversity at Beuth University of Applied thons in India to increase the representation Open Database of Public Art in Sweden up Wikipedia in Spanish, Guaraní and Quechua. Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Her courses of women in Wikipedia and the coverage of until the second half of 2013. Since July, he focus on how digital media change current articles about women in India. She is also an has also also been working with Wikipedia in NEMIN WANG EDITOR DIVERSITY ON practices in education and business.