Steven Crossin

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Welcome to the IEG Committee

Hi Steven,
Thanks for signing up to join the Individual Engagement Grants Committee! It is my pleasure to confirm your membership. We’ve got a lot to accomplish together, particularly during the next 6 weeks, and it will be awesome to have your help. Here is how to get started:

To make your membership official, please do 2 things by February 11th:

1. Introduce yourself in the IdeaLab.
2. Send your email address to IEGrantswikimedia.org, so that we can subscribe you to the committee mailing list.

Then there are 2 first tasks' for active committee members to start on right away:

1. Review information in the Committee Workroom (your new organizing hub on meta), including responsibilities and the review process. Feedback and questions are very welcome at this stage.
2. Start giving feedback on open ideas, drafts and proposals. Asking questions to gather information you’ll need to make a recommendation helps prospective grantees think their projects all the way through, and will give us more great proposals to choose from.

Our formal review of proposals starts February 22nd. I’ll be posting information about scoring and selection of proposals on the committee mailing list and in the Workroom soon, so please keep an eye there!

Thanks again for joining this new grantmaking program...I hope we’re going to see some amazing impact from these grants. :-) Siko (WMF) (talk) 06:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

PS - you really need to update your profile!

Yup, updated. Sorry about the delay Siko :) Steven Zhang (talk) 10:55, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Convidando o Brasil

Pleas, I would ask your attention to the comments of the committee evaluation, thank you.Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 01:13, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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	Steven, your input on this first round has been so valuable. Thanks for contributing thoughtfully to the discussions, and for scoring even in the middle of your tropical vacation - that was amazing! Looking forward to continuing to work with you on future projects. Siko (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Contribute to Grant

Steven, could you please contribute to Grants:IEG/Reimagining WP Mentorship? I put HTML comments in where I could use your input. --Jackson Peebles (talk) 02:47, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Yep, responded at your talk. Steven Zhang (talk) 01:07, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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Happy editing,

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	Thanks for all your help in this round, Steven! I always appreciate having your perspective on proposals and process. Wishing you all the best for 2014 :) Siko (WMF) (talk) 00:42, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Email

Hi Steven, you've got mail! Matty.007 (talk) 20:15, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Upcoming IdeaLab Events: IEG Proposal Clinics

Idea Lab

Idea Lab

Hello, Steven Crossin! We've added Events to IdeaLab, and you're invited :)

Upcoming events focus on turning ideas into Individual Engagement Grant proposals before the March 31 deadline. Need help or have questions about IEG? Join us at a Hangout:

• Thursday, 13 March 2014, 1600 UTC
• Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 1700 UTC
• Saturday, 29 March 2014, 1700 UTC

Hope to see you there!

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March 31 is the deadline for finishing your Individual Engagement Grant proposal!

Hello Steven Crossin! Thank you for drafting an Individual Engagement Grant proposal.

The deadline to submit a completed proposal to be considered for funding in this round is 31 March 2014. When you have completed all parts of your proposal, please submit it for review by updating the wikimarkup in your page from status=DRAFT to status=PROPOSED.

Need help finishing your proposal? You can ask us anything in the IEG Questions forum! We're also hosting several IEG Proposal Hangouts this month - the last one is on Saturday, 29 March 2014 at 1700 UTC - please join us to get help in real time!

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After reading the Reimagining WMF grants idea, we ask you to complete this survey to help us improve the idea and learn more about your experience. When you complete the survey, you can enter to win one of five Wikimedia globe sweatshirts!

In addition to taking the the survey, you are welcome to participate in these ways:

• Respond to questions on the discussion page of the idea.
• Join a small group conversation.
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This survey is in English, but feedback on the discussion page is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

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Last call for WMF grants feedback!

Hi, this is a reminder that the consultation about Reimagining WMF grants is closing on 8 September (0:00 UTC). We encourage you to complete the survey now, if you haven't yet done so, so that we can include your ideas.

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What future IdeaLab campaigns would you like to see?

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I’m Jethro, and I’m seeking your help in deciding topics for new IdeaLab campaigns that could be run starting next year. These campaigns aim to bring in proposals and solutions from communities that address a need or problem in Wikimedia projects. I'm interested in hearing your preferences and ideas for campaign topics!

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Future IdeaLab Campaigns results

Last December, I invited you to help determine future ideaLab campaigns by submitting and voting on different possible topics. I'm happy to announce the results of your participation, and encourage you to review them and our next steps for implementing those campaigns this year. Thank you to everyone who volunteered time to participate and submit ideas.

With great thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. 23:56, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign on content curation & review

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All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is welcome - your skills and experience can help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign to improve review and curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and accessible! I JethroBT (WMF) 05:39, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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Open Call for Individual Engagement Grants

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request or draft your proposal in IdeaLab
• Get help with your proposal in an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

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Participate in the Inspire Campaign and help address harassment!

Through June, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas focusing on addressing harassment toward Wikimedia contributors. The 2015 Harassment Survey has shown evidence that harassment in various forms - name calling, threats, discrimination, stalking, and impersonation, among others - is pervasive. Available methods and systems to deal with harassment are also considered to be ineffective. These behaviors are clearly harmful, and in addition, many individuals who experience or witness harassment participate less in Wikimedia projects or stop contributing entirely.

Proposals in any language are welcome during the campaign - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign so that we can work together to develop ideas around this important and difficult issue. With thanks,

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Move review close discussion

Hello, Steve!

I've seen you close the this move review. Your summary represents the final state well:
"I do not feel that relisting the discussion at this stage would be helpful, nor do I see the need to reopen on a procedural basis just to have another editor close the discussion.",
"I do recommend a fresh RM occur in the future, and have an independent closer review the discussion."
Would you discuss this MRV in more detail? — Aron M (talk) 20:22, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

@Aron Manning: - I didn't see this, as I don't check meta very often. Was this intended to be here? I'll also ping you on Enwiki. Steven Crossin (talk) 10:41, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Never mind, I see you're blocked there. Can I ask why you're bringing this up here? Steven Crossin (talk) 10:42, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@Steven Crossin: Hello, yes it's intended to be here, as I'm technically unable to discuss it there... — Aron M (talk) 11:14, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

OK, I normally would keep matters related to enwiki there, though. Might I ask what questions you had about this closure? Steven Crossin (talk) 11:20, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@Steven Crossin: Sorry, I was a bit busy recently. I was hoping to ask for your advice as an experienced mediator on how to make a future RM more focused on the facts and evidence. In this RM and MRV many evidence was overlooked, such as the proposed title being the most common usage (demonstrated by 17 to 9 proportion of IRS), and also being the preferred (encyclopedic) version by the title policy regarding trademarks. I've made a strong effort and invested significant time to collect and summarize these facts, without any positive effect.
I wanted to ask you what do you think caused these efforts to fail, and what's your suggestion for a future RM to better present the evidence, and how the policies apply based on those facts? Thank you in advance. — Aron M (talk) 01:22, 25 October 2019 (UTC)