Wikimedia movement affiliates/Noticeboard/Archives/2020-09

FYI: Maps API deprecation for 3rd parties

Hi everyone,

you are receiving this message as it may concern your groups' activities. Here are a few clarifications about our prior announcement re: Maps API deprecation for 3rd parties [1].

As stated, our plan is not going to have any impact on any Wikimedia-hosted wikis. This means that nothing will change for maps, in any namespace, on Wikipedia and any sister projects. Tools that are hosted on Wikimedia services are also not going to be affected (i.e., Kartographer).

This said, we are aware that there may be map usage beyond such venues where deprecation would still affect our community members and their activities - for instance, the Wiki Loves Monuments website, and the Wikimedia Poland chapter website both rely on our maps API.

Hence, over the 45 days deprecation period which ends in mid October: if you represent an affiliated free knowledge group that does regular work with our maps (any Wikimedia affiliates, or established wikiprojects), or if you are closely partnering with other entities who do, we welcome you to reach out, either here on this announcement thread or on the dedicated Phabricator ticket [2].

We will work with you to understand your needs, and what alternatives exist. For further questions, I encourage you to contact me privately to keep noise here at a minimum.

Thank you. 

[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/maps-l/2020-August/001729.html 

[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261694   Elitre (WMF) (talk) 08:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Movement Strategy - What Are Your Choices For Implementation

Hello Wikimedia movement affiliates/Noticeboard/Archives/2020-09,

The time has come to put Strategy into work and everyone's invited to participate.

The Movement Strategy Design Group and Support Team are inviting you to organize virtual meetings with your community and colleagues before the end of October. The aim is for you to decide what ideas from the Movement Strategy recommendations respond to your needs and will have an impact in the movement. The recommendations are available in different formats and in many languages. There are 10 awesome recommendations and close to 50 recommended changes and actions or initiatives. Not everything will be implemented. The aim of prioritization is to create an 18-month implementation plan to take some of the initiatives forward starting in 2021.

Prioritization is at the level of your group, affiliate, and community. Think local and relevant! Regional and thematic platforms are great ways to prepare and share ideas. Afterwards, we will come together in November to co-create the implementation plan. More information about November’s global events will be shared soon. For now and until the end of October, organize locally and share your priorities with us.

You can find guidance for the events, the simple reporting template, and other supporting materials here on Meta. You can share your results directly on Meta, by email, or by filling out this survey. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or comments, strategy2030wikimedia.org

We will be hosting office hours to answer any questions you might have, Thursday October 1 at 14.00 UTC (Google Meet).

MPourzaki (WMF) (talk) 16:18, 25 September 2020 (UTC)