Bill/Will mentioned this might be a new organisational chart <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_chart>of the Wikimedia Foundation. Of course, visuals differ depending on what you are trying to visualize.
This one <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wikimedia_structure_and_government_-_Community_Content_Moderation_and_the_DSA.pdf&page=6> for instance would be more along the lines of what you, Dgg, are mentioning: how the different parties are involved in our projects. This one <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wikimedia_structure_and_government_-_Community_Content_Moderation_and_the_DSA.pdf&page=12> would be more about how content on the projects is governed, and the different layers in responsibilities we have. This one <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Educatie_Universiteit_van_Amsterdam_14_november_2017.pdf&page=31> is more about how content is added to projects (example in this case: Wikimedia Commons): this is <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wikimedia_structure_and_government_-_Community_Content_Moderation_and_the_DSA.pdf&page=7> a visualisation on the parties that re-use our content outside of the projects. It would probably be impractical (or impossible even?) to put *everything* in* one* visual without the purpose of the illustration becoming too broad, and the chart or visual therefore surpassing its purpose (visual support for a concept). Vriendelijke groet, Ciell Op vr 9 jul. 2021 om 23:16 schreef Dggenwp <[email protected]>: > The projects are the route by which content is added to Wikipedia. The > purpose of Wikipedia is not to have an organisation—the purpose is to have > and distribute free content. Everything else is superstructure—everything > except the individual volunteers and the projects. This superstructure can > be important, but not essential — the volunteers are capable of organising > themselves and maintaining the projects. The foundation by itself is > capable of almost nothing, as it doesn’t add content. The chapters are of > value, primarily in recruiting contributors—without that, they’d just be > social clubs. > > The volunteers and the projects to which they add content are what > matters. The three key functions of the organisation are maintaining > MediaWiki (but that’s a volunteer effort also) in raising the small amount > of essential funding, and the critically important political work of > supporting freedom of the internet and of speech more generally. But our > influence for this is because people in the world use the content the > volunteers add to the projects. The structure must be organised around > them. We are here to build an encyclopaedia. > > > > > > > On Jul 7, 2021, at 12:59 AM, Željko Blaće <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Ciell Wikipedia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you Bill, I always find organisation charts very much enlightening, >> and have been missing something like it for the WMF for some time now. >> > > I feel the same. We need much much more of diagramatic content and higher > level of organizational understanding for all Wikimedia contributors. > > > >> I think all the departments of the WMF-side are equal, right? For >> instance, legal has no higher 'status' then fundraising or research: >> employees are equals, just with a different function in the >> organisation.Therefore all the different departments should be presented in >> a horizontal line, not a vertical one, like in this one >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Organisational_Chart.JPG> for >> example. >> > > Kind of good point, but maybe scale (same size) is enough to represent > equals, rather than direction/orientation? Not an expert. > > BTW. > .svg file export would be best > for the posibility of translation > within Wikimedia Commons ;-) > > > Best, Z. > > >> Vriendelijke groet, >> Ciell >> >> >> Op di 6 jul. 2021 om 01:03 schreef Bill Takatoshi < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> Earlier today I tried to predict what the WMF org chart will look >>> like, but I wasn't confident about my suggestion, so I created a new >>> email account, subscribed it to wikimedia-l, and tried to send from >>> there. I learned that new subscribers are moderated, which seems >>> sensible given the level of trolling and disruption, and have since >>> improved the prediction and become more confident about it. I have >>> since learned that HTML email with embedded email attachments aren't >>> allowed either, so, Moderators, please reject my earlier anonymous >>> submission(s). >>> >>> This is what I predict the Wikimedia organizational chart will look >>> like in one year's time: >>> >>> https://i.ibb.co/HPzpqLt/WMF-orgchart.png >>> >>> Please critique it! If you are running for the Board of Directors, I >>> am especially interested in your critique of this prediction. >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> -Will >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/DURUHZ3WN7QBQSXWLUVU7ZRLDWHV42X2/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/ZMPBBKEMIKICK2KLLZ466VB4V7PAHHWN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/NYBXY22IX3JGH3ADCLC2GTYG4YQJ4ESI/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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