Editing team/Community Conversations

Welcome! The Editing Team uses this page to document the outcomes of the conversations we host to better understand the needs and challenges people experience when they begin contributing to Wikipedia.

Findings
This section will eventually a summary of the needs and experiences people consistently shared in the various conversations the Editing Team hosted.

3 March 2023
(Meeting information to be announced later)

Meeting Information

 * Date: 
 * Video conference link: will use Zoom (please install and test in advance)
 * Meeting language: English and French
 * Notes: will use https://etherpad.wikimedia.org

Project Overview
A set of features for the visual editor to help new volunteers make constructive changes to Wikipedia.

The Editing Team sees this project being helpful to:


 * Campaign Organizers interested in helping event participants make edits they are proud of and projects value
 * Newcomers and Junior Contributors arriving on the wikis motivated to add content about topics they are interested in
 * Senior Contributors motivated to ensure the content newcomers and Junior Contributors are adding is verifiable

Objectives
This meeting will be an opportunity for new and experienced volunteers, especially those from Sub-Saharan Africa, to:
 * review and share feedback about the design concepts the Editing Team is considering to improve the visual editor as part of their upcoming project, and
 * verify that the needs the Editing Team is working to address reflect needs they experience/have experienced.

Meeting Information

 * Date: 
 * Video Conference Link: meet.google.com/krq-tonw-quz
 * Meeting Language: English
 * Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Editing_community_meeting_2022-12-16

Project Overview
A set of features for the visual editor to help new volunteers understand and follow the policies and guidelines necessary to make constructive changes to Wikipedia projects.

The Editing Team sees this project being helpful to:


 * Campaign Organizers interested in helping event participants make edits they are proud of and projects value
 * Newcomers and Junior Contributors arriving on the wikis motivated to add content about topics they are interested in
 * Senior Contributors motivated to ensure the content newcomers and Junior Contributors are adding is verifiable

Objectives

 * This meeting will be an opportunity for new and experienced volunteers from Sub-Saharan Africa to:
 * Review, and share feedback about, the features/design concepts the Editing Team is considering to improve the visual editor as part of their upcoming project
 * Verify the needs the Editing Team is working to address reflect needs they experience/have experienced
 * Learn about opportunities to contribute to this project
 * This meeting will be an opportunity for members of the Editing Team to:
 * Verify that the conclusions they are drawing from the initial set of conversations they hosted align with what volunteers in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced contributing to Wikipedia.
 * Learn what – if any – issues volunteers can foresee with the features/design concepts we are considering building

Signup (Optional)

 * 1) Whatamidoing (WMF)
 * 2) NAyoub (WMF)
 * 3) PPelberg (WMF)
 * 4) NRodriguez (WMF)
 * 5) EAkinloose (WMF)
 * 6) RYasmeen (WMF)
 * 7) STei (WMF)
 * 8) User:VPuffetMichel (WMF)
 * 9) User:PWaigi-WMF
 * 10) User:Geugeor
 * 11) User:Dyolf77 (WMF)
 * 12) User:MNeisler (WMF)
 * 13) Bachounda
 * 14) Ngoudechi
 * 15) Obedmakolo
 * 16) Joris Darlington Quarshie
 * 17) Timzy D'Great
 * 18) Jemima2019
 * 19) Zeemahgan
 * 20) Prince1g4
 * 21) Yaw tuba
 * 22) Bukky658 (talk) 04:39, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 23) Charity00 (talk) 09:29, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 24) Agbalagba (talk) 13:28, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 25) AC Krah (talk) 14:36, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 26) Mbaidoo (talk) 14:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 27) Macocobovi(talk)
 * 28) Kumi Haymondabutu
 * 29) Bolanle Adeleye:(talk)
 * 30) Olugold (talk)
 * 31) Dera xoxo (talk)
 * 32) Iwuala Lucy (talk) 10:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 33) Senator Choko
 * 34) Lotinoh 3:33pm, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 35) Spadeex
 * 36) Valentine_Badu (talk) 15:02, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 37) Aliyu shaba ]]Talk 07:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) Aliyu shaba ]]Talk 07:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Objective

 * Learn what contributing to Wikipedia has been like for people living in and from Sub-Saharan Africa so that we, the Editing Team, can make improvements to the visual editor that hopefully make this process easier for future newcomers from the region. Meeting in French, focused on the French Wikipedia.

Attendees

 * Three volunteers: someone from Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Mali.
 * WMF Staff: members of the Editing Team, Dyolf77 (WMF), and Trizek (WMF)
 * Discussion in French.

Objective

 * Learn what contributing to Wikipedia has been like for people living in and from Sub-Saharan Africa so that we, the Editing Team, can make improvements to the visual editor that hopefully make this process easier for future newcomers from the region.

Attendees

 * Four volunteers from Nigeria, one volunteers from Ghana, and members of the Editing Team

Objective

 * Learn what contributing to Wikipedia has been like for people living in and from Sub-Saharan Africa so that we, the Editing Team, can make improvements to the visual editor that hopefully make this process easier for future newcomers from the region.

Attendees

 * Three experienced volunteers from Nigeria and members of the Editing Team

Objective

 * Learn what contributing to Wikipedia has been like for people living in and from Sub-Saharan Africa so that we, the Editing Team, can make improvements to the visual editor that hopefully make this process easier for future newcomers from the region.

Attendees

 * Bartosz Dziewoński, David Chan, David Lynch, Ed Sanders, Esther Akinloose, James McLeod, Justice Okai-Allotey, Joris Darlington Quarshie, Megan Neisler, Nicolas Ayoub, Peter Pelberg, Valerie Puffet-Michel,

Objective

 * Learn what contributing to Wikipedia has been like for people living in and from Sub-Saharan Africa so that we, the Editing Team, can make improvements to the visual editor that hopefully make this process easier for future newcomers from the region.

Attendees

 * Nicola Ayoub, Mohammed Bachounda, Imelda Brazal, Ilana Fried, Georges Fodouop, Peter Pelberg, and Liam Wyatt.