Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/French Wikipedia
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[edit ]What group or community is this source coming from?
name of group
French Wikipedia
virtual location (page-link) or physical location (city/state/country)
Wikipedia
Location type (e.g. local wiki, Facebook, in-person discussion, telephone conference)
local wiki
# of participants in this discussion (a rough count)
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Give interest to smaller Wikis and do not focus on large Wiki project only and work to the rise of interwiki. On the other hand, the boundary between wikipedia and wikinews needs to be redefined, as the wikinews tools have never taken off. Consulnico, Sergio1006
interwiki, minority
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Think of contributors who can serve as a bridge between all languages and summarize / relaunch discussions. This might unite the community at international level. Consulnico
multilingualism, inter-wiki, internationalization
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Make widely accessible our know-how by documenting our actions, our way of using softwares, tools, and statistics, etc. Consulnico
productivity, reuse
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Encourage wikimedians to use other languages than English and their mother tongue in order to foster bonds among projects and communities for example through assistance in learning multiple languages, or by translating and using sources from other languages Consulnico, RP87, Salix
multi-language, interwiki
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Modernize wikimedia platforms and tools by making them more ergonomic, more adapted to mobile, to discussions, to collaborative publishing and easy to understand for average user who does not know the wikicode for example. Trizek Olimparis, Pline, Speculos, FR, FrankyLeRoutier, Tpe.g5.stan, Jules78120, Erdrokan, El Funcionario, Sergio1006, Salix, HenriDavel
modernity, accessibility, ergonomy
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Strengthen the sense of pride and belonging among contributors and more particularly among new contributors. Trizek Olimparis, FR, Fuucx, Heather.Ruby
newbies, belonging, community
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Strengthen the anti-harassment policy against anti-newbies, misogynist, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. Trizek Olimparis, Superjuju10, Simon Villeneuve
harassment, newbies, minority
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Instead of focusing projects on American or Europe only, projects must also focus on Francophone Africa. Trizek, BamLifa, Touam, Olimparis, Jules78120
Africa, internationalization
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Develop programs of joint action with non-governmental organizations (or even integrate them into local chapters) or even states and / or supra- / sub-state entities. Sijysuis, CreativeC38, Olimparis
Partnership, internationalization, training, opening-up
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Clean Meta-wiki, archive it , translate it, segregate its content related to WMF from the rest of wiki and remove formal procedures. CreativeC38
Meta-wiki, ergonomy, ease of use
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Create a multilangual wiki for every project as it is done on Wikisource CreativeC38
multilingualism, internationalization
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Fight against the biases inherent in under-represented communities or in certain categories of contributors Olimparis, Sijysuis, schiste
bias, equality,minority; neutrality
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Make knowledge accessible to as many people as possible by offering various formats: MOOC, podcasts, Youtube channels. To reduce the design costs of these formats, on the one hand the volunteer contributors could work and on the other hand the Foundation could hire professionals. Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CreativeC38, Lylvic, Touam
Modernity, MOOC, video, podcast
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Make sure Wikipedia will never (again) advertise or promote any political ideology by avoiding interfering directly in political matters. 78.250.184.49, Fuucx, Superjuju10
Politics, neutrality, advertising, WMF
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Make the Wikipedia more independent from one another, especially regarding the English-speaking Wikipedia. On commons for example, put an end to the use of English classification of the images and illustrations. 78.250.184.49, Pline, Lomita
Internationalization, autonomy, multilingualism, interwiki
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Host Wikipedia servers in the countries mostly concerned by each version, and subject it to the laws of the countries concerned and not the US laws. However this would pose the problem of deciding which language is more legitimate to host the Wikipedia FR for example. 78.250.184.49
Autonomy, Internationalization
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Encourage and make contributing with IP much easier. 78.250.184.49, Akeron
IP, anonymity, privacy
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Improve the quality of the articles by setting up teams of contributors targeting, in a given theme, articles of a certain importance. Pline
Quality, community
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Make quality articles accessible to various types of readers. Pline
Accessibility, quality
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Improve the image of Wikipedia with potential contributors by correcting its "unreliable site" reputation. Pline
Reliability, reputation, quality
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Make the image search more intuitive using Query by Example, or Content Based Image Retrieval approaches to provide contributors with tailored images. Speculos
Modernity, ergonomy, artificial intelligence
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Strengthen the segregation between what is encyclopaedic and what is not, for example by checking the quality of the sources using semantic analysis. Pline, Speculos
Reliability, reputation, quality
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Encourage cross-cultural exchanges and feedback across communities and projects. Speculos, Simon Villeneuve
cross-experience, community, internationalization
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Valuing teamwork and collaborative aspects. Speculos, Heather.Ruby
team-work, collaboration
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Provide contributors with appropriate means to manage effectively the arrival of newcomers. Speculos, HenriDavel, LaMèreVeille
contributors, newbies
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Promote the Open culture and communicate towards the public better. Speculos
communication, reputation, outreach
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Give a better explanation of the objectives and principles of Wikipedia and its various projects. Speculos
Communication, reputation, outreach
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Wikimedia should not focus only on Wikipedia but take into account the other projects too so as to avoid having Wikipedia do things that are not within its cope. Fuucx
WMF, wikipedia, minority, interwiki
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Offer rewards to contributors. Not in terms of money necessarily but the reward could be certificates or having these editors featured, giving them visibility. FR
Reward, contributors, belonging
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Protect the encyclopaedia from lobbies. FR, Darkoneko, Salix, HenriDavel,
Lobbies, NPOV, neutrality
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Give priority to articles that would be considered essential in a traditional encyclopedia. FR
Encyclopaedia, quality
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Have official Francophone representatives for each country to publicize wikis projects in the media. FR
Outreach, media, reputation
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Reducing the environmental impact of Wikimedia projects and the movement while keeping them still performing. Ahbon?, Jules78120
Sustainability, energy, environment
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Correct the biases by avoiding that the "view that prevails" is that of the most active contributors, and unfortunately sometimes the most fanatical. Ahbon?
NPOV, community
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Improve the quality of content from a standpoint of academic standards. Ahbon?
Quality, reputation, university
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Attrach new contributors by using banners and CentralNotice for unregistered users. Creative38
Contributors, outreach
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Encourage the media, including social media, to raise public awareness of the value and effective use of wiki projects. CreativeC38
Awareness, outreach, reputation, media
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Improving mentorship system by having supervisor-type users coaching newbies, receiving notifications whenever newbies edits are reverted for example. CreativeC38
Newbies, mentorship, contributors
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Improve the link among sister projects and promote their uses as sources for example or as related findings. CreativeC38, RP87
interwiki, reuse, modernity
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Consider an interwiki search engine doing in view of both promoting wiki projects and reducing our dependency on Google. CreativeC38
Modernity, feature, search engine
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Encourage contribution in areas where Wikipedia is less well known by working with local actors: developing countries, least developed countries, etc.Creative38, Jules78120
Outreach, developing countries, internationalization
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Concentrate our efforts less on improving wikis but more on helping the public reusing efficiently Wikimedia resources. Creative38
Reuse, outreach
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Display CentralNotice banners automatically when pages on Meta-Wiki stay outdated for too long. Creative38
Meta-wiki, feature
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Improve accessibility for the visually impaired and other persons with disabilities by conducting studies on their use of wikis. Tractopelle-jaune
Accessibility, feature, disability, research
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Improve the discussion system by making it close to standard collaborative features, less burdensome, without banishing the wikicode to which several contributors are still attached. Tractopelle-jaune
Modernity, feature, discussion, wikicode
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Fix existing features as a priority before further improvement. Tractopelle-jaune
Feature, improvement
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Improve the connection between Wikidata and other wikis by correcting the many current dysfunctions. Tractopelle-jaune
improvement, wikidata
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Ensure that the new functionalities are fully operational before deploying otherwise they will face a violent rejection by the communities. Tractopelle-jaune
Modernity, feature, community, test
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Make fully operational syntax highlighting in wiki editors. Tractopelle-jaune, CreativeC38
Modernity, feature, editor
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Attract new editors with CentralNotice or other banners stating "you can edit too" being displayed to readers. Tpe.g5.stan, Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick
contributor, newbies, banner
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Promote and teach wikis projects and tools in secondary and academic environments, which will lead to recruiting new contributors. Tpe.g5.stan, Sijysuis, Jules78120
Contributors, quality, university
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Enrich wikis using tools/algorithms serving as a bridge between them eg: Wikidata. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, Anthony59999
Modernity, feature, interwiki, reuse
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Consider modern reading features: augmented reality, voice search, etc. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick
Modernity, feature, augmented reality
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Produce our own illustrations under creative commons licenses using drone shots. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick
Photo, CC license, drone, modernity
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Communicating more actively on new communication channels and media. Olimparis
Media, outreach, modernity
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Bridge the gender gap on wikimedia projects no matter what. Superjuju10
Gender gap, minority, women
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Improve the user's perception of sysop or checkusers. Superjuju10
Checkuser, sysop, contributors
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Continue to develop current projects and share free knowledge through them or through new projects. Jules78120
Improvement, outreach, knowledge
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Do not interfere in editorial or organization aspects of Wikipedia - the movement is decentralized and must remain so. Jules78120, Lomita, Erdrokan
Neutrality, autonomy, WMF
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Listen to volunteers and communicate with theme better is paramount. Jules78120, Lomita
Collaboration, contributors, WMF
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To make the collaboration between the WMF and the movement more transparent and horizontal. Jules78120
Collaboration, contributors, WMF
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Attract contributors with diverse and expert profiles, including sociological profiles. Jules78120, Hardi Laurel, Heather.Ruby
Contributors, outreach
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Find effective anti-vandalism mechanisms to avoid time wasted by contributors. Sergio1006, HenriDavel
Vandalism, contributors
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Consider training and accreditation of spokespersons who can speak on behalf of Wikipedia contributors. Sergio1006
Spokesperson, community, contributors
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Build a network of correspondents in the municipal libraries with regular workshops. RP87
Partnerships, GLAMs
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Build Audio and / or video communication tools to pacify exchanges that become conflicting when writing. RP87
Feature, video, audio, Conflict resolution
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Make more publicity on meetups, training sessions and other events in order to answer the questions of the public, to explain the wiki projects and also to share knowledge and passion. Lomita
meetup, outreach, reputation, newbies
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Encourage proofreading for example by featuring, on Wikipedia homepage, a list of "sensitive" articles to be re-read . Salix
quality, proofreading
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Increase flexibility in resolving conflicts and encourage more peaceful debate among contributors. Salix, HenriDavel
conflicts resolution, contributors
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Keep on facilitating translations by improving the translation tool. HenriDavel
Multilingualism, translation, feature
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Focus less on the subjects that make headlines. HenriDavel
quality, NPOV
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Foster long-term partnerships with scientific, artistic, sports and other communities and institutions. In order to attract a readership more interested in deep topics rather than popular headlines. HenriDavel
readers, partnerships
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Do not jeopardize or lose sight of the goals of each project: disseminating knowledge under free license and without advertising. Erdrokan, Jules Fuucx
goals, means
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Develop cross-platform initiatives that make wiki projects a global movement, not centered on private or political interests. Nattes à chat
interwiki, collaboration
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Develop a culture of non-violent communication and respect by publishing a multilingual manual of good behaviros. Nattes à chat
Harassment, conflict resolution, manual
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For French wikis more particularly, encourage Francophonie and adopt writing practices that take into account geographical differences. Nattes à chat
Francophonie, internationalization
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Reduce biases by targeting and improving notable topics related to gender, Africa, women, etc. Nattes à chat
Bias, gender , women, Africa
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Recruit contributors in areas with significant content gaps or bias. Nattes à chat
Bais, contributors
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Involve a young readership. Nattes à chat
readership, youth
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Organize wikipermanences or meetups on a regular basis. Nattes à chat
Wikipermanence, meetups
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We should not just contribute in our scope, according to our interests and affinities but we should also look to the outside and collaborate with others as a movement. schiste
collaboration, community
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To preserve the mission of offering every human being the possibility to access knowledge freely. schiste, Hardi Laurel, Heather.Ruby
mission, vision, knowledge
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Having more diversity in terms of contributors in order to better take into account the needs of each community. schiste
diversity, community
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Have a healthy discussion about paid contributions and potential conflicts of interest.LaMèreVeille, Hardi Laurel
paid contributions, conflicts of interest, neutrality
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We should preserve old contributors who have been doing much for this encyclopedia and encourage new ones to join the best we can. Hardi Laurel
contributors, newbies
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Give to the admins the power to execute the sanction, but leave the arbitration role to others, either to the community directly or to the arbitration committee. Hardi Laurel
Conflict Resolution, Administrators, Contributors
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Taking into account technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence. Jean-Christophe BENOIST, Jean trans h+
feature, modernity, AI
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Sitenotice should be used sparingly and, in particular, never continuously for more than a certain time (one month?), Even with different statements. Simon Villeneuve
central notice
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To have a certain tolerance for the benign unpublished works, that is to say a work not sourced, but legal and not polemical.Simon Villeneuve
Unpublished work
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Build, as it is done on Wikipedia in English, editing rules preventing a majority from having control over a project.
minority, majority, neutrality
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Apply the same rules and guidelines of a project on the IRC channels dedicated to that project. Simon Villeneuve
IRC, guidelines
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Re-energize projects, and create todo-lists for improving things. Heather.Ruby
Todolist, Re-energize
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Free access without subscription to scientific articles and press articles would be a great step forward. Heather.Ruby
scientific articles, press
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Set up mechanisms to ensure that contributors have enough knowledge when editing a certain topic.DePlusJean
quality, vandalism, contributors
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Train the contributors of the different projects to bring them closer and to improve their mutual understanding. DePlusJean
communication, training, cohesion
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Put in place a system of permission dependent on the rank of the contributor, graded progressively in view of various criteria: training, contributions, etc.DePlusJean
grade, quality, contributors
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