User:Sj

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en-N This user has a native understanding of English. de-2 Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau. es-2 Esta persona tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español. fr-2 Cette personne dispose de connaissances intermédiaires en français. he-1 משתמש זה יודע עברית ברמה בסיסית. zh-1 这位用户的中文达到初级水平。 ar-0 هذا المستخدم ليس لديه معرفة بالعربية (أو يفهمها بصعوبة بالغة).
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Eye of Freedom

Welcome to my page! I am Samuel Klein, wikipedian, linguaphile and, hoom, inclusionist. I am currently working on platforms for community-owned publishing of research and data. In the past I worked on a national digital library, at a "purpose of the Internet" research group, directed part of a global education project, and served as a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. Currently summarizing some cross-wiki thoughts + conversations about project + community design as design chats.

Currently working on matchmaking people with ideas. My writing background consists of a few journals and newsletters, doggerel on the back of exams, broadsheets on telephone poles, philosophical essays, and marked-up drafts of [others'] texts in red and blue. My academic background includes physics, mathematics, algorithms and language. In the Wikiverse: you can find me on the English Wikipedia, and occasionally on Wikibooks, Wiktionary (see also mod-wiktionary), the OLPC wiki, and previously on some smaller language wikis (Nahuatl, Swahili) or taking collab notes on Hypothesis XXX - synchrony across annotation systems for all sorts of knowledge (e.g., via hypothes.is and open annotation).

Recent peering: User:Sj/peer | Challenges | Federated knowledge | Design chats

To contact me: My talkpage · meta.sj (gmail) · +1 ... 529 4266

Movement thoughts: roles / fundraising / Chapter-WMF | North American Wikimedians
Wikipedia Zero | International grantmaking and US Executive Order 13224‎‎

If you need assistance: Please leave me a message or request.

• Steward handbook · Requests · Special:Log/rights · Special:userrights · Steward activity
• privacy · 'sample articles' maintained by MarsRover
• See also: WikiDC, GLAM/OKFN

17 new pages on meta:

5 October 2026

• 17:1817:18, 5 October 2026 Wiki Loves Birds India 2026 (hist | edit) [2,090 bytes] Manojk (talk | contribs) (Created page with "frameless|right '''Wiki Loves Birds India 2026''' is the third edition of a photography campaign inspired by Wiki Loves Birds Nepal and dedicated to celebrating and documenting the remarkable avian biodiversity across India. India is home to approximately 1,350 bird species, from common local varieties to rare and migratory birds, inhabiting a vast range of ecosystems. The aim of this campaign is to enrich Wikimedia Commons wi...")
• 16:5916:59, 5 October 2026 Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Participants (hist | edit) [68 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Summary}} Category:Wikicamp Morocco 2026")
• 16:5816:58, 5 October 2026 Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Program (hist | edit) [68 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Summary}} Category:Wikicamp Morocco 2026")
• 16:5816:58, 5 October 2026 Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Venue (hist | edit) [68 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Summary}} Category:Wikicamp Morocco 2026")
• 16:5816:58, 5 October 2026 Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Organizers (hist | edit) [68 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Wikicamp Morocco 2026/Summary}} Category:Wikicamp Morocco 2026")
• 16:4116:41, 5 October 2026 Wikicamp Morocco 2026 (hist | edit) [79 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{in use}}")
• 16:3616:36, 5 October 2026 Tech/News/2026/41/pl (hist | edit) [8,560 bytes] Wcalenieja (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Tech/News/2026/41")
• 16:2716:27, 5 October 2026 Wikimédia France/Guide pratique des groupes locaux (hist | edit) [3,891 bytes] Luc Hervier WMFr (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Titre de section WMFr| Guide pratique des groupes locaux|#C83737}} {{Titre de sous-section WMFr|Pourquoi ce guide pratique ?|#4588a9}} Ce guide a pour objectif d’accompagner les groupes locaux dans leurs projets et leur développement. Il rassemble des ressources, des conseils et des méthodes pour faciliter la mise en place d’actions et permettre à chacun de s’impliquer selon ses envies et ses possibilités. Il propose des outils concrets et faciles à utilise...")
• 15:5515:55, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/Community/Members (hist | edit) [6,611 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header|active=community}}
  COMMUNITY DIRECTORY

  OFWA Community Members

  This directory contains Wikimedia usernames of OFWA community members. The list will also be us...")
• 15:0115:01, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/Contact (hist | edit) [2,939 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header|active=contact}}
  CONTACT OFWA

  Let’s connect.

  Get in touch with Open Foundation West Africa about programmes, partnerships, community activities, volunteering or...")
• 14:5714:57, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/Elections (hist | edit) [4,450 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header}}
  COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE

  OFWA Community Board Elections

  OFWA's community elections provide community members with a direct opportunity to participate in t...")
• 14:5514:55, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/Community (hist | edit) [9,118 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header|active=community}}
  COMMUNITY

  People powering open knowledge across West Africa.

  OFWA brings together volunteers, educators, students, develop...")
• 14:5414:54, 5 October 2026 New Readers/Stats/nl (hist | edit) [5,271 bytes] HanV (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nieuwe Lezers/Statistieken")
• 14:5114:51, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/Programmes (hist | edit) [9,099 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header|active=programmes}}
  PROGRAMMES & EVENTS

  Programmes built around African knowledge, learning and participation.

  OFWA works with communities to expand access to knowle...")
• 14:5014:50, 5 October 2026 Open Foundation West Africa/About (hist | edit) [6,706 bytes] Domegilfred (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Open foundation west africa header|active=about}}
  ABOUT OFWA

  Building an open knowledge future shaped by Africans.

  Open Foundation West Africa works with communities to strengthen participation in open...")
• 14:3314:33, 5 October 2026 Community Liaisons/Media Viewer consultation/ja (hist | edit) [11,034 bytes] Omotecho (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Community Liaisons/メディアビュワーの構築") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
• 12:5312:53, 5 October 2026 ADIRA Edit-a-thon 2026 (hist | edit) [3,057 bytes] Shikeishu (talk | contribs) (Created page with "
  __NOTOC__ ADIRA Edit-a-thon on Arabic pop culture
  

Thoughts

News : Managing translations revisited. Long-term strategy for Wikimedia projects is being discussed and planned with some vigor | How Wikipedia Works, a book on using Wikipedia from nostarch press (with cameos by the sister projects) | LSS revived! | coralline ideas for generalized message-distribution : a way around the 100-mailing-list coordination problem. | Pimp your edits! | Mailing lists/cleanup

Interesting : Modern translation and coordination @ the Embassy, pages linked from Requests. A new Stewards noticeboard. A new Main page? Level activity across request types, improve feedback for uses of Special:CentralAuth, improve [[Help:]] pages about cross-wiki special pages/tools. New contributor objections

FDC complaint mid-2015 without clear timeline for response?

Fun : SJ Klein with Wikipedian Guy, reprises of old Wikimedia Quarto sidefeatures... like interviews with Ward Cunningham and Larry Lessig.
Pressworthy pages : User:Sj/PR
Village Pumps: ar, da, de, eo, es, fr, it, ja, nl, sv, zh, bab

Projects

A cheerful logo variant

Strategy : w:User:John_Carter/Opinions (2009), 2015?

Top of the desk. Active projects (see also Project map) | Wikiproject group, Digitizing and Translation with MW...   Digest / on en: | Annonces | MP
elian excellence: Incoming tech requests | Wikipedia languages
meta-slimming: Historical Wikipedia pages | statistics, on en:

old pages to slim: The importance of being Wikipedia, ...

older budget thoughts : Long term plans

communication models : the Why Give blog

Mania over time

Deleted pages to watch :

WMF events future: (see Board agenda; other agenda; &c. Last 2 quarters' planning unexpectedly light; energy drawn into private channels)
WMF events past: WMF.org chat, #wm, Sat July 24 | Vereins-Chat, #wm.de, Fri July 30 | Wikimania, August 2005

WM News, Sept 10+. | W-News | M:HP | Babel/Babylon
21 fahrplan, Dec 26-28

Status, Thoughts

The Dao of Wiki * Quirks of int'l grantmaking

Resolved, that ... WMPH - why did these stop being shared on Meta? Cross-wiki links needed.

I am thinking of ways to

1. improve key sites: Wikimedia website(Main, Fundraising, GFDL), http://www.wikimedia.org redirection page
2. improve key meta pages: Goings-on(t), Meta:Babel(t, Interorg relations.)
3. move meta-discussions to meta:, from en: and other subprojects.
4. improve community:
   • better multilingualism / translation across WM,
   • nuanced interactions with new users, playful trolls, nascent vandals, non-editor readers; article validation
   • meshed ideas, empirics, and [pre]conceived notions relating to community infrastruture, vision-building, interaction, insight and insanity, ...
     • Old essays: Various Wikipedian essays, Wikipedia commentary
     • Old ideas: Send this article to a friend, ...
5. unify discussion: power structures within WM and across WP-instances (covering Ver ein/ Wreader and es: split issues as well as the mundane)
6. help propose new projects: Wikifamily, Wikinews, Pa/Pr/Fu, Media, Prufing, Review...
7. design a few feature improvements
8. help people who reuse wikimedia content recognize the projects the content came from
9. help others and future selves see what I see
10. share test writing and wiki work

Topics belonging uniquely here:

Other Topics

Structure + Developer committee, Finance committee, Editor committee, PR committee -- for helping to coordinate and divide labor in those key areas. + Translation crew for discussing and processing multilingual issues; translation, communication, official languages, &c. + Press Corps for handling press IDs, contacting major events, getting exclusive interviews and photoshoots. See also Wikews. + Other groups to plan for Grants, Collateral, Legal issues, Outreach/User groups, Publicity, Print issues, Partnerships. Overviews + WM-wide mesh ('organization chart', 'project map', 'topic map', 'discussion counter', 'Wikipedia languages')

Toolchain + My MediaWiki feature requests + Division of labor requests + EasyTimeline Law + (c): Jamesday on #wp, en:Wikipedia:Copyright... + Chapters: Verein, Association, EO chapter in France... Review + New pages, Article validation, villi...

(General no te : soughameter optional)