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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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 September 2026

• 23:1123:11, 5 September 2026 WikiProject Organized Labour/ru (hist | edit) [5,187 bytes] Kaganer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Вики-проект «Организованный труд»")
• 22:5022:50, 5 September 2026 Wikimuseum ~ Art/en (hist | edit) [11,136 bytes] Jackie SMG (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{New sister project proposal | status = discussion | project_name = '''Wikimuseum''' | tagline = The free art guide that anyone can edit | project_description = Art guides | multilingual_wiki = No | multilingual = Spanish initially, then other languages. | technical_reqs = No | url = wikimuseum.org | logo = 150px | more_settings = * Local downloads disabled * Heavy use of subpages * New namespaces | development_wiki = No }} Wikimuseu...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:4522:45, 5 September 2026 Steward requests/Checkuser/2026-09 (hist | edit) [2,184 bytes] MajavahBot (talk | contribs) (Bot clerking)
• 20:0020:00, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore/Report (hist | edit) [5,172 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0F6E6E 0%, #12907F 35%, #F2A104 70%, #E85D4D 100%); border-radius: 18px; padding: 45px 25px 30px 25px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.30); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;"> <div style="display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:22px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:10px;"> 65px|link= <div style="te...")
• 19:5919:59, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore/Gallery (hist | edit) [4,260 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0F6E6E 0%, #12907F 35%, #F2A104 70%, #E85D4D 100%); border-radius: 18px; padding: 45px 25px 30px 25px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.30); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;"> <div style="display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:22px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:10px;"> 65px|link= <div style="te...")
• 19:5919:59, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore/Team (hist | edit) [5,039 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0F6E6E 0%, #12907F 35%, #F2A104 70%, #E85D4D 100%); border-radius: 18px; padding: 45px 25px 30px 25px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.30); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;"> <div style="display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:22px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:10px;"> 65px|link= <div style="te...")
• 19:5919:59, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore/Participants (hist | edit) [5,500 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0F6E6E 0%, #12907F 35%, #F2A104 70%, #E85D4D 100%); border-radius: 18px; padding: 45px 25px 30px 25px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.30); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;"> <div style="display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:22px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:10px;"> 65px|link= <div style="te...")
• 19:5719:57, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore/Program (hist | edit) [5,245 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0F6E6E 0%, #12907F 35%, #F2A104 70%, #E85D4D 100%); border-radius: 18px; padding: 45px 25px 30px 25px; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.30); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 14px;"> <div style="display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:22px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:10px;"> 65px|link= <div style="te...")
• 19:5319:53, 5 September 2026 Santali Wiki Club, Baripada/Events/2026/Workshop on Wikipedia, F.M (Autonomous) College, Balasore (hist | edit) [8,316 bytes] ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk | contribs) (page created for workshop on Wikipedia at F.M College, Balasore) Tag: 2017 source edit
• 18:0718:07, 5 September 2026 Libros Libres/Recursos (hist | edit) [102 bytes] Monarufino (talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''Presentación "Libros libres" en Wikiconf '''Diffs '''Notas'''''' '''Artículos'''<big><big>'''")
• 17:4317:43, 5 September 2026 GLAM-on-Tour/Prangins 2026/Arbeiten (hist | edit) [495 bytes] Grizma (talk | contribs) (+Themenvorschlag)
• 16:1516:15, 5 September 2026 Libros Libres/Actividades (hist | edit) [291 bytes] Monarufino (talk | contribs) (Created page with " <big>'''25x5 Celebrando Wikipedia'''</big><big>Texto grande</big> <big>'''Diseño libre. Celebrando los 25 años de Wikipedia con la Universidad Provincial de Córdoba'''</big><big>Texto grande</big> <big>'''Talleres de libros cartoneros "Tomar la palabra"'''</big><big>")
• 16:0016:00, 5 September 2026 Libros Libres/Reportes (hist | edit) [2,375 bytes] Monarufino (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''FLISoL 2026: cultura y conocimiento libre en acción''' '''Charla relámpago en FLISoL 2026 Córdoba-Argentina''' El sábado 25 de abril, la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, volvió a convertirse en un punto de encuentro para quienes apuestan por el conocimiento libre. La 22ª edición del Festival Latinoamericano de Software Libre reunió a estudiantes, docentes, desarrolladores, activistas y curiosos en una jornada atravesada por el hacer colectivo y con la consigna...")
• 15:5115:51, 5 September 2026 Nigeria National Funding Program/WikiFind Nigeria (hist | edit) [11,519 bytes] Ogalihillary (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<!-- The text within arrows is instructional only and will not appear once your form is submitted. Please replace the PLACEHOLDER TEXT in capital letters with your own text. Please don't alter the form's text or markup unless you need to, or this form may not render correctly. All questions are required.--> {{Probox <!--The status on this should be set to "proposed" when your request is ready for review. Please contact the NNFP Committee when you're ready to move your r...")
• 13:5213:52, 5 September 2026 GLAM/Projects (hist | edit) [1,336 bytes] Susannaanas (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{GLAM/Main navigation|title=Projects}} {{Wikidata list |sparql = PREFIX mb: <https://metabase.wikibase.cloud/entity/> PREFIX mbt: <https://metabase.wikibase.cloud/prop/direct/> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> PREFIX schema: <http://schema.org/> SELECT ?item ?title ?startdate ?wikilink ?wikidata ?intro (GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT ?org; separator=", ") AS ?organizers) (GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT ?key; separator=", ") AS ?tags) (SAMPLE(?typ...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:2013:20, 5 September 2026 Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin/2026/16/ja (hist | edit) [12,906 bytes] Hdialk (talk | contribs) (Created page with "ウィキメディア財団広報誌2026年 第16号")
• 13:0713:07, 5 September 2026 Nigeria National Funding Program/Sardeeq/Preserving Hausa Indigenous Health Knowledge Through Wikipedia: Medicinal Plants, Traditional Practices and Indigenous Health Terminology (hist | edit) [12,998 bytes] Sardeeq (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<!-- The text within arrows is instructional only and will not appear once your form is submitted. Please replace the PLACEHOLDER TEXT in capital letters with your own text. Please don't alter the form's text or markup unless you need to, or this form may not render correctly. All questions are required.--> {{Probox <!--The status on this should be set to "proposed" when your request is ready for review. Please contact the NNFP Committee when you're ready to move your r...")

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 : <empty>

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...

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