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//🌱 Proceed with care: this task is very much a seedling that is still germinating beneath the soil on the floor of the forest that is Phabricator.// --- This task involves the work of introducing a configurable visualization that would enable volunteers to visualize the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis in a way that would be compelling and interesting to themselves as well as people who //may not// be experienced editing a Wikimedia wiki. === Stories - **As someone who is applying to a job**, I'd like to be able to present the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that a hiring manager who is considering my candidacy could easily understand and trust, so that I can //substantiate// the statements I've made about the skills I've developed, experiences I've had, and values that are important to me. - **As a hiring manager who is considering the candidacy of someone for an open position**, I'd like to be able to easily see firsthand the work of the person I am considering hiring so that I can assess how likely they are to be able fulfill the role I'm hiring for. - **As a volunteer who is proud of the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis as a volunteer**, I'd like to be able to show the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that people who read Wikipedia, value Wikipedia, //and// who do not have experience contributing to it will find compelling and interesting so that I can feel seen and appreciated by people in ways that are important to me. === Background //#TODO: 27 January 2023 SSA learning session and volunteering not being compelling to many newcomers// === Theory of Change //#TODO...// - Tangible and aspirational artifact that could motivate/inspire people who attend in-person trainings to continue contributing - Could be something volunteers feel compelled to share off-wiki with their network generating more interest in volunteering - //Start here...// === Loose Ideas - While I think the visualization should be delivered to people using some kind of default configuration, I think it might be important for people to: -- Customize the aesthetics of the visualization (read: how it looks and feels) -- Choose a visualization based on the role they most closely identify with - I wonder if it would be interesting for people to be able to create configurations for specific use cases (e.g. for use in a applying to a particular type of role that warrants people demonstrating a particular set of skills/experiences - Assuming there is a segment of people who make monetary donations to Wikipedia who would value the opportunity to make a more personal expression of gratitude and appreciation to Wikipedia volunteers, maybe there could be value in offering these people an opportunity to create an account and "co-sign" a letter of support/appreciation that would accompany the timed release of the feature/visualization this task is describing - I'm imaging/hoping that people receiving the visualization/experience this task is describing as both a gift and a prompt... -- "Gift" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel considered, appreciated, thought of, elevated, seen, etc. -- "Prompt" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel moved, inspired, encouraged to take action. === Inspiration Volunteers throughout the Movement and Wikimedia Foundation Staff have a long history of working to offer individual people an aggregated view of the actions they take on the wikis so that... - **...the volunteers who are the //subjects// of these aggregated views can:** -- Reflect on and find meaning within what they've done in the past -- Present themselves in ways that make it easier for other people (and their future selves) to see and understand them in a way/through a new lens -- Remin - **...people viewing the "aggregated views" of another volunteer can:** -- Connect with people through previously unknown points of shared interest and value -- Decide whether they think a person could be "fit" for a particular position or [User right](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights) based on how they've behaved in the past This idea is directly inspired by these efforts, some of which are listed below. If there is a project or resource you think we should be aware of, please add it here! **On-wiki tools** - [XTools](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools) -- [Edit Counter](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Edit_Counter): provides detailed summary statistics about a single user on a single project. -- [Authorship](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Authorship): provides editor authorship attribution, measured by character count, excluding spaces. //Example: [en:Imageability](https://xtools.wmflabs.org/authorship/en.wikipedia.org/Imageability/).// -- [Category Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Category_Edits): counts and lists contributions a user made within one or more categories. -- [Top Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Top_Edits): shows the most-edited pages the user has edited in each namespace. -- [Pages Created](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Pages_Created): provides analysis of pages that a user has created.

//🌱 Proceed with care: this task is very much a seedling that is still germinating beneath the soil on the floor of the forest that is Phabricator.// --- This task involves the work of introducing a configurable visualization that would enable volunteers to visualize the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis in a way that would be compelling and interesting to themselves as well as people who //may not// be experienced editing a Wikimedia wiki. === Stories - **As someone who is applying to a job**, I'd like to be able to present the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that a hiring manager who is considering my candidacy could easily understand and trust, so that I can //substantiate// the statements I've made about the skills I've developed, experiences I've had, and values that are important to me. - **As a hiring manager who is considering the candidacy of someone for an open position**, I'd like to be able to easily see firsthand the work of the person I am considering hiring so that I can assess how likely they are to be able fulfill the role I'm hiring for. - **As a volunteer who is proud of the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis as a volunteer**, I'd like to be able to show the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that people who read Wikipedia, value Wikipedia, //and// who do not have experience contributing to it will find compelling and interesting so that I can feel seen and appreciated by people in ways that are important to me. === Background //#TODO: 27 January 2023 SSA learning session and volunteering not being compelling to many newcomers// === Theory of Change //#TODO...// - Tangible and aspirational artifact that could motivate/inspire people who attend in-person trainings to continue contributing - Could be something volunteers feel compelled to share off-wiki with their network generating more interest in volunteering - //Start here...// === Loose Ideas - While I think the visualization should be delivered to people using some kind of default configuration, I think it might be important for people to: -- Customize the aesthetics of the visualization (read: how it looks and feels) -- Choose a visualization based on the role they most closely identify with - I wonder if it would be interesting for people to be able to create configurations for specific use cases (e.g. for use in a applying to a particular type of role that warrants people demonstrating a particular set of skills/experiences - Assuming there is a segment of people who make monetary donations to Wikipedia who would value the opportunity to make a more personal expression of gratitude and appreciation to Wikipedia volunteers, maybe there could be value in offering these people an opportunity to create an account and "co-sign" a letter of support/appreciation that would accompany the timed release of the feature/visualization this task is describing - I'm imaging/hoping that people receiving the visualization/experience this task is describing as both a gift and a prompt... -- "Gift" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel considered, appreciated, thought of, elevated, seen, etc. -- "Prompt" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel moved, inspired, encouraged to take action. === Inspiration Volunteers throughout the Movement and Wikimedia Foundation Staff have a long history of working to offer individual people an aggregated view of the actions they take on the wikis so that... - **...the volunteers who are the //subjects// of these aggregated views can:** -- Reflect on and find meaning within what they've done in the past -- Present themselves in ways that make it easier for other people (and their future selves) to see and understand them in a way/through a new lens -- Remin - **...people viewing the "aggregated views" of another volunteer can:** -- Connect with people through previously unknown points of shared interest and value -- Decide whether they think a person could be "fit" for a particular position or [User right](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights) based on how they've behaved in the past This idea is directly inspired by these efforts, some of which are listed below. If there is a project or resource you think we should be aware of, please add it here! **Feature Ideas** - T275228 //via @cmadeo// - **On-wiki tools** - [XTools](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools) -- [Edit Counter](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Edit_Counter): provides detailed summary statistics about a single user on a single project. -- [Authorship](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Authorship): provides editor authorship attribution, measured by character count, excluding spaces. //Example: [en:Imageability](https://xtools.wmflabs.org/authorship/en.wikipedia.org/Imageability/).// -- [Category Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Category_Edits): counts and lists contributions a user made within one or more categories. -- [Top Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Top_Edits): shows the most-edited pages the user has edited in each namespace. -- [Pages Created](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Pages_Created): provides analysis of pages that a user has created.

//🌱 Proceed with care: this task is very much a seedling that is still germinating beneath the soil on the floor of the forest that is Phabricator.// --- This task involves the work of introducing a configurable visualization that would enable volunteers to visualize the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis in a way that would be compelling and interesting to themselves as well as people who //may not// be experienced editing a Wikimedia wiki. === Stories - **As someone who is applying to a job**, I'd like to be able to present the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that a hiring manager who is considering my candidacy could easily understand and trust, so that I can //substantiate// the statements I've made about the skills I've developed, experiences I've had, and values that are important to me. - **As a hiring manager who is considering the candidacy of someone for an open position**, I'd like to be able to easily see firsthand the work of the person I am considering hiring so that I can assess how likely they are to be able fulfill the role I'm hiring for. - **As a volunteer who is proud of the contributions they make to Wikimedia wikis as a volunteer**, I'd like to be able to show the contributions I've made to Wikipedia in a way that people who read Wikipedia, value Wikipedia, //and// who do not have experience contributing to it will find compelling and interesting so that I can feel seen and appreciated by people in ways that are important to me. === Background //#TODO: 27 January 2023 SSA learning session and volunteering not being compelling to many newcomers// === Theory of Change //#TODO...// - Tangible and aspirational artifact that could motivate/inspire people who attend in-person trainings to continue contributing - Could be something volunteers feel compelled to share off-wiki with their network generating more interest in volunteering - //Start here...// === Loose Ideas - While I think the visualization should be delivered to people using some kind of default configuration, I think it might be important for people to: -- Customize the aesthetics of the visualization (read: how it looks and feels) -- Choose a visualization based on the role they most closely identify with - I wonder if it would be interesting for people to be able to create configurations for specific use cases (e.g. for use in a applying to a particular type of role that warrants people demonstrating a particular set of skills/experiences - Assuming there is a segment of people who make monetary donations to Wikipedia who would value the opportunity to make a more personal expression of gratitude and appreciation to Wikipedia volunteers, maybe there could be value in offering these people an opportunity to create an account and "co-sign" a letter of support/appreciation that would accompany the timed release of the feature/visualization this task is describing - I'm imaging/hoping that people receiving the visualization/experience this task is describing as both a gift and a prompt... -- "Gift" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel considered, appreciated, thought of, elevated, seen, etc. -- "Prompt" in so far as I think it'd be nice for volunteers to feel moved, inspired, encouraged to take action. === Inspiration Volunteers throughout the Movement and Wikimedia Foundation Staff have a long history of working to offer individual people an aggregated view of the actions they take on the wikis so that... - **...the volunteers who are the //subjects// of these aggregated views can:** -- Reflect on and find meaning within what they've done in the past -- Present themselves in ways that make it easier for other people (and their future selves) to see and understand them in a way/through a new lens -- Remin - **...people viewing the "aggregated views" of another volunteer can:** -- Connect with people through previously unknown points of shared interest and value -- Decide whether they think a person could be "fit" for a particular position or [User right](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights) based on how they've behaved in the past This idea is directly inspired by these efforts, some of which are listed below. If there is a project or resource you think we should be aware of, please add it here! **Feature Ideas** - T275228 //via @cmadeo// - **On-wiki tools** - [XTools](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools) -- [Edit Counter](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Edit_Counter): provides detailed summary statistics about a single user on a single project. -- [Authorship](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Authorship): provides editor authorship attribution, measured by character count, excluding spaces. //Example: [en:Imageability](https://xtools.wmflabs.org/authorship/en.wikipedia.org/Imageability/).// -- [Category Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Category_Edits): counts and lists contributions a user made within one or more categories. -- [Top Edits](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Top_Edits): shows the most-edited pages the user has edited in each namespace. -- [Pages Created](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/Pages_Created): provides analysis of pages that a user has created.