User:Amire80/strategy wiki conf ru


 * Task for myself: Publish a list of past major decisions
 * There is often a feeling that decisions about Strategy are made in English, and are not sent to other languages.
 * There is a feeling that we weren't heard about the Phase 1 conclusions.
 * Will Wikipedia completely change in 10 years? (Probably not.)
 * Halan: Our main problem: Language barrier. Our activists and users don't know Enlgish well enough. Our proposals don't sound strongly enough, and we sometimes don't even understand. I proposed making something like a "Russian language commissioner" (комиссар). It should be a staff full time person. About 10% of Wikipedias are related to Russian language.
 * At the Berlin summit 2019 we got brochures in Russian about the direction, and they were translated not very well.
 * Was the media отставание discussed? We are quite outdated in terms of media, typography, "longread" style, etc.
 * Oleg: About translation (on Meta): I actively and extensively communicated with Community Relation specialists. I recommended to change the way in which we work with professional translators. Erica says that the WMF considers Russian to be one of the most important, but on the other hand the WMF has trouble with interacting with RF, because of legal challenges. Maybe it could be resolved by talking through an external liaison.