Usuário(a):Philippe (WMF)

"Have you ever skied at Jackson Hole in Wyoming?

Well, there is a sign at the top of the mountain that is both enthralling and terrifying:
'Our mountain is like nothing you have skied before!
Give this mountain the special respect it demands!'
Wikimedia is that mountain."

-- Stu West, WMF Board, in discussing Wikimedia Strategic Planning

On Wiki

I am the Facilitator for the Foundation's Strategic Planning process. That job title is sufficiently vague that Eugene and I have gotten to define it as we go, but mostly we've interpreted it to mean that my job includes helping to ensure that those who are interested and involved have a voice, and that the process is productive and as transparent as we can possibly make it. In my volunteer capacity, I can usually be found on en:Wikipedia.

I have been a member of the Election Committee for 2007, 2008, and 2009.

You can find me on en:Wikipedia as Philippe, in my volunteer capacity. On IRC, my username is usually Philippe|Wiki. I am a sysop on en:Wikipedia and on Meta. I am also a 'crat on the Foundation's Strategy wiki, by virtue of my role here. I can be emailed, of course: philippe (at) wikimedia.org

Follow me on identi.ca and Twitter! My username is philippewiki in both places.

About Me (Off-wiki)

The important things to know, I suppose, are that I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA with a strong interest in politics and government.

I have a partner of four years, and can usually be found doing very geeky things, or playing with our three critters (beagle mix, komondor, and ginger tabby).

My new favorite quote is from an ad I saw while at the musical Wicked:

Listen, I have flying monkeys, and I'm not afraid to use them!

There have been so many moments in my life when I wish I could have said that!

My "I wonder" section

I wonder why the number of male vs. female users is so disproportionate.

• Resource: Ragesoss's excellent essay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ragesoss/Gender_and_Wikipedia
• Resource: The FAQ's at http://wikichix.org/wiki/WikiChix
• Do we have/know any sociologists who could look into this?

I wonder if we've done an adequate job of communicating the core values. What if you aren't inclined to read them in English? How wide are the translations? More precisely, are they being modeled in the farther reaches of the projects? Do the smallest Wikipedias or Wiktionaries or whatever really model the values? And how do we know?

• How do we do this better? Social networking tools?

How do we better engage those who came to this wiki once and made only a single (or very few) edits?

• Note on user talk pages: "now that you've created your first proposal...."

Favorite quotes

Werdna: As a developer, I am obliged to forget about things and act like it is obvious when somebody asks.

Word cloud

I love this. It's a word cloud built from the Skills statements that were submitted in applications for strategic planning task forces.