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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:

4 December 2025

• 00:4700:47, 4 December 2025 Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Cases/2025/Mass deletion of user project pages (hist | edit) [8,793 bytes] Nikasandler (talk | contribs) (Request for U4C Review: Mass Deletion of My User Project Pages on Wikimedia Commons)
• 00:0300:03, 4 December 2025 Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Wikipedia 25 Birthday Celebration (hist | edit) [18,078 bytes] CR-FluxxBot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div style="float:right; width: 24em">{{Probox|status={{Fluxx status|prescreening}}|fiscalyear={{Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Fiscal year|}}|amount_local=176400 INR|amount_recommended=|fee=|portal=India Rapid |organization=N/A|amount=1987.36 USD|end_year=|contact=Hridyesh_Gupta|end_date=2025-01-30|start_date=2026-01-15|start_date_approved=|end_date_approved=|target=|project=Wikipedia 25 Birthday Celebration|translations=Probox/India_Rapid/Content}} {{Wikimedia Fo...")

3 December 2025

• 22:2822:28, 3 December 2025 Wikipedia & Education User Group/EduWiki Hub/Mentorship program/Cohort 1 (hist | edit) [3,230 bytes] RMaliqi (EdWH) (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Mentors== {{Grants/Contact info | name = | language = | username = | volunteer-username = | picture = [[File:|center|220px]] | role = | location = | timezone = }}{{Grants/Contact info | name = | language = | username = | volunteer-username = | picture = [[File:|center|220px]] | role = | location = | timezone = }} {{Grants/Contact info | name = | language = | username = | volunteer-username = | picture = [[File:|center|220px]] | role = | location = | t...")
• 22:1522:15, 3 December 2025 Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024/Resources/nl (hist | edit) [11,227 bytes] HanV (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024/Resources/nl")
• 22:0922:09, 3 December 2025 Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024/Call for participation letter/nl (hist | edit) [2,784 bytes] HanV (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Uitnodiging om deel te nemen aan de #WPWPCcampaign 2024")
• 21:1921:19, 3 December 2025 Reports:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Report/Usman Mohammed/Wikidata Awareness and Training in Azare (hist | edit) [2,920 bytes] Usmaney01 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Goals== ''Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?'' Yes I'm very much happy ==Outcome== ''Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to '''review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.''''' {{Project/Rapid/Report/Table/Header1}} <!---Please use the below table to: 1. List each of your original targets from your project plan. 2. List the actual outcome that was achieved. 3. E...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 20:4320:43, 3 December 2025 Reports:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Report/Wikipedia Awareness in College of Administrative Management and Technology Potiskum (hist | edit) [3,646 bytes] FULokoja (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Goals== ''Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?'' Yes, I'm happy ==Outcome== ''Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to '''review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.''''' {{Project/Rapid/Report/Table/Header1}} <!---Please use the below table to: 1. List each of your original targets from your project plan. 2. List the actual outcome that was achieved. 3. Explain ho...") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 20:3520:35, 3 December 2025 Tech/News/2025/48/pl (hist | edit) [5,800 bytes] Wargo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Tech/News/2025/48")
• 18:1118:11, 3 December 2025 Community Wishlist/W477 (hist | edit) [2,051 bytes] Alva2004 (talk | contribs) (Publishing the wish "Mehrfach eingebundene Bilder sollen nur einmal übertragen werden") Tag: Community Wishlist
• 17:1717:17, 3 December 2025 Wikimedia Tunisia/Board Meeting in 2025 (hist | edit) [10,009 bytes] Houss 2020 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Meeting 0 == '''Compte rendu de la 1ʳᵉ réunion du nouveau bureau Wikimedia Tunisia''' '''Date: 21 mars 2025''' '''Membres présents:''' • Houssem Eddin Boubakri. • Naïm Garboussi • Youssef Bel Hajj Yahya '''Membres excusés :''' •Olfa Yakoubi •Houssem Hammi ---- === '''Points discutés:''' === 1.Mot de bienvenue et introduction des nouve...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:1816:18, 3 December 2025 Wikimedia Laureate (hist | edit) [700 bytes] Fuzheado (talk | contribs) (start)
• 15:4015:40, 3 December 2025 CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/New WikiClubs and educational partnership in Albania (hist | edit) [3,621 bytes] Vyolltsa (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CEE Newsletter Article | status = proposed <!-- only to be changed by editor / at editor request --> | title = {{subst:SUBPAGENAME}}<!-- will be filled automatically --> | author = ~~~ (WoALUG) <!-- feel free to change or add more authors --> | type = update / learning <!-- select update for regular articles, learning for knowledge sharing --> | head image = WoALUG%27_Jeronim_de_Rada_WikiClub_sessions_in_Elbasan_Albania_03.jpg | head = <!-- one paragraph that should pr...")
• 15:3915:39, 3 December 2025 Template:Let's celebrate our Gulf/header (hist | edit) [870 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<noinclude><languages/></noinclude> <noinclude></noinclude> <div class="banner"> <div class="header"> <div id="mLogo">180px|link=</div> <div id="dLogo">900px|link=</div> </div> <ul> </li> <li class="{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Iraqi Wikimedians|selected}}">Special:MyLanguage/Iraqi Wikimedia...") originally created as "Let's celebrate our Gulf/header"
• 15:3315:33, 3 December 2025 Let's celebrate our Gulf (hist | edit) [2,247 bytes] روتانا (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{in use}}")
• 15:2815:28, 3 December 2025 WikiForHumanRights 2025: Documenting Ghana’s Just Energy Transition (hist | edit) [2,544 bytes] Esthee2010 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In Ghana, environmental and ocean pollution is one of the major problems that the country faces. On a daily basis activities by some citizens contribute to the destruction of the environment. These activities pollute our environment and has a very negative impact on our planet as a whole and poses as a danger to the future. This project is in support of the #WikiForHumanRights campaign that seeks more awareness on environmental sustainability. ==Activities for the pro...")
• 15:1615:16, 3 December 2025 Education/News/Drafts/New WikiClubs and educational partnership in Albania (hist | edit) [3,839 bytes] Vyolltsa (talk | contribs) (Created page with " {{Education/News/Drafts | Article title = {{Subst:SUBPAGENAME}} | Author = [[User:{{Subst:REVISIONUSER}}|{{Subst:REVISIONUSER}}]] | Summary = With the start of the new school year 2025-2026, Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group has focused on strengthening the Education pillar in Albania. <!-- Write a summary of this article here * ''Did you arrange a collaborative project with an educational institution?'' * ''Have you involved teachers or students in this p...")
• 14:5214:52, 3 December 2025 Wikimedia Deutschland/Plan 2026/Business Plan 2026 (hist | edit) [13,877 bytes] Anna Nölte (WMDE) (talk | contribs) (Created page with "English version of this site {| style="width: 100%; text-align: center;" | style="color: black; width: 14%; background-color: #dce4e8;" |<span style="font-size: 1.8em">'''<span style="color: black;">Strategic Goals</span>'''</span> | style="color: black; width: 14%; background-color: #dce4e8;" |<span style="font-size: 1.8em">'''<span style="color: black;"><span style="color:black">...")

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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