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• Have you preserved your cultural or national history through photo contests and editing events?
• Have you worked to enrich a particular language or cultural group on Wikimedia?
• Have you studied diversity issues in online communities?
• What have you learned about encouraging diversity on Wikimedia?

Add Suggested Problems and Solutions related to Diversity

Multiple ways to contribute!

1. Describe a Problem Use 3-5 words for the title. Describe what challenges you have, what changes you would like to see. To add a problem, use the "edit" option to add a problem with wiki markup, use: ==Problem: ENTER PROBLEM TITLE ==

2. Offer a solution there might be different takes at the same problem. Do you see a challenge you can relate to? What is your possible solution? To add solutions, use the "edit" option to add a solution with wiki markup, use: {{Solution|ENTER SOLUTION HERE }}

3. Describe a Problem and Offer a Solution show others how you tried to solve a specific challenge you had. Submit both a problem and a solution pair.

4. Endorse others Sign your name under problems or solutions you think are important -- use the "edit" option to add your endorsements with wiki markup, use: Type the "#" character, and place your signature

5. Create a Learning Pattern based on a Problem and Solution set Take a problem and solution set and create a learning pattern based on it.

Problem: Writing for non-native English readers: density and complexity

Sometimes it is hard to know what level of complexity written documentation is and you need to know whether someone with a basic reading ability will understand (User:JAnstee (WMF)).

1. Yes, this can be tricky for me too --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Solution: How about using the Hemingway App? (link) -- JAnstee (WMF)

Problem: Writing for non-native English readers: idiomatic language

Native speakers may make frequent use of idiomatic language that makes it harder to translate (even mentally translate for one's own understanding) for non-native speakers.

If one makes a conscious effort, proper idioms like "the whole nine yards" or "busman's holiday" are relatively easy to avoid. Much harder to avoid is the idiomatic aspect of a core feature of English -- phrasal verbs, meaning verbs that combine with a preposition or particle to create their actual meaning. Phrasal verbs are often opaque (as well as harder to find in the dictionary!) to non-native speakers. For example, "blow up" may be harder to understand than "explode" or "enlarge"; "repeat" is more understandable than "do over"; "choose" easier than "pick out". Ijon (talk) 01:49, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Solution: consciously avoid idiomatic language, and when you find yourself using an idiom, replace it with a more literal version (in writing), or follow it up (in speech) with a literal re-statement of what you meant. It's hard at first, but experience shows it does become habitual, with time. :) Ijon (talk)

Solution: Even when I try to avoid using idioms, they still show up in my writing. One thing that helps me detect idioms is to translate a sentence from my native language (English) to my second (Spanish) or third (Flemish) language. I am not as good at speaking Spanish or Flemish as I used to be, so if reading the translation is difficult, I know that I need to choose new words to explain myself (in English). --KittyCarmichael (talk) 06:30, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Problem: Talking points for diversity

Sometimes, its hard to know how to talk about diversity to new wikimedians or partners. What resources are out there with data and links that we can use?

Solution: Add your solution here!

Problem: What is a good way to promote your cultural heritage?

--EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 18:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

1. Yes, this is a good idea. -- MCruz (WMF)

Solution: I saw in Argentina, they were working with local communities inside and outside the major cities. They were also doing interviews with local leaders to see what is needed in terms of content and how local partners might get involved. --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 18:27, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Problem: Uncertainty as to what constitutes sexist incivility

According to a thread at the Gender Gap Task Force, there is uncertainty as to what constitutes sexist incivility. --Djembayz (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Solution: Get community input and come up with a definition.

--Djembayz (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

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About this initiative

For many years, the Wikimedia movement has acknowledged language, culture and gender diversity as important for its goal to share the sum of all human knowledge. The Wikimedia movement faces many diversity challenges. The Chinese, Hindi, and Arabic Wikipedias have very small percentages of editors as compared to the total population of people who know those languages; only about 45 of the world’s sovereign states participated in Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 on Wikimedia Commons only a small minority of Wikipedia contributors are female. Several initiatives have tried to understand the problem and work towards increasing diversity in participation and content coverage to address these gaps (e.g., Writing Diversity back in Wikipedia toolkit and Charting diversity). We want to add one more! We are awarding Learning and Evaluation barnstars! Barnstar for Learning Pattern contributors Barnstar for idea contributors Diversity Learning Pattern Campaign Calendar February Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 14 - 28: Submit your problem and/or solution to Diversity Learning patterns campaign page! March 1 to 15: Submit your problem and/or solution to Diversity Learning patterns campaign page! March 4: IEG+PEG: Inspire Campaign launches. Support ideas with Diversity Learning Patterns! March 16 to 22: Delivering barn stars to those who contributed to Diversity learning patterns campaign!