Wikimedia Cuteness Association
The Wikimedia Cuteness Association (WCA) is a organization led by charismatic cute Toys, typically of the stuffed or soft variety, in order to encourage the participation of plush toys and to promote cuteness in the Wikimedia movement.
Priorities
Stabilized cute infrastructure | Meow meow |
Increase cuteness participation | Meow meow |
Improve cuteness quality | Meow meow |
Increase cuteness reach | Meow meow |
Encourage cute innovation | Meow meow |
Members
Board of Cuties
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Percy (Wearing Cloak of Invisibility)
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Petit Tigre (Wearing Cloak of Invisibility)
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Peter
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Wendy (Wearing Cloak of Invisibility)
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Shaxal
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Erminig (Wearing Cloak of Invisibility)
Independent advisors
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Nepomuk
Invited members
To be invited
Are you a local cute mascot, endorsed by your local Wikimedia affiliation or team? Please add yourself below.
- I am Wozzy the Owl, an Eurasian pygmy owl, and I am the mascot and luck-bringer of Wiki Loves Earth 2016 Bulgaria photo contest.
- Hi, I'm Cody, a South African penguin and I travel to developer events.
- Hi, I'm Tuxy Tux, an Oakland native. I am looking forward to participating in my first Wikimania (2017) with full zeal and enthusiasm.
Participate
This user supports Cuteness in the Wikimedia movement |
- Add yourself to the list below, and add the {{User Cuteness}} userbox to your user page.
- Join the mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cuteness
- Join the informal IRC channel #wikimedia-kawaiiconnect
Users that support cuteness in the Wikimedia movement
- Cute. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 04:35, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- In favour, of course. When will there be a session at a conference about how to be cute and how to write cute as humans? Romaine (talk) 10:29, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
- Smiling is contagious. Fluffy things can help. Quiddity (talk) 02:05, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- You cutes are great--Kippelboy (talk) 13:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
- As Peter's guardian for much of Wikimania 2014, I thoroughly endorse cuteness. Thryduulf (talk: meta · en.wp · wikidata) 00:24, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
- All the cutes belong to us!! Missvain (talk) 03:30, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- Make cuteness great again. --Lluis tgn (talk) 03:35, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- Cute power!. Rodelar (talk) 04:06, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- be cute my friend Millars (talk) 04:09, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- ITait (WMF) (talk)
Group photos
To be able to check if a mascot is cute, this section is dedicated to group photos of the group with the cute mascot. It is also meant to show that organisations and teams in the Wikimedia movement support a mascot. Wikimedia organisations and teams can add their group photos to this section to indicate their support for the mascot and the import role it has.
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Wikimedia Belgium with Wendy the Weasel at the Freedom of Panorama in Belgium launch event at 15 July 2016
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WikiCon 2016 supports the mascot Wendy the Weasel
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13 mascots of the Wikimedia movement at the Wikimedia Conference 2017 on a row from left to right: Cancunchyk (turtle), Shaxal (lion), ... (bear with I love you shirt), Wendy the Weasel (weasel), Nepomuk (owl), Black Philip (goat), ... (?), ... (?), Pengaroo + Pengarino (penguin + baby penguin), Cody Tux (black/white penguin), ... (?), Lara (seagull).
See also
- wm2013:User:Jean-Frédéric/Submissions/Plushies: the future of the Wikimedia movement
- wm2015:Submissions/State of the Cuteness: a state of mind for shaping the future of the Wikimedia movement
- Cuteathons: wm2014:Cuteathon, wm2015:Cuteathon, wm2016:Cuteathon,
- Logic model of the Behind the Scenes of the Wikimedia Conference 2016
- http://wca.commonists.org/wiki/Main_Page
References
- Nittono, Hiroshi; Fukushima, Michiko; Yano, Akihiro; Moriya, Hiroki (2012-09-26). "The Power of Kawaii: Viewing Cute Images Promotes a Careful Behavior and Narrows Attentional Focus". PLOS ONE 7 (9): e46362. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 23050022. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046362. (Excerpt)
- Sherman, Gary D.; Haidt, Jonathan; Coan, James A. (2009). "Viewing cute images increases behavioral carefulness.". Emotion 9 (2): 282–286. doi:10.1037/a0014904.