maria
I’m Maria and I have been with Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) since 2016. Most of this time I have spent with the volunteer support team, working together with volunteers from the German speaking community and making their ideas reality. Since 2021, I'm a project manager for the Software Development Department at WMDE and mainly dealing with 3rd party funded projects.
Session
The Wikimedia movement is exploring new ways to decentralize software development, strengthen equity in decision-making, and enhance the resilience of its ecosystem. This session brings together perspectives from different Wikimedia groups to discuss lessons learned, challenges faced, and opportunities ahead. Using the example of Shared Software Development for Wikidata, we will reflect on past experiences, share key insights, and outline future directions. The Partner organizations (Wikimedia Brasil, Wikimedia Deutschland, Igbo Wikimedians User Group, and WikiCollabs (Indonesia)) will offer their viewpoints on participation, obstacles, and aspirations for a more distributed approach. The session aims to inspire further collaboration and encourage more affiliates to engage in decentralizing software development.