Hi all!
the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#74) is available. Summary:
- 1.1 5 x 1000 to Wikimedia Italia: THANK
YOU!<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.2 Wikimedia Italia members’ meeting: election of the new
board<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.3 Archeowiki: wikitrips for
everybody<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.4 Wiki Loves Monuments 2014: let's
go!<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.5 Wikimedia Conference 2014 in
Berlin<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.6 News from the OpenStreetMap
world<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.7 News from the Wiki
world<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
- 1.8 Flash news: Easter
closure<http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_news/numero_74/en&acti…>
As usual, a link has been added to meta, at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia…;
more-or-less raw text of the bulletin follows below.
ciao, .mau.
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= Wikimedia News n. 74, April 17th 2014 =
[[File:Assemblea_Firenze_2014_150.jpg|400px|thumb|center|''The new board of
Wikimedia Italia'', by Ilario (own work) - [CC-BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia
Commons]]
== 5 x 1000 to Wikimedia Italia: THANK YOU! ==
[[File:LIBERASI.jpg|200px|thumb|left| <p align=center> Postcard for
devolving your 5x1000 to Wikimedia Italia, by Jollyroger</p>]]
On April 9th the Italian tax agency reported the [
http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/Nsilib/Nsi/Documentazione/Arch…
data] about the devolutions of the 5x1000 tax quote. We're proud to
annouce that '''more than 4 000 Italian citizens''' chose Wikimedia
Italia as destination for their quotes, for a total revenue of
'''142 246,97 euro'''. We warmly thank all the people who wrote our
fiscal code in their income declaration and signed for freeing the culture.
Wikimedia Italia ranked '''151st''' on over 34 000 associations.
Our gratitude is not mere politeness! Your support is really fundamental,
as it allows us and our volunteers to fuel the projects aimed to spread the
free culture in Italy. That's the reason we invite you to write again this
year our fiscal code '''94039910156''' in your income declaration (or to
instruct your business consultant to do so) and [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Cinque_per_mille '''to sign to devolve your
5x1000 quote to Wikimedia Italia'''].
== Wikimedia Italia members’ meeting: election of the new board ==
The Wikimedia Italia members’ meeting took place in Florence, hosted by [
http://florence.impacthub.net/ The Hub] on April 5th. The schedule was
dense of topics, among which the election of three new board members.
As usual, the morning was dedicated to discuss topics of general interest
for the community; we had the first official presentation of [
http://openstreetmap.it/ OpenStreetMap] project, whose members updated the
audience about the forthcoming creation of the Italian chapter.
[http://www.eagle-network.eu/ Eagle], Wikimania 2015 and crowdfunding were
other topics touched during the day, together with the approval of several [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Associazione:Assemblea_WMI_aprile_2014/Verbal…
resolutions], among them the one to acknowledge the new associates
and to delete members defaulting since 2012.
The works went on after a quick lunch: [
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Laurentius Laurentius] (Lorenzo Losa), [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Sannita Sannita] (Luca Martinelli), [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Mizardellorsa Mizar] (Gian Francesco
Esposito), [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Atropine Atropine]
(Ginevra Sanvitale), [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Cortesi Cortesi]
(Simone Cortesi) and
[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:FranciaioFranciaio] (Francesco
Tarantini), candidates for the board, exposed their
positions. With a total of 69 votes, '''Cortesi''', '''Sanvitale''' e
'''Martinelli''' were declared elected, and the board appointed them
respectively of the roles of vice-president, projects accountable and
secretary. Their functions add to the ones of Andrea Zanni, the new
president, and Cristian Consonni, who inherits the treasurer’s role from [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Cotton Cotton] (Alessio Guidetti).
The meeting was also the chance to announce a new, international,
candidature: [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Utente:Frieda Frieda Brioschi],
the historical ex-president of Wikimedia Italia, communicated to the
attendees her intention to apply for one of the two vacant [
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seatsAffiliate-sele…
board seats (ASBS)] in the Wikimedia Foundation Board.
Frieda expressed her wish and availability to candidate herself and the
Wikimedia Italia Board welcomed this decision with enthusiasm, ensuring its
official support for the candidature!
The complete record of the meeting is publicly available here, in Italian: [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Associazione:Assemblea_WMI_aprile_2014/Verbal…]
Attendees could also collect their [
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/w/images/wikina/1/19/Tessera_Socio_WMI_2014_FRONTE…
membership card]. Those who could not get to Florence will receive it
directly at home. If you are not yet member, and you wish to become, just
follow the directions in the
[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Iscrizionisubscriptions] page and pay
the annual fee, this year unchanged at 25€.
== Archeowiki: wikitrips for everybody ==
In the last issues of Wikimedia News we gave ample reports about the [
http://www.archeowiki.it/ Archeowiki project], about the activities put in
place with students of first and second grade secondary school and with the
seniors of the AUSER groups.
We are almost at the end of this adventure and it’s time to involve you,
our members and sympathizers.
>From next May to the beginning of June, the volunteers archaeologists and
wikipedians will be glad to '''accompany groups of people to visit some of
the museums related to the project'''.
The entrance to the museums is '''free''', attendants are only asked to
reach the place by themselves.
If you are interested, please '''sign up for the event by filling the
online form''' (one for each event), where you can also express your
eventual preference for a collective meal; Wikimedia Italia will do the
organization work.
For the moment, Archeowiki is a project focused in Lombardy. We understand
that people living too far would find it difficult to attend. We apologize,
and hope that in the future similar initiatives can be offered in other
areas of Italy as well.
Here there are the proposed dates for the four meetings in the museums,
with their link for signing up. The visits will take place in the
afternoon, but for all the details we kindly ask you to wait until the days
immediately before the trip.
* '''Sunday, May 4th 2014''': [
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_civico_archeologico_Giovanni_RambottiMu…
Archeologico Rambotti] in Desenzano del Garda. Sign up [
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/registrazione-wikigita-al-museo-archeologico-r…].
* '''Sunday, May 11th 2014''': [
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_civico_Goffredo_Bellini Civico Museo
“Goffredo Bellini”] in Asola. Sign up [
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/registrazione-wikigita-al-civico-museo-goffred…].
* '''Sunday, May 18th 2014''': [
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_civico_di_Castelleone Civico Museo
Archeologico] in Castelleone. Sign up [
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/registrazione-wikigita-al-civico-museo-archeolo…].
* '''Sunday, June 8th 2014''': [
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civico_museo_archeologico_di_Villa_MirabelloM…
Civico Archeologico] in Varese. Sign up [
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/registrazione-wikigita-al-museo-civico-archeol…].
Please answer as soon as possible, in order to organize the Wikitrips at
their best! For any questions feel free to contact us at [mailto:
segreteria(a)wikimedia.it segreteria(a)wikimedia.it]
== Wiki Loves Monuments 2014: let's go! ==
The '''2014 edition''' of the World's Largest Online Photo Contest has
begun! Aspiring photographers, lovers of art and monuments, people who love
their city, tourists, and of course shooting professionals are called upon
to unleash the cameras and to challenge with their shots: [
http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it '''Wiki Loves monuments'''] is an
initiative that sets ambitious goals, first of all to '''create a great
online database that collects photos of all the monuments in Italy''', even
and especially those less famous. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia has the great
merit of awakening the interest of citizens for those monuments often
forgotten, that are part of the everyday landscape of everyone, but often
ignored and not valued.
'''The new edition needs everyone's help!''' How?
# Are there in your town monuments that you would like to enhance and
photograph? Let us know! Write to [mailto: contatti(a)wikilovesmonuments.it
contatti(a)wikilovesmonuments.it] and, at the same time, inform your local
council about this important initiative. The participation requires a [
http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/partecipa/amministrazioni-pubbliche-enti-e…]
by the local institutions: help us get it!
# Are you a photographer, are you part of an association of enthusiasts or
do you know photographers who would be interested in participating? Let us
know or let them visit our website. Don't miss the opportunity to take part
with one or more photos: the Italian cultural heritage is everybody's
wealth!
== Wikimedia Conference 2014 in Berlin ==
Sunday, April 13th was the final day of the [
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 Wikimedia
Conference 2014], the worldwide meeting of the experts of the Wikimedia
movement, which takes place once a year. After the Italian exception of
2013, the conference returned to Berlin and was organized by the
experienced team of the local chapter, [
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland Wikimedia
Deutschland]. For Wikimedia Italia attended [[User:Frieda|Frieda
Brioschi]], [[User: Aubrey|Andrea Zanni]] (''Chairman'') and [[User:
BOINCstats|Cristian Consonni]] as member of the [
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Funds_Dissemination_Committee FDC]
(Funds Dissemination Committee).
After returning from Berlin, Zanni said: "It was an opportunity for
Wikimedia Italia to talk and to discuss with other national chapters. We
discovered some of our strengths: our relationship with libraries and
librarians, for example, is peculiar and to our knowledge no other chapter
has established a deep and fruitful dialogue as we did. [
http://www.eagle-network.eu/ EAGLE] also seems to be the first project that
uses the Wikibase software out of [
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page Wikidata], and the same
Wikidata team has proven very interested."
For Wikimedia Italia, it was also an opportunity to formalize the
endorsement for Frieda Brioschi, [
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Nominat…]
as a new member of the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation in the
so-called [
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014 Chapter
Selected Seats], the three positions elected every two years directly by
the chapters and the thematic workgroups. The elections will take place
'''from April 15th until May 31st, 2014''' .
Finally, in the words of Andrea Zanni we also learnt of the sad incident
that happened during the days of the conference in Berlin: "It was very sad
to learn of the death of [
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Cynthia Cynthia
Ashley-Nelson], American Wikipedian, just a few days ago appointed
vicechair of the Affiliation Committee. We all saw her on the first day
of the conference, and knew of her death in the hotel during the night. The
conference was greatly shaken by this event and all the works have been
dedicated to her. "
Wikimedia Italia joins the
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cindamusecondolences] to
Cynthia.
== News from the OpenStreetMap world ==
[[File:HOT_changesets_west_africa_2014-04-05.png|200px|thumb|left|<p
align="center">The changeset of HOT intervention in West Africa </p>]]
* If you want your city, state or country have better OSM data, you need
more local mappers. Some [http://weait.com/mappy-hour-matchmaker important
tips] by Richard Weait.
* The Humanitarian OSM Team (HOT) wrote a review article on [
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2014-03-31_2014_west_africa_ebola_outb…
to the epidemic of Ebola in 2014 in West Africa].
* In just 29 hours, a small number of users mapped [
https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mamou-tracing/ the entire town of Mamou] (20105
buildings), the place of the hearth of the epidemic Ebola.
* Jorieke wrote a report concerning a [
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/updates/2014-04-01_a_week_in_lubumbashi_drc a
week spent in mapping Lubumbashi] in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
* A Chris Fleming's column about apps [
http://chrisfleming.org/OpenStreetMap/android-apps-for-mapping/ for Android
Mapping]. Especially interesting in view of the mapping party.
* Andy Allan has released some screenshots of his new [
http://blog.gravitystorm.co.uk/2014/03/28/a-sneak-peak-at-thunderforest-lig…
server Lightning].
* The University of Heidelberg has organized a [
http://k1z.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2014/03/28/children-searching-for-mh370-o…
for children on OSM].
* The fastest routing engine, OSRM, has received several improvements. Read
the full list of Dennis [
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osrm-talk/2014-April/000485.htmlh…].
* Stefano Sabatini has tried to map in [
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/sabas88/diary/21649 100 countries for 100
days].
* Through a partnership between DigitalGlobe and Mapbox it is now possible
to track the satellite photos of this well-known commercial supplier; it
also promises to release new images from area of 500,000 square
kilometers! [
http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2014/04/09/mappingtheworldinosm/ This is
the announcement on the blog Digital Globe] .
You can read the [
http://openstreetmap.it/2014/04/osm-riassunto-settimanale-92/ Full Version]
of the OpenStreetMap newsletter on the official website (in Italian).
== News from the Wiki world ==
* The project [http://wikiskills.net/ WikiSkills], sponsored by Wikimedia
Sverige, which aimed to educate teachers on how to use the Wiki products at
school, ended on December 2013. The initiative, co-financed by the European
Union, has met a great success. On the site you can find [
http://wikiskills.net/the-project-deliverables/ the results and the
materials produced].
* Katherine Maher is the new Head of Communications of the Wikimedia
Foundation, the [
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/15/katherine-maher-joins-foundation-chief…]
by Sue Gardner (Executive Director in charge) in the blog of the
foundation.
* The internet world has been shaken in recent days by the [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed Heartbleed] bug, which makes it
potentially vulnerable much of the information included in the internet
over the past two years. A young - only 19 - Italian Wikipedian, Philip
Valsorda, has not panicked and first created a [
https://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ test site] to verify the reliability of a
server and, if needed, to remedy the problem. Many developers have followed
him, creating different tools for the same purpose.
== Flash news: Easter closure ==
Wikimedia Italia office will be '''closed''' next week for Easter holidays;
we'll be back on April 28th. A happy Easter and a happy April 25th to all
of you.
----
'''Notice: this newsletter is exclusively intended for information about
Wikimedia Italia, both to its members and to the general public; as per
Art. 1, Comma 2, Legge 7 marzo 2001 no. 62, it is not an editorial
product'''
[[Categoria:Wikimedia news soci]]
It is with great regret that we need to confirm that Cynthia
Ashley-Nelson (User:Cindamuse,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse ) passed away on Friday,
April 11. Our thoughts are with Cindy’s family, friends and the
Wikimedia community. Her next of kin have been informed prior to
releasing this announcement.
Cindy was elected vice-chair of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee
on April 10, 2014. She had traveled to Berlin in order to attend the
Affiliations Committee’s annual meeting during the international
Wikimedia Conference. Both a long-time Wikipedia editor and an expert
in organizational development with a professional background of 25
years, she devoted her time, passion and vast expertise to contribute
in numerous ways to the free knowledge movement. Cindy was deeply
committed to supporting the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education
Program and to tackling the gender gap issue on Wikipedia.
In the short time since January that Cindy has been with us in the
Affiliations Committee, we have come to value her thoughts, passion
and refreshing ideas. She was working very enthusiastically with us,
and we are all saddened that we won’t have the chance to learn from
all of her ideas, insights and experiences. The months we shared
proved her to be a very valuable and engaged member of the committee,
which led to her election as AffCom vice-chair.
We are sad beyond words and so is everyone who came to Berlin to
participate in the Wikimedia Conference. Her passing is a great loss
for everyone in the Wikimedia movement. This morning all the
conference attendees gathered together to grieve and talk about the
loss of Cindy. We decided that all of us at the Wikimedia Conference
could choose to continue the conversations about the future of the
movement Cindy cared so much about, as well as spending our time here
to remember and celebrate her. She will be greatly missed.
You can share your condolences and memories of Cynthia on her user
talk page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cindamuse ).
On behalf of the whole Affiliations Committee, and the other community
members gathered here in Berlin:
Carlos Colina,
Chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee
Bence Damokos,
Outgoing chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee
Dear fellows,
The following message is just to keep you informed about the activities
developed in March by Amical Wikimedia.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia/March_2014
Kind regards,
David Parreño Mont
User:Davidpar
Communications, Amical Wikimedia
----
*Source:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia/March_2014
GLAM-WIKI
- 28th January to 14th April -- Il·lustraciència Award from Associació
Catalana de Comunicació Científica (Catalan Asociation of Science
Comunication) give to the participants the option to accept Wikimedia
Commons upload of their artworks. Post in the blog 12th february[1].
- 4th March - 2013 GLAMWIKI project report presentation to Barcelona
Music Museum board and 2014 planning meeting. Kippelboy & Marionaaragay
- 4th March - 2014 planning meeting with Cosmocaixa, biggest science
museum in Barcelona Kippelboy.
- 13th March -- Opening of the exhibition *Haver fet un lloc on els
artistes tinguin dret a equivocar-se* in Barcelona's Fundació Joan Miró.
The exhibition includes QRpedia codes in all displayed artworks and
wikimedians' work has been credited in the exhibition catalogue. ESM &
Kippelboy
- 15th March -- Women Edit-a-thon in Palafrugell. Organitzed together
with Palafrugell Local Archive. Arnaugir and Anskar
- 21th March - International Poetry Day. Recording Catalan celebrities
talking for the voice into project[2] and reading Public Domain Poetry[3].
Kippelboy, KRLS & Beusson
Education
- 3rd March -- Editing workshop to Journalism undergraduate students from
Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University. Kippelboy, Davidpar
- 5th March -- 2nd editing workshop to Journalism undergraduate students
from Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University. Kippelboy.
- 11th March -- GLAMWIKI, Creative Commons and Wikipedia lecture to
Digital Humanities students of the International University of Catalonia
(International Students from all around the world) Kippelboy.
- 13th March -- Editing workshop to Art History undergraduate students
from Universitat de Lleida (2nd term of Viquiprojecte:Història de l'Art
UdL[4]). ESM
- 20-25th of March: Wikimedia Commons course to Master in photography
students of University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Kippelboy
- 26 March- Meeting with Floor from the Wikimedia Foundation. Amical
joins the Edu-Cooperative project. Kippelboy
- 27 March- GLAMwiki workshop for Catalan Librarians in Cambrils.
Kippelboy
- 28 March- GLAMwiki meeting with the Vice Dean of the Faculty of
Philology (University of Barcelona) about the Viquiclàssics[5] project.
Marionaaragay
- WikiArS:
- March 4th -- Meeting at Nacional Arqueological Museum of Tarragona
with Museum curators and four students from School of Art that are in
intership with Amical. See the assignments here[6]. Lluis_tgn
Other
- 6th March: Press Presentation of the new version of Language Tool:
Style & Grammar tool done by Softcatalà.
- 8th March: Workshop for Marrecs de Salt, *castellers* from Salt.
Arnaugir
- 9th March: Meeting with the Tech department of the Fundació La Caixa,
to talk about open knowledge and Open Licenses
- 13th March: Meeting with the Councillor of Women Rights and Social
Equality of the Town Council of Barcelona, to talk about wikiwomen projects.
- 20th March: *Wikipedia and Generalitat*: Session about Openknowledge
and OpengGov to public servers (175 attendees) (short video[7]) Kippelboy
- 31 March: Meeting with French wikimedians in Céret to organise a
project for intercultural sharing in Oct/nov 2014.
Organization
- Scolarships for Catalan Wikimedians to go to Wikimania 2014[8] are
announced. Amical will offer 10 scolarships of EURO 350 each.
- March 6th: Chapters Dialogue[9] interview. Arnaugir
- March 19th: meeting with Catalan Summer University to prepare editing
workshop for August in Prades. Arnaugir
- March 27th: Museu Víctor Balaguer receives an Award for its GLAMWIKI
project by the Catalan Association of Museum Proffessionals.
Media
- 2nd March: *30 minuts* report "Viquipedistes"[10] released on Catalan
public TV on primetime.
- 8th March: Interview to Dvdgmz at Ràdio Premià.
- 11th March: Viquiprojecte Unió Europea: know your own backyard[11],
Wikimedia Blog
- Catalan Culture Challenge coverage: VilaWeb, El Periódico, Racó
Català, Nació Digital. Davidpar
[1]
http://www.wikimedia.cat/2014/02/12/il%C2%B7lustraciencia-convida-als-parti…
[2] https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:La_veu_%C3%A9s_lliure
[3] https://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Viquitexts:Dia_de_la_poesia
[4]
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Hist%C3%B2ria_de_l%27Art_UdL/Ar…
[5] https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Viquicl%C3%A0ssics
[6]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiArS_assignments_with_EADT
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4n_bRA7i-E
[8] http://www.wikimedia.cat/borses-de-viatge-per-assistir-a-wikimania-2014/
[9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue
[10] http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4930191/Viquipedistes
[11]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/11/viquiproject-unio-europea-know-your-o…
