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Here is Wikimedia Israel report for June 2013:
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*Fifth Wikipedia Academy Conference *
The fifth Wikipedia Academy conference in Israel was held on June 2, 2013
in the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. The central theme of this year's
conference, which attracted an audience of 150—among them Wikipedians,
members of the academia and the business world—was "*Why are there fewer
women editors on Wikipedia*".
We were honored to welcome the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
member *Bishakha Datta* , as our keynote speaker. We also had a women's
panel with some of our Wikipedia Israel community members, and several
professional researchers.
- Follow this link to
see<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/03/fifth-wikipedia-academy-israel/…
our
latest update on Wikimedia blog
- Watch the video clip summary <http://youtu.be/Nr9VoizX0-Q> of the
conference:
- All the sessions are available on our
YouTubechannel<http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuQcXKjU3rwLCQz-dbP…
:
- Photos on
Flickr<http://www.flickr.com/photos/wikimediail/sets/72157633952455042/&…
and
Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Academy_Isr…
:
Wikimedia Israel Survey
On June 2013, Wikimedia Israel conducted a survey, according to which 23%
of Israeli Wikipedians are women (compared to 10–15% in other parts of the
world), 57% of Wikipedians are single and have a bachelor's or master's
degree, 15% are under the age of 15 and 5% are over 60. Only 29% of the
editors said they wrote new articles; the others engaged in adding content
to existing articles, correcting mistakes and adding media.
You will find the exact statistics on this press
release<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA/>
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Program activities *
*GLAM*
- On June 13, Wikimedia Israel celebrated the Hebrew Book Week in a
joint event with the National Library in Jerusalem. The event, run by
Wikimedia Israel volunteers, began with an editing workshop for librarians
and other library employees. It continued with a "behind-the-scenes" tour
at the library’s ancient text archives, where we learned about the various
collections and about the historical value of the library. The tour was
open to both Wikipedians and the general public. After the tour we gave a
lecture about Wikipedia to the general public, while wikipedians were
engaged in an edit-a-thon. The event marked the beginning of a second pilot
project with the NLI, which includes a "Wikipedian-in-Residence" Program
for 6 months.
- On June 24, a presentation about GLAM-Wiki, focusing on collaboration
with Libraries, was given to about 20 librarians from central Israel.
*Africa Center Project*
- On June 23, a lecture and editing workshop was held in the Ben-Gurion
University (BGU) in partnership with the university’s Africa Center.
Eighteen BGU students will travel to Ghana in the coming month and will be
installing an offline copy of Wikipedia there.
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*Lectures and Academic Partnerships*
- A new partnership with the Faculty of Biblical and Jewish Studies at
the Bar-Ilan University has started and on June 13th, an editing workshop
was held for the students of the" "Lamentation in the Bible" course.
The
partnership will involve students writing Wikipedia articles as a mandatory
course assignment. It was the first the "Education Extension" was used in
an academic course in Israel.
- In addition, a “What is Wikipedia” talk was given at the Department of
Molecular Biology in the Ariel University. The talk was attended by about
70 students, researchers and faculty.
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*Press coverage*
*Media coverage regarding **Wikipedia Academy**:*
- 30/6 - נשים, ויקיפדיה צריכה אתכן - ראיון עם בישאקה
דאטה<http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151701120445229&set=a.…
(Mammon,
Yedioth Achoronot - Exclusive interview with Bishakha datta)
- 2/6 - מועדון הבנים הסגור של ויקיפדיה
בעברית<http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/net/.premium-1.2035249>
(Haaretz
- Written and online version)
- 2/6 - על גברים, נשים וויקיפדיה - סיון: "אבל התקדמנו!" שלומית ליר:
"כנראה שלא כל
כך..."<http://www.103.fm/programs/Media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=FKMEDM&c41t4nzVQ=EF>
(Radio 103FM
Ben Caspit).
- 3/6 - למה יש כל כך הרבה נשים בלוגריות, אבל כל כך מעט נשים כותבות
בוויקיפדיה? <http://saloona.co.il/anatshapiraspace/?p=692> (Saloona
Blog).
- העולם הסודי של כותבי הערכים בוויקיפדיה
העברית<http://www.pc.co.il/?p=119825> (PC
news).
- 2/6 - בישאקה דאטה, חברת הוועד המנהל של קרן ויקימדיה: "אנחנו לא מעריכים
מספיק את הידע שנשים יכולות לספק, ולא, לא מדובר רק באופנה
ובאוכל<http://www.telecomnews.co.il/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%94-%D7%93%D7%90%D7%98%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9F-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A7-%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8-%D7%A8%D7%A7-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%9C.html>"
(Telecom News)
- 3/6 - איך זה שוויקיפדיה מלאה
סקסיסטים<http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/mejunderet/.premium-1.2036557>
(Haaretz)
- 3/6 - על מי כותבים
בוויקיפדיה<http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/world/america/.premium-1.2036990>
(Haaretz)
*Wikipedia general:*
- 16/6 - – "Editorial Wars – That’s how a Right Wing organization
employee revised Wikipedia
articles<http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/net/.premium-1.2047384>"
(Haaretz)
- 19/6 - – "The history of Wikipedia edit
wars<http://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-1.2050485>"
(Haaretz)
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Blog posts this month*
· June 2 - The fifth Wikipedia Academy conference – "Why are there
fewer women editors on Wikipedia". This post was written by Chen Davidi,
Activity Coordinator of Wikimedia Israel, and was published on Wikimedia
Israel
blog<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1-%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99/>,
as well on the Wikimedia international blog.
*Upcoming activities
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July:*
- 4.7- A “What is Wikipedia” Lecture.
- 7.7- A “What is Wikipedia” Lecture.
- 8.7 - Board meeting.
- 9.7 - General Assembly
- 10.7 – Lecture at the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
- 12.7 – Ten years to Hebrew Wikipedia meetup.
- 19.7 - A Thousand words tour in Petah Tikva.
- 19.7 - WikiAir Flight.
- 21 - A “What is Wikipedia” Lecture.
- 23- Editathon for the National Library staff and the general public.
*August:*
- 1- Editathon at the National Library in Jerusalem.
- 2 - A Thousand words tour in Jerusalem.
- 7-10- Wikimania Hong Kong.
- 16 - A Thousand words tour at the 'City of David'.
- 20 – Wikicommons Workshop for the Israeli Navy personnel at the
University of Haifa.
- 28 – Wikicommons Workshop for the general public.
*Administrative activities:
*We are currently at the end of a procedure towards recruiting a new
Executive Director.
*Regards,
*Chen Davidi
Activity Coordinator
Wikimedia Israel