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Wikimedia Italia news no. 23 - January 8th, 2009
by Nemo_bis 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Available at http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/Wikimedia_news/numero_23/en. Editorial Dear members, another year is gone and our association enters in 2009 with a lot of important events. The WMI Members' Meeting is nearer and nearer, and we urge all members to attend it. In February we will also host "wikimangia", an event which, like in the past years, wants to gather at the same banquet table people from the various wiki projects to stay together, laugh, eat and generally enjoy ourselves. Future events * *January 9*, Reggio Emilia: at Gabella, a meeting about Wikipedia and Wikimedia; Paginazero will attend it. * *February 14/15*, Monte Amiata: we'll have the fourth edition of "wikimangia". All members and non-members are invited; keep in mind that the event is focused on eno-gastronomy, so /no more wikitalks and go eat and drink/. If you want to confirm your attending, go to the page on wikipedia <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Amiata_2009_-_Wikimangia_4>. * *March 22*, Milano: Ordinary and Extraordinary WMI Members' Meeting, at Domus Academy, via Giacomo Watt 37. News from our projects News from Italian WMF projects * *Wikiquote*: added a new parameter <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/q:it:Template:Interprogetto/man#Wikipedia_int…> to the template Interproject to connect to Wikipedia articles in other languages (here <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/q:it:Pierre_V%C3%A9ron> an example); BimBot <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/q:it:Utente:BimBot> created 4129 redirects ftom the same number of works' titles to the corresponding paragraphs of 1767 articles; all sysops were given bureaucrat flag, as per consensus <http://it.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Bar&oldid=227881#Burocr…>. * *Wikisource*: reached 20.000 texts. * *Wikizionario*: two new policies are adopted. One to recategorize all flexed forms <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikt:it:Wikizionario:Bar/Archivio/2008-13#una…>, so that categories may be more effective; another to recategorize specialized terminology <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikt:it:Wikizionario:discussione_policy#Termi…>. These policies will lead to the deletion and creation of hundreds of categories. News from Musica Musica completely renewed its home page, adding an area showing new uploads. During the last month, two operas of Giuseppe Verdi and some new punk albums were added. News from the Association As per our charter, the Board called an *Ordinary and Extraordinary Wikimedia Italia Members' Meeting*, which will be held in *Milano* on *March 22, 2009*. This meeting is really important for our Association; besides usual management issues (budget and resolutions' approval) and the usual talks among members and wikipedias, we are aiming to *change the charter* of the Association. Among the changes proposed there is the lowering of the quorum needed to make further changes to the charter itself (now it is set at three quarters of the members, and we risk to have the Association locked up), and the modifications needed to become an *Associazione di promozione sociale* (APS: see it.wiki <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associazione_di_promozione_sociale>). Becoming an APS allows us to have several facilitations: the most important one is the deducibility (or partial deductivity) of the donations to the Association. Board Deliberations * Virtual Skiz asked for and was appointed coordinator of the Association for Campania. Nomination lasts three months since deliberation. * Board approved unanimously transfer of €3.500,00 to Wikimedia Foundation. This is the whole amount of donations to Wikimedia Italia in 2008 (€1.700,00), and 30% of proceeds of gadgets' sell.

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Wikimedia France Report : October - December
by Christophe Henner 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

This montly activity report covers october, november, and december 2008 ==Program activities== * WM-Fr rewarded the winners of the Wikiconcours "Cross project" category with 100€ gift checks for books. *Funded the numerization of pictures of Gandhi. == Public activities and interventions == *Workshops given **Le Cube, Greater Paris Area, Oct 11th. **Bibliothèque Marguerite Yourcenar, Paris, Dec 14th and Nov 9th. **La Cantine (dedicated to senior citizens), Paris, Nov 21st. **Nanterre, Nov 29th. *Conferences attended **Creative Commons France, Paris, Oct 15th. **JDLL (free software meeting), Lyon, October 17 & 18th. **Salon de l'éducation/Educatice, Paris, Nov, 27 to 29th. **Open World Forum, Paris, Dec 1st and 2nd. *Talks given ** 21 October: talk about "Free knowledge and Wikimedia" to students from "IEP Toulouse" (policital sciences school, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27%C3%A9tudes_politiques_de_Toulouse ) ** 17 October: presentation to Auvergne librarian association (Brioude) ==Fundraising== *Partner of Wikimedia Foundation for the annual fundraiser. *Developed a new donation website with online payment system *Improvement of previous, as well as creation of new promotional material (leaflets, fundraising buttons...) *Raised approximately 50 000 euros (last donations not included) ==Press== *Supported the set up of the Wikiposter project with a [http://wikimedia.fr/index.php/Communiqués_de_presse/Et_si_vous_pouviez_accr… press release] (creation and purchase of poster from our images) == International events/happenings/news == *Anything on an international level that touches the chapter/interests the chapter ** 16 October: presentation to "From illiteracy to computer illiteracy : an equal form of exclusion ?", European Meeting of Social Press ** 2-3 October: presentation at "3rd Conference on Cultural Economics" [http://www.jec-culture.org/?id_page=accueil&lang=en&PHPSESSID=b0af206efedd7…] (UE) ** December: two presentations at the Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv. Was the opportunity for chapter (French and Israel) contact and for a wikimeet in Tel Aviv **Funding of the Zeus Web Server for the Toolserver. == Lobbying/Political == * Assisted to the announcement of the French "Plan du Numérique 2012" (action plan of the government) * First contacts with reporters without borders in november (they publish a yearly book with pictures to support the press, we presented them commons). * The council of Île-de-France, a French region ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France_(region) ) voted to become a member of Wikimédia France. * Anthere received her award from the hands of the minister in charge of digital economy. Was the opportunity to gather French actors of the open source. ==Tools== * Monthly IRC meeting for the members and the Board to discuss current issues * Phone conferences will be tested in January * WM-Fr new website development ongoing, based on TYPO3. * Hosting of our tools was migrated in september on a dedicated server. * Wikimédia France now on Viadeo (French social network) and LinkedIn (previously on Facebook). ==Planned== *General Assembly planned mid march in Paris: will feature approval of financial data and election of new board. -- Christophe Henner Membre du Conseil d'Administration de Wikimedia France http://wikimedia.fr christophe.henner(a)wikimedia.fr mob: +33 (0) 629 356 594 tel: +33 (0) 562 891 201 BB PIN: 2565DD8E

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Wikimedia Nederland - report December 2008
by Eia 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi all, please find below the summaries of the activities of WMNL in december. The activities are somewhat lower, since the end of the year involved a lot of things that are not worth while reporting (financial statements, annual report blabla). This will most likely be the last report from this board, because on January 31 there is a general assemblee with board elections. The annual chapter report for 2008 can probably be expected around march/april this year (hopefully before the chapters meetup in Berlin). Evaluation of the annual national conference will also be concluded this month, and if interest is there, I can translate the core results in English. If you have any question, please let me know. Yours, Lodewijk Content Online Platform On the suggestion of Angela (and Wikimedia Nederland), Esther Hoorn has been invited as an expert to the Content Online Platform. Topics include protection of minors and cultural diversity online. Legal Wikimedia Nederland has won the legal case against Sijthoff. This because the judge agreed with Wikimedia Nederland that Wikimedia Nederland has no legal or technical influence on the content of the projects. New year cards Wikimedia Nederland has sent new year cards to its members and allies. People who has meant something special to the association received a hand written note. Besides this, invitations have been sent for the new year drink on January 17, which is organized in Amsterdam together with Creactive Commons Nederland and Open Streetmap NL. We have already had quite some positive feedback on them. Press Quite some attention (side news) for the outcome of the legal case. Mostly positive'ish towards Wikimedia. Also interest for the 10k articles for the Frysian Wikipedia (including interview on Omrop Fryslan) and some minor subjects for more foreign issues.

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Wikimedia Hungary chapter report, November--December 2008
by Samat 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Available on meta at < http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Ma… > Available on our website at < http://wiki.media.hu/wiki/Report_November%E2%80%93December_2008> Wikimedia Hungary Report Volume I, issue #2 November–December 2008 Prepared by: Tamás Mészöly and Bence Damokos This is the second report of the Hungarian Wikimedia chapter, Wikimédia Magyarország about the events covering November and December of 2008. == Activities == === November 2008 === * On 3 November Wikimédia Magyarország has been recognised as an official chapter of Wikimedia Foundation. * On the same day the Metropolitan Court of Budapest in a not yet legally binding warrant registered the association and assigned it the classification "organisation of public utility". The warrant came into force on 24 November. (A Hungarian press statement [1] was prepared for the occasion, and the news was covered [2] in the Hungarian Wikinews). * An e-mail account was set up in the OTRS system of Wikimedia: ''wm-hu {at} wikimedia.org.'' * A server and a new homepage was set up, and made public (21 November). The design of the official website available at http://wiki.media.hu has been inspired by the homepages of the Dutch [3] and Italian [4] chapters. * Wikimedia Hungary, in cooperation with Wikimedia Nederlands prepared and sent a response [5] to the European Commission green paper entitled "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" [6]. === December 2008 === * A board meeting was held on 2 December to decide on financial matters of the association. * During the following week we have registered at the Hungarian Tax Authority (APEH, 4 December) and opened a bank account (8 December). * We posted an only membership form so that new members could join. For purposes of membership fee administration we expect new joinees in the new year. * The planning of the programs and activities for 2009 continued throughout the month. == Contacts == * We have participated at a meeting of the Hungarian Association of the History of Science, Technology and Education at the boardroom of the library of ELTE [7] University. * We were also represented at the third annual regional conference of Wikimedia Srbije in Belgrade (19-21 December). The conference has seen the presentations of Wikipedians and experts of different educational field, and it was a good opportunity to meet the invited Wikipedians and chapter representatives from Srbia, Croatia, Poland, Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We were invited by and our participation was supported by Wikimedia Serbia, for which we are most thankful. == Fundraiser == * On 15 December we have accepted the fundraising agreement of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), and after it was signed by them too we have been a participating chapter in the annual fundraising drive. * Since 1 July 2008 there have been over 170 donations in Hungarian forints to the WMF, totalling over $2600. Most of this was received during the year-end fundraising period, with a noticeable increase after the Hungarian translation of Jimmy Wales' appeal went live. Our chapter during the same period has received about $150 worth of donations. Fundraising activities are ongoing at press time. == News from the Hungarian Wikimedia projects == * The Hungarian Wikisource has reached 6000 articles on 10 November, and a further milestone of 7500 articles was achieved on 13 December. * The Hungarian Wikipedia reached 110,000 articles on 12 November, and the 350 featured articles mark on 12 December. * The Hungarian Wikibooks has reached 5000 articles on 18 November. * The Hungarian Wikiquote has more than 750 articles since 25 November. * On 17 November the Flagged Revisions extension was switched on the Hungarian Wikipedia. (A news release [8] was prepared and the news was reported [9] in the Hungarian Wikinews.) == Press and media appearance == * Article about the vandalisms in the English Wikipedia articles of John McCain and Barack Obama after the presidential election [10] (index.hu - one of the big online news outlets). * Articles published in connection with a Wikipedian meetup held in Győr on 15 November: ** Kisalföld [11] (regional newspaper); ** nol.hu [12]. * Article about the introduction of the Flagged Revisions extension [13] ( folder.hu). * Articles about the Lutz Heilmann affair: ** itcafe.hu [14]; ** Népszava [15] (national daily). * Article about the reliability of Wikipedia articles about pharmaceuticals based on Kevin A. Clauson's (and his team's) study [16] (index.hu). * Article about the Stanton Foundation grant [17] (Magyar Online). * Articles about the UK blocking of a Wikipedia article [18]: ** sg.hu [19]; ** azta.hu [20]; ** origo.hu [21] (one of the big online news outlets). [1]: http://wiki.media.hu/wiki/Megalakult_a_Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magyarorsz%C3%A1g_Egy… [2]: http://hu.wikinews.org/wiki/Megalakult_a_Wikim%C3%A9dia_Magyarorsz%C3%A1g_E… [3]: http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina [4]: http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/Pagina_principale [5]: http://wiki.media.hu/w/images/6/65/Response_to_Green_Paper_on_Copyright_in_… [6]: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/copyright-infso/greenpap… [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELTE [8]: http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:A_magyar_Wikip%C3%A9dia_bevezet… [9]: http://hu.wikinews.org/wiki/Jel%C3%B6lt_lapv%C3%A1ltozatok_a_magyar_Wikip%C… [10]: http://index.hu/politika/kulfold/usa/feher_haz/2008/11/05/lenegerszaroztak_… [11]: http://www.kisalfold.hu/gyori_hirek/barki_szerkesztheti_a_vilagenciklopedia… [12]: http://nol.hu/belfold/wikipedia__avagy_a_friss_valtoztatasok_jarorei__ [13]: http://www.folder.hu/hirek.php?id=857 [14]: http://itcafe.hu/hir/wikipedia_nemetorszag_letiltas_heilmann.html [15]: http://nepszava.hu/default.asp?cCenter=OnlineCikk.asp&ArticleID=1123920 [16]: http://index.hu/tudomany/wikip1125/ [17]: http://www.mon.hu/hirek/multimedia/cikk/a-wikipedia-nagy-penzt-kapott-hogy-… [18]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation_and_Wikipedia [19]: http://www.sg.hu/cikkek/64469 [20]: http://www.azta.hu/bnt-tettek/41/4232 [21]: http://www.origo.hu/techbazis/internet/20081208-meztelen-gyerek-kepe-miatt-…

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Wikimedia Australia chapter report, December 2008
by Brianna Laugher 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Available on meta at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Austral…> Wikimedia Australia chapter report Edition 3, December 2008 By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au) Contents * 1 Introduction * 2 Meetups o 2.1 Past o 2.2 Upcoming * 3 Other events o 3.1 Past o 3.2 Upcoming * 4 Committee meetings * 5 Press * 6 On the lists ==Introduction== December has been a relatively slow month as people are busy with holiday plans. Hopefully the Christmas and New Year holidays provide everyone with a refreshing break, as well as an opportunity for reflection and brainstorming for the coming year. 2009 will be Wikimedia Australia's first full year of existence and like a toddler, we are learning and growing in leaps and bounds. We wish all our members a happy and successful 2009 and hope that they will help us make the same come true for Wikimedia Australia. ==Meetups== ===Past=== * Sydney, December 18 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#December_18th_2008>. No report. ===Upcoming=== * Everywhere, January 11: AGM. <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM> ==Other events== ===Past=== * IRC meeting, December 7. Meeting with some ctte, members and potential members. ** Minutes <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002019.html> ** Log <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12-07_meeting/IRC_L…> ===Upcoming=== * Hobart, 20 January 2009: "Free as in Freedom" miniconf as part of linux.conf.au, organised by Brianna. <http://linux.conf.au/schedule/121/view_miniconf> One of the speakers is Liam. Also, Angela is a keynote at the main conference. ==Committee meetings== * 2008-12-13 Informal, no minutes * 2008-12-17 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002119.html> Next meeting will be 2009-01-04, a week before the AGM. ==Press== * ''The Age'', 2008-12-08. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/wikipedia-added-to-child-pornogra… Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist] by Asher Moses, regarding the IWF in the UK blocking Wikipedia based on the ''Virgin Killer'' article. ==On the lists== Full archive: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/thread.html> * Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/001996.html> * 200 Good Articles drive (Australia wikiproject on Wikipedia) ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002025.html> * Wikipedia and schools - discussion on censorship, sexual content, Australian version of the Wikipedia for Schools selection? ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002041.html> ** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Sch…> ** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cartman02au/Syllabus_Article_Matching> * Poster sales - discussion of the "WikiPosters" project implemented in the French Wikipedia ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002114.html>

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Wikimeda Polska November-December report 2008
by Tomasz Ganicz 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, This is Wikimedia Polska report for November and December. It is available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/… === Financial matters === We have finally sorted out tax deducible donations list and calculated current cash-flow. We have actually 146 585.80 PLN (around 36 827 EUR) + 99 EUR on our bank accounts. Until 12.12.2008 we have raised 176 823.54 PLN (44 4234 EUR) of which 136 636.05 PLN were tax deducible donations and 40 187.49 other sources of income. At the same time we have spent 42 040.67 PLN (10 562 EUR). The vast majority of our costs were various direct and indirect support of Polish Wikimedia project's community (travel costs to various conferences, organising meetings and conferences, wikicontest etc.). === Meetings === [[File:Wikiakademy pl chorzow.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Wikiacademy in Chorzów]] ;Wikiacademy for teachers in Chorzów : On 23 October 2008 we have organized a one day Wikiacademy in Chorzów. It was devoted to explain teachers from secondary schools, how Wikipedia works, and secondary school pupils can effectively use and contribute to the Wikimedia projects. The academy was supported by Chorzów's city council, and took place in City Council conference hall. There were around 30 atendees. <br clear="all"> [[File:Zlot Zimowy 2008 grupowe.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Winter Wikimedia meeting]] ;Winter Wikimedia meeting : Winter Wikimedia Polska Meeting [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Zlot_Zimowy_2008] took place in Chorzów 13-14 December 2008. There were around 30 participants, among others 3 guests from Wikimedia Czech: [[w:pl:User:Ludek|Luděk]], [[w:cs:User:Juan de Vojníkov|Juan de Vojníkov]] and [[w:cs:User:Aktron|Aktron]]. Winter Meeting is not a conference but rather an informal meetup of Wikimedian from Poland, so the official program is kept short. There were 4 official lectures/discussions (about deletion requests, proper citations marking, Wikijourney project and Wiktionary progress) and many informal ones - among others comparision of Czech's and Polish Wikimedia projects, discussion about quality maitenance projects etc. During the Meeting there was also a formal meeting of Wikimedia Polska Board focused on current issues. <br clear="all"> === Promotion === ;Bulletin : We have started prepartion of our monthly [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Bulletin]. The first number consists of 12 pages in print [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/1-2008]. It contains news from our Association, from Polish Wikimedia Projects, from Wikimedia Foundation, Polish press coverage and news from outside world which are of interest to Wikimedia community. First issue (15 November) has been printed in 50 copies and distributed among Winter Conference atendees as well as used for promotional purposes. The second issue (19 December) is currenty available in wiki and pdf [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/2-2008]. [[File:Kalendarz Wikimedia 2009 (cover).jpg|thumb|Wiki-calendar]] ;Calendar : We have prepared and printed 100 copies of Wikicalendar [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Plik:Kalendarz_Wikimedia_2009.pdf]. It is based on pictures of the month from Wikimedia Commons and list of Wikimedia-related events. It is been distrubuted to selected wikimedians in major cities to be used as a gift for potential donors, journalists, officials etc. <br clear="all"> [[File:RusWikiconference2008 Ency.jpg|thumb|200px|Ency in Moscow]] ;Conferences :* 21 December 2008 : Marcin Cieślak (User:Saper) - a lecture "Википедија и други Викимедијини пројекти на пољском језику" (''Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in Polish language'') during a Third Wikimedia Serbia Conference [http://rs.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%9B%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0…]. :* 9 Dcember 2008 r. Technical Univ. of Poznan - a lecture: "Wikipedia (not only Polish) on the crossroad" given by [[User:Ency|Ency]] during a seminar organized by Polish Informatics Association. :*9 December 2008 - University of Warsaw: a lecture about Polish Wikimedia projects given by [[Użytkownik:Przykuta|Przykuta]] during the conference "Private property in the Internet era an globalisation. :*6 November 2008: Brief introduction to Wikimedia projects and invited panelist in discussion "Information and multimedia society" given by [[Użytkownik:Polimerek|Polimerek]] during "EMC Forum" in Warsaw. :*18/19 October 2008: "Polish Wikipedia: general review" and "Introduction to Wikimedia Polska Association" - lecutres given by [[Użytkownik:Ency|Ency]] during "Wikimedia Moscow Conference". [[File:Domena publiczna 08 Polimerek 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Polish Domain Day]] ;Public Domain Day : :*30 December : Co-organization of Public Domain Day in Poland together with other members of KOED. It was a kind of press conference, which was covered by several radio stations and newspaper (see press section). [http://koed.org.pl/?p=130], [http://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/Konferencja_z_okazji_obchod%C3%B3w_Dnia_Domeny_…]. [[User:Polimerek|Polimerek]] - National Library, Warsaw. === Other activities === ;New projects take shape : New projects: [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipstryk Wikipstryk] (A photo contest), [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Konkurs_%22Hufiec_harcerski%22 Konkurs "Hufiec harcerski"] (Scout's project devoted to writing articles about scouting), and [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiekspedycja Wikiexpedition] are in progress on the level of planing and preprations. ;Wikicontest : As a part of our [http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikonkurs Wikicontest] we encouraged Wikimedia's projects editors to apply for support in buying books needed to write/improve content. We accepted 25 proposals from Polish editors of Wikipedia, Wikibooks and Wiktionary and one from editor of English Wikipedia living in US. Only 3 proposals have been rejected. === Open Education Coalition (KOED) === [[File:OER podpisanie.jpg|thumb|200px|Open Education Coalition - freshly signed agreement]] Open Education Coalitons has been finaly established. The formal agreement between Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, Polish Librarian Associciaton, Creative Commons Polska, and Wikimedia Polska has been signed on 27 November 2008, and announced oficialy during Polish Librarian's Annual Conference which took place in National Library in Warsaw. Wikimedia Polska hosts the oficial web page of the coaliton: [http://koed.org.pl/ http://koed.org.pl/] and its E-mail list. The coalition is about to be a lobby group for creation and support of open content educational resources in Poland. === Press and media === In Polish media several topics conernig Wikimedia projects were covered: *the story about blocking Wikipedia in UK *information of idea to organize Wikimania 2010 in Gdańsk *information about checked version mechanism which was enabled in Polish Wikipedia *information about Public Domain Day *story about President of Poland mentioning Wikipedia in his official media broadcast *story about using Wikipedia by Polish judges in their sentences explanations. === Mainstream media === *About public domain day: **[http://www.polskieradio.pl/iar/wiadomosci/artykul81504.html] - [[:w:pl:Polskie Radio|Polskie Radio]] **[http://wyborcza.pl/1,91446,6106073,Wygasaja_prawa_autorskie_do_tworczosci_ponad_500_pisarzy.html] - [[:w:pl:Gazeta Wybrocza|Gazeta Wyborcza]] **[http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9131,241070_Coraz_wiecej_kultury_w_sieci.html] - [[:w:pl:Rzeczpospolita (gazeta)|Rzeczpospolita]] *2008-12-11 [[:w:pl:Echo Miasta|Echo Miasta]] newspaper from Kraków, ''Now, there is less rubish in Wikipedia'' (story about checked versions). *2008-12-10 [[:w:pl:Patio TV]] - program "login" - 30 min. talk-show about Wikipedia. * 2008-11-12 [[:w:pl:TVP1]], [[:w:pl:Teleexpress]] [http://beta.tvp.pl/informacje/teleexpress/wideo/12112008-1700] news headlines about Polish judges using Wikipedia as their source of information. === Internet media === *208-12-30 [http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/1-stycznia-2009-r-wygasaja-prawa-autorskie-…] - bankier.pl about Public Domain Day. *2008-12-30 [http://fakty.interia.pl/ciekawostki/news/dzien-domeny-publicznej,1235560] - "About Public Domain Day", interia.pl *2008-12-30 [http://www.sfora.pl/Wikipedia-moze-zniknac-z-internetu,a,698 Sfora.pl] - "Wikipedia may dissapear from Internet" - a rather silly story about Wikimedia fundrising and world cris :-) *2008-12-19 [http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,82008,6082869,_Publikuj_w_Wikipe… webhosting.pl] - "Publish in Wikipedia or die" - a story about "RNA Biology" journal and idea to send abstracts of original papers to Wikipedia. *2008-12-16 [http://www.telepolis.pl/news.php?id=13468 telepolis.pl] - "Mobile Wikipedia" *2008-12-15 [http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/news.php?id_news=30856 Trojmiasto.pl] - "Wikipedia people are about to visit Gdans?" *2008-12-11 [http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Zalozyciel-Wikipedii-spodziewa-sie-wielkich… heise-online.pl] - "The founder of Wikipedia expects major changes in Internet" *2008-12-10 [http://www.mmtrojmiasto.pl/3933/2008/12/2/wikimania--w-gdansku-mamy-duza-sz… mmtrojmiasto.pl] - "Wikimania 2010 in Gdańsk? We have real chance!" *2008-12-10 [http://di.com.pl/news/24918,0,Wielka_Brytania_Wikipedia_juz_odblokowana.html di.com.pl] - "Great Britain: Wikipedia unblocked" *2008-12-09 [http://www.zczuba.pl/zczuba/1,90957,6043952,Kibice_Realu_znaja_wikipedie_i_… Z czuba.pl] - "Real Madrit supportes abuses Wikipedia" *2008-12-08 [http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Brytyjscy-providerzy-blokuja-artykul-w-Wiki… heise-online.pl] - "Brittish ISP's block Wikipedia" *2008-12-08 [http://di.com.pl/news/24861,0,Wielka_Brytania_Wikipedia_ocenzurowana.html di.com.pl] - "Great Britain: Wikipedia cenzored" *2008-12-08 [http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1576423,0,1,wikipedia-ocenzurowana,wiadomosc.html tvn24.pl] - "Wikipedia cenzored" *2008-12-06 [http://osnews.pl/odnosniki-miedzyjezykowe-w-wikipedii/ osnews.pl] - "Interwiki links in Wikipedia" *2008-12-04 [http://www.brief.pl/wiadomosci/shorty/art23816,dofinansowanie-wikipedii.html brief.pl] - "Support Wikipedia" *2008-12-04 [http://media2.pl/internet/44240-wikipedia-dostanie-890-tysiecy-dolarow.html… media2.pl] - "Wikipedia to receive 890 000 USD grant" *2008-12-04 [http://www.heise-online.pl/news/Wikipedia-stawia-na-prostote--/6659 heise-online.pl] - "Wikipedia is going to be simpler" *2008-12-03 [http://www.internetstandard.pl/news/327640/Wikipedia.dotacja.w.wysokosci.89… internetstandard.pl] - "Wikipedia: 890 000 USD grant" *2008-11-26 [http://www.technonews.pl/Technonews/1,94439,5992425,Wikipedia_to_kiepski_do… technonews.pl] - "Wikipedia is a poor medical advisor", *2008-11-26 [http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/wikipedysci_kim_oni_sa_82158.html Wiadomości24.pl] - "Wikipedians - who they are?" *2008-11-24 [http://www.chip.pl/news/internet-i-sieci/e-handel/2008/11/internet-darmowy-… chip.pl] - "We want to pay for google and Wikipedia" *2008-11-20 [http://nt.interia.pl/internet/wiadomosci/news/wielkie-zmiany-w-wikipedii,12… interia.pl] - "Polish Wikipedia fighting with vandals" (A story about checked versions), [http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/polska_wikipedia_walczy_z_wirtualnymi_wa… wiadomosci24.pl] *2008-11-19 [http://republika.onet.pl/30264,26,1,fabryka.html onet.pl] - "Story about stable versions" *2008-11-19 [http://di.com.pl/news/24545,1,0,Polska_Wikipedia_broni_sie_przed_wandalami.… Dziennik Internautów] - "Polish Wikipedia fights with vandals" [http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,5967173,Polska_Wikipedia_b… gazeta.pl]) *2008-11-18 [http://dobreprogramy.pl/index.php?dz=15&n=10254&Polska+Wikipedia+Wandalom+m…! dobreprogramy.pl] - "Polish Wikipedia: We say NO! for vandals", [http://linuxnews.pl/uruchomiono-%E2%80%9Ewersje-przejrzane%E2%80%9D-w-polsk… linuxnews.pl] - "Stable versions mechanism started in Polish Wikipedia" *2008-11-17 [http://di.com.pl/news/24504,0,Niemcy_Polityk_zablokowal_Wikipedie.html di.com.pl] - "Germany: A politian blocked Wikipedia" *2008-11-10 [http://www.tvn24.pl/-1,1572429,0,1,wyrok-w-imieniu-wikipedii,wiadomosc.html tvn24.pl] - "Sentence in behalf of.. Wikipedia'' ?! (about judges using Wikipedia as their main source of information) *2008-11-10 [http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Sady-przy-interpretacji-przepisow-od… wp.pl] - "Courts are sentencing based on Wikipedia?" *2008-11-10 [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1860070,11,1,1,,item.html onet.pl] - "Courts are about to sentece based on Wikipedia?" *2008-11-09 [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/216666.html rp.pl] - "Wikipedia enters Polish courts" *2008-11-07 [http://www.computerworld.pl/news/172753/Wikipedia.potrzebuje.6.mln.dolarow.… computerworld.pl] - "Wikipedia needs 6 milion USD" *2008-11-06 [http://di.com.pl/news/24365,0,6_milionow_dolarow_na_Wikipedie.html Dziennik Internautów] - "6 milion USD for Wikipedia" *2008-10-26 [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/olsztyn/1,35189,5850916,Wikipedysci_napisza_encyklo… gazeta.pl] - "Wikipedians writes Wikipedia in forest" *2008-10-24 Polish president cites Wikipedia: [http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1570118,0,1,prezydent-odsyla-borusewicza-do-wikipedii… tvn24.pl], [http://www.pardon.pl/artykul/6644/kaczynski_zacheca_borusewicza_do_lektury_… pardon.pl], [http://www.dziennik.pl/polityka/article256336/Prezydent_wie_jak_korzystac_z… dziennik.pl], [http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Prezydent-napisal-do-Borusewicza-ws-… wp.pl], [http://wyborcza.pl/1,91446,5842942,Prezydent_odpowiedzial_marszalkowi_Senat… gazeta.pl] -- Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html

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Wikimedia Sverige - December
by jan＠ainali.com 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Here is Wikimedia Sverige chapters report for December 2008. == Seminars and conferences == We were invited to speak about Wikipedia at the Christmas conference for professors at teacher programs. It was a nationwide event held at the University of Karlstad. The talk was taped and it is available online.[1] == In media == === Early announcement of Swedish Idol winner === Just a few days before the final of the Swedish Idol the page on Wikipedia gets vandalised by announcing the winner as if the final already took place. Unfortunately it stays there for 18 hours before being reverted, long enough for one of the biggest Swedish tabloids to pick up the news.[2] Although this wasn't a major situation it shows there is still some education to do since the paper wrote "those responsible for Wikipedia have now removed the information". === Donations / Fundraiser === Wikimedia Sverige received a donation from the media company Mindpark. The donation was 1 per employee (totalling 2000) and 500 from the CEO. It was also a challenge to other companies to do the same, and so far one CEO have matched this. This and the fundraiser was noticed in one of Sweden's biggest newspapers, with a surprisingly accurate article. [3] The 29th of December one journalist writes in her blog "Why I never will donate to Wikipedia" about how the article about her blog was being deleted for the reason it was not notable. Lennart, our chair, gave a very good reply, which in turn hasn't got a reply from the journalist. The interesting part is that Wikimedia Sverige noticed a substantial increase of donations after this. == Milestones == === Swedish Wikipedia reaches 300 000 articles === At 14:23, December, 13 Swedish Wikipedia reached 300 000 articles. The 300 000th article was Arvidsjaurs kyrka [4] a church in the northern Sweden. Wikimedia Sverige issued a press release [5] that were picked up by Piteåtidningen.[6] Some tables and graphs are available.[7] === Swedish Wikipedia has more than 92 488 users === Why is this significant? Because it is more than 1 % of the population of Sweden. User 92 489 is [[:sv:w:User:Akew]] and signed up on 30 December. == Wikipedia Academy aftermath == Without any involvement from WMSE, one of the participants at WA arranged his own seminar about Wikipedia and general criticism of sources at the University of Kalmar.[8] We believe that is a huge step towards a more broadened and nuanced (or should I say relevant) debate. == Board meetings == During this period we have had one board meeting. One of the most important outcome was the decision to get an online payment system for donations. Minutes are only available in Swedish. [9] == Members newsletter == We have sent out one newsletter to our members. It is available in English.[10] Jan Ainali [[User:Ainali]] for Wikimedia Sverige ==Links== [1] http://video.kau.se/tcs/#page:conferenceList&status:recorded&pageNumber:1 [2] http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/idol2008/article3957304.ab [3] http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2374&a=868568 [4] http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvidsjaurs_kyrka [5] http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pressmeddelande_2008-12-13 [6] http://www.pitea-tidningen.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?ArticleId=4266413 [7] http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediadiskussion:300K [8] http://www.newsdesk.se/view/pressrelease/foerelaesning-om-wikipedia-och-kae… [9] http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6tesprotokoll/Protokoll_2008-12-15 [10] http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nyhetsbrev/Nummer_6,_2008/english

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