Chapters update report Wikimedia Nederland February/March/April 2009
Sorry for the delay in writing this report.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
Wikimania 2010
After long deliberation about the perfect city, location, accommodation and
party Wikimedia Nederland completed the Wikimania 2010 bid for Amsterdam.
The bid has been built for the Tuschinski Theatre as location and involved
the help of many volunteers, got the support of several partners and
enthousiasts. The full bid is available on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Amsterdam . In the mean
while, it has become clear that the Gdansk bid has been accepted, and that
Amsterdam was a close runner up.
Wikiportrait 2.0
The Wikiportrait Website has been upgraded, and is now mainly more usable
and time efficient on the backside (OTRS). Celebrities can upload their
photograph through the website interface after going through a wizard
explaining the copyright status, after which OTRS volunteers take care of
the uploading, tagging and publishing part.
Wiki Loves Art NL
A local Wiki Loves Art is being organized in cooperation with Creative
Commons NL, the Museumnacht Foundation and Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland. The
concept is to cooperate with museums to let people photograph a part of
their collection to upload under a free license, and there is a
competitional element on quality. In the concept it has been attempted to
take the better elements from the previous editions in New York, London and
Australia but also to learn lessons for improvements. 15 museums from all
over the country and with a wide variety of topics have indicated to
participate. There will be a closing party in one of the museums in
Rotterdam.
Free Media
Some contacts have been made with a few institutions to persuade them to
release a part of their digital material under a free license. No
breakthroughs yet.
Lustrum University of Groningen
Agreement has been reached with the library of the University of Groningen
that Wikimedia Nederland will participate in the lustrum activities with a
"Wikipedia Lounge" in June.