Good Morning Ms. Howard,
We at PureHistory are an online social search engine and media network
focusing on American History and around the World. I have been trying to
reach someone in your company for over a year and partner with Wikipedia
in focusing on history. I see your background is history so I would like
to talk with you about your company in promoting Wikipedia on our site, in
dealing with history. You can reach me at the contact information below,
thank you and have a great day.
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> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:55:52 -0400
> From: Dorothy Howard <dhoward(a)metro.org>
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> Hi All,
>
> I'm writing in hope of starting a conversation about Metrics gathering for
> institutions. As a WiR that does a lot of outreach I'm regularly asked
> what
> Metrics are available for them to track their projects. I think having a
> formal page on WP of possible metrics/tools for institutions would be a
> sure way to get institutions more engaged.
>
>
> While the work of the Analytics Team is always on the periphery I've found
> that there are not many tools or project documentation for analytics
> related to institutional engagement, editing, and article traffic for
> institutions with a lot of articles "related" to their collections on
> Wikipedia that they may be adding to.
>
>
> I'm going to list what I already use/know about to see if anyone has any
> other suggestions or thoughts on this.
>
>
> WikiMetrics: https://metrics.wmflabs.org/ - I use this after all
> edit-a-thon on the day after, and then usually about a month after.
>
>
> External links search:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinkSearch&target=worl…
> I recommend getting this number before institutional editing occurs,
> and
> also noticing 'trends' in the 'genre' of articles referencing the
> institutional resource websites, and then in time increments afterwards.
>
>
> Google Analytics- to find article traffic to their digitized collections
> or
> other research that linked to from Wikipedia. IE the Met's successful
> Watson Library project:
> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Thomas_J._Watson_Libr…
>
>
> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Thomas_J._Watson_Libr…>
>
> Project Statistics: Article Quality 'bot' tables, and adding "WikiProject"
> tags to the talk pages of articles.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/Statistics
>
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/Statistics>
>
> List articles desired, create a spreadsheet with these article names and
> the number of visitors in the last 30 days using the "Page View
> Statistics"
> graph in "View History." Once that spreadsheet is made, I recommend
> working
> on high-impact articles as well as adding lower-impact or lesser-seen
> articles as interwiki links to more 'high impact' articles. I would also
> tell them to update this list.
>
>
> Do you have any other tools you like to use or 'best practices?' This
> conversation can happen here or we can move it to WP if that makes more
> sense to people.
>
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts!
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Dorothy Howard
> Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
> 212.228.2320 x127
> <http://metro.org/>
>
Hi All,
I'm writing in hope of starting a conversation about Metrics gathering for
institutions. As a WiR that does a lot of outreach I'm regularly asked what
Metrics are available for them to track their projects. I think having a
formal page on WP of possible metrics/tools for institutions would be a
sure way to get institutions more engaged.
While the work of the Analytics Team is always on the periphery I've found
that there are not many tools or project documentation for analytics
related to institutional engagement, editing, and article traffic for
institutions with a lot of articles "related" to their collections on
Wikipedia that they may be adding to.
I'm going to list what I already use/know about to see if anyone has any
other suggestions or thoughts on this.
WikiMetrics: https://metrics.wmflabs.org/ - I use this after all
edit-a-thon on the day after, and then usually about a month after.
External links search:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinkSearch&target=worl…
I recommend getting this number before institutional editing occurs,
and
also noticing 'trends' in the 'genre' of articles referencing the
institutional resource websites, and then in time increments afterwards.
Google Analytics- to find article traffic to their digitized collections or
other research that linked to from Wikipedia. IE the Met's successful
Watson Library project:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Thomas_J._Watson_Libr…
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Thomas_J._Watson_Libr…>
Project Statistics: Article Quality 'bot' tables, and adding "WikiProject"
tags to the talk pages of articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/Statistics
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/Statistics>
List articles desired, create a spreadsheet with these article names and
the number of visitors in the last 30 days using the "Page View Statistics"
graph in "View History." Once that spreadsheet is made, I recommend working
on high-impact articles as well as adding lower-impact or lesser-seen
articles as interwiki links to more 'high impact' articles. I would also
tell them to update this list.
Do you have any other tools you like to use or 'best practices?' This
conversation can happen here or we can move it to WP if that makes more
sense to people.
Looking forward to your thoughts!
Thanks!
--
Dorothy Howard
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
<http://metro.org/>
Hi everyone,
As a chapter we have run the Wikimedian in Residence (WIR) programme since
May 2012, when Andrew Gray started his residency at the British Library.
We have now agreed to reflect on the programme's successes and challenges
through a review. The WIR programme has been seen as one of the key ways we
can engage with external organisations, extending our scale of activities
and outreach. These residencies are often a considerable investment for
WMUK (£2-8K) and need to deliver a meaningful impact.
We would like to see what the GLAM community thinks of the programme so far
- you are now invited to take part in the
survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MKMJCVR>that will form the first
part of the review. Your answers will be an
important element of influencing the future of the programme.
If you are not based in the UK, you are still welcome to comment - we are
very interested in what our community thinks of the programme.
The deadline for responding is *24 March. *
Thank you!
Richard Nevell
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operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Hi everyone!
Just another reminder that the GLAMout will be on Friday. We still have space on the agenda - if you sign up for an agenda topic, please indicate that you will be presenting (I'll try to make this clearer in the future). Right now I have four people signed up as attendees but only two agenda topics (a gentle reminder that only those presenting need to be in the Hangout - others can view on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbryqB4wmQM ).
And, if you can please post agenda items by close of business your time tomorrow to minimize last minute scrambling, that would be appreciated as well.
Thank you!
Merrilee
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Subject: March GLAMout next week!
Hi everyone,
It's your monthly email - the March GLAMout will be next Friday! Please tune in at 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC). Right now the agenda is wide open and I encourage anyone who has something to share to sign up, and also volunteer to run the GLAMout if you're inclined (I'm available if no one else is but would also be fine with turning it over to someone else).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2014/March
What is the GLAMout? It's a monthly online video-chat (using Google+ Hangouts) where cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties can learn and chat about GLAM activities. The GLAMout is currently hosted by the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium. While the Google Hangout is limited to those presenting, anyone is welcome to view on YouTube.
Thanks and hope to see you online!
Merrilee