GLAM April 2017

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Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center
by Maria Cruz 29 Jul '17

29 Jul '17

Hi all, As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center, and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones. This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can support them. We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it! If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete. A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub. Looking forward to more collaborations! Best, María [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/… -- María Cruz Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement

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CLs are hiring...
by Erica Litrenta 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

Hey everyone, apologies for the cross-posting, we're just too excited: we're looking for a new member for our team [0], who'll dive right away in the promising Structured Data project. [1] Is our future colleague hiding among the tech ambassadors, translators, GLAM people, community members we usually work with? We look forward to finding out soon. So please, check the full job description [2], apply, or tell/recommend anyone who you think may be a good fit. For any questions, please contact me personally (not here). Thanks! Elitre (WMF) Senior Community Liaison, Technical Collaboration [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data [2] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih…

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Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] New guide for organizing Edit-a-thons at science conferences
by Pine W 05 May '17

05 May '17

Forwarding a resource. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Morgan <jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:23 AM Subject: [Wiki-research-l] New guide for organizing Edit-a-thons at science conferences To: Wiki Research-l <Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> I just ran across a new-ish (Feb 17) resource for people interested in running editathons for scientists, developed by the Simons Foundation. You can read the blog post[1] and download the guide in PDF form[2]. The guide provides a well-organized and comprehensive set of practical tips for organizing, publicizing, and running editathons and is tuned to the needs and interests of science SMEs. Forwarding because I know there are many folks on this list who are involved in this sort of work and/or could be. Cheers, Jonathan 1. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/education-outreach/crowdsourcing-expertise/ 2. http://simonsfoundation.s3.amazonaws.com/share/sciencesandbox/ CrowdsourcingExpertise_4.7.17.pdf -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Data centre switchover to Eqiad
by Pine W 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Forwarding. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: zppix e <megadev44s.mail(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 11:08 AM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Data centre switchover to Eqiad To: Wikipedia mailing list <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Coordination of technology deployments across languages/projects <wikitech-ambassadors@lists. wikimedia.org> Hello, as you may or may not already know there will be a datacentre switch back to Eqiad, WMF's main data centre, on May 3rd at approximately 14:00 UTC. For approximately 20-30 minutes you will NOT be able to save edits to any WMF project. If you have any questions feel free to reply back to this email, or ask on IRC on freenode channel #wikimedia-tech. If there any major issues that occur during this time please report them to #wikimedia-tech on freenode! Thanks, Zppix Volunteer Developer for WMF www.enwp.org/User:Zppix _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Wikidata - upload of data from audio files (audio archive)
by Iolanda Pensa 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

dear all is anyone working with data related to audio files? or have already uploaded these data on Wikidata? we would like to upload on Wikidata a series of data about audio files of the main Swiss audio archive, but we would like to review the work of someone else to make sure we identify the right properties to use. thanks iolanda / iopensa

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Will your attendees be creating accounts at your workshop/edit-a-thon/event?
by Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

If you expect people to create accounts on Wikipedia or other projects at an event, please read this: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation#Requesting_temporary_… There are some automated anti-sock-puppet systems that prevent people from creating multiple accounts on the same day from the same computer or IP address. This can be a big problem if you have lots of new editors at a workshop, and everyone tries to create an account. You may be able to avoid this by asking attendees to create an account in advance (but then they have to remember to do it, and to bring their usernames and passwords to your event). Otherwise, your best bet is to follow the directions on Meta about getting a temporary exemption for your event. -- Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing) Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

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This Month in GLAM: March 2017
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue III, Volume VII – March 2017* ------------------------------ Argentina report: Images donation http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Arge… Australia and New Zealand report: Serving up Citations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Aust… Basque Country report: Children Literature project's second edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Basq… Belgium report: Open Belgium; Just For The Record; Staff from libraries educated http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Belg… Bulgaria report: First museum photo-thon in Bulgaria http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Bulg… Côte d'Ivoire report: Editing during International Francophone Contribution Month http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Côte…'Ivoire_report France report: Workshop in Berlin; WikiTrain in Rennes; Edit-a-thon at the National Archaeological Museum http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Fran… Germany report: Change Your mind http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Germ… Italy report: Art+Feminism in Italy... and maps http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Ital… Macedonia report: Macedonian voivode and Rivers in Macedonia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Mace… Netherlands report: Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform; photohunt Egmond aan Zee; Iconographia Zoologica http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Neth… Spain report: Wikipedia course at La Yutera Library http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Spai… Sweden report: Art+Feminism 2017; Connected Open Heritage; Digikult; Art on Wikipedia; Writing about Gothenburg's history; Updating image description with new research results http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Swed… UK report: Wicipop project in Wales; Wikimedia UK's impact report http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/UK_r… USA report: Art + Feminism http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/USA_… Open Access report: Over 600 new multimedia files, e.g. on embryos, robots and bouncing water droplets http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Open… Wikidata report: More maps, more features, more properties, more data! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Wiki… WMF GLAM report: Wikimedia Conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/WMF_… Calendar: April's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents/Even… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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Books & Bytes – Issue 21, January – March 2017
by UY Scuti 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Books & Bytes is the bi-monthly newsletter of The Wikipedia Library, focusing on recent, ongoing and upcoming activities and events in TWL and relevant topic areas. Read our previous newsletters here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter> and subscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Recipients>! _Books & Bytes – Issue 21, January – March 2017_ Highlights: * #1lib1ref 2017 * Wikipedia Library User Group * Wikipedia + Libraries at Wikimedia Conference 2017 * Spotlight: Library Card Platform * Bytes in brief Read the full newsletter at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Ja… For more updates, follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikilibrary>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheWikiLibrary/> and join the Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/> The Wikipedia Library Team http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

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Potential partners for safeguarding the public domain
by Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hello, everyone! This is my first time writing to this list, so I am bit nervous :) I wanted to let you know about one of the public policy priorities Wikimedia is currently working on in Brussels. As many of you will know, we have had some issues in the past when re-using public domain art [1][2] and the legal situation in many countries, including at least 5 EU countries is inconclusive. [3] The long-awaited EU copyright reform is now entering into its first decisive phase - the committees of the European Parliament are deliberating what to include. Wikimedia is asking Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to table amendments to the Directive that would safeguard the public domain. The logic behind our request is that there should be no no copyright or related rights on faithful reproductions of public domain works. Our initial draft text reads as follows: 2. Member States shall recognise that once a work is in the public domain (copyright and related rights in a work have expired or never existed), faithful reproductions in full or in part of that work, regardless of the mode of reproduction and including digitisation, shall equally not be subject to copyright or related rights. We have already managed to get several MEPs to propose such an amendment. What we might need in the coming weeks is diplomatic support from cultural heritage organisations. I know Europeana could not agree on supporting this, but perhaps the readers of this list will have good working relationships with individual museums and archives that might be willing to put in a good word for us. All we need is a phone call or a letter to specific MEPs, something I can help with. Thank you and have a great weekend! Dimi [1] http://www.communia-association.org/2015/11/24/why-is-a-museum-suing-wikipe… [2]compare copyright claims on Commons ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Delaunay_-_Portuguese_Woman_…) and on the Thyssen Museum website ( https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/delaunay-robert/portugue… ) [3]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reuse_of_PD-Art_photographs

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What happened in GLAM in March?
by Romaine Wiki 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

Hello all! What happened with GLAM in March? Let us know and write a (short) report about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this will encourage others to participate and donate material. You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2017/Contents Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Events/April_2017 If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask! Thanks & greetings! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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