Dear GLAM enthusiasts,
I am writing to encourage you to showcase your work at RightsCon.
I know that members of this list do incredible work related to
partnerships, cultural heritage, digitizing archives, and more. Your
efforts represent some of the best parts of the internet, and also align
closely with the topical focus of this year's RightsCon such as "Futures,
Fictions and Creativity" & "Content Governance."
The deadline to apply is *January 12, 2023*. RightsCon is a summit that
brings together people from around the world to discuss human rights in the
digital age. It is hosted by AccessNow. The conference will take place
from 5–9 June, 2023. It is a hybrid event, open to online participation as
well as in-person in San José, Costa Rica.
If you're interested, you can find more information available here
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/11/27/represent-the-wikimedia-movement-at-r…>.
The Global Advocacy team is also happy to help brainstorm ideas or answer
questions.
Warmly,
Ziski
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Movement Advocacy Manager, Global Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz(a)wikimedia.org
*UTC timezone
In a nutshell: please help us organize the GLAM Wiki Conference in November
2023 by filling the survey below and help spread the word in your relevant
GLAM related communities.
Message in English, Spanish & Portuguese below the line.
Thanks!
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English:
Hello everyone! Wikimedistas de Uruguay <https://wikimedistas.uy/> is
planning to organize the GLAM Wiki Conference in November 2023 in
Montevideo, Uruguay.
In order to present our grant application to the Wikimedia Foundation, we
need to conduct an engagement survey to understand better how we can build
a useful program that makes a good use for our in-person time.
Please fill in the survey no later than January 15 and help us by spreading
the word among your communities. Link to the survey:
https://forms.gle/Xac29Uow1oMiU6C99
Interested, but not sure what GLAM Wiki means? Check here:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
Español:
¡Hola a todos/as! Wikimedistas de Uruguay <https://wikimedistas.uy/> está
planeando organizar la Conferencia Wiki GLAM en noviembre de 2023 en
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Para presentar nuestra solicitud de financiamiento a la Fundación
Wikimedia, necesitamos realizar una encuesta de compromiso para entender
mejor cómo podemos construir un programa útil que haga un buen uso de
nuestro tiempo en persona.
Por favor, rellene la encuesta antes del 15 de enero y ayúdenos a
difundirla entre sus comunidades. Enlace a la encuesta:
https://forms.gle/KxxrHiEssTu4KJDn7
¿Te interesa, pero no sabes lo que significa GLAM Wiki? Consulta aquí:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>
Portugués:
Olá a todos/as! O grupo Wikimedistas de Uruguay <https://wikimedistas.uy/>
está planejando organizar a Conferência GLAM Wiki em novembro de 2023, em
Montevidéu, no Uruguai.
A fim de apresentar nosso pedido de subsídio à Fundação Wikimedia,
precisamos conduzir uma pesquisa de engajamento para entender melhor como
podemos construir um programa útil que faça um bom uso do nosso tempo
presencial.
Por favor, preencha a pesquisa até o dia 15 de janeiro e nos ajude
divulgando o programa para as suas comunidades. Link para a pesquisa:
https://forms.gle/7eRAiLMNo2phvWwh7
Interessado/a, mas não tem certeza do que significa GLAM Wiki? Verifique
aqui: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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Evelin Heidel
Encargada de Programas
Wikimedistas de Uruguay
Dear All - I am interested in practice driven European
Wikimedia+Culture/GLAM projects that were or could be easily documented for
the purpose of EU focused funding of GLAM and culture work for exchanges,
coordination and collaboration.
My urgency is finding at least 2 examples that could be (Europeana or
similar platform) linked with Wikimedia to check possibilities for
implementation in Croatia.
If you have much to share please let me know directly or even better share
with all on chat channel
https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/eu-glam-and-culture *(do not
want to spam Global Telegram channel)
Best Z. Blace
Dear Friends and Wikimedians,
We hope you are doing well.
The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who
contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema
Contest in 2021. Due to your valued efforts, the fourth iteration was a
success! Over 4,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects
and in 16 different languages
The Afrocine project is happy to inform you that we will be having the
Months of African Cinema Contest in the months of November and December. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s iteration comes in a style. We invite participants and
communities to improve content on Wikipedia, specifically infoboxes related
to African Cinema. To indicate your interest in participating, please list
your name or your communities names here. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s prizes will be as follows:
1st Prize – $150
2nd Prize – $100
3rd Prize – $50
Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation.
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Kind regards,
Ebenezer Mlay,
On behalf of the Afrocine Project
Dear Friends and Wikimedians,
We hope you are doing well.
The Afrocine Project core team would once again like to thank everyone who
contributed towards ensuring the success of the Months of African Cinema
Contest in 2021. Due to your valued efforts, the fourth iteration was a
success! Over 4,000 articles were created across various Wikimedia projects
and in 16 different languages
The Afrocine project is happy to inform you that we will be having the
Months of African Cinema Contest in the months of November and December. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s iteration comes in a style. We invite participants and
communities to improve content on Wikipedia, specifically infoboxes related
to African Cinema. To indicate your interest in participating, please list
your name or your communities names here. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
)
This year’s prizes will be as follows:
1st Prize – $150
2nd Prize – $100
3rd Prize – $50
Thank you once again! We are looking forward to your participation.
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Kind regards,
Ebenezer Mlay,
On behalf of the Afrocine Project
Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1668531631>). We will be discussing the first Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour series on adding data about diverse children’s books to Wikidata, which ran from July to early November of this year. We will offer visualizations based on our data, listen to some of our volunteers talk about their experience helping to build the series, and discuss the results of our participant survey. We want to hear your questions and suggestions for future series!
The call details are below. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata>.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.
Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 15th at at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1668531647>)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95581402008?pwd=RzN2ZXhpekUzL0ZhbkpUWmVBTXVLdz09
Password: 895379
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Ng82z82j6e3dXROrLPFvsSkCDs_DvGEUG_WPtF…
Events:
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Calls are held every other Tuesday, LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hours on alternating Mondays and Fridays, and WikiBase and WBStack Working Hours monthly. For exact dates, times, links to agendas, recordings of past group calls, and further information please see our project page at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: https://ld4.slack.com/
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
Greetings, Everyone!
The WMF Inuka team [1] would like to thank everyone who attended the
Wikistories office hours, provided feedback, and asked questions about our
exploration to incorporate the Wikistories workflow in Commons [2]. We
received valuable input from the office hours participants who attended the
different office hours, and we have summarized the discussions here:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikistories_Office_hours_with_WikiCommons
Takeaways from the discussions
Most questions asked during office hours were aimed at understanding the
tool's features and its moderation in Commons. We answered the questions
based on our design thoughts; some other comments were insights for the
Inuka team into areas of consideration while working on the initiative to
optimize the tool's usage when it is developed.
Therefore, the above suggests curiosity from Commons contributors about the
Wikistories initiative. The Inuka team sees this as a sign to proceed to
the next step of this project unless the community collectively thinks
otherwise.
What next?
We are allowing other community members to read the office hours note, ask
follow-up questions or provide feedback about the initiative for the Inuka
team’s awareness and engagement as we proceed on this project. The Inuka
team will post periodic updates to help the WikiCommons community stay
aware and involved during the project phases.
Best regards
Uzoma Ozurumba
On behalf of the WMF Inuka team
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikistories_on_Commons