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I've been looking for something interesting and have come across that crazy stuff, just take a look http://hncg.com.cn/quarter.php?1312
See you soon, Katie Chan
Hi,
The Wikipedia Library is starting a new user group. Come share your
thoughts and suggest ways to make the idea better before the application!
The *Wikipedia Library User Group* is intended to bring together
Wikipedians and Librarians,to multiply collaboration with libraries and
librarians, from edit-a-thons hosted at libraries, to the Wiki Loves
Libraries outreach campaign.
We believe that setting up this user group will better coordinate such
activities and guide us towards achieving this goal.
Sign up now by endorsing the page on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group>.[1] Remember
More libraries more references!
Cheers,
--
Felix Nartey
[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group
(apologies for cross-posting)
Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform
<https://netherlandsworld.nl/>. The platform aims to stimulate global
re-use of Dutch collections on non-European cultural heritage. In
particular, it aims to stimulate collections on countries with which the
Netherlands have had historical ties. These countries include Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ghana, Suriname, South Africa, and others.
The platform also aims to foster contacts between Dutch cultural heritage
institutions and Wikimedia contributors across the globe. However,
participation is not limited to Wikimedia contributors. Anyone can
participate, making it relevant for education and research as well.
Key properties:
-
Dutch heritage institutions can post offers on (parts of) their
collections that are relevant to non-European countries
-
Wikimedia contributors gain insight in the contents of Dutch collections
and can make requests for digitalisation.
-
Knowledge exchange and cooperation are key concepts.
The platform is easy to use. After registration, users can post
offer/requests notices, depending on whether they are looking for material,
or want to offer material for re-use. Statistics on re-use are also
available.
The Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is part of the program The
Netherlands and the World
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nederland/The_Netherlands_and_the…>.
This program is supported by Wikimedia Nederland and aims to make available
knowledge and content on non-European countries.
Development of the platform was financially supported by DEN.
Regards,
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
*(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday)*
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl
*Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:*
Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3
3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht
apologies for cross-posting
Dear Wikimedians,
If you are a representative of an Affiliate, committee, or other
organized group in the Wikimedia Movement, please read this email
carefully and forward it to your peers.
I am writing you today in my role as the Movement Strategy Lead for
organized groups (Track A), and would like to encourage you to
actively participate in Wikimedia’s movement strategy process.
Together with you, we would like to find answers to the question “What
do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?”
https://2030.wikimedia.org is the universal start page to the strategy
portal on Meta.
== This is our time! ==
This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would
love to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take
the chance to shape the future of our movement together.
== Timeline and process ==
The timeline up to Wikimania 2017 is organized in 3 consecutive
discussion cycles that are designed to explore, cluster and sharpen
the strategic direction and define 3-5 focus areas for the movement.
After Wikimania, we will discuss the movement structure, roles, as
well as 3-5-year goals and starting in 2018, organizations will
incorporate the findings into their strategic and annual planning.
Today, we are kicking off cycle 1 which is running until 15 April.
Organized groups will find all relevant information on the Meta page
for Track A.[1]
== Get involved! ==
Last week I reached out to all Chairs and EDs of Affiliates as well as
to active members of other organized groups and committees. While I
have heard from many, I would like to remind everyone to appoint a
discussion coordinator for your group that will act as the linker to
the strategy process.[2][3][4]
As an organized Group, you can invite all your stakeholders to join
your conversation: Board and staff members, members, external partners
and allies as well as members of your communities. Track A is closely
connected to Track B (Individual Contributors)[5], as many organized
Groups have close bonds with their local or thematic communities. We
encourage Track A and Track B coordinators to sync on their plans.
Your conversations can happen on- and offline. To host a conversation,
please read the discussion guide[6] that provides material to prepare,
conduct and document each conversation in each format. Before you and
your peers enter the conversation, please make yourself familiar with
the briefing[7] which provides a high-level overview of what we know
about the future and about our movement today.
I also look forward to seeing many of you at the Wikimedia Conference
in Berlin where we will discuss our future, generate thematic
statements, identify keywords and create thematic clusters of our
ideas. The rough outline of the program will be adjusted in the coming
days.[8]
Let’s make this happen! Please reach out to me with any question or
feedback you might have.
Sincerely,
Nicole
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movem…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Di…
[3] Sign-up to become a Discussion Coordinator here:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0…
[4] Overview of organized groups’ discussions
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Outreach/L…
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Di…
[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Process/Br…
[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017
--
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
This is early warning of some planned server operations, as an outage can
cause a severe disruption on a short workshop:
In April 2016, the Technology Operations team at the WMF did some work on
the servers that run Wikipedia and the other wikis. This resulted in all
editing being stopped at all wikis for about half an hour on two different
days.
A similar project is currently expected sometime in April 2017. I do not
have specific dates or times yet. However, I expect the first editing
disruption to happen during the first half of April and the second to be
about two weeks afterwards.
They are hoping that the editing outages will be shorter this time (perhaps
15 to 30 minutes). The time of day is undecided; however, it will almost
certainly be when most of the Ops staff is online (afternoon in Europe and
Africa/morning in the Americas).
Last year, the official schedule was kept at
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Switch_Datacenter and the same page may
be used again. *If you are scheduling short workshops during April, then
please consider checking that schedule* or checking with me before you
finalize your plans. If you need to reach me, then I am currently
subscribed to the GLAM mailing list, and you can always leave a note on my
talk page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Whatamidoing_(WMF)
--
Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing)
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation
Forwarding on behalf of Nicole Ebber (WMde) who has asked if the GLAM-Wiki
community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in consulting for the
Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right. She and I have
both been involved in the steering committee to set this process up. This
request is particularly if you would like to nominate yourself as
'discussion coordinator' responsible for inviting, hosting and summarising
the discussion of this section of the Wikiverse. Please see details below.
Sincerely,
-Liam
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: 8 March 2017 at 13:31
Subject: [Strategy] Join the discussion on our strategic direction (Cycle
1: 10 March to 10 April)
In the last couple of months, Wikimedia Foundation staff, a designated
strategy team and a Community Process Steering Committee have designed
a process to gather input from all voices in the Wikimedia movement to
define the strategic direction of our movement over the next 15 years.
The process until Wikimania is divided into three discussion cycles,
and cycle 1 will run from 10 March to 10 April. And we need your
participation!
There are different options for your group to participate: You can
discuss in person, onwiki or on other online platforms, as well as
virtually via telephone or video conferences. We have created a
toolkit that will support you with designing and hosting these
conversations.
We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to
volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator. This person will receive
and invitation to a Discussion Coordinator training and is responsible
for:
* Inviting people to the discussion
* Hosting the discussion
* Summarizing the discussion
Please use the following links:
* Sign-up to be a Discussion Coordinator:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/
1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
* Use the discussion toolkit for organizing your group's
conversations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
movement/2017/Toolkit
* Find out more about the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would
love to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take
the chance to shape the future of our movement together. I am very
much looking forward to making this happen with all of you! Stay tuned
for updates on the process that we will publish next week, and please
reach out to me with any question you might have in the meantime.
Sincerely,
Nicole
PS - Note that all summaries submitted by 20 March will be used in the
strategy track during WMCON in Berlin 28 March - 2 April. If your
group meets after WMCON but by 10 April, your summary will still be
synthesized before Cycle 2 begins (late April).
PPS - I have joined the team as Track Lead on 1 March, which is made
possible through an agreement between Wikimedia Deutschland and the
Wikimedia Foundation. In the sense of a strategic partnership, our two
organizations have agreed that I will invest most of my time until the
end of the year towards this new role.
--
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hey All,
Just wanted to remind you that the Project Grant proposals are still open.
The grants that frequently get funded, are ones related to or iterating on
our programs.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Alex Wang" <awang(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mar 6, 2017 7:22 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] One week left to submit a Project Grant Proposal
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hello!
*There is just over a week left to submit a Project Grant proposal* <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> by the March 14 deadline.
If you have ideas about how you could enhance the work of Wikimedia
volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others to apply as
well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant
request.
-
Submit a grant request <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
-
Learn from examples of approved projects in Project Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>,
Individual Engagement Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging> or Project and
Event Grants <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Requests#Grants_
funded_by_the_WMF
>
Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) with
questions about getting started with your idea.
Warm regards,
Alex
--
Alexandra Wang
Program Officer
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: alexvwang
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