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From: Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:31 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Museums of 100 masterpieces from Brussels
To: Wikimedia <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
In the past week the council of museums in Brussels started the project of
100 masterpieces in Brussels. Based on their list we have checked which
museums have an article in Wikipedia and which not.
On the Dutch Wikipedia we miss only one article at the moment, and someone
started writing it.
On the French Wikipedia we miss only 6 articles of the 40 museums with
masterpieces:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro/25_mai_2016#100_chef…
On the English Wikipedia we miss 18 articles of the 40 museums with
masterpieces:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine/100_masterpieces_from_Brussels
We now try to get at least in these three languages an article about these
museums with masterpieces from Brussels.
An article in other languages are welcome as well.
The next step will be talking to the museums to show our interest in them
and we hope they want to donate images for usage in these and other
articles.
Thanks!
Romaine
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There is so much good content on Wikimedia that it's difficult to choose
what to highlight, and I try to be mindful of my number of posts to email
lists. I feel that this is worth a special mention because it's beautiful
and unusual. Courtesy of User:La Pianista, we have good quality recordings
of classical piano works:
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio/index.php?channel=La_Pianista
I particularly recommend her performance of Chopin's Scherzo No. 3:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chopin_-_Scherzo_No._3_%28re-recorded%…
<javascript:void(0)>. Quote (admittedly opinionated!) from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherzo_No._3_%28Chopin%29
<javascript:void(0)>: "The Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39, in C-sharp minor by
Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery
of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. This is the most
terse, ironic, and tightly constructed of the four scherzos, with an almost
Beethovenian grandeur."
<javascript:void(0)>
Hope you enjoy,
Pine
Hi all!
The first period of image upload from Wiki Loves Folk contest has ended (the
second period will be between November and December). A total of 25
contributors have uploaded 1150 pictures (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Folk_201…)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Folk_201…>.
It´s the first occasion being celebrated, and considering it a subject that
arouses a priori less interest than the monuments and natural areas, we
think it is a positive quantity.
About the contest, folk itself involves involves many different
subjects: traditional
costumes, music, dance, crafts, festivals ... In this first edition we
focus on festivals but facing other years and other countries we could
focus on any of these subjects.
Best,
Rubén Ojeda | Programme Coordinator | Wikimedia España
rubenojeda(a)wikimedia.es | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda>
2016-04-05 16:50 GMT+02:00 Barbara Fischer <barbara.fischer(a)wikimedia.de>:
> Hi, sounds good. WMDE is supporting a volunteer project called
> Festivalsommer
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festivalsommer>, where
> volunteers are geting a grant to be able to participate and plot different
> festivals in Germany. The images often are reused in Wikipedia articles.
> kindly bfisch
>
> Barbara Fischer
> Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-(0)44
>
> http://wikimedia.de
>
> 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 27/681/51985.
>
> 2016-04-02 4:44 GMT+02:00 Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com>:
>
>> Could it be Wiki Loves Festivals as I'd have trouble selling Wiki Loves
>> Folk as having anything to do with festivals when the actual interpretation
>> would be people. Its a similar problem Australia has been faced with with
>> WLM in that the understanding of what Monuments are and the scope of the
>> project clash. Outside that its a good idea that would be able to be
>> replicated in many places
>>
>> On 2 April 2016 at 10:30, Alex Stinson <sadads(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like a great campaign for glam partners to participate in!
>>>
>>>
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>>> From: Rubén Ojeda <rodelarwiki(a)gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:34 PM
>>> Subject: [GLAM] Wiki Loves Folk!
>>> To: "GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> Today starts a new photo contest organized by Wikimedia Spain and
>>> focused on festivals declared of touristic interest in Spain: Wiki Loves
>>> Folk. The contest aims to collect images freely licensed to illustrate
>>> content on these festivals in Wikipedia and enhance the online presence of
>>> Spanish folklore. Along with its monumental and environmental richness,
>>> Spain has a rich and varied folklore: carnivals, food festivals, religious
>>> celebrations as Easter or Corpus Christi, cultural and sporting events or
>>> popular festivals, among others.
>>>
>>> It is about sharing original photographs, taken recently or in the past,
>>> between April 1 and 30, 2016 or, in a second period, between November 15
>>> and December 15, 2016. The subject of the contest is all those
>>> festivals declared of touristic interest by the various administrations:
>>> international, national, regional, provincial and local levels. The
>>> complete list, with additional information and a map for each region is
>>> available at [http://wikilov.es/folk wikilov.es/folk], the competition
>>> website. To participate, simply have an user account on Wikimedia
>>> Commons and upload the pictures by following the steps on the web.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rubén Ojeda | Programme Coordinator | Wikimedia España
>>> rubenojeda(a)wikimedia.es | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda>
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Hello all,
Just to say that I'm in the Highlands of Scotland at the moment working with a small museum (who hold a recognised collection of national significance to Scotland) in my capacity as Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland. Managed a couple of small but significant uploads to Commons yesterday using the tool - couple of bumps along the way but both myself and the curator really excited to have this resource. I'll share the pix once we're finished.. (A wee description of what each field should/could contain would be a big help, I think.)
Huge thanks to all involved with this. I can see massive potential for many of the organisations I've worked with over the last 16 months.
Best,Sara[[user:lirazelf]]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Muse…
From: Marta Malina Moraczewska <marta.malina(a)gmail.com>
Date: 4 May 2016 at 11:04:54 BST
To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [GLAM] Pattypan - upload files to Commons the Excel way :-)
Reply-To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration \[Public\]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi All!
A new open-source upload tool, intended for all, but especially small-to-medium GLAMs and their volunteers, is now available for use. Here it is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan
The program is a desktop Java application that generates an .xls file to be filled in with file descriptions, based on extensive choice of file description fields, and supporting wikicode in any field.
The application was written by Yarl - author of Vicuna uploader. We would like to hear opinions and requests: Yarl is still working on the uploader so modifications and improvements will be added :-)
The download page on Github: https://github.com/yarl/pattypan/releases
Quick instructions: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan/Simple_manual (will be expanded)
The program is very new but we hope you might find it useful and interesting. Please share!
Thanks :-)
Marta
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Hi All!
We've submitted a proposal for the Carpathian Ethnography Project,
organised by Wikimedia Polska and the National Museum of Ethnography in
Warsaw (the project includes several other participating museums):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WMPL/Ethnography_of_the_Carpathians
In short: Teams consisting of Wikipedians, scientists and volunteers
identify blank areas on Wikipedia, gather reference material, then conduct
6 Wiki-excursions to key locations in the Carpathian region (Poland,
Southwest Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania), to photograph,
record and film traditional folk dress and folk artwork (sculpture, artisan
objects, cultural artifacts) uniquely representative for traditional
Carpathian culture. A set of several dozen articles in 6 languages will
then be written and illustrated by this material.
We're still looking for a few more participants from 5 Central European
countries - especially from Romania - as well as anyone interested in
collaborating remotely!
We're also looking for all comments, opinion, endorsement and support :-)
Let us know, we'll be happy to answer all questions.
Thanks!
Marta Malina
(Wikimedia PL)
Hi All!
A new open-source upload tool, intended for all, but especially
small-to-medium GLAMs and their volunteers, is now available for use. Here
it is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan
The program is a desktop Java application that generates an .xls file to be
filled in with file descriptions, based on extensive choice of file
description fields, and supporting wikicode in any field.
The application was written by Yarl - author of Vicuna uploader. We would
like to hear opinions and requests: Yarl is still working on the uploader
so modifications and improvements will be added :-)
The download page on Github: https://github.com/yarl/pattypan/releases
Quick instructions:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan/Simple_manual (will be
expanded)
The program is very new but we hope you might find it useful and
interesting. Please share!
Thanks :-)
Marta
Hi fellow GLAMers,
I'd like to share with you Middle East / North Africa (MENA) Artists Month,
which we're kicking off at the Guggenheim Museum on this Saturday, and
which is scheduled to run throughout May 2016:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MENA_Artists_Month
We welcome contributions in any language and from any country.
Token prizes will be sent from the Guggenheim from anyone who writes (or
significantly expands) three or more articles. Including artist-designed
temporary tattoos!
Here is the hub with WikiProject Women in Red on enwiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/13
And here are some names borrowed from a topical print encyclopedia, to get
you started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_ar…
Thanks,
Pharos
