FYI,
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From: Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <nwilson(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 7:24 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Server switch 2017 - Short editing outages on
Wednesday, 19 April 2017 and Wednesday, 3 May 2017
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Coordination of technology deployments
across languages/projects <wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Reminder, this is coming next week.
**You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of
time.**
* You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on
Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at 14:00
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170419T14> UTC
(15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand
at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 20 April and Thursday 4 May).
Additional / translated short details:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/Server_switch_2017
**Please share this information with your community** (It has been widely
announced already, but just in case.)
Technical details:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-April/087919.html
Thank you.
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Hi everyone.
After the great meeting that some of us had in Berlin,
I'd like to ask again what can we do to revive the "signalling open access"
project¹.
For those who don't know it, the idea was to put an icon beside links in
references, on Wikipedia, expressing
* if it's behind a paywall
* if it's free-to-read
* if it's free to reuse
There are already great projects who find OA-versions of articles online,
like Unpaywall² or Open Access Button³. All their code is open source and
also the indexing of OA articles, so I'm sure there is room for
collaboration.
I've also noticed that, right now, on Wikipedia, you can have a
"subscription required" icon beside some references. Is someone involved in
the that upgrade?
Aubrey
¹
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_…
² http://unpaywall.org
³ https://openaccessbutton.org/
Hello!
We're happy announce the advent of a new user group, the Wikipedia
Library User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group>. The
group will serve as a platform to help increase the bond between
librarians and Wikipedians. The user group is yet to be recognized by
the affiliations committee and certain factors about the group are yet
to be decided.
Join us in deciding the name of the user group, logo, scope, and
anything you wish to add or remove, by signing up in the group's meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group#Members>.
You can even take on a role to organize the group's activities!
We have a lot of interesting things planned once the group is
recognized by the AffCom. Join us and don't forget to invite your
friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
UY Scuti
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
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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
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If you have not already seen the Wikimania Call for Submissions, here you
are! The deadline for presentations is March 30. Please send to anyone who
may be interested.
best,
Phoebe
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From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:10 AM
Subject: Wikimania 2017 call for submissions
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimania
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All,
I'm very pleased to send out the Wikimania Montréal Call for Submissions,
which can be found in French here:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
and in English here:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
On behalf of the Wikimania programme committee,
Phoebe Ayers
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Que vous soyez un membre de la communauté de l’un des projets Wikimédia
(tels que Wikipédia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia
Commons, Wiktionnaire, MediaWiki ou autres), un créateur de contenu libre
ou un consommateur, nous recevrons avec plaisir votre proposition pour une
session lors de Wikimania 2017.
*dates importantes*
Appel aux propositions ouvert : 2 février 2017
Date limite de soumission des présentations (conférence, panneau, table
ronde et atelier) : 30 mars 2017
Date limite de soumission des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions d’oiseaux
de la même plume : 15 mai 2017.
Notification d’acceptation des présentations : 20 avril 2017
Notification d’acceptation des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions
d’oiseaux de la même plume : 10 juin 2017
*Types de soumissions & Comment soumettre: *https://wikimania2017.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
*Des questions ?* Merci de contacter le Comité du programme par
wikimania-program(à)wikimedia.org.
----
Whether you are a community member of one of the Wikimedia projects (such
as Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons,
Wiktionary, MediaWiki or others), or a fellow open content creator or
consumer, we welcome your proposal for a session at Wikimania 2017.
*Important dates*
Call for proposals opens: February 2, 2017
Deadline for submitting presentation (lecture, panel, roundtable and
workshop) submissions: March 30, 2017
Deadline for submitting lightning talks, poster, and birds of a feather
submissions: May 15, 2017
Notification of acceptance for presentations: April 20, 2017
Notification of acceptance for lightning talks, poster and birds of a
feather submissions: June 10, 2017
*Submission types & how to submit:* https://wikimania2017.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
*Any questions?* Please contact the Programme Committee at
wikimania-program at wikimedia.org
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gmail.com *
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> On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 07:00 AM,
> libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
>
>> Send Libraries mailing list submissions to
>> libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
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>>
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>> than "Re: Contents of Libraries digest..."
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Ending the #1lib1ref campaign going strong! (Alex Stinson)
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 14:05:00 -0500
>> From: Alex Stinson To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]"
>> , Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
>> coordination , North American
>> Cultural Partnerships , "Wikimedia &
>> Libraries" Subject: [libraries] Ending the #1lib1ref campaign going
>> strong!
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> Dear #1Lib1Ref Heroes,
>>
>> One last request for this year's campaign!
>>
>> We want to make sure that in the face of "alternative facts" the
>> world
>> knows that Wikipedia and Libraries are working side-by-side to bring
>> reliable information to the world. We stand together, because
>> #factsmatter.
>>
>> Please retweet a post sent out today from our main @Wikipedia account
>> while
>> adding your own tagline to it like this:
>>
>> #1Lib1Ref Happens Here. Because #FactsMatter.
>> https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/826792224084021250
>>
>> That's all we need to maximize the momentum from an already
>> record-breaking
>> global campaign (3 times bigger than last year!). We really
>> appreciate your
>> help.
>>
>> It matters now more than ever.
>>
>> The Wikipedia Library Team
>>
>> --
>> Alex Stinson
>> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>>
>> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
>> other
>> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
>> http://glamwiki.org
>>
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> 1. #1lib1ref mid-campaign update (Alex Stinson)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:36:23 -0500
> From: Alex Stinson To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]"
> , Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
> coordination , North American
> Cultural Partnerships , "Wikimedia &
> Libraries" Subject: [libraries] #1lib1ref mid-campaign update
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hey #1lib1ref organizers, WikiLibrarians and GLAM-Wiki enthusiasts,
>
> We wanted to send a brief update on how the campaign is going:
>
> As of writing the email, the campaign has tracked over 1930
> contributions
> by 392 contributos in 1332 articles in 15 different languages
> (remember we
> expect we are missing 1/4-1/2 of contributions that don't use the
> hashtag).
> This well surpasses our [https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons contributions from last
> year],
> and we still have another week and a half to go! We published a brief
> update blog at https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/24/1lib1ref-first-
> week-highlights/ to highlight these accomplishments.
>
> We have seen a slightly smaller amount of blogging and newsletters as
> part
> of the Campaign this year. We think this may be in part, because the
> campaign is less novel and in part because of the broad number of
> distractions in the press at the moment (we actually think this means
> we
> have been more grassroots this year which is a good signal for the
> network
> for Wikipedia and libraries). If you find pieces of press or blogs,
> make
> sure to share them at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press
>
> We are testing a Central Notice Banner, to encourage Wikimedians to go
> talk
> to their librarians about #1lib1ref. So far we have seen pageview
> activity
> from Wikipedians, but it is not clear how much that will transfer into
> activity. We have yet to see a social media boost or huge boost in
> participation using the hashtag. If you want to try the banner in your
> language, instructions are below [1]
>
> We could still use your help reminding librarians in your context to
> participate! Something as simple as visiting your library and showing
> the
> librarians how to add a citation to Wikipedia, or sending an email to
> your
> local library organiziations, would be awesome. Sharing in digital
> communications attracts some participants to the campaign, but we also
> know
> that many of participants are encouraged by friends, peers, colleagues
> or
> patrons to participate.
>
> We look forward to seeing what other activities events emerge this
> year. If
> you need help, make sure to contact the Wikipedia Library team.
>
>
> Keep up the energy through February 3!
>
> Alex Stinson
>
>
> [1] See the English language campaign banner banner at:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projekt_ilustracyjny_Philipa_
> Greenspuna/Kryteria&banner=Community17_1lib1ref&uselang=en&force=1
>
> For translating and deploying a banner in your language:
>
> * Go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
> Translate&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Community17_1lib1ref&filter=
>
> * Get select your language.
>
> *Click the first edit for "en"
>
> -* Enter two letter language code
>
> -* Save Translation
>
> *Click for "Have you heard...."
>
> - * Enter Translation
>
> - * Save
> *Ping Seddon (WMF), and he will review the translation and deploy it.
>
> --
> Alex Stinson
> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
> Wikimedia Foundation
> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>
> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
> other
> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
> http://glamwiki.org
>
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>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 14:05:00 -0500
> From: Alex Stinson To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]"
> , Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
> coordination , North American
> Cultural Partnerships , "Wikimedia &
> Libraries" Subject: [libraries] Ending the #1lib1ref campaign going
> strong!
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Dear #1Lib1Ref Heroes,
>
> One last request for this year's campaign!
>
> We want to make sure that in the face of "alternative facts" the world
> knows that Wikipedia and Libraries are working side-by-side to bring
> reliable information to the world. We stand together, because
> #factsmatter.
>
> Please retweet a post sent out today from our main @Wikipedia account
> while
> adding your own tagline to it like this:
>
> #1Lib1Ref Happens Here. Because #FactsMatter.
> https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/826792224084021250
>
> That's all we need to maximize the momentum from an already
> record-breaking
> global campaign (3 times bigger than last year!). We really appreciate
> your
> help.
>
> It matters now more than ever.
>
> The Wikipedia Library Team
>
> --
> Alex Stinson
> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
> Wikimedia Foundation
> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>
> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
> other
> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
> http://glamwiki.org
>