Social-media November 2014

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Proposed Social Media for India Community Consultation 2014 blog post
by Michael Guss 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

*Hello everyone,* *I noticed we could use some sm for the India Community Consultation 2014 blog post. Thanks for reviewing!* *Blog post*: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ t: October's India Community Consultation had a profound impact on shaping the Wikimedia movement in India. Here's how: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ t: Learn how the India Community Consultation 2014 will shape the Wikimedia movement in India https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ t: Last month, members of WMF & community members met in Bangalore to discuss shaping the Wikimedia movement in India https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ f/g: Last month's India Community Consultation 2014 had a profound impact on shaping the Wikimedia movement in India with a number of important themes discussed including opening up content, increased digitalizaion, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ f/g: The India Community Consultation 2014 held In Bangalore included the development of a proposed roadmap for a set of critical objectives for the Wikimedia movement to tackle. Learn what they are here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/13/india-community-consultation-2014/ -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed postings for Apertium collaboration blog post
by Guillaume Paumier 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Twitter: How collaborating with @Apertium on Content Translation is making it easier to translate Wikipedia articles: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/14/apertium-and-wikimedia-a-collaboratio… Facebook / Google+ Wikimedia's Language Engineering team has been collaborating with Apertium to integrate their machine translation platform into the Content Translation feature, which makes it easier for editors to translate Wikipedia articles into other languages. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/14/apertium-and-wikimedia-a-collaboratio… -- Guillaume Paumier

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Proposed Social Media for Excelling students blog post
by Michael Guss 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

*Hello everyone,* *Here is the proposed sm for "Excelling students" blog post. Thanks for reviewing!* *Blog post*: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: Innovative education project had honor students edit Wikipedia, via partnership with @WikimediaIL http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: Israeli students helped contribute to the sum of all human knowledge - as part of their homework: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: Israeli Mayor thanks honor students for contributing articles as part of education project by @WikimediaIL http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: The city of Be'er Sheva, Israeli Ministry of Education, & @WikimediaIL celebrate first year of education project http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: Israeli High school students were able to contribute articles to Hebrew Wikipedia about their city - for class. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… t: Wikimedia Israel worked with local teachers to help students gain writing and digital literacy skills via Wikipedia http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… f/g: This past academic year, Wikimedia Israel teamed up with the Israeli Ministry of Education, and the municipality of Be'er Sheva in an innovative education project that had excelling Israeli students contribute articles about their city as part of their curriculum. Learn about the findings from a productive first year: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… f/g: In accordance with lesson plans approved by the Be'er Sheva Municipality, Wikimedia Israel worked with local teachers to help students garner writing and digital literacy skills as part of an education initiative through engagement with Hebrew Wikipedia. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/excelling-students-in-beer-sheva-write… -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed Social Media for Code to Access - the Key to the Treausre blog post
by Michael Guss 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

*Hello everyone,* *Here is the proposed social media for the Code to Access blog post. Thanks for reviewing!* *Blog post*: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/12/code-to-access-key-to-treasure/ t: The conference @KulturellesErbe brings together cultural institutions and civil society. @WikimediaDEabout why this is important: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/12/code-to-access-key-to-treasure/ t: Germany's largest #GLAM conference to include Google, National Library of Norway, co-hosted by @WikimediaDE https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/12/code-to-access-key-to-treasure/ f/g: Wikimedia Deutschland will be in attendance and is one of the proud partners of Germany's largest GLAM conference, "Shaping Access - More Responsibility for Cultural Heritage," being held in Berlin: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/12/code-to-access-key-to-treasure/ f/g: Being held in Berlin, Germany's largest GLAM conference, "Shaping Access - More Responsibility for Cultural Heritage," will feature presentations from Google,the National Library of Norway, and Europeana with Wikimedia Deutschland as a proud partner for the fourth time: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/12/code-to-access-key-to-treasure/ -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Grant for Art & Feminism editathons
by Alex Wang 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi Social Media Folks! I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant. Art+Feminism editathons go global! Join your local event on March 8, 2015, supported by #wmfgrants and Wikimedia US-DC: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MMandiberg/Art%2BFeminism_Editat… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Ernest-Mtl/Projet_Qu%C3%A9bec/Ca…> Art & Feminism Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/artandfeminism Wikimedia DC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wikimediadc Wikimedia DC Twitter: @wikimediadc <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Ernest-Mtl/Projet_Qu%C3%A9bec/Ca…> Thanks, Alex -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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Grant for Project Quebec
by Alex Wang 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi Social Media Folks! I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant. <https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Projet_Qu%C3%A9bec/Canada>Projet Québec/Canada <https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Projet_Qu%C3%A9bec/Canada> launches a promotion drive for Wikisource contributions, supported by #wmfgrants: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Ernest-Mtl/Projet_Qu%C3%A9bec/Ca… Thanks, Alex -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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Proposed Social Media for the lyon Declaration
by Michael Guss 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

*Hello everyone,* *Here is the proposed social media for our Facebook and Google + accounts about the lyon Declaration. Thank you for reviewing!* *Blog*: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/wikimedia-supports-lyon-declaration-a… f/g: Wikimedia supports the Lyon Declaration and Access to Knowledge https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/wikimedia-supports-lyon-declaration-a… f/g: Our support for the Lyon Declaration is part of our efforts to make Wikipedia available across the digital divide, including several community initiatives to provide offline access to Wikipedia. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/wikimedia-supports-lyon-declaration-a… f/g We are happy to have signed the Lyon Declaration, which we see as imperative to narrowing the global digital divide and increasing access to free knowledge. We hope more will sign with us. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/wikimedia-supports-lyon-declaration-a… f/g: Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We are a step closer to reaching our vision. We have signed the Lyon Declaration. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/10/wikimedia-supports-lyon-declaration-a… -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Tomorrow is Aaron Swartz Day, November 8th
by Michael Guss 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Hello everybody, Tomorrow is an important day for the free knowledge and open source movements: Aaron Swartz's Day. Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ Not sure if we have anything already for this, but just thought we could acknowledge it (EFF, Creative Commons are): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/weekend-join-us-honoring-legacy-aaron… Daily Dot already has an article posted: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/aaron-swartz-day-hackathon-2014/ I'll have a full list of coverage per usual with the media report on Monday. *Proposed Social media* t: Remembering Aaron Swartz: Did you know he had the idea for Wikipedia when he was only 13 years old? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ t: Remembering an internet innovator: Today is Aaron Swartz Day https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ f/g: "He believed strongly that the freedoms that we take for granted online are constantly under threat and need to be defended." Today, we remember an extraordinary internet activist, wikipedian, and friend. It is Aaron Swartz Day: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed Social Media for The Wikipedia Monument
by Michael Guss 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

Hello everyone Here is the proposed social media for the Wikipedia monument unveiling blog post. Thanks for reviewing! Blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ t: Why is it located in Slubice, Poland? What does it represent? Learn the story of the Wikipedia Monument: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ t: Learn the story of how the Wikipedia Monument came to be: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ t: A testament to Free Knowledge for all: learn the story of how the Wikipedia monument came to be: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ f/g: There is now a monument to recognize the countless hours and sheer dedication of Wikipedians around the world. Learn the story of how the Wikipedia Monument came to be: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ f/g: It took 3 years for Dr. Kryzyztof Wojciechowski's dream for a monument dedicated to the sum of all human knowledge to be realized. Learn the story of the Wikipedia Monument and those who made it a reality: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/the-wikipedia-monument-unveiling/ -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed social media postings for File metadata cleanup blog post
by Guillaume Paumier 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

twitter / facebook / google+: How cleaning up multimedia files on Wikimedia sites will help both robots and humans: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/07/cleaning-up-file-metadata-for-humans-… As always, suggestions are welcome. (And I still haven't set up Keepass (Bad, bad Guillaume) so I'd be very grateful if someone with access could post these once they've been reviewed!) -- Guillaume Paumier

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