Hi WMF social media people,
Can you send out announcements about Wiknic?
Thanks!
Pine
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From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:27 PM
Subject: Mark your calendars for Wiknic 2015
To: Wikimedia-announce <wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Mailing List <Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedians Active in
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Hi all,
Wiknic is Wikipedia's annual community picnic. For those of us who are in
parts of the world where the current season is summer, we usually celebrate
Wiknic in June or July. Wiknic started in the United States, and I'm told
that the idea has spread to other countries with diverse languages
including the Netherlands, Israel, and France. This year's suggested Wiknic
dates are Sunday, July 5th or Saturday, July 25th.
So, organize or join a Wiknic in your area!
You might also consider inviting members of other open source, technology
enthusiast, and public service communities to join you at Wiknic. We are
doing this in Cascadia Wikimedians.
More information about Wiknic is available at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
Photos from a few of last year's Wiknics made it to Commons. See
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiknic_2014
Have fun,
Pine
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Open Badges for editor retention" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/11/open-badges/
Thanks to John, Sara, and Andre for writing this post and helping us edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Could #OpenBadges make a difference for editor retention on @Wikimedia's
projects? @WikimediaSE thinks so! (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
• Open Badges are new digital credentials that can recognize an editor's
achievements on a variety of websites -- not just on Wikipedia. They can be
a powerful tool for engaging more contributors. During the Wikimedia
Hackathon in Lyon, a few important steps were taken to make them a reality
on projects powered by MediaWiki. (link)
• During the Wikimedia Hackathon in Lyon, further steps were taken to make
an extension for Open Badges on MediaWiki a reality. The hope is that such
an extension will increase editor retention and interest to contribute on
Wikimedia's projects as they can highlight their achievements in other
settings. (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hey all,
An interview with Wikimedia Australia's president, Steven Zhang, was
published yesterday by news.com.au. Here's some proposed social - as usual
feel free to suggest tweaks!
*Twitter:*
- Steven Zhang, president of @wm_au, spoke to @newscomauHQ about
diversity and Wikipedia's accuracy [link]
*Facebook:*
- "I got involved because I saw gaps and wanted to close them." [link]
- Wikimedians in Australia are helping to close gaps in Wikipedia's
coverage. Wikimedia Australia's president, Steven Zhang, spoke to
news.com.au. [link]
Thanks,
--
*Joe Sutherland*
Communications Intern [remote]
m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w:
JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
We just published "How the Wikimedia Foundation Board elections are
organized" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/10/how-board-elections-are-organized/
Thanks to James and Greg for writing the post and helping us edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter:*
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a Wikimedia
election? We have an exclusive look: <link>
*Facebook/G+:*
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a Wikimedia
election? We have an exclusive look: <link>
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hi, we are pleased to announce a new kind of event (wikifestival) that
Amical is organizing for World's Music Day next June 21. We would like to
ask you if it would be possible to plan some tweets for that day.
The official page is www.diadelamusica.cat (in Catalan) --> if you prefer,
we can translate it into English for international users
Below is the explanation of the event.
David Parreño Mont
Communications
Amical Wikimedia
*Idea*
The idea is to plan a one whole day *wikifestival* for improving Music
related content on ALL ongoing Wikimedia projects with an active Catalan
version (Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikidata, Wiktionary, Wikimedia
Commons...)
It will work somehow like and edit-a-thon but with 9 ongoing challenges,
where attendees can join:
# 1: All about 10 most important Catalan music instruments (Wikipedia)
# 2: Catalan pop rock artists (Wikipedia)
# 3: All About Enric Granados (Wikidata)
# 4: Barcelona's Auditorium 2016 programme (Wikipedia)
# 5: Enric Morera Year (Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikidata)
# 6: 100 quotes on Catalan Music (Wikiquote)
# 7: 10 PD catalan sheet music (Scanning for Wikisource)
# 8: Illustrating a Musical instruments dictionaire previously released by
TERMCAT (Commons & Wiktionary)
# 9: Music theory book for children (Wikibooks)
*Why:-*We wanted to share this wikifestival idea of all sister projects
working together around a topic on one day opened to the main public.
- Because we believe & love Wikipedia but also its sister projects, and we
want people to discover them to bigger audiences
- To improve outreach on sister projects and have a global view of Catalan
Community of editors
- To held an "end of the course event" with students who have been active
on our educational projects
*Where:*
- In the Library of the Music Museum of Barcelona, a long term partner
which has facilitated us several contacts with Barcelona Music sector.
*Shared Organization*
This event has been co-organized with:
- Barcelona Music School ESMUCC (to find volunteer, attendees, pro
musicology teachers)
- Barcelona Music Museum & Library (host)
- Barcelona Auditorium: Contact with sector professionals
- TERMCAT: Terminology center: released a music dictionaire
- Amical Wikimedia : project lead & wiki things
Hello everyone,
Sorry for the delay here... we just published "Evaluation helps Wikimedia
leaders learn together" to the blog. URL:
<http://goog_1465368725/>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/09/evaluation-helps-leaders-learn-togeth…
Thanks to María and Christof for writing the story, and Jaime and Rosemary
for their contributions!
Here are some proposed social media copy - please tweak as needed. Thanks
for reviewing!
*Twitter*
-
- The Evaluation initiative helps a new wave of Wikimedia program
leaders (link)
- How collaborative work expands the evaluation initiative within the
movement (link)
- Learning to evaluate programs at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin
(link)
*Facebook/Google+*
-
- The Foundation's learning and evaluation team's workshops at the
Wikimedia Conference in Germany taught program leaders vital frameworks,
tools and models to tell engaging stories. (link)
--
*Joe Sutherland*
Communications Intern [remote]
m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w:
JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
We just published "How to join a Wikipedia meetup near you (VIDEO)" to the
blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/wikipedia-meetups/
Thanks to Patrick for writing the post and Fabrice, Ed and Joe for editing.
Also thanks to Victor for such an awesome video.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Find a #WikipediaMeetup near you and learn how to edit Wikipedia. (VIDEO)
(link)
* *suggestion of adding Jimmy's name or handle*
*Facebook/Google+*
• Wikipedia meetups happen all around the world and are an easy way to
learn how to edit the encyclopedia. To find a meetup near you, check out
this short video and companion FAQ. (link)
* *suggestion of adding Jimmy's name *
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hi folks,
We just published "Wikimedia Foundation Board election results are in” on the Wikimedia blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
Thanks to Gregory and James for writing this story, to Philippe and Ed for editing it with me, and to everyone else who helped get it ready for publication.
James can make any final tweaks to Workdpress as needed, now that the story is published.
Here are our proposed social media messages.
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
• Wikimedia Foundation Board election results are in—meet the winning candidates! @JemielniakD @WikiDocJames @vrandezo [link]
Facebook/Google+:
• The Wikimedia community has chosen three new board members for the Wikimedia Foundation: Dariusz Jemielniak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić [link]
• With over 5,100 votes counted and voters from 183 individual Wikimedia projects, the election results are in: Dariusz Jemielniak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić have been elected by the Wikimedia community to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [link]
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this story with our community!
Fabrice
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Hi guys,
Indian newspaper The Hindu yesterday published a piece featuring natural
science researcher and Wikipedian Shyamal Lakshminarayanan, ahead of his
talk at Celebrating Art and Natural History at the National Gallery of
Modern Art in Bengaluru.
http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-twain-must-meet/arti…
Below are some proposed messages - please feel free to tweak.
*Twitter:*
- "In India we don’t encourage sufficient self learning. With the
internet that is changing." (link)
- Wikipedian and researcher Shyamal Lakshminarayanan is filling gaps in
India's science coverage (link)
*Facebook:*
- "In India we don’t encourage sufficient self learning. With the
internet, that is changing." Wikipedian and researcher Shyamal
Lakshminarayanan is filling gaps in India's science coverage (link)
Thanks!
Joe
--
*Joe Sutherland*
Communications Intern [remote]
m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w:
JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>