Dear all
Wikimedia Sverige, through our new partnerships hub
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub> want to help
make documenting built cultural heritage on Wikimedia projects easier. We
want to work with Wikimedia communities to help you write about your
heritage, document it through Wiki Loves Monuments and other activities.
To start we are importing the data from the Wiki Loves Monuments database
into Wikidata, building on the work that the community has done over the
last several years.
Adding information about monuments to Wikidata has several benefits
including:
-
It makes it much easier to run Wiki Loves Monuments and makes it
possible to use other tools to run e.g. Monumental. For example, monuments
lists can be generated automatically based on Wikidata data, instead of
having to maintain them locally on-wiki.
-
It allows Wikipedia contributors to know what heritage is missing, for
example we can create a redlist of the missing sites from Wikipedia.
-
It makes the monuments list easier to keep up to date by empowering more
editors to edit the items, not only those active on the local Wikipedia
version and fluent in its language. We are working on additional Wikidata
documentation to support this.
To do this we we would like to work with communities to better understand
their local data before we upload it:
1.
What is the state of the data? E.g when was it added, is it out of date?
Have you manually added or changed the data from the original source?
2.
Where did the data come from? Is it available publicly? Can we download
it easily?
3.
Are there any additional sources of data you would like to include in
your Wiki Loves Monuments lists?
We are currently updating the page
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_WLM/Status, which
contains an overview of all the datasets in the Monuments database, in
order to identify the regions with largest gaps and find out what already
has been done by the community. You can add your comments there or on the
talk page.
We have plenty of time until the next Wiki Loves Monuments, so we are
looking forward to improving as much data on Wikidata as possible.
Please get in touch with us by emailing Alicia.fagerving(a)wikimedia.se
Many thanks
John Cummings
Wikimedia Sverige
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on Wednesday, February
23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
[meeting link]
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our first ever Community
Development community call!
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on Wednesday, February
23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
[meeting link]
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our first ever Community
Development community call!
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on Wednesday, February
23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
[meeting link]
We want to thank those who have expressed interest in speaking during this
call, we had an overwhelming response. Unfortunately we were only able to
choose 3 speakers from the community. We will be sending invitations to
those who have been selected to participate in the meeting shortly. At this
time sign ups for speaking during the call have closed.
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758?pwd=b1ZFNTMyaFdJRCtxbzIyaU13OWlmUT09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our first ever Community
Development community call!
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Dear fellow Wikimedians -
List members will be aware that Wiki Loves Folklore is taking place right now. [1]
I'm not a member of the international WLF team but I'm suggesting that it would be really good to centralize basic general statistics/metrics for this on the Wiki Loves Competition Tools. [2]
This is controlled through a Scribunto module page written in the Lua programming language. So someone who knows Lua well enough (sadly not me) can (easily?) add Wiki Loves Folklore on the relevant Commons module. [3]
I've mentioned this to the WLF international team during a meeting for WLF organizer that took place last week and I proposed asking for help; our friend Lodewijk/effe iets anders has suggested that this would be a good place to ask for help. Any direct action or suggestions on how to go about this will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Toni
___________________________
User:ToniSantWikimedia Community Malta
Web: http://www.wikimalta.org
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore[2]https://wikiloves.toolforge.org
[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:WL_data
Hi everyone,
It’s time to pick up the WLM Office Hours again. During these office hours
you can expect to talk with other WLM organizers about different aspects of
organizing the WLM competition.
We’ll start this year off with a first block (in 2 time slots to allow
optimal geographic coverage) on the research for DEI en are looking forward
to discussing issues of accessibility and disparity of resources, changing
local cultural contexts related to monuments/heritage, government or
bureaucratic restrictions to participation, and other such issues that
hinder inclusivity and diversity in WLM.
Please join us on the weekend of 29 and 30 January for an exchange of
experiences, after a brief introduction/presentation by Mesha (a researcher
that supports the international team). Whether you have experiences to
share, or are just curious about Wiki Loves Monuments and the research,
please join us for the call.
When: Sat. 29 Jan 9:00 am (UTC) and Sun. 30 Jan 18.00 (UTC)
Where: Google Meet
We would appreciate it if you could indicate your interest on this page on
Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022/Office…>:
12 hours before the start of the office hour we will share the link for the
call on this page.
On a final note: the international team will be planning more office hours
again and we have some ideas about the topics that could be covered, but we
of course would like to hear if you have ideas about this! Wikidata,
organizing your first photowalk, or the jury process: what would you like
to talk about? Let us know.
Best,
Ciell
Hello everyone,
The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our first ever community call on February 23, 2022
from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
The purpose of the community call is to provide a space for volunteers to
meet the Community Development team. The five-person Community Development
team is responsible for developing accessible opportunities for volunteers
to grow critical capacities and leadership skills for movement
sustainability and growth. The community call is also a shared space for
all volunteers to hear or speak about projects related to capacity building
& leadership development in the Wikimedia community.
Our first call, Meet the Community Development Team will include a sign up
sheet
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>for
those who would like to speak for 5-10 minutes about their
individual/community capacity building work.
If you would simply like to attend and listen, join the Zoom link at the
scheduled call time, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
Although the primary language of the call is English, we are committed to
providing simultaneous translation to the best of our ability. Please use
the same sign up sheet
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
to indicate your language preference so that we can best accommodate
translation support as needed.
Some may be asking, what is capacity building and why is the Community
Development team supporting this work?
What is capacity building? Capacity building is any activity aimed at
developing a skill or capability in others; it can take many forms, ranging
from formal training through online self-study courses to individual
mentorship.
The “Invest in Skill and Leadership Development”
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
recommendation of the 2030 Wikimedia Movement Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>encourages
movement-wide capacity building as a necessity to achieve our strategic
commitment to Knowledge Equity. Capacity building has the ability to
encourage diversity, redistribute and share resources, welcome newcomers
and grow communities.
Community Development is launching this series to ensure we can hear
directly from volunteers who are interested in or who already are leading
capacity building work in their communities. This is one one way we plan to
create a space for direct conversations with volunteers about the different
contexts, challenges, and opportunities in capacity building across the
movement.
How do our projects relate to capacity building and leadership development?
Our team's portfolio is a curation of online and offline learning programs
and resources that aim to enable skill development and resilience in the
movement.
Some of our recent capacity building projects include the Wikilearn Online
Learning Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, Board of
Trustees Candidate toolkit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Candidate_Re…>and
the 2021 Wikimania Speaker Series
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/What_we_do>.
In order for us to continue building relevant curricula and programming, we
need to hear from the Wikimedia movement. Please visit the Community
Development team page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> to learn more about
our capacity building and leadership development projects.
Key Dates:
-
First community call: February 23, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:00 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>
-
Sign up
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
to speak at the first community call. The application closes on February
February 14th, 2022.
To participate in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link to the call here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84302371758>.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal devicer.
-
Use the sign up sheet to confirm your interest to speak about your work
in capacity building here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIiyAlq7uKBp4eqmnbyVr9Zmi3LBjCQgZ…>
We are excited to see and hear from you in our call!
Thank you from the Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
In recent years, several national teams have indicated that they
encountered problems that prevented them from being able to participate in
Wiki Loves Monuments. These issues included, but were not limited to, the
definition of a 'built monument', and the possible bias with authorities
that appoints monuments in their country. Issues such as colonial heritage
and indigenous heritage were also often a topic that teams ran into.
The International WLM team therefore sought and received WMF funds to
conduct a research on the diversity, equity and inclusion of the Wiki Loves
Monuments photo competition.
For this, I’d like to introduce to you Mesha, who is the researcher and
consultant that will be advising us on how to make our photo contest more
accessible to everyone.
Mesha will be reaching out to (previous) national organisers, (previous)
international organisers, and others involved with WLM in the upcoming
months. If you want to proactively reach out to Mesha and make sure your
experiences are being heard, she can be reached at
mesha.m(a)wikilovesmonuments.mobi .
Kind regards,
Ciell
WLM International Team 2021
Hi everyone,
As the national winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 are coming in, the
international team is working on putting together a good jury for this
year's international round. We will need 3-5 more members to complete the
set.
As in the past years, it is important to aim once again for a jury that as
a whole is neutral and balanced in many ways. This means ideally:
1. A mix of photography experts, heritage experts, and Wikimedia experts
(aiming at a total size of 7-9)
2. Geographically balanced so that no two jury members come from the
same country.
3. Balance in many other ways imaginable (while at the same time, one
can never assure a balance in all aspects)
4. The international jury members do not serve on a national jury for
WLM 2021
5. At the same time, there are some practical considerations:
- Jury members must be able to understand English.
6. Able to commit to judging 200-500 photos in three rounds over a
period of 3 weeks in November, as a volunteer.
While jury members can participate in a local competition, their photos
cannot participate in the international finale. It would be helpful if the
juror would be willing to share their real name for the jury report.
Do you know someone who would make a good juror? Please contact me or the
jury coordinator Ndahira Derrick (ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com) with the
suggestions. Please reach out along with the potential juror contact
details, and a couple of lines of why they would make a good juror for WLM.
We are specifically looking for jurors from *Latin America, Africa, and
Asia*, as other regions are well covered already.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
*on behalf of the international team*
Forwarding from the announcements list.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ndahiro Derrick Alter <ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 4:04 PM
Subject: Submission of local WLM 2021 winning photos to the international
jury
To: <wlm-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com>
This email contains important information on how you can submit the 10
nominees of your country to the international finale and the deadlines. Please
forward this to your coordinators if need be.]
Dear national coordinators, jury coordinators,
Thank you for an amazing job in the past weeks and months in organizing
what seems to have been yet again an amazing competition in more than 40
countries! It's great to see all the beautiful images that have been
submitted.
As you know, the international Wiki Loves Monuments competition is based on
a federalized model: there's a national competition in each country, with a
national organizing team, a national jury and national winners. The
national jury determines up to (maximum) 10 images that will be submitted
to the international finale.
These ten images should be submitted via email to the international jury
coordinator via this email (*ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com
<ndahiroderric(a)gmail.com>*) before the deadline (31st November.2021. Unless
you have agreed on a different deadline with Krishna Chaitanya (in cc). But
if you like, please send them at least a few days before that time.
*Submissions
after this deadline are not guaranteed to be included in the finale. When
submitting your finalists, please take these instructions into account:*
* Submit no more than ten images per (national) competition. It is OK to
submit fewer images, for example, if you don't find enough images of high
quality.
* Submit the images to:ndahiroderric@gmail.com, and include in the CC at
least one (additional) jury member besides yourself. Please also include
Krishna Chaitanya in the cc.
* If the results are still not public (if you plan to announce them later
publicly), please add the planned announcement date. Please note that we
will announce the international winners in January, and will not wait for
national announcements.
* Submit for each image: URL, Filename on Wikimedia Commons and Author
username
* Check basic information about the images. It is NOT possible to replace
finalists after the deadline!
** that the author has activated their email function on Wikimedia Commons.
If we cannot email the user there, they may automatically forfeit any
prize. You can help them by posting a message on their talk page or
tracking them down through social media.
** that the monument on the image is identified (preferably also described
in English)
** that the image is freely licensed
Thanks a lot for your cooperation. After all, nominees have been received,
this will result in a pool of some 350-430 images for the international
jury to consider. The international jury is described on this page
<https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/jury/>. The jury will first-rate all
images with 1-5 stars, from which a top-40/60 will be considered. Then, the
jurors will have the opportunity to remove images from the selection, which
they consider unfit. Finally, they are asked to rank their top-25 images
and share their reasoning. We will create a jury report based on this
information. We expect to announce the results in the first two weeks of
January (depending on the swiftness of jury report creation and media
opportunities).
With warm regards,
*Derrick Ndahiro*, 2021 WLM jury coordinator