Hi Mark,
I'd be happy to talk with you about this concept. Here are a few ideas for your consideration:
1. Imagery like photos, drawings and sculptures that are out of copyright and are related to Alaska Native Elder stories would be great candidates for upload to the Wikimedia Commons image repository at https://commons.wikimedia.org
2. Full texts of out-of-copyright works may be eligible for inclusion on Wikisource at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page. (I'm not an expert on Wikisource but I can connect you with people who are.)
3. Some Alaska Native Elder stories might meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for Wikipedia articles about *individual stories* and/or for inclusion in *related articles*.
4. For some time, our community here in Washington State has discussed the possibility of supporting Native American language preservation and transmittal by use of Wiktionary and other Wikimedia projects. I would be personally supportive of creating editions of Wiktionary (our online dictionary) in Alaska Native languages.
I hope that this information is helpful. I'd be glad to set up a time to talk with you by phone or Google Hangouts to discuss this further.
Pine Phone 206-659-7420
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:34 AM, yawnbox yawnbox@riseup.net wrote:
Hi Mark!
Good to meet you at our grantwriting class. As discussed, I am CC'ing the Wikimedia Cascadia email list presuming someone there has some time to to assist you with your current and maybe future projects. I think it's very important that organizations like yours is able to learn how to use Wikipedia for public, long-term benefit.
Wikimedia Cascadia homepage: http://cascadia.wiki/
I see that the group does not formally include Alaska, but I'm sure there are individuals excited to help.
I am not as knowledgeable as those in the group. You had questions/concerns about file format, copyright, and archiving/accessibility use cases. Could you describe your project? Or point us to a web page with project details? We could offer specific suggestions on what you can do.
Cheers! @yawnbox, yawnbox.com
Mark Calvert:
Dear Christopher,
Thank you for offering to help make a connection and share ideas about
how we can partner with Wiki to make Alaska Native Elder stories available in open source.
I really appreciate any information you can share or people to contact.
Thank you, Mark
Mark Calvert, Community Engagement Educator Association of Alaska School Boards / Alaska ICE (Initiative for
Community Engagement)
1111 West 9th Street Juneau, Alaska 99801 Tel: 907-463-1660 www.aasb.org http://www.aasb.org/
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