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(a)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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