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From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:14 PM
Subject: [GLAM-US] need help w/ editathon in Virginia
To: North American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: awcampbell(a)vcu.edu
Hi all,
I'm working with a librarian (cc'd) at Virginia Commonwealth
University, which is in Richmond, on an editathon that is planned for
March 24, 2015; they are looking for Wikipedians who can help out
online or in-person.
The theme is going to be focused on Virginia history and VCU special
collections, e.g. Richmond, VA history, VCU history, the integration
of public schools, and women's suffrage in Virginia. They're
recruiting new editors, and would like to add links and info, and
hopefully upload photos to commons too.
Someone who is willing to help answering questions now and share some
of our editathon ideas/best practices and can be online during the
event would be ideal. I can probably do it, but may have a conflict,
so would like to recruit additional folks to help out.
Thanks!
Phoebe
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All,
The WikiTurgy event at the University of Maryland is canceled due to inclement weather.
Regards,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hello again!
Not even a week ago I sent out an email talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.
First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220239571/ or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ocean_City,_MD/Wiki_Loves_Sm…).
Now, I am very pleased to announce:
* Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!” More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WikiTurgy_UMD
* Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history. More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Howard
* Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia! More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/NPR_Black_History_Month
* Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/February_2015
There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!
If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.
Thanks,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hi everyone!
Upcoming events:
* February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artbytes-3-hackathon-tickets-15166279751
* February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/220239571/
* February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ocean_City,_MD/Wiki_Loves_Sm…
I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.
If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.hare(a)wikimediadc.org.
See you there!
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hello everyone!
After much delay, I would like to invite you all to help rate submissions for Wikipedia Summer of Monuments. We received over 10,000 pictures during the upload period, and we would like to narrow that down to 500 for review by the jury.
Step 1: Create an account here (http://wlmjurytool2014.wmflabs.org/usdc/app.php/register/).
Step 2: Begin rating pictures here (http://wlmjurytool2014.wmflabs.org/usdc/app.php/round/1). A picture will load; hover your cursor over the pictures and you will have the option to rate between 1 and 5 stars. Rate pictures not just on their aesthetic quality but also their ability to illustrate what the monument is in an encyclopedic manner.
If we work together, we can work through the backlog in no time!
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Announcing AfroCROWD Intro to Wikimedia and How to Edit Wikipedia
workshops at New York's Brooklyn Public Library. Please email me if
you would like to discuss bringing one of these to your city. Please
also excuse cross-posting to various lists as we try to network across
the United States.
WHEN:
Saturday, February 7th 12:30 -3PM
Sunday February 8th 1-3:30PM
EVENTBRITE (better reading format):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-intro-to-wikimedia-how-to-edit-wikip…
If you plan to view via Livestream from a different city, please let
me know of your interest at alice.backer(a)gmail.com.
PROPOSAL:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/AFROcroWd_and_Interglider.ORG/Ou…)
BACKGROUND:
Against the backdrop of Black History Month, the workshops seek to
further the International Decade for People of African Descent’s
development and education goals and Wikimedia’s goal of increasing its
reach. Technology companies Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Twitter have
recently reported that their workforce is 2% Black, a figure
non-proportionate to the 13% of Blacks living in the United States.
The Black Twitter phenomenon shows that Afrodescendants have
successfully taken to social media as an organizing tool. Exposing
more Afrodescendants to Wikimedia has the potential to take this foray
a step further and transfer skills that might deepen Afrodescendant
exploration of online technology. But beyond it all, editing Wikipedia
alone or as a group is a constructive and rewarding way to spend time
online.
The workshops will be the first in a series of activities by Afro Free
Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD), a new initiative which
seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent who actively
partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software
movements. The workshops are open to all Afrodescendants including but
not limited to individuals who self-identify as African,
African-American, Afro-Latino, Biracial, Black, Black-American,
Caribbean, Garifuna, Haitian or West Indian.
Although the February workshops will be held in English, they will
take into account that many Afrodescendant groups in the United States
might find that access to Wikipedia’s multilingual crowdsourcing
platform can help them transfer free knowledge to populations of
African descent outside of the United States that they are connected
to through origin or direct familial bonds. Multilingual
Afrodescendants may also want to use such platforms to develop and
maintain online bodies of relevant knowledge in native languages such
as Garifuna, Haitian Kreyòl, Igbo, Spanish, Twi or Yoruba, thereby
contributing to the survival of and increasing their proficiency in
those languages while also feeling more culturally grounded.
WHERE:
Brooklyn Public Library
Main Branch
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn. NY
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/
(Subway: 2,3, 4 to Grand Army Plaza)
FOUNDERS
AfroCROWD founders are Alice Backer, founder of www.kiskeacity.com,
www.haitianbloggers.com, and Global Voices Lingua, a Brooklyn-based
lawyer, blogger and free knowledge and culture enthusiast who has been
aggregating and disseminating Haitian online expression since 2005 and
has launched citizen media campaigns in Haiti, the Caribbean, Africa
and the United States and Milos Rancic, founder of Anarchopedia,
veteran Wikimedian with over 10 years in the movement, Wikimedia
Language Committee member and chair of Interglider.ORG. Milica
Gudovic, Interglider.ORG's CEO, participant to the process of
localization of Creative Commons Licenses for Serbia and experienced
feminist activist of 20 years, has lended considerable time and
expertise to our grant proposal and will help us with training in the
coming months.
OUTREACH PARTNERS (evolving list):
Afrolatin@ Project
Brooklyn Public Library
Haiti Cultural Exchange
Haitian Creole Language Institute of New York
STAY UPDATED VIA FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/afroCROWD
Best,
Alice
A L I C E B A C K E R
Haitian Blog Aggregator: http://haitianbloggers.com
LOF1804 Podcast: http://www.kiskeacity.com
Blog: http://www.kiskeacity.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiskeacity
Newsletter: Kiskeácity Daily
skype: alicebacker
Hello,
The Art+Feminism campaign, which is organizing edit-a-thons throughout the world, is looking for Wikipedia ambassadors to provide assistance at some of their organized events. Currently they are looking for ambassadors in:
* Worcester, MA
* Montreal, QC
* Toronto, ON
* Houston, TX
* Athens, GA
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Paris, France
If you or anyone you know would be interested in helping teach people how to edit Wikipedia, please contact me.
Thanks,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hi everyone!
The 4th annual WikiWomen's History Month is in March, coinciding with
Women's History Month.
Please start planning your events to contribute content to Wikipedia and
related Wikimedia websites about women's history! You can post your events
and find resources on how to implement edit-a-thons and workshops here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month
Any questions just let me know!
I look forward to your participation!
Sarah
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www.sarahstierch.com
Hello Wikipedians of WikiDC,
This video on AI (artificial intelligence) by Jaron Lanier has some food
for thought regarding the "Cult of the Encyclopedia" ...
We're talking about the "Cult of the Encyclopedia" in the sense of the Lord
of the Rings metaphor of "one ring/encyclopedia to rule them all ... and in
the darkness bind them", the idea that somehow the Wiki Encyclopedia is the
centrally located "self organizing" website that will organize the factual
materials of the Internet into a coherent and usable Big Data whole ...
Check in around minute 16:30 where Mr. Lanier starts talking about how
unpaid translators are the key to assembling the corpora of knowledge that
makes Big Data and AI possible.
Two key thoughts:
1. The mythology that there is some emergent "super intelligence machine"
generated by AI is comparable to the use of religious mythology to justify
having people work for very little personal benefit on projects like the
pyramids, in the service of a religious elite ...
2. When it comes down to it, even with AI and Big Data we still have the
political problem of what Mr. Lanier calls "algorithms" and "actuators." In
other words, it doesn't matter how fancy our technical processes are,
somebody or some group has to set them in motion ...
What Mr. Lanier is only starting to consider in this video:
-- The distinction between those who actually generate source data, and
those who leverage the source data of others.
if you'd like some food for thought, take a look at minute 16:30, about all
the unpaid translators, the source data generators, who actually make the
whole Big Data system run.
http://edge.org/conversation/the-myth-of-ai#video
How do we strengthen the indispensable source data workers of the world's
knowledge system?
All the best,
Kristin
User:Djembayz