Wikimedia-l September 2013

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The largest photography competition
by Romaine Wiki 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

This month it is the 4th year that volunteers from Wikipedia and Wikimedia organize Wiki Loves Monuments, an international photo contest focused on monuments, the cultural heritage the world has. In 2010 it was organized for the first time in the Netherlands only. That was big success and was in 2011 expanded to 18 countries in Europe. In 2012 it went worldwide with 35 countries around the globe. In 2012 the Guinness World Records recognized the 2011 as the "Largest photography competition" in the world. Last week we received the message that they recognize the 2012 as the largest now, but has to be updated on their website, see: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-6000/largest-photography-compet… The day before yesterday on 1 September the 2013 edition started with more than 50 countries. On the first day already more than 14.000 new images of monuments have been uploaded. All these images will enrich the lists of monuments on Wikipedias and the articles about specific monuments, so that our cultural heritage becomes visible to the public. To inform visitors of Wikipedia and Commons that Wiki Loves Monuments is going on and everyone can participate, we have set up a notice on top of every Wikipedia or Commons page if the visitor lives in a country where the photo contest is organized. If the Wikivoyage community wishes, it is also possible that this notice is shown above Wikivoyage pages to inform visitors and users of Wikivoyage that they can participate. Each participating country has a national team that organizes the competition, with a jury, prizes, lists of monuments, website or landing page. The winners of each country (the ten best pictures) will also participate in the international contest and can there win prizes as well. * Website of the international contest: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/ * Overview of all participating countries with uploadlink: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_upload * Project page(s) on Comons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013 * Images uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Monuments are here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monument… * Article about Wiki Loves Monuments on the English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments Something to be proud of, that we all together are working on making the cultural heritage of the world visible and that so many people participate with so many pictures. Romaine

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and the politics of encryption
by James Alexander 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Peter Gervai <grinapo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > illegally collect personal data about them and *monetize it *or use to > pressure or > threaten selected individuals, companies or agencies. Monetize it? I am in no way going to defend my government on most of this given that I think they are doing much of it unconstitutionally and much of the rest immorally (though I will say that we would/do fight our ass off against inappropriate demands and that the demands that would be placed on us in Europe are actually worse so I really wouldn't agree with this supposition that the US is significantly worse then the rest of the world... though I'd agree that we're less 'better' then we like to claim) but how do you think they will *monetize* it?

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Looking for Wikipedians to add already translated articles
by James Heilman 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

We at WikiProject Medicine are working on a collaborative effort with Translators Without Borders (TWB), a group which includes 2,000 or so volunteer translators. We are working to translate key medical articles into as many other languages as possible. Currently we have translated content into 50 or so languages amounting to 2.3 million words of text. The process involves first bringing articles to either GA or FA status in English. They are then delivered, with MediaWiki markup in place, to the TWB website where the text is sent out to the translators. Once translated we at Wikipedia are notified via orange links on this page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MED/Progress This issue currently is that we are missing Wikipedians in some languages to add / combine the translated content into the respective Wikipedia. Some of the article created through this process have reached feature article status including translations into Hungarian of anaphylaxis and hypertension. We currently have translated content in the following languages waiting to be integrated: Hindi Chinese Persian Tagalog Indonesian Macedonian Greek Bulgarian Danish Polish Swedish Arabic Ukrainian Dutch Czech Serbian Slovenian Spanish Telugu Tamil Punjabi Turkish Kurdish Thai Swahili Yoruba Kinyarwanda An overview of the efforts can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TTF If you are interested in getting involved in adding translated articles instructions are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_tas… If you have further question or comments I would welcome the feedback. James Heilman MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian WikiProject Medicine The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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Fwd: Thanks for the love!
by Deryck Chan 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

A few months ago, I wrote that I plan to retire from all my Wikimedia positions after Wikimania. Now Wikimania is almost a month ago and I've moved on to a new job IRL, I think it's time for me to unsubscribe from most of the mailing lists. Thanks for the love over the last 3 years. I'll stay subscribed to the low-volume wikimediauk-l, wikimedia-asia-chapters and wikimania-l so I might still pop up in certain topical discussions :) Deryck

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Status Botgeneration of articles on sv:wp
by Anders Wennersten 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

LsjBot has now finished generating articles of all animals and insects. it become close to 1 M. The articles are fine [1] and represent increased knowledge, but have problably only have had a limited effect on access to and edits on sv:wp. Sverker will after a pause continue with all plants (a few 100 thousands) and then plan to put all data in Wikidata NaskoBot is now 95% ready generating articles on all Swedish lakes, 50.000 (whereof a third not even having a name..) [2]. These articles are seen as very sound and really better then the ones manually created. Here we see these have generated an increased participation and edits as people now can get a proper links to all lakes in other geographic articles, and it is easy to complement the generated lake articles with local info and photos. We know these article generate "new" accesses, but it is still too early to know how many and how it will effect earlier webbsites with some of this info Our next initiative we are working with is to get all data of Swedish communes, cities and towns 100 % correct in Wikidata (and also a semiautomatic update link to Wikidata from the Swedish statistical authorities databases). We thought our articles on these subjects were fine, but find we need to put in 6-9 month time to get the data from fine to 100% correct, and all the relevant data elements in place in Wikidata even if it only a few thousand articles . When we are ready we will have all the base data for these entities taken from Wikidata (not giving much improvement) but more important we will be able to provide 100% quality data for other language versions to semiautomatic get data (or generate articles) of these subjects, where we feel a special responsibility to secure global quality for. We are familiar with the impressive work Cheersbot has done on vi:wp (a few hundred thousand article generated, on plants, geographical entities) and of course some knowledge of the work on nl:wp (several hundred thousands of articles generated), they were the one who inspired us. But we are missing insight from initiatives on other language versions. Are there other experiences that can be shared or is there a metapage or does it exist a maillist more dedicated to discuss these issues? (it is close to wikidata issues but it is not about the technicaliites of Wikidata hut more about how to implement use of basic data that involves special challenges outside of the wikidata technique) Anders [1] example spider from Ljsbot https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersilia_%28insekt%29 [2] example lake from NaskoBot https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blattnikselet list of lakes in a commune https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_insj%C3%B6ar_i_Sorsele_kommun… note the many without a name and the link to googlemap with flag to all lakes

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Revived Sister Projects Committee proposal
by PiRSquared17 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Hello! I think many of you will be interested in reviving this proposal. I believe there is still a great desire (and need) for a more organized system of dealing with new sister project proposals and proposals for closing sister projects. Please also consider continuing the discussion on Meta. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Sister_Projects_Committee (Note: I sent this message to the spcom list as well.) -- PiRSquared

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Wikimedia Momvent: Policy Topics and Priorities Questionnaire
by Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

tl;dr Help us decide which policy issues are important to Wikimedia by filling out a questionnaire [1] Hello everybody, Wikimania and most people's summer holidays are over, in Brussels bureaucrats are slowly retunring to work and it is time for us to step up our activity. This being said, there is not monitoring report of August, instead, please help us get as many Wikimedians as possible to fill out our survey! We as a community are an active and prominent part of "the internet". Still, we can't deal with each and every issue it comes across. We are trying to build up a structure [2] that lets us monitor policy procedures with future impact on our work and are hoping to articulate our needs and wishes. It is therefore crucial to us to know what as many people people within our movmement think and which topics they deem important. In short: Which policy issues should be on our priority list? The survey [1] takes less than 10 minutes (I personally nailed a 6:34) and will help us immensely with our strategy planning. It is intended to also define the questions in a survey we are planning to send out to political parties ahead of the European Parliament elections 2014. Thanks for the help and have a great autumn! Dimi [1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vSrFiYCAN-RPXdikdkkHmT_ZzWPdD5DcDpMye9uAiH… [2]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy

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State of the Map 2013 - OSM conference in Birmingham, England.
by Andy Mabbett 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

[cross-posted] The OSM equivalent of Wikimania, State of the Map <http://2013.stateofthemap.org>, is in Birmingham, England (my home town), from 6-8 September, just under two weeks away (places are still available!). I will be there. Are any of you coming? Should we have Wikipedia meetup? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Fwd: New Open Access mailing list
by Andrea Zanni 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

[sorry for cross posting] Hi all, I just wanted to announce that there is right now a brand new wikimedia mailing list dedicated to Open Access. You can subscribe here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess As there are quite a few projects running between the Open Access world and Wikimedia, we felt it was a good idea to have a specific spot for our discussions and work. We'd be happy to welcome librarians, wikipedians, wikisourcians, researchers and OA advocates interested in doing concrete stuff to integrate more the OA and the Wikimedia movement. You are welcome to join us. Aubrey

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[Wikimedia Announcements] WMNL in July and August
by Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

If you want to find out what WM-Nederland did this summer, go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederl… The report is also included as plain text in this message COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors Wikipedia Café. WMNL revived an old tradition: the Wikipedia Café, an informal pub meeting of Wikipedians living in a specific area. On July 2 a Wikipedia Café was held in The Hague, with eleven wikipedians attending. The next one is scheduled in Amsterdam WORK: content, collaboration and activity development Editathon classics As part of a Summerschool organised by the departments of classical studies of the Amsterdam Universities, WMNL organised an editathon focussing on translation of Latin inscriptions of monumental graves. Seven participants produced Wikipedia articles and added information to Wikisource. Wikipedians in Residence The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, national library of the Netherlands) and the Nationaal Archief (NA, national archives of the Netherlands) are aiming to put the largest and most diverse collection of textual heritage in the Netherlands at the service of Wikipedia and related Wiki-projects. To support this ambition, both institutions have attracted the experienced Wikipedian Hay Kranen as their Wikipedian in Residence. He will act as the linking pin between the rich (paper and digital) collections of the KB and NA and the reuse of this content on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource. 12 Dutch scientific libraries have joined forces to hire 2 Wikipedians in Residence that will support them for a year, starting in October 2013. A fourth position for a Dutch Wikipedian in Residence is in preparation, more information about this position will surface soon. Wiki loves libraries Preparations have been made to revitalise the project Wiki Loves Libraries. A first brainstorm with BiSC, the service bureau for libraries in the province of Utrecht, will take place in September. Wiki Loves Monuments Work kicked off in earnest in preparation for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. This year, there will be a special focus on the city The Hague, where we will organise a photography workshop and an editathon. The team is supported by Kathinka, an intern at the WMNL office. WMNL: participation and support Press and Media Board Member Hans Muller was interviewed about Wikipedia on the regional radiostation Radio Gelderland. Director Sandra Rientjes was interviewed for BNR newsradio. Design of new website presented The design of the new WMNL website was presented. Official launch will be in November. GLOBAL: International collaboration WCA WCA Council Member Ziko van Dijk took part in the WCA phone conference on June 25 and contacted the WCA Council chair several times with regard to the preparation of Wikimania. Neighboring countries Ziko van Dijk visited the ''Musketier-Treffen'' in Duisburg, Germany, and the Wikiversity / education program meeting in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany. Visit WMNO Board Member Knut Hjelleset, boardmember of WMNO, used his vacation in the Netherlands to visit WMNL. He spoke with director Sandra Rientjes and Glam Coordinator Sebastiaan ter Burg. Visit WMF staff Three WMF staffmembers visited the WMNL office in early July. Anasuya Sengupta, Garfield Byrd and Katy Love met with staff and several board members (including the chair and the treasurer) to discuss a wide range of matters concerning programming, finances, community involvement and plans for the future. A meeting with the WMNL community was also part of their visit. Wikimania Board members Ziko van Dijk and Ad Huikeshoven, volunteer user:Veertje and Executive Director Sandra Rientjes participated in August in the Hong Kong Wikimania. ORGANISATION: board, management and support Board Retreat The Board went on a two-day retreat (August 25-26) to work on plans for 2014. Annual plan 2014 We are working on our annual plan 2014. On 27 July and 31 August the Board organised brainstorming sessions to involve the community in drafting this document. Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland tel. (+31) (0)6 31786379 *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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