Wikimedia-l July 2015

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[Wikimedia Announcements] News on Wikipedia, Content Translation, freedom of panorama, and more from the Wikimedia blog
by Ed Erhart 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

Here are this week's stories from the Wikimedia blog. • Raising awareness of endangered species, one Wikipedia page at a time: Christian Cariño https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/10/awareness-of-endangered-species/ • News on Wikipedia: Reddit controversy and the Women’s World Cup final https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/08/reddit-and-the-wwc/ • Getting newcomers into Wikipedia with Content Translation https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/new-wikipedia-translators/ • Plan your next Wikimedia writing contest with the Evaluation Report and Toolkit https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/07/plan-wikimedia-writing-contests/ • Wikisource needs your input https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/wikisource-survey/ • Wikimedians urge the EU to protect freedom of panorama https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/06/protect-freedom-of-panorama/ • Growing the Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/02/growing-wikimedia-blog/ You can find new articles each weekday—and our new email subscription service—at http://blog.wikimedia.org/. Best, Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Communications Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ 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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News on Wikipedia, Content Translation, freedom of panorama, and more from the Wikimedia blog
by Ed Erhart 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

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Wikiquote chemistry competition
by Andy Mabbett 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

As Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry, I'm working with our Wikiquote colleagues to raise awareness of that project, though a competition: http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/2015/07/09/quotable-chemistry-a-chemistry-… to source quotes about chemistry. Your participation would be welcome; as would help in informing interested parties, not least by re-tweeting: https://twitter.com/ChemistryWorld/status/619151566927310849 Good luck with your entries! I also wonder if this is the first time that a Wiki[p|m]edian in Residence has worked with Wikiqoite? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Innovation
by Rogol Domedonfors 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

I am glad to hear that Luis Villa's department has been thinking about Innovation. Rather than debate it here, perhaps the team would like to expose some of their work on Meta. However I might just note that it would probably have helped the community to help them if the team had exposed their work earlier.

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: June 2015
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue VI, Volume V – June 2015* ------------------------------ Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Argen… Czech Republic report: Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Heritage Institute and the Wikimedia Czech Republic http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Czech… Finland report: Capturing public art with drones http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Finla… France report: Surfing on GLAMs' agenda http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Franc… Germany report: Open GLAM - How to create true participation http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Germa… Italy report: From Italian Parliament to libraries and Company Museums. And a Training Day too! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Italy… Macedonia report: Wikipedian in residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Maced… Netherlands report: Historical images of Dutch water works http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Nethe… Sweden report: Maritime Sweden http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Swede… UK report: Royal Society of Chemistry; Thinktank; Oxford http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/UK_re… USA report: Wikidata for Mappers http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/USA_r… Special story: Europeana 1914-1918 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Speci… Open Access report: Wikipedia is an amplifier of open access; 20,000 media files uploaded from PubMed Central http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Open_… Wikidata report: Wikidata this month http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Wikid… Wikimania report: GLAM presentations at Wikimania http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Wikim… Calendar: July's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Events ------------------------------ Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom See you at Wikimania! -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter _______________________________________________ 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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Questions for Board Q&A
by Jan-Bart de Vreede 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

Hi All Next week the Wikimedia Board of Trustees will not only elect a new chair (and vice chair) but we will also have our annual Board Q&A session at Wikimania on Saturday the 18th of July). Although the session will not be broadcast live we do want to take questions from the Board Noticeboard (and either answer them during the session or attempt to on the noticeboard). From what I understand the session will be streamed at a later stage. Meanwhile, feel free to add your questions to: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Plea… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard> Thanks! Jan-Bart de Vreede PS: In order to avoid confusion I feel that it is useful to point out the “Role of the Board” so that people are reminded of what we are responsible for. You can find this at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook#The_rol… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook#The_rol…>

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Your chapter, user group, or thematic organization at Wikimania
by Romaine Wiki 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

Hi all, Already some chapters and a user group have created a page for them on the Wikimania 2015 wiki. There they list who come to Wikimania, what talks they give, materials they are presenting, presentation of the organisation, office hours, and so on. An overview page is created at https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliates Add your created pages to this category: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_affiliates_in_W… Thanks! Romaine

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Announcement WMCON 2016 dates and rough timeline
by Nicole Ebber 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

Dear Wikimedia friends, Wikimedia Deutschland and the Wikimedia Foundation are delighted to announce the date for the next Wikimedia Conference in Berlin: April 20-24, 2016 Wikimedia Affiliates, members of the Wikimedia Foundation board and staff as well as the FDC and AffCom, please save the date! As in previous years, Wikimedia Deutschland will host the conference with the generous support of the Wikimedia Foundation. Today, we would like to share a few changes in the logistics and program design process with you that should help us all in making this conference even more productive and sustainable. July 16, 2015: WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania Before Oct 2015: Follow-up WMCON15 and identify main themes for WMCON16 Oct 2015: Publish program themes for WMCON16 Nov 2015: Affiliates select their representatives according to the program lines Dec 2015–15 Jan 2016: Registration (hard deadline, no exceptions!) 15 Jan–29 Feb 2016: Arrange travel, hotel and visa 15 Jan–20 Apr 2016: Continue program design process together with the registered participants. Enable participants and speakers to prepare properly. 20-24 Apr 2016: Have a blast at WMCON16 After April: Follow-up. After Wikimania, we will start setting up the program design process. Please note that only thanks to the early registration, we are able to properly incorporate all participants’ needs and input for the first time. The registration closes on January 15, 2016. This is a hard deadline and we will not be able to allow any exceptions. Please support us in making this possible by choosing your representatives early! Looking forward to seeing many of you next week in Mexico. Feel free to reach out to me should you have questions or feedback. Nicole P. S.: We have just published the extensive grant report and evaluation survey for this year's Wikimedia Conference. It is really worth having a look, as it is not only visually appealing but also offers a lot of substantial content that can be used by our movement partners and provides learning opportunities for other event organisers and program leaders alike. Report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_DE/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/… Survey Evaluation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Feedback_evaluati… // https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Survey_WM_Conference_2015.p… (PDF) -- Nicole Ebber Vorstandsreferentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Online fundraising update on meta
by Megan Hernandez 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Hi all, I've just posted a brief update on meta from the fundraising team as we enter a new fiscal year and I'm copying it below on this list as well. Please do check out the meta update <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Latest_Updates> about wrapping up the 2014-15 fiscal year and some upcoming plans for this new fiscal year. I'm looking forward to reading your ideas on the meta talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising>. We’ve just ended the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The fundraising team is preparing our annual fundraising report for the entire fiscal year (as we have posted in past years <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising_reports>). We plan to have the report posted by the end of this quarter. In the meantime, here you have a few quick updates on the past quarter and some upcoming information on the new fiscal year. Since the December 2014 English fundraising campaign, the team has been busy running campaigns in many countries and languages. In the past six months, we ran desktop, mobile, and email campaigns in Israel, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia. As we enter a new fiscal year, we are preparing another round of country campaigns – kicking off with Japan in July. We have plenty of new ideas to try and throughout the year we will be running tests around the world to find new material to effectively and respectfully get our message across to readers, while also motivating them to become donors. The team is working on preparing brand new banner ideas to test (just to name a few ideas: short messages, long messages, infographics, images, new designs, new messaging, etc.) If you have any ideas, please do share them on the fundraising talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising>. We look forward to finding new breakthroughs this year and sharing the highlights with you. A very big thank you to the more than four million readers who donated to make the 2014-15 fiscal year the Wikimedia Foundation’s most successful fundraising year in history. Thank you to the fundraising team, volunteers, and staff for an incredible year. Looking forward to a new year and new discoveries. -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikimedia Foundation official Youtube channel(s)
by Nasir Khan 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi, Today i was searching in Youtube and found that there are two channels of Wikimedia Foundation (the links are following). The channel which has a verified link (the first link) has only a few videos and the other channel has user friendly URL and more videos. Can anyone tell why there are two channels and which one should i follow? [1] - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_cUZLMpibyRiIdp0uF-lQ [2] - https://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaFoundation -- *Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com

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