Amazing news indeed! Congrats and well done to the whole team.
Best,
Shani.
-----------------------------------------------
*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 8:31 PM Rohan Badlani <rohan.badlani(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige team. This is amazing news! :)
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:17 AM Suyash Dwivedi <suyash.tps(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to WMSE
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo <
>> yao.mariecolette(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool.
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to
>>>> contribute to these amazing projects.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical
>>>> data on
>>>> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities
>>>> around the
>>>> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
>>>> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone
>>>> in
>>>> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I
>>>> will
>>>> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata
>>>> content
>>>> > curation.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <
>>>> sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing
>>>> and
>>>> >> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>>>> >> Stacy
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Associate Librarian
>>>> >>
>>>> >> York University Libraries
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional
>>>> territory of
>>>> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care
>>>> taken by
>>>> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
>>>> Huron-Wendat,
>>>> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We
>>>> acknowledge
>>>> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First
>>>> Nation.
>>>> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt
>>>> Covenant,
>>>> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>>>> >> ------------------------------
>>>> >> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf
>>>> of John
>>>> >> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
>>>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>>>> >> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
>>>> >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500,
>>>> 000+
>>>> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30,
>>>> 000/year
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>>>> >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as
>>>> part of
>>>> >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or
>>>> receiving
>>>> >> updates please let me know.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement
>>>> for
>>>> >> our office space.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>>>> >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech.
>>>> From
>>>> >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the
>>>> MediaWiki
>>>> >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add
>>>> pronunciations
>>>> >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to
>>>> the
>>>> >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use
>>>> for oral
>>>> >> citations.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute,
>>>> STTS
>>>> >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia
>>>> Deutschland
>>>> >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
>>>> Swedish):
>>>> >>
>>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>>>> >>
>>>> >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National
>>>> Library of
>>>> >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>>>> >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will
>>>> be a
>>>> >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our
>>>> hope is
>>>> >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects,
>>>> as
>>>> >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for
>>>> the
>>>> >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to
>>>> ongoingly
>>>> >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries
>>>> across the
>>>> >> country.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>>>> >> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the
>>>> coming 3
>>>> >> years if successful.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
>>>> Swedish):
>>>> >>
>>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>>>> >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The
>>>> project
>>>> >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Cost reduction
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a
>>>> heavily
>>>> >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet
>>>> Foundation.
>>>> >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year
>>>> compared
>>>> >> to when we had an office of our own.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is
>>>> considered so
>>>> >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy
>>>> that
>>>> >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the
>>>> possibility to
>>>> >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous
>>>> subsidy).
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you
>>>> have
>>>> >> any questions.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> John
>>>> >>
>>>> >> - - - -
>>>> >>
>>>> >> John Andersson
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Executive Director
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> _______________________________________________
>>>> >> Wikidata mailing list
>>>> >> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Lane Rasberry
>>>> > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
>>>> > 206.801.0814
>>>> > lane(a)bluerasberry.com
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
>>>> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
>>>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> *Regards,*
>>
>>
>> *Suyash Dwivedi*
>> +91 98260 15410 | +91 70003 72413
>> *Skype*: suyash.india
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
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>
>
> --
>
> *Rohan Badlani*
> 4th year undergraduate student,
> B.E.(Hons), Computer Science,
> Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
>
> Email: rohan.badlani(a)gmail.com
> Phone: +91-9660582805.
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>
Congratulations to WMSE
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo <yao.mariecolette(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool.
>
> Best regards.
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to
>> contribute to these amazing projects.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data
>> on
>> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around
>> the
>> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
>> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in
>> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I
>> will
>> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content
>> > curation.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <
>> sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing
>> and
>> >> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>> >> Stacy
>> >>
>> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>> >>
>> >> Associate Librarian
>> >>
>> >> York University Libraries
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional
>> territory of
>> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care
>> taken by
>> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
>> Huron-Wendat,
>> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We
>> acknowledge
>> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First
>> Nation.
>> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt
>> Covenant,
>> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>> >> ------------------------------
>> >> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of
>> John
>> >> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>> >> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
>> >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500,
>> 000+
>> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30,
>> 000/year
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>> >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part
>> of
>> >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving
>> >> updates please let me know.
>> >>
>> >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement
>> for
>> >> our office space.
>> >>
>> >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>> >>
>> >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>> >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech.
>> From
>> >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki
>> >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add
>> pronunciations
>> >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the
>> >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for
>> oral
>> >> citations.
>> >>
>> >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute,
>> STTS
>> >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia
>> Deutschland
>> >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>> >>
>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> >>
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>> >>
>> >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>> >>
>> >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National
>> Library of
>> >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>> >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will
>> be a
>> >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our
>> hope is
>> >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as
>> >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the
>> >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to
>> ongoingly
>> >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across
>> the
>> >> country.
>> >>
>> >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>> >> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>> >>
>> >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the
>> coming 3
>> >> years if successful.
>> >>
>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
>> >>
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>> >>
>> >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>> >>
>> >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>> >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project
>> >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>> >>
>> >> Cost reduction
>> >>
>> >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily
>> >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation.
>> >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year
>> compared
>> >> to when we had an office of our own.
>> >>
>> >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered
>> so
>> >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy
>> that
>> >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the
>> possibility to
>> >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous
>> subsidy).
>> >>
>> >> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you
>> have
>> >> any questions.
>> >>
>> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >> - - - -
>> >>
>> >> John Andersson
>> >>
>> >> Executive Director
>> >>
>> >> Wikimedia Sverige
>> >>
>> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>> >>
>> >> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>> >>
>> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Wikidata mailing list
>> >> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lane Rasberry
>> > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
>> > 206.801.0814
>> > lane(a)bluerasberry.com
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
>> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> GLAM mailing list
>> GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam
>>
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>
--
*Regards,*
*Suyash Dwivedi*
+91 98260 15410 | +91 70003 72413
*Skype*: suyash.india
Hello everyone,
The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
March 28th, 2019 at 18:00 UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is
#wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the meeting will be
broadcast as a live YouTube stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCFzA3PEaQ
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCFzA3PEaQ>
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
*Agenda:*
Facilitator: Adora Svitak, Communications Fellow, Wikimedia Foundation
- Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes
- Movement update - 3 minutes
- New Communications committee and Movement communications group - 5
minutes
- EU Copyright reform update - 10 minutes
- Movement strategy update - 15 minutes
- Questions and discussion - 10 minutes
- Wikilove - 5 minutes
Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about
the meeting and how to participate:
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The April 2019 monthly activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
April 25, starting at 18:00 UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). To sign up
to participate, please visit:
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Thank you!
Hi everyone!
I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] the Wikimedians of India Technical User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User
Group. The group aims to introduce new Wikipedia technologies to
volunteers, to recruit new technical contributors, and to work with Indic
communities to address their technology problems and requests.
Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_India_technical_user_group
Hi everyone!
I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] the Marathi Wikimedians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group aims to increase awareness about Marathi Wikipedia and other
Wikipedia projects, and to develop programs which will improve editors'
work on the project and work towards addressing the gender gap on Marathi
Wikipedia.
Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikimedians
Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data on
Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around the
world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in
research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I will
look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content
curation.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
wrote:
> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and
> I'm really looking forward to the results.
> Stacy
>
> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>
> Associate Librarian
>
> York University Libraries
>
>
> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of
> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by
> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat,
> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge
> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant,
> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of John
> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+
> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year
>
>
> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of
> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving
> updates please let me know.
>
> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for
> our office space.
>
> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>
> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From
> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki
> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations
> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the
> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral
> citations.
>
> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS
> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland
> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>
> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>
> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>
> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of
> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a
> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is
> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as
> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the
> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly
> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across the
> country.
>
> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>
> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3
> years if successful.
>
> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish):
> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>
> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>
> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project
> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>
> Cost reduction
>
> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily
> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation.
> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared
> to when we had an office of our own.
>
> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so
> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that
> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to
> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy).
>
> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you have
> any questions.
>
> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>
> Best,
>
> John
>
> - - - -
>
> John Andersson
>
> Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Sverige
>
> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>
> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>
> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikidata mailing list
> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
>
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user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
Hello all,
As you may know, the *WikidataCon 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>* will take place
on October 25th-26th 2019 in Berlin. The conference will host 250 people
from the Wikidata community, but also the emerging Wikibase community, as
well as partners, organizations and companies the organizations who may be
interested in *using Wikidata and Wikibase*, or contributing in various
ways to the evolution of Wikidata. The event will be focused on networking
and strategic discussions around Wikidata and Wikibase, with a special
focus on *languages and Wikidata*.
Because the number of seats is limited and in order to make sure that the
access to the conference is fair, we decided to set up a selection process.
People who wish to attend the conference can now apply by filling in the
application form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Apply>. A
committee equally composed of volunteers and staff will evaluate the
applications against criteria that are already published onwiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend>.
This application form aims to gather all of the useful information at once,
that’s why it also contains the program submissions (limited to 3 per
person) and the scholarship application if needed. You can find more
information about the content of the form on this page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Apply>.
Part of the attendees will be also invited directly by the organizing team,
based on the connections we want to build with organizations during this
conference, and the input they can bring to Wikidata’s strategy.
The deadline to fill out the application form is April 26th. No application
can be considered after this date. Over the following month, the committee
will evaluate the applications, and the applicants will receive an answer
latest on June 12th.
Here are a few tips to help you prepare your application:
- Read the description of the conference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019> and the page
describing the process and the criteria
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend>
carefully.
- Plan 20 to 30 minutes to fill out the form.
- Don’t do it at the last minute :) it will be less stressful for you,
as well as for the committee.
- Prepare all your program submissions, as they will be requested in the
same form (no submission can be done later). On this page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program> you
can check the formats and questions.
- Read the Friendly Space Policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Policy>
that will apply to the entire event.
- Look at the visa information
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Visa> to
check if you need a visa to Germany and what actions you need to take.
You can find a lot of information regarding the conference on
Wikidata:WikidataCon
2019 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>. If you have
any question or issue, feel free to share it on the talk page onwiki or to
reach the organizing team at info(a)wikidatacon.org
Finally, feel free to share this message with your local community,
networks, or projects you’re working in! We want to make sure that everyone
who’s involved in Wikidata or Wikibase has a chance to apply.
We're looking forward to receiving your applications!
Thanks for your attention,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello Everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to present our *Annual Plan Mid-Year
report for 2018-19*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/…>,
published on Meta-Wiki.
The mid-year report represents the halfway point of our progress against
the goals we set out in the Annual Plan, it describes actions and
measurable goals for each of our 3 priorities in the Annual Plan, the
status of each of the proposed actions and what results we have achieved
against the measurable goals. *If you have any questions on the content of
the report, please leave us a note on the talk page. *
We would like to extend our appreciation to all of our teams for their hard
work through the first half of this fiscal year. Also, thank you to the *staff
and community members* for your input and support as we continue to improve
our planning and reporting practices.
Thank you,
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Chief Operating Officer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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