Thank you Goma for this report! Always nice to hear so much is going on
everywhere on the world and I am glad you are reporting about your part.
Could you perhaps share more detailed information/links about the 20k grant
you received? And how you plan to create a "Strategic plan of Wikipedia" ?
Thanks!
Lodewijk
2011/3/8 J. G. Góngora <ganastonia(a)hotmail.com>
Dear fellows,
The following message is just to keep you informed about the activities
developed during the last three months by Amical.
Kind regards,
J. Gustavo Góngora
(As a member of Amical)
*
Courses and conferences*
*2nd December. Conference about Wikipedia at Òmnium
cultural<http://www.omnium.cat/ca/noticia/la-viquipedia-a-punt-de-fer-10-anys-protagonista-d-els-dijous-de-l-omnium-4512.html%20>.
User:Gomà & User:Pallares
*21st December. Workshop on how to edit Wikipedia at the Carlos III
University of Madrid. [[User:Gomà]]
*11th February.
<http://www.centrecivicporqueres.cat/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=597%20>Talk
on
Wikipedia<http://www.centrecivicporqueres.cat/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=597%20>at
the Civic Centre of Porqueres. [[User:Gomà]]
*18th February Workshop on how to edit
Wikipedia<http://www.golferichs.org/eines-multimedia/conferencies/inicia…
the Golferichs House of Barcelona. [[User:Gomà]]
* Wikiproject:Viquifabricació. The test corresponding to the first semester
of the course has successfully come to an end. The following people have
taken part in Catalan: 3 teachers, 23 students that have worked on 41
articles. In Spanish: 3 teachers, 21 students and have edited 23 articles.
This test has been useful to find the list of more common mistakes, in order
to prepare the content of the first courses and to develop the wikiprojects
and bots of support for the appropriate management of the project. Many
articles still need significative improvements.
* Wikiproject Viquibalear <http://Viquibalear.cat%20>. The registration
period and that concerning the creation of articles have been completed. The
best ones are being moved to Wikipedia. 9 teachers and 44 students have
completed the test. Up to now, 138 articles have been moved to Wikipedia.
[[User:Paucabot]]
* Wikiproject Viquiescoles <http://viquiescoles.cat>. It is based on the
Viquibalear Project but its aim is to work with the richness of the many
educational systems and the diversity of languages in which many students
attend their lessons across the Catalan-speaking territories. The aim of
this year is to test and create the infrastructure which will enable its
expansion. Mediawiki has been installed and some teachers have already
joined the initiative. In total, 16 teachers from all the Catalan-speaking
territories are currently involved. [[User:Barcelona]]
* Mediawiki course at the School ow
webcraf<http://p2pu.org/webcraft/mediawiki-appropiation>t
[[User:Esenabre|Esenabre]]
* Course of introduction to the wiki edition corresponding to the subject Bioinformatics
of the UPF <http://bioinformatica.upf.edu> [[User:Toniher]]
*Release of contents*
* It has already been processed by OTRS a permission to publish the book *Les
Plantes Cultivades*. Cereals de Pujol Palol, Miquel and we have started
dumping it on Wikisource: *Les Plantes
Cultivades*<http://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Llibre:Les_plantes_cultivades.…
. This book contains many high-quality images on cereals that can be used
to illustrate Wikipedia articles. We are currently uploading them to
Commons with the collaboration of Joancreus. (Example).
*Media*
There has been much activity in the media during the last three months,
mainly around four themes:
* 300,000 articles from Wikipedia in Catalan. On 21 December the press
reported that the Catalan Wikipedia had reached 300,000 articles. They
were echoed by several means: racó
català<http://www.racocatala.cat/noticia/24984/viquipedia-en-catala-tanca-any-ple-dexits-assolint-300.000-articles>,
Bits
catalans<http://www.bitscatalans.com/2010/12/22/la-viquipedia-creua-una-…s/>,
Directe.cat<http://www.directe.cat/noticia/97916/la-viquipedia-en-catala-arriba-als-300.000-articles>,
La
tafanera<http://latafanera.cat/historia/viquipedia-arriba-als-300.000-articles>.
On 24 December Ssola is interviewed by Com radio.
. * 10th anniversary of Wikipedia. Following this, there have been several
videos and interviews on the radio: Video done at the Citylab of
Cornellà<http://citilab.eu/que-esta-passant/videos/entrevistes/la-wikipedia-es-un-exemple-que-el-coneixement-lliure-es-viable-i>
KRLS <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:KRLS> &
Gomà<http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Gom%C3%A0>,
TV3 <http://www.3cat24.cat/video/3316010/ciencia/Deu-anys-de-Wikipedia>
KRLS <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:KRLS> &
Gomà<http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Gom%C3%A0>,
L'internauta<http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3836510/20110118/wikipedia-primera-decada.html>
Gomà <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Gom%C3%A0>, L'entrevista a
Vilaweb<http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3852696/20110225/viquipedia-treballar-sino-gaudir-distreures.html>
Gomà <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Gom%C3%A0>, Ona
Mallorca<http://www.goear.com/listen/823bad6/10-anys-de-la-wikipedia-mal…
Paucabot <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Paucabot>.
* Grant of € 20,000 from puntCAT Foundation to develop the strategic plan
of Wikipedia: Rado
4<http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/audios/20110125/30-gener-2011/997242.shtml>,
Endirecte.cat<http://www.directe.cat/noticia/95658/la-fundacio-puntcat-premia-set-projectes-sense-anim-de-lucre-que-pretenen-trencar-la-barre>,
Technology911<http://technology911.com/v/lgixcPULwmE,ajut-puntcat-2010-a…ia>,
Diari de
Girona<http://www.diaridegirona.cat/tecnologia/2010/12/17/puntcat-premia-set-projectes-que-trenquen-barrera-digital/452894.html>,
Somdigitals.cat<http://www.somdigitals.cat/2010/12/la-fundacio-puntcat-anuncia-els-guanyadors-de-lajut-als-millors-projectes-que-trenquen-la-escletxa-digital/>,
Tecnonews<http://www.tecnonews.info/Obra-Social-Fundacio-puntCAT-mediante-los--Ajuts-puntCAT--entrega-90000-proyectos-punteros-que-desarrollen-Sociedad-Informacion/_pE0Aj1BfZN7VtoFZxcYP-MP2RFm24tHA-yMLfauY9yr1tFLFxslY8Lk4myET0PFFk6qV9KYTr0Y>,
Comunicació21<http://comunicacio21.cat/2010/12/puntcat-beca-amb-90-000-euros-set-projectes-per-trencar-la-barrera-digital/>
.
* In Alghero, it has had a strong media impact the organization of a digital
photography competition to illustrate the Wikipedia articles: at
Alguer.cat <http://cat.alguer.it/noticies/n?id=38975> in Catalan and in
Italian <http://notizie.alguer.it/n?id=38975> and on Alghero’s
television<http://www.algheronotizie.it/articoli.php?id_articolo=14098>.
*Relation with entities.*
* The IEC (Institute of Catalan Studies) has spread among the subsidiaries a
request of collaboration with Wikipedia. Up to now, the Literary Section
and the Society for Hebrew
Studies<http://scehb.iec.cat/filial/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=105&languageId=1&contentId=-1>
have responded positively. Barcelona
* We have kept in touch with entities of the Federation<http://www.fatec.cat/>
of Senior Citizens of Catalonia <http://www.fatec.cat/>. We are also
finding ways to make some members participate on Wikipedia. Username:
Pallares.
* The relations with the Picasso Museum have concluded with the
organization of the 1st Conference between Catalan Museums
and<http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/GLAM>
Wikipedia <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/GLAM>. Kippelboy. We thank User
: Witty lama for his collaboration.
* On January 24 we had a meeting with Escola Massana. We proposed that
students draw portraits of people whose images are not copyleft and make
them run under free license to illustrate Wikipedia articles. The first
impression was good but then it was concluded that this may not take place
in the present academic course. Pallares.
* On February 14 we met the Torrens-Ibern
<http://www.torrens-ibern.cat/>Foundation<http://www.torrens-ibern.cat/>Board
of Trustees.
We showed them 30 free-licensed college textbooks in English. The
Foundation will contact university lecturers to assess the quality and, if
adequate, finance will be promoted in collaboration with the university to
translate them and publish them on Wikisource. Goma.
*Miscellaneous*
* kippelboy <http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Usuari:Kippelboy> attended Glamwiki
2010 <http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=GLAM-WIKI&oldid=8633> at
the British Museum.
* On 16 December the
puntCat<http://www.viquimedia.cat/v/index.php?title=Fundaci%C3%B3_puntCat&action=edit&redlink=1>Foundation
provided us with a grant of 20.000€ to develop the strategic plan
of Wikipedia.
* There are two entities that have agreed to provide public information on
Wikipedia and make us a point of contact: Centre d'estudis comarcals del
Baix Llobregat <http://www.cecbll.cat/> in Sant Feliu de
Llobregat<http://www.viquimedia.cat/v/index.php?title=Sant_Feliu_de_Llobregat&action=edit&redlink=1>and
the Societat
Coral el Micalet <http://www.scelmicalet.cat/> of Valencia. These entities will
have brochures and books on Wikipedia and a person who knows how to editit
. They will provide information to the public and will contact Wikipedia
or the association just in case any interested person appears. Hopefully, these
are the first steps of a network that will cover the entire territory.
* Improvements have been made to the Amical-bot. We have implemented a
module which offers categories and added more templates and pages of ERS.
* We have developed a bot that works with the statistics of some French
towns and villages. From here you can complement the content of the
articles asking for it with a template or they can otherwise be created
automatically. This process is currently under discussion. See examples of
articles (in Catalan): Improved
article<http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Celle-sur-Loire>or created
article <http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-Val-de-Bargis>.
* In December, the third survey of Wikipedia users took place. The results
were published in January. We thank Marc Miquel for his hard work.
* The association supports the Wiki
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011_CAT>
Loves
Monuments<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments…
. We bought the domain
http://wikilovesmonuments.cat and are making
efforts to get sponsors and prizes to the contest. (Vriullop and others,
see project pages).
* The association is deeply involved in organizing events for the 10th anniversary
of the Catalan Wikipedia. More information will be available next month.
*Free Culture Forum and access to knowledge
(
http://www.fcforum.net<http://fcforum.net/es>
). Participation with the launch of a handbook on sustainability in the digital
era. Gomà & User:Lilaroja.
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