Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality content to readers.
All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am happy to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to action. The campaign runs until 28 February.
If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this campaign!
With thanks,
Jethro
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF) Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
Hoi, There are all kinds of organisation like the WMF working on their own little niche. This proposal firmly concentrates on the "official" knowledge organisations. My experience is that they are as committed as we are to bring quality information to the world.
So far we absolutely refuse to acknowledge them for the work that they do. There are plenty of examples where we do not connect. Would connecting to other volunteer organisations with the goal to mutually bring our content to a higher level of quality be considered? Thanks, GerardM
On 31 January 2017 at 12:20, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < cschilling@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality content to readers.
All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am happy to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to action. The campaign runs until 28 February.
If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this campaign!
With thanks,
Jethro
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
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I agree. Working with other volunteer organizations would certainly be useful as well. If you have some examples of volunteer organizations that I could provide as examples, I think it'd be helpful to add them on the landing page for the campaign so folks are aware of who they can consider reaching out to.
- Chris
Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF) Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, There are all kinds of organisation like the WMF working on their own little niche. This proposal firmly concentrates on the "official" knowledge organisations. My experience is that they are as committed as we are to bring quality information to the world.
So far we absolutely refuse to acknowledge them for the work that they do. There are plenty of examples where we do not connect. Would connecting to other volunteer organisations with the goal to mutually bring our content to a higher level of quality be considered? Thanks, GerardM
On 31 January 2017 at 12:20, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < cschilling@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality
content
to readers.
All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am
happy
to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to action. The campaign runs until 28 February.
If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this campaign!
With thanks,
Jethro
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF) Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@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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We have been working with the volunteer organization translators without borders since 2012. They have been an amazing group and it has been a very fruitful collaboration.
J
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < cschilling@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I agree. Working with other volunteer organizations would certainly be useful as well. If you have some examples of volunteer organizations that I could provide as examples, I think it'd be helpful to add them on the landing page for the campaign so folks are aware of who they can consider reaching out to.
- Chris
Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF) Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, There are all kinds of organisation like the WMF working on their own little niche. This proposal firmly concentrates on the "official"
knowledge
organisations. My experience is that they are as committed as we are to bring quality information to the world.
So far we absolutely refuse to acknowledge them for the work that they
do.
There are plenty of examples where we do not connect. Would connecting to other volunteer organisations with the goal to mutually bring our content to a higher level of quality be considered? Thanks, GerardM
On 31 January 2017 at 12:20, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < cschilling@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources
of
information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality
content
to readers.
All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on
ideas
they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign
that
need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am
happy
to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to action. The campaign runs until 28 February.
If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this campaign!
With thanks,
Jethro
[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
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