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WMIT bulletin no. 65 - November 28, 2013
by .mau. (maurizio codogno) 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Hi all, the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#65) is available. This time we wrote about the award ceremony for Wiki Loves Monuments Italia, the results of Fashion Editathon, the contest for the first ten years of Wikisource. As usual a link has been added to meta, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia…; more-or-less raw text of the bulletin follows below. ciao, .mau. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Wikimedia News no. 65 - November 28, 2013 = {{titolo errato|titolo=Wikimedia news no. 65}}{{WMNpubblico|65|November 28, 2013}} [[File:1024px-Più_in_alto_di_tutti.JPG|400px|thumb|center| Winning photo for Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 2013 by Alexis.courthoud (own work),[CC-BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons]] == Award ceremony for Wiki Loves Monuments Italia == Saturday, November 23, at the Hoepli Bookshop in Milan, the awarding ceremony of the Italian edition of the contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 was held. Starting with over 600 photographs selected by the organizing committee, the jury has ranked the top ten. The jury was composed by George Tatge (Chairman), former technical and photographic executive of the Fratelli Alinari Museum in Florence, together with other experts in the field (Marianna Santoni and Samuele Pellecchia) and two Wikipedians, Niccolò Caranti e Giovanni Dall'Orto. The main winners are: ;1° - Alexis Courthoud: [ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pi%C3%B9_in_alto_di_tutti.JPG Mount Castore seen from above] (Valle d'Aosta). ;2° - Maria Lucia Lusetti and Paolo Tedeschi: [ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Cataldo_4.jpg San Cataldo cemetery] (Modena) – Monumental Area for Aldo Rossi. ;3° - Cristina Meneguzzo: [ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capannone_bramme_-_area_ex_Falck_Uni… Bramme] (Sesto San Giovanni) in ex-Falck Unione area. In addition, the Foundation Grand Paradis awarded a special prize for the photography [[ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0540521008_Tempio_della_Consolazion… with temple of Consolation (Todi)] by Luca Balducci. But it's not all over! Some special prizes have to be announced yet. We thank all the volunteers who participated, the Organizing Committee, the jury, the 527 photographers who uploaded their pictures on Wikimedia Commons. A special thanks to Hoepli Bookshop for hosting the ceremony. Wiki Loves Monuments is already preparing for 2014: we will soon notify all the news for next year. == Fashion Editathon == [[File:Europeana_Fashion_Editathon_2013_Stra.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Fashion editathon by Niccolò Caranti (own work), [CC-BY-SA 3.0]]] Thursday, November 14th, a Fashion Editathon was held at the headquarters of the Rossimoda Footwear Museum, at Villa Foscarini Rossi in Stra. Thanks to the initiative of Europeana Fashion, the museum has agreed to upload to Wikimedia Commons [ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Museo_Rossimoda_del… of some objects] from its own collection, releasing them under a free license. In addition, other institutions were involved, such as the University of Padua and IUAV of Venice; the event, directed by [[:it:Utente:Virginia Gentilini|Virginia Gentilini]] who was joined by some members of Wikimedia Italia, was indeed primarily thought for students of fashion design and marketing. After an initial presentation of Wikipedia and a guided tour of the museum, the students were divided into groups and worked for more than two hours in the drafting of some items of the encyclopedia. The institutions involved were really satisfied with the outcome of the editathon and the participation of the young people was enthusiastic. We hope that this initiative will be just the first of a long series and that other cultural institutions and museums will allow the use of their images to enrich the articles of Wikipedia about them. == Wikisource celebrates its first ten years with a contest == On 24 November 2013 [ https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Decimo_compleanno_di_Wikisource#W… Wikisource became ten years old]. To celebrate the birthday, each linguistic community has launched a special contest. The founders of the large digital library launched the idea of a fun competition that, in Italy, will be entirely centered on a reading contest, with three prizes for online bookstores offered by Wikimedia Italia. To participate in the race, which opened November 24 at 00:00 aqnd ends on December 1 at 23:59, you must be a [https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Speciale:Entra/signupregistered user], and re-read and correct pages already transcribed and formatted. Re-reading means to check, word for word, a text of a page at 75% quality level against its scan. Before you begin, please read [ https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Decimo_compleanno_di_Wikisource#R… complete rules] of the contest. Happy reading! == Future appointments == * November 29, Rome: [ http://www.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/it/archivionovita/2013/novita_0046.h… open data (LOD) Workshop] "un’opportunità per il patrimonio culturale digitale" (an opportunity for the digital cultural heritage), sponsored by ICCU . Among the teachers [[:it:Utente:Sannita|Luca Martinelli]] of Wikimedia Italia. [ http://www.otebac.it/index.php?it/22/archivio-eventi/245/linked-open-data-l… there is] the program. You will need to [ http://www.otebac.it/index.php?it/358/cedola-di-registrazione-roma-29-novem… online]. * December 4, Florence: BTO2013 (Buy Tourism Online). [[:it:Utente:Frieda|Frieda Brioschi]] (''President of Wikimedia Italia'') will discuss the experience of Wiki Loves Monuments within the panel [ http://www.buytourismonline.com/eventi/liberta-partecipazione/ "Libertà e partecipazione"] (Freedom and participation).

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The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 46 -- 20 November 2013
by Wikipedia Signpost 24 Nov '13

24 Nov '13

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Wikimedia Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda
by Jan-Bart de Vreede 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Hi All, The board will meet this Sunday and Monday for its “Fall” board meeting in San Francisco. You can find the tentative agenda at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_November_24-25_2013_Board_Meeting Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Wikimedia Board of Trustees

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Revised Version of the Access to Nonpublic Information Policy Draft
by Michelle Paulson 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hi All, In light of the feedback we have received over the past couple of months, we have revised the Access to Nonpublic Information Policy draft<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy>. This new draft addresses many of the bigger concerns expressed by the community. I have outlined some of the major changes from the old draft as well as potentially contentious points that require further attention and discussion by the community in the discussion page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy…>for your convenience. Please read over the new draft and let us know what you think! As a reminder, the community consultation periods for both the Access to Nonpublic Information Policy and Privacy Policy<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy>drafts will remain open until 15 January 2014. Best, Michelle -- Michelle Paulson Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office) 415.882.0495 (Fax) NOTICE: *This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. For legal reasons, I may only serve as an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to or serve as a lawyer for community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*

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WMF sends cease and desist letter to WikiPR
by Matthew Roth 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

The Wikimedia Foundation has published a blog post announcing that we have sent a cease and desist letter to WikiPR. The letter demands the firm cease editing Wikipedia sites until it complies with the conditions of the Wikipedia community's ban, as well as any further conditions that might be set out by the Board, the community or the WMF. Read more on the Wikimedia blog here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/19/wikimedia-foundation-sends-cease-and-… thanks, Matthew -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://blog.wikimedia.org <https://blog.wikimedia.org>*

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Call for input on the new trademark policy
by Yana Welinder 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi all, The Wikimedia legal and community advocacy team invites you<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/18/call-for-input-on-the-new-trademark-po…>[1] to participate in the development of the new Wikimedia trademark policy. The current trademark policy<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy>[2] was introduced in 2009 to protect the Wikimedia marks <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks%20>[3]. We are now updating this policy to facilitate permissive use of the marks, while respecting the legal requirements for preserving them for the community. The new draft trademark policy is ready for your review here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy>[4], and we encourage you to discuss it here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_policy> [5]. Thanks, Yana & Geoff [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/18/call-for-input-on-the-new-trademark-po… [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy [3] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks%20 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_policy

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The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 45 -- 13 November 2013
by Wikipedia Signpost 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

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Wikimedia Foundation Report, October 2013
by Tilman Bayer 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hi all, please find below the WMF report for October 2013, in plain text. As always, the editable and formatted version has been published on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Report,_October_2013 and the reports are being posted on the Wikimedia blog, too: https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/corporate/wmf-monthly-reports/ As usual, we are also publishing a separate "Highlights" summary. Please consider helping non-English-language communities to stay updated, by providing a translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_October_2013 Many thanks to those who have translated the September "Highlights" into Spanish, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch and Chinese (help continues to be welcome for completing the partial translations in French, Portuguese, Russian and some other languages)! While still focusing on WMF activities, the "Highlights" include a small selection of the most noteworthy events from the whole movement. Suggestions for the upcoming November issue are welcome until Wednesday December 4 at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Highlights#Movement_news_ite…. Regards, Tilman -- = Wikimedia Foundation Report, October 2013 = <Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_Novembe…> Video of the monthly Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting covering the month of October <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2013-11-07> (November 7, 2013) Contents * 1 Data and Trends * 2 Financials * 3 Highlights o 3.1 Pilot project for free mobile access to Wikipedia via text messages in Kenya o 3.2 Video about South African students' grassroot efforts to get Wikipedia free on their cellphones o 3.3 Planning the replacement of the Florida data center * 4 Engineering o 4.1 VisualEditor o 4.2 Editor engagement o 4.3 Mobile * 5 Fundraising o 5.1 Major Gifts and Foundations o 5.2 Online Fundraising * 6 Grantmaking o 6.1 Strategic Goals Metrics o 6.2 Annual Plan Grants (FDC) o 6.3 Project and Event Grants + 6.3.1 Grants awarded in October 2013 + 6.3.2 Reports accepted in October 2013 o 6.4 Travel and Participation Support + 6.4.1 Requests awarded in October 2013 + 6.4.2 Reports accepted in October 2013 o 6.5 Individual Engagement Grants o 6.6 Brazil Catalyst Project + 6.6.1 Institutional + 6.6.2 Outreach & tutorials publishing + 6.6.3 GLAM + 6.6.4 Education + 6.6.5 Data Analysis + 6.6.6 Participation in events o 6.7 Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation * 7 Programs o 7.1 Program Evaluation and Design o 7.2 Wikipedia Zero o 7.3 Wikipedia Education Program * 8 Human Resources o 8.1 Staff Changes o 8.2 Statistics o 8.3 Department Updates * 9 Finance and Administration * 10 Legal, Community Advocacy, and Communications Department o 10.1 LCA Report, October 2013 + 10.1.1 Contract Metrics + 10.1.2 Trademark Metrics + 10.1.3 Domains Obtained + 10.1.4 Coming & Going + 10.1.5 Other Activities o 10.2 Communications Report, October 2013 + 10.2.1 Major announcements + 10.2.2 Major storylines in October + 10.2.3 Other worthwhile reads + 10.2.4 Wikimedia Blog posts + 10.2.5 Media Contact + 10.2.6 Wikipedia Signpost * 11 Visitors and Guests == Data and Trends == <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_November_Metrics_Meeting_…> Dario Taraborelli presenting an analysis of trends in active editor numbers Global unique visitors for September: *506 million* (+1.82% compared with August; +6.54% compared with the previous year) (comScore data <http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/graphs/unique_visitors> for all Wikimedia Foundation projects; comScore will release October data later in November) Page requests for October: *27.05 billion* (+4.4% compared with September; +36.6% compared with the previous year) (Server log data <http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProjects.htm>, all Wikimedia Foundation projects including mobile access) Active Registered Editors for September 2013 (>= 5 mainspace edits/month, excluding bots): *76,959* (+0.76% compared with August / -5.83% compared with the previous year) (Database data <http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/graphs/active_editors>, all Wikimedia Foundation projects.) *Report Card* (integrating various statistical data and trends about WMF projects): http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/ (Definitions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Metric_definitions>) == Financials == <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Revenue_%26_Expenses_September_…> Wikimedia Foundation YTD Revenue and Expenses vs Plan as of September 30, 2013 <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF_Expenses_by_Functions_September…> Wikimedia Foundation YTD Expenses by Functions as of September 30, 2013 (Financial information is only available through September 2013 at the time of this report.) All financial information presented is for the Month-To-Date and Year-To-Date September 30, 2013. Revenue $7,868,439 *Expenses:* Engineering Group $4,046,942 Fundraising Group $825,991 Grantmaking Group $441,816 Programs Group $424,627 Grants $674,032 Governance Group $152,461 Legal/Community Advocacy/Communications Group $843,218 Finance/HR/Admin Group $1,982,059 Total Expenses $9,391,146 Total deficit ($1,522,707) * Revenue for the month of September is $2.46MM versus plan of $0.99MM, approximately $1.47MM or 149% over plan. * Year-to-date revenue is $7.87MM versus plan of $2.98MM, approximately $4.89MM or 164% over plan. * Expenses for the month of September is $3.33MM versus plan of $3.48MM, approximately $157K or 5% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, and travel expenses partially offset by higher grants, payment processing fees, and outside contract services. * Year-to-date expenses is $9.39MM versus plan of $11.17MM, approximately $1.78MM or 16% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, grants, and travel expenses partially offset by higher payment processing fees. * Cash position is $37.77MM as of September 30, 2013. == Highlights == === Pilot project for free mobile access to Wikipedia via text messages in Kenya === Wikipedia Zero, the program to provide access to Wikipedia on mobile phones free of data charges, became available in Kenya this month. The partnership with mobile provider Airtel also involves a pilot project testing free access to Wikipedia via USSD/SMS <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/24/airtel-wikipedia-zero-text-trial/>. For the first time, this service enables people who cannot afford data-enabled smartphones to read Wikipedia through SMS on low-cost basic phones ("feature phones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/feature_phone>"). * <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screen_Shot_Cheetah_1.png> Entering a search term on a mobile phone using USSD * <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screen_Shot_Cheetah_2.png> Choosing from a list of matching Wikipedia articles * <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screen_Shot_Cheetah_3.png> Choosing which section to read from the selected article * <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screen_Shot_Cheetah_Reply.png> A part of the article is sent via text message, and the user can respond to read more <Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wiki…> An open letter for free access to Wikipedia === Video about South African students' grassroot efforts to get Wikipedia free on their cellphones === In November 2012, the students of Sinenjongo High School, South Africa wrote an open letter on Facebook, encouraging cellphone carriers to waive data charges for accessing Wikipedia, so they can do their homework. Victor Grigas and filmmaker Charlene Music visited them and asked them to read their open letter on camera, resulting in a short video that was published this October. Help is welcome <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/08/open-letter-free-access-wikipedia-sou…> with the translation, design and promotion of this video and of the longer documentary that will be published about the students' call for the carriers to sign up to the Wikipedia Zero partnership program organized by the Wikimedia Foundation. === Planning the replacement of the Florida data center === The Wikimedia Foundation’s Technical Operations team published a detailed request for proposals (RfP) <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/21/rfp-new-datacenter-continental-us/>, inviting offers for the location of a new data center in the United States. It will join the existing primary data center in Virginia, and replace the data center in Tampa, Florida. Wikipedia and its sister projects have been hosted in Florida since 2004. == Engineering == A detailed report of the Tech Department's activities for October 2013 can be found at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/October Department Highlights Major news in October include: * A request for proposals for a new datacenter in the continental US <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/21/rfp-new-datacenter-continental-us/>, published by the Operations team (see also general "Highlights" section); * The creation of the Autonym Font <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/28/the-autonym-font-for-language-names/>, which allows language names to be displayed properly without degrading page loading time. Presentation slides from the quarterly review meeting for 2013/14 Q1 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_r…> of the VisualEditor (right) and Parsoid (left) teams ParsoidreviewQ1201314.pdf <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParsoidreviewQ1201314.pdf> VisualEditor - 2013-14 Q1 quarterly review deck.pdf <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VisualEditor_-_2013-14_Q1_quarterly…> === VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal> === In October, the VisualEditor <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal> team continued to improve the stability and performance of the system, and added new features. The version of the software present on Wikimedia sites was updated five times. Beyond fixing bugs, the focus of the team's work this month was to make the system more reliable and easier to extend. They also continued to improve usability. For example, you now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. A new feature, allowing users to switch from editing in VisualEditor to editing wikitext directly without having to save the page, was also added. In October, the Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid> team continued to work on the conversion between wikitext and annotated HTML for unusual cases. Speed was improved by making the software run more requests at the same time. The speed of the testing server <http://parsoid.wmflabs.org:8001/> used to check for conversion errors was also improved: we can now run tests on 160,000 pages overnight. Support for private wikis was also added this month. === Editor engagement <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_editor_engagement> === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_November_Metrics_Meeting_…> Results from a test of interface changes designed to invite new users make their first edit (from a presentation of the Growth team at the metrics meeting for October In October, we enabled Notifications worldwide <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Release_Plan_2013#Completed> on about 800 Wikimedia sites, including most of the remaining Wikipedia wikis and 'sister projects'. Community members we've spoken to generally find this tool helpful, across languages and world regions. Notifications are also available on mobile devices, and seem to be adding value on these platforms as well. We now plan a final release of Notifications on the German and Italian editions of Wikipedia at the end of November. In October, the Flow <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal> team redesigned the prototype <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal/Interactive_Prototype> of this new discussion system. We also continued to add basic features. We held a User Experience workshop <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow_Portal/Team/Meetings/2013-10-15_Flow_wo…>, primarily with users new to Wikipedia, to get feedback on the usability of the new design. We're planning to demo the basic Flow product to interested WikiProjects in November to get more feedback on what's needed for a first trial on Wikipedia. In October, the Growth <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth> team completed its sixth and final major A/B test of the GettingStarted <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted> and GuidedTour <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GuidedTour> extensions for the onboarding new Wikipedians <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/onboarding_new_Wikipedians> project. Data analysis results <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:OB6> for this test were also published, making way for rolling out the winning version on non-English Wikipedias in November. This month, the team also completed background research and early designs for its upcoming work on anonymous editor acquisition <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymous_editor_acquisition> and Wikipedia article creation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_article_creation>. <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mobile_Contributions_Quarterly_Revi…> Slides from the Mobile Contribution Team's quarterly review meeting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_r…> on October 24, 2013 === Mobile <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering> === Many changes were made to the iOS Commons app <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Commons> in October. Users can now select the license among the most common ones, and swipe to delete categories on yet-to-be-uploaded images. A number of visual and interface improvements have been made, notably for iOS 7 compatibility. Icon consistency has been improved throughout the app. The app now also has better internationalization support, as well as better landscape and iPad support. The Wikipedia Zero <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero> team, supporting the program to give Wikipedia access to mobile users at no cost, worked on many features and enhancements as well. Part of their work focused on reducing accidental data charges, for example by adding warnings for users who don't benefit from the Zero program. They also made improvements to the settings system that allows the configuration of parameters for different mobile companies. The mobile web <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_web_projects> team has been focusing on many new features, as well as running tests about new mobile editors. They've improved the general design for a better user experience, and started to try to integrate VisualEditor to tablets. In beta, user profiles are now available, as well as 'Keep Going', a series of calls to action for new editors. == Fundraising == Department highlights * Caitlin Virtue joined the team as Development and Outreach Manager. * Caitlin Cogdill joined the team as Fundraising Program Associate. === Major Gifts and Foundations === * Received a $1 million grant from the Sloan Foundation. * Worked on end of the year reports for foundations and reapplied to new foundations. * Continued work on a proposal for the Stanton Foundation regarding moblie and flow. * Continued work with Tarnside on finding foundation funders in Europe. * Held event with Jimmy Wales which raised USD $220,000. * FDC impact report submitted, letter of intent (LOI) next month * Caitlin Virtue joined the team as Development Outreach Manager. === Online Fundraising === * The fundraising team ran campaigns worldwide throughout October. Banners were displayed to 13% of readers for 1 impression per reader. The team continued to run A/B tests of banner messages, designs, and payment flows. In the month of October, approximately USD 2.7 million was raised from 200,000 donors (preliminary numbers as donations are still settling). The team also sent email tests to past donors and experimented with mobile fundraising testing. For more information on testing, please see the 2013 fundraising <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013> page on Meta-wiki. * Uploaded a 2-minute appeal for Wikipedia Zero <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wiki…> from the 12A students of Sinenjongo High School in South Africa (see general "Highlights" section). * Caitlin Cogdill joined the team as Fundraising Program Associate. == Grantmaking == Department Highlights * *Quarterly Review on Grantmaking* in partnership with Program Evaluation and Design team, focusing on our Learning and Evaluation systems and processes. See slides on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grantmaking_%26_Program_Eval_Quarte…> (with appendix <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grantmaking-Quarterly_Review_May_20…>; minutes are to be published later) * The second year of the *Annual Plan Grants/FDC process* kicked off with proposals from 11 Wikimedia organizations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals>, including the first Thematic Organization (Amical Wikimedia). * Launch of the *Evaluation portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal>* in partnership with Program Evaluation and Design; contribute a Learning Pattern <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Learning…>! === Strategic Goals Metrics === (See the Quarterly Metrics <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_%26_Evaluation/Quarterly_Me…> page on Meta-wiki) At the completion of the first quarter of FY2013-14, the Grantmaking team is currently at the following points in reaching its targets: * Grants to *Global South*: 55% (namely, CIS-India) /(Target: 10%)/ * Grants to *Individuals*: 13.5% (namely, Wikimania Scholarships) /(Target: 7%)/ * Grants to *Gender Gap* work: 0.2% /(Target: 1%)/ * *Spent*: $1.2M, or 12% of total budget Note on targets: Two of the grants programs - Annual Plan Grants and Individual Engagement Grants - are only offered 2x per year. The first round for both these programs is occuring in Q2. We anticipate these will greatly increase the proportion of grants budget that is used, as well as decrease the proportions to the Global South and to individuals. === Annual Plan Grants (FDC) === * 11 FDC annual plan grant proposals <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals> were submitted in Round 1 2013-2014 to the FDC. * Community review <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/Community/Review> of these proposals took place during the month of October. Comments, feedback and questions from the community were shared on all 11 proposals, though some proposals received much more feedback than others. * Quarter 3 progress reports from Round 1 2012-2013 and Quarter 1 progress reports from Round 1 2012-2013 were submitted on October 30. * The FDC face-to-face deliberations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_members/2013-2014_round1/Del…> on these proposals will be held from November 17-21 in San Francisco, and they will publish their recommendations to the Board by December 1, 2013. (More about the FDC process and timeline can be found on Meta on the FDC portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Timeline>, and as always, staff support is available at FDCsupport at wikimedia.org .) === Project and Event Grants === * Asaf Bartov participated in Iberoconf 2013 - Mexico City <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberocoop:Encuentro_Wikimedia_Iberoamerican…>, and gave a talk on funding in the context of Iberocoop, as well as funding for international events. ==== Grants awarded in October 2013 ==== Three project and event grants were awarded in October: to Wikimedia Philippines for Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikimedia Czech Republic for their media work and to Wikimedia South Africa, to support their organizational development (matching external funding secured by WMZA). * Grants:WM_PH/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_PH/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013> * Grants:WM_CZ/Mediagrant_II <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_CZ/Mediagrant_II> * Grants:WM_ZA/2013_OSF_bridging_funding <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_ZA/2013_OSF_bridging_funding> ==== Reports accepted in October 2013 ==== * Grants:Katie_Filbert_-_Wikimedians_in_DC/GLAM-MCN_outreach/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Katie_Filbert_-_Wikimedians_in_DC/GL…> * Grants:WM_PH/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_PH/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Repo…> * Grants:Kannan Shanmugham - Malayalam Wikipedia/10th Birthday Celebrations/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Kannan_Shanmugham_-_Malayalam_Wikipe…> * Grants:WM US-NYC/Events Grant Reapportionment/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-NYC/Events_Grant_Reapportionme…> * Grants:Jackson_Peebles/Video_and_Interactive_Tutorials/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Jackson_Peebles/Video_and_Interactiv…> === Travel and Participation Support === This program supports Wikimedians to actively participate in non-Wikimedia events. ==== Requests awarded in October 2013 ==== * Participation:Seeris/PanelFreeCulture <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Seeris/PanelFreeCulture> ==== Reports accepted in October 2013 ==== * Participation:Valeriej,_DNarvaez/Grace_Hopper_Open_Source_Day/Report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Valeriej,_DNarvaez/Grace_Hopp…> === Individual Engagement Grants === * The IEG round 2 selection process kicked off this month. 21 proposals were marked eligible <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing> for round 2 review, with funding requests ranging from $40 to $30,000 for proposals to build tools, conduct research, and lead online community organizing and offline outreach and partnerships. A community discussion period encouraged comments and input from across the movement, in order to help the IEG committee make recommendations. * 2 proposals withdrew after passing eligibility, so ultimately 19 proposals went into the committee's official review <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee/Workroom/Review>, which began on Oct 23. Scores on each proposal have been submitted by committee members, and these will be shared back with proposers on Meta-wiki in November. Funding decisions will be announced in December. * Round 1 IEG projects continue. Grantees are beginning to prepare their final reports, which will be available in November-January. <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acaoeducativa_onboarding.jpeg> Onboarding activity at Ação Educativa === Brazil Catalyst Project === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazil_Catalyst_Program_2013-2014_-…> Presentation slides about the transition of the Brazil Catalyst Project into a grants program ==== Institutional ==== * Contracts analyses, wrap up of partnership process between *Ação Educativa* and Wikimedia Foundation. * Onboarding activity at Ação Educativa: about 20 people participated in the onboarding activity about the Wikimedia project at Ação Educativa. Gustavo Paiva, from Ação Educativa, and our team presented our project proposal in detail to representatives from departments other than the one hosting our project. <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acaoeducativa_onvoardinv.jpeg> Onboarding activity at Ação Educativa * Opened a discussion page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_Catalisador_do_Brasil/2013-2014/Mi…> about Microgrants strategy on Meta-wiki ==== Outreach & tutorials publishing ==== <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_and_PubRioBranco.jpeg> Brazil Catalyst program staff meeting with students and professor at Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco * Work in progress: production of complete *tutorial* on how to participate and engage in Wikimedia Projects * Finalized review on *Basic principles brochure* made by students from Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco ==== GLAM ==== * *Projeto Reflora:* offered partnership to Reflora's project (public archive of plants species collected in the 19th and 20th centuries). There was progress until the top directors, but it didn't succeed in end. * *Instituto Butantan:* offered partnership to Instituto Butantan, but didn't have much progress so far either. * Based on those two unsuccessful experiences we started *re-designing the GLAM approach strategy* in order to either get, even by force of law, content in public domain collected with public funding, or to change dramatically the approach and communications. * Engaged in the community discussion about a *photographic contest* <https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/chapter:Discuss%C3%A3o:Wiki_Ama_a_Natureza>, to support and work together on this programatic activity planned in our project proposal ==== Education ==== * Brazilian Education Program presentation on *Iberoconf 2013 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberocoop:Encuentro_Wikimedia_Iberoamerican…>* * Advances in partnership negotiations with *universities*: UFF, Passo Fundo University, BandTech, UFRJ, USP * Meetings and discussions with the local community of contributors * Meetings at *Wikimedia's office in San Francisco* with Asaf, Anasuya, Rod and LiAnna about the education program in Brazil and the next steps * *Education Extension* tests, updates, translation and wiki pages creation around the extension * Event participation planning at *Passo Fundo University* * Partnership conversations with *UFMA* (Federal University of Maranhão) ==== Data Analysis ==== * Localized the L2 Research Portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/pt-br>. * Organizing the Inaugural L2 Research Hackathon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/November_9th,_2013> in Rio de Janeiro. * Helped community designing an evaluation system <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Filtro_de_edi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/An…> of the AbuseFilter on ptwiki. * Helped designing the i18n of the Evaluation Portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal>. * Translated Beta Features documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/About_Beta_Features/pt-br>. <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oona_Castro_@_Tedx.jpg> Oona Castro at TEDx Under development: * Adding daily access data from dumps to tool labs <http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/Acessos> * Developing a non-tech interface to add events on the PT Wikipedia timeline <http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/Linha_do_tempo> through editing Wikipages <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Arqueologia/Linha_do_tempo>, so that any editor can help improve it in the future. * Localizing the anti-vandalism tool STiki to ptwiki <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:STiki>. * Debating an experiment with welcome messages <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:!Mensagens_de_boas-vindas>. * Setting up tracking for ptwiki guided tours <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/propostas/Qual_deve_…>. ==== Participation in events ==== * Participation in TEDx event led by Dante Alighieri School: explaining Wikimedia projects, the education program and discussing access to knowledge (video of the presentation <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkralMUyD4&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPXlhPBjZGdk8ory…>) * Participation in Iberoconf 2013 - Mexico City <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberocoop:Encuentro_Wikimedia_Iberoamerican…> * Participation in Mozilla Summit 2013 - Santa Clara === Grantmaking Learning & Evaluation === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Questions_pattern_infobox.png> Example of an infobox summarizing a learning pattern ("Asking the right questions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Asking_the_right_q…>") * *Launch of the Evaluation portal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal>!* See the "Program Evaluation and Design" section for more updates * *Learning & Evaluation community:* In addition to the portal, we were invited to speak at Iberoconf 2013 in Mexico City, to update the Iberocoop community members about what tools are available for evaluation as well as the need and purpose for evaluation/learning. Much time was spent going over the Wikimetrics tool, with which most were unfamiliar. See the presentation links in Spanish and English <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Presenta…> on the evaluation portal. * Developed *Learning Patterns <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Learning…>*, a new way of capturing "key learnings" for mission-aligned projects and programs. Learning Patterns are a new type of resource that will be featured in the Evaluation Portal (see "Program Evaluation and Design" for more info). They are in a simple page format, based on design patterns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patterns>, that allow us to easily document and share actionable solutions to common problems we encounter when we plan, participate in, and evaluate the impact of events, online initiatives, and other programmatic activities. A learning pattern is structured around a problem statement (which can also be phrased as a question, an instruction, or a short scenario) and a description of the solution to that problem. Patterns can also include examples, links to related resources, general considerations, and media such as images or embedded videos. Anyone can create a pattern around a piece of advice or set of instructions that they think would benefit others who may be performing a similar activity in the future. We intend to encourage grant recipients to write patterns to capture what worked (and what didn't work) when they report on their activities. As the Learning Pattern library grows, the Grantmaking & Program teams can use this resource to identify common challenges that grantees face, successful strategies they have developed, and to help identify types of activities that have a high potential for impact. Some examples of patterns we have so far: /"Let the media know <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Let_the_Media_Know>", "Cookies by the exit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Cookies_by_the_exit>", "Short reports go a long way <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Short_reports_go_a…>", "Photographic evidence <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Photographic_evide…>."/ Grants Program evaluations * *Annual Plan Grants:* worked on financial analysis of the different applicants to Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1>. Also helped collect and administer feedback from the FDC. * *Travel & Participation Support Grants:* Launched survey and collecting feedback for the Travel & Participation Support Program <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evalu…>. Results will be posted in November, with a call for continued community conversation at that time. * *Wikimania Scholarships*: Published a blog post summary of the Wikimania Scholarships 2013 <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/08/scholarships-wikimedians-around-the-w…> program, which funded 95 individuals from 54 countries. Pipeline * Results from *First Employee Study* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey/20…> survey * Results from *Travel & Participation Support Program* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evalu…> survey * Updated grants pages on Meta * New management tool for grants (Fluxx) * External research projects, looking at organizational methodologies for other movements * IEG impact assessment design * IEG post-award survey development * Conversations around impact evaluation for gender-related work <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference/Schedule#Aly…> at the diversity conference, hosted by our community in Berlin! * Research hackathon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/November_9th,_2013> * Translation opportunities on Evaluation portal * Further development of learning patterns == Programs == Department Highlights * The Wikipedia Zero team launched its first *USSD/SMS pilot in Kenya*. Airtel Kenya mobile subscribers now have free access to Wikipedia through text messages for the first time. The service targets mobile subscribers who use low-cost basic phones ("feature phones") that are not internet-enabled. See also the general "Highlights" section, and for more information, see below and our blog post: "Airtel Wikipedia Zero partnership to pilot Wikipedia via text <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/24/airtel-wikipedia-zero-text-trial/>". * Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager LiAnna Davis and Communications Contractor Sage Ross put together draft text for a completely *redone version of the /Welcome to Wikipedia/ brochure* <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Wikipedia_(Bookshelf)/2013_e…> for newcomers, now titled /Contributing to Wikipedia/. === Program Evaluation and Design === Data Collection Survey updates Program Evaluation and Design has been knee-deep in reviewing the results from their data collection survey. The survey, which opened at the end fo September and closed on October 7, received responses from 23 program leaders. Those who responded are associated with chapters, affiliates and usergroups. Some program leaders who responded identify as individuals, producing and evaluating programs without chapter support. Respondents, whom will remain anonymous in the end report, reported data for edit-a-thons, workshops, online editing contests, GLAM content donations, photography competitions, and the Wikipedia Education Program. The report will feature two showcase reports about edit-a-thons and Wiki Loves Monuments. Through the beginning of November, the team will be producing a report, requesting community feedback, and then it will be presented to the FDC, and the broader Wikimedia community in mid-November on Meta. Two interns join the Program Evaluation and Design team The Program Evaluation & Design team has brought on two paid interns to assist with the Data Collection Survey. These two interns, Edward Galvez and Yuan Li, bring well-honed skills from John Hopkins University and the University of Cincinnati, respectively. They are primarily assisting Program Evaluation and Design Specialist, Jaime Anstee, with mining, cleaning, checking and examining the data voluntarily provided by the Wikimedia community during the recent Data Collection Survey. Through their internship, they will be learning skills like wiki mark-up, the basics of contributing to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Meta, gain an understanding about the way the Wikimedia community works and the programs they are doing to engage the public, how to use WikiMetrics, and extended evaluation data skills. Communications update * *The Program Evaluation Portal on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal> launched on October 4.* The portal, which was designed by Program Evaluation and Design in partnership with the Learning & Evaluation team, provides a unique and friendly environment to learn about evaluation and design. The portal features four main components: the library, full of resources about evaluation and design, the machine shop which features resources related to tools like WikiMetrics, the parlor, a social space for program leaders to introduce themselves through easy to create profiles and to ask questions for crowdsourced support and help, and the printing press, which features the latest news related to evaluation. The portal also contains a work space for the two teams to develop reports and resources on Meta-wiki, before launching them formally in the portal. This space is called the Boiler Room. The portal's front page is automatically updated by a bot with the latest changes and activity. * *Facebook continues to be a popular space* for program leaders to seek help and socialize regarding evaluation and design. As of October 31, the "Program Evaluation & Design" Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/programevaluation/> had 101 members. * *The Program Evaluation & Design Annoucement List hits 73 members.* (October archives <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ped/2013-October/thread.html>) * *Jaime and Sarah hosted an open office IRC sessions on October 7* in the Program Evaluation and Design IRC channel (#wikimedia-ped). They spent a total of four hours, split into two sessions (morning/afternoon), in the room allowing for casual conversation, questions and assistance regarding evaluation and design between them and the community. Approximately 10 participants. * *Quarterly Review took place on October 25*, in partnership with the Grantmaking department. Program Evaluation & Design presenting about their work, goals and blockers from the teams inception in April until the present. === Wikipedia Zero === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feature-phone.jpg> A typical low-cost feature phone, the type of phone targeted with the SMS/USSD pilot * Wikipedia Zero partnerships delivered *39M free mobile page views in 20 countries* in October. * We launched Wikipedia Zero with *Airtel in Kenya*, along with our first *USSD/SMS pilot*. Airtel Kenya customers now have free access to Wikipedia through text messages. With this partnership, the Wikimedia Foundation for the first time delivers access to Wikipedia through SMS free of charge. The service targets customers who use low-cost basic phones ("feature phones") instead of data-enabled smartphones. From the lessons learned in this pilot, we hope to eventually make this service widely available to reach the billions of people who have mobile phones, but cannot afford access to the internet. See also the general "Highlights" section, and our blog post: "Airtel Wikipedia Zero partnership to pilot Wikipedia via text <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/24/airtel-wikipedia-zero-text-trial/>". * We got great *news coverage* of the Wikipedia via Text pilot, validating the importance of text messaging as a channel to reach the many mobile users whose older phones do not support mobile internet access. We are collecting usage data and also qualitative user feedback during the three-month pilot, so we can refine the service. We intend to do multiple pilots this year, then plan for a wider rollout next year, depending on the trial results. * We launched Wikipedia Zero for the first time in *Bangladesh*. Our partner Banglalink did a press release and is seeing a great response in the market. Bangladesh brings our total number of launched Wikipedia Zero markets to 20. * Our carrier partners love the story of the *school kids from Joe Slovo township in South Africa*, documented beautifully by Victor Grigas, WMF Storyteller, in the two-minute video released this month (see also general "Highlights" section). Orange, our first Wikipedia Zero partner, is particularly proud because the kids heard about free access to Wikipedia in Orange Uganda and Kenya. Hearing the value of free access to Wikipedia straight from the kids should inspire new partners to support our mission. === Wikipedia Education Program === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Wikipedia_plagiarism_study_…> Slides from a presentation about the Education Program's plagiarism study Global * The Wikipedia Education Program team has begun working with developer Andrew Russell Green on fixing bugs and usability problems in the *MediaWiki extension for course pages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Education_Program>*. Several vexing bugs have been patched, and some small but much-requested features have been developed. We're now turning to planning out the longer term roadmap for our course page technology. United States/Canada Program * The US and Canada Education Program has begun its transition from being led by the Wikimedia Foundation staff to the volunteers and new staff of the *new nonprofit, the Wiki Education Foundation*. The program should be completely coordinated by the Wiki Education Foundation by the end of November. * *More than 1,200 new student editors* on English Wikipedia created user accounts this semester and enrolled in their classes on the education extension. Many of them spent October completing the online student training <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students> before creating sandboxes and beginning to edit in the article namespace. Arab World Program * Arab World Education Program Manager Tighe Flanagan traveled to Cairo to support the *end of term celebration conference hosted by Ain Shams University*. The conference was attended by more than 50 students and professors who participated in the third term of the Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt. Tighe also met with professors and administrators at Ain Shams Al-Alsun (Languages) Faculty, Ain Shams Arts Faculty and Cairo University, to get feedback from the past semester and set goals for the upcoming term. * Tighe represented the Wikipedia Education Program at the 2013 *World Innovation Summit for Education* in Doha, from October 29–31. This annual conference brought together more than 1,000 education professionals to present, discuss, and debate the future of education. This event was part of a larger regional visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. * Meetings were also held with the *Qatar Computer Research Institute (QCRI) and Qatar University* to discuss the potential for the expansion of the Wikipedia Education Program in Qatar. QCRI is eager to support the initiative, and formal proposals will be sent to initiate the process. Hamid Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar, is also interested in the program, although they were not able to attend any meetings. Communications * Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager LiAnna Davis and Communications Contractor Sage Ross put together draft text for a *completely redone version of the /Welcome to Wikipedia/ brochure* <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Wikipedia_(Bookshelf)/2013_e…> for newcomers, now titled /Contributing to Wikipedia/. They are currently seeking community feedback and refining the text, while designer David Peters has begun developing the layout of the new brochure. The former "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure ranks among the most widely distributed learning materials for newcomers to Wikipedia. * Following the research on *plagiarism* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program/Research/Plagiari…> completed last month, Communications Contractor Sage Ross created a new video <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Training/For_students/Copyright_…> to explain to student editors the ins and outs of plagiarism and close paraphrasing on Wikipedia. * Two newsletters: o 1 October <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/News/1_Octo…> o 15 October <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/News/15_Oct…> == Human Resources == The primary October activities for HR included ongoing support of *three executive searches* (ED, VP of Engineering, Chief Communications Officer), organizing a 3-day off-site *group facilitation training*, researching and testing of a *new ergonomic program*, coordinating initial work on *role calibration* (levels of jobs throughout WMF and what these levels look like between departments), and kicking off the prep work and renewals for the annual *US benefits open enrollment* (more to come in December). HR also helped the new WMF Aliens *expat group* with their first (and fabulous!) pot-luck. We are also in the middle of conducting our annual *employee engagement survey*, as well as an ongoing *search for a new Manager of Recruiting*. === Staff Changes === New Requisitions Filled * Caitlin Cogdill, Fundraising Program Associate (Fundraiser) * Gergő Tisza, Software Engineer (Engineering) * Caitlin Virtue, Development Outreach Manager (Fundraiser) Conversion * Christian Aistleitner, Systems Engineer (Engineering) * Dan Garry, Product Manager – Platform (Engineering) New Interns * Edward Galvez (Programs) * Yuan Li (Programs) * Angelica Tavella (IT) * Gina Vasyanina (IT) New Contractors * Andrew Green (Engineering) * Kunal Mehta (Engineering) * Moriel Schottlender (Engineering) * Rummana Yasmeen (Engineering) Contracts Extended * Steven Bernardin (Engineering) * Emily Blanchard (Human Resources) * Arlo Breault (Engineering) * David Chan (Engineering) * Dan DeJarnatt (Human Resources) * Michelle Grover (Engineering) * Oliver Keyes (Engineering) * Andre Klapper (Engineering) * Niklas Laxström (Engineering) * Erica Litrenta (Engineering) * Heather McAndrew (Human Resources) * Matthias Mullie (Engineering) * Marc Ordinas (Engineering) * Sherry Snyder (Engineering) Departure * Jay Walsh Contracts Ended * Henrique Andrade^[1] * Oona Castro^[1] * Celio Costa^[1] * Faris El-Gwely * Jan Gerber * Joanie Hjulmand * Kristan Johnson * Kirsten Menger-Anderson * Sarah Mitroff * Rebecca Neumann * Sophie Österberg * Rodrigo Padula^[1] 1. ↑ ^/*a*/ ^/*b*/ ^/*c*/ ^/*d*/ These changes stem from the November launch of the Brazil 'partnership grant' from WMF, funding Ação Educativa (a Brazilian education non-profit) to support Wikimedia communities and related activities in Brazil. Oona, Henrique and the rest of the current Brazil team (Celio and Rodrigo) are joining Ação Educativa as part of this grant, increasing the October attrition number by three. New Postings * Chief Communications Officer * Recruiting manager * Software Engineer Mobile * Sr. Data Engineer Analytics === Statistics === Total Requisitions Filled October Actual: 153 October Total Plan: 179 October Filled: 5, Month Attrition: 4, YTD Filled: 20, YTD Attrition: 12 Remaining Open positions to fiscal year end 40 === Department Updates === Real-time feed for HR updates http://identi.ca/wikimediaatwork or https://twitter.com/wikimediaatwork == Finance and Administration == * Completed a review of the WMF bond fund with Rockefeller & Company. As of September 30, 2013, WMF has $13.5 million in this fund with a current yield of 2.67% and estimated annual income of $359,967. * Garfield is beginning a conversation with potential investment advisors for the Long Term Reserve Fund that is under consideration. One of the criteria that are current being looked at is capabilities in providing a Socially Responsible portfolio. * Garfield is working with our insurance brokers on the renewals of the WMF insurance policies. == Legal, Community Advocacy, and Communications Department == === LCA Report, October 2013 === <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg> The Community logo <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_November_Metrics_Meeting_…> Yana Welinder presenting about the upcoming Trademark Policy Update It has been a big month for community consultations by LCA, with 4 simultaneous consultations occurring during October. One of the most active discussions occurred in the community consultation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation> about the trademark registration of the Community logo <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg> as a collective membership mark to allow community members to use the mark without a trademark license while preventing abuse of the mark by others. ==== Contract Metrics ==== * Submitted : 37 * Completed : 35 ==== Trademark Metrics ==== * Submitted : 10 * Approved : 2 * Pending : 8 ==== Domains Obtained ==== * vikipedi.com.tr * vikipedia.com.tr ==== Coming & Going ==== No new arrivals or departures for LCA in October 2013. ==== Other Activities ==== <Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metrics_Slides_November_7.pdf?page=3> Presentation slides about the Trademark Policy update (image attributions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Metrics_Slides_November_7…>) * LCA is finishing up a *community consultation on our Trademark Policy and practices <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_practices_discussion>* and is preparing to launch a new Trademark Policy draft for a two month community consultation period. * The *community consultation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy>* for the *Privacy Policy draft <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy>* continued into its second month (out of a 4.5 month-long period). LCA continues to edit the draft in response to community feedback and thanks the community for its helpful and thoughtful feedback. * The *community consultation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy>* for the *Access to Nonpublic Information Policy draft <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy>* also continued into its second month (out of a 4.5 month-long period). The discussion was particularly active in October, with many serious concerns raised by community members. LCA has posed a question to the community about whether such a policy is still in line with the movement’s needs and whether it should be retained. * LCA participated in two *legal design workshops* at Stanford Institute of Design and the Embassy Network to visualize the new trademark policy draft, as described in a blog post: "Designing a user-friendly trademark policy for some of the world’s most recognizable marks <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/29/designing-a-user-friendly-trademark-po…>". * Yana gave a *talk about Wikimedia at Yale* ISP, as described in a blog post: "Speaking about free knowledge and the law at Yale ISP <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/17/speaking-about-free-knowledge-at-yale-…>". * LCA continues to coordinate closely with engineering on socializing the *VisualEditor product deployment* and is further engaged in discussing best practices for rolling out change. * LCA worked with the *Wikipedia Zero* team on implementation of the partnership with Airtel. * Luis discussed open licensing, along with a panel from Creative Commons, Public Library of Science, and University of California, at an *Open Access Un/Conference at San Jose State <http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-conference/2013_Program>*. * Creative Commons announced the conclusion <http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/2013-November/007489.html> of the *Creative Commons 4.0 drafting* process. LCA participated in this process throughout, has begun analyzing the final license, and congratulates CC on the completion of a successful process. * LCA analyzed *licensing questions for the Multimedia team*, including copyright license questions for the Media Viewer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer>, open source questions related to our video player, and patent questions around the recent Mozilla-Cisco H264 announcement. === Communications Report, October 2013 === The Communications team has been learning to function well without Jay Walsh at the helm. We were treated to a very busy month with numerous high-profile storylines converging to keep us occupied. The sockpuppetry and paid advocacy editing investigation dominated the month. There were also a number of reports following the MIT Technology Review story “The Decline of Wikipedia,” and a flurry of press around U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who reportedly used Wikipedia content in a speech without proper attribution. The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting a Chief Communications Officer to succeed Jay. The recruitment effort kicked off in late October and will continue through November into the middle of December. Please share the announcement with your networks and help us find good candidates: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/31/wikimedia-foundation-chief-communicat… ==== Major announcements ==== *Statement from Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, in response to paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_statement_p…>* (21 October 2013) Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner denounces paid editing for promotional purposes, or paid advocacy editing, which she describes as a "black hat" practice that violates Wikipedia’s core principles. *Airtel joins Wikipedia Zero partnership with pilot in Kenya <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Airtel_joins_Wikipedia_…>* (24 October 2013) Airtel is partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation to bring free access to Wikipedia to 70 million people in 17 countries. The partnership also introduces a pilot initiative to provide free access to Wikipedia via text messages (SMS and USSD). ==== Major storylines in October ==== /(For a detailed list of press clips about Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation in October, see the list on Meta-wiki here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications_committee/Press_clippings#Oc…>./) UCSF Medical School incorporates editing Wikipedia for class (late September, early October) The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical School announced that it will offer an medical elective course that will assign editing Wikipedia as part of the curriculum for the class. UCSF claims to be the first medical school in the United States to do so. New York Times - Editing Wikipedia Pages for Med School Credit <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/business/media/editing-wikipedia-pages-fo…> WebProNews - Doctors Decide They Need to Be the Ones Editing Medical Wikipedia Articles <http://www.webpronews.com/doctors-decide-they-need-to-be-the-ones-editing-m…> Nonprofit Quarterly - Medical Students Offered Course Credit for Editing Wikipedia <http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23010-medical-studen…> Sockpuppetry and paid advocacy editing investigation (all of October) On October 8, the technology news site Daily Dot published a story by Simon Owens that chronicled an investigation by English Wikipedia editors. It detailed allegations that sockpuppet accounts may have been linked to a paid public relations firm working to create and manage Wikipedia articles on behalf of corporations and other organizations. As the story developed, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner released a statement condemning sockpuppetry and paid advocacy editing as “black hat” practices. The story resulted a couple hundred articles in many languages. * Sue Gardner’s statement on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/21/sue-gardner-response-paid-advocacy-ed… * For an extensive list of press clippings on this topic, see the Meta-wiki page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications_committee/Press_clippings/20…> * Select coverage here: The Daily Dot - The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army <http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-larges…> VICE - Is the PR Industry Buying Influence Over Wikipedia? <http://www.vice.com/read/is-the-pr-industry-buying-influence-over-wikipedia> Wall Street Journal - Wikipedia Probes Suspicious Promotional Articles <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/21/wikipedia-probes-suspicious-promotio…> PRWeek - New Wikipedia editing furore provokes CIPR ire <http://www.prweek.com/article/1217351/new-wikipedia-editing-furore-provokes…> The reported “decline” of Wikipedia (mid and late October) The MIT Technology Review published an extensive story, “The Decline of Wikipedia,” which examined the declining active editor trend across Wikipedias and highlighted some of the work the Wikimedia Foundation was doing to try to reverse the declining numbers. Though the story was well-written and thoroughly researched, subsequent coverage in other media outlets played up the sensational title and often didn’t carefully represent the issue in its historical context. One article from November in Newsweek tried to take a more balanced view and showcased various examples of initiatives to retain new editors, particularly women. MIT Technology Review - The Decline of Wikipedia <http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikiped…> The Atlantic - 90% of Wikipedia's Editors Are Male—Here's What They're Doing About It <http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/90-of-wikipedias-edit…> Business Insider - Lots Of Internet Industry People Are Suddenly Worried About The Future Of Wikipedia <http://www.businessinsider.com/lots-of-internet-industry-people-are-suddenl…> Newsweek - Wikipedia Wobbles But Doesn't Fall (Citation Needed) <http://www.newsweek.com/wikipedia-wobbles-doesnt-fall-citation-needed-1536> U.S. Senator Rand Paul reportedly copies Wikipedia entries without proper attribution (late October and early November) MSNBC’s news show host Rachel Maddow accused conservative U.S. politician and 2016 presidential hopeful Rand Paul of plagiarizing portions of a speech he gave from the Wikipedia article on Gattaca, a sci-fi movie from the late 1990s. Following her segment, numerous other outlets discovered plagiarizing in Senator Paul’s speeches and writing. The scandal expanded so far, there has been talk of the Senator not running for president in 2016. New York Times - Senator Rand Paul Is Accused of Plagiarizing His Lines From Wikipedia <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/us/politics/senator-rand-paul-is-accused-…> Buzzfeed - Rand Paul Has Given Speeches Plagiarized From Wikipedia Before <http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rand-paul-has-given-speeches-plagar…> MSNBC - More Wikipedia copying in Rand Paul speeches <http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/more-wikipedia-copying-in-ran…> ==== Other worthwhile reads ==== Wikipedia’s Economic Value <http://infojustice.org/archives/30858> | Infojustice | October 3 Wikipedia pilots articles-via-SMS service aimed at Africans <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24662267> | BBC | October 25 Wikipedia China Becomes Front Line for Views on Language and Culture <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/technology/wikipedia-china-becomes-front-…> | New York Times | October 27 ==== Wikimedia Blog posts ==== Blog.wikimedia.org published 33 posts in October 2013. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/> Six posts were multilingual <https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/multilingual-post/>, including Arabic, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. Some highlights from the blog: * *Scientific multimedia files get a second life on Wikipedia <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/21/scientific-multimedia-files-get-a-sec…> | October 21, 2013* * *As Arab countries participate in Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time, stakes are especially high in Syria <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/24/syria-loves-monuments/> | October 24, 2013* * *Airtel Wikipedia Zero partnership to pilot Wikipedia via text <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/24/airtel-wikipedia-zero-text-trial/> | October 24, 2013* * *Designing a user-friendly trademark policy for some of the world’s most recognizable marks <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/29/designing-a-user-friendly-trademark-p…> | October 29, 2013* ==== Media Contact ==== Media contact through October 2013: wmf:Press room/Media Contact#October 2013 <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_room/Media_Contact#October_2013> ==== Wikipedia Signpost ==== For lots of detailed coverage and news summaries, see the community-edited newsletter “Wikipedia Signpost” for October 2013: * Volume 9, Issue 39 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-10…>, 02 October 2013 * Volume 9, Issue 40 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-10…>, 09 October 2013 * Volume 9, Issue 41 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-10…>, 16 October 2013 * Volume 9, Issue 42 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-10…>, 23 October 2013 * Volume 9, Issue 43 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives/2013-10…>, 30 October 2013 == Visitors and Guests == Visitors and guests to the WMF office in October 2013: 1. Sameer Verma (SF State University) 2. Arash Ghassemi (Union Bank) 3. Obie Howe (Adaptive) 4. Kenji Nasahashi (Internet Archive) 5. Lani Van Dusen (FCG Global) 6. David Spach (FCG Global) 7. Alina Mierlus (Mozilla) 8. Taylor Keep (VITAL) 9. Stefan Priebsch (thephp.cc) 10. Sebastian Bergmann (thephp.cc) 11. Danielle W. (Fluxx) 12. Evan Powell (Stack Storm) 13. Dimitri Zimine (Stack Storm) 14. Val Aurora (TAI) 15. Darla Ling (Paylocity) 16. Peter Dwyer (Liturgical Press) 17. Rian Wanstreet (Access Now) 18. Brett Solomon (Access Now) 19. Kimberly Smith (Morningside Translations) 20. Ana Almeyda-Cohen (Morningside Translations) 21. Dara Ling (Paylocity) 22. Ta-Tanisha Henry (SFIPCA) 23. J. Jaffe (W3C) 24. Prakash Advani (Canonical) 25. Toni Maraviglia (Eneza) 26. John Nichols (Nation) 27. Bob McChesea (Nation) 28. Craig Aarc (Free Press) 29. Doug Hessel (Johnson & Dugan) 30. Cathy Christie-Patton (Johnson & Dugan) 31. Jove Oliver (Minassian Media) 32. Arzhel Younsi (Mozilla France) 33. Josie Ramos (PRN) 34. Kaylah Sterling (acupuncturist) 35. Ellen Pao (Reddit) 36. Jason Ricci (Fluxx Labs) 37. Graham Ulvestad (Fluxx Labs) 38. Philip Solis (Target CW) 39. Cindy Hawley (Arthur J. Gallagher) 40. Patrick Chew (Change.org) 41. Ariana Younai (LinkedIn) 42. Holly Procter (LinkedIn) 43. Chris Kohler (World Pay) 44. Kevin Hennessy (World Pay) 45. Mike Schwartz (Wikia) 46. Owen Davis (Wikia) -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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WMIT bulletin no. 64 - November 14, 2013
by .mau. (maurizio codogno) 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hi all, the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#64) is available. This time we wrote about Archaeowiki press release, upcoming Award ceremony for Wiki Loves Monuments Italia, our support for the creation of the Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap Foundation, presentation of Sestopedia, and our future appointments. As usual a link has been added to meta, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia… More-or-less raw text of the bulletin follows below. ciao, .mau. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= == Archaeowiki Press Release == Thursday, November 7th a press conference of the project [ http://www.archeowiki.it Archeowiki. New archaeologist in Lombardia. Real and virtual paths] was held in Milan, in the picturesque setting of the Tiepolo room at the headquarters of the Cariplo Foundation (co-financing organization ). Faced with a large and varied audience Dario Bolis (''Director of Communications and External Relations in Cariplo''), Frieda Brioschi (''President of Wikimedia Italia''), Grazia Facchinetti (''Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Lombardy'') and Filippo Del Corno (''City Councillor for Culture of the Municipality of Milan'') presented the initiative. The public showed great interest in Archaeowiki: both for its values, including the sharing of knowledge as an engine of growth, and for its main purpose, namely attracting new users to archeology, especially young students, elderly people and the disabled. It was much appreciated, also, the fact that the project leans towards the less-known archaeological museums of Lombardy. Following the meeting, several sites and online newspapers reported the news: [http://milano.repubblica.it/dettaglio-news/milano-14:57/11890 La Repubblica], [ http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUn… of Cultural Heritage and Activities], [ http://www.comune.milano.it/portale/wps/portal/CDM?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/… City of Milan]. A few places for schools are still available. If you are interested, contact the secretary of Wikimedia Italia [mailto:segreteria@wikimedia.it segreteria(a)wikimedia.it]. == Award ceremony for Wiki Loves Monuments Italia == The time is finally over: we are ready to announce the winners of [ http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/ Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 Italia]. The appointment is for '''Saturday, November 23''', at '''17:00''' at the '''Libreria Hoepli''' in Milano (Via Hoepli 5). See you there! == WMI supports the creation of the Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap Foundation == The Italian community of [http://blog.openstreetmap.it/'''OpenStreetMap'''] is in turmoil: since long it is considering to to create in our country to a chapter of the [ http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page OSM Foundation] and during the last edition of [http://conf.openstreetmap.it/ OSMit], the Conference of the Italian community of OpenStreetMap, the idea of letting WMI become the Italian chapter of OSM Foundation was debated. The proposal was liked by members of Wikimedia Italy, so today all those who wish to contribute to the creation of '''OpenStreetMap Italia''' are called to arms: you can just subscribe to Wikimedia Italia, indicating as reason "to build the Italian OSM chapter." Our association, achieved 10 new members who sign with this purpose, will begin to define themselves also as the "Working Group for the Italian OSM chapter." When 25 users are reached, a request to OSM Foundation will be made to become the official Italian chapter. Even someone who is already a member can help achieve the quota: it's enough to make at least fifty changes on OpenStreetMap assets, and have at least three months of contributions in this regard. Do not delay! sign up to participate actively in the dissemination of OSM in Italy! == Presentation of Sestopedia == Friday, November 8, at the Mage in Sesto San Giovanni, the project Sestopedia was officially presented: Wikimedia Italy was represented by [[:it:Utente:.mau.|.mau.]]. Sestopedia, the brainchild of director and screenwriter Giusi Castelli and implemented by the non-profit organization Associazione Lavoro e Integrazione (Association for Employment and Integration), is based on what has been done in the Welsh town of [ http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/MonmouthpediA Monmouth], which was completely "wikipedized" with the participation of their citizens. Sesto San Giovanni, which made a proposal to UNESCO to be insertes as World Heritage Site for its rich heritage of industrial architecture, would like to take this initiative, with the help of Wikimedia Italia for the part of computer literacy. == Future Appointments == * November 14, Stra (VE): for the Week of the enterprise culture of Confindustria, the [http://www.museodellacalzatura.it/ Museo Rossimoda of the shoe], together with [http://www.europeanafashion.eu/ Europeana Fashion], organizes at its headquarters in Villa Foscarini Rossi an [ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:GLAM/Europeana_Fashion_Edithaton_201…]. Privileged recipients: students of the University of Padua and the IUAV of Venice whose studies are related to marketing and fashion design. Hours 10-16. For Wikimedia Italy [ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Virginia_Gentilini Virginia Gentilini] will attend. * November 16, Ivrea: at [http://85.40.171.220/moodle202/ Officina H] the meeting [http://www.didatticaaperta.it/ '''Didattica Aperta'''] (Open Education) is scheduled. The theme of the meeting is "Free access to software and knowledge in the School and University". The event will provide an opportunity to discuss sharing of knowledge and free resources in training. The invitation is extended to everybody, but places are limited. To register, simply fill out the [ http://www.didatticaaperta.it/registrazione-2013 form on the site]. * November 18, Monza: at 18.00 the exhibition dedicated to the edition of Monza and Brianza of Wiki Loves Monuments opens. Until November 30 the best photographs will be exhibited at the beautiful Saletta Reale, near track 1 of the Monza train station. Opening hours from November 19: Tuesday to Saturday from 15.00 to 18.00 and by appointment, in collaboration with the non-profit organization Association of Friends of Museums of Monza and Brianza . * November 18 and 27, December 4, Mestre: the meetings of the project [ http://sbuvenezia.comune.venezia.it/easyne2/LYT.aspx?Code=bcve&IDLYT=1211&S… VEZ] keep going on. * November 24 - December 1: happy birthday [ https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Wikisource]! The project [ https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Compleanno_di_Wikisource is ten years old] and the international language communities are organizing a celebration of the anniversary at its best. The Italian team also joins the party and announces a competition to re-reading and proofing text in Wikisource: the winner will get an ebook reader offered by Wikimedia Italia. The competition will be open from 24 November (00.00) until December 1st (23:59). * November 25 and 26, Trento: [ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:GLAM/Biblioteche/Bibliohackathon/Tre…], promoted by [ http://www.fbk.eu/ Fondazione Bruno Kessler], [http://www.mart.trento.it/MART] and Wikimedia Italia. * November 29, Rome: Workshop [ http://www.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/it/archivionovita/2013/novita_0046.h… open data (LOD): an opportunity for digital cultural heritage], promoted by ICCU. Among the teachers, [ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Sannita Luca Martinelli] of Wikimedia Italia. [ http://www.otebac.it/index.php?it/22/archivio-eventi/245/linked-open-data-l…] the programme. It is necessary an [ http://www.otebac.it/index.php?it/358/cedola-di-registrazione-roma-29-novem… subscription]. * December 4, Florence: BTO2013 (Buy Tourism Online). [[Utente:Frieda|Frieda Brioschi]] (''President of Wikimedia Italia'') will talk about the experience of Wiki Loves Monuments within the panel [ http://www.buytourismonline.com/eventi/liberta-partecipazione/ "Libertà e partecipazione"].

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Wikimedia UK report, September 2013
by Stevie Benton 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hello everyone, Please find below the Wikimedia UK monthly report<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports> for the period 1st to 30th September 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/> , join a UK mailing list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>, and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/September&acti…>. If you prefer to read the page on wiki, you can find it at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/September Thanks and regards, Stevie Program activities Community - On 7 September 2013, Wikimedians and amateur photographers gathered in the Grade II-listed St Michael’s Church for Wikipedia Takes Chester, a day-long photo scavenger hunt, held to increase participation in Wiki Loves Monuments UK. At Wikipedia Takes Chester, and at Wikipedia Takes Coventry this time last year, many people attended who would not normally come along to Wikimedia events. A huge range of photographers attend these events, from the point-and-shoot-wielding amateur to the very-expensive-DSLR-toting professionals. GLAM activities - Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce its new partnership with York Museums Trust <http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/Page/Index.aspx>. The partnership, which was confirmed in September, is to be supported by the recruitment of a Wikimedian in Residence who will promote open access to collections data across the trust. - We were also delighted to announce in September that The Royal Society is recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence. Education activities This summer Wikimedia UK embarked on a systematic campaign to raise awareness of the assistance the charity can offer to university students towards the creation of new student societies associated with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. With support from Wikimedia UK, Wikipedia student societies have already been established at Imperial College London and Cambridge University. We are keen to see this sort of activity develop on other campuses across the UK. We’re in the process of discussing the possibility of new Wikipedia students’ societies developing at a number of universities in Cardiff, Dundee, Manchester, Hull/Scarborough, Swansea and London. Please help us spread this information across university campuses throughout the UK, or if you’re a university student and a Wikipedian just email education(a)wikimedia.org.uk and we’ll take it from there We were also preparing for the delivery of the EduWiki Conference 2013<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013> on 1-2 November. Technology In September, the WMUK wiki was migrated from the Wikimedia Foundation's datacentre to Wikimedia UK's. Details of the migration can be found on the WMUK website <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WMUK_wiki_migration>, which is now at the new address of wikimedia.org.uk Other activities 15 October is recognised as Ada Lovelace Day and is dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Wikimedia UK was proud to be a part of those celebrations. We have delivered many events about Women in Science in October. For example, along with Jisc, we have supported an editathon focusing on women in science which took place at the University of Oxford. As if to illustrate that the ongoing campaign to encourage greater recognition of women in STEM, BBC Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour show featured a discussion of this topic, featuring our very own Daria Cybulska. UK readers of this blog can listen to the show here <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cmt4n>. The section about Ada Lovelace Day begins after around 7:45 of the recording. Wiki Loves Monuments - September 2013 will always be the month the UK took part in Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time. The first few minutes of 1 September were nervous. Would everything work? Would we have long to wait for our first upload? What did the month ahead hold? Thirty days later we had 11,995 photos from 573 people - great success! To ensure participants could ask questions, it was possible for them to comment on the Wiki Loves Monuments UK website, get in touch via Twitter or Facebook, or send an email which would be picked up through OTRS. Microgrants Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Microgrants/Applications> . UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) - Storming Wikipedia - Project tackles the site's 'women problem' - Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/wikipedia-women-storming-female-ed…> - Wikipedia photography competition comes to the UK - Telegraph<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10285918/Wikipedia-photogra…> Blog posts this month - Spreading free knowledge on university campuses across the UK<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/spreading-free-knowledge-on-universit…> (3 September) - York Museums Trust recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/york-museums-trust-recruiting-a-wikim…> (4 September) - Your local heritage is open to the public<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/your-local-heritage-is-open-to-the-pu…> (6 September) - The Royal Society recruiting a Wikimedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/the-royal-society-recruiting-a-wikime…> (12 September) - Registration for EduWiki 2013 now open<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/registration-for-eduwiki-2013-now-ope…> (13 September) - Recording the voices of Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/recording-the-voices-of-wikipedia/> (16 September) - Announcing a veterinary science editathon<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/announcing-a-veterinary-science-edita…> (17 September) - Bringing Chester’s listed buildings onto Wikipedia<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/bringing-chesters-listed-buildings-on…> (26 September) - Reflections on two years in post<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/09/reflections-on-two-years-in-post/> (30 September) Events in September and October September - *01–30* - Wiki Loves Monuments <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/> - *07* - Wikipedia Takes Chester<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Takes_Chester> – photo contest in Chester - *07* - Leader training session for Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Leader_training_session_for_Ada_Lovelace_Fest…> - *08* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/73> - *08* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/8> - *14* - Board meeting <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Agenda_14Sep13> (London) - *15* - First Newcastle meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Newcastle/1> - *21* - Liverpool meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Liverpool/9> - *28* - Wikidata training<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_training> [edit<https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Reports/2013/September&action=ed…> ]October - *03* - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia workshop<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_L…>, London & Edinburgh - *04* - Harnessing the Energy WES Conference 2013<http://www.wes.org.uk/energy#Programme> - Wikimedia UK present to talk about engaging with Wikipedia - *05* - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia workshop<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_L…>, Southampton - *05* - First Leeds meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Leeds/1> - *09* - GLAM working group meeting - *11–12* - OpenGLAM conference <http://openglam2013.pl/home/english>, Poland. Wikimedia UK represented by Daria Cybulska to promote chapter's GLAM work - *11* - Presentation to the Office of National Statistics at the Department of Education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ONS_Presentation_London>, London - *11* - Medical Research Council Women in Science event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/MRC,_Royal_Society,_Wikimedia_UK_Women_in_Sci…>, London - *13* - London meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/74> - *13* - Oxford meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Oxford/9> - *14* - Wikipedia training for the Office of National Statistics<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/ONS_Training,_Newport> - *15* - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impa…> - workshop for staff in Oxford University - *15* - Women in Science Oxford Editathon: Ada Lovelace Day 2013<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_University_of_Oxford/Ad…>, Oxford University - *17* - Ada Lovelace Day London 2013 Conway Hall<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Ada_L…> - *19* - editathon - Bloomsbury Festival<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Literature/Bloomsbury_G…> - London - *19* - Trowel Blazers: Women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Trowel_Blazers_event> - Natural History Museum - London - *19* - editathon - National Railway Museum<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Railways/National_Railw…> - York - *20* - Manchester meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester/20> - *22* - Breast Cancer Care editing session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Breast_Cancer_Care_editing_session> - London - *25–27* - Joint MozFest session<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Joint_Mozfest_proposal> - *26* - Wikimedia 'pitch' at Library Camp Glasgow<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Library_Camp_Glasgow_2013>, Mitchell Library - *26* - Trevor Johnson hosting a stand for WikiProject RISC OS<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_RISC_OS> at RISC OS London show<http://www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk/exhibitors.php> - *27* - Manchester Girl Geeks Wikipedia editing workshop<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner/Manchester_October…> to link with the Manchester Science Festival - *27* - Edinburgh meetup<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_4> - *28* - Kingston University Women in Science event<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Kingston_University_Women_in_Science_event> - *30* - Martin Poulter taking part in Jisc Digital Media webinar<http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/blog/entry/jisc-digital-media-webinar-for…> on "Finding and Using Audio and Video Resources" For events in November 2013 and onwards, please see Events<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events> . Administrative activities Board activities On Saturday 14th September there was a board meeting in London. Minutes from the meeting are available online<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Minutes_14Sep13> . News from the Chief Exec *For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/News_from_the_Office/Posts>.* Communications Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in September and blog posts published during the same period. If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk Fundraising and Membership Fundraising This month, we received £1,164.50 in one-off donations, with 5 individual donations, one of which was for £1000. Removing that donation from consideration the average donation amount was £32.90 - 40% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavage[image: at]wikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements. There were 4,786 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £18,834.77 Membership Up to 30th September 2013: - 193 new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members - with 9 new join-ups in September - 32 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed) This adds up to 225 members who were eligible to vote -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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