WikimediaAnnounce-l June 2015

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This week on the Wikimedia Blog
by Fabrice Florin 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Hi folks, Here are some of the stories featured this week on the Wikimedia Blog: • Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/ * Wikimedia Foundation Board election results are in https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results/ • How the Wikimedia Foundation Board elections are organized https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/10/how-board-elections-are-organized/ * How to join a Wikipedia meetup near you (VIDEO) https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/wikipedia-meetups/ Note: You can also view the meetup video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uZvTHQuhE • Over 5,000 new articles created with the Content Translation tool https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/09/content-translation-tool/ • Open Badges for editor retention https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/11/open-badges/ • Evaluation helps Wikimedia leaders learn together https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/09/evaluation-helps-leaders-learn-togeth… More stories on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/ Enjoy, Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)

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This Month in GLAM: May 2015
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue V, Volume V – May 2015* ------------------------------ Arabic region report: World Digital Library, Arab Peninsula Regional Group meeting http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Arabic… Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Argent… Catalan areas report: ORCID http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Catala… France report: GLAM, all over the place! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/France… Germany report: Make a (GLAM) change! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/German… Italy report: Wikimedia Italia still works with BEIC Library and bibliographic data http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Italy_… Macedonia report: Wikiexpedition on bicycles and visiting one of the most remote areas in Macedonia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Macedo… Netherlands report: Birds and Expeditions http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Nether… Poland report: The Józef Burszta Digital Archives donation http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Poland… Spain report: Edit-a-thons about Contemporary artists and St. James's Way http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Spain_… Sweden report: Slow GLAM-month in Sweden http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Sweden… UK report: Progress on an image release from the Bodleian; National Library of Scotland residency comes to an end; and Glasgow Museums develop a Wiki Working Group http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/UK_rep… USA report: Wikipedian at the Centers for Disease Control - NIOSH http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/USA_re… Open Access report: New Topic Page; Open Access and the humanities; Wikimania & Wikidata http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Open_A… Wikidata report: SPARQL and arbitrary access are coming http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Wikida… Calendar: June's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Contents/Events ------------------------------ Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2015/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 22 -- 03 June 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 06 Jun '15

06 Jun '15

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The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 21 -- 27 May 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 06 Jun '15

06 Jun '15

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This week on the Wikimedia Blog
by Fabrice Florin 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

Hi folks, Here are some of the stories featured this week on the Wikimedia Blog: • How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/03/caitlyn-jenner-wikipedia/ • How the Odia Wikimedia community is enriching Wikipedia with character encoding technology https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/03/odia-wikipedia/ • Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/02/medical-articles-in-chinese/ • Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/ • Wikimedia Research Newsletter, May 2015 https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/02/research-newsletter-may-2015/ More stories on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> Survey: Do you follow us on Facebook or Twitter? What do you think of our social media feeds? Please take our short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wikimedia-social?c=email-ann2 Enjoy, Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)>

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