WikimediaAnnounce-l

wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org

2 participants
1659 discussions

Report Update from Hong Kong Chapter
by Vincent Tsui 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Dear all, Here is Vincent from Wikimedia Hong Kong. Our annual activity report of year 2012-2013 have been updated to the the report page. Please to read the session of "Wikimedia Chapters & Thematic Organizations" at page "Reports" on meta ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports#Wikimedia_Chapters_.26_Thematic_Org…), or directly access via https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f5kfngnd704lmw/AnnualReport201213_full.pdf?dl=0 For the report of 2013-2014, it will be considered in the next AGM in mid-summer 2015. (According to Companies Registry of Hong Kong Government, the report of 2013-2014 should be submitted at/before September 2015) -- Vincent C.Y. TSUI Secretary, Secretariat, Wikimedia Hong Kong (Charity registered No. 91/9316) Tel : +852 9553 4303

1 0

Wikimedia Foundation Quarterly Report, October-December 2014
by Tilman Bayer 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

Hi all, As Erik announced in November [1], the Foundation has changed its reporting from the monthly cycle that has been in place since 2008 to a quarterly rhythm. A main reason being to better align it with the quarterly planning and goalsetting process that has been extended to the entire organization since Lila took the helm. The first of these new quarterly reports has now been published here, in the format of a slide deck suitable for a 90 minute presentation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Quarterly_Repo… As discussed before [2], the main objectives and design principles for this report were: * Accountability: Help our movement and our supporters understand how we spend our effort, and what we accomplish. * Learning together: Highlight important internal & external data, trends and lessons. * Presentable: Anyone, from volunteer to the executive director, should be able to present the work of the WMF using this report. * Reasonable effort: Pull as much as possible from existing sources, e.g., quarterly review slide decks & minutes. Please refer to the linked PDF for the full report (I will see to provide a wiki version on Meta in the next few days, exploring the best technical process for this kind of conversion). But to offer an excerpt from the “Key insights and trends” part (slide 5): -- * Readership: Globally, pageviews are flat. Mobile is growing, desktop is shrinking. Given a growing global potential audience, this means we need to invest in the readership experience, with focus on mobile. We have learned that we can move at highest velocity on mobile apps due to their self-contained nature. * Beyond editing: Inviting readers to perform classification tasks on their smartphone is showing promise; response quality is exceeding expectations. * Performance: The implementation of HHVM across Wikimedia sites is an engineering success story and demonstrates that dedicated focus in the area of site performance can pay off relatively quickly. * Fundraising: Mobile matters -- thanks to focused effort, we were able to increase the mobile revenue share from 1.7% to 16.1% (2013 vs. 2014 year-end campaign). -- Be aware that in the interest of readability, the report focuses on the work done on a number of key priorities rather than attempting a comprehensive list of every team’s goals - for a more detailed view, consider referring to the documentation of that team’s quarterly reviews [3]. This being the first report in this new format, we will surely tweak format, content (including the choice of key metrics) and process for the subsequent issues. Comments continue to be welcome at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_reports . Regards, Tilman [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2014-November/001… [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076747.html [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarter… -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

1 0

The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 6 -- 11 February 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

1 0

This Month in GLAM: January 2015
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '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 I, Volume V – January 2015* ------------------------------ Belgium report: SOIMA 2015; Wiki Loves Art; European Commission; FOSDEM http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Be… Czech Republic report: Czech GLAM discusses why institutions are afraid to release their media http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Cz… France report: Celebrating public domain and more http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Fr… Germany report: GLAM on Tour in Wuppertal http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Ge… Italy report: 1600 usages for BEIC images in 165 wikis http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/It… Netherlands report: Europeana Sounds edit-a-thon; Symposium & Erasmus Prize; Honorary doctorate for Wikipedia; New years drink http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Ne… Spain report: Europeana Fashion Edit-a-thon; Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 Awards ceremony; Benito Prieto Coussent http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Sp… Sweden report: Europeana; Working Life Museums http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Sw… UK report: Armenian Genocide; Diversity in Film; Residency Hat-Trick http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/UK… USA report: Philadelphia & New York http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/US… Open Access report: Wikidata for research: proposal submitted; Open Access Media Importer: featured media http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Op… Catalan areas report: Catalan Network of Public Libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Ca… Calendar: February's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/Ev… ------------------------------ Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_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

1 0

What is your favorite article about love?
by Fabrice Florin 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

Hello friends of Wikipedia! What is your favorite wiki article or image about love? For Valentine's Day, we are asking Wikipedians to help create a special story about "Love on the Wikis" for the Wikimedia Blog. We are looking for illuminating wiki pages, pictures, videos or sounds about love -- from platonic to fraternal or romantic. Please add your suggestions on this special page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Love_on_the_wikis Be sure to include a sentence or two about why you picked it. We'll post some of the top picks on the Wikimedia Blog and on our social media channels next Friday, just in time for Valentine's Day. :) Learn more here: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/06/wiki-articles-about-love/ Thanks for sharing the love! Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)

1 0

The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 5 -- 04 February 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

1 0

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 4 – 28 January 2015
by Wikipedia Signpost 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

1 0

Wikimedia engineering report, November 2014
by Guillaume Paumier 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in November 2014 is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/November -- Guillaume Paumier

1 0

Announcement: Cascadia Wikimedians User Group board and officers
by Raymond Leonard 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Dear Wikimedians, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, which focuses on the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia, had our first two board meetings this month. Our initial board members are: Another Believer Brianhe Mako Peaceray Pine Ragesoss The following appointments have been made: President: Peaceray Vice President: Mako Secretary: Another Believer Treasurer: Brianhe Executive Director: Pine Thanks to everyone for their efforts at organizing the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, with a special shout out to Pine! Yours, Peaceray President of Cascadia Wikimedians User Group Another Believer Secretary of Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

1 0

WIkimedia Nederland report for November and December
by Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

The Wikimedia Nederland report for November and December is available on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederla… It is included as text in this message: *COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors* - Wikimedia Nederland Conference, Utrecht, November 1. Finding & Connecting was the theme of the annual Wikimedia Conference Netherlands on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 in Utrecht. The day was opened by Hans de Zwart (Bits of Freedom) who spoke on freedom and commercialization of the web. In total 27 speakers gave presentations during the conference on the themes 'Find', 'Connect', 'Behind the Scenes' and 'in practice'. A specially designed 'gender gap' lounge area gave more background about the lack of female contributors within Wikimedia projects. With over 100 visitors, we consider it a successful conference. · Wiki-Saturdays There were four Wiki-Saturdays in November and December. On November 8, volunteers presented a prototype of Wikiportret 2.0, which will make it much easier to contribute portraits to Commons. The final product will be available in February 2015. The last WikiSaturday of the year on December 20 attracted 18 members of the community, two of whom visited the WMNL offices for the first time. · Seminar on online communication WMNL supported a group of community members, many of them moderators, in organizing a seminar on online communication and the challenges of communicating with people with a disorder in the autism spectrum. On December 13, two experts gave presentations for a group of 15 Wikipedians. This event ended with constructive discussions on options to improve the working climate on Nl Wikipedia and avoid unnecessary conflicts. In 2015, WMNL will make available resources for further activities in this area. *WORK: content, collaboration and activity development* · GLAM Hackathon, Amsterdam, November 14 - 16. Thirty developers and programmers came together in Amsterdam to work three days on new and existing tools. The theme of the meeting was workingwith data from libraries, archives and museums. Some examples of the impressive amount of development work during those three days: - A tool that measures how long a visitor has looked at a picture in Media Viewer. - An interface for Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and Wikipedia that can be extended with your own commands. Also you can easily run queries by using this interface to different wiki platforms. - A website where you can see the paintings have already been added to Wikidata. In addition 250 files without content were sanitized and 30,000 images of paintings added to Wikidata. In the run-up to the Hackathon we organised a workshop Wikidata for GLAMs. · Writing event on World War II at NIOD, Amsterdam, November 29. On Saturday, November 29th the research institute [www.niod.nl NIOD] opened its doors for Wikipedians. One of NIOD's researchers gave a presentation on his work and how it related to Wikipedia. Attendees were then able to work in the NIOD library. They wrote and improved articles, added information to Wikidata and made a start on improving the information on the illegal press. There was also a tour of the beautiful building where NIOD is housed. · Project Nature: content donations and a Wikipedian in Residence We received two content donations: as a pilot project for our cooperation with NGOs gathering data on wildlife, we are going to upload the data-collection on Dutch damsels and dragonflies. This is donated by Libellennet. TheKoninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library) donated the illustrations from 'De Nederlandsche Vogelen', a magnificent 18th century book on Dutch Birds. In 2015, we are going to organize events to ensure that these content donations are used in Wikipedia and other projects. The museum for natural history Naturalis has decided to appoint a Wikipedian in Residence for at least 6 months in 2015. Wikipedia course for beginners and 'intermediates'. In cooperation with the Zeeuwse Bibliotheek (library of Zeeland, which operates both as a public and an academic library) we organised two training courses on editing Wikipedia in November 11 and 25. *WMNL* · Staff Jesse de Vos joined WMNL for three months to work on content donations. He normally works for our partner Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid. Frank Meijer joined as a contractor to work on the education programme. *Money* · FDC recommendation The FDC commented positively on WMNL's plan for 2015 and recommended a grant of €304.000. Although this is slightly less than we requested, we are confident that we will be able to implement our plans. We are going to look for external funding, both in cash and inkind, and be extremely cost-conscious when planning our activities. · Donations The holiday season inspired people to give substantial donations to WMNL. In total we received €15.000 over November and December. We thank all our donors for their generosity over 2014. *GLOBAL* · European lobby group WMNL donated €4000 to support the work of the European Free Knowledge Advocacy group over 2015. Other chapters also contributed, making it possible to continue the advocacy work in 2015. WMNL will contractually 'host' Dimitar Dimitrov, our man in Brussels, in 2015. Previously, both funding and hosting were done by WMDE. · Official launch Wikimedia Belgium WMNL chairman Frans Grijzenhout, secretary André Engels and Executive Director Sandra Rientjes attended the official launch of Wikimedia Belgium in Brussels on November 19. WMNL and WMBE will be cooperating closely, both in development of activities and in providing support to the communities. *GOVERNANCE* · Board meeting The Board met on November 5. *UPCOMING EVENTS* · WMNL New Years Reception The annual WMNL New Years event will take place on January 17. This year, it is hosted by the Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (Institute for Vision and Sound) · GLAM WIKI 2015 The international GLAM Wiki 2015 is on April 10-12. *OTHER EVENTS* Wikipedian in Residence Sandra Fauconnier organised a writing event on intercultural meetings in the framework of The Great Wikipedia Expedition on December 12. Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 www.wikimedia.nl *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht

1 0

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

WikimediaAnnounce-l