Hey,
Here is Wikimedia Israel report for August 2013:
*Wikimania Hong Kong 2013*
- On August 2013, Wikimedia Israel representatives attended the
Wikimania International conference held in Hong Kong. Wikimedia Israel had
2 board members and one employee at the conference, and we were also able
to give 5 full travel and participation grants and another 1 partial
scholarship to the association volunteers.
*Program activities *
*GLAM*
- On August 1, we had our second editing workshop to the consulting
workers in the National Library in Jerusalem.
- On August 28, we had a WikiCommons workshop to the general public,
participated by over 30 people. In this workshop, we focused on the release
of images from past wars and military battles in the history of Israel,
such as "Operation Horev" and " Operation Uvda".
- Following this workshop, and thanks to the extensive GLAM activity at
the National Library in Jerusalem, we were able to release, freely
licensed, dozens of historical photos and embed them in Wikipedia articles.
*Other important GLAM achievements that took place this month as a result
of the cooperation:*
- Establishment of a new dedicated help
desk<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7…>
of
the National Library in Jerusalem - designed to answer questions from
readers and Wikipidians to advise and support writing articles. These
questions will be transferred to the librarians of the National Library,
and be given a response within seven days.
- Establishment of the National Library portal
page<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C:%D7%94%D7%A1%D…>
at the Hebrew Wikipedia – contains information on collections,
photographs and history of the library.
- As of June 2013, Dror Avi, Wikipedian in residence at the National
Library, maintains an active page on Wikipedia – Out of Wikipedian's Diary
- devoted to anecdotes, thoughts and special stories from the current GLAM
activities. You can view it
here.<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7…>
*Elef Milim (Thousand Words Tours)*
- On August 16, a "thousand words" tour was held at the historic City
of David in Jerusalem and at the Western Wall. 50 Wikipedians participated
at the tour, and there were over 450 new photos uploaded to Wiki Commons.
*Lectures and Academic Partnerships*
*“What is Wikipedia” lectures:*
- On August 6, Wikipedia lecture was held for the organization "Peace
Now" (Shalom Achshav) attended by 20 participants. Later on, an editing
workshop was also held and attended by about 10 organization activists.
- On August 20, we had a Wikipedia lecture for 30 employees of a company
that provides computer services to the International Bank of Israel.
- On 19, we had a Wikicommons Workshop for the Israeli Navy personnel at
the University of Haifa. As a part of the Glam project at the Younes &
Soraya Nazarian library, at the University of Haifa, the library hosted 15
members of the "preserves marine heritage" group, and members of the Alumni
Association of Naval Officers School, for a writing Wikipedia practical
workshop in cooperation with the sailor's organization. The event began
with a lecture on 'writing on Wikipedia' and was followed by a writing
workshop for beginners with the help of our veteran Wikipedia writers. The
workshop focused on writing articles associated with the Navy and Israeli
Shipping history.
*Meetings and new initiatives*
- On this August, we also started a new and original collaboration at
the Comic and caricature Museum in Holon, as part of the previous
collaborator with the Department of Culture and Education of the
municipality. We hope to release pictures and information about historical
and political caricatures, mapping missing articles and media lists. We
expect that cooperation will deepen and yield new and original projects.
- On early August we had a meeting with the Spokesperson Department of
the Israeli Broadcasting Authority. The purpose of the meeting was to
motivate cooperation in favor of releasing audio and video content as well
as releasing free licensed images of the Broadcasting Authority workers.
- Further cooperation in the making is a joint project with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra, in favor of releasing free images and content of
Israeli composers and artists, as well as musical materials.
- This month we also had a meeting regarding a new educational project
in cooperation with representatives of the Director of Education and
Culture Municipality of Be'er Sheva, Israel. The project's goal is to
motivate pupils and schools in the city, to take part in writing articles
about the historic city of Beer Sheva (important figures in the history of
the city, its institutions, etc.).
*Jewish New Year*
On the occasion of the Jewish New Year, a number of activities were made to
mention the New Year, as part of existing collaborations.
- As a part of the cooperation between Wikimedia Israel and the National
Library in Jerusalem, a number of "Happy New Year" postcards, hundreds of
years old, were uploaded on WikiCommons . You can view them
here.<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:National_Library_of_Israel/Images#R…>
- Also, as part of a new cooperation with the National Sound Archive –
Archive containing collections records of books, recordings music and
musical notes from the various Jewish communities, freely licensed files
were released, containing rare ancient Jewish prayers for Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur. listen to them
here.<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:National_Library_of_Israel/Audio>
.
*150,000 articles to Hebrew Wikipedia*
Another important achievement is that the Hebrew Wikipedia crossed the 150
thousand articles last August.
The event was noted by media coverage and by replacing the Wikipedia symbol
to a temporary new one, designed by Wikimedia volunteer and you can watch
it here. <http://kcs.pc.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wikipedia300.jpg>
*Leadership Updates*
This month we had a Working meeting for the Executive Committee. On August
23, the board of Wikimedia Israel, along with the new ED , Michal Lester to
engage in strategic planning for 2014. The meeting focused on building a
work plan, the budget and SWOT analysis.
Prior to joining Wikimedia, Michal served as regional director and head of
two national programs at JDC’s Centers for Young Adults (CYA). In this
capacity, she was responsible for all the activities of all 10 CYAs in the
central region of Israel. Previously, within the scope of her activities at
the JDC, Michal established and managed The Penni and Stephen Weinberg
Center for Lay Leadership. The center is the first-of-its-kind in Israel
being dedicated to lay leadership growth and change. She serves as a board
member at Jindas, the nonprofit organization for urban renewal in the city
of Lod. Earlier, she served as co-chair of ”Women to their Bodies”, a
women's NGO working to promote comprehensive social change in regard of the
health attitudes of Israeli women, both Jewish and Arab.
*Press coverage*
- 4.7 – יוצרים ערך: גיא בר וגדעון עמיחי בקמפיין משותף לחגיגות העשור של
ויקיפדיה <http://ice.co.il/article/view/366161> (ICE).
- 7.7 – מהשנה הבאה: תלמידים יערכו ערכים
בוויקיפדיה<http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/497/081.html?hp=1&cat=402>
(NRG Maariv).
- 11.7 – מבזק הטכנולוגיה: סערת השנאוצר של
לפיד<http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Six-Newscast/Article-90b7a87210e6041004…>-
(Mako News).
- 12.7 – פ <http://www.pc.co.il/?p=127998>רויקט של ויקימדיה ישראל לתיעוד
וצילום תמונות אוויר של המדינה הוכתר כ- "המגניב והייחודי" ל –
2013<http://www.pc.co.il/?p=127998>– (WikiAir – PC News).
- 18.7 – ערכים בויקיפדיה הופכים לצלילים - Listen to
Wikipedia<http://www.gadgety.co.il/74774/listen-to-wikipedia-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99…>
(Gadgety).
- 19.7 – ליצור ביחד ברשת ולוותר על
האגו<http://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-1.2096003>– (Haaretz)
- 29.7 – הערך ה-150 אלף נכתב
בוויקיפדיה<http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/261627>- (Computers and
Technology Channel 7).
- 5.7 - Wikipedia founder against censoring
Porn<http://www.themarker.com/wallstreet/1.2089892>( The Guardian -
The Marker).
- 19.7 – ?האם עריכת ערכים בוויקיפדיה אגרסיבית מדי לטעמן של
נשים<http://www.themarker.com/wallstreet/1.2101143>- (The Marker). Sue
Gardner refers to 'Why are there fewer women editors on
Wikipedia?'
*Blog posts this month*
- August 4<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%…>-
celebrating the Hebrew Book Week in a joint event with the National
Library in Jerusalem. Written by Shani Evenstein, Wikimedia Israel Board
Member and GLAM coordinator.
- August 5<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%…>-
"from a Wikipedian's diary" - about the Cooperation with the
Information
Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum. Written by Shani Evenstein
and Yair Talmor.
- August 11<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98-%D7%95%D7%…>-
Wiki Air project was announced at the Hong Kong Wikimania conference,
as
the "cool and unique" project of the Wikimedia Foundation for 2013.
Written by Chen Davidi, Wikimedia Israel Activity Coordinator
- August 18<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%…>-
Initiator and project coordinator of Wiki Air, tells about the
project
and his winning as the cool and unique project competition, of the global
Wikimedia movement. Written by Amos Meron, Wiki Air initiator.
*Upcoming activities*
*September:
*
- 1.9 – Board meeting.
- 3.9 - Guidance meeting with heritage sites managers towards WLM
competition.
- 9.9 - Wikipedia lecture for the IDF Spokesperson officers course.
- 11.9 - Board meeting.
- 12.9 - Wikimedia booth at the " scientists Night " event at the
National Museum of Science.
- 15.9 - The opening of WLM competition.
- 16.9 - General Assembly.
- 18, 20, 25, 27/9 – WLM tours.
- 18,24/9 - Professional Photography Tutorials towards WLM competition.
*October:*
- 4, 11/10 - WLM tours.
- 24.10 - "What is Wikipedia?" Lecture, at the department of Gender
Studies at Tel Aviv University.
- 25.10 - Thousand words tour to the northern Golan Heights.
- 30.10 - Editing Marathon to veteran Wikipedians, and an editing
workshop to the general public.
Regards,
Chen Davidi
Activity Coordinator
Wikimedia Israel
--
Dear Wikimedians,
Here is the monthly report of Wikimedia Argentina for August 2013.
You can read the full report (in Spanish and English) here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/Reportes/2013-08
Also, the full reports of past months are available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/Reportes
1. Wikimania 2013
2. New website for Wikimedia Argentina
3. Conferences about Digitization Project
4. Creative Commons Global Summit
5. Literary contests in Buenos Aires Province
6. Conference at the National University of Córdoba
== Wikimania 2013 ==
As in previous editions, we took part at the international summit that
unites Wikimedians all over the world. This 2013 edition witnessed the
record of Argentinian participants, with 10 representatives, the largest
number ever to attend a Wikimania (not counting the 2009 edition, held in
Buenos Aires). Wikimedia Argentina supported the participation of 3 members
of the association.
The topics addressed in the different presentations run through the most
important topics of the movement, including for example the Wikimedia
Foundation's strategy for developing countries, activities from local
chapters all over the world, and the road ahead for the movement in the
following years. Some technical breakthroughs were also addressed, like the
visual editor project from the Editor Engagement Team.
Wikimedia Argentina participated in several activities with other Ibero
American groups, as part of the Iberocoop initiative. Some opportunities
for cooperation were drafted and will be developed further in the summit to
be held in Mexico City next October. Wikimedia Argentina participated with
other Iberocoop members in a small stand at the Chapters Village and also
gave a presentation about the Mujeres Iberoamericanas contest.
== New website for Wikimedia Argentina ==
After a month's work, we launched our new website, with a strong graphic
identity and new sections. This new platform has a special section for the
organization's events, including them in a calendar and tools to share them
more easily, engaging better with our members and volunteers.
A header highlights the most important news, and the projects we develop
are more visible now as well. We hope that this new platform allows a
better communication with our members (also, allowing them to promote their
own projects and activities, as long as they are in line with the
organization's goals) and with the general public that approaches Wikimedia
Argentina for more information.
The new website is available on http://www.wikimedia.org.ar
== Conferences about Digitization Project ==
On Tuesday, August 20th, Wikimedia Argentina made a presentation at the
Faculty of Arts at the University of Buenos Aires about the digitalization
program based on do-it-yourself scanners that our Association has conducted
with other institutions in the past year. Daniel Reetz, creator of the DIY
Book Scanner Project, shared his experience and discussed the relationship
between digitization, public domain and new technologies. On Thursday
August 22, Reetz made a presentation at the Creative Commons Global Summit
and the next day held a similar talk on the Library of the Faculty of
Humanities and Education (FaHCE) of the National University of La Plata.
In the past year, Wikimedia Argentina has supported digitization of
academic and historical material possessed by various Argentine
institutions and has promoted their upload to Wikimedia Commons and
Wikisource. While the Faculty of Arts of the UBA has used its own scanner,
FaHCE Library has a scanner built by Wikimedia Argentina and delivered on a
free loan. The DIY scanners are devices easily put together with
prefabricated parts that allows anyone to scan books and documents at a low
cost. To date, 71 documents have been digitized and uploaded to Wikimedia
Commons for free use by these and other institutions (see
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_scanned_with_collaboratio…
).
== Creative Commons Global Summit ==
The Creative Commons Global Summit was held this year in Argentina and was
organized jointly by Wikimedia Argentina and Fundación Vía Libre (who
together represent Creative Commons in the country). It was the first
edition of this conference on a Spanish-speaking country. The summit
brought together the Creative Commons affiliates from around the world
along with the CC board members, their staff, colleagues, representatives
and others interested in the present and future of free culture.
Participants discussed strategies for strengthening Creative Commons and
its global community and made several presentations on the latest
developments in the global movement, while many volunteers had the
opportunity to expose local and international projects using Creative
Commons licenses. Between August 21 and 24, more than 300 people
participated at the San Martin Cultural Center, the main venue of the
conference.
On Friday August 23, the most anticipated events of the summit took place:
the presentation of Lawrence Lessig, who drew attention to the copyright
license limitations currently taking place in creative processes. Lessig
also raised questions and key issues of the debate on copyright and
outreach, and proposed key aspects to be considered in proposals for
copyright reform. A summary of this presentation is available on our
website (in Spanish at
http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/2013/08/28/leyes-que-ahogan-la-creatividad-repa…
)
== Literary contests in Buenos Aires Province ==
Wikimedia Argentina is supporting a series of literary contests organized
by the Direction of Libraries and Reading Promotion of the Buenos Aires
Province. These contests consist of the 3rd. "Arturo Jauretche" National
Essay Contest, the 3rd. "Enrique Santos Discépolo" National Drama Contest
and the VII "Haroldo Conti" National Contest for Young Story-tellers. Works
can be submitted from July 18th to October 18th.
The winners will not only have a prize money: the 15 best works will be
published in a collection whose digital edition will also be uploaded to
Wikimedia Commons and Spanish Wikisource. Rules are available on our
website (in Spanish at
http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/2013/08/20/participa-de-los-concursos-literario…
).
Support for these contests is given in the framework of the cooperation
agreement signed between Wikimedia Argentina and the Cultural Institute of
the Buenos Aires Province.
== Conference at the National University of Córdoba ==
As part of our collaboration agreement with the National University of
Córdooba, on Thursday August 29th, the conference "Free licences and access
to knowledge at the university" was presented by Evelin Heidel and Beatriz
Busaniche, members of Wikimedia Argentina. The summit was organized by the
Education Technology Area of the institution and the local chapter.
---------------------------
Kind regards,
*Osmar Valdebenito G.*
Director Ejecutivo
A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
This email is available in English, Deutsch, español, 日本語, français, and
Arabic below. Please accept my apologies in advance for any errors or
suboptimal phrasing in the translations. We would appreciate the
community's help in translating the blog post and policies announced in
this email into more languages and in making the existing translations
better!
*
English*
Hi All,
I would like to direct your attention to a new blog
post<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>on
the Wikimedia Blog, requesting input from community members (like
you!)
on the drafts of the new Privacy Policy and the new Access to Nonpublic
Information Policy.
In June, we asked you for initial input about what we could do to improve
our current privacy policy and what you would like to see in a new privacy
policy. Today, we ask for your help again. Based on your initial input
and that of a number of Wikimedia Foundation teams, we have crafted our
first attempt at these new policies. But they cannot and will not be
complete with your feedback.
We ask you to read the blog
post<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>
for
more details and encourage you to participate in these important
discussions. We ask that you leave your input on the Privacy Policy
discussion page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy> and
the Access to Nonpublic Information Policy discussion
page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>only,
so that everyone is equally aware of the topics being discussed and
has the opportunity to participate fully in the discussions that interest
them.
Many thanks,
Michelle Paulson
Legal Counsel
Geoff Brigham
General Counsel
=====
*Deutsch
*
Hallo,
Ich möchte euch auf einen neuen
Blogeintrag<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>auf
dem Wikimedia Blog aufmerksam machen, in dem um Kommentare von
Community-Mitgliedern (wie euch!) zu den Entwürfen der neuen
Datenschutzrichtlinie und der neuen Richtlinie zum Zugriff auf nicht
öffentliche Informationen gebeten wird.
Im Juni haben wir euch um erste Kommentare dazu gebeten, was wir tun
können, um unsere aktuelle Datenschutzrichtlinie zu verbessern, und was ihr
euch in einer neuen Datenschutzrichtlinie wünschen würdet. Heute möchten
wir euch noch einmal um eure Hilfe bitten. Aufgrund eurer ersten Kommentare
und der Kommentare einer Reihe von Teams der Wikimedia Foundation haben wir
unseren ersten Entwurf für diese neuen Richtlinien erstellt. Aber mit eurem
Feedback können und werden sie nicht vollständig sein.
Wir möchten euch bitten, den
Blogeintrag<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>zu
lesen, um nähere Einzelheiten zu erfahren, und euch auffordern, an
diesen wichtigen Diskussionen teilzunehmen. Bitte hinterlasst eure
Kommentare nur auf der Diskussionsseite zur
Datenschutzrichtlinie<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy>und
der Diskussionsseite
zur Richtlinie für den Zugriff auf nicht öffentliche
Informationen<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>,
damit alle über die diskutierten Themen gleichermaßen informiert sind und
die Gelegenheit haben, sich in vollem Umfang an den Diskussionen zu
beteiligen, die sie interessieren.
Vielen Dank,
Michelle Paulson
Anwältin der Rechtsabteilung
Geoff Brigham
Leiter der Rechtsabteilung
=====
*español
* Hola a todos:
Me gustaría dirigir vuestra atención hacia una nueva entrada del
blog<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>de
Wikimedia, en la que se solicita la aportación de los miembros de la
comunidad (como tú) a los borradores de la nueva política de privacidad y
de la nueva política de acceso a información privada.
En junio, te pedimos una aportación inicial sobre qué podríamos hacer para
mejorar nuestra política de privacidad actual y qué te gustaría ver en la
nueva política de privacidad. Ahora te pedimos ayuda otra vez. Basándonos
en tu aportación inicial y en la de varios equipos de la Fundación
Wikimedia, hemos realizado un primer intento de elaboración de las nuevas
políticas. Pero no pueden estar, ni estarán completas sin tus comentarios.
Te pedimos que leas la entrada del
blog<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>para
tener más información y te animamos a participar en estos importantes
debates. También te pedimos que dejes tu aportación en la página de debate
sobre la política de
privacidad<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy>y en la
página de debate sobre la política de acceso a información
privada<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>,
de forma que todo el mundo sea consciente de los temas que se debaten y
tenga la oportunidad de participar plenamente en los debates que le
interesen.
Muchas gracias,
Michelle Paulson
Asesora jurídica
Geoff Brigham
Director del Departamento Legal
=====
*日本語*
皆さん、こんにちは。
(皆さんのような) コミュニティ
メンバーからの、新たなプライバシー・ポリシーおよび非公開情報へのアクセスについての方針の草案に関する意見を求める、ウィキメディア ブログ上の新たな
ブログ投稿<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>に
ご注目ください。
6
月に、我々は、現在のプライバシー・ポリシーの改善で何ができるか、また新たなプライバシー・ポリシーをどう思うかについての最初の意見を、皆さんに求めました。本日は、今一度皆さんのご支援をお願いいたします。皆さんの最初のご意見およびウィキメディア財団のいくつかのチームの意見に基づき、我々はこれら方針をまず作成しましたが、皆さんのフィードバックなしには完了することはできず、また完了することもありません。
詳細についてはブログ投稿<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>をお読みください。この重要な議論に参加いただくようお願いいたします。全員が議論されているトピックについて平等に知り、関心のある議論に完全に参加できるよう、ご意見は、
プライバシー・ポリシーの議論のページ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy>
と非公開情報へのアクセスについての方針の議論のページ<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>にのみお寄せください。
よろしくお願いいたします。
ミシェル ポールソン (Michelle Paulson)
法務顧問
ジェフ・ブリガム（Geoff Brigham）
法律顧問
=====
*français
*
Bonjour à tous !
J'aimerais attirer votre attention sur un nouveau billet du
blog<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>Wikimedia,
qui fait appel à la participation des membres de la communauté
(comme vous !) pour faire des remarques sur les versions préliminaires de
la nouvelle Politique de protection des données personnelles et de la
nouvelle Politique d'accès aux informations non publiques.
En juin, nous vous avions demandé de faire des remarques initiales sur la
façon d'améliorer notre politique de protection des données personnelles
actuelle et sur les éléments que vous aimeriez voir dans une nouvelle
politique de protection des données personnelles. Aujourd'hui, nous sommes
de nouveau amenés à faire appel à vous. Suite à vos remarques initiales et
aux recommandations de plusieurs équipes de Wikimedia Foundation, nous
avons élaboré une version provisoire de ces nouvelles politiques. Ces
versions ne pourront toutefois pas être mises au point sans votre feedback.
Nous vous demandons de lire le billet du
blog<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>pour
obtenir des renseignements plus précis et nous vous encourageons à
participer à ces discussions importantes. Nous vous demandons de faire des
remarques uniquement sur la page de discussion de la Politique de
protection des données
personnelles<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy>et
sur la
page de discussion de la Politique d'accès aux informations non
publiques<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>,
pour que toutes les personnes concernées puissent prendre connaissance des
sujets abordés et participer pleinement aux discussions qui les intéressent.
Merci mille fois,
Michelle Paulson
Conseillère juridique
Geoff Brigham
Directeur juridique
=====
*العربية*
أود أن أوجه انتباهكم إلى مدونة
جديدة<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>على
موقع ويكيميديا، تطلب مدخلات من أفراد المجتمع (مثلكم!)، بخصوص مسودات
سياسة الخصوصية الجديدة وسياسة الوصول إلى المعلومات العامة الجديدة.
لقد طلبنا منكم في شهر يونيو مدخلات أولية بشأن ما يمكن أن نفعله لتحسين سياسة
الخصوصية الحالية الخاصة بنا وما ترغبون في إيجاده في سياسة الخصوصية الجديدة،
ونحن اليوم نطلب مساعدتكم، وبناءً على مدخلاتكم الأولية ومدخلات عدد من فرق
مؤسسة ويكيميديا، قمنا بمحاولة أولى في هذه السياسات الجديدة، ولكن هذه
السياسات لم ولن تكتمل إلا بتعليقاتكم وآرائكم.
إننا نطالبكم بقراءة
المدونة<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/09/03/wikimedia-privacy-policy-community-in…>لمعرفة
المزيد من التفاصيل ونشجعكم على المشاركة في هذه المناقشات المهمة، كما
نطلب منكم أن تتركوا مدخلاتكم في صفحة مناقشة سياسة
الخصوصية<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy> وصفحة
مناقشة سياسة الوصول إلى المعلومات
العامة<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Access_to_nonpublic_infor…>فقط،
وبذلك يكون الجميع على دراية بالموضوعات التي تتم مناقشتها، ويحظى الجميع
أيضًا بفرصة المشاركة بالكامل في المناقشات التي تهمهم.
وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام والتقدير؛
ميشيل باولسون
المستشار القانوني
جيوف بريجهام
المستشار العام
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Hello everyone,
Please see below for the Wikimedia UK monthly report for July. For those
who prefer to read the report in their browser, it can be seen at
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/July
We are still accepting submissions to the monthly reports for August. If
you'd like to make a contribution and tell everyone about your Wikimedia
UK-related activities, please do so at
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/August
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
__________
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly
report<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports> for
the period 1st to 31st July 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://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/July&action=ed…>
.
Program activities Community
A Wikipedia editing training session took place on 20 July in Monmouth. The
office received feedback from one local attendee that the training was
excellent, attendees went away very happy and that "all of the Wikimedia
volunteers were fantastic!" Eight people attended (including three women),
all newcomers to Wikipedia editing, attended. A good understanding of how
Wikipedia works and the rules around notability and referencing was
achieved. All users went away confident in making basic edits to articles
and were enthusiastic to be involved. You can see more details of the event
on the event page<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Wikipedia_training>
.
Education activities EduWiki
Work progresses on delivering the Wikimedia UK's flagship education
conference, EduWiki
2013<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013> (1-2
November 2013, Cardiff). Registration opens soon, and we are already
looking for volunteers for various support roles. If you are interested do
get in touch with the Education Organiser Toni Sant - toni.sant[image: at]
wikimedia.org.uk
Y Coleg Cymraeg
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol <http://www.colegcymraeg.ac.uk/en/> (the
federal Welsh College) is a national body which plays a key role in
planning, supporting and developing Welsh medium education and scholarship
at universities in Wales. Wikimedia UK has initiated discussion regarding
open content.
European young researchers network Wikipedia workshop
Sphingonet a European network of PhD-candidate and post-doc researchers
focusing on Sphingolipids. Part of their activities is outreach work and so
we organised a workshop<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_young_researchers_network_Wikipedia_…>
on
how Wikipedia works, and how to improve it with the attendees' specific
knowledge. The people on the network came from 10-12 different countries
(UK, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland). The goal of this event
was to make a significant contribution to the quality of Wikipedia
scientific content in Sphingonet-‐related topics.
Luc Henry, the organiser from the network, reflected:
"The workshop was exactly what we expected. We found a team of extremely
motivated and talented editors willing to freely share their time and
knowledge to improve Wikipedia. As most of the participants were beginners,
the basics of the language and inner workings were covered first, but the
aim was that each participant would create or significantly improve one
article. In order to be more productive, a draft article was prepared in
advance so that we could focus on the technicalities during the afternoon.
The five hours of the workshop were just sufficient to cover some
background and technical information and learn enough to achieve the task.
The feedback from the participants was unanimously positive and the comment
that was heard the most was that people found it very useful to get
started, overcoming their apprehension to modify anything found in the
encyclopedia. A majority of people also found it very likely that they
would continue editing Wikipedia articles now that they had a basic
training, something they would not have done on their own."
GLAM activities Open Culture 2013
The Collections Trust very kindly gave us a free stand at their exhibition
on the 2nd/3rd of July 2013. This was a great opportunity for us to talk to
attendees at OpenCulture2013 <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenCulture2013>,
people who are committed to the idea of free culture, but who may need
information on what Wikipedia can do with mass releases of images. Or
indeed just show them how to edit an article or add an image to an article.
In actuality it gave us the opportunity to talk to a range of museum
professionals, from those who weren't sure if we'd be interested in their
little museum, to those who only see us as a threat to their sale of
images; and we did get to show one curator how to upload images.
Welsh Books Council
The Welsh Books Council
<http://www.cllc.org.uk/hafan-home?diablo.lang=eng> agreed
to Wikimedia UK's Manager in Wales' request to upload all their Welsh book
reviews (3249 articles) onto Wicipedia Cymraeg.
Technology Other activities Wiki Loves Monuments
The third planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK took place in
July. Volunteers have been adding lists on Wikipedia, with lots of help
from editors, resulting in a strong collaborative effort. At the same time,
the organisers are setting up a website and arranging events such as photo
walks, and looking for partners. The competition takes place in September,
and if you are interested in helping out or participating, please leave a
message on Commons<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the…>
where
efforts are being co-ordinated.
Microgrants
Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit
a microgrant application of your own, are at
Microgrants/Applications<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Applications>
.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
- Dr Martin Poulter appointed Jisc-Wikimedia
Ambassador<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9535.html>,
Bristol University
- Revealed: Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza was obsessed with correcting
Wikipedia articles about mass killers and admitted having a bullet
'fetish'<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352249/Revealed-Sandy-Hook-gunman-…>,
Daily Mail
- Boot up: wireless contact lens, Wikipedia's visual editing, Samsung's
share slide and
more<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/jul/02/rabbit-contact-lens>,
Guardian
- Wikimedia yn penodi Cymro fel
rheolwr<http://www.golwg360.com/newyddion/cymru/114551-wikimedia-yn-penodi-cymro-fe…>
Golwg360
(Google Translate<http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=cy&tl=en&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&…>
)
- Wicipedia Cymraeg: New manager looks to expand Wiki in
Welsh<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-23402054>,
BBC News Wales
- Wikimedia’s annual Wikimania conference is coming to London in
2014<http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/07/22/wikimedias-annual-wikimania-conferen…>,
The Next Web
- Using Wikipedia to inspire the next generation of women
scientists<http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2013/jul/25/wikipedia-next…>,
The Guardian, 25 July 2013
- Wikipedia edit-a-thon to inspire women
scientists<http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Education/Universities/Wikipedia-edit-a-tho…>,
Cambridge News
- Wikimedia announces Wikimania conference coming to London in 2014 and
reveals update
plans<http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/23/wikimedia-announces-wikimania-confere…>,
ITProPortal, 23 July 2013
Blog posts this month
2 July - Wikimedia UK yn penodi Rheolwr i Gymru / Wikimedia UK appoints
Wales Manager<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/wikimedia-uk-yn-penodi-rheolwr-i-gymru…>
-
a post in English and Welsh announcing the appointment of Robin Owain as
Wales Manager
4 July - Wikipedia to celebrate Rosalind Franklin’s
birthday<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/wikipedia-to-celebrate-rosalind-frankl…>
-
this piece is about an event to be jointly hosted with the Royal Society
and Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research
(NIMR) celebrating the contributions of women in science.
5 July - - a painting from Commons to feature in new
book<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/painting-from-commons-to-feature-in-ne…>
A
painting uncovered by Andy Mabbett at the The New Art Gallery, Walsall, is
to feature in a new book.
5 July - Canadian Copyright Collection from the British Library on
Wikimedia Commons<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/canadian-copyright-collection-from-the…>
-
Wikimedia UK and the British Library announced the release of 2,000 images
of historic Canada.
11 July - Notes from a Wikimedian in
Residence<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/1733/> -
a report from John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at the Science Museum
and Natural History Museum.
13 July - Ashley Van Haeften steps down from Wikimedia UK
Board<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/ashley-van-haeften-steps-down-from-wik…>
-
noting that Fae has stood down as a Trustee.
16 July - Twentieth century culture and Wikimedia
UK<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/twentieth-century-culture-and-wikimedi…>
-
A report from Jonathan Cardy about the editathon at the Royal Opera House.
27 July - Mike Peel resigns as a Trustee of Wikimedia
UK<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/mike-peel-resigns-as-a-trustee-of-wiki…>
-
Announcing Mike's departure from the Board.
29 July - Sphingonet and
Wikipedia<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/07/sphingonet-and-wikipedia/>
-
A report from Richard Nevell about an editing event in Oxford.
Administrative activities Finances
Our FDC progress report form is available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/WMUK/….
This breaks down our activities and spends over the months of May, June and
July.
Our Annual Accounts and Financial Statements for the year have also been
published: see here<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_Annual_Report_2012-13_(Signatures_R…>
.
Board activities[edit<https://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reports/2013/July&action=edit&se…>
]
There was a board meeting on 13 July. You can see the agenda
here<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_13Jul13>,
the minutes here <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_13Jul13> and
the reports
made to the board here <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports_13Jul13>.
News from the Chief Exec *For information on Jon's activities this month,
see News from the
Office<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/News_from_the_Office/Posts>
.*
Communications
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in July. In
other top line communications news, Stevie visited journalists from some of
the national newspapers to build relationships and keep them up to date
with potential stories, including Wikimania 2014 and Wiki Loves Monuments.
He also spent some time meeting academics and learning more about the way
they use Wikipedia in their university courses. These form the basis of
some potential case studies and will be useful in the lead up to the
EduWiki conference. The annual review was successfully printed in Hong Kong
for sharing at Wikimania 2013 which was a great relief. Rock drum visited
the office for a few days to make a short film for Wikimania 2014 and did
an excellent job. Planning began for a key messages workshop offered to the
charity for free by a volunteer.
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 £2,357 in one-off donations, with 7 individual
donations. One of these was a large donation of £2,000. Excepting this, the
average donation amount was £59.50 - 71%% 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 5414 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of
£22,177.52.
Membership
Up to 30th July 2013:
- 180 new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current
members - with 6 new join-ups in July.
- 34 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership
should be renewed)
This adds up to 214 members who were eligible to vote
Visitors to the office
- Lucile - volunteer from France
- John Cummings WiR Natural History and Science Museum
- Visitors from National Library of Scotland
- A Brazilian Wikimedian en route from Hungary to Brazil
- Alaistair McCapra and Micahel Maggs - new trustees
- Ed Saperia and James Knight from Wikimania Team
- Martin Poulter - JISC Ambassador
- Garfield Byrd CFO Wikimedia Foundation
- Greyham Dawes
- Mark Kelleher - BBC
- Rockdrum for volunteering.
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Stevie Benton
Communications Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
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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.*
If you want to find out what WM-Nederland did this summer, go to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederl…
The report is also included as plain text in this message
COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors
Wikipedia Café.
WMNL revived an old tradition: the Wikipedia Café, an informal pub meeting
of Wikipedians living in a specific area. On July 2 a Wikipedia Café was
held in The Hague, with eleven wikipedians attending. The next one is
scheduled in Amsterdam
WORK: content, collaboration and activity development
Editathon classics
As part of a Summerschool organised by the departments of classical studies
of the Amsterdam Universities, WMNL organised an editathon focussing on
translation of Latin inscriptions of monumental graves. Seven participants
produced Wikipedia articles and added information to Wikisource.
Wikipedians in Residence
The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, national library of the Netherlands) and
the Nationaal Archief (NA, national archives of the Netherlands) are aiming
to put the largest and most diverse collection of textual heritage in the
Netherlands at the service of Wikipedia and related Wiki-projects. To
support this ambition, both institutions have attracted the experienced
Wikipedian Hay Kranen as their Wikipedian in Residence. He will act as the
linking pin between the rich (paper and digital) collections of the KB and
NA and the reuse of this content on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and
Wikisource.
12 Dutch scientific libraries have joined forces to hire 2 Wikipedians in
Residence that will support them for a year, starting in October 2013.
A fourth position for a Dutch Wikipedian in Residence is in preparation,
more information about this position will surface soon.
Wiki loves libraries
Preparations have been made to revitalise the project Wiki Loves Libraries.
A first brainstorm with BiSC, the service bureau for libraries in the
province of Utrecht, will take place in September.
Wiki Loves Monuments
Work kicked off in earnest in preparation for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013.
This year, there will be a special focus on the city The Hague, where we
will organise a photography workshop and an editathon. The team is
supported by Kathinka, an intern at the WMNL office.
WMNL: participation and support
Press and Media
Board Member Hans Muller was interviewed about Wikipedia on the regional
radiostation Radio Gelderland. Director Sandra Rientjes was interviewed
for BNR newsradio.
Design of new website presented
The design of the new WMNL website was presented. Official launch will be
in November.
GLOBAL: International collaboration
WCA
WCA Council Member Ziko van Dijk took part in the WCA phone conference on
June 25 and contacted the WCA Council chair several times with regard to
the preparation of Wikimania.
Neighboring countries
Ziko van Dijk visited the ''Musketier-Treffen'' in Duisburg, Germany, and
the Wikiversity / education program meeting in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany.
Visit WMNO Board Member
Knut Hjelleset, boardmember of WMNO, used his vacation in the Netherlands
to visit WMNL. He spoke with director Sandra Rientjes and Glam Coordinator
Sebastiaan ter Burg.
Visit WMF staff
Three WMF staffmembers visited the WMNL office in early July. Anasuya
Sengupta, Garfield Byrd and Katy Love met with staff and several board
members (including the chair and the treasurer) to discuss a wide range of
matters concerning programming, finances, community involvement and plans
for the future. A meeting with the WMNL community was also part of their
visit.
Wikimania
Board members Ziko van Dijk and Ad Huikeshoven, volunteer user:Veertje and
Executive Director Sandra Rientjes participated in August in the Hong Kong
Wikimania.
ORGANISATION: board, management and support
Board Retreat
The Board went on a two-day retreat (August 25-26) to work on plans for
2014.
Annual plan 2014
We are working on our annual plan 2014. On 27 July and 31 August the Board
organised brainstorming sessions to involve the community in drafting this
document.
Sandra Rientjes
Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
tel. (+31) (0)6 31786379
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