Hi all,<br>the new bulletin from Wikimedia Italia (#40) is available.<br>This time we write about the award ceremony for Authors in Wikipedia 2012 and the first steps for Wikimedia Conference 2013; there is also a news about a new Italian law which could boost Wikisource and Wikibooks.<br>

<br>As usual a link has been added to meta, at Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Italia ; raw text of the bulletin follows below.<br><br>ciao, .mau.<br><br>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<br><br><div style="text-align:left"><big><b>WikimediaNews</b></big>  - no. 40 - November 28, 2012
<br><big>Official bulletin from Wikimedia Italia Association.</big></div>
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<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Authors_in_Wikipedia"> Authors in Wikipedia </span></h3>
<p>The award ceremony for the contest Authors in Wikipedia was held in Milan on 26 November, kindly hosted by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aica.it/">AICA</a>. 
</p><p>Matteo Molteni, student at Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Galilei” of
 Erba (CO), won the prize for the category &quot;New original articles&quot; with 
the article &quot;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curculio_%28Plauto%29">Curculio</a>&quot; on Wikipedia.
</p><p>Laura Beretta, another student at “Galileo Galilei”, won the 
prize for the category &quot;Translated and upgraded articles&quot; with the 
article &quot;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolus">Pseudolus</a>&quot; on Wikipedia.
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<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Wikimedia_Conference_2013"> Wikimedia Conference 2013 </span></h3>
<p>Preparations are underway for the organization of the Wikimedia Conference, to be held in Milan from April 18 to April 21. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gsepe_%28WMI%29">Giulia Sepe</a>
 joined the staff of Wikimedia Italia and will organize this 
international event of the Wikimedia movement, hosted for the first time
 in Italy. Updates and progresses in the organization of the Conference 
will be gradually published on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2013">Meta</a>.
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<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="News_in_brief"> News in brief </span></h3>
<p>(Note: in the translated version only the news regarding Italy are shown)
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<ul><li> Italian law by decree <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/moduli/DL_181012_179.pdf">179/2012 dated 18.10.2012</a>,
 already in force, establishes the obligation for schools to adopt 
textbooks in digital or mixed format from the school year 2013/2014 
(2014/2015 for primary schools). We do not know at the time what are the
 prospects for the adoption of free digital content, but this law might 
be a good boost for Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wikisource.
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<h3> <span class="mw-headline" id="Errata"> Errata </span></h3>
<p>In the last issue of Wikimedia News we mentioned among the 
beneficiaries of the project Archeowiki the Archaeological Museum of 
Varese instead of Civic Archaeological Museum of Castelleone, Cremona, 
which is the actual beneficiary.
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