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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 deskhttps://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A7_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A5_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA 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 pagehttps://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C:%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA 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%94:%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%96%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9D/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA

*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#Rosh_HaShanna - 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 בוויקיפדיהhttp://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/497/081.html?hp=1&cat=402 (NRG Maariv). - 11.7 – מבזק הטכנולוגיה: סערת השנאוצר של לפידhttp://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Six-Newscast/Article-90b7a87210e6041004.htm- (Mako News). - 12.7 – פ http://www.pc.co.il/?p=127998רויקט של ויקימדיה ישראל לתיעוד וצילום תמונות אוויר של המדינה הוכתר כ- "המגניב והייחודי" ל – 2013http://www.pc.co.il/?p=127998– (WikiAir – PC News). - 18.7 – ערכים בויקיפדיה הופכים לצלילים - Listen to Wikipediahttp://www.gadgety.co.il/74774/listen-to-wikipedia-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D/ (Gadgety). - 19.7 – ליצור ביחד ברשת ולוותר על האגוhttp://www.haaretz.co.il/.premium-1.2096003– (Haaretz) - 29.7 – הערך ה-150 אלף נכתב בוויקיפדיהhttp://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/261627- (Computers and Technology Channel 7). - 5.7 - Wikipedia founder against censoring Pornhttp://www.themarker.com/wallstreet/1.2089892( The Guardian - The Marker). - 19.7 – ?האם עריכת ערכים בוויקיפדיה אגרסיבית מדי לטעמן של נשיםhttp://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 4http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%92%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4/- 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 5http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%A5-%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A5-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%95/- "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 11http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%94-2/- 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 18http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%96%D7%9B/- 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

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