Hi there folks,
Just to let you know that there are now two courses available on WikiLearn
about getting started with OpenRefine:
* OpenRefine for Wikidata - basics:
https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:WikimediaFoundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024/a…
* OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons - basics:
https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…
I've linked here to the English language versions; the Commons course
already has a few different translations.
The production of these was supported by the Foundation's grant toward the
OpenRefine product, including the Train the Trainer course that I attended
over the last year, and I helped put together the Wikidata course.
OpenRefine is a big tool that can do some great things in terms of bulk
edits and uploads, but it can be quite a lot to get your head around.
Hopefully these courses can help!
If you've not used WikiLearn before, it's a learning platform for the
Wikimedia movement, and all you need to sign in or sign up is a Wikimedia
account. There are courses there on a variety of topics - it's still
relatively early days, but I'm quite enthusiastic about the possibilities...
Best,
Sara
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Dear all
I'm sure many of you will have seen this on other mailing lists, but just
to flag up that the Wikimedia Foundation has opened up scholarship
applications for next year's Wikimania, taking place in Nairobi. The
deadline for applications is 8th December and the form is here
<https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/432916>.
The core organisation team for Wikimania 2025 is holding briefing
events for potential scholarship recipients *this* *week*, detailed in the
email below.
Best wishes
Lucy
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 at 11:14
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Road to Nairobi: Wikimania 2025 Scholarship
Orientation – you are invited!
To: Wikimania <wikimania(a)wikimedia.org>
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Hi everyone,
For the past 2 weeks, Wikimania 2025 Core Organising Team have opened the
application for scholarships and we are receiving lots of amazing
applications. If you haven’t got a chance to apply, want to know more about
the process, or have further questions about Wikimania, don’t worry, we got
you covered!
We will be facilitating an orientation session to discuss the scholarships
application and answer your questions. In the first Wikimania 2025
Scholarship Orientation: Road to Nairobi, we will be providing prospective
scholars and attendees the information they will need for the event.
There will be 3 options for the scholarship orientation sessions to choose
from. Feel free to click one of them to add it to your Google Calendar
(meeting link included).
Option 1 – Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 17:00:00 UTC- HERE
<https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=google.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYWxlbmRh…>
Option 2 – Thursday, 28 November 2024, 09:00:00 UTC - HERE
<https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=google.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYWxlbmRh…>
Option 3 – Friday, 29 November 2024, 13:00:00 UTC - HERE
<https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=google.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYWxlbmRh…>
You may also find the meeting link on the calendar or Wikimania Wiki
<https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=wikimedia.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpb…>
. The sessions will be recorded and published on Wikimania Wiki for those
who cannot attend.
The agenda of the sessions will include:
- General update about Wikimania 2025
- Information about the Wikimania scholarship application and selection
process.
- Q&A
Don’t miss out the chance to get exciting updates during the session!
Regards,
Terry Boke, Communications Lead - Wikimania 2025
On behalf of Wikimania 2025 Core Organizing Team
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We’d like to invite our members and wider UK community to the Wikimedia UK
2024 Community Celebration
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wikimedia-uk-2024-community-celebrati…>,
taking place on Saturday 23rd November, 11-1pm.
This online get-together will be a celebration of what our community has
achieved in the last year, a recognition of that work through the
Wikimedian of the Year awards, and to showcase some of the incredible work
that has been taking place across the UK.
Over the last month or so, we’ve been reaching out to community members in
a call for lightning talks, and we’re really excited by what we’ve now got
lined up. It’s often the case that there’s a huge amount of work done by
Wikimedians that others just don’t see, so we’re really happy to be able to
highlight some of this activity.
After the lightning talks, we’ll be presenting the annual Wikimedian of the
Year awards - there’s more information about those here, and nominations
are open until the 1st November.
This event is open to both members and non-members of Wikimedia UK, who'd
like to find out more about Wikimedia work in the UK, and who'd like to get
more involved!
Tickets are free, the event will be held on Zoom, and you can reserve your
tickets now through Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-wikimedia-uk-2024-community-celebrati…>
We look forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes,
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Hi all,
We're having a meetup in Brighton on 23 November (a week Saturday). IT
would be great to see some of you there, and if you know any Wikimedians or
fellow travellers in the area (or Londoners who fancy a trip to the coast),
please do spread the word!
Details on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Brighton/3
Thanks,
Harry