Wikimediaus-l January 2015

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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

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Help rate pictures for Summer of Monuments
by James Hare 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Hello everyone! After much delay, I would like to invite you all to help rate submissions for Wikipedia Summer of Monuments. We received over 10,000 pictures during the upload period, and we would like to narrow that down to 500 for review by the jury. Step 1: Create an account here (http://wlmjurytool2014.wmflabs.org/usdc/app.php/register/). Step 2: Begin rating pictures here (http://wlmjurytool2014.wmflabs.org/usdc/app.php/round/1). A picture will load; hover your cursor over the pictures and you will have the option to rate between 1 and 5 stars. Rate pictures not just on their aesthetic quality but also their ability to illustrate what the monument is in an encyclopedic manner. If we work together, we can work through the backlog in no time! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, James — James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc

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AfroCROWD Wikipedia Workshops at Brooklyn Public Library in New York (Feb 7 & 8)
by Alice Backer 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Announcing AfroCROWD Intro to Wikimedia and How to Edit Wikipedia workshops at New York's Brooklyn Public Library. Please email me if you would like to discuss bringing one of these to your city. Please also excuse cross-posting to various lists as we try to network across the United States. WHEN: Saturday, February 7th 12:30 -3PM Sunday February 8th 1-3:30PM EVENTBRITE (better reading format): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-intro-to-wikimedia-how-to-edit-wikip… If you plan to view via Livestream from a different city, please let me know of your interest at alice.backer(a)gmail.com. BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENT: http://bklynlib.org/15tFUph http://bklynlib.org/15tGPGd PROPOSAL: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/AFROcroWd_and_Interglider.ORG/Ou…) BACKGROUND: Against the backdrop of Black History Month, the workshops seek to further the International Decade for People of African Descent’s development and education goals and Wikimedia’s goal of increasing its reach. Technology companies Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Twitter have recently reported that their workforce is 2% Black, a figure non-proportionate to the 13% of Blacks living in the United States. The Black Twitter phenomenon shows that Afrodescendants have successfully taken to social media as an organizing tool. Exposing more Afrodescendants to Wikimedia has the potential to take this foray a step further and transfer skills that might deepen Afrodescendant exploration of online technology. But beyond it all, editing Wikipedia alone or as a group is a constructive and rewarding way to spend time online. The workshops will be the first in a series of activities by Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD), a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent who actively partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements. The workshops are open to all Afrodescendants including but not limited to individuals who self-identify as African, African-American, Afro-Latino, Biracial, Black, Black-American, Caribbean, Garifuna, Haitian or West Indian. Although the February workshops will be held in English, they will take into account that many Afrodescendant groups in the United States might find that access to Wikipedia’s multilingual crowdsourcing platform can help them transfer free knowledge to populations of African descent outside of the United States that they are connected to through origin or direct familial bonds. Multilingual Afrodescendants may also want to use such platforms to develop and maintain online bodies of relevant knowledge in native languages such as Garifuna, Haitian Kreyòl, Igbo, Spanish, Twi or Yoruba, thereby contributing to the survival of and increasing their proficiency in those languages while also feeling more culturally grounded. WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library Main Branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn. NY http://www.bklynlibrary.org/ (Subway: 2,3, 4 to Grand Army Plaza) FOUNDERS AfroCROWD founders are Alice Backer, founder of www.kiskeacity.com, www.haitianbloggers.com, and Global Voices Lingua, a Brooklyn-based lawyer, blogger and free knowledge and culture enthusiast who has been aggregating and disseminating Haitian online expression since 2005 and has launched citizen media campaigns in Haiti, the Caribbean, Africa and the United States and Milos Rancic, founder of Anarchopedia, veteran Wikimedian with over 10 years in the movement, Wikimedia Language Committee member and chair of Interglider.ORG. Milica Gudovic, Interglider.ORG's CEO, participant to the process of localization of Creative Commons Licenses for Serbia and experienced feminist activist of 20 years, has lended considerable time and expertise to our grant proposal and will help us with training in the coming months. STAY UPDATED VIA FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/afroCROWD A L I C E B A C K E R Haitian Blog Aggregator: http://haitianbloggers.com LOF1804 Podcast: http://www.kiskeacity.com Blog: http://www.kiskeacity.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiskeacity Newsletter: Kiskeácity Daily skype: alicebacker

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Art+Feminism ambassadors needed
by James Hare 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Hello, The Art+Feminism campaign, which is organizing edit-a-thons throughout the world, is looking for Wikipedia ambassadors to provide assistance at some of their organized events. Currently they are looking for ambassadors in: * Worcester, MA * Montreal, QC * Toronto, ON * Houston, TX * Athens, GA * Lisbon, Portugal * Paris, France If you or anyone you know would be interested in helping teach people how to edit Wikipedia, please contact me. Thanks, James — James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc

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Fwd: [WikiEN-l] (Cross-post) METRO Wikipedia webcast on Reference and Citation today 1/12 at 2-3:15pm EST
by Pine W 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Forwarding in case anyone wants to tune in to this event live. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Elias Friedman" <elipongo(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 12, 2015 9:51 AM Subject: [WikiEN-l] (Cross-post) METRO Wikipedia webcast on Reference and Citation today 1/12 at 2-3:15pm EST To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikipedia mailing list" <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Cross-posting from the Wikimedia-NYC list for wider audience. Sent from my Droid 4 Elias Friedman A.S., CCEMT-P אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי elipongo(a)gmail.com "יְהִי אוֹר" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dorothy Howard" <dhoward(a)metro.org> Date: Jan 12, 2015 12:20 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss] METRO Wikipedia webcast on Reference and Citation today 1/12 at 2-3:15pm EST To: "Wikimedia New York City Discussion list" < wikimedia-us-nyc-discuss(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "New York City Wikimedians" < wikimedia_nyc(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Dear All, A reminder that today METRO is hosting a Wikipedia webcast on Reference and Citation from 2-3:15pm EST with: - Andy Mabbett, Wikipedian-in-Residence atORCID < http://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/87810012013/interview-with-andy-mabbett-… > (the Open Researcher and Contributor ID, an authority control) and the Royal Society of Chemistry <http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/>; - Jake Orlowitz and Patrick Earley of the Wikipedia Library <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library>; - and Maximilian Klein, member of the “WikiProject Open Access/Signaling OA-ness (Open Access) < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_… > ." To tune in, go to our event page right at 2pm to find the live link: http://metro.org/events/562/ or visit METRO’s Youtube channel between 2:00pm and 3:15pm. The video will also be archived on Youtube after the webcast finishes. Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions! Best wishes, Dorothy Howard -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss mailing list Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-nyc-discuss _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Fw: Wiki Loves Small Museums Workshop
by James Hare 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

An excellent workshop to take place at the Small Museum Association Conference in Ocean City, MD! If you are interested in participating but need support, feel free to apply for a Wikimedia DC grant: http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Grants — James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc Forwarded message: > From: Mary Mark Ockerbloom <celebration.women(a)gmail.com> > To: Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>, James Hare <james.hare(a)wikidc.org>, Dorothy Howard <dhoward(a)metro.org>, Doreva Belfiore <dorevabelfiore(a)gmail.com>, Abram Fox <abramfox(a)gmail.com>, Blaire Gagnon <bgagnon(a)uri.edu>, Jentzsch, Tracy <jentzsch(a)art-sci.udel.edu>, Peter Ekman <pdekman(a)gmail.com>, Curtis Small <csmalljr(a)udel.edu>, Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com>, Evan McGonagill <emcgonagil(a)brynmawr.edu>, Rosner, Lisa <Lisa.Rosner(a)stockton.edu>, archives(a)ukrhec.org, hamelers(a)udel.edu, Samantha(a)shuster.org, John Theibault <jtheibault(a)comcast.net>, dominic.mcdevitt-parks(a)nara.gov > Date: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 12:33:21 PM > Subject: Wiki Loves Small Museums Workshop > > Please spread the word about the upcoming Wiki Loves Small Museums workshop, to be held Sunday, February 15, 2015, at the Small Museum Association (SMA) Conference in Ocean City, MD. We are seeking Wikipedia volunteers to help scan and upload images from small museums attendees. See more details at: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ocean_City,_MD/Wiki_Loves_Sm… > > We would love to have your involvement! Tell your friends (and bring them with you :-) > > Hotels are very cheap in Ocean City, MD in the off-season, but it can be awkward to get there, so I recommend that you investigate your travel possibilities before you commit. If you need funding for travel or hotels, let me know ASAP so that we can apply for funding from Wikimedia DC -- I can't do that until I know what's needed. > > Happy New Year, > Mary Mark Ockerbloom > Wikipedian in Residence, > Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia

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