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
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
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/15tFUphhttp://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
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
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
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"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
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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