Wren December 2021

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WiR and WREN visibility on Wikipedias and Wikimedia
by Željko Blaće 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

Dear All - Last December 6th special meeting event on Wikipedia and NFT with a few invited guests made me think we could do meeting that are relevant beyond our immediate scope and be more visible... ...but also last week I was almost topic-banned on HR Wikipedia (Croatian) as none of the Admins knew what Wikimedian in Residence is and were thinking it is either paid editing or problematic self-promotion (when I was actually unemployed :-))) So after a successful event and a monthly HR drama, I am thinking what can we do better to increase WiR and WREN visibility on Wikipedia and Wikimedia. For people coming from most of the arts the notion of artist-in-residence is super familiar and easy to relate to, but average Wikipedian (if there is such thing) has very few chances to come across this term as well as to grasp what Wikimedian in Residence is. Only 27 Wikipedia instances have articles on WiRs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809586 What could be good strategies to change that? 15 years ago (so we missed it by a week) on December 13, 2006 we got this text as a start http://original-research.blogspot.com/2006/12/wikipedian-in-residence-propo… Maybe we can draft something short quickly today and just pass it on later in the day to Wikimedia-L and potentially to the DIFF Blog of WMF? Elsewhere? Best Z

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2021 Wiki Science Competition jury needed
by John Sadowski 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

Hi all! It's time to organize the judging for the 2021 Wiki Science Competition [1], and I'm looking for people to serve on the jury. It’s not too much of a time commitment as the judging is very informal and mainly done through an email chain. Please think about if you know someone who might be interested (including yourself) and let me know. Thanks! John [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2021_in_th…

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Re: Wren Digest, Vol 27, Issue 6
by BRIGHT AYISI IMAGES 31 Dec '21

31 Dec '21

I am interested On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 12:03 PM <wren-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wren mailing list submissions to > wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wren.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wren-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wren digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 2021 Wiki Science Competition jury needed (John Sadowski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:48:48 -0500 > From: John Sadowski <johnpsadowski(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wren] 2021 Wiki Science Competition jury needed > To: Wikimedia DC Internal Mailing List <internal(a)wikidc.org>, > Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network < > wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > < > CAO4sjnC8h9_c+9JyT0+LLFw_x96BmdJKockXA5LzFjEx5naXjQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="0000000000006496c505d4569c8f" > > Hi all! > > It's time to organize the judging for the 2021 Wiki Science Competition > [1], and I'm looking for people to serve on the jury. It’s not too much of > a time commitment as the judging is very informal and mainly done through > an email chain. Please think about if you know someone who might be > interested (including yourself) and let me know. > > Thanks! > John > > [1] > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2021_in_th… >

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Structured Data on Commons SPARQL queries to require authentication?
by Andrew Lih 19 Dec '21

19 Dec '21

Hi all, For anyone working with Wikimedia Commons, there was an announcement for WikiCommons Query Service (for SPARQL queries and Structured Data on Commons) leaving beta testing and going into production in February 2022. That's mostly good news, but the caveat is that authentication will be required to use the service. I've posted some concerns on the talk page of the proposal, as it may pertain to GLAM institutions and the general public availability of Commons content. I thought this would be an issue of interest to WREN folks, so here are some links: Plans for WCQS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SPARQL_query_service/Upcoming_Ge… Talk page questions and concerns: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:SPARQL_query_service/Upcomi… Thanks, -Andrew

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Special meeting - December 6, 2021, 1700 UTC
by Andrew Lih 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Hi all, since we are overdue for a WREN meeting, I'd like to propose a meeting on Wednesday with a special topic related to the recent news of a "Wikipedia NFT" auction by Jimmy Wales; a recent Twitter interaction with Creative Commons about NFT; and a larger discussion of the open GLAM space as it relates to NFT and the crypto community. SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, December 6, 2021, 1700 UTC Sorry for the short notice and the short note, but I wanted to put it on your calendar. I'll update the meta page with some basic info but invite folks to add to this. -Andrew

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