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Wikimania - WREN Roundtable accepted
by Florence Devouard 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Hi folks Just wanted to let you know that the Wikipedian in Residence roundtable submitted for Wikimania on August in Katowice has been approved. https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/talk/review/EGFJNMN3MF8FNGJSPKANFCELC7F… We have been offered 40mn. At submission time, several members of the group have agreed to join that session, but we indicated the final list will be confirmed later. So far names include : Jamie Flood, Lane Rasberry, Andrew Lih, Martin Poulter, Eric Luth etc. Others likely to join (though not confirmed) were John Cummings, Johanna Janhonen, Mervat Salam So far, related, we know we do also have * https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/GLAM_Global_meetup on the 6th * what else was approved to relate to ? Flo

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Wikimania - August 6 GLAM Global Meetup
by Andrew Lih 13 Jun '24

13 Jun '24

Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know that there is a GLAM Global Meetup being planned for Wikimania on August 6 in Katowice. Details are still being worked out, but there is a page here to watch for more: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/GLAM_Global_meetup -Andrew

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How do you evaluate or measure the impact of open content?
by Andrew Lih 13 Jun '24

13 Jun '24

Hi all, This was posed as a question on the GLAM Wiki Global Telegram group, but I thought I'd send it to the WREN list for thoughts and comments. Feel free to respond in email or at the original thread: https://t.me/c/1723589369/4942 This was in response to the current draft of the annual plan, and a discussion around Selena Deckelmann's (WMF CPTO) response to resourcing Wikimedia Commons. Thanks. -Andrew ---- I'd like to put out a question that may be key to understanding the debate seen around "knowledge dissemination," as was mentioned in Selena Deckelmann's response to the resourcing Commons statement: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Media_knowledge_beyond_Wiki… How do you evaluate or measure the impact of open content? By its very nature, open content (text, data, code, media) is out of the control of its originator. The editor, uploader, file host makes it available, and others copy it and use it somewhere down the path of replication. Therefore, evaluating the use and impact of any open content can be extremely hard – free/libre content encourages dissemination, but removes the ability to measure it. It may be possible through secondary indicators (e.g. Github stars) or best-effort research (e.g. Google search for image credits, hopefully finding mentions of Commons or a user). However, all too often measuring impact is a qualitative educated guess. This is not a new problem. But I believe this lack of sound methodology for evaluating impact, and our lack of evolving our thinking, has become a blocker in multiple ways. Some questions to ponder: 1) Some GLAM partners have mentioned this problem specifically, and it would be interesting to hear if others heard the same issues. For example, Cleveland Museum of Art were early adopters of open access, uploading Commons images and creating Wikidata items, but are finding it hard to justify more activity without understanding the impact of these efforts. How might we do better to discover the impact of these GLAM engagements outside of our limited Commons/Wikipedia metrics? 2) We know that both Commons and Wikidata have superlatives of their own – Wiki Loves Monuments is the world's largest public photo contest and Wikidata has been the project that racks up the most edits of all the Wikimedia projects. But outside of our Wikimedia servers, it's hard to tell. We know anecdotally that libraries and archives use Wikidata extensively now for linked open data, with organizations like LD4 and IFLA asking for more Wikidata engagement. All major library databases in the world use Wikidata Q identifiers. But how might we capture that impact better, and on a regular basis? 3) Finally, we come to the essay and Talk page mentioned above. My concern is that since Wikipedia metrics are so easily available and are of such huge magnitude, the appeal to be fixated on them is overwhelming. It's easy to put Commons and Wikidata in a lesser corner as we don't have good methods to estimate their downstream impact. Much of the value of Commons and Wikidata are not people visiting the Commons image page, or the Wikidata item page, but rather the linkages and re-use in the open ecosystem – federated search, authority control records, multimedia visualizations. And because that's hard to measure, we risk always putting Commons and Wikidata into second-class status, when they should be seen as a different beast. Apologies for the long-winded examples, but it does come down to this: How might we make a more complete evaluation of the impact of Wikimedia's open content, so we can make better decisions for the future?

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Fwd: Re: Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics"
by Giovanna Fontenelle 12 Jun '24

12 Jun '24

Dear Mary, Thanks so much for this question! It's a great one as more people might have been through the same doubt. WikiLearn is a platform that was built in a way any user can follow up on the courses without having to ask for permission, authorization, or a notice. With this OpenRefine course, the process is the same. It's a self-paced course, so you just need to register with your Wikimedia account and start to go through it. You should be able to start here <https://app.learn.wiki/learning/course/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_G…> . In case you're still not able to access it, please, let me know the username you used for the registration and I will check with the technical team. By the way, at the end, you will receive a certificate. For that, you need to make sure to complete all assignments, watch all videos, and check (green check marks) all the pages. When completed, you will be able to download the certificate, with your name and date. In addition, we also provide a template for a badge that you can add to your user page on Meta-Wiki. This is also at the end of the course. If you have any questions or find any difficulties in the process, let me know and I can support you. Best, Giovanna Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) Program Officer, Culture and Heritage Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: Mary Mark Ockerbloom <celebration.women(a)gmail.com> Date: ter., 4 de jun. de 2024 às 01:20 Subject: [Wren] Re: Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics" To: Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network <wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi Giovanna, I wanted to take the online OpenRefine course to get a sense of whether it was suitable for me to recommend to others. I tried to sign up on the webpage, but I haven't heard anything back. Did you receive anything? Many thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom celebration.women(a)gmail.com On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 7:01 AM Giovanna Fontenelle <giofontenelle(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > We are happy to announce that there is now a free and publicly accessible > course on the learning platform, WikiLearn, on how to upload and edit files > on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine: *OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: > the basics* > <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…> > . > > OpenRefine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine> is a free > data-wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate, and clean > tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases, including > Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. > > This online course is available at any time, for free. Anyone with a > Wikimedia account can enroll with the click of a button. It can be followed > at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded > at the end to those who complete the course. > > The training is suitable for Wikimedians, Wikimedia affiliate staff, and > partners (e.g. GLAM staff and Wikimedians in Residence). Accomplishing the > course should take an average of 6 to 8 hours. > > This course was developed as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's training > and sustainability grant to OpenRefine > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Training_2023-24>. > It is currently available in English and can be easily translated into > other languages (more about the translation process here > <https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course…>). > Translations for this course in French, Spanish, and Portuguese are being > worked on and will be available very soon. > > Please, feel free to share this course with people you think might be > interested in learning more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons, who are > part of your network, in groups, social media, or any other places. > > Thank you! > > Best, > Giovanna & Sandra > > Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) > > Program Officer, Culture and Heritage > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

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Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics"
by Giovanna Fontenelle 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

Hello! We are happy to announce that there is now a free and publicly accessible course on the learning platform, WikiLearn, on how to upload and edit files on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine: *OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics* <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…> . OpenRefine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine> is a free data-wrangling tool that can be used to process, manipulate, and clean tabular (spreadsheet) data and connect it with knowledge bases, including Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. This online course is available at any time, for free. Anyone with a Wikimedia account can enroll with the click of a button. It can be followed at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded at the end to those who complete the course. The training is suitable for Wikimedians, Wikimedia affiliate staff, and partners (e.g. GLAM staff and Wikimedians in Residence). Accomplishing the course should take an average of 6 to 8 hours. This course was developed as part of the Wikimedia Foundation's training and sustainability grant to OpenRefine <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Training_2023-24>. It is currently available in English and can be easily translated into other languages (more about the translation process here <https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course…>). Translations for this course in French, Spanish, and Portuguese are being worked on and will be available very soon. Please, feel free to share this course with people you think might be interested in learning more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons, who are part of your network, in groups, social media, or any other places. Thank you! Best, Giovanna & Sandra Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) Program Officer, Culture and Heritage Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Favorite gender gap recommendation?
by Mary Mark Ockerbloom 01 Jun '24

01 Jun '24

There's a lot about the gender gap, in terms of Wikipedia projects, published research, and initiatives. What resource (on wiki or not) do you think gives the best overview / summary / introduction to the gender gap on Wikipedia? What is the best source you know of, that could give someone a solid orientation on the issue? Thanks for all the feedback; it's super helpful, especially when resources get mentioned that I didn't have on my radar. Mary Mark Ockerbloom

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Deadline: May 31 for Annual Plan, Commons and GLAM
by Andrew Lih 29 May '24

29 May '24

Hi all, Your input could be valuable – the Annual Plan process is accepting comments up until May 31, which is coming up soon. Of interest to WREN folks: this discussion thread about the Commons in the annual plan: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-… The numerous mentions of Wikipedia in the plan, with barely a mention of Commons or Wikidata, makes it even more important to make GLAM-oriented projects more visible. It may be useful to add your perspectives from your GLAM wiki work with Commons and/or Wikidata. For example: - Wiki Loves Monuments has been certified as the world's largest photography contest, but the software to support it is out of date and needs updating. This has inspired other Wiki Loves projects like Earth and Folklore. - The ISA Tool has been successful in engaging participants on mobiles to contribute to Commons but has needed more technical support, having months-long outages at a time. - We have been waiting for better support for color and textured 3D content, but are at a standstill with file format support issues on Commons. I've chimed in with some of my thoughts about how some of my GLAM wiki projects have been waiting for more Commons issues to be addressed. The momentum seems to be there to get these issues on the map with the Foundation, so I'd encourage you to chime in if you can. Thanks! -Andrew -- -Andrew Lih Smithsonian Institution - Wikimedian at Large Previously: professor of journalism and communications, American University, Columbia University, University of Southern California --- Email: andrew.lih(a)gmail.com, andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE

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Participate in the GLAM CSI survey today
by Andrew Lih 24 May '24

24 May '24

We need your expertise! Your insights are crucial to the GLAM CSI (Contributor Study Initiative) project, and we invite you to participate in our survey today. https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/985159?lang=en Please fill out the GLAM CSI survey in the context of any GLAM-related work you might have done, as we are attempting to capture user stories for feedback to the WMF. You could answer it from the viewpoint of a volunteer editor, a Wikimedian in Residence, an affiliate collaboration, or in the persona of any existing (or recent) GLAM Wiki effort as well. (GLAM is considered quite a broad term in this context, so content partnerships in general are welcome.) A description and survey can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_CSI#Survey Let me know if you have any questions or issues. I will be talking about the project at the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon in May and at Wikimania in August. Thanks! -Andrew Lih GLAM CSI, principal investigator Smithsonian Institution, Wikimedian at Large

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Recommendations for UP-TO-DATE tools and training
by Mary Mark Ockerbloom 13 May '24

13 May '24

Hello all, What are the best tools and training materials you've found? Are they up-to-date? What do you recommend? Several years ago I wrote a Wikipedia Workbook for Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, which I am currently updating. The goal is an overview of the sorts of things that institutions can do with Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons, with links to useful starting points for staff such as tools and training materials. Given that many of the Wiki interfaces and tools have changed over time, I am looking particularly for suggestions and updates. For example, many of the Art+Feminism resources are long gone. So what do you recommend? Feel free to reply here or email me at celebration.women(a)gmail.com I am happy to share the new edition of the workbook when it is ready. -- Mary Mark Ockerbloom

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Fwd: [Course] OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons now in Spanish, French, and Italian
by Giovanna Fontenelle 08 May '24

08 May '24

Hello everyone, A few weeks ago, we announced the WikiLearn course on how to upload and edit files on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine. - In English: OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…> - In Spanish / Español*: OpenRefine para Wikimedia Commons: conceptos básicos <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…> - In French / Français*: OpenRefine pour Wikimedia Commons : les bases <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…> We are now happy to announce the translation for Italian! - In Italian / Italiano: Introduzione all'uso di OpenRefine per Wikimedia Commons <https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…> This course can be easily translated into other languages (more about the translation process here <https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course…>). More translations are on the way, including Portuguese, which will be launched soon. All the versions of this course are available at any time for free. You only need a Wikimedia account and the course can be followed at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded at the end and an average of 6 to 8 hours is needed to complete the course. Please, feel free to share these translations with people who speak these languages and who you think might be interested in learning more about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons. Thank you so much, Marta Erica Arosio, for your amazing work translating this course into Italian! 👏👏👏 Best, Giovanna * These two courses/languages had problems before and are now fixed and fully available. Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) Program Officer, Culture and Heritage Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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