Hi all,
I'm putting together the U.S. jury for the 2023 edition of the Wiki
Science Competition [1], and I'm looking for volunteers who are U.S.-based
and have a background in STEM or photography. The judging process is
relatively informal, with an email chain with a few rounds of voting and
one Zoom call. We should be done by the end of February. Let me know by
this coming Friday if you're interested.
Thank you!
John
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2023_in_th…
Wikimedia NYC, the 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting Wikipedia and related
projects in the metro area, is hiring our founding Executive Director,
apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City/Jobs
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi everyone!
Wikimedia Argentina is organizing an event as part of the Image Description
Month (https://w.wiki/7HXa) that will address accessibility and images.
I'm sharing their official message about the event below both in English
and Spanish:
*[ENGLISH] *
"Wikimedia Argentina's Culture and Open Knowledge program invites you to an
event that will address accessibility as a transversal perspective in
cultural spaces: Accessible cultural experiences. From the territory to the
screen. The proposal is part of "Image Description Month", a call to action
coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation aimed at making images more
accessible and easier to find on Wikimedia projects.
The event will cover different resources accessible to people who are blind
or have low vision to learn about their production processes and the social
impact they generate, focusing on audio descriptions or descriptions of
images. To do this, concepts will alternate with samples of accessible
resources produced in the territory, under the in-person modality (such as
theaters, cinemas, museums), and others made from virtuality (platforms,
social networks, web pages).
In addition, an instance of practice and exchange will be enabled so that,
based on audio description guidelines, alternative texts can be
collectively produced in images positioned on Wikipedia.
This proposal is facilitated by Gladys Benítez, screenwriter and narrator
of audio descriptions for series and films. She is a member of the program
TNC Accessible del Teatro Nacional Cervantes.
Interpretation in English and Spanish will be available.
Please register here https://forms.gle/BYhFMYfzz4pdidvN9 to receive the
Zoom link!"
*[SPANISH] *
"El programa de Cultura y Conocimiento Abierto de Wikimedia Argentina
invita a virtual que aborda la accesibilidad como perspectiva transversal
en los espacios culturales. La propuesta forma parte del "Mes de la
descripción de imágenes", un llamado a la acción coordinado por la
Fundación Wikimedia cuyo fin es que las imágenes sean más accesibles y más
fáciles de encontrar en los proyectos wikimedia.
En la charla se recorrerán distintos recursos accesibles para personas
ciegas o con baja visión para conocer sus procesos de producción y el
impacto social que generan, haciendo foco en la audiodescripción o
descripción de imágenes. Para ello, se alternarán conceptos con muestras de
recursos accesibles producidos en territorio, bajo la modalidad presencial
(como las salas de teatro, cine o museos) y otras realizadas desde la
virtualidad, a través de las diversas pantallas (plataformas, redes
sociales, páginas web).
Además, se habilitará una instancia de práctica e intercambio para que, a
partir de pautas de audiodescripción, se puedan producir colectivamente
textos alternativos en imágenes posicionadas en Wikipedia.
Facilita esta propuesta Gladys Benítez, guionista y narradora de
audiodescripciones para series y películas. Integrante del programa TNC
Accesible del Teatro Nacional Cervantes.
La charla contará con traducción simultánea al inglés. Te esperamos.
¡Regístrese aquí https://forms.gle/BYhFMYfzz4pdidvN9 para recibir el enlace
de Zoom!"
Abrazos / Best,
Giovanna and Angie
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi all,
I thought I'd start a thread about the upcoming GLAM Wiki Conference,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 16–18 November, 2023.
Is anyone on this list going, and are you presenting or looking forward to
any kind of discussions or outcomes?
For those who aren't going, are there any hopes and recommendations on what
could be addressed at the conference?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023
While the site still says, "Our intention is to organize an event that
incorporates online elements, although a full hybrid event may not be
feasible within our current capacity," I don't believe a large set of
online activities are planned for those who cannot make it in real life. If
the organizers announce something different, please do let the list know.
Thanks,
-Andrew
Hi everyone,
*[Apologies for the crossover, I know some of you already saw this
message.]*
As Wikimedians in Residence, I know all of you are really interested in
structured data, data modeling, and visual knowledge on Wikimedia and so I
want to share with you two pieces of information (updates) related to the
Flickypedia <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia> project
that I think would be of interest to you.
This project is a partnership between the 501(c)(3) Flickr Foundation and
the Wikimedia Foundation, with the support of its Culture and Heritage
team. The goal is to revamp the Flickr2Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr2Commons> tool, which is
responsible for bringing millions of files from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons.
Here there are:
*1 - Flickypedia Licensing Framework*
The Flickypedia team published the Licensing Framework
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia/About> for the
tool. They are recommending that images marked as 'No Known Copyright
Restrictions' will not be eligible for use in Flickypedia because many
think that approach fails the project scope.
Another major concern is related to how copyright infringement can happen
with descriptive text being transferred between platforms. Directly copying
something that someone else has written to describe their pictures can be
seen as copyright infringement.
That are some other concerns on the page and a list of
activities Flickypedia is going to accomplish to encourage responsible
licensing, which includes backfilling the 10 million-plus already-uploaded
Flickr images.
Any thoughts, questions, or concerns from you about this topic would be
greatly appreciated here!
*2 - SDC modeling page*
The Flickypedia team has been writing and testing code for structured data
contributions, which they have shared on their modeling page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Flickypedia/Data_Modeling#A…>.
Your feedback would be extremely valuable here.
Please, let us know through the links I shared the opinions you have about
what has been happening so far. We believe your points of view would assist
the progress of the project a lot.
I'm also available for questions, thoughts, and sharing more information
about the project.
Thanks very much!
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
FYI,
Today the GLAM Wiki conference is having a pre-conf session on Zoom. The
last one had some good conversations around assessing the needs of the
Wikimedia GLAM community, so you may be interested in joining.
Happening Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 2pm UTC (10am US Eastern time)
"Towards the GLAM Wiki Conference". You can register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrc-iurz8iE9WbC1kiVnzXS974H-BhbS…
-Andrew