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GLAM Newsletter time - August 2023 activities
by Andrew Lih 06 Sep '23

06 Sep '23

FYI, The deadline for the GLAM Newsletter is approaching. Fill in your activities here: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -Andrew

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Post Wikimania thoughts
by Andrew Lih 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

Hi all, Wikimania hosted a robust conversation around the areas of interest to WREN folks. I'm listing a few thoughts here but encourage anyone to share your insights to this list. Some links in the meantime: 1. There was a great WREN panel at Wikimania with good attendance, hosted by Florence Devouard. Mike Dickison's closing thoughts were powerful. Session description: https://eventyay.com/e/8f889410/session/8611 Full video: https://www.youtube.com/live/r6J_vNbWLY8?si=zirP0vtsHcyxbYPC&t=8633 Mike's comments on fixing and supporting metrics or WiR will "disappear" - https://www.youtube.com/live/r6J_vNbWLY8?si=AyebgvYZrCN2Gm3K&t=10065 2. There is currently a very involved conversation on the GLAM Wiki Telegram group about how to fix the metrics and other parts of the toolchain. It's long, but there is widespread interest in keeping this momentum going. https://t.me/c/1723589369/2842 Thanks all. -Andrew

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Bianca's work as First Nations Wikipedian in Residence
by James Gaunt 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Hi all, I know a lot of you were keen to hear more about Bianca's work as First Nations Wikipedian in Residence for Wikimedia Australia. She was improving information about First Nations music and musicians, using the resources available at State Library of Queensland. She has completed her initial residency there, and we have now extended it as a remote residency so she can build on the skills she's learnt over the past couple of months. Please read her blog post about her experience here: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/My_Experience_as_First_Nations_Wikipedian_in_… Unfortunately, most of the images used in the article can't be added to Commons so we won't be reposting this one to Diff. Cheers -- *James Gaunt* (he/him) Communications and Project Coordinator – Wikimedia Australia james.gaunt(a)wikimedia.org.au +61 412 401 512 www.wikimedia.org.au Wikimedia Australia is an independent charitable organisation which supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands upon which we live, work and share knowledge.

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Re: Activities in the National Library of Singapore in Wikimania
by Geoff Barker 22 Jul '23

22 Jul '23

Hi - I have just rehistered for this year's event and as Chair of the Wikipedia working group at the State Library NSW would be interested in partnering up with someone at the National Library to discuss wiki projects. Best Geoff.

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Wikimania discussion
by Florence Devouard 21 Jul '23

21 Jul '23

Hello everyone So the Wikimania programme has now been published. I summarized the key information about it on the submission page. * https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions/Learn_and_dis… So we do have 30 mn. Here is my suggestion. Given the time ---> no presentation... only discussion open with the audience. We open the session with a 2 mn intro. We can present one another in one minute (local and distance if they are - Z or John or others. But keep in mind the timezone is favorable to early wakers Europeans and late sleepers North Americans) Then open questions from the room and answers. We will close with suggestions to connect (mailing list, meta page, other relevant sessions such as the UN one which comes after). You guys make sure to have your contacts ready. Let's prepare a bunch of questions in advance. If the room is hot, we can rely on their questions. If the room is cold... then I'll make sure some of the best questions are asked :) *TODO (anyone, please feel free to help)* 1. Add a collection of interesting links to the proposition (if you have ideas, please do complete the section about Links... ongoing current project, a diff article, a newsletter link, last year video about WREN etc.) 2. Review and complete your small profile description (make sure people do connect you to your institution and find out how to contact you. Also if you give another related presentation, please do mention it) I'll do mine later today as an example if you hate white pages. 3. On the etherpad, please do suggest questions to ask the panel : https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WiRs2023-2030 PS : James, I answer you separately Flo

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Re: WREN or GLAM Wiki panel for Wikimania?
by Savannah Cragin 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Hi Flo & all, I would be very interested in collaborating on a shared proposal to Wikimania this year. A panel seems like a great idea. I have not been very involved on the listserv and with the WREN group (apologies!), but as a refresher, I work with the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative to engage scholars in writing studies (i.e. rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies) to edit Wikipedia as a form of public scholarship. Cheers, Savannah

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Re: Wren Digest, Vol 44, Issue 5
by Savannah Cragin 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Hi Florence and all, I will also not be able to attend, but happy to collaborate in an online format. Thanks for organizing! Cheers, Savannah On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 12:18 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. Re: WREN panel for Wikimania. Will you be there ? (Michaela Blanc) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:18:00 -0400 > From: Michaela Blanc <ab.michaela(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wren] Re: WREN panel for Wikimania. Will you be there ? > To: Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network > <wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > Message-ID: > <CAKJ2EvOQhLt_ARhiMi5huW3uVx_UocuqBVQ3zv= > b-EU1Uiyriw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000268ef405fe8065a0" > > This is great, Florence! Congratulations. > > Unfortunately, I won't be present at Wikimania - I also applied for a > scholarship without success - but can happily collaborate with folks in an > online initiative. > > Very best, > Michaela > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 6:25 AM Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> wrote: > > > Thank you for the nice news Florance! > > > > I remain interested to contribute in whichever form I can and was even to > > help with in local onsite organizing with professional connection I have > to > > Art+Science Museum in Singapore to maybe do activity there...however > during > > my organizing of Queering Wikipedia 2023 days (as I lost control over > email > > flux) I got negative reply to my scholarship and I only saw it very > > recently. > > > > I am personally disapointed considering the presented 3 themes > (Diversity. > > Collaboration. Future.) and the fact that I never attended, have no > > national or other affiliates in both Croatia and Bosnia&Herzegovina, > that I > > was not selected even for partial scholarship waiting list and given any > > elaboration... that just feels very strange and alienating. > > I would really look for lists of distribution of participants, their > > actual diversity, collaboration extent and 2030 engagement. > > > > Anyway hope others got it better and have more options to fund their > > travel and stay. > > I will follow up with online participation plan unless something changes. > > I would encourage others who want to coordinate for online-only access > > also to get in touch. > > > > Best Z. Blace > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 11:38 AM Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello friends > >> > >> > >> It is my honor and my privilege to inform you that our WREN panel at > >> Wikimania has been accepted ! > >> > >> Yooohooo ! > >> > >> > >> > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions/Learn_and_dis… > >> > >> So to make things move forward, we first need to know who will then > >> actually be attending Wikimania in person. > >> I put nice little boxes for you to directly indicate whether you will be > >> joining the panel, directly on the wiki. > >> > >> *Please edit the wiki directly* (this will be a nice way to have the > >> usernames collected) by checking your box "yes". Do not forget to > log-in... > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> Anthere > >> > >> > >> Le 28/03/2023 à 10:55, Željko Blaće a écrit : > >> > >> Thank you for leading on this. > >> > >> I made small changes on Wiki page, but considering the notice there... > >> > >> The following is a mirror of what are publicly available details of > >> submission made at the call for proposal platform, Pretalx > >> <https://pretalx.com/wm2023/cfp>. Any changes here may be overwritten > by > >> a bot while syncing updates from Pretalx. Changes are monitored and may > be > >> updated into Pretalx if they do not change the context of the submission > >> (i.e. correcting typographical errors). > >> > >> ...it will be overwritten soon? ;-p > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:58 AM Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> -------- Message transféré -------- > >>> Sujet : Re: [Wren] Re: WREN or GLAM Wiki panel for Wikimania? > >>> Date : Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:58:14 +0200 > >>> De : Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > >>> Pour : Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network > >>> <wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org> <wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, James Gaunt > >>> <james.gaunt(a)wikimedia.org.au> <james.gaunt(a)wikimedia.org.au> > >>> > >>> Hello > >>> > >>> > >>> 24 hours left > >>> > >>> Here is the proposition : > >>> > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions/Learn_and_dis… > >>> > >>> > >>> If there are elements to add and to update, this should be done within > >>> 24 hours > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Flo > >>> > >>> > >>> Le 19/03/2023 à 23:37, James Gaunt a écrit : > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm still keen to be involved, but I will be away from Wednesday this > >>> week until mid-April and I won't be checking emails. So I probably > can't be > >>> much help around the application process. > >>> > >>> Regardless, I'll be at Wikimania, so if there's still a possibility of > >>> joining this panel I'll be there and can check in with everyone when I > get > >>> back. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> *James Gaunt* (he/him) > >>> > >>> Communications and Project Coordinator – Wikimedia Australia > >>> james.gaunt(a)wikimedia.org.au > >>> > >>> +61 412 401 512 > >>> www.wikimedia.org.au > >>> Wikimedia Australia is an independent charitable organisation which > >>> supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. We > >>> acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands upon which we live, > >>> work and share knowledge. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 1:04 AM Nicolas VIGNERON < > >>> vigneron.nicolas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I'm still uncertain if I will come or not (tbh, it will mainly depend > >>>> on if I've got a scholarship or not) but if I'm here, I'll be glad to > share > >>>> my experience (like Martin, including the use of Wikidata). > >>>> > >>>> Cdlt, > >>>> Nicolas > >>>> > >>>> Le ven. 17 mars 2023 à 12:12, Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com> > >>>> a écrit : > >>>> > >>>>> Ok, > >>>>> > >>>>> This is great that we have so much interest :) - And I hope the > cheese > >>>>> will come too... > >>>>> > >>>>> Unless wrong, we currently have amongst the interested > >>>>> * Florence, WIPO WIR > >>>>> * Lane Raspberry > >>>>> * Blace > >>>>> * Savannah Cragin : CCCC Wikipedia Initiative to engage scholars in > >>>>> writing studies (i.e. rhetoric, composition, technical communication, > >>>>> literacy, and language studies) to edit Wikipedia as a form of public > >>>>> scholarship. > >>>>> * James Gaunt : Wikimedia Australia's residencies. > >>>>> https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedian_In_Residence_Wrap_Up > >>>>> * Martin Poulter : The two distinctive angles I have to offer are > >>>>> that 1) my residency is now explicitly about culturally diversifying > >>>>> Wikimedia projects- not just about the host institution’s > collections. 2) > >>>>> using Wikidata queries to support my work on Wikipedia, e.g. to find > >>>>> translations into other languages of articles I’ve written. > >>>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/khalili > >>>>> * Pierre-Yves Beaudouin if he attends Wikimania > >>>>> * Hugo Lopez : part of a project from the Ministry of higher > >>>>> education and research: the ministry is funding 3 WIR per year in 3 > big > >>>>> universities + 1 coordinator at Wikimédia France. This project > started last > >>>>> month. > >>>>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/khalili> > >>>>> > >>>>> This is a link to what we did last year (online) : > >>>>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_in_Residence_Exchange_Network/W… > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks Blace for starting the pad. Much appreciated (I have been > dying > >>>>> in my bed from Covid for the last 2 days...) > >>>>> I copy paste on it my small summary from above > >>>>> > >>>>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WiRs2023-2030 > >>>>> > >>>>> Please start adding your names and let's continue the conversation... > >>>>> > >>>>> Flo > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > > Wren mailing list -- wren(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wren-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > -- > *Michaela A. Blanc / *she, her, ela > M.A. Museum Studies/Museum Education, Tufts University > B.A. Art History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) > Co-founder: NaPupila - Curatorial Collective, napupila.com.br > Current: > 2023 Wikimedian in Residence (WIR), Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) > 2022-2023 Regional Ambassador, Art+Feminism, New York & Brazil >

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milestone(s) to be celebrated...
by Željko Blaće 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

This really brings joy *(and hope)... https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Announcing_our_First_Nations_Wikipedian_In_Re… Thank you Wikimedia Australia for doing it! Thank you Julia for adding it to MS2023 Forum, though it was not the summary made exclusively for it. Best Z. p.s. should be published/discussed also on: Meta, Wikimedia-L, DIFF...

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Open Call for Wikimedians-in-Residency @Timelab.org until May 20th
by Željko Blaće 15 May '23

15 May '23

Dear All, It is my honor to announce a new residency opportunity, with my former (artistic) residency host Timelab.org in Ghent, Belgium. They got enthusiastic over Wikis in our recent work and would commit their resources to start the WiR for August-October 2023. https://timelab.org/events/1553-Open-Call-for-Wikimedians-in-Residency Please consider to read, give inputs and forward, as well as to apply by May 20th! Best wishes - Z. Blace

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The problems with Wikimedia metrics
by Andrew Lih 27 Apr '23

27 Apr '23

Hi WREN and GLAM folks, I need your insights into what could be a very problematic year for us in the GLAM wiki community, as our metrics tools to measure our impact are in crisis and disrepair. If you have any insights, please do share them here, or in the GLAM Wiki Telegram group where this conversation started happening recently. I sent a "HELP!" message to the Wikimedia SE content partnerships help desk just the other day, included below, and hope this may be useful to start a conversation. If there is enough interest, we might want to start a wiki page to formally document our needs as a GLAM wiki community. Thanks. -Andrew ---- To: help(a)wikimedia.se I'd like to formally employ the Helpdesk's services in getting some care and attention to BaGLAMa2. It seems to have been failing since the end of last year, and even then, it was reporting extremely low figures for all categories. This is one of the few tools we have in the GLAM wiki community to measure impact and to make the case for sustaining our work. https://glamtools.toolforge.org/baglama2/ Without these basic metrics, 2023 could prove to be a disastrous year for continuing efforts. So far, we have been unable to report good, reliable numbers to folks such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Smithsonian Institution. Other on-demand tools such as Glamorgan usually cannot handle such large category trees, and also have their own problems with not being able to read the pageviews API numbers accurately, which is another issue in itself. https://glamtools.toolforge.org/glamorgan.html In short - help! How can we get this on the radar screen of people who can put more care, attention, and resources into this? Thanks. -Andrew

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