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/2024-2...
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- Wiki Loves Monuments has been certified as the world's largest photography contest, but the software to support it is out of date and needs updating.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
love you andrew https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2...
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:28 AM Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
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/2024-2...
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photography contest, but the software to support it is out of date and needs updating.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
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