[Wikimedia Chapters Reports] Wikimedia Polska October-December 2009
Tomasz Ganicz
polimerek at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 00:32:54 UTC 2010
*Wikimedia Polska report: October-December 2009:*
Financial matters At the end of 2008: 146898.66 PLN (52230 USD, 35520
EUR)Expenditures
in 2009: around 150 000 PLN (53 000 USD, 36 000
EUR)[1]<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/October_December_2009#cite_note-0>
Income
in 2009: 296328.64 PLN (105 000 USD, 72 000
EUR)[2]<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/October_December_2009#cite_note-1>
Current
balance: 293600.30 PLN (103 000 USD, 71 000 EUR) 1% tax deducible donations1%
tax deducible donation season is finished. In 2009 we have collected around
260 000 PLN (92 000 USD, 64 000 EUR) which is 190 % more than in 2008
(136636.05 PLN). Meetings
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Meeting with Andrij Bondarenko from WMUKr
Multimedia Usability Project Meeting France Two members of Wikimedia Polska
(Polimerek and Yarl) attended the Multimedia Usability Project Meeting
France in 5-8.11.2009. We participated in several workshop groups.Meeting
with Andrij Bondarenko, president of Wikimedia Ukraina The meeting of
several wikipedians from Warsaw with president of Wikimedia Ukraina, Andrij
Bondarenko took place in Ganders Tea Room in Warsaw, 16 October 2009. It was
a good occasion to establish closer links between Wikimedia Polska and
Wikimedia Ukraina. It was also the first meeting of local Warsaw Wikipedia
team after several year's break.Petersburg On October 10, wikipedian Ency
represented Wikimedia Polska on Wiki-Conference Petersburg' 09 organized by
WMRU. He gave a lecture about Polish Wikipedia and Wikimedia Polska.Annual
Wikimedia Polska Conference 2010 Annual Wikimedia Polska Conference
2010<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Konferencja_Wikimedia_Polska_2010>mixed
with Wikimedia Polska General Assembly is about to take place in
Warsaw, on March 27-28, 2010. At the moment the conference is in its
planning stage. The Conference venue and accommodation sites were already
chosen and booked. Promotion
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Ency and PTJ - PTI award for Polish Wikipedia
Bulletin 3 issues of Wikimedia Polska bulletins were published
8/2009<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/8-2009_%2810%29>,
9/2009 <http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/9-2009_%2811%29> and
10/2009<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biuletyn/10-2009_%2812%29>
. Lecture during the Librarian Conference in Torun On October 7th,
Wikipedian Ency had a lecture "Wikimedia projects and Open Education
Resources. Differences and similarities" during The Methodological
Conference of teachers and school librarians "About reading books and not
only.." in Toruń.Polish Informatics Association's (PTI) award for
Wikipedia Polish
Informatics Association awarded Polish Wikipedia for being "the most
innovative web service in last decade". The award was received by wikipedian
Ency and PTJ during XXV Jubilee Autumn Meeting of PTI, which took place in
Mrągowo, on October 12-16.Lecture about Wikipedia in Warmia-Mazury Library On
November 18th, wikipedian Margoz had a lecture about Wikipedia and other
Wikimedia projects during the seminar "Open Education Resources"
[image: Public Domain 2009
Logo]<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logodziendomenypublicznej.svg>
Public Domain Day Public Domain Day was co-organized with members of
Coalition for Open Education. The event took place in National Library in
Warsaw, on December 30 and gathered around 40 participants. It was a mixture
of lectures and workshops about recognizing public domain content, using
free licenses and related issues.
[1]<http://koed.org.pl/dzien-domeny-publicznej/english/> Outreach
activities National In-Service Teacher Training Center Wikiacademy Wikiacademy
for librarians from Warsaw area was organized in cooperation with National
In-Service Teacher Training Center in Sulejówek, near Warsaw. Masti
conducted a workshop about Wikipedia editing for around 50 librarians and
teachers. The system of Wikipedia categorization of articles and quality
evaluation and management was discussed in details and compared with digital
librarian catalogues systems.Wikicontest A "Wikicontest" - a micro-grant
system for editors of Wikimedia projects analyzed 13 applications in 2009,
of which 12 were accepted, and the 1 was refused. 11 of the mirco-projects
are successfully continued and the 1 was suspended. The total sum of
accepted grants was 1638 PLN (600 USD, 400 EUR)Labstryk 2010 Labstryk
2010<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/LabPstryk_2010>is the project
initiated by Masur in cooperation with MPI-CBG Max Planck
Institute in Dresden. The idea is to take as many as possible good quality
pictures of biochemistry lab equipment which is poorly or not represented in
Wikimedia Commons. The project is about to happen in the first quarter of
2010.Wikifoto WikiFoto
2010<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiwarsztaty_fotograficzne>is the
workshop for Wikimedia photographers from Poland. The workshop is
about to take place in Lodz, on May 1-3 2010. Till now, the preliminary
meeting agenda was prepared, lecture rooms, and accommodation were
booked.Wikiexpedtion
2010 Wikiexpedtion 2010
<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiekspedycja_2010>is about to take
place just before Wikimania 2010 and cover the Kashubian
and Warmia areas. Actually, the project is in its planning stage. Others
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New office - just freshly furnished - not so large, but nice
Kul's visit in WarsawKul Takanao Wadhwa, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of
Business Development, visited Poland on 11-14 December; Polimerek and Masti
participated with him in Wirtualna Polska/Orange talks regarding mainly
Polish mirror of Wikipedia on Wirtualna Polska and future uses of Wikipedia
content on Orange mobile devices in Poland. Polimerek and Mast talked with
Kul about general issues regarding WMPL/Foundation/Orange/Wikimania
relationships.New tools server New tool server was launch at the end of
October. It is dedicated machine hired from OVH company. It has 8 GB RAM and
2 x 1 TB HD space. Except for launching bots and other editing tools it is
also host for test wiki, Polish Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Wiki,
Internal Wikimedia Polska wiki, Coalition for Open Education Wordpress based
web-service, and several related E-mail lists.wikipedia.pl domain After long
discussion it was decided to redirect wikipedia.pl domain (which is
registered by Wikimedia Polska) to search page directly maintained by WMPL.
The search page is based on Wikiwix engine and provides searching of polish,
cashubian and silesian Wikipedias, as well as Wikimedia Commons.New
employee On December we have hired a secretary to our new office. The
secretary is about to work for 4 hours per day (1/2 of full daily
employment). The secretary is a young lawyer just staring her attorney
training/scholarship. Among other experiences she was a treasuer of Amnesty
International Polska-Lodz's division, and a volunteer secretary of Polish
division of European Law Student's Association. See her personal info on
Wikimedia Polska wiki:
[2]<http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/U%C5%BCytkownik:J.stepien>New
office A new office is in its organizational stage. It is just a tiny - 12 m
2 room in newly renovated office building, located in nice, green area of
Lodz, second largest city in Poland. New bank account Due to the problems
with former bank, a new bank account was open, and the funds were gradually
transferred. The new bank account has easier on-line access and lower
operational costs. Press and media Mainstream media
- 2009-12-05 *Rzeczpospolita* - 3rd largest Polish daily newspaper -
"Knowledge does not depend on voting" - long interview with Paweł Jochymem -
a founder of Polish Wikipedia
(link<http://www.rp.pl/artykul/401574_Wiedza_nie_zalezy_od_glosowania.html>
)
- 2009-12-01 *Przekrój* - weekley news magazine (one of the biggest in
Poland) "Wikipedia is not shrinking", numer s. 8
- 2009-10-16 lookr.tv masti <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Masti>and
Sp5uhe <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sp5uhe> about privacy policy
in Wikimedia projects Część 1. <http://lookr.tv/player.php?id=1090> i część
2. <http://lookr.tv/player.php?id=1094>
Internet portals
- 2009-12-31 heise online
Polska<http://www.heise-online.pl/newsticker/news/item/26C3-goraca-debata-na-temat-jakosci-Wikipedii-894107.html>-
"26C3: gorąca debata na temat jakości Wikipedii"
- 2009-12-28 Deutsche
Welle<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,82232_cid_5065629,00.html>-
"Niemieckojęzyczna Wikipedia przekroczyła milion"
- 2009-12-28
webhosting.pl<http://webhosting.pl/Niemieckojezyczna.Wikipedia.ma.juz.ponad.milion.artykulow>-
"Niemieckojęzyczna Wikipedia ma już ponad milion artykułów"
- 2009-12-20
polskieradio.pl<http://www.polskieradio.pl/wiadomosci/internet/artykul127638.html>-
"Wikipedia dostała pół miliona dolarów w ciągu doby"
- 2009-12-13
gazeta.pl<http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,82011,7352769,Polskojezyczny_Wikislownik_teraz_bez_wandalizmow.html>-
"Polskojęzyczny Wikisłownik teraz bez wandalizmów"
- 2009-12-11
di.com.pl<http://di.com.pl/news/29781,0,Wersje_przejrzane_w_polskim_Wikislowniku.html>-
"Wersje przejrzane w polskim Wikisłowniku"
- 2009-12-10
chip.pl<http://www.chip.pl/news/internet-i-sieci/witryny-internetowe/2009/12/polskojezyczny-wikislownik-teraz-bez-wandalizmow>-
"Polskojęzyczny Wikisłownik teraz bez wandalizmów"
- 2009-12-04 rp.pl <http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,401574.html> - "Wiedza nie
zależy od głosowania"
- 2009-11-30
wyborcza.biz<http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,101562,7311483,A_jednak_jest_darmowy_lunch.html>Wojtek
Orliński, Witold Orłowski "A jednak jest darmowy lunch" - o ekonomii
i Wikipedii
- 2009-11-27
di.com.pl<http://di.com.pl/news/29626,0,Wikipedia_szuka_redaktorow_i_nie_umiera.html>-
"Wikipedia szuka redaktorów i nie umiera"
- 2009-11-27
komputerswiat.pl<http://www.komputerswiat.pl/nowosci/internet/2009/48/wikipedia-ma-problemy-z-redaktorami.aspx>-
"Czy Wikipedia ma problemy z redaktorami?"
- 2009-11-27
rp.pl<http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9102,398344_Wikipedia_nie_traci_redaktorow.html>-
"Wikipedia nie traci redaktorów?"
- 2009-11-26 Informatyka
wiki<http://pl.informatyka.wikia.com/index.php?title=InforNews:Wikipedia_traci_coraz_wi%C4%99cej_autor%C3%B3w&rcid=3367&redirect=no>-
Wikipedia traci coraz więcej autorów
- 2009-11-26
dobreprogramy.pl<http://www.dobreprogramy.pl/Wikipedia-traci-coraz-wiecej-autorow,Aktualnosc,15515.html>-
"Wikipedia traci coraz więcej autorów"
- 2009-11-26
chip.pl<http://www.chip.pl/news/wydarzenia/trendy/2009/11/czy-to-koniec-wikipedii>-
"Czy to koniec Wikipedii?"
- 2009-11-25
gazeta.pl<http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80277,7296188,Wikipedia_masowo_traci_swych_redaktorow.html>-
"Wikipedia masowo traci swych redaktorów"
- 2009-11-23
heise-online.pl<http://www.heise-online.pl/newsticker/news/item/Wikipedia-coraz-mniej-autorow-866538.html>-
"Wikipedia: coraz mniej autorów"
- 2009-11-20
chip.pl<http://www.chip.pl/artykuly/trendy/2009/11/wikipedia-encyklopedia-ktora-powstaje-za-darmo>-
"Wikipedia - encyklopedia, która powstaje za darmo"
- 2009-11-18
di.com.pl<http://di.com.pl/news/29541,1,0,Buzdygan_po_raz_drugi_przegral_z_Wikimedia.html>-
"Buzdygan po raz drugi przegrał z Wikimedią"
- 2009-11-17
prw.pl<http://www.prw.pl/articles/view/14013/wyrok-ws-wpisu-do-wikipedii-prawomocny-posluchaj>-
"Wyrok ws. wpisu do Wikipedii prawomocny"
- 2009-11-17
gazeta.pl<http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35751,7262671,Nie_dostanie_odszkodowania_od_Wkipedii_za__trolla_.html>-
"Nie dostanie odszkodowania od Wikipedii za "trolla""
- 2009-11-14
chip.pl<http://www.chip.pl/news/wydarzenia/prawo-i-polityka/2009/11/zabojca-ktory-nie-chce-wystepowac-w-wikipedii>-
"Zabójca, który nie chce występować w Wikipedii"
- 2009-11-13
gazeta.pl<http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,82011,7251469,Morderca_chce_usuniecia_jego_nazwiska_z_Wikipedii.html>-
"Morderca chce usunięcia jego nazwiska z Wikipedii"
- 2009-11-05
NaszeMiasto.pl<http://wielkopolska.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/64627,pila-kogo-razi-pulkownik-w-wikipedii,id,t.html?kategoria=687>-
"PIŁA - Kogo razi pułkownik w Wikipedii?"
- 2009-10-18
wyborcza.pl<http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,7157495,Torysi_walcza_o_Kaminskiego_w_internecie.html>"Torysi
walczą o Kamińskiego w internecie"
- 2009-10-16 Wirtualna
Polska<http://tech.wp.pl/kat,1009789,title,Kieszonkowa-elektroniczna-Wikipedia-offline,wid,11595237,wiadomosc.html>-
"Kieszonkowa elektroniczna Wikipedia"
- 2009-10-14
Newsweek<http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/nauka/wikipedia-w-kieszeni,47251,1>-
Wikipedia w kieszeni
- 2009-10-13
Bankier.pl<http://www.bankier.pl/lifestyle/wiadomosc/Wikipedia-w-kieszeni-2031675.html>-
Wikipedia w kieszeni
--
Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html
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