[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [Announce-l] Wikimédia France report for July - December 2010

Wed Mar 23 08:31:15 UTC 2011

Wow Adrienne,

thanks a lot for the helpful overview. It is very enlighting for
understanding what WMFR has been doing!

Best,

Lodewijk

2011/3/23 Adrienne Alix <adrienne.alix at gmail.com>

> Dear Chapters,
>
> Please find below the chapter report of Wikimédia France for July, August,
> September, October, November and December 2010.
>
> It is also available on Meta <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_France/2010-07-12
> >
>
> == Partnerships ==
>
> === French National Library − BnF ===
>
> After several years of talks, a partnership was concluded between Wikimédia
> France and the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
> Signed in April 2010, it consisted of two parts. First, an experiment in
> collaborative proofreading taking place on Wikisource, with the donation of
> 1400 books in the public domain, including scans and OCR text (automatically
> generated during the digitization process and prone to many errors,
> especially with old texts). Second, the exploitation of the authority files
> of the Library on Wikimedia projects.
>
> A team of three chapter members undertook the technical work. Three board
> members oversaw their work, acting as a steering committee, and interfaced
> with the Library staff; one acted as a Library Science and Wikisource
> advisor. Their work consisted in an extensive study of the formats used by
> the BnF and on Wikisource, and in the design and creation of a production
> line for the material. This line had to be able to sustain the sheer load of
> 1400 books, and handled the analysis and processing of metadata, format
> conversions, smart trimming and cropping of the scans, and preparation of a
> deliverable for the final upload to Wikimedia Commons. Because of the number
> and size of books, the actual upload was requested to WMF system
> administrator Tim Starling and was done in July.
>
> After that, the team produced various documents, help pages, project
> reports for the chapter, and a progress report. This last document contains
> fairly advanced statistical analysis of the characteristics of the
> proofreaders body, and the work done, making use of mathematical tools to
> measure the amount of work accomplished during the proofreading process.
>
> See the the hub-page on Meta <
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BnF_%E2%88%92_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_cooperation_project
> >
>
> === City of Toulouse ===
>
> As part of the partnership with the City of Toulouse, signed in October
> 2010, two projects were undertaken with local cultural institutions.
>
> The first one, named Phœbus project, was with the Muséum of Toulouse. It
> involved mobilizing Wikimedians to take high-quality photographs of objects
> in the non-permanent collections of paleontology and prehistory. The
> photographs taken in June by volunteers Rama and Ludovic were uploaded in
> November, and join the ones uploaded by Didier Descouens in April.
>
> More than 450 documents are available on Wikimedia Commons, many of which
> were assessed Featured Pictures, Quality Images or Valued Images.
>
> See on Wikimedia Commons the project page <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Projet_Phoebus>
> and the images <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Supported_by_Projet_Phoebus>
>
> The second project involved the Archives of the City of Toulouse, who
> contributed digitised photographs by its former curator, French naturalist,
> mountaineer, geologist and photographer Eugène Trutat. A Wikimédia France
> volunteer processed the extensive metadata provided by the Archives, in
> order to fit it into Wikimedia Commons auto-translated templates and provide
> accurate categorisation.
>
> The 200 resulting files hit Commons in December.
>
> See on Wikimedia Commons the project page <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Archives_municipales_de_Toulouse
> >
> the images <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fonds_Trutat_-_Archives_municipales_de_Toulouse
> >
> and brief Signpost coverage <
> http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-10/News_and_notes#In_brief
> >
>
> == Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 ==
>
> On 3–4 December,  Wikimédia France organised the « Rencontres Wikimédia
> 2010 » in Paris, in an annex of the Palais Bourbon, the building of the
> French National Assembly. The event aimed to gather "as many cultural actors
> as possible to discuss new online collaborative practices and opportunities
> to take free access to culture a step further". The conference was part of
> the Glam-Wiki series, and included a series of talks and panels given by
> wikimedians, professionals from the cultural sector, local representatives,
> and representatives of government cultural agencies.
>
> See the detailed Signpost coverage <
> http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-13/Rencontres_Wikimédia
> >
> and Wikimédia France blog posts<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/tag/rencontres-wikimedia-2010>
>
> == Activities ==
> === Participation to international Wikimedia events ===
>
> ==== GlamWiki UK ====
> Five members of the chapter and staff Bastien Guerry attended the GlamWiki
> conference in London. They gave two talks, about the partnership with the
> French National Library and about the partnership with the City of Toulouse.
>
> ==== Wikimania 2010 ====
> Twelve chapter members (including four board members and one staff)
> attended the conference in Gdańsk in July.
>
> === Presentations, conferences, workshops  ===
>
> ==== Novela Festival ====
>
> On October 2nd, the partnership between Wikimédia France and the City of
> Toulouse was made public and signed during the inauguration of the “digital”
> side of the Novela, the festival of shared knowledge. During the whole
> afternoon, we showed the public the genesis and the contents of the
> partnership which ties us to the City of Toulouse, and took that opportunity
> to raise awareness about free dissemination of knowledge.
>
> The afternoon began with the signature of the partnership, between Pierre
> Cohen, Mayor of Toulouse, and Wikimédia France. It continued with joint
> presentations of institutional actors of this partnership and Wikimedians
> involved.
>
> Didier Descouens, president of the Institut Picot de Lapeyrouse,
> paleontology enthusiast, Wikimedian and a driving force behind this
> partnership since 2009, presented the terms and the value of the
> partnership. Pierre Gastou and Catherine Bernard, from the Archives of the
> City of Toulouse, presented their vision of the partnership involving
> uploading on Wikimedia Commons a collection of photographs from Eugène
> Trutat, taken in the early twentieth century. Pierre Gastou presented Eugène
> Trutat and the collection (ethnography and daily life, collections of the
> Museum of Toulouse and monuments) and their historical significance.
> Catherine Bernard explained how this partnership is part of a wider project
> of digitisation and connection between archives and the Internet.
>
> Wikimedian Rama presented Wikimedia Commons, explaining the organisation of
> the project, what it contains and how to contribute, and demonstrated the
> importance of free and open licenses for the dissemination of culture. He
> relied particularly on the report that Wikimédia France provided two years
> ago to the Ministry of Culture on the subject. Ludovic Péron ended the
> afternoon by showing the work done on the Wikimedia projects about the
> historical monuments, and the rise of this project bringing together more
> and more Wikimedians. It aims to identify, photograph, geotag and describe
> as many historical monuments as possible, in France and abroad, to provide a
> coherent and reusable body of knowledge.
>
> ==== Other events ====
>
> RMLL − July 2010, Bordeaux
> As every year since 2005, Wikimedia France was at the ''Rencontres
> mondiales du logiciel libre'' in Bordeaux, from July 6 to 10. Nojhan gave a
> 20 minute talk titled "What's really in Wikipedia?" (''« Qu’y a-t-il
> vraiment dans Wikipédia ? »''), and several members held the booth during
> five days.
>
> JMLL − September 2010, Rouen
> During the ''Journée Mondiales du Logiciel Libre'', David gave a talk about
> the MediaWiki software and how it can be used, with the example of the
> Wikimedia projects.
>
> Grande Braderie − September 2010, Lille
> several members held a display and answered queries at the world's biggest
> open air market
>
> 9e forum E-culture − September 2010, Lausanne
> Florence Devouard presented Wikipedia at the ''9e forum E-culture'' in
> Lausanne, on September 8, 2010. The meeting was about "''Netizenship -
> citoyenneté numérique et cyberintimidation''"
>
> Bibliothèque du Chesnay − September 2010, Chesnay
> Thierry gave a conference on Wikipedia on September 21, 2010 followed on
> Saturday and Wednesdsay by two workshops by Benjamin et Thierry.
>
> Open-air conference
> On September 29 2010, asked by local association "Carrefour culturel Arnaud
> Bernard" (by the name of a city district), Adrienne Alix gave an open-air
> talk, right in the district square; many passers-by stopped to listen to the
> conference.
>
> Festival des sciences − October 2010, Acigné
> Nicolas gave a talk in October at the multimedia library of Acigné
> (Ille-et-Vilaine), as part of ''Festival des sciences'' ("Science
> festival"). The conference was followed by a workshop, with four other
> chapter members helping the attendees.
>
> Ubuntu Party − November 2010
> In Paris, several members held a booth and answered queries during the
> Ubuntu Party. Thierry gave a presentation about Wikipedia, and Aude held a
> workshop for middle-school students as part of a project to help young
> people understand the Internet.
> In Toulouse, four members held a booth on Saturday 20, and Adrienne gave a
> talk titled 'Beyond software: free licenses as a mean to disseminate
> culture"
>
> Talk at the CEMAF − November 2010, Paris
> As part of an ongoing project with the ''Centre d'études des mondes
> africains'', a CNRS laboratory, Kropotkine_113 gave a talk to researchers
> and PhD students. The CEMAF members are looking into contributing to
> Wikipedia, and the chapter will help by holding workshops in 2011.
>
> Contact with the IT department of the multimedia libraries of Paris −
> November 2010, Paris
> Following several contacts with the multimedia libraries of Paris, Julien
> presented the Wikimedia projects and the chapter works to the IT department.
>
> Congrès RESTART − November 2010, Lisboa (Portugal)
> Florence gave a keynote during the APDC<http://congresso10.apdc.pt/>, as
> part of the session "Digital Natives & Crowd Sourcing".
>
> == Media interventions ==
> *October 23 : Thierry was invited on national radio network RTL for a radio
> debate. It was moderated by journalist and author Patrick Poivre d'Arvor,
> and the other invitee was the director of Who's Who. The talk lasted for
> about ten minutes, and was focused on the issues with Biographies of living
> persons on Wikipedia
> *December 5 : Florence Devouard was invited on TV show ''Vivement
> dimanche'' on France 2 <http://youtu.be/-66RWWVGfqI>, presented by Michel
> Drucker and with politician François Bayrou.
> *December 20 : Adrienne Alix talked about the fundraiser on national radio
> network Europe 1
>
> == Workgroups ==
>
> === Strengthening of communication with members ===
> At the end of the year, a taskforce was set up to focus on writing the
> monthly newsletter to the chapter members. It also contributes to the
> chapter annual report, due to be published early 2011.
>
> === Promotional documents ===
> A complete revamp of the promotional documents was undertaken this year. It
> gained great momentum when Benoît Evellin worked for the chapter as part of
> an internship during the month of August. Most of the work was wrapped-up
> for the Rencontres Wikimédia.
>
> The documents created include:
> *leaflets for Wikimédia France and for each Wikimedia project ;
> *a booklet aiming to introduce the chapter, the Wikimedia projects and
> previous  partnerships  to institutions ;
> *a small reference guide summing up in 10 key-points how to edit Wikipedia
> ;
> *chapter business cards.
>
> === Photographs & accreditations ===
>
> ==== Photo workshop in Paris ====
>
> On September 4 and 5, 2010, a photo workshop organised by Rama, and
> financially supported by the chapter, was held in the Cité des Sciences et
> de l'Industrie in Paris. The workshop was primarily intended for Wikipedia
> and Commons contributors to share their experiences, but was also open to
> the general public. The event gathered around thirty people, mainly
> Wikimedians, and was livetweeted with the hashtag #wikiphoto.
>
> On the first afternoon, several Commons contributors gave presentations on
> specific aspects of photography. Inisheer taught the basics of photographic
> composition; Ceridwen talked about licenses and personality rights; esby
> explained the techniques used to create panoramas. As part of a "Museum"
> track, Jastrow made a general presentation about museum photography, and Zil
> focused on techniques used to take pictures of paintings. The last track was
> about photojournalism, with Rama and Ceridwen talking about concert
> photography and Ludo29 and Inisheer about sport events.
>
> On the second day, after Ludo29 explained how to begin with a digital
> reflex camera, several workshops were held, about various subjects such as
> image editing, panoramas or macrophotography. In the afternoon, the
> contributors strode the streets of Paris, trying out their new-found
> knowledge, particularly on listed historical monuments. Some of the pictures
> taken can be found on Wikimedia Commons. As many more contributors were
> interested and as early feedback is very positive, a new edition is already
> being planned.
>
> See Wikimédia France blog post <
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/4-septembre-un-atelier-photographie-pour-commons-1878
> >
> and Signpost coverage <
> http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-10-04/News_and_notes#In_brief
> >
>
> ==== North Cape raid ====
>
> In July, members Ludovic and Fanny took part in the "Raid Paris – Cap
> Nord", a photographic challenge where competitors are ranked by a jury on
> the basis of the pictures they take during the trip. The journey starts in
> Paris, goes through Finland, Sweden and Norway, up to North Cape in Norway,
> the northernmost point of Europe, and ends back in Paris. Over the four
> weeks, the raiders drove 12,000 km in a car branded with the logos of
> Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikimédia France. The French chapter
> provided financial support.
>
> See Signpost coverage <
> http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-09-20/News_and_notes#Paris_to_Cape_North_.22raid.22:_300_nordic_images_for_Commons
> >
> and Wikimédia France blog post <
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/la-wikimobile-vers-le-cap-nord-1822>
>
> ==== Other events ====
> The chapter helped with getting accreditations for members for many events.
>
> *Festival de Cornouaille − July 2010, Quimper
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festival_de_Cornouaille_2010>
> *Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe − June, Paris
> <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_made_by_courtesy_of_the_Bibliothèque_Sainte-Barbe
> >
> *O Tour de la Bulle − September 2010, Montpellier
> <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festival_BD_O_Tour_de_la_Bulle_-_Montpellier_2010
> >
> *Mondial de l'automobile − October 2010, Paris
> <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mondial_de_l%E2%80%99Automobile_de_Paris_2010
> >
> - Masquer le texte des messages précédents -
> *Toulouse Game Show − November 2010, Toulouse
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Toulouse_Game_Show_2010>
>
> === Fundraising ===
>
> Wikimedia France participated in the annual fundraiser of the Wikimedia
> movement.
>
> All revenue data mentionned below are (good) approximations.
>
> November 2010
> *Total amount fundraised : 241 171 euros
> *Total number of donations : 6196 (including 254 in checks)
> December 2010
> *Total amount fundraised : 227 422 euros
> *Total number of donations : 5382 (including 418 in checks)
> January 2011
> *Total amount fundraised : 22 775 euros
> *Total number of donations : 619 (including 116 in checks)
>
> Fundraising was organised largely with volunteers, with the administrative
> support of a freelance secretary, Elisabeth (who has been working for
> Wikimédia France since the summer of 2009).
>
> Wikimédia France does not use (yet) a CRM such as CiviCRM (data is
> collected using a spreadsheet).
>
> Link to the donation platform <http://dons.wikimedia.fr/dons.php
> http://dons.wikimedia.fr/dons.php>
>
> == Wikimédia France blog posts summary ==
> === July ===
> The Wikimobile towards North Cape <
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/la-wikimobile-vers-le-cap-nord-1822
> The Royal Cup bridges Wikipedia and the British Museum<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-rencontre-le-british-museum-autour-de-la-coupe-dor-royale-1837>
>
> Wikisource gains books donated by the BnF<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikisource-senrichit-de-livres-donnes-par-la-bnf-1820
> >
>
> === August ===
> September 4: a photo workshop for Wikimedia Commons<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/4-septembre-un-atelier-photographie-pour-commons-1878
> >
>
> === September ===
> Google Health Speaks – Google wants to translate Wikipedia articles about
> health in Arab, Indian and Swahili<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/google-health-speaks-google-veut-traduire-des-articles-de-wikipedia-sur-la-sante-en-arabe-indien-et-swahili-1912
> >
> National monuments have pride of place on the Dutch-language Wikipedia <
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-monuments-nationaux-a-l%E2%80%99honneur-sur-la-wikipedia-en-neerlandais-2-1941
> >
> Enriching Wikipedia: the European Heritage Days<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/enrichir-wikipedia-les-journees-europeennes-du-patrimoine-1974
> >
> Wikimedia Foundation: various information <
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/informations-diverses-1952>
> Wikimédia France welcomed at the Sainte-Barbe Library<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-accueillie-a-la-bibliotheque-universitaire-sainte-barbe-1998
> >
> Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 take place on December 3 and 4 at the 101 rue de
> l’Université (Paris)<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-rencontres-wikimedia-2010-cest-le-3-et-4-decembre-au-101-rue-de-luniversite-paris-2032
> >
> Live-watch the creation of the millionth article of the French speaking
> Wikipedia!<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/assistez-en-direct-a-la-creation-du-millionieme-article-en-francais-de-wikipedia-2104
> >
> Wikipedia reaches one million articles in French!<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-atteint-un-million-darticles-en-francais-2027
> >
>
> === October ===
> Umberto Eco, Wikipedia, and collaborative editing<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/umberto-eco-wikipedia-et-l%e2%80%99edition-collaborative-2129
> >
> Wikimédia France signs an agreement with the City of Toulouse<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-signe-un-accord-avec-la-ville-de-toulouse-2161
> >
> The Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 website is live<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/le-site-des-rencontres-wikimedia-2010-est-en-ligne-2165
> >
> Wikimédia France at the Novela: recap of the partnership with the City of
> Toulouse<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-a-la-novela-retour-sur-le-partenariat-avec-toulouse-2177
> >
> Rencontres Wikimédia 2010: subscriptions opening<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-ouverture-des-inscriptions-2225
> >
>
> === November ===
> GLAM-WIKI:UK conference announcement<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/annonce-de-la-conference-glam-wikiuk-2267>
> Open Street Map appears on Wikipedia articles<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/osm-apparait-sur-wikipedia-2256>
> Wikipedia, Michel Houellebecq and the ''droit d’auteur'' (copyright).<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-michel-houellebecq-et-le-droit-dauteur-2290
> >
>
> === December ===
> Wikimédia France at GLAM-WIKI:UK<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-a-levenement-glam-wikiuk-2281>
>
> ==== Rencontres Wikimedia 2010 series ====
> Event introduction<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-introduction-aux-journees-2372
> >
> Wikimedia projects presentation<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-presentation-des-projets-wikimedia-2379
> >
> Presentation of Wikimedia and its objectives for 2015<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-presentation-de-wikimedia-et-de-ses-objectifs-pour-2015-2378
> >
> The partnership with the French National Library<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-le-partenariat-entre-wikimedia-france-et-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-2391
> >
> Cultural partnerships with Wikimedia in the world<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-partenariats-culturels-avec-wikimedia-dans-le-monde-2389
> >
> The partnership between Wikimédia France and Toulouse<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-le-partenariat-entre-toulouse-et-wikimedia-france-2397
> >
>
> National monuments on Wikipedia: outcome of Wiki Loves Monuments<
> http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-monuments-nationaux-sur-wikipedia-bilan-de-wiki-loves-monuments-2405
> >
>
> == Contributors ==
> * Contributors to the monthly newsletter in French (from which this report
> is derived) in July-August-September-October-November-December: Bzg,
> Jean-Frédéric, Ash Crow, Thesupermat, Trizek, VIGNERON, Ludo29, Bapti,
> Zetud, Serein, (:Julien:), TCY, Crochet.david, David Berardan, Kropotkine
> 113, Gdgourou, Citron, Pymouss, O2
> * Contributors to this chapter report : Jean-Frédéric, Bapti, Ofol,
> Gribeco, Anthere, notafish
>
>
> --
> Adrienne Alix
> Présidente | Wikimedia France
> adrienne.alix at wikimedia.fr | 06.33.40.70.80
> http://www.wikimedia.fr
>
>
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