Hi all
I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG
grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence>
.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…
I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, the main objectives are :
*1. Train UNESCO and its partner organisations to contribute to Wikimedia
projects*: Provide UNESCO and its partners with the skills, tools,
resources and connections to contribute to Wikimedia projects in a
meaningful, measurable and sustainable way. To integrate into the Wikimedia
community both online and by matching them with local Wikimedia
organisations and volunteers for in person support and collaboration. The
project will*create and improve content receiving 100,000,000 views per
year* on Wikimedia projects, *educate 1000 people in over 200 organisations* to
learn more about Wikimedia projects. This will include *500 newly
registered users* trained to contribute to Wikimedia projects and *500
articles formally reviewed by experts*.
*2. Make content from the archives of UNESCO and its partners available on
Wikimedia projects:* This project will facilitate the *upload of 30,000
images, audio files, videos, data and other content*to Wikimedia projects
from UNESCO archives
<http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=en> (24,000
images), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx> and other sources including *10
organisations changing their content license to be Wikimedia compatible*, a
completed pilot project is outlined in the Goal section.
*3. Create a model and resources to encourage other UN organisations and
their partner organisations to engage with Wikimedia*: I will work to
understand ways in which UNESCO, its partner organisations and the
Wikimedia movement’s many shared goals (outlined in the Impact section) can
be furthered through contributing to Wikimedia projects. We will create a
comprehensive how-to handbook (documentation and a tool chain) which will
be an amalgam of existing resources and new resources created by myself and
the wider Wikimedia community. *This project will act as a model that can
be followed by other UN agencies and their partners to open up their
content and engage with Wikimedia* and the wider open education movement.
*4. Disseminate and promote information on the project and its outcomes,
open licensing and engaging with Wikimedia*: To make information about and
produced by the project as widely as possible with the*aim of moving
further towards making open licensing the standard for scientific, cultural
and educational organisations and engagement with Wikimedia common practice*
.
I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia
Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNESCO>,
here are a few examples:
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg>
The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earthquake_that_hit_the_Capital_Port_au_Prince_just_before_5_pm_on_12_January_2010.jpg>
Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port
au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_Desert_road_in_China,_July-August_1991,_Sikkim,_India.jpg>
Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim, India.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school_from_her_house_on_the_borders_eastern_Gaza_strip,_where_she_and_her_family_are_still_living_in_tents.jpg>
Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the borders
eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still living in tents.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_real_birds_to_catch_more_birds.jpg>
Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana
fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds. They will
either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela,_a_high_place_of_Ethiopian_Christianity,_still_today_a_place_of_pilmigrage_and_devotion..jpg>
Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of Ethiopian
Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.
If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence>
and
click the endorse button. Please share with any individuals or groups you
think would be interested I want to include as many language Wikimedia
projects as I can.
Many thanks
Mrjohncummings <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mrjohncummings>
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*John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer*
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*John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer*
tweet @mrjohnc
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
Visit
http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk