Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/August 2021

August 2021
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WMAT strategy meeting edit

Basics in a nutshell: hybrid strategy ((remote and in-person) event to translate our new strategy into an implementation plan and annual plan for 2022 what we contributed to this activity: staff time, venue and catering for the group that met in person	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 8 diversity : 2 (female)

Basics in a nutshell: press campaing around the elections for the new head of Austria's public broadcasting agency. The aim was to raise awareness and support for freely licensed footage volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus, Arno Grumbeck (WMAT), Friedrich Schipper, Leonhard Dobusch what we contributed to this activity: staff time, professional communication support, public relations	Program Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 2 (female)	More information → landing page on our website

Basics in a nutshell: (technical) participation support program for this year's virtual Wikimania, for Austrians and Germans, developed together with WMDE what we contributed to this activity: concept and implementation, technical equipment as support	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 1 (Austrian Wikimedian getting support)	More information → Wikimania support program in German-language Wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: Wikimania session of the Volunteer Supporters Network with 9 lightning talks what we contributed to this activity: general coordination, hosting, one lightning talk	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 50	More information → Session description → Video of the session on YouTube

Basics in a nutshell: Workshop on women* biographies for Wikipedia for and with the Institut für Medienarchäologie in Lower Austria. what we contributed to this activity: Staff time	Program Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 8 newly registered : 5 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 1 (DE:WP) diversity : 5 (Non-male)	More information → website about the workshop in German → Outreach dashboard

Basics in a nutshell: regular online meeting on how to reach, hold and welcome Wikipedia/Commons newcomers and to broaden the Austrian community's diversity volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 2 (2 foreign women)	More information → WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)

Basics in a nutshell: expert group on international affairs, preparing input around movement strategy and international partnerships. This meeting was focussed on feedback around WMAT's new strategy volunteer organizers: Braveheart what we contributed to this activity: staff and volunteer time	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 3 diversity : 2 (non-Austrian)

Basics in a nutshell: regular exchange among movement staff leaders, this time with a focus on movement strategy what we contributed to this activity: staff time	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 4 (female)

Basics in a nutshell: A meeting aimed at commemorating International Youth Day (IYD) 2021 in the movement by working with young people to mobilize and engage particularly young Wikimedians. volunteer organizers: CaliBen, James Moore200, Ndahiro derrick, Ptinphusmia what we contributed to this activity: technical support, providing the meeting platform	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 71 diversity : 71 (participants from the global south)	More information → The WikiVibrance on Meta

Basics in a nutshell: annual competition for articles concerning every country in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on every Wikipedia volunteer organizers: Kiril Simeonovski, Papuass, Philip Kopetzky, Magalia, Zblace what we contributed to this activity: fiscal sponsoring, prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 621 newly registered : 22 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 16,099 (15,366 new and 733 improved Wikipedia articles in 26 Wikipedia language versions) diversity : 62 (declaring to be female)	More information → project page

lang.	count	lang.	count	lang.	count	lang.	count
el	364	ru	249	pl	727	hu	778
eo	79	tt	50	sq	270	kk	2
myv	131	tr	1026	bg	1045	sr	615
hy	1122	lv	688	ba	199	mk	160
et	549	sk	128	hr	285	be-tarask	898
az	747	ro	584	de	840	uk	3928
mt	111	sl	524

Basics in a nutshell: recurring German-language Wikipedia writing contest for removing cleanup templates volunteer organizers: Gripweed, HvW, Manticoco, Morneo06, Schiffpa, SeGiba, Snookerado what we contributed to this activity: awards	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 35 quality : 1,049 (1,049 improved German-language Wikipedia articles)	More information → project page on de.wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: Meeting of participants in preparation of a Wiki Takes ... photography excursion to the southern Burgenland. volunteer organizers: Ailura, Haeferl what we contributed to this activity: organizational, technical and financial support	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 3 (3 women)	More information → project page on de.wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: "Wiki Takes" activity for Wikimedia Commons in the Southern part of the state of Burgenland, Austria what we contributed to this activity: getting external funding, organisation, technical equipment	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 8 diversity : 3 (female)	More information → Project page in German-language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikimedia Commons

uploaded media files	2,097
distinct files used in main namespace	590
pages in main namespace using files	606
total file usages in main namespace	840

(last check: 2021-11-04)

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic still in the form of an online conference; this time as an open meeting with no given topic volunteer organizers: Tsui what we contributed to this activity: online platform, help with organization	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 1	More information → WikiDienstag on de.wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic still in the form of an online conference; this time in preparation of a Wiki Takes ... photography excursion to the southern Burgenland. volunteer organizers: Funke what we contributed to this activity: online platform, help with organization	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 2 (2 woman)	More information → WikiDienstag on de.wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: In our series of cooperations with cultural institutions in the form of online events the Landesmuseum Burgenland presented "Archaeology in Burgenland". what we contributed to this activity: online platform, organization	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 17 diversity : 9 (1 Austrian woman, 4 female foreigners, 4 male foreigners)	More information → project page on de.wikipedia