Reports/WMRU-Report-2019
Wikimedia RU Activities Report 2019
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Non-Commercial Partnership of promotion of distribution of encyclopedic knowledge Wikimedia RU is a legally independent Russian Non-Governmental organization. Wikimedia RU is the part of the international Wikimedia Movement, all the participant of which share mission of collection, creation, management and dissemination of freely-accessible knowledge. Therefore, most activities of Wikimedia RU are related to the Wikipedia Internet Encyclopedia, the Wikipedia Movement's most important achievement up to date.
The Wikimedia RU activies may be grouped in the following way:
- Internal Events and contests in order to help the volunteers and to motivate them.
- External activities including outreach and contacts with officials and right holders in order to changes Russian legislation and regulations, to pesuade the right holders to agree the changes and release their works under free license.
- Exchange of experience and best practices with other parts of the Wikimedia Movement.
- Fundraising and sposorship seeking.
Events
editWikimedia RU organized several events in order to help people to share their experience, to improve social interactions, and to invite newcomers.’’
| Logo | Title | Start date | End date | Venue | Description |
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| Meetup in Kazan | 2019-12-26 | 2019-12-26 | Chak-chak, Kazan | Meetup with Tatarstan wikimedians | |
| Meetup in Yakutsk | 2019-11-29 | 2019-11-29 | Rublevka, Yakutsk | Meetup with Sakha wikimedians | |
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Wiki-Tolmach editathon | 2019-11-03 | 2019-11-03 | Ohta-8 library, St. Petersburg | Seminar and editathon within Wiki-Tolmach project, then meetup |
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North-Caucasian Wiki-Seminar | 2019-11-10 | 2019-11-10 | Chechen national library, Grozny, Chechen Republic | Regional Wikimedia conference |
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Wiki-Conference 2019 | 2019-09-28 | 2019-09-29 | Nekrasov library, Moscow | Largest annual Wikimedia-related international event in Russia |
| Meetup in St. Petersburg | 2019-08-26 | 2019-08-26 | Schelkunchik, St. Petersburg | Meetup with wikimedians of St. Petersburg | |
| Meetup in St. Petersburg | 2019-08-22 | 2019-08-22 | Schelkunchik, St. Petersburg | Meetup with wikimedians of St. Petersburg, report on Wikimania | |
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Meeting in Museum of Victory | 2019-08-03 | 2019-08-03 | Museum of Victory, Moscow | Wiki-expedition to Museum of Victory, wiki-talk to the museum employees, meetup |
| Free Knowledge Award 2019 | 2019-05-26 | 2019-05-26 | Extropolis, Moscow | A prize for support of free knowledge to persons and entities outside the Wikimedia projects communitiy | |
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Wiki-Award 2019 | 2019-05-26 | 2019-05-26 | Extropolis, Moscow | A prize for the Wikimedians made most in the year |
| Хакатон Hacknowledge 2019 | 2019-05-25 | 2019-05-26 | Blagosphera and Extropolis, Moscow | A free knowledge projects hackathon | |
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Meeting in Rostselmash | 2019-04-08 | 2019-04-08 | Rostselmash, Rostov-on-Don | Wiki-expedition to Rostselmash, then wiki-meetup |
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Meeting in Museum of finances | 2019-03-14 | 2019-03-14 | Museum of Finances, Moscow | Meeting and rewarding for the Numismatic and bonistic article of the year contest |
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Wiki Meetup in St. Petersburg | 2019-02-15 | 2019-02-15 | Schelkunchik, St. Petersburg | Meeting with Wikimedians from St. Petersburg |
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Wiki Meetup in Petrozavodsk | 2019-02-10 | 2019-02-10 | Parizhanka, Petrozavodsk | Meeting with Wikimedians from Karelia |
Also there were organized seminars for students, mentors, librarians and other specialists outside Wikimedia movement, with talks about Wikimedia movement, Wikipedia, free content, free licenses and public domain:
| Date | Venue |
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| 2019-12-18 | Tyva state university, Kyzyl, Tyva |
| 2019-12-13 | Samara national research university after Korolev, Samara |
| 2019-11-22 | North-West institute of management RANHiGS, St. Petersburg |
| 2019-11-08 | Chechen state university, Grozny, Chechen Republic |
| 2019-08-28 | Central city library of Derbent city, Derbent |
| 2019-08-01 | Central library of Anapa city, Anapa |
| 2019-08-01 | Central city library after Semevski, Great Luki |
| 2019-07-12 | Ore-Petrographic museum, Moscow |
| 2019-06-29 | Museum of machinery, Tula |
| 2019-06-28 | Russian museum, St. Petersburg |
| 2019-06-13 | National library of Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia |
| 2019-06-11 | National library of Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia |
| 2019-06-11 | Central city library after Potanina, Irkutsk |
| 2019-04-13 | Samara literature-memorial museum after Gorki, Samara |
| 2019-04-11 | Penza library for children and youth, Penza |
| 2019-04-10 | National library of Republic of Mordovia after Pushkin, Saransk, Republic of Mordovia |
| 2019-04-08 | Don state public library, Rostov-on-Don |
| 2019-03-14 | Library after Mayakovski, St. Petersburg |
| 2019-02-28 | Nenets central library after Pichkov, Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Region |
| 2019-02-01 | All-Russian patents and technic FIPS library, Moscow |
Contests
edit‘’Wikimedia RU organized a lot of contests in order to invite new authors and to motivate established ones to participate more actively.’’
| Logo | Title | Start date | End date | Participants count | Articles created | Files uploaded |
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Alumni and Mentors 2019 | 2019-11-06 | 2019-12-15 | 48 | 1203 | — |
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Wiki Loves Caucasus | 2019-10-07 | 2019-11-07 | 13 | 217 (144+30+13+30) | — |
| Writing about Moscow | 2019-09-16 | 2019-11-19 | 14 | 174 | — | |
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Don literature heritage | 2019-09-02 | 2019-09-30 | 16 | 417 | 1084 |
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Wiki-Tolmach 2019 | 2019-09-01 | 2019-11-03 | 47 | 71 | 35 |
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Know modern art | 2019-08-01 | 2019-09-30 | 31 | 903 | — |
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History of Russian enterpreneurship 2019 | 2019-06-20 | 2019-07-20 | 11 | 177 | — |
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Public domain — 2019 — 2 | 2019-06-01 | 2019-07-14 | 28 | 190 in Wikipedia + 1430 texts in Wiki-source | 2763 |
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Wiki Loves Earth 2019 | 2019-05-15 | 2019-06-15 | 910 | — | 8697 |
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Scientific photos competition 2019 | 2019-04-02 | 2019-05-31 | 415 | — | 2182 |
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CEE Spring 2019 | 2019-03-21 | 2019-05-31 | 19 | 226 | — |
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WikiGap 2019 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-08 | 31 | 718 | — |
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Know world. Start with twin cities - 2 | 2019-03-02 | 2019-05-31 | 40 | 2213 | 27605 |
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Wikifuture | 2019-02-21 | 2019-05-20 | 284 | — | — |
| Uralic language contest 2019 | 2019-02-01 | 2019-02-28 | ||||
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Public domain — 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-03-31 | 21 | 196 in Wikipedia + 3773 texts in Wikisource | 3296 |
Wikimedia RU members also participated events organized by other Wikimedia movement entities, and helped other Wikimedians to participate them:
| Logo | Title | Start date | End date | Venue |
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Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019 | 2019-10-11 | 2019-10-19 | Belgrade, Serbia |
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Wikimania 2019 | 2019-08-14 | 2018-08-18 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Estonian Wikipedia Summer Days Strategy Meeting | 2019-07-26 | 2019-07-28 | Narva & , Sweden | |
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Wikimedia Conference 2019 | 2019-03-29 | 2019-03-31 | Berlin, Germany |
Wiki-expeditions
editWikimedia RU organized several expeditions and excursions to help volunteers to get knowledge and put it into Wikimedia projects.
| Picture | Date | Subject | Photos, etc. |
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2019-12-19 | RAS geology institute wiki-trip, Announcement |
235 photos, Report. |
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2019-11-17 | Zhostovo | Photos |
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2019-08-03 | Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War Wiki-trip to Museum of Victory, Moscow |
Photos, Post-release |
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2019-06-29 | Wiki-trip to Octava, Tula | Photos, Report |
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2019-04-08 | Wiki-trip to Rostselmash, Rostov-on-Don | Photos, Report |
Wiki-education
editWikimedia RU continues efforts to encourage studets to participate Wikimedia projects.
| Venue | Description |
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| Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University | Students were educated to write articles in Wikipedia and then asked to write high-quality articles on psychlogy |
| Petrozavodsk State University | Students were educated to work in Wikidata. |
Projects
editWikimedia RU organized or supported projects helping people to contribute Wikimedia projects.
- Open Heritage Resource Center
- Alumni and mentors project
In course of these projects there were created some materials:
| Cover and link | Description |
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Open Library. Recommendations for libraries on use of open licenses and open access publications |
| Link | Recommendations for reorganization of work of libraries and museums |
| Link | Cultural heritage and public domain |
Also there was a book published in the scope of Wikifuture contest:
| Cover and link | Description |
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Wikifuture book |
Legislation
editWikimedia RU continues expert work on legislation.
- Orphan works