Wikimedia Czech Republic/Reports/February 2024

February 2024
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Programs for community

2024-02-01: File your tax return on time and stress-free this year

This year tax returns are due on paper by 2 April 2024 and electronically by 2 May 2023. A great tip for easy and intuitive filing is the Daňové přiznání pomáhá app. If you use the link below, you can also donate to Wikimedia Czech Republic and support the development of Wikipedia.

290 CZK is the minimum amount for processing the tax return. 85% of the amount sent will go to the development of our activities.

I want to file a tax return with Wikipedia[]

2024-02-05: An „Asian“ editathon will take place at the Department of Asian Studies in Olomouc

Students of the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University in Olomouc have been involved in writing Wikipedia since their first year. This year, under the guidance of lecturer Pavel Bednarik, students will also participate in the Asian Month on Wikipedia. On Tuesday, 28 November, from 6:00 p.m., an editathon on Asian topics on Wikipedia will take place, organized by Wikimedia ČR. The editathon will take place in the FF UP building on Tř. Svobody 26 (classrooms 2.39 and 2.40, first floor). Pedagogical guidance is guaranteed by doc. Ondřej Kučera and hosting professor Francis Bond from the department. Admission is open not only to students, but also to all interested members of the general public.

2024-02-07: Meeting of young Wikimedians in Prague

In November 2023, the first face-to-face meeting of a group of young Wikimedians – CEE Youth – took place in Prague. This was coordinated by the CEE Hub team – Barbara Klen, Toni Ristovski, Klára Joklová, who initiated the project and guarantees it as a member of the steering committee, and Lucie Schubert, who coordinates a similar group in the Czech Republic.

Thus, 15 participants representing 8 communities from Central and Eastern Europe met in Prague. They made a plan of the group's activities for the next year, the division of its organisation among its members and the programme they want to prepare for the other young participants at the international Wikimania conference to be held next summer in Poland.

More info on our blog (Czech only)

2024-02-15: Zapojte se do diskuse o tématu soutěže!

In less than two weeks, on February 26, the next photo competition starts. 📸 At the moment, you can participate in the discussion about the topic of the competition on Wikipedia "Under the Linden".

Link to the discussion 👉 https://bit.ly/diskuse_souteze 👈

Photo: Transgas, author: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

2024-02-19: Wikipedians taking pictures at Czech Film Critics Award Ceremony

At the beginning of February, on Saturday 3 February 2024 to be precise, the Czech Film Critics Awards for 2023 were traditionally held. The prestigious award, which together with the Czech Lions evaluates the past season, was awarded in 10 categories. Wikimedia's chief lecturer and film consultant Pavel Bednařík and Wikipedian and student Thea Pfeffermanová attended the awards for the second time and once again took a collection of photographs of Czech filmmakers who do not have a free image on Wikipedia. Now you can find on Wikipedia and Commons photos of the winning filmmakers (2022 and 2023), such as directors Tomáš Pavlíček and Filip Pošivač, or actress Simona Peková and animator Daria Kaschcheeva. Anyone interested in adding photos to Czech films or filmmakers can join the WikiProject Films.

2024-02-22: Create your tax return online and support the development of Czech Wikipedia

Wikimedia Czech Republic has teamed up with Onlinepřiznání.cz, a portal that runs an easy-to-use application that makes it simple to create a tax return. The basic cost of one return is CZK 290. 85% of the price is sent as a donation to the WMCR. We will use it for the development of Wikipedia and other associated projects.You can read how it works on our blog (Czech only)

2024-02-29: Take pictures before they tear them down!

Until April 7, you can participate in the Endangered Building Photo Contest. The aim of this competition is to document buildings that are at risk of demolition and this may be the last chance to photograph them.

We will reward two winners. Everyone who participates will receive a virtual "medal" from us (A user award created just for this event.). More information, including the rules, can be found on the Microcompetition Endangered buildings.

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Authors of the photos in the collage:Photo: Prague-Vyšehrad railway station 1.jpg, author: VitVit
Photo: Praha Vrsovice Kodanska 46: Chemapol b.jpg, author: JiriMatejicek
Photo: Stará Mosilana Brno industry BHO-135745.jpg, author: Bernhard Holub
Photo: Railway bridge prague 2014.jpg, author: PetrS.

Educational programs

2024-02-06: Student programme in 2023

The year 2023 has proven to be a real challenge about the Students Writing Wikipedia (SpW) programme. Several challenging programmes have been implemented, collaborations with existing schools have been renewed and new collaborations have been established. So what was the 2023 student year like? Find out on our blog.

2024-02-06: We are opening a new Wikipedia course at Palacky University in Olomouc

At Palacký University in Olomouc, the Department of General Linguistics is launching a new course in the summer semester 2023/2024 with the acronym WIKI, which focuses on the use of Wikipedia for study. The course is intended for students in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in General Linguistics and related disciplines. It can be chosen as an elective by any student across the university.

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the rules and principles of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects, to learn and practice editing skills, and to produce an encyclopedia entry/article for Wikipedia during the semester. The passwords will be related to a knowledge database on linguistics and related topics. The passwords will be published on Wikipedia by the end of the semester under the supervision of the instructor. Prior knowledge in editing Wikipedia is not a prerequisite for participation in the course.

The form of instruction is face-to-face; please bring your own laptop. The readings for the course are listed on the course page on the STAG portal. The course will be held in a block on Thursdays from 15:00 to 17:00 in room 2.03 of the Department of General Linguistics. The instructor of the course is Mgr. Karel Čapka, who is a long-time Wikipedian and member of Wikimedia CR.

2024-02-28: How did the first challenge of this year #1Lib1Ref turn out?

From 15 January to 5 February 2024, another global challenge for librarians (and not only) took place. The #1Lib1Ref challenge aims to improve the content of Wikipedia articles by adding references to individual entries.

1Lib1Ref is running in all countries around the world to encourage librarians to follow the example of encyclopaedists by contributing at least one reference to existing articles. On the Czech Wikipedia, a total of 13 users participated this time, and they edited a total of 171 references. Every user who participated also took home a prize!

Among the articles where references were added are, for example, the entry on Cyril and Methodius or the left-handedness.

The following users were selected from among the participants of this year's first challenge, who will also take home small prizes from the competition:

Aktron

KKDAII

The Subterranean

Meloun1212

Mojmir Churavy

Many thanks to all the participating editors and congratulations to the winners.

The next #1Lib1Ref challenge will run from May 15 to June 5, 20

2024-02-22: We are starting a course for future librarians and information workers at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

On Monday, 26 February, the long-prepared course Writing Wikipedia - Portal: Media Literacy for students of the Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship (UISK) at the Faculty of Arts in Prague will start. Based on the successful experience with teaching students at KISK in Brno, we decided to develop cooperation with future librarians in Prague. Three students are involved in pilot work on Wikipedia articles in winter 2023, and a block teaching for 25 students starting in February, focusing on entries related to media education. The collaboration also fulfills a strategic partnership with Charles University signed last year. The lecturer is Pavel Bednařík, and the supervisor for the Faculty of Arts of Charles University is Pavlína Kolínová.

2024-02-15: We are opening a new Wikipedia writing course for Hradec Kralove seniors

We have already opened several Wikipedia writing courses for seniors this year. In the Seniors Writing Wikipedia programme, we teach even a complete beginner the basics of editing and working with Wikipedia. Now seniors can learn the beauty of Wikipedia in Prague, České Budějovice and online. The next station will be Hradec Králové, where two courses for seniors will start at the end of February!

If you are from Hradec Králové (and the surrounding area), now is your chance!

The 6-session course Seniors Write Wikipedia will take place every Friday from 23 February 2024 to 5 April 2024. You can choose between the following times: from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. The course takes place in the premises and in cooperation with the Study and Research Library in Hradec Kralove.

If you are interested, please register by e-mail "vladimira.buchtova@svkhk.cz".

Photo by Jakub Škuta, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Other

2024-02-29: We welcome a new administrative assistant Markéta Nádeníková to the team

Markéta Nádeníková is an administrator with experience in academia and personal experience editing Wikipedia. Markéta, welcome aboard!

Find out more about Markéta on our blog (Czech only)