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April 2017
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Wikimedia Conference 2017 edit

Participants   85 Newly registered   Content pages   Quality   Diversity  
 
Wikimedia Conference group photo (the other way round)

The Wikimedia Conference 2017 was different than the previous events in many regards - from the number of participants to the scope and complexity of topics covered - this Wikimedia event was one of a kind. We were very impressed by the work of WMDE and the WMF to make it work for so many different audiences, needs, and challenges, comprising everything from mass strategy workshops to regular skill transfer sessions as well as networking and exchange. We were happy to contribute to the conference with some of our know-how concerning grantmaking, organisational development, and community work while at the same time being able to participate in the discussions around movement strategy. As always, the Wikimedia Conference was also a good opportunity to connect people and ideas, in our case especially the "Whose Knowledge?" team with our "Wikipedia for Peace" initiative, as they share many goals and values. We also gathered many good ideas around event management for our Hackathon in Vienna a few weeks later: the sticker set to customize name badges, the printed conference guide, and conference equipment in the new corporate design.

One of the few downsides of the conference was that we were restricted to three participants (for comprehensible reasons given the sheer size of this year's conference) but it would have been a good opportuinty for us to introduce one of our new board members to the international movement and get their valuable external insights and perspective on the strategy process.

Sessions (co-)hosted by WMAT

 
 
 
 
This activity is part of our program Community Support.

MediaWiki coding workshops in Vienna edit

Participants   34 Newly registered   32 Content pages   Quality   Diversity   29

The idea of Pre-Hackathons was first implemented by Wikimedia Isreal last year, when they organized the Wikimedia Hackathon. They hosted a workshop for their local community to get them ready for the Hackathon by explaining the basics platforms (MediaWiki, GitHub, Phabricator etc.) and to combine it with an install party. In addition there was a Pre-Hackathon in Palestine for volunteers who would not be able to cross the borders to Israel for the main event. WMAT adopted both concepts and adapted them to our own context: We had two workshops in Vienna for local volunteers, one for women and non-binary coders only and one for all genders. The idea here was to also provide information and assistance to get ready and installed for the main event, but also to form networks among like-minded newcomers, so they have familiar faces at the main event with 200+ people. The level of collaboration and the retention rate (participation at the main event) much higher at the female/non-binary workshop, and the participants formed peer groups that were re-activated during the main Hackathon. We also inspired and supported coding workshops and Pre-Hackathons in partner communities of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, i.e. Greece, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. During a joint presentation at this years CEE meeting in Warsaw, sharing our various approaches and respective learnings.

The workshops were conducted by the Wikimedians AleXXw, Claudia.Garad, Jackie a k, Léna, Sonkiki, Tobias1984 and WS ReNu. 5 of them were female.

  • Workshop for women (8 April 2017): 15 participants, all of them female new editors
  • Workshop for all genders (9 April 2017): 19 participants, including 9 new female editors and 8 new male editors.
MediaWiki coding workshops on WMAT's website (in German and English)
Images on Wikimedia Commons (MediaWiki coding workshop for all genders)
Images on Wikimedia Commons (MediaWiki coding workshop for women)
This activity is part of our programs Community Support and Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness.

Throne of Cards IV edit

Participants   25 Newly registered   Content pages   46 Quality   Diversity  
 
Throne of Cards IV

Throne of Cards IV was an international eSports tournament with 25 participants in Vienna. In the German-language Wikipedia, there is a wikiproject for eSports which was founded and is maintained by user Peshay159. The idea was to improve the connection between the eSports community and the Wikipedia community because of their common interest in digital media. WMAT contributed to the catering of the tournament and helped with organizational issues concerning Wikipedians. Lists of missing Wikipedia articles were created and Wikipedians could take photographs of the contestants. The outcome regarding content creation was below expectations (45 new images, 1 new article). In terms of awareness for the possibility of contributing to Wikipedia, 257,940 unique visitors were reached via the event's streaming platform.

Project page in the German-language Wikipedia
Report in members wiki (in German)
Images on Wikimedia Commons
This activity is part of our programs Community Support, Free Content and Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness.

WikiDienstag edit

The WikiDienstag (“WikiTuesday“) is a weekly meet-up in the WMAT office. Volunteers share their knowledge and work together on improving the content of Wikimedia projects.

WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

4 April 2017 edit

Participants   10 Newly registered   Content pages   Quality   Diversity  
  • Topic: Wikipedia consultation (for new users and the interest public)
  • Volunteer organizers: Gugerell
This activity is part of our programs Community Support and Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness.

11 April 2017 edit

Participants   8 Newly registered   Content pages   Quality   Diversity  
This activity is part of our program Community Support.

18 April 2017 edit

Participants   9 Newly registered   Content pages   Quality   Diversity  
This activity is part of our program Community Support.

25 April 2017 edit

Participants   4 Newly registered   Content pages   4 Quality   Diversity  
Pronunciation of Orange in Austrian German, produced at the workshop
  • Topic: Workshop for audio recording with equipment at WMAT's office
  • Volunteer organizers: Agruwie
This activity is part of our programs Community Support and Free Content.

Individual Wikimedia Commons activities edit

We support Wikimedia Commons contributors with equipment from our tech pool, accreditations for events, travel grants, post-processing software and skill transfer activities.

This activity is part of our program Free Content.
 
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