Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/June 2021

June 2021
Report

WMAT general assembly edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: This year's assembly focussed on our new mid-term strategy until 2025. The strategy was designed in a collaborative and iterative process between board, staff and volunteers over the past few months. The general assembly approved of the new strategic direction, the next step will be the implementation and formulation of concrete goals and metrics. Unfortunately, this process is blocked by a lack of information regarding the requirements of the new WMF grantmaking procedures.
  • volunteer organizers: -
  • what we contributed to this activity: Preparation, communication, organisation, technical platform
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 25
  • diversity  : 14 (8 women, 6 foreigner)
More information
project page

Wikiversity Austria: Europa-Forum Wachau course edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular course at the University of Vienna about Europa-Forum Wachau, including a Wikipedia course and Wikipedia editing by the students, held online (start date: 2021-03-05, end date: 2021-06-25)
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: conducting workshops and lectures, information material, video conference platform
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 12
  • newly registered  : 12
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 4 (4 improved dewiki articles)
  • diversity  : 7 (7 female students)
More information
Course page in German-language Wikiversity

OSSBIG 21 Conference edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: OSSBIG is an Austrian charity which aims at fostering the use of open source solutions public administration and business. This year we were invited to their annual conference to talk about 20 years of Wikipedia and the role of free knowledge for digital self-determination in the European context.
  • what we contributed to this activity: Presentation about Wikmedia/Wikipedia from our ED
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 61
  • diversity  : 10 (non-male attendees)
More information
event page

Regional European Affiliates Transition Event edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Meeting of European communities to discuss the implementation of the 2030 Movement Strategy in Europe.
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: co-host and co-organiser
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 40
  • diversity  : 40 (non-austrian)
More information
event page on Meta

Guest lecture and workshop at an university course about Wikipedia Studies edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Guest lecture about Wikimedia as an organization and the basics of contributing to Wikipedia and a workshop on writing articles as part of a course at the University of Vienna on Wikipedia Studies with special emphasis on Women in Red. The students also received Wikipedia goodies (branded bag and pen, a handbook about the VisualEditor etc.) at the end.
  • what we contributed to this activity: preparation and presentation of the lecture
Program
Community Support
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 17
  • newly registered  : 17
  • diversity  : 16 (16 women)
More information
"Frauen* in Rot" Anwendungsorientierte Wikipedia Studies at the University of Vienna

Netpolitical Evenings (half-year report) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: We co-hosted 6 netpolitical evenings as of June 2021 as online events, with an average of 30 participants, covering topics from EU advocacy to state of the art research around AI, open data or e-privacy. The event also has a loyal remote audience via live stream and broadcasting of various free radio stations across Austria. In addition, it became a valuable platform to find partners, participants, or multipliers for WMAT activities. The initiative is mainly volunteer run and cost neutral.
  • volunteer team:
  • Roland Alton
  • Meral Akin-Hecke
  • Alexander Baratsits
  • Konrad Becker
  • Tano Bojankin
  • Paolo Budroni
  • Wolfie Christl
  • Sandra Barth
  • Andreas Czák
  • Andreas Demmelbauer
  • Leonhard Dobusch
  • Helge Fahrenberger
  • Sonja Fischbauer
  • Claudia Garád
  • Herbert Gnauer
  • Ingrid Gogl
  • Werner Illsinger
  • Stefan Kasberger
  • Sylvia Kuba
  • Christoph Lampert
  • Nicole Lieger
  • Thomas Lohninger
  • Joachim Losehand
  • Astrid Mager
  • Katja Mayer
  • Stefan Pawel
  • Sylvia Petrovic-Majer
  • Magdalena Reiter
  • Us(c)hi Reiter
  • Sarah Spiekermann
  • Felix Stalder
  • Paul Stepan
  • Brigitte Theissl
  • Barbara Wimmer
  • Michela Vignoli
  • what we contributed to this activity: video documentation, coordination, PR/social media
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 180
  • diversity  : 80 (non-male)
More information
homepage

Fiscal sponsorship: Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: fiscal sponsorship for the international Wiki Loves Monuments team
  • volunteer organizers: André, Erina, Jean-Fred, Krishna Chaitanya, Lily, Lodewijk, Mohammad, Romaine
  • what we contributed to this activity: fiscal sponsorship
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 7671
  • newly registered  : 5184
  • content pages  : 230002 (media files)
  • quality  : 1594 (featured: 89, quality: 1488, valued: 17)
More information
wikilovesmonuments.org
Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020
Statistics

RegiowikiAT (half-year report) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: a wiki with CC BY-SA 3.0 licensed German-language content about Austria, serves as free knowledge hub for encyclopedic articles not relevant or suitable for Wikipedia
  • volunteer organizers: Karl Gruber
  • what we contributed to this activity: legal and technical website hosting and consulting; information/promotion material
Program
Community Support
Free Content
 
Metrics
  • participants  : 540 (registered and non-blocked RegiowikiAT users with contributions, excluding Karl Gruber – source, date: 2021-06-30)
  • newly registered  : 8 (new user accounts on Wikipedia from 2021-01-01 to 2021-06-30 due to parallel registration on RegiowikiAT)
  • Free content beyond Wikimedia projects  : 749 (new articles from 2021-01-01 to 2021-06-30)
More information
regiowiki.at

Total number of articles (source: https://regiowiki.at/wiki/Regiowiki:Statistik):

until # of articles
12/2014 3,783
06/2015 5,324
12/2015 5,542
06/2016 5,910
12/2016 6,206
06/2017 7,042
12/2017 7,713
06/2018 8,312
12/2018 8,880
06/2019 9,781
12/2019 10,185
06/2020 11,126
12/2020 11,994
06/2021 12,743

Partners, projects, international finances expert group meeting 2021-06-24 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: video conference of one of WMAT's expert groups; general update on global Wikimedia developments
  • volunteer organizers: Philip Kopetzky
  • what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
  • diversity  : 1 (1 Non-Austrian)
More information
WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)


Networking event with Cultural Broadcasting Archive (CBA) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Networking event with various free radio communities to talk about joint action around the new broadcasting legislation in Austria.
  • what we contributed to this activity: input on WMAT campaign
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 6
  • diversity  : 2 (non-male)

Strategy Implementation Meeting BXL operations (FKAGEU) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: workshop on the future governance, structure and support process for the EU advocacy team.
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 7
  • diversity  : 6 (Non-Austrian)

Wikidata WikiDaheim preparation project edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: project for the improvement of Austria-related Wikidata items in preparation for the WikiDaheim photo competition starting in July, from 2021-01-01 to 2021-06-30
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 3
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 43,425 (new or improved Wikidata items)
More information
Dashboard
wikidaheim.at

Wiki Loves Earth Austria preparation meeting edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: meeting of the volunteers organizing Wiki Loves Earth Austria
  • volunteer organizers: Ailura, Haeferl
  • what we contributed to this activity: help with organization, technical hosting
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 6
  • diversity  : 2 (2 women)
More information
Project page on de.wikipedia

Der Brauereiführer (half-year report) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: a wiki with CC BY-SA 3.0 licensed German-language content about breweries in Austria
  • volunteer organizers: Geiserich77
  • what we contributed to this activity: financial support for website hosting
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • Free content beyond Wikimedia projects  : 8 (new articles from 2021-01-01 to 2021-06-30)
More information
brauereifuehrer.com

Total number of articles:

until # of articles
12/2014 47
06/2015 62
12/2015 67
06/2016 153
12/2016 200
06/2017 223
12/2017 229
06/2018 235
12/2018 256
06/2019 262
12/2019 275
06/2020 291
12/2020 305
06/2021 313

source: https://www.brauereifuehrer.com/wiki/Spezial:Alle_Seiten?from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1

WikiDienstag 2021-06-01 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Meeting of the group preparing WikiDaheim 2021
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization, technical hosting
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 5
  • diversity  : 2 (2 women)
More information
wikidaheim.at

Kultur-WikiDienstag 2021-06-15 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: a second online visit to the Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien) where the head of the department of art education presented and explained a medieval board game in its historical context.
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 22
  • diversity  : 19 (2 women AT, 7 non Austrian women, 10 non Austrian men)
More information
project page on de.wikipedia

Sustainable outreach network (half-year report) edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: our newsletter and social media channels
  • what we contributed to this activity: staff time

Facebook: WMAT: 1,035, WLE Austria: 318, Wikidaheim: 108, WMAT advent calendar: 89, Wikidata-AT: 49, Wikipedia-AT: 82; Twitter: WMAT: 1,838, Wikidata: 378; Youtube: 29; Instagram: 294; Newsletter: 366, MeetUp: 907 = 5,493 accounts reached

Program
Awareness and Change

Supported media files and pages using media files edit

Basics
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • new files  : 176
  • pages with files  : 211
  • quality  : 1 (quality: 1)
  • useful content  : 84
  • versatile content  : 228

– last checked: 2021-07-27

More information
Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons
 
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