Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/May 2018

May 2018
Report

Wikidata Workshop edit

Basics in a nutshell: second Wikidata workshop of four in 2018; for newcomers and experienced users volunteer organizers: Tobias1984 and Jean-Fred what we contributed to this activity: event organization, snacks/drinks and external facilitator	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 16 newly registered : 3 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 213 (Wikidata items) diversity : 8 (7 women, 1 non-binary)	More information → Wikidata workshop → Event on Wikidata

wiki ♥ vielfalt Edit-a-thon edit

Basics in a nutshell: monthly event series (3rd edition) for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for 2 staff members), snacks and drinks, give-aways	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 5 (Edit-a-thon) diversity : 3 (3 women) content pages without media files and pages using media files: 8	More information → Edit-a-thon in the German language Wikipedia

WMAT Strategy Meeting edit

Basics in a nutshell: meeting to prepare the general assembly and get the board support for the documents that were prepared by the organisational development working group (new bylaws, internal procedures, and Good Governance Codex) what we contributed to this activity: staff time, travel costs for the board, catering	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 10 diversity : 3 (3 women)	More information → Link to the GA event page that also includes links to the documents mentioned above

Wikimedia Hackathon in Barcelona edit

Basics in a nutshell: hackathon in Barcelona where we supported the local team with our know-how from last year and fostered our own tech community building with scholarships what we contributed to this activity: travel costs for a contractor and scholarship holders	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 3 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 84 (84 Wikidata items improved/added) diversity : 1 (1 woman)	More information → Report about the Hackathon on our website (in German) Wikimedia Hackathon 2018 on Mediawiki.org

Open Commons Kongress edit

Basics in a nutshell: participation in Open Commons Kongress in Linz, Upper Austria what we contributed to this activity: presentation about Wikipedia and participation in panel discussion about “nescience eats democracy”	Program Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 40	More information Open Commons Kongress 2018 (in German) Video of panel discussion (in German) Video of speech (in German)

Wikiversity Edit-a-thon: Europaforum Wachau edit

Basics in a nutshell: edit-a-thon as introduction to Wikipedia editing for students of a Wikiversity Austria course at the University of Vienna volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Karl Gruber, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: organization	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 23 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 2 (new Wikipedia articles de:European Parliament Information Office in Ireland and de:Vertretung der Europäischen Kommission in Irland) diversity : 16 (16 women)	More information → Project page in German-language Wikiversity

Wikiversity Edit-a-thon: KinderUniKunst edit

Basics in a nutshell: edit-a-thon as introduction to Wikipedia editing for students of a Wikiversity Austria course at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Karl Gruber, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: organization	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 14 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 1 (new Wikipedia article de:Barbara Putz-Plecko) diversity : 10 (10 women)	More information → Project page in German-language Wikiversity → Images on Wikimedia Commons

KulTour Steinhof edit

Basics in a nutshell: second of three guided tours to cultural institutions in and around of Vienna for Wikipedia authors and photographers; a community-building activity: bringing together newer editors/editors who don't know other editors and our "regulars" volunteer organizers: Geolina, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: organization including invitations and entry fees	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 7 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 0 (Pictures were taken for Wikimedia Commons) diversity : 6 (6 women)	More information → Project page in the German language Wikipedia → Images on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018 edit

Basics in a nutshell: annual competition for articles about every country in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region on every Wikipedia volunteer organizers: Spiritia, Papuass, Philip Kopetzky, Magalia, Masti, Strainu, Wittylama what we contributed to this activity: fiscal sponsoring, prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 403 newly registered : 53 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 9394 (9394 new/improved Wikipedia articles in 24 Wikipedia language versions) diversity : 36 (36 editors declaring to be female) retention : too early to collect data	More information → Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018 on Meta → Wikimedia CEE Spring blog

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Spring 2018 edit

Basics in a nutshell: contest for removing cleanup templates in the German-language Wikipedia, held four times a year what we contributed to this activity: prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 31 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 721 (721 improved Wikipedia articles)	More information → Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Spring 2018 in the German-language Wikipedia

28th Wikipedia Writing Competition edit

Basics in a nutshell: traditional contest for high-end articles in the German-language Wikipedia what we contributed to this activity: prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 39 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 40 (40 new/improved Wikipedia articles)	More information → Wikipedia Writing Competition in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-01 edit

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users volunteer organizers: Gugerell what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 6	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-08 edit

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time report by an Austrian participant of Big Fat Brussels Meeting volunteer organizers: Austriantraveler what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 9	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia → Minutes in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-15 edit

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time open editing volunteer organizers: Agruwie what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 4	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-22 edit

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time portrait photography workshop volunteer organizers: Granada what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 6	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-30 edit

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time visit by an Armenian Wikipedian what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 4	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Supported media files and pages using media files edit

Basics

in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2018-05-01 to 2018-05-31
volunteer organizers: Braveheart, Diascanprojekt Dunst, Geiserich77, Herzi Pinki, Isiwal, Ki7sun3, Steindy, Thomas Ledl, Tsui; Krd, Svema, Pistenwolf, MarkusFelix and 2eight for Festivalsommer
what we contributed to this activity: equipment from our tech pool, accreditations for events, travel grants, post-processing software, skill transfer activities and/or support related to other activities