Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/May 2021

May 2021
Report

International Museum Day Wikidata Competition 2021 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: WMAT's main contribution to the International Museum Day 2020 project, a community contest on Wikidata around items about museums in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
  • what we contributed to this activity: concept, technical solutions, organization, prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 432
  • newly registered  : 181
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 18,113 (new or edited Wikidata items)


Content related results
  total edits items edited items created bytes added
Museums 46633 14984 161 14429838
Objects/Events 16035 1417 990 10038388
People 4525 534 27 2149780
Σ 67193 16935 1178 26618006
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Before and after

Including edits possibly not connected to the competition.

Museums
Country # of items Change
2021-05-03 2021-05-18
Germany (Q183) 7355 7477 + 122
Italy (Q38) 6180 6176 - 4
France (Q142) 2548 2607 + 59
Austria (Q40) 1606 1643 + 37
Switzerland (Q39) 1347 1357 + 10
Totals (all items): 19036 19260 + 224
Objects/Events
Country # of items Change
2021-05-03 2021-05-18
Germany (Q183) 4676 4781 + 105
Italy (Q38) 477 482 + 5
France (Q142) 1904 2442 + 538
Austria (Q40) 684 687 - 3
Switzerland (Q39) 2177 2316 + 139
Totals (all items): 9918 10708 + 784
People
Gender # of items Change
2021-05-03 2021-05-18
male (Q6581097) 1310 1485 + 175
female (Q6581072) 352 409 + 57
non-binary (Q48270) 1 1 + 0
trans man (Q2449503) 1 1 + 0
Totals (all items): 1664 1896 + 232
Museums with coordinates, location, website, inception or image
Country coordinate location (P625) located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) official website (P856) inception (P571) image (P18)
2021-05-03 2021-05-18 2021-05-03 2021-05-18 2021-05-03 2021-05-18 2021-05-03 2021-05-18 2021-05-03 2021-05-18
Germany (Q183) 79.42% (5841) 80.53% (6021) 43.37% (3190) 46.18% (3453) 65.17% (4793) 66.44% (4968) 19.95% (1467) 21.31% (1593) 30.39% (2235) 34.08% (2548)
Italy (Q38) 87.61% (5414) 91.18% (5631) 99.26% (6134) 99.85% (6167) 60.89% (3763) 61.29% (3785) 25.84% (1597) 26.1% (1612) 34.42% (2127) 35.02% (2163)
France (Q142) 76.1% (1939) 78.4% (2044) 96.9% (2469) 97.05% (2530) 56.4% (1437) 58.04% (1513) 27.83% (709) 28.54% (744) 61.97% (1579) 62.03% (1617)
Austria (Q40) 97.51% (1566) 97.87% (1608) 99.88% (1604) 99.76% (1639) 29.08% (467) 40.23% (661) 15.44% (248) 20.69% (340) 63.89% (1026) 65.49% (1076)
Switzerland (Q39) 52.71% (710) 53.28% (723) 98.52% (1327) 98.53% (1337) 85.08% (1146) 84.82% (1151) 17.07% (230) 17.32% (235) 36.38% (490) 37.07% (503)
Totals (all items): 81.7% (16099) 83.75% (16885) 78.0% (15369) 79.35% (15996) 61.54% (12127) 63.45% (12792) 23.77% (4683) 25.18% (5077) 40.35% (7950) 42.53% (8575)

QW Working Days edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikimedia Österreich supported the LTGB+ User Group as a fiscal sponsor during their first ever event. Originally planned as an in-person event in Linz, Upper Austria, in 2020 it became an online event focussed on UG governance in the wake of the pandemic. The Queering Wikipedia Working Days took place over three half-days with participants from 5 continents and produced tangible results regarding governance and structure and a possible follow-up event in 2022.
  • volunteer organizers: FULBERT RachelWex
  • what we contributed to this activity: Fiscal sponsorship, organisational support, friendly space procedures, communication and coordination.
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 20
  • diversity  : 22 (non-Austrian, queer)
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event page on Meta

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Spring 2021 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: seasonal writing competition to reduce cleanup messages in articles.
  • volunteer organizers: HvW, Gripweed
  • what we contributed to this activity: prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 43
  • quality  : 1619 (1619 improved articles)
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project page on de.wikipedia

Fiscal Sponsorship: Improving Wikidata-Wikisource Integration edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: a project to improve the state of Wikidata’s integration with Wikisource and vice-versa
  • volunteer organizers: KCVelaga
  • what we contributed to this activity: fiscal sponsoring
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 5
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WMAT strategy meeting edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: This strategy meeting was used to prepare the general assembly: annual closure and audits, bylaw changes to increase transparency regarding the internal auditors financial relations to the chapter and to allow hybrid voting on- and offline in future). We also finalized the new strategy for 2025.
  • what we contributed to this activity: Organisation, technical platform.
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 10
  • diversity  : 2 (non-males)

34th Wikipedia Writing Competition edit

Basics
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 32
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 33 (new or improved German-language Wikipedia articles)
  • quality  : 12 (2 quality + 10 featured articles)
  • diversity  : 32 (32 non-Austrians)
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project page on de.wikipedia

Organisational development expert group meeting 2021-05-05 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: video conference of one of WMAT's expert groups; finalising the 2025 strategy for WMAT
  • volunteer organizers: UlliZ
  • what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 5
  • diversity  : 2 (1 women, 1 Non-Austrian)
More information
WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)
WMAT's rules of internal procedure (in German)


Partners, projects, international finances expert group meeting 2021-05-07 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  : 3
  • diversity  : 1 (1 Non-Austrian)
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WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)

Partners, projects, international finances expert group meeting 2021-05-20 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  : 4
  • diversity  : 2 (2 Non-Austrians)
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WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)


Organisational development expert group meeting 2021-05-26 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Finalisation of WMAT's new 2025 strategy and preparation for the general assembly
  • volunteer organizers: UlliZ
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination, staff time, preparation, technical video call platform
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 4
  • diversity  : 2 (female, non-Austrian)

WP20 interview series with Wikipedians edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: interview series on the occasion of WP20, featuring 13 Wikipedians on WMAT's website, published one by one from December 2020 to May 2021
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination, publishing
Program
Awareness and Change
Metrics
  • participants  : 13
  • diversity  : 4 (4 women)
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Interview series on WMAT's website (in German)

Newcomers & diversity expert group meeting 2021-05-27 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular online meeting on how to reach, hold and welcome Wikipedia/Commons newcomers and to broaden the Austrian community's diversity
  • volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 4
  • diversity  : 3 (1 woman, 2 foreign women)
More information
WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)

15th Miniaturenwettbewerb edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: writing contest for small articles (max 15,000 Byte) in German-language Wikipedia, the "small brother" of the writing competition.
  • volunteer organizers: Achim Raschka
  • what we contributed to this activity: prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 47
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 89 (new and imprived articles on de.wikipedia)
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project page on de.wikipedia (German)

WikiDienstag 2021-05-04 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: workshop and editing session for the improvement of Wikidata items about museums in Burgenland, held as video conference (note: metrics about content pages included in #International Museum Day Wikidata Competition 2021)
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization, social hosting, technical
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 12
  • diversity  : 3 (3 women)
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Event page on Wikidata (in German)

Meeting of the Styrian community about photography drones edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: online meeting of the community in Graz (and beyond) about the use of and things to consider regarding photography drones.
  • volunteer organizers: Ralf Roletschek
  • what we contributed to this activity: help with organization, technical hosting
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 5
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Event page on de.wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2021-05-11 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: online expert talk for Wikipedians in Austria, Germany and Switzerland about historical washing machines with the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology's curator of everyday life and deputy collection manager
  • what we contributed to this activity: organisation, hosting
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 19
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Event page in German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2021-05-18 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up; this time with our monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users
  • what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 1
  • diversity  : 1 (1 foreigner)
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WikiDienstag (in German)

WikiDienstag 2021-05-25 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up; this time dedicated to the preparations for our big annual photography contest WikiDaheim 2021
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting, part of the organization
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 8
  • diversity  : 2 (2 women)
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wikidaheim.at

Supported media files and pages using media files edit

Basics
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • new files  : 226
  • pages with files  : 291
  • quality  : 0
  • useful content  : 190
  • versatile content  : 303

– last checked: 2021-07-27

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