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November 2018
Report

GLAMWiki Conference in Tel Aviv edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: exchange about WiR programs, updates about current trends in GLAM especially with community who also have a wider, more diverse understanding of GLAM work that matches WMAT's approach, preliminary meetings about a DACH GLAM event in Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs for a staff and a board member
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
  • diversity  : 1 (woman)
More information
→ Conference page
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 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  : 37
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 566 (566 improved Wikipedia articles)
More information
→ Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 2018 in the German-language Wikipedia

Volunteer supporters meeting in Vienna edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: 2nd meeting of VSN people dealing with community support in European Wikimedia organizations´(from WMAT, WMCH, WMDE, WMHU, WMNL, WMPL, WMRS, WMUK): skill transfer, updates on community health developments, comparison of support guidelines, solutions for (specific) problems of volunteer supporters
  • what we contributed to this activity: overall organization, hosting (rooms in our offices, snack and drinks, materials), program coordination, program inputs
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 8
  • diversity  : 8 (8 foreigners)
More information
→ Volunteer Supporters Network/Vienna Meeting 2018
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wikidata workshop in Vienna edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: an introduction to Wikidata and SPARQL, from basic concepts to applications like the visualization of complex data queries
  • volunteer organizers: Jean-Frédéric
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization, staff time, cost of external support
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 10
  • newly registered  : 3
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 14 (14 Wikidata items created/improved)
  • diversity  : 6 (5 women, 2 foreigners)
More information
→ Event page on WikiData

wiki♥vielfalt meeting in Linz edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: monthly event series for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for one staff member), snacks and drinks, give-aways
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
  • newly registered  : 1
  • diversity  : 1 (1 woman)
More information
→ Project page in the German language Wikipedia

Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikimedia booth at a fair in the city of St. Pölten with around 60 Austrian volunteer organizations
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, AleXXw, K@rl, M@nfred
  • what we contributed to this activity: booth fees, travel costs, information material
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 193 (direct contacts with fair visitors)
More information
→ Report in members wiki (in German)
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons
→ Website of Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten (in German)

Alpenforum event in Salzburg edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Alpenforum is a multi-national Wikipedia project about the alps; the event focussed on improving Wikimedia content about the city of Salzburg and its organs in particular
  • volunteer organizer: Schmeissnero
  • what we contributed to this activity: bookings of hotel and meeting room, travel organization and costs
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 21
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 32 (32 new or improved Wikipedia articles)
  • diversity  : 12 (12 foreigners from Germany, Switzerland and Italy)
More information
→ Project page in the German-language Wikipedia
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

last check: 2019-01-11

Wikipedia introduction for tour guides in Lower Austria edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikipedia introduction at the assembly of the association of tour guides for cellar alleys in Lower Austria, in connection with a Wikipedia project for the documentation of cellar alleys
  • volunteer organizers: M@nfred
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 50
More information
→ Report in members wiki (in German)

Denkmal-Cup 2018 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Annual de.wikipedia writing competition for cultural heritage monuments.
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: Traditionally WMAT sponsors the prizes for the winners in the form of books respectively vouchers from book stores.
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 17
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 498 (new/improved articles and lists)
More information
→ Project page on de.wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-06 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time including the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users and the meeting of the project group for the creation of Wikimedia Austria's calendar 2019
  • volunteer organizers: Gugerell, Herzi Pinki, Agruwie
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped rooms in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 6
  • diversity  : 3 (3 women)
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-13 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to {{Wikidata Infobox}} in Commons categories.
  • volunteer organizers: Funke
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 9 (9 Wikidata items created/improved)
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-20 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time we invited to talk about photography in Wikipedia and collect ideas for future photo projects.
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-27 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to graphics editing with GIMP and Inkscape
  • volunteer organizers: JoKalliauer
  • 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

Supported media files and pages using media files edit

Basics
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • new files  : 22,563
  • pages with files  : 1,033*
  • quality  : 60 (quality: 60)
  • useful content  : 303
  • versatile content  : 703

– last checked: 2019-02-15

* the tool GLAMorous 2 is not working for a couple of months now; therefore this number is only a calculation based upon the results from Jan to Jun 2018: 1 versatile content ≙ 1.47 pages with files
More information
→ Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons
 
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