Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/November 2019

November 2019
Report

Editaton Prachatice 2 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: 3-days multi-lingual Wikipedia and Commons edit-a-thon in and about the city of Prachatice, Czechia; organised by WMČR with Wikimedians from Czechia, Austria and Germany
  • what we contributed to this activity: translation/promotion in Austria, travel grant for 1 Austrian volunteer
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 1
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 20 (8 new and 12 improved German-language Wikipedia articles by the Austrian Wikimedian)
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Project page in Czech Wikipedia
Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Legal workshop in Frankfurt edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: further training in licensing and personal law issues for Wikimedians in Frankfurt, Germany
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel grants for 2 Wikimedia volunteers from Austria
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
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Event page in German-language Wikipedia

Wikipedia vor Ort 2019 edit

Basics
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 1,021 (visitors at the locations)
  • newly registered  : 163 (by banner campaign)
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Event page in German-language Wikipedia
Project page in German-language Wikipedia
Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Lecture at Keplersalon edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: As a fringe event to our Wikipedia vor Ort event, we joint forces with a local group in Linz, which organizes talks on current topics, the so-called Kepler-Salon. Our Executive Director Claudia Garád prepared a presentation on "Wikipedia and Truth" which then led to a wider discussion with the ~65 attendees, many of them from groups which might know Wikipedia but otherwise do not know much about the Wikimedia Movement or how content is created on the projects.
  • volunteer organizers: Magdalena Reiter
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination, communication and a presentation by our ED
Program
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 65
  • diversity  : 25 (female, non-binary)
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event page

WikidataWednesday 2019-11-13 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: monthly Wikidata meet up in Vienna
  • volunteer organizers: Jean-Frédéric
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination, venue, snacks and drinks
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 9
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Wikidata Event page

GLAM meeting in Munich edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: meeting of the Wikimedia GLAM communities of Germany, Austria and Switzerland for coordination and planning of activities in 2020, hosted by WMDE in Munich
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs of 3 Austrian participants, contributions to the program
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 3 (participating Austrians)
More information
Event page in German-language Wikipedia
Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Volunteer Supporters Network meeting in Switzerland edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: meeting of the Volunteer Supporters Network (VSN) hosted by WMCH, with 12 participants from 9 Wikimedia affiliates, main topics: skill sharing, new editor retention, Wikimedia 2030 strategy
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs of our community manager, program coordination and contributions to the program
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 1
More information
Event page on Meta
Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Community communication training in Vienna edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: 2-days offline training for Austrian Wikipedians by an external trainer (paid by WMDE), for a better handling of conflicts in Wikipedia
  • what we contributed to this activity: coordination, equipped room in our office, catering
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 8
More information
Event page in German-language Wikipedia

Edit-a-thon at Free Knowledge course, University of Vienna edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: our board member Fritz Schipper held a course about Free Knowledge at the University of Vienna; the edit-a-thon was an introduction to Wikipedia editing for the students
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, JoKalliauer, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: concept and realization (staff time)
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 19
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 1 (German-language Wikipedia article de:Gertrude Langer created during the workshop)
  • diversity  : 11 (11 female participants)
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Course pages in German-language Wikiversity

Wikipedia workshop in Vienna edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: afternoon Wikipedia workshop for new editors as a follow-up activity to Wikipedia vor Ort
  • what we contributed to this activity: concept, coordination and execution; equipped room in our office
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 4
  • newly registered  : 3
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 1 (German-language Wikipedia article de:Weghuberpark created during workshop)
  • diversity  : 2 (2 women)
  • retention  : 2 – last checked: 2020-03-17
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de:Weghuberpark

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Autumn 2019 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: recurring German-language Wikipedia writing contest for removing cleanup templates
  • what we contributed to this activity: awards
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 35
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 749 (improved German-language Wikipedia articles)
More information
Project page in German-language Wikipedia

Denkmal-Cup 2020 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Denkmal-Cup ("Monuments Cup") is an annual German language Wikipedia writing competition for cultural heritage monuments
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: original concept, prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 18
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 433 (new or improved articles in German-language Wikipedia)
More information
Denkmal-Cup 2019 in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2019-11-05 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users
  • volunteer organizers: Herzi Pinki, Nadine 13131
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 4
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WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia
Wikipedia-Beratung (in German)

WikiDienstag 2019-11-12 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with a review of the past open doors event Wikipedia vor Ort
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 6
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WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia
Notes of the discussion (in German)

WikiDienstag 2019-11-19 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time discussing issues of topography in Austria related to Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata (missing images, correct names, data objects ...)
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 5
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WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2019-11-26 edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time discussing the possibility and the challenges of organizing the WikiCon 2021 in Linz
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 7
More information
WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia
Transcript (in German)

Supported media files and pages using media files edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2019-11-01 to 2019-11-30
  • volunteer organizers: Isiwal, 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
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • new files  : 6,124
  • pages with files  : 479
  • quality  : 10 (featured: 1, quality: 9)
  • useful content  : 253
  • versatile content  : 363

– last checked: 2020-02-18

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Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons
 
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