Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/November 2020

November 2020
Report

Pilot project: Cultural Broadcasting Archive

Basics in a nutshell: pilot project for transferring audio files (edited to be suitable for Wikipedia articles) from Austria's Cultural Broadcasting Archive to Wikimedia Commons volunteer organizer: MattMan144 what we contributed to this activity: initiative and technical support	Program Free Content
Metrics newly registered : 1	More information → Cultural Broadcasting Archive website

Wikipedia Cultural Ambassadors coordination meeting

Basics in a nutshell: online community meeting for reviving Germany's Wikipedia Cultural Ambassadors initiative including Austria and Switzerland what we contributed to this activity: staff time	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 32	More information → Event page in German-language Wikipedia → Wikipedia Cultural Ambassadors concept I (in German) → Wikipedia Cultural Ambassadors concept II (in German)

Regional European Affiliates Transition Event

Basics in a nutshell: preparation meeting for the global strategy event with all interested European stakeholders. The event was a co-initiative of the WMNL, WMDE and WMAT boards. volunteer organizers: Braveheart what we contributed to this activity: volunteer and staff time, design, coordination, communication	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 23 diversity : 7 (female, LGTB+)	More information → Event page on Meta

German-language GLAM Meeting

Basics in a nutshell: two-days online meeting of the Wikimedia GLAM communities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, hosted by WMDE what we contributed to this activity: staff time, contributions to the program	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 18	More information → Event page in German-language Wikipedia → Documentation of Wikimedia Commons

Volunteer Supporters Network Meeting 2020

Basics in a nutshell: 4th international meeting dedicated to volunteer support in the Wikimedia movement, held online and hosted by WMPL what we contributed to this activity: staff time, contributions to the program	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 17 diversity : 15 (15 foreigners)	More information → Volunteer Supporters Network/Online Meeting 2020

33rd Wikipedia Writing Competition (de)

Basics in a nutshell: writing contest for quality articles in German-language Wikipedia (Wikipedia:Schreibwettbewerb), held two times a year volunteer organizers: Achim Raschka, Atomiccocktail, Gripweed, Jaax, DerMaxdorfer, Pacogo7, XanonymusX (= members of the juries) what we contributed to this activity: prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 24 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 25 (new or improved German-language Wikipedia articles) quality : 6 (2 quality articles + 4 featured articles) – last checked: 2021-02-14	More information → Project Page on de.wikipedia

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Autumn 2020

Basics in a nutshell: recurring German-language Wikipedia writing contest for removing cleanup templates volunteer organizers: HvW what we contributed to this activity: awards	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 32 quality : 1,327 (1,327 improved German-language Wikipedia articles) content pages : 1,327	More information → Project Page on de.wikipedia

14th Miniaturenwettbewerb

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 : 45 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 79 (new or improved German-language Wikipedia articles)	More information → project page on de.wikipedia (German)

Denkmal-Cup

Basics in a nutshell: Denkmal-Cup ("Monuments Cup") is an annual German language Wikipedia writing competition for cultural heritage monuments volunteer organizers: Gripweed what we contributed to this activity: original concept, prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 14 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 426 (new or improved articles in German-language Wikipedia)	More information → Denkmal-Cup 2020 in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2020-11-03

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic in the form of an online conference; this time with our monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users volunteer organizers: Regio what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 3 diversity : 1 woman	More information → Archive of WikiDienstag in 2020 (in German)

WikiDienstag 2020-11-10

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic in the form of an online conference; this time about the question how people, who can not edit Wikipedia themselves (due to age, disabilities etc.), could be supported and enabled to contribute what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 11 diversity : 3 women	More information → Archive of WikiDienstag in 2020 (in German)

WikiDienstag 2020-11-17

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic in the form of an online conference; this time also the public kick off meeting of the Austrian community's commitee planning the festivities for Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in 2021 what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 7 diversity : 2 women	More information → project page on de.wikipedia → Archive of WikiDienstag in 2020 (in German)

WikiDienstag 2020-11-24

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up, usually in WMAT's office but due to the pandemic in the form of an online conference; no special topic, an invitation to share experiences and ideas around Wikipedia, Commons, RegiowikiAT etc. what we contributed to this activity: online platform, technical hosting	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 6	More information → Archive of WikiDienstag in 2020 (in German)

Online workshop: Women in politics

Basics in a nutshell: meet-up of female Wikipedians focussing on women in politics; using WMAT's video conferencing platform volunteer organizers: Leserättin what we contributed to this activity: technical platform and hosting	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 6 (6 foreign women)	More information → project page Wikipedia-Stuttgart on de.wikipedia

Newcomers & diversity expert group meeting 2020-11

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)

Organisational development expert group meeting 2020-11-04

Basics in a nutshell: video conference of one of WMAT's expert groups; drafting a text for WMAT's rules of internal procedure in order to refine the responsibilities regarding behavioral standards volunteer organizers: UlliZ what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 2 (1 women, 1 foreigner)	More information → WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German) → WMAT's rules of internal procedure (in German)

Organisational development expert group meeting 2020-11-25

Basics in a nutshell: video conference of one of WMAT's expert groups; preliminary work for WMAT's new multi-year strategy volunteer organizers: UlliZ what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 2 (1 women, 1 foreigner)	More information → WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)

WikiDaheim 2020 jury meeting

Basics in a nutshell: online meeting of the main jury for WikiDaheim 2020 what we contributed to this activity: technical platform and hosting	Program Free Content
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 2 (2 women)	More information → Project page on de.wikipedia

Supported media files and pages using media files

Basics

in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30
volunteer organizers: Isiwal, Herzi Pinki, Tsui, Robert Heilinger; 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