Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/September 2019


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September 2019
Report


WMAT strategy meetingEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Every year in summer, the WMAT board and some of the staff go on a strategy offsite in order to check how the year has been progressing and to prepare the annual plan and budget for the next year. This year we tackled some additional tasks regarding organisational development: The general assembly tasked us with reforming our election process.
  • what we contributed to this activity: Travel costs, accomodation and venue, food, staff time
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 10
  • diversity  : 2 (female and non-Austrian)
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The results of our planning are discussed with our community in the context of planning labs

WikiProject Traditional Crafts: The Pocketknives of TrattenbachEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: start of the new German-language WikiProject Traditional Crafts with documenting (text, photo, video) the intangible cultural heritage of the pocketknives in Trattenbach, Upper Austria
  • volunteer organizers: Geolina163
  • what we contributed to this activity: project coordination, travel grants
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 15
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 18 (see table below)
More information
Project page in German-language Wikipedia
Media files on Wikimedia Commons
Final report (PDF, in German)
Results
new or improved German-language Wikipedia articles 18
(new: 14, improved: 4)
new media files on Wikimedia Commons 697
new RegiowikiAT articles 31

Upper Austrian Townscape Fair 2019 in TernbergEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: presentation of Wikipedia and of Wikimedia Austria's projects related to regional culture like WikiDaheim
  • volunteer organizers: 1971markus, Agruwie, Dromedar61, Geolina163, Haeferl, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization of and costs for fair booth
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 117 (direct contacts with fair visitors and exhibitors)
More information
Event page in German-language Wikipedia
Media files on Wikimedia Commons
→ Municipality of Ternberg: Townscape Fair 2019 (in German)
→ Upper Austrian State Federation of Village and Urban Development Associations: Townscape Fair 2019 (in German)

Wikipedia Café in LinzEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: monthly get-together of the Upper Austrian Wikimedia community in Linz, Upper Austria.
  • what we contributed to this activity: project lead, travel costs for staff
Program
Community Support


Metrics
  • participants  : 3
More information
Wikipedia:Oberösterreich/Wikipedia Café in German-language Wikipedia

Photo project at the International Motor Show IAA in GermanyEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: photography at the International Motor Show Germany (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung IAA)
  • volunteer organizers: Johannes Maximilian
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs, equipment for photography
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
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Commons category of images
project results
Wikimedia Commons 811 new media files on Wikimedia Commons, 377 distinct images used in main namespace of Wikimedia projects, with 1192 total image usages

WikidataWednesday 2019-09-18Edit

Basics
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 2
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 431 (10 new items)
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WikidataWednesday on Wikidata

Wikiversity: Europaforum WachauEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikiversity and Wikipedia editing as integral part of a university course by the University of Vienna in cooperation with Europa-Forum Wachau
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Karl Gruber, JoKalliauer, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: co-organisation, information material, travel costs for volunteer organizers
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 24
  • newly registered  : 20
  • content pages   without media files and pages using media files: 11 (5 new dewiki articles, 3 improved dewiki articles, 1 improved enwiki article, 1 improved frwiki article, 1 improved rowiki article)
  • diversity  : 17 (17 female participants)
  • retention  : 19 – last checked: 2020-03-26
More information
Course page in German-language Wikiversity
Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Monuments DayEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: presenting Wikipedia and Wikimedia Austria, especially our projects to reach new authors and contributors and the photo contest WikiDaheim, as guests of Federal Monuments Office at their rooms at Vienna Hofburg; additionally supporting photographers who travelled through Austria to take pictures of monuments
  • volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: staff time, technical equipment, promotional material
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 700 contacts at Hofburg (200 conversations)
More information
Official website of Tag des Denkmals, archive 2019

WikiDienstag 2019-09-03Edit

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
  • volunteer organizers: Nadine 13131
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 7
More information
WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2019-09-10Edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time review of WikiProject Traditional Crafts: The Pocketknives of Trattenbach
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie
  • 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

WikiDienstag 2019-09-17Edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time in preparation of Tag des Dankmals 2019 (Monuments Day)
  • volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks; material for the event
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants  : 4
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WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2019-09-24Edit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time open meeting
  • volunteer organizers: Funke
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants  : 1
More information
WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Supported media files and pages using media filesEdit

Basics
  • in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2019-09-01 to 2019-09-30
  • volunteer organizers: Haeferl, Alexander-93, 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  : 14,616
  • pages with files  : 1,943
  • quality  : 328 (featured: 15, quality: 295, valued: 18)
  • useful content  : 1,215
  • versatile content  : 3,047

– last checked: 2020-02-18

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Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons


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