Wikipedian in residence, Violetova, Diary
I am Violetova and Виолетова, and I am Wikipedian in Residence in The Archives of Republic of Macedonia (DARM). View the usage of the uploaded files with those tools: GLAMorous tool and GLAMorgan.
This page will serve as a diary for my work. All uploaded files are in this category: Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_DARM
- Useful page: Public holidays in Macedonia
26 January 2017
edit- 23:59 (CET UTC+01:00) January 25, 2017 was the end of DARM Challenge 2.
The winners are:
- Lackope - 1200 points
- SirGoldenBlade - 1125 points
- Millars - 633 points
- Ранко Николић - 555 points
- Andrew J.Kurbiko - 372 points.
Statistic results (some according to GLAMorgan tool):
- 16 participants
- from 8 different language wikis
- more than 50 new articles created at the time of DARM Challenge 2
- 35.55% of all images of category
- 1,392 pages on 33 wikis use those files.
- In GLAM Newsletter - January 2017
26 December 2016
edit- Still working on uploading images in the Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_DARM.
- At least 26 new categories opened for the sake of the images I uploaded on commons.
- Uploaded: 2,190 files in total, and the number continue to grow.
- In GLAM Newsletter
19 December 2016
edit- DARM Challenge 2 is ready and lunched.
12 December 2016
edit- Working on new images. Several Archive's boxes with images left to be scanned till the end of the year.
5 December 2016
edit- Working on DARM Challenge 2 this week, and on organizing a workshop for DARM employees.
- Day off this week (public holiday): Thursday, December 8.
28 November 2016
edit- Created five new categories for uploading old photos and old postcards of various towns in Macedonia.
- Uploaded: 1,552 files in total.
21 November 2016
edit- Several meetings with DARM employees who are interested in editing Wikipedia. I am planing to organize a workshop for them.
14 November 2016
edit- Created of new category Category:Refugees of the Greek Civil War
- Created of new category Category:Democratic Army of Greece, and uploaded 27 files in this category
7 November 2016
edit- Traveling to Prilep and working on digitizing files from Prilep Department, donation of more than 300 photos "Old images of various cities and towns".
31 October 2016
edit- Uploaded: 1,379 files in total.
24 October 2016
edit- In Category:World War I forces of Russia in Macedonian front there are 19 files. This category contained only 4 files previously.
- In Category:Republic of Macedonia in World War I - 76 files in total. This category contained only 46 files previously.
17 October 2016
edit- First Wiki Club in Macedonia, as a part of the Children Room in the Museum of Macedonian struggle in Skopje, started on Wednesday, 19th October 2016. This is not a part of my WiR duties, but as a Wikipedian in charge for this Club, I cannot resist to mention it here.
- Main page about Wiki Clubs in Macedonia
- More photos on: Category:Wiki Clubs in Republic of Macedonia
- In media: TV Show "Jadi Burek"
10 October 2016
edit- A group of students in DARM come on 10 October 2016. Wikipedian in Residence at DARM (me) gave a lecture about Wikipedia to the students and introduced to them the first Wiki Club which will start on 19th October in the Museum of Macedonian struggle in Skopje. DARM gave a present to all of them, a calendar with old photos of Macedonian voivode.
- I have a three hours meeting with a teacher who will participate in the Wiki Club in the Museum of Macedonian struggle in Skopje. The meeting included agreement on how she could help with the Wiki Club, and also lecture and basics about Wikipedia. New user is:
- Uploaded: 1,298 files
3 October 2016
edit- I spent time on meetings with officials from secondary school in Skopje, in order to organize the students from 9th class to visit Archive and to attend a lecture about Wikipedia. Also I had meetings with officials in DARM, in order everything to be organized well. DARM officials decided to give present to the students - a calendar with an old photos of Macedonian voivode.
- In the category Photographs by Manaki Brothers, now we have 284 in total. There were a few photos (23 total) in the category Manaki Brothers at that moment when I started negotiation about this photos with the Management of the Archives in May.
26 September 2016
edit- Working on new photos I get in the Archives, i.e. digitized them.
19 September 2016
edit- Spent time to get an old photos from Prilep Department, contacting the officials from Prilep. In the end of the week, it was decided that Prilep Department will send the boxes in Skopje, in DARM, because the same files I asked for Wikipedia will be used in some other project in Skopje. I don't have to travel to Prilep to get them.
12 September 2016
edit- Uploaded: 1,175 files
- Note: On Monday (12 September) I was out of office, as many people in Macedonia, due to high magnitude (4.1 and 5.2) earthquakes which happened in Skopje on Sunday.
5 September 2016
edit- Meetings: I spent time in the Museum in discussion with the officials about Wiki Club. I am happy to see the results, starting from October. The Director of the Museum announces our collaboration in public, on 5th Anniversary of the Museum. It is also published on the web page of the Museum.
- Note: Thursday (8 September) was a public holiday in Macedonia.
- Note: I spent time in scoring process as Project Grants Committee member
29 August 2016
edit- Meetings: Many meetings took a part this week for me. One of them was with the officials in the Museum of Macedonian struggle. We are starting together collaboration on organizing Wiki Club in scope of their Club for children.
22 August 2016
edit- Meetings: I was sent by DARM manager on several meetings this week with officials in Karpoš Municipality and the schools in Skopje. The project we are working on is to bring students in the GLAM institutions on workshops and editing Wikipedia.
15 August 2016
edit- I spent time with DARM employees to correct mistakes given to me in Bitola Department as descriptions of some of the photos. That is why uploading is not so easy and quick.
8 August 2016
edit- I spent time in the Periodicals Department, searching for documents about 1962 Flood in Skopje.
- Поплава во Скопје 1962 (created from documents provided by DARM)
1 August 2016
edit- GLAM Newsletter - report for July 2016
- BG Blog - Bulgarian Wikimedians mention DARM Challenge and Bulgarian winner on blog
- Note: 2 August (Tuesday) was public holiday in Macedonia.
25 July 2016
edit- I spent time in the Bitola Department, digitizing materials. I get almost 300 photos out of 6,000, which are kept in the Bitola Dpartment, as donation from the Archives Bitola Department. All photos were filmed on glass plate. There are many of them which are damaged or broken, but still recognizable what is on the photo. I spent whole week in Bitola, in order to get and digitized material. All digitized 290 photos will be uploaded in the next weeks. All photos are black and white.
- There were a few photos (23 total) in the category Manaki Brothers at that moment when I started negotiation with the Management of the Archives in May.
- My Report for Wikimania 2016 is ready.
18 July 2016
edit- Spent time to purchase the books for winners, contacting them via e-mail, packing the books, and sending the books via post office.
11 July 2016
edit- The first five contributors on DARM Challenge are:
- 530 points - Ilikeliljon from bg.wiki
- 295 points - SirGoldenBlade from mk.wiki
- 265 points - Ранко Николић from sr.wiki
- 220 points - CarRadovan from sr.wiki
- 141 points - Andrew J.Kurbiko from uk.wiki
- Statisitc results (some according to GLAMorgan tool):
- 25 participants
- from 15 different language wikis
- more than 50 new articles created at the time od DARM Challenge
- 29.02% of all images of category
- 419 pages use those files.
4 July 2016
edit- In media:
- Note: I continue with my work as WiR at the Archive, while waiting my 2nd term grant request to be reviewed.
- Note 2: Tuesday 5 July 2016 was public holiday in Macedonia.
27 June 2016
edit- Last week of my first 6 months term as WiR at the Archives: I spent time to preparing and digitizing files, to be uploaded after DARM Challenge will end.
- My interview in media about Wikimania 2016
20 June 2016
edit- Out of office, because I am at Wikimania 2016.
13 June 2016
edit- DARM Challenge is running.
- I spent time to fill out the Report, and searching the old documents at the Archives.
- Note: I spent days and nights, including the Weekend to upload as many files as I can, which I get home from the Archives, because next week I will be at Wikimania 2016.
- Uploaded: 1,027 files
6 June 2016
edit- Ангел Узунов (created by DARM employee)
- Most of the time this week I spent working on the DARM Challenge page
- GLAM Newsletter from May 2016
- Note: I want to say "thanks" to users who helped me with the DARM Challenge page: Glavkos , I JethroBT (WMF), Ата, and also to users NenaBOR, Basak and Ilikeliljon for translation the page in other languages, and also to user Jane023 for priceless advice.
30 May 2016
edit- Македонска народна банка (Софија) (created by DARM employee, new Wikipedian)
- Aвтохтона банка „Вардар“ (created by DARM employee, new Wikipedian)
- Edith-a-thon with the several employees of the Archives, in the days of 1st, 2nd and 3th June 2016. The new users are:
- In the media:
- Hands-on training for employees of the State Archives
23 May 2016
edit- Meetings: Several meetings with officials in the Archives on rewards which could be given to the Wikimedians who will take a part in the Archive Challenge. Consultation about Archive Challenge with several Wikipedians, also.
- Uploaded: 638 in total
- Note: 24th May 2016 was a holiday in Macedonia.
16 May 2016
edit- First three days of this week I spent time in the office of The State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia, department in Skopje, digitizing files. In previous meetings, we come to an agreement (me, as a WiR and the management of the Archive Department in Skopje) that Skopje Department is going to release at least 50 (fifty) files for Wikipedia, but we end up with 518 files ready to be uploaded on commons: 300 from the 1963 Skopje earthquake, 13 from the 1962 Skopje flood, 164 from the parts of Skopje photographed before 1940, and 41 other files.
- Meetings: Several meetings with employees in the Archive Department in Skopje, speaking them about Wikipedia and other Wiki projects, and answering questions.
- Note: All 518 files will be uploaded in the next days, because the Archive Department in Skopje has limited internet access, which means that I was not able to upload the files from their office, but only to digitized the files.
9 May 2016
edit- Most of the time, I spent time in the office of The State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia, department in Skopje, digitizing files.
- Meetings: Several meetings with the Manager of the Archive Department in Bitola. The plan is that I will have to travel in Bitola in order to get at least 50 files (photos) from Manaki collection of photos, which the Department in Bitola will release for Wikipedia.
- Note: On Friday 13 May 2016, I was out of office in the Archives, due to my presence on WikiLive 2016 in Belgrade, where I have a presentation on WikiWomen
2 May 2016
edit- Starting from this week, in the next days I spent time in the office of The State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia, department in Skopje, digitizing files.
- Uploaded: 474 in total
- Note: I had three working days this week, because 2nd of May is public holiday in Macedonia, and 6th of May I had activities in my son's school.
25 April 2016
edit- Meetings: Meeting with the manager of Skopje department of the State Archives in his office and with the employee who is responsible for photos and documents about 1963 Skopje earthquake. The management of the Skopje department of the State Archives are willing to donate at least 50 photos about this disaster event. There is few photos (18 total) in the category 1963 Skopje earthquake at the moment.
- Note: I had three working days this week, because 28th and 29th of April were part of the public holidays, free days.
18 April 2016
edit- Јанаки Манаки (created from documents provided by DARM)
- and 4 more new articles created from documents provided by DARM
- Meetings: Several meetings this week with officials and employees about my next engagement in the Skopje department of the State Archives. From Monday on, I will visit Skopje department of the State Archives, in order to get photos, documents and materials from their depot. On the meetings, me and the employees set a course of activities.
11 April 2016
edit- Wikipedian and foreign students tour through the Archives, organized by WiR, took place on 12 April 2016.
- Вангел Чукаловски (created from documents provided by DARM)
- and 5 more new articles created from documents provided by DARM
- Meetings: With management of the State Archives, due to my next course of engagement in the DARM. The propose for me is to visit several departments of the State Archive in other cities (Bitola, Prilep, etc.), including the department in Skopje, which is in the same city, but in different settlement.
04 April 2016
edit- Meetings: Several meetings with officials due to organizing tour through the Archives for a group of foreign students and Wikipedians.
- Uploaded: 464 in total
28 March 2016
edit- Template:PD-GOV-RM - New template for uploaded written material files. I will have to change licence in all files already uploaded.
- Note: Because of sickness (flu), I was out of office two days this week.
21 March 2016
edit- Wikipedia workshop: A "hands on" session with one of the employee. New editor is Mare.bb.
- Никола Дејков (created by new editor, employee of the Archives)
- Uploaded: 425 files in total
14 March 2016
edit- Wikipedia workshop: Nine students were on basic editing workshop, on Friday, March 18, 2016. Six of them created usernames, and three of them were unable due to limit of six new users at once. The new users are:
- In the media: Contributions to Wikipedia of Wikipedian in residence at DARM
- Note 1: I finished my interim report this week.
- Note 2: Nine of the files were deleted, with note that "proper license tags should be used" c:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Виолетова.
7 March 2016
edit- Ѓорѓи Скопјанчето (created from documents provided by DARM)
- Wikipedia workshop: Five students were on basic editing workshop, on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Two were new users, and three of them were second time. The new users are:
The students have created 3 new articles and 1 article was improved.
29 February 2016
edit- Наум Златарев (created from documents provided by DARM)
- and 5 more new articles created from documents provided by DARM
- Wikipedia workshop: Five students were on basic editing workshop, on Friday, March 4, 2016. New users are:
The students have created 2 new articles and 3 articles were improved.
- Uploaded:371 files in total
22 February 2016
edit- Meetings: I had a meeting with the professor of several students from History department, who will have practice hours at DARM, probably in March. The professor was interested in Wikipedia, and she wants her students to have basic editing workshop in the Archives. We were negotiating the details of the upcoming Wikipedia workshop.
- Uploaded: 347 in total
15 February 2016
edit- Кумановска околија (1957-1965) (created from documents provided by DARM)
- and 14 new articles created from documents provided by DARM
- Uploaded: 307 in total
8 February 2016
edit- Битолска околија (1955-1957) (created from documents provided by DARM)
- Meetings: I was called on meeting with the Chief Executive Officer at National Archives of Republic of Macedonia. I gave report on how is going my work as WiR.
- Uploaded: 257 in total
- Note: Because of sickness, I was out of office three days this week.
1 February 2016
edit- Балкански сојуз (improved from documents provided by DARM)
- Македонско прашање (improved from documents provided by DARM)
- Историја на административната поделба на Македонија (improved from documents provided by DARM)
- Јордан Анастасов (created from documents provided by DARM)
- Народноослободителен одбор (created from documents provided by DARM)
- Meetings: Basic editing workshop with four employees.
- I started a process of digitalization of files. It seems that digitalized files, ready and free to upload, are already exploited. It is exciting
to search in boxes with original documents from the last century.
- Uploaded: 242 files in total
- Note: The employees were introduced with basic editing on Wikipedia. No one of them create account in front of me, so I am not able to provide their user names or contributions. They asked many questions, as: Who will give us permission to contribute on Wikipedia? Why is better option to have account with user name? How to check who created an article? Is it allow to change false data in the articles? Is it possible to see list of articles related to same subject, and how to do that? etc.
25 January 2016
edit- Историски архив (Тетово) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Струмица) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Штип) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- За нас (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Meetings: With management of the Archives, I gave report on how is going my work as WiR.
- Uploaded: 202 files in total
- Note: This week there was problem with internet connection several hours in two days, which slows my pace of work.
18 January 2016
edit- Историски архив (Велес) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Куманово) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Охрид) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Прилеп) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Историски архив (Скопје) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Олга Петрушева (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Meetings: With several employees from Historic department. They are interested in improving articles on Wikipedia. Meeting with employee responsible for ASNOM files: I was informed that the Archives will release around 50 more files at the moment, and we will continue with the ASNOM files in April. This is due to the Archives will publish all ASNOM materials as a book in March, so the management of the Archives decided first to publish all of them as a book, then release for Wikipedia usage. My plan about this situation is: after I finish with what I have as ASNOM files (around 50 files), to continue with WW I files, which are scanned and ready to upload.
- Uploaded: 148 files in total
11 January 2016
edit- Created invitation: Open day at the DARM on the Village Pump
- Created: event page on meta
- Meetings: With the employee who has to give support about ASNOM files. We come to an agreement about pace of uploading files. Meeting with the Chief of Security at DARM, about number of visitors and Wikipedians at "Open day", and other details. Meeting with guides at DARM, who will guide the tour for visitors and Wikipedians on 15th January.
- Open day, was held successfully.
- Images from the event are in this category
- Educated: Two new Wikipedians
- First Edit-a-thon held in DARM, with five Wikipedians.
- Историски архив (Битола) (created from the documents provided by DARM)
- Used files: 26 images used so far
- Uploded: 102 files in total
4 January 2016
editFirst week: I started at 4 January 2016, as a first working day in the 2016. This week there are two more holidays, on 6th and 7th January.
- Created: Diary page
- Created: Category Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_DARM
- Created: c:Template:DARM archive
- Meetings: With several employees in the Archives, I spoke about Wikipedia and advantage they will have to learn how to edit Wikipedia. Meeting and consultation with the Chief Manager of the Archives about activities of celebration of 15th birthday of Wikipedia.
- Диме Спасов (improved)
- Список на делегати од АСНОМ пратеници за АВНОЈ (created from the documents get at DARM)
- Uploaded: 28 files
- Created an event for 15th January, Anniversary of Wikipedia, with the program as guided tour, discussion about Wikipedia and edit-a-thon.
- Created: Open day in the Archives invitation on Facebook.