Wikizine/EN2011-127

TBP: 2011-09-09

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• [Your reports] - Post your news for the next edition of Wikizine on Meta or in our Google form.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikizine/EN2011-128

  http://tinyurl.com/3w8wg5j

Movement

• [Wiki Loves Monuments] - Wiki Loves Monuments launched last week. Press release published: Make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to the World.

  http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu/2011/09/06/make-european-cultural-heritage-accessible-to-the-world/

Technical news

• [Wikidroid for Wikipedia] - Positive analysis about [likely] proprietary software "Wikidroid for Wikipedia" published on Android Pit.

  http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/tests/test/392588/Wikidroid-for-Wikipedia-Knowledge-in-the-Palm-of-Your-Hand

Foundation

• [Censorship "referendum" over] - It said to us what we already know: Wikimedians are multicultural and want to allow themselves to change their mind. However, no consensus in relation to the most important question. Questions were not asked in the form to expect "yes/no" answer, but to scale importance of particular feature. "Referendum" turnout was around 3%: ~700,000 emails were sent to eligible users, ~24,000 voters expressed their opinions. (In comparison, Board elections have 10-15% turnout.) The next step is to analyze those numbers.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Results/en

• [GLAM report] - WMF's GLAM initiative published August 2011 reports from USA, UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Israel.

  http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2011

• [Wikipedia Editor Satisfaction Index] - Mani Pande and Ayush Khanna from WMF introduced Wikipedia Editor Satisfaction Index.

  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/02/introducing-wikipedia-editor-satisfaction-index/

Chapters

• [WMF representatives in chapters' boards?] - The initiative for Wikimedia Brazil presented the idea to have WMF appointed person in their Board. After Ray Saintonge noted that it's not quite regular, Jimmy Wales supported the idea, which, in turn, sparked long discussion about (un)acceptable WMF influences to chapters.

  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/246958

Science

• [Gender Bias] - In the Volume 5 for 2011, International Journal of Communication published paper by Joseph Reagle and Lauren Rhue "Gender Bias in Wikipedia and Britannica".

  http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/777/591 (pdf)

• [Investigating editing anxiety in new users] - A project by dr Benjamin R. Cowan and professor Russell Beale has been added to the Research directory.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Investigating_editing_anxiety_in_new_users

• [Research committee meeting] - RCom held meeting on September 2nd. Notes from the meeting are available on Wikimedia Etherpad.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee/Meetings/Meeting_2011-09-02

  http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/RCom201109

• [Virtual community research] - Stuart Easterling, WMF Virtual Community History Fellow published update on Virtual community history research of Wikipedia in Spanish.

  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/02/update-on-virtual-community-history-research-spanish-language-wikipedia/

In the news

• [Celebrities’ Autographs] - Crushable reports not quite a news that Wikipedia has started including celebrities' autographs in article about them. In related event, User:Hindustanilanguage uploaded ~300 autographs on Wikimedia Commons in mid-August.

  http://crushable.com/entertainment/wikipedia-has-started-including-celebrities-autographs-on-their-profiles-394/

  http://tinyurl.com/4xxmepz

• [How do i edit a page on wikipedia without it gettin removed?] - A classic high school question about editing Wikipedia appeared on Yahoo Answers.

  http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110902133937AAVW9a8

• [Jimmy Wales in US diplomatic cable] - Jimmy Wales appears in leaked US diplomatic cable under the name Jimmy Walker. Besides many people with that name, one Jimmy Walker was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. Another one is Jimmie Walker, comedian.

  http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Walker

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Walker

Events and meetups

• [21 August - 6 October] - Stewards election.

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2

  • [21 August - 6 October] - Questions to candidates.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Questions

  • [15 September - 6 October] - Voting.

    http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2011-2/Guidelines/en#Voters

• [10 September] - Wiki Takes Amsterdam will be held on September 10th.

  http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ontmoeten#Amsterdam:_Zaterdag_10_september

• [10 September] - Kolkata7 meetup

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata7

• [11 September] - London 49 meetup

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/49

• [14 September] - Workshop for GLAMs at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, UK will be held on September 14th.

  http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Art_Gallery_and_Museum

• [14 September] - Amical Viquipèdia and Foundation Joan Miró organize the contest for improving articles about Joan Miró, on September 14th.

  http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Mir%C3%B3

  http://www.viquimedia.cat/

  http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/

• [14-16 September] - [New Orleans Hackathon] - New Orleans Hackathon will take place between October 14th and 16th.

  http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2011/09/01/0

  http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/NOLA_Hackathon

• [15 September] - Wiki Wildlife Bristol, an event focused on writing about endangered species for Wikipedia, will take place on September 15th.

  http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol

• [16 September] - Hong Kong 57 meetup

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Hong_Kong/57

• [17 September] - Wikipedia Takes Barcelona will be held on September 17th.

  http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Wikipedia_Takes_Barcelona

• [17 September] - Wiki Takes Amersfoort (Netherlands) will take place on September 17th.

  http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ontmoeten#Amersfoort_17_september

• [17 September] - Wikipedia takes Fremantle (Australia) will be held on September 17th.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Fremantle

• [17 September] - Manchester meetup

  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester

• [17 September] - Berkeley Wikipedia Meetup

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Berkeley

• [24 September] - Wiki Takes de Zaan (Netherlands) will be held on September 24th.

  http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ontmoeten#Zaanstreek_24_september

• [24-25 September] - Polish Wikipedia community, supported by Wikimedia Polska, is going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project (founded on September 26, 2001) with a conference to be held on September 24-25, in Poznan, Poland.

  http://10lat.wikipedia.pl

  http://tinyurl.com/42tkjub (Google translate)

• [30 September] - The last day of the project Wiki Loves Monuments for this year is September 30th.

  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011

Meetups are filled from Wikipedia:Meetup page at English Wikipedia. Please, add your meetup there and it will be published by Wikizine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup)

GLAM-related events are held on Outreach Wiki. If you add your GLAM-related event there, it will be published in Wikizine. (http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Events)

For other events, please post them on our events page or send us email with short description of your event. (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikizine/Events)

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