WikiDonne/Reports/Report 2020-2021/en

WikiDonne User Group Activity 2020–2021

16 November – December 2020

Wikipedia

Co-organization or support

• AfroCine 2020 (online, October and November 2020)
• Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 & Asian Women 2020, subcontest of Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 (online, November 2020). Offered gadgets.

Wikiquote

• SheSaid, organization in Italy of Wiki Loves Women's international campaign. 335 new entries written and 70 improved. Offer gadgets.

Wikidata

• Compiled lists of missing entries of women obtained through queries in Wikidata based on occupation, continent, country.
• Translation of the tutorial in Wikidata Wikidata Query Service Tutorial by WMIL (60%).

Webinar

• [$YT1 November 25th and violence against women] (November 25, 2020 on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women)
• [$YT2 "Gender and leadership" webinar] (in Italian, 7 November 2020) in collaboration with the University of Cagliari.
• [$YT3 Editing Wikiquote with #SheSaid campaign], webinar on how to edit Wikiquote (in English, November 7, 2020)
• [$YT4 #SheSaid - webinar on wikiquote in Italian], webinar on how to edit Wikiquote (in Italian, November 7, 2020)
• [$YT5 Women and climate change], 12 December 2020. Presentation of the LIFE PASTORALP project developed within the DAGRI Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences (University of Florence) on the impact that climate change has on alpine pastures .

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Labs

• Laboratory at the University of Pisa: Presentation of the WikiDonne project and the wiki universe to students (November 17, 2020).

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Metrics

[$Dash Tool Dashboard].

• [$Course1 Donne e cambiamento climatico]
• [$Course2 Gender and leadership Edit-a-thon]
• [$Course3 Interwiki Women 2020]
• [$Course4 Wiki Loves Fashion 2020]
• [$Course5 Planetary Scientists Edit-a-thon 2020]
• [$Course6 Wiki Loves Sport 2020]
• [$Course7 SheSaid]
• [$Course8 BBC 100 Women 2020]

January – March 2021

Wikipedia

Chi dice donna dice Dante

Participation

• ArtAndFeminism 2021, from March 15 to May 16, 2021.
• WikiGap 2021 (March 6 to April 11), with the support of Wikimedia Sverige and the Swedish Embassy in Rome. 6 participants, 18 new articles, 2 improved.

Co-organization or support

• 2021 Remembrance Day, January 27, 2021. Event organized together with Persecutions, deportations and crimes of the Nazi-Fascist period: 18 new items, 4 improved.
• Women and folkore 2021, double contest: in Commons and in Wikipedia (from February 1 to March 31), part of the international campaign Feminism and Folklore 2021 of which we are partners. 8 participants wrote 81 new entries and improved 2 articles.

Concept & main organization

• Women in Dante (25 March - 25 April 2021), editathon for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri and on the occasion of the publication of the book Le donne di Dante ' 'by Marco Santagata.

Courses

Training course to university professors and students (6 lessons between February 15 and March 4, 2021) delivered to the Female Toponymy Association as part of the project Digital Vitamins funded by the Lazio Region to support publishing. What is Wikipedia, the 5 pillars, licenses of use and copyright, copyviol, reliable sources, what is WikiDonne, practical demonstration of two translations - from English and French - with the Translate Content Tool, practical demonstration for writing ex novo of an article and student practice on article's writing using VE.

• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 1 (video)
• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 2 (video)
• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 3 (video)
• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 4 (video)
• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 5 (video)
• Wikipedia training course - Wikidonne 6 (video)

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Commons

242 photos uploaded during the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 contest, 13 finalists (category) and 3 winners (category).

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  La Focara - Di mano in mano
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  La Focara - Ultimi fasci
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  Maschere del carnevale di Venezia

Open Street Map

WikiDonne meets cOSMopolIT (March 20, 2021), meeting with the cOSMopolIT group: [$OSM presentation of Open Street Map] and mapathon:

• as part of the [$Tanzania initiative of Crowd2Map Tanzania], an organization that since 2015 has been involved in mapping the rural areas of Tanzania to support campaigns aimed at stopping the practice of female genital mutilation;
• as part of the [$Mali project for mapping Mali].

Webinar

• [$Webinar1 Wiki Loves Folklore 2021], February 1, 2021.
• [$Webinar2 WikiGap 2021], March 8, 2021, in the presence of the Swedish Ambassador and the Communications Officer of the Swedish Embassy.
• [$Webinar3 WikiDonne meets cOSMopolIT], March 20, 2021.
• [$Webinar4 Wikibooks webinar - Art + Feminism], March 27, 2021. Live on the occasion of the 5th edition of Art + Feminism in Potenza for the writing of the wikibook Profili di donne Lucane

April - June 2021

Wikipedia

Participation

• CEE Women 2021, 10–31 May 2021.
• Wiki Loves Pride 2021, 1–30 June 2021.

Co-organization or support

• #WikiForHumanRights 2021, from April 15 to May 15 to celebrate Earth Day.

Concept & main organization

• Women in Dante, editathon during which 8 items (4 new items and 4 improved) were written on the biographies of women in Dante's work.
• World Day of Cultural Diversity, 21, 22 and 23 May 2021. Presentation of Wikivoyage.

Wikivoyage

• International Day of Cultural Diversity 2021, 21-23 May 2021.

Metrics

• [$Course1 Female Toponymy Course 2021]
• [$Course2 WikiGap 2021]
• [$Course3 WikiForHumanRights 2021]
• [$Course4 CEE Women 2021]
• [$Course5 Wiki Loves Pride 2021]

Webinar

• [$Webinar1 Women in Dante], April 8, 2021. Conversation with Alessandra Sarchi and Alberto Casadei on women in Dante's work and on the latest book by Marco Santagata on the occasion of Dantedì for the 700th anniversary of the death of great poet.
• [$Webinar2 WLFolk 2021 Award Ceremony], April 17, 2021. Guests Cristina Paveri, Daniele Buccarella, awarded during the photo contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 in Commons and ValeJappo, one of the winners in Wikipedia.
• [$Part1 #WikiForHumanRights 2021 Part 1], April 22, 2021. Presentation of free licenses and tutorials on how to edit Wikipedia.
• [$Anniv Antonio Dinosaur Discovery], April 25, 2021. Interview with Tiziana Brazzatti, the discoverer of the dinosaur Antonio.
• [$Part2 #WikiForHumanRights 2021 Part 2], May 12, 2021. On the occasion of Earth Day and as part of the #WikiForHumanRights2021 campaign, the Wikipedian Dans interviews the journalists Marco Siragusa and Claudia Bettiol of EastJournal on the topic of struggles for the environment in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
• [$Webinar6 World Day of Cultural Diversity], 21 May 2021. Meeting with Susy Rottomara - Wikimedian ambassador of Ladin culture - and Andry Rakotomavo - co-founder of Tetezana Onlus - Bridge between Italy and Madagascar. Presentation of the WikiVoyage project and how to edit free tourist guides in a collaborative way.
• [$Webinar7 Outside the labyrinth - A room all to oneself], June 9, 2021. Presentation of the work created with Mindcraft in the educational field by Lorenza Colicigno on the theme of the history of women, their writing, a social and cultural space dedicated to schools and lovers of literature and gender issues.

July – September 2021

Wikipedia

Co-organization or support

• Durante la campagna Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, sono state scritte 5 nuove voci e migliorate 30 voci (aggiunta di info e foto di buona qualità scattate durante i concorsi Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore). #WPWPWD (dal 1 luglio al 31 agosto).
• Interwiki Women 5. The international campaign conceived together with Armenia and Argentina in 2017, for the writing of significant biographies of each country. Now in its fifth edition, it had as its theme Women Leadership and Empowerment and took place from 13 August to 17 September, in conjunction with various world conferences on this theme. The Women in Red project participated in the campaign; more than 130 entries have been written in Italian, English and Spanish.
• Planetology Wiki Edit-a-thon 2021 (13–26 September 2021). Wikimedia Belgium and Wikimujeres participated in the second edition of the international campaign on diversity in planetary sciences organized during EPSC Conference by Euro Planet with the support of WikiDonne.

Concept & main organization

• Wiki Loves Sport 2021, third edition of the international campaign that we conceived in 2018, which this year covered the Olympic, Parolympic Games and the European Women's Volleyball Championship. 20 participants (of which 15 competitors and 5 out of competition) wrote 476 new entries and 17 improved entries in 7 languages (Italian, Kurdish, Arabic, French, Hindi, Bengali, English). 11 prizes were awarded.
• Wiki Loves Fashion 2021, third edition of the international campaign that we created in 2018, which has the dress code as its theme. From 18 September to 17 October. The connection with the Wikimedia Conference North America is foreseen for the Ada Lovelace Day .

Two new projects

• Fossil hunters, a project started on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the discovery of the dinosaur Antonio, a Tethyshadros insularis.
• Women and comics, started on the occasion of the editathon and the exhibition at Palazzo Merulana in Rome Women in comics.

Wikimania

Participation in the annual conference of wikimedians with the session [$Mania1 Women's Biographies, beyond Wikipedia: Wikibooks!]

• [$Mania2 Video interview with Marella Procaccio]
• [$Mania3 Video interview with Elisa Laraia]
• [$Mania4 Video interview with Giovanna D'Amato]
• [$Mania5 WikiDonne @ Wikimania 2021]

Metrics

• Women in comics 2021
• [$WPWPWD #WPWPWD #WpWP]
• Interwiki Women Collaboration 2021
• Planetary Scientists Edit-a-thon 2021
• Wiki Loves Fashion 2021

Webinar

• [$WebinarComics Women in comics], July 7, 2021. Interview with cartoonist Anarkikka and cartoonist Isabella Di Leo on the topic of women in the field of cartoons.

Graphics

The three souls of WDG

New website banner

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  User Group (affiliate)
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  APS Association

New site

Creation [$Sito new site] which will host a blog, a wiki site (for the conservation of biographies of women deleted from Wikipedia), a subdomain dedicated to courses with Moodle.

October – 15 November 2021

Wikipedia

Co-organization or support

• AfroCine 2021, October and November. Italian "section" of the campaign that sees us parter with other affiliates at the community level.
• Asian Women's Competition 2021 within the Wikipedia Asian Month campaign of which we are an Italian partner. In November, from 1 to 31.

Concept & main organization

• Women and climate change 2021, 1 - 31 December 2021. Event for inclusion in Wikipedia of biographies of women and people belonging to the LGBT + community, young leaders - such as Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate - and others, who have assumed leading roles in shaping public science and climate crisis policy.
• BBC 100 Women 2021, campaign to write biographies of women who are nominated each year on the BBC 100 Women list. From 15 to 31 December.

Wikiquote

• SheSaid 2021, organization in Italy of the Wiki Loves Women international campaign, from 20 October to 20 December.

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Presentation

• Presentation Equity Knowledge - WikiDonne User Group's approach made during a working session of the NW Europe Regional Grants Committee.

Slides	Wikiguide
Giornata Internazionale della Diversità Culturale 2021 Equity Knowledge - WikiDonne User Group's approach (NWE Grants Regional Committee) 2021 Women's biographies, beyond Wikipedia Wikibooks! (Wikimania 2021)	How to registrate on Wikipedia and create the user page How to translate a Wikipedia article

Metrics

[$Dash Tool Dashboard].

• [$Climate Women in Climate Change 2021]

Partners (selected)

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Press coverage

• [$RS1 Wiki Loves Folklore Contest 2021: women and folklore], LISCIO@MUSEUM, Virtual documentation center on traditional music and dance in Romagna, 1 February 2021
• [$RS2 Wiki Loves Folklore Contest 2021: women and folklore], Wikimedia blog Italy, February 1, 2021
• Chiara Donizelli, [$RS3 Camelia Boban and the WikiDonne project, because women must also be told], L'Eco di Bergamo, 6 March 2021
• [$RS4 Ballad for Saints, Witches and Beautiful Ladies], Bergamo TV, 6 March 2021
• [$RS5 Ballad for saints, witches and beautiful ladies], L'Eco di Bergamo, 6 March 2021
• [$RS6 Post on Facebook], Swedish Embassy in Italy

Financial Report

• [$RF1 Simplified Report], WMIT website (for members only)
• [$RF2 Detailed Report], WMIT website (for members only)
• [$RF3 WMIT Funding Report], Google Sheet

Expense Summary October 2020 - December 2021

Period	Initial period balance	WMIT funding	Expense	Causal	Activity	Final balance for the period
October – December 2020	0 €	7.000 €	Representation	Calendar	346 €	6.654 €
January – March 2021	6.654 €	0 €	SheSaid	Gadgets (purchase, stationery and shipping)	262 €	6.392 €
April – June 2021	6.392 €	0 €	Wiki Loves Folklore 2021	Awards, graphics, social campaign	803 €	5.589€
July – September 2021	5.589 €	7.000 €	Sites wikidonne.org and .it, domain wikilovesfolklore.it	Domain, hosting and services, templates, web graphics, site creation	1.050 €	10.232 €
			Wiki Loves Sport	Premi	903 € (prizes for €300 still to be delivered)
			StreamYard	Software	404 €
1st October – 31st December 2021	10.248 €	0 €	Management fees	Wire transfer commission	6 €	6.556 €
			Wiki Loves Fashion	Awards	1.050 € (shopping still to be made)
			Wikipedia Asian Month (Donne Asiatiche)	Purchase and shipping of gadgets	300 € (shopping still to be made)
			SheSaid 2021	Purchase and shipping of gadgets	300 € (shopping still to be made)
			Drive space	Purchase of additional Drive space	36 € (shopping still to be made)
			Website creation wikilovesfolklore.it	Domain renewal, hosting, website creation, web graphics	1000 € (shopping still to be made)
			Print T-shirts	T-shirt printing and shipping	1000 € (shopping still to be made)