Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WWI edit-a-thons
Having participated remotely in this year's WWI editathon http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I/World_War_I_Editathonrun in June by WM-UK, I intend to participate in the next one. However, I would really like Wm-Au to be more widely involved, preferably with edit-a-thon(s) at the same time. There are many articles that need work, especially ones that go beyond the battles to say, the impact of the war and wider involvement in it. Australia's involvement per head of population, was very, very big. Also of course, the centenary is coming up. At the moment I am seeking out expertise, and there are resources and venues available here in Sydney. Of course, there are additional ones in Canberra. I would like to start planning for this. Whiteghost.ink On 4 December 2012 16:52, Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com wrote: looks interesting, usual suspects meetup at AWM [?] definately something we could be encouraging. On 4 December 2012 13:38, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- GN. Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com Gn. Blogg: http://gnangarra.wordpress.com ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l 360.gif___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] A couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki
Hi All, Having finally found the proposal page, I have just posted an evaluation of the Winter Sports Proposalhttp://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal_talk:Paralympic_Winter_Sports#Evaluating_the_proposalthat I hope it is helpful to the committee and the members. Whiteghost.ink On 9 December 2012 13:52, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Craig, Thanks for your prompt response! I've gone ahead and requested an account through the interface that you linked to. I've had a brief skim read of the background info pages and whilst I noticed ***There are many potential issues with non-member participation, most of which have not been investigated thoroughly from a legal perspective,* I was unable to find actual reasons as to why account creation is restricted - did I just miss them in my skim reading? Best, Thehelpfulone https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone On 9 Dec 2012, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi Thehelpfulone, You can request an account for the chapter wiki here: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Special:RequestAccount Your application will be assessed by one of the three account approvers (Angela, Andrew, or Mark) and hopefully approved. They're usually fairly quick off the mark in dealing with applications, so you won't have to wait long. Obviously, feedback from non-members on member proposals is very welcome as well. For a bit of background on why this is the way that it is, see: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Billabong#Non-member_participation http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Non-member_participation and http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2011-09-15)#Non-member_participation Cheers, Craig Franklin On 9 December 2012 12:29, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Craig, I'd be more than happy to comment on these proposals but presuming that comments would be best on-wiki, I'd need an account! Please can you create one for me (you can use this email address and username Thehelpfulone)? I'm also interested in the reasoning behind the restricting account creation on that wiki, I imagine that the intention is not to stifle discussion from non-members and indeed edits by IPs can also be useful. If its a problem with spamming, there are some anti-spam measures that can be utilised on MediaWiki. Thehelpfulone https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone On 9 Dec 2012, at 02:16, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi All, Just a quick note that there are a couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki that are currently in the public comment and review phase. Extra eyes are always welcomed on proposals, whether they're from members of the chapter or not. 1. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Paralympic_Winter_Sports - This is a proposal to fund part of a trip to the United States for a group of Australian volunteers to document winter sports. Note that obviously there's been a bit of 'history' around this grant, it would be warmly appreciated if feedback could be limited to the merits of the proposal itself, and further commentary around the circumstances surrounding it could be kept to a minimum. 2. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:WLM_2013 - This is a proposal for the chapter to get engaged and take part in the Wiki Loves Monuments programme in 2013. Consensus seems to be fairly firm that we ought to do it, but there is a fair bit of interesting discussion around what the best approach might be. There are also a couple of proposed proposals that could benefit from some further exposure: 1. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:John_Vandenberg/Suspending_the_private_mailing_list - Proposal to suspend the chapter's private members mailing list. An alternate approach being discussed on the talk page is to put in place a code of conduct that all subscribers would be expected to adhere to. 2. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Tony1/Proposed_membership_table - A proposed (optional) public list of chapter members and other Australian volunteers to keep a track of the geographic spread of members, and to make it easier to find Australian volunteers to collaborate with. 3. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Leighblackall/Bendigo_Victoria_2013 - Proposal for an editing workshop, focusing on the field of Health Sciences, to take place in Bendigo in 2013. Cheers, Craig Franklin ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes at Wikimedia Australia
I am really happy that we are talking about using the skills available to us in the best way; that we are co-operating with one another; and that we are acknowledging people's good will and commitment. We need a lot of different skills and everyone is busy but it seems that now, not only are we doing the above things, we also have more talented people helping across our big country than before. Thanks Craig, John, Graham, Kerry, Steve, Charles and Ross. Whiteghost.ink On 18 March 2013 22:49, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi All, As some of you may be aware, Wikimedia Australia has been planning a reshuffle of committee positions, based on ‘real world’ commitments of some committee members that made them unable to continue to commit to the heavy workload that being on the committee entails. I’m happy to report that after a consultation period with our members, the committee at our meeting yesterday approved the changes. The new committee is as follows: President: Craig Franklin Secretary: Graham Pearce Treasurer: John Vandenberg Members: Kerry Raymond, Steve Zhang Observers: Charles Gregory, Ross Mallett Charles Gregory remains an observer on the committee, and will continue to be responsible for the chapter’s social media, as well as being Wikimedia Australia’s representative to the Wikimedia Chapters’ Association. Ross Mallett will also join us as an observer on the committee, in addition to taking on the responsibility of being our Assistant Treasurer. It is my experience that when you get the basic things running like clockwork, success soon follows, and I’m confident that someone with Ross’s skills and experience around to help will see us running as smoothly as possible. The position of Vice President is currently and deliberately left vacant. Over the coming weeks we will be assessing what additional skills and expertise are required in the committee, and searching for someone who can bring that to the organisation. Stay tuned for more information on that! I’d like to thank my fellow members of the committee for their support during this process, for the work that they’ve already done, and for the great things that they’ll no doubt do for the chapter and the movement in the coming months. I’d like to specially single Charles out for praise as well, as he has been a longstanding member of the committee and helped us out of a tight spot last year by taking over as Secretary and doing a great job of organising our AGM and elections. Regards, Craig Franklin President – Wikimedia Australia ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Australian Wikipedian in Residence
Dear Australian Wikimedian and Cultural Partnerships teams, I'm extremely pleased to announce that this week I started as Wikipedian-in-Residence at the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSWhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales), which is our oldest library and has a collection of global importance, including significant rare books, manuscripts and objects. It is a place to which almost every Australian scholar would pay homage. This is the first time there has been a Wikipedian-in-Residence in an Australian cultural institution and it has it has taken some time to work through the administrative processes to establish the position. As some of you know, Wikimedia Australia has been doing a lot of work with libraries locally. Most recently we were the major sponsors at the annual librarians conference and over the last couple of years we have been travelling to regional areas to deliver training to the local librarians (in partnership with several of the State Libraries). SLNSW also has a partnership with the National Library in Canberra, which is digitising Australian newspapers and linking the records back to the respective Wikipedia articles (examplehttp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/35). Most significantly is that the SLNSW has been been building up a strong relationship with us recently and myself and other local Wikimedians have been delivered several training workshops to an in-house team of librarians who are contributing references and content to Wikipedia as part of their day-to-day work (project pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/SLNSW). You can see there that a lot of the content we've been targeting for the team to write is the articles about the newspapers that have now been digitised. My WiR position reports to the Leader of the library's Innovation Project (Mylee Joseph, cc'd here), who is the instigator of that team. Since my term as WiR is for one day a week over 14 weeks, and the scope of work is excitingly ambitious, it is this team that will make it possible to achieve what one part time Resident could not. They are a keen and capable group. The Residency has been established to provide training, coaching, guidance, specialist advice to staff, evaluation of related projects as well as assistance with process mapping and benchmarking so that other Australian libraries can benefit from SLNSW's experience. In terms of content, as well as the newspapers, my Residency is likely to be involved in work on articles on the The 100 Objects Exhibitionhttp://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2010/onehundred/100-objects/, indigenous and original materials, convict women, convict artists, the crossing of the Blue Mountainshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Blaxland#Blue_Mountains_expeditionand Australia's involvement in World War I. I am glad this group has paved the way and am very excited about the possibilities before us! I will post updates here and in the This Month in GLAM report. I will also probably come here to ask questions and seek feedback and help. I hope that the process mapping and benchmarking would also be useful to similar projects elsewhere. Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] This Month in GLAM
Hi All, The March edition of *This Month in GLAM*http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletterhas been published. It contains the first report about the Wikipedian-in-Residency at the State library of New South Wales. Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] This Month in GLAM
Hi All, The April issue of This Month in GLAMhttp://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2013/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_reporthas been published containing a report from Australia. Regards, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] [[Aboriginal sacred site]]
Hello Everyone, Aboriginal sacred site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_sacred_siteis one of Today's articles for improvementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_articles_for_improvement. It is being showcased and linked from the Main Page for a week (13-19 May), so now is a good time to help develop and improve it. Hope to see you there! Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] AMAZE editathon and backstage tour at the State Library of New South Wales
Hello Everyone, This is notice of an editathon at the State Library of New South Wales which is offering breakfast, a curator-led tour of their AMAZE Gallery,http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/amaze.htmland a venue space to work on articles related to the Crossing of the Blue Mountains and the 36 Blue Mountains related objects featured in AMAZE. * A curator / content expert from the Library's staff will be available to answer questions and identify references and resources. * The copyright ok images have been uploaded to the Wikicommons in anticipation of the event * The gallery currently includes 36 Blue Mountains related objects from the Library's collection * The exhibition is supported by the content in the Curio app This is a rare opportunity and the items in the Gallery are special. The Blue Mountains material is only one part of what is on display there. Go to the event page,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Editathon_July_2013which is linked from the SLNSW's project page, to register your interest. Sincerely, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Residency results
Forwarding report to Wm-Au members on my Residency at the State Library of New South Wales. Whiteghost.ink -- Forwarded message -- My short Residency at the State Library of New South Wales is now finished. I believe it has been a successful collaboration, which has produced a number of good outcomes for us. The most important is that we now have a positive and ongoing relationship with this important cultural institution (and its repository of excellent sources!). To see the processes and results of our engagement with the Library, go to the SLNSW Project pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales , which is set up and organised to serve as a focus for ongoing work and involvement and as a record of outcomes as well as events. The most important outcomes are: - an ongoing relationship between Wikimedia-Au and SLNSW; - SLNSW management approval and understanding of Wikimedia and the potential to contribute; - interested and trained staff; - processes in place to continue work; - a model for other States' libraries to use for putting their newspaper holdings on Wikipedia; - documented identified content for ongoing work;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Ongoing_Work - planned collaborative editathons that are aligned with the Chapter's goals and that incorporate expert involvement: 1) high value items in the collection (including the Blue Mountains)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Editathon_July_2013 and 2) World War Ihttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons/Australia . Other outcomes include: - new and improved Wikipedia articles; - new content on Commons. The four editathons have been set up in collaboration with the Library which is willing to provide the venue, expertise, resources, and more. The on-site ones coincide with the Library's own event and exhibition planning so there is the likelihood of much greater than usual attention from the public and the media. Please continue to engage with the new Wikipedians at the Library and assist with the important Australian articles they have identified as needing attention. (The list is linked above). If you can participate in the editathons, register your interest and do so! (Link to project pages is also above.) The Library has amazing relevant resources in its collections and the Librarians are very skilled and helpful at finding them. It was a privilege to work there. Sincerely, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] This Month in GLAM
The June issue of This Month in GLAMhttp://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletterhas been published. Australia's reporthttp://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2013/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_reportis included among those from the rest of the world. Regards, Whiteghost.ink http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Great opportunity - backstage pass and editathon
Dear All, I have just returned from a meeting at the State Library of New South Waleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Library_of_New_South_Walesat which it was confirmed that our proposed WWI editathon will take place on site on 23 November. This is a great opportunity for us because the Library will provide: - one of its best rooms (a private and spacious one); - its expert curators (along with their expertise and their white gloves); - a newly launched website (containing new resources); and of course - items from its collection (including rare and usually unavailable material) which we can look at, learn from, and use, to improve WP articles. For example, on the topic of WWI, the Library holds many diaries and manuscripts from the period. This is the first time that an Australian cultural institution has opened its doors to us in this way. It builds on the good relationship developed during my short time there as Wikipedian-in-Residence and will help us to get more Australian content into the encyclopedia, as well as offer a rare chance to get up close to our history and to documents recording our stories. As you can see from the Library's project pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales, they have connected this editathon to their own work. On the editathon project page,http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons/Australiathey have already set out a wide range of resources to make things easier for us. In fact, the librarians are devoted to making information easier to get and skilled at doing just that. Please sign up on the editathon page if you would like to participate. The room has space for newbies and for potential Wikipedians as well. The Library is happy to have us bring friends on the day to learn about being an editor or about the wonderful collection that it looks after on our behalf. Hope to see you there or online, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query
Hi Adam, I went to the initial meeting/workshop/training session of the new Program Evaluation and Design (PED) Team that is now working closely with the Grants Team. In line with what Sue has recently said about measurable impact for money spent, the team is developing and disseminating tools to help Wikimedians gather data to help measure the inputs/outputs/outcomes and longer term impacts of programs and activities. They have produced this data prep sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqQxi0BdfXDsdDlsc3RxYXlLaHJ6SUtxZTRZOWM0LUEusp=drive_web#gid=1. Here is the Evaluation Portal.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal Craig is right about getting demonstrable small runs on the board to show we can plan AND deliver - that is, BOTH, not just one or the other. When I was talking to some of the leaders of the Grants team, they were bewildered at the fractiousness and unresponsiveness of the Australian chapter (they were referring to the period before the last Chapter election). From a distance, the level of general disarray and argument appears comparable to the US government's current paralysis, and about as comprehensible. The Chapter needs good processes because good processes produce good outcomes. However, *processes are not the same thing as rules.* We need to quietly and competently incorporate any necessary rules into our processes. Kerry and Craig are working on this. Then we need to document our processes and get on with small, achievable, well planned programs. I agree with Craig that our success will not be measured in how much funding we get. Whiteghost.ink On 7 October 2013 19:27, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: Before WMAU would need to pay even the first year of money for the linkage grant, we (WMAU, UQ and APC) have to agree a legal contract in relation to project. The UQ-drafted contract we have been given would seek to commit WMAU to all 3 years of funding. Obviously WMAU does not wish to agree to that given the uncertainty in relation to this funding and we will be seeking to have the contract varied to allow us to not make the subsequent payments if we have not been able to obtain those funds from WMF (or elsewhere). There are other issues with the contract in relation to intellectual property, levels of indemnity etc that also need to be resolved. I agree with Craig that this is likely to be a slow process. ** ** If any WMAU member happens to be a lawyer, we would be very happy to have your assistance in this matter. ** ** Kerry ** ** -- *From:* wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Craig Franklin *Sent:* Monday, 7 October 2013 3:31 PM *To:* Wikimedia-au *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query ** ** Hi Adam, ** ** Thanks for the question. As you've noted, we haven't put in a funding request to this round's FDC process. This has largely come about because in discussions with members of the FDC and the Foundation staff supporting the FDC, we were 'encouraged' not to apply in this round for a variety of reasons. Chief among those was a desire to see a more substantial record of evaluation, impact, and value for money in the projects that we do. ** ** ** ** To this end, we need to reposition the chapter from an organisation that attempts large, expensive, and complex projects to an organisation that sets goals that are more modest, measurable, and achievable. This is going to require a cultural shift in the way we administer the chapter, as our previous success in participating in the fundraiser means that we have not developed the evaluation and project management mechanisms that we would have done if we'd continued to evolve without the sudden windfall injection of tens of thousands of dollars. ** ** In relation to the actual figures and numbers, I'm happy to share those. Please note that the figures I'm quoting here are only approximate, I'm sure that John Vandenberg can come and give more precise figures if they're needed. ** ** The commitment for the first round of the Paralympic project is in the realm of $25,000. This payment has not yet been made, while we continue to work with UQ and APC to determine how this will work administratively. As you've noted, this money is quarantined and locked in, subject to the necessary paperwork with UQ and APC being agreed to. At the moment, I'm expecting the actual payment will probably not occur until early in calendar year 2014 (but I might be pleasantly surprised). Kerry is handling the direct negotiation with APC and UQ and may be able to provide further context. ** ** Year two and three come to about $50k a pop, but this money is *not* guaranteed. We have been extremely upfront with everyone involved that we will only be able to fund the second and third years if
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query
Hi Adam and All, We don't have a shortage of ideas for things to do - I organised all the current proposals herehttp://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:List_of_proposals_for_2014_planning_processso that if we had spare resources or time (ha! is that likely?) we could prioritise them and plan, or at the very least, see where there were duplications. If we had resources, would need a planning process to prioritise and plan routinely. Otherwise, as people are saying, we get out there and do it. It helps if we use a good, reliable process and a known place on our website where we could see what people are doing so people can come along. On this subject, with some apology, I grab this opportunity to advertise our forthcoming backstage pass and edit-a-thon http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons/Australiaat SLNSWhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Waleson 23 November. Please put your name down (for catering purposes) and come along or participate! The curators want to meet you. The Evaluation and Grants teams are looking for data about programs and activities and we will need to plan to gather our data up front. I think their current spreadsheet is not user-friendly and will be sending send some feedback about it. Whiteghost.ink On 9 October 2013 05:23, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.chwrote: Dear all, I hope nobody is surprised or worried by seeing a stranger speaking up on this list. I've been subscribed here since the inauguration of this list and been a silent observer for most of the time. My home is Germany, my fellow chapters are Austria and Switzerland. I understand well the concerns of already existing commitments and the bad outlooks towards FDC and the chapter's reputation. Maybe I can offer a compromise: The Wikimedia Grants program is great for funding projects and chapters not able or willing to cope with the FDC. WMAU could apply for individual grants for individual projects. So it won't be a global yes or no, either funding a huge budget you'd have to come up with 1,5 years beforehand or not funding anything, like in the past. It also saves you from the hassles of the FDC process and, by the way, may help to improve your chapter's reputation within the WMF! Small projects with planned inputs, outputs and outcomes as Whiteghost states it are doable with grants. Each successful project will represent a successful grant and create a positive track record, not only within your community, also with the WMF grantmaking team and also publicly on Meta. It also allows you to adjust your projects and commitments to your growth and possibilities. Maybe even the research project - or parts of it, if they can be divided into packages with outcomes - may be granted that way. FDC is meant for chapters with staff, even the FDC staff states so. AFAIK WMAU has no staff, so it would be really hard to deal with all the requirements of the FDC - design of programs with measurable results, evaluation of all programs, budgets, control systems, audit through WMF, reporting requirements etc. For bigger chapters with an existing infrastructure FDC is great, because most of the processes are already in place or need to be in place if you have staff anyway and FDC makes sure you can operate at full scale for a full year. For small chapters FDC is a nightmare and grants are much better to allow people to concentrate on certain projects and get them done well. There is one gap between the two programs though: Grants normally don't cover staff. We had grants approved with contractors, so to make the shift from grants to FDC one either manages to create programs including all the evaluation part, the budget and the FDC proposal with volunteers and hires staff right after approval, or one uses contractors or an exceptional grant, designed to bridge that gap and get the right person on board to help with the FDC process later. If it is clear to the GAC and the WMF grantmaking team that a chapter will manage a positive FDC proposal they are likely to approve such an exception as a grant. If someone - chapter or volunteers - need help with a Grant request or someone of you happen to be in Europe - please contact me. In case I help making a grant request please note that I will abstain from handling it at the GAC to avoid conflict of interest. Regards, Manuel -- Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 34066-22 - www.wikimedia.ch ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query
This is great work Gnangarra and the WA team! The metrics and evaluation issue is topical at the moment. I have just been sent a survey from the Program Evaluation Design Team (PED) at WMF. They also provided this prep spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqQxi0BdfXDsdDlsc3RxYXlLaHJ6SUtxZTRZOWM0LUEusp=drive_web#gid=1for gathering data. I think the prep sheet is daunting and not user-friendly and I have given a lot of feedback on it, which you can see herehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design/Resources/Pilot_Reporting_Itemsif you want. My main concern is that we need a sheet that will help us to *plan* as well as report, including planning what data we need to gather, so we don't have the problem of reporting on what we have not gathered. (And also so we *have * some data). I understand the PED team are working towards that end and this spreadsheet is a start. So use it if you can to think about your activity and what data you might want from it. Here is the Programs: Evaluation portalhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portalon meta if you want to follow this. The grants people, naturally enough, are working with the Evaluation people as this work is all about how to tell what what activities produce worthwhile results, what is gained from money expended, and as a consequence, where/how it is best to expend effort and money. An evaluation of the Residency at SLNSW is here as part of the Library's project page.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Evaluation *No funding* from the Chapter or WMF was used in this program. Whiteghost.ink On 10 October 2013 17:15, Toby Hudson tob...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: I also agree that the chapter and its volunteers *have* done a lot of great work over the past few years, and I think you've hit the nail on the head that we've often failed to effectively communicate our successes. Part of any projects going forward will be a need to say here's how we're going to measure success before we actually dive in on any project, so that we can either use that measurement as justification for further funding, or use that measurement to figure out what went wrong and make sure we don't make the same mistake twice. and then: Absolutely, a lot of volunteers have pitched in at some time or another and done some great work that have (in my opinion) led to positive outcomes for the movement. Enough that I'm not going to even try to enumerate them all for fear that I'll leave someone out :-). Hi Craig, Although forward planning of outcome metrics is obviously a good thing for the future, I think we should make an effort now to compile outcomes and metrics for projects, programs and grants that have already taken place. Is there an onwiki page for this, or a table to fill out for each project or grant we have undertaken? I know there are some reports linked from here http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Reports#Small_grants but surely there are more hanging around? Even though you can't enumerate them off the top of your head, we *should* be able to enumerate them if everyone writes up the outcomes of projects we've individually been involved with. I know there are huge outcomes as a result of the SLNSW training and residency.. but maybe they have not been tabulated into reportable dotpoints? Toby ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bushfire Wikipedia interview
I heard that comment on radio and immediately added a balancing ref to a scientific opinionhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#label/The+Conversation/141dca106db92c85n that was published in *The Conversation* (an online journal of expert views in easy-to-understand language, or as they put it academic excellence, journalistic flair). This was followed by a ref to a more comprehensive report. Then a little while later a section on climate change was added. I don't think that the demographics of WP are relevant here. The points to make about this, I think, are these: - the politician using WP the way he did only referred to the first lead paragraph without reading or noting the following summary qualifiers that show the complexity of the matter. - WP provides this this complexity if you pay attention to it and read it properly; - the ongoing improvements show the continuous updating; - the usefulness is being able to find easily, for example, BOTH an easy to read scientific view AND a detailed report. A good reader service, really. Whiteghost.ink On 25 October 2013 09:52, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: Younger editors are more likely to be defending against vandalism than adding content (as a gross generalization) Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 9:49 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: I think that's a largely anecdotal depiction of WP editors. The 2011 survey showed average age of editors was 31 but that older editors made more contributions than younger ones. The survey showed about 90% male. It showed above average education levels and did not ask if they were interested in military history (although I agree with you that military history does seem to be well-covered in WP, but then so are episodes of Seinfeld). I don't recall if it asked about location or languages spoken. I do recall another study that concluded in the western English-speaking nations, wikipedia editor numbers are broadly proportional to the general population, so given a lot of people live in West Coast USA, one would expect a lot of West Coast USA editors commensurately. Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 9:27 AM, Leigh Blackall leighblack...@gmail.com wrote: While I wouldn't advise mentioning it in a media interview, if there were someway to remind people that Wikipedia is ultimately political, and deeper analysis of the edit history and userbase reveals this wonderfully. If you did venture into this topic Liam, you might point to the profile that the stats for English WP paint... What were they: young adult male from the West Coast USA, educated, interested in military history, English as a primary or only language... If opportunity presented, you might point out that this self consciousness is part of a larger openness in the Wikimedia projects, something quite unique for large institutions. I guess it's a complicated way of reinforcing the advice to check sources. On 25/10/2013 9:11 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: One could also comment that the citations added in the climate change section are to major scientific organisations in Australia and internationally. Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 9:07 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: The article has had a lot of edits in the past week and the climate change section looks like it has been added after the Greg Hunt story. I note a few familiar usernames in the edit history as well as IPs. some reverting has occurred. How to phrase it ... Hmm ... I think a key point is that WP is a living encyclopedia and events (being both the current bush fires themselves and the Greg Hunt statement) focus attention onto those parts of WP, which results in them being updated and improved. In that regard some recent edits have added information about the relationship between climate change and bush fires including citations. WP's role is not to tell people whether or not to believe in climate change but to present the best quality summary of factual information (with citations for people who want to dig deeper) and let people make up their own minds. Greg Hunt has made up his mind in one way, others may come to different conclusions. We are delighted that Greg Hunt regards WP as an authoritative source but we would urge all readers to read the cited material if they need a detailed knowledge of a topic on which to make important decisions. Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 8:43 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning :-) I've just been called by the producer for ABC702 morning show (presenter is Linda Mottram) and asked to talk on radio sometime between 10 and 10:30 about Wikipedia's errors, how we improve the contet etc, etc, - in the context of the recent bushfire / Greg Hunt story in the media. I can obviously talk about how we get better and that we don't pretend to be perfect and that we encourage people to check the footnote
[Wikimediaau-l] Backstage pass and editathon soon
Hi All, Last week I attended THATCamp Sydney http://sydney2013.thatcamp.org/ held at the State Library of New South Wales. One of the Library managers presented a session about the library's current massive digitisation project and its relation to their forthcoming exhibitions about World War I. Among other things, they have 1100 WWI diaries and are digitising them as well as transcribing them as well as photographing objects. On 11 November they will be launching a new WWI website. Reminder The State Library of NSW is hosting our first backstage pass in the Library on *23 November *and that will be followed by an editathon. They want to meet us and we want to see their collection. We should be able to improve Australian content on this topic. Join us there! Go to the Project pagehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons/Australiato sign up (it would help catering). Online participation is also possible. Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal
It took a long time to get St James' Church, Sydneyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Sydneyup to FA status, but now that it is done, I am pretty sure that a QR code would be acceptable and appropriate, given that: a) St James' is a heritage building of some significance in Sydney and b) the Children's Chapelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Chapel,_St_James%27_Church,_Sydneyin its crypt already has a QR code on its door. Whiteghost.ink On 4 February 2014 18:09, Janet Reid lucych...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 February 2014 17:31, Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com wrote: Dont write off Libraries as being unworthy of QR codes with our relationships with libraries they are good place to both start the research and to look for potential QR codes. True. Flinders Uni Library has Don Dunstan and John Bannon collections. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] FYI: Short report on the ADA Forum
Here is a readable short report from a QUT Law lecturer on the Australian Digital Alliance Forum: The only way to fix copyright is to make it fair. http://bit.ly/1nYTToP Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Tribute editathon
Dear All, We have set up a time and place to participate in the global editathon tributehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wadewitz_Tribute_Edit-a-thonsto User:Wadewitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wadewitz, a generous, talented and prolific Wikipedia editor who died recently in an accident. The physical edit-a-thon will be held at the State Library of New South Wales on *10 May* and if you can participate, please do. Online contributions are of course, also possible. Regards, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Tribute editathon
Apologies, I meant to link the project page for this editathon so you can sign up and get involved. Here it is: Wadewitz Tribute Editathon Project Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/May_2014 The idea is to work on articles that were of interest to her. Whiteghost.ink On 1 May 2014 16:06, G. White whiteghost@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, We have set up a time and place to participate in the global editathon tributehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wadewitz_Tribute_Edit-a-thonsto User:Wadewitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wadewitz, a generous, talented and prolific Wikipedia editor who died recently in an accident. The physical edit-a-thon will be held at the State Library of New South Wales on *10 May* and if you can participate, please do. Online contributions are of course, also possible. Regards, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Tribute Editathon
Hi Everyone, We now have a VIP attendee at the Tribute Editathonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/May_2014on Saturday 10 May. One of the people who played a lead role in the development of The Encyclopedia of Women Leadershiphttp://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/about.htmland who made a presentation at its recent launch is flying up from Melbourne to join us. This new encyclopedia will be a great resource for us in the future and I hope we can impress her and others associated with it with our contribution to accessible knowledge. Join us if you can. Remote contributions always seem magical so help out if you live far away in our wide brown land. Cheers, Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Telling our stories
The Learning and Evaluation people have published this new resource on Meta that provides tips, resources and infographics about how to tell the story of any effort so that it comes across clearly and in an interesting way. It should be helpful for sharing anything and reporting what we are doing. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Reporting_and_Storytelling Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Farrelly on Wikipedia in SMH
Great piece from Elizabeth Farrelly in *The Sydney Morning Herald *today. http://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-wikipedia-at-15-is-a-beautiful-exercise-in-scholarly-excellence-20151209-glj79f.html Whiteghost.ink ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
