[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Israel’s Ministry of Education Wikimedia Israel Agree On New, Unique Initiative
I'm forwarding this good news from WikimediaAnnounce-l that mysteriously wasn't received by Wikimedia-l. I'm sending this to Wikimedia-l and Education-l. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel it...@wikimedia.org.il Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:58 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Israel’s Ministry of Education Wikimedia Israel Agree On New, Unique Initiative To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org (Posted also on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimedia-israel-agree-on-new-unique-initiative/ ) An agreement was met in a meeting between Rabbi Shai Piron, Israel’s Education Minister, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Itzik Edri, Chair of the Wikimedia Israel Board and Michal Lester, Executive Director of Wikimedia Israel, regarding a shared cooperation with Wikimedia Israel in the framework of the ministry’s school curricula in the coming years. Through the planned cooperation, history, geography and science teachers will receive special professional training to instruct students on how to contribute to new or incomplete Wikipedia articles for which information is lacking or inadequate. The Education Ministry will also examine the possibility of integrating Wikipedia writing assignments in the teaching of research and community involvement. They will also consider having students who speak additional languages (primarily English and Russian) write Wikipedia articles about Israel in those particular languages. Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron said, “It is important to us that the education system in Israel leads in innovation and cooperating with Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box and enable students in Israel to do things that make a difference from which others can also benefit.” Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees said, “Israel is today among the leading countries in the integration of Wikipedia in the education system and academia. I hope our joint work model will also serve as an example to other education systems around the world.” In the framework of cooperation that is already in place between Wikimedia Israel and the Ministry of education, several pilot projects are being conducted. The projects involve teacher training in good Wikipedia usage, article composition, Wikipedia article writing by gifted high school students and the teaching of proper Wikipedia usage to elementary schoolchildren. It is worth mentioning that through cooperation with academics in a variety of universities and colleges throughout Israel, hundreds of articles are written each year by students in courses. Thus students write Wikipedia articles as part of their degrees, sometimes even in lieu of exams or final papers. The Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University recently conducted a special 2-credit course on the subject of Wikipedia and medicine. Survey results published last week as part of Wikipedia Academy 2014 Israel revealed that 84% of the Israeli public relies heavily on Wikipedia and 74% say that it provides all the information they need. Over one third of the population expressed interest in learning to write for Wikipedia. *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] FW: Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia
And forwarding more education good news, this time an announcement that was sent to Education-l. (I boldly made some formatting tweaks. My previous email address sometimes had these problems with formatting too.) Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Mile Kiš mil...@vikimedija.org To: Wikimedia Education educat...@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:13:53 +0200 Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia Hello everyone! I am honored to inform you that several months of integrating Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia has finally paid off! After the Ministry has prescribed that from September 2014 all students of the second year of secondary school curriculum *must study wiki tools*, Institute for the Improvement of knowledge and education has included a course on Wikipedia in its catalog of programs of continuous professional development of teachers, professors and other school personnel. We got accreditation for two years. Not a lot applicants got accreditation. This course will start in December. first challenge we successfully crossed :) next will come. I started writing blog post about this and hope it will be ready on 20 June. If you have some questions I will be happy to answer you :) Mile Kiš Vikimedija Srbije - rs.wikimedia.org - 00381 (0)60 7 454 772 „Zamislite svet u kome svaka osoba ima slobodan pristup celokupnom ljudskom znanju. To je ono na čemu mi radimo.“ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] FDC Advisory Group recommendations
Thanks Anasuya and to the FDC AG. These points make sense to me as someone who's actively talking with fellow Wikimedians about forming a Wikimedia thorg. Goodness, what happened on Wikimedia-l today? So many good things were announced. Pine On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, As you know, the FDC Advisory Group met in Frankfurt at the end of May to discuss the past two years of the FDC pilot process and to deliberate on its future. You will be glad to know that they unanimously agreed to advise the WMF Executive Director (ED) that the FDC process should continue, with some suggested modifications and improvements. Please find the main recommendations and thoughts from the Advisory Group here.[1] The Advisory Group (AG) also decided to share an appendix with the range of thoughts and opinions it had on some key modifications or changes to the FDC; you will find that there was considerable diversity of opinion with some of these ideas, but the AG felt it might be useful for Lila to see the range! As you know, the next steps will now be for Lila, as ED, to consult with WMF staff and to decide with the Board on the future of the FDC. We hope this decision will be shared with you by the end of July. Once again, I'd like to thank all the FDC AG members for their extraordinary work setting up the FDC and for their work on these recommendations. As the Framework outlines, the FDC AG will formally disband in September 2014. The inaugural members of the AG were Richard Ames/Ariconte, Ting Chen (former member of WMF Board), Jan-Bart de Vreede (WMF Board), Thomas d'Souza Buckup/TSB, Peter Ekman/Smallbones, Sue Gardner (WMF ED), Ali Haidar Khan/Tonmoy (WMBN), Crystal Hayling Philanthropy Advisor), Christophe Henner (WMFR), Sydney Poore/FloNight, Kathy Reich (Packard Foundation), Pavel Richter ( WMDE), Osmar Valdebenito/B1mbo (WMAR) and Stu West (WMF Board). With Ali and Sydney on the current FDC, they were no longer part of the AG meeting in Frankfurt, though their thoughts were considered as part of the FDC feedback to the Advisory Group; Kathy Reich and Thomas Buckup were also unable to attend. However, Bishakha Datta and Patricio Lorente as the two Board representatives on the FDC, joined the AG for its deliberations, as did I, replacing Barry Newstead. Please don't hesitate to add your comments and suggestions on the discussion page of the Recommendations. Warmly, Anasuya [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Advisory_Group/Recommendations/2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms
I appreciate this, WWB, especially after the grilling I gave you about proposed edits to the Hedge fund article! The fact that you and your clients are persistent, willing to be open about your associations, and willing to abide by Wikimedia's CoI's standards even if it makes adding content take a lot longer, is a big plus. I hope you, your clients, and Wikipedia will mutually benefit from this in the long run. Pine Pine On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:05 AM, William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody. Longtime lurker, first time writing to the list—the first in a few years at least. You may have seen some news coverage today about an initiative from a group of public relations, marketing, and communications agencies offering a statement, posted as a user essay on Wikipedia, stating in a public way their intention to follow Wikipedia's rules—especially regarding WP:COI—to educate themselves more about Wikipedia, and educate their colleagues and clients in turn. Thank you for posting this. It was a pleasant surprise and seems like a sound and constructive approach to this issue. Best Bishakha ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons and OCILLA
Michael, I assume it is Ray Saintonge of Wikimedia Canada (User:Eclecticology) Regards, Charles (User:Chuq) Wikimedia Australia On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Hi Yann This is a really useful resource. Who is looking after it now, and how is it being funded? I don’t know who ‘Ray’ is. Michael On 8 Jun 2014, at 17:43, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2014-06-08 21:56 GMT+05:30 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: Would it make sense to deploy a server in another country under a domain not owned by the foundation? E.g. Switzerland? I already started that in 2005. It is called Wikilivres: http://wikilivres.ca/ In 2010, I could not continue to manage it and pay for the bill, and I looked for volunteers to take over. To my surprise, I found nearly noone willing to do that. Finally Ray accepted to take charge. I am quite sure, he would welcome help to manage it. Regards, Yann ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms
Hi Pine - It's worth noting that although Bill was one of the primary architects of this and deserves quite a bit of credit for that imho, it has effects far beyond just him and his own clients. There's an awful lot of big PR firms on the list of participating agencies, including Edelman, Burson-Marsteller, FleishmanHillard, and Ogilvy. A significant chunk of the US-based PR industry has signed on to this - I think one of the more interesting questions in coming months will be figuring out whether or not we actually have the volunteer bandwidth to have a significant chunk of the PR industry playing by our current rules. Best, Kevin Gorman On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate this, WWB, especially after the grilling I gave you about proposed edits to the Hedge fund article! The fact that you and your clients are persistent, willing to be open about your associations, and willing to abide by Wikimedia's CoI's standards even if it makes adding content take a lot longer, is a big plus. I hope you, your clients, and Wikipedia will mutually benefit from this in the long run. Pine Pine On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:05 AM, William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody. Longtime lurker, first time writing to the list—the first in a few years at least. You may have seen some news coverage today about an initiative from a group of public relations, marketing, and communications agencies offering a statement, posted as a user essay on Wikipedia, stating in a public way their intention to follow Wikipedia's rules—especially regarding WP:COI—to educate themselves more about Wikipedia, and educate their colleagues and clients in turn. Thank you for posting this. It was a pleasant surprise and seems like a sound and constructive approach to this issue. Best Bishakha ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID
Thanks Gerard! However, I meant getting a list article subjects who have an ORCID that we haven't already put in Wikidata, so we can update Wikidata! :) best, Phoebe On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, Actually it is not that hard [1] to find who has an ORCID. Thanks, Gerard [1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/autolist2.php?language=enproject=wikipediacategory=depth=12wdq=claim%5B31%3A5%5D%20and%20claim%5B496%5Dmode=cat_and_wdqstatementlist=run=Runlabel_contains=label_contains_not=chunk_size=1 On 11 June 2014 03:39, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: As of today, I am Wikipedian in Residence [1] at ORCID [2]. The role is described in [3]. Please let me know if I can assist you, in that capacity. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID [3] http://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk Congrats, Andy! Coincidentally, as part of my day job, I was just looking into how we treat ORCIDs and other author ID schemes in Wikidata. One thing I discovered poking around by hand is that it is quite difficult to match up who has ORCIDs (not every researcher) with who has a Wikipedia article (also not every researcher). I think it would be great to use ORCID's API to search for article subjects who might have ORCIDs (though I think that list would have to be confirmed/matched by hand, because of lots of ambiguity around similar names in ORCID if there's no other information -- maybe a task for another Wikidata game :) ) Anyway, I'd be happy to chat offlist or somewhere else about it, but I am glad to see they're reaching out to Wikipedia and that you're involved! cheers, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
