[Wikimedia-l] Vad glädjer dig den här veckan? / What’s making you happy this week? (Week of 29 September 2019)

[Pine W]

*"A Wikilibrarian's story"*


(The text in this section was copied from *Books & Bytes*, Issue 35,
July–August 2019
;
see the page history on Meta for attribution.)


One's advent into the world of Wikimedia projects is almost always a
noteworthy account. Here we share one such account of a librarian who was
introduced to Wikipedia in an unusual way and began their adventure trying
to better understand Wikipedia and now helps others understand it too!


*Laurie Bridges is an Instruction and Outreach Librarian at Oregon State
University in the US. She was introduced to Wikipedia by her son: at age 9,
he was assigned a class project to research and present about a species of
frog, and was told to only use Wikipedia for his research. When he related
this to her, she thought, "If 9-year-olds are being introduced to research
using Wikipedia, I better learn more about Wikipedia". So she got involved
because she wanted to better understand the resource her son, and the
students at her university, use. She explains:*
Students and faculty are familiar with [Wikipedia] because many use it
daily, although they do not cite it in their papers. As a librarian I teach
about information literacy and help students and faculty with their
research. Wikipedia is a familiar website that I can use to teach
information literacy and afterwards students and faculty leave equipped
with a better understanding of how the information source works. Students
are used to teachers and professors saying, "Don't use Wikipedia." However,
this dismissive statement doesn't teach the students how, why, or when they
can use Wikipedia or other online resources. We are living in a time of
misinformation and I want students to understand the information they are
using and become critical consumers of that information. Using Wikipedia to
teach students about information literacy is fun! In addition, it's
fulfilling because I can see students' excitement as they learn more about
Wikipedia, a website they use on a daily basis. I've found teaching with
Wikipedia to be so rewarding that I want to spread the word.

Finally, if librarians don't teach students about Wikipedia and what it is
(or isn't), who is going to teach them? I'd like to see more activity and
interest from librarians related to Wikipedia. This is why whenever I get a
chance, I will introduce other librarians to … the Wikimedia Movement. Last
year I received a scholarship to attend Wikimedia + Education in San
Sebastián, Spain. I was only one of two librarians in attendance (in
addition to Basque librarians who were volunteering at the event). It was a
great learning opportunity and I connected with so many enthusiastic
educators. I'd love to see enough interest from librarians to host a
Wikimedia + Libraries conference! That would be a great conference!



*The change of seasons*

There are a variety of ways to define seasons
, including meteorologically and
culturally. For those in the northern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox was
on 23 September this year; the autumnal equinox marks the transition from
astronomical summer to astronomical autumn. For those in the southern
hemisphere, 23 September was the spring equinox, which marked the
transition from astronomical winter to astronomical spring.

Awhile back I learned of a Scandinavian practice called kulning
, which involves using songs to call
herds of cattle over long distances. Here is a video (YouTube link)
 that shows cattle being
summoned out of the field with a kulning call for the last time of the year
in September 2017.

Here are a few music selections for the transition from summer to fall:

* "Summer End | Chill & Jazzhop", by Fantastic Music (YouTube link)


* "Summer's Gone", by Bob Bradley & Thomas Balmforth (YouTube link)


And for the transition from winter to spring:


(The performances linked below feature John Harrison on the violin,
and the Wichita
State University 
Chamber Players. The conductor was Robert Turizziani. The performance
rights release was received by Wikimedia Commons via OTRS
.)


* Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "*La primavera*" (Spring) —
Movement 1: Allegro from *The Four Seasons*, composed by Antonio Vivaldi

* Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "*La primavera*" (Spring) —
Movement 2: Largo from *The Four Seasons, *composed by Antonio Vivaldi

* Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Multimedia projects & Wiktionary Cognate Dashboard at upcoming Wikipedia & Education Open Meeting September 30!

[LiAnna Davis]

Reminder: This meeting is tomorrow: Monday, September 30, from 17:00 UTC to
18:30 UTC

Join here: https://zoom.us/j/876197184

On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 10:31 AM LiAnna Davis  wrote:

> (usual cross-posting apologies!)
>
> TL;DR version:
> * What: Wikipedia & Education User Group Open Meeting
> * Who: Guest speakers Florencia Claes and Goran Milovanović
> * When: Monday, September 30, from 17:00 UTC to 18:30 UTC
> * Where: https://zoom.us/j/876197184
> * Why: Be inspired about programs related to Commons and Wiktionary
>
> Full version:
> On behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group, we cordially invite you
> to attend our next Open Meeting on Monday, September 30, from 17:00 UTC to
> 18:30 UTC. While our name includes Wikipedia, we support the use of all
> Wikimedia projects in educational contexts. Our guest speakers this month
> showcase that well!
>
> Florencia Claes, Communication and Journalism professor at Rey Juan Carlos
> University in Madrid, Spain, will speak about how she's helped her students
> contribute multimedia projects to Wikimedia Commons and add them to
> Wikipedia, and her current project to collaborate with a documentary
> filmmaking class to have students shoot videos for Commons. Florencia's
> talk should be inspiring for anyone who has noticed a trend of students
> preferring video over text, as we can all learn from her experiences!
>
> Goran S. Milovanović, PhD, Data Scientist, Software Department, Wikimedia
> Deutschland, will speak about the Wiktionary Cognate Dashboard [1], and how
> it can be used for identifying places for improvement on your language
> Wiktionary. This is super relevant for anyone running programs on
> Wiktionary!
> [1] http://wmdeanalytics.wmflabs.org/Wiktionary_CognateDashboard/
>
> To join the meeting on the 30th, click this link:
> https://zoom.us/j/876197184
>
> To add the invite to your calendar:
> * Google Calendar:
> https://zoom.us/meeting/tZMrduCvrzMup3tg0j_JqfZsHGec7RZlUw/calendar/google/add
> * Outlook Calendar:
> https://zoom.us/meeting/tZMrduCvrzMup3tg0j_JqfZsHGec7RZlUw/ics
> * Yahoo Calendar:
> http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60=d=Wikipedia%20%26%20Education%20User%20Group%20Monthly%20Open%20Meeting_loc=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F876197184=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F876197184=20190930T17Z=0130=Wiki%20Education%20is%20inviting%20you%20to%20a%20scheduled%20Zoom%20meeting.%0D%0A%0D%0AJoin%20Zoom%20Meeting%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F876197184%0D%0A
>
> Full agenda:
> * Intros
> * Update from UG board
> * Updates from Wikimania
> * Updates from working groups
> * Featured speakers: Florencia Claes, Goran Milovanović
> * Q & A
>
>
>

-- 
LiAnna Davis
Chief Programs Officer; Deputy Director
Wiki Education
www.wikiedu.org
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[Wikimedia-l] Final report for the third round of WikiProject X

[Isarra Yos]

I've submitted my final report for the third grant-funded round of 
WikiProject X.


This round of the project was intended to see through finalising current 
development in order to fully deploy CollaborationKit, a MediaWiki 
extension intended to overhaul how users maintain and interact with 
WikiProjects, to the English Wikipedia. Unfortunately, this goal was not 
met, as the proposed scope exceeded the resources allocated, and I am 
not planning to resume work on it for the foreseeable future.


I feel that it is important that we honestly share what we have learned 
from this, however, as best to help others avoid making the same 
mistakes we did:


 * To view our final report:
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikiProject_X/CollaborationKit_MVP/Final
 * For more information about CollaborationKit itself, please see
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:CollaborationKit

Thanks,

-I

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