That's great news, Gerard,
I'm a bit concerned about finding children that shouldn't be for children
(i.e.: death, violence, porn...) when we are not specifically looking for
those. I have a recent experience finding porn videos in front of a full
audience (19 years old, phew!) when searching for their neighbourhood:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305092.
Searching in Commons should be improved also in this kind of issues, if we
don't want to have other problems.
Cheers
Galder
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From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 2:06 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: UNLOCK free knowledge projects | Call for application
Hoi,
Wikimedia Germany produced a tool that allows people to find pictures based on
the Wikidata item they are associated with (depicts)... As Wikidata uses labels
in all the Wikimedia languages, it follows that when labels exist, children who
seek pictures at school can find these pictures.
When this tool exclusively supports a language, it follows that the current
goobledegook you get when you search Commons will be prevented. When children
can find pictures at Commons, we can campaign for pictures that are relevant in
a geographical setting... ie occupations in Nigeria, Benin, Serbia.Children can
illustrate their work using Commons media, when they know Commons for what it
has, it will enthuse people to work in their own language Wikipedia.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 12:53, Kannika Thaimai
<kannika.thai...@wikimedia.de<mailto:kannika.thai...@wikimedia.de>> wrote:
Dear fellow Wikimedians,
We are happy to announce that applications for the innovation program UNLOCK
open from today – April 5th! We are calling for ideas and projects that break
down social and technical barriers preventing people from both accessing and
contributing to free knowledge.
In alignment with recommendation 9 “Innovate in free knowledge” [1] of the
Movement Strategy, we look for early stage projects that address knowledge
equity, including technical ones that make the access and contribution to
knowledge easier, more inclusive and equitable. We also look for non-technical
projects, concepts or standards that create more opportunities for everyone to
participate in free knowledge projects – leading to a more inclusive
representation of the diverse knowledge of our world.
Participating teams will benefit from a structured online program with tailored
coaching, access to an international network of experts, peer-to-peer exchange
and a scholarship.
== Who is the program for? ==
We are looking for Wikimedians as well as free knowledge enthusiasts,
developers, designers and activists from outside the Wikimedia movement. For
this year’s edition, Wikimedia Deutschland teamed up with Wikimedia Serbia to
co-design and co-host the program which will have a regional focus on the
Western Balkan and German-speaking area. This means that applications are open
to project teams (of a minimum of two and no more than five members) from the
following countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Kosovo,
Montenegro, North Macedonia as well as Serbia and Switzerland. The program
language is English in order to enable exchange and create synergies among the
cross-regional project teams. UNLOCK is designed to work completely virtually.
Applications are open from April 5th until May 29th!
== You want to apply? ==
Great – we look forward to your ideas! Please head over to the UNLOCK program
page [2] for details (incl. eligibility criteria, program timeline, application
form and more) If you require further assistance with your application or if
you have an idea but are not sure whether or not to apply, feel free to reach
out to the organizing team behind the program via Email:
unl...@wikimedia.de<mailto:unl...@wikimedia.de>
== You know people who would be interested in this program? ==
Feel free to share this call in your network and community beyond the mailing
list.
Warm regards,
Kannika (WMDE) and Ivana (WMRS)
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Innovate_in_Free_Knowledge
[2] https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/program/
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Kannika Thaimai (she/her)
Innovation Engine - Strategy Lead
>> WMDE innovation engine
>> strategy<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Innovation_Engine>
>> UNLOCK Accelerator<https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/>
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