Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 14:32, Jorge Vargas wrote:
> we are excited to announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia
> Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO).
This is great news, albeit long overdue on the WHO's part.
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics
On a more practical level, I have marked all those images, and the
WHO's other recent uploads, in:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Graphics_produced_by_World_Health_Organization
with {{do not crop}}, and added categories where I can. May I ask
other people to assist in the latter process, especially for files
using non-English texts?
I'm also marking the file pages as patrolled, whenever I edit them -
again, this needs more hands.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Thanks for this update Jorge. Definitely such an initiative will further strengthen free and open access movement globally. Namaste, Rajeeb. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 15:28, Gabriel Thullen wrote: > Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in > Geneva not far from the WHO HQ, and am quite willing to help out in any way > I can. > Best regards > Gabe > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Joy Agyepong > wrote: > >> Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! >> Congratulations to all who were involved. >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, < >> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working >>> tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you >>> and Congratulations to all who made it possible. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Manav >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < >>> fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some Creative Commons licenses? FN SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein wrote: > *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to >> announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the >> World >> Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on >> releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, >> and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be >> shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be >> useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and >> further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around >> the >> world. >> >> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of >> content >> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s >> account >> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >> >> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage >> of >> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >> >> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and >> gaps >> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >> >> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >> >> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in >> case you have further questions about this collaboration. >> >> Jorge Vargas >> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >> >> [1] >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >> >> [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >> >> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >> >> [4] >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >> >> [5] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >>> television >>> in my country several days already. >>> Regards, >>> Zana >>>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in Geneva not far from the WHO HQ, and am quite willing to help out in any way I can. Best regards Gabe On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Joy Agyepong wrote: > Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! > Congratulations to all who were involved. > > > Cheers. > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, < > dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working >> tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you >> and Congratulations to all who made it possible. >> >> Regards, >> Manav >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < >> fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government >>> organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it >>> would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some >>> Creative Commons licenses? FN >>> >>> SEE: >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html >>> >>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein wrote: >>> *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to > announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the > World > Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on > releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, > and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be > shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be > useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and > further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the > world. > > You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press > release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content > uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the > collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s > account > [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. > > I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers > (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) > who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as > well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage > of > COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are > so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. > > In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, > will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO > content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to > understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps > about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most > useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request > WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. > > We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more > knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical > time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! > > Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in > case you have further questions about this collaboration. > > Jorge Vargas > Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships > > [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ > > [2] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics > > [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 > > [4] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing > > [5] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >> television >> in my country several days already. >> Regards, >> Zana >> >> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: >> >> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially >> videos) under >> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >> > >> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in >> their >> > collaboration with Facebook and
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! Congratulations to all who were involved. Cheers. On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, wrote: > This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working > tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you > and Congratulations to all who made it possible. > > Regards, > Manav > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < > fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government >> organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it >> would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some >> Creative Commons licenses? FN >> >> SEE: >> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein wrote: >> >>> *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas >>> wrote: >>> Hi everyone, Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case you have further questions about this collaboration. Jorge Vargas Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 [4] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national > television > in my country several days already. > Regards, > Zana > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: > > > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) > under > > open licenses since since Feb 2020. > > > > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in > their > > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. > > > > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not > seemed too > > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( > > > > James > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l > < > > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > Some of us sent an email when it was
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you and Congratulations to all who made it possible. Regards, Manav On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government > organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it > would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some > Creative Commons licenses? FN > > SEE: > https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein wrote: > >> *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce >>> a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health >>> Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO >>> content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other >>> COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on >>> Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for >>> volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand >>> access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. >>> >>> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >>> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content >>> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >>> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account >>> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >>> >>> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >>> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >>> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >>> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of >>> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >>> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >>> >>> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >>> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >>> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >>> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps >>> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >>> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >>> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >>> >>> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >>> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >>> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >>> >>> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case >>> you have further questions about this collaboration. >>> >>> Jorge Vargas >>> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >>> >>> [1] >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >>> >>> [2] >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >>> >>> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >>> >>> [4] >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >>> >>> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national television in my country several days already. Regards, Zana On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) under > open licenses since since Feb 2020. > > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. > > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed too > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( > > James > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious but > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of Washington DC > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their central > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some Creative Commons licenses? FN SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein wrote: > *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce >> a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health >> Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO >> content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other >> COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on >> Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for >> volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand >> access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. >> >> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content >> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account >> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >> >> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of >> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >> >> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps >> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >> >> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >> >> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case >> you have further questions about this collaboration. >> >> Jorge Vargas >> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >> >> [1] >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >> >> [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >> >> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >> >> [4] >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >> >> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >>> television >>> in my country several days already. >>> Regards, >>> Zana >>> >>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: >>> >>> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) >>> under >>> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >>> > >>> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their >>> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. >>> > >>> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not >>> seemed too >>> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( >>> > >>> > James >>> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < >>> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious >>> but >>> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of >>> Washington DC >>> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their >>> central >>> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. >>> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but >>> in >>> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain >>> some >>> > time. >>> > > >>> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end, >>> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, >>> but the >>> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week, >>> IMHO, >>> > > when also the data of
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
*fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce a
> new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health
> Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO
> content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other
> COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on
> Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for
> volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand
> access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world.
>
> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press
> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content
> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the
> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account
> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4].
>
> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers
> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others)
> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as
> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of
> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are
> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO.
>
> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, will
> be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO content
> available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to understand how
> WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps about COVID-19
> on the projects. We need your help identifying the most useful content.
> Please join us on the project page on Commons to request WHO materials, and
> ask questions or give feedback on the project [5].
>
> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more
> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical
> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible!
>
> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case
> you have further questions about this collaboration.
>
> Jorge Vargas
> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships
>
> [1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/
>
> [2]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics
>
> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442
>
> [4]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing
>
> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national television
>> in my country several days already.
>> Regards,
>> Zana
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote:
>>
>> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos)
>> under
>> > open licenses since since Feb 2020.
>> >
>> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their
>> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc.
>> >
>> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed
>> too
>> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-(
>> >
>> > James
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l <
>> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious
>> but
>> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of
>> Washington DC
>> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their
>> central
>> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary.
>> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but
>> in
>> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain some
>> > time.
>> > >
>> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end,
>> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, but
>> the
>> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week,
>> IMHO,
>> > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain,
>> started
>> > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after
>> China,
>> > > Iran and South Korea).
>> > >
>> > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they
>> > > finally reach out.
>> > >
>> > > Regards.
>> > > Alessandro
>> > >
>> > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett <
>> > > a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto:
>> > >
>> > > WHO have a great video on COVID-19 ("Coronavius"):
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
An amazing partnership. Great to see the work of so many volunteers over so many years resulting in a huge step forwards :-) And thank you to the WHO for joining the free and open access medical community. J On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 8:00 AM Subhashish wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, Jorge. This is a news that is positive but not > the scary kind! WHO resources have been already used widely across > communities and have helped create localized resources. This initiative > will strengthen many Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects across the movement. > > Subhashish > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 7:02 PM Jorge Vargas > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce >> a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health >> Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO >> content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other >> COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on >> Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for >> volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand >> access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. >> >> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content >> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account >> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >> >> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of >> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >> >> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps >> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >> >> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >> >> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case >> you have further questions about this collaboration. >> >> Jorge Vargas >> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >> >> [1] >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >> >> [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >> >> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >> >> [4] >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >> >> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >>> television >>> in my country several days already. >>> Regards, >>> Zana >>> >>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: >>> >>> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) >>> under >>> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >>> > >>> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their >>> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. >>> > >>> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not >>> seemed too >>> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( >>> > >>> > James >>> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < >>> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious >>> but >>> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of >>> Washington DC >>> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their >>> central >>> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. >>> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but >>> in >>> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain >>> some >>> > time. >>> > > >>> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end, >>> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, >>> but the
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Thanks for sharing this, Jorge. This is a news that is positive but not the scary kind! WHO resources have been already used widely across communities and have helped create localized resources. This initiative will strengthen many Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects across the movement. Subhashish On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 7:02 PM Jorge Vargas wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce a > new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health > Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO > content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other > COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on > Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for > volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand > access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. > > You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press > release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content > uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the > collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account > [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. > > I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers > (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) > who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as > well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of > COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are > so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. > > In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, will > be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO content > available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to understand how > WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps about COVID-19 > on the projects. We need your help identifying the most useful content. > Please join us on the project page on Commons to request WHO materials, and > ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. > > We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more > knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical > time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! > > Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case > you have further questions about this collaboration. > > Jorge Vargas > Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships > > [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ > > [2] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics > > [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 > > [4] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing > > [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national television >> in my country several days already. >> Regards, >> Zana >> >> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: >> >> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) >> under >> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >> > >> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their >> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. >> > >> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed >> too >> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( >> > >> > James >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < >> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >> > >> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious >> but >> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of >> Washington DC >> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their >> central >> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. >> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but >> in >> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain some >> > time. >> > > >> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end, >> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, but >> the >> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week, >> IMHO, >> > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain, >> started >> > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after >> China, >> > > Iran and South Korea). >> > > >> > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they >> > > finally reach
[Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Hi everyone,
Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce a
new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health
Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO
content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other
COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on
Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for
volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand
access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world.
You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press
release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content
uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the
collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account
[3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4].
I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers (including
Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) who have been
moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as well as to the
many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of COVID-19 on
the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are so excited to
finally reach this milestone with WHO.
In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, will
be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO content
available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to understand how
WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps about COVID-19
on the projects. We need your help identifying the most useful content.
Please join us on the project page on Commons to request WHO materials, and
ask questions or give feedback on the project [5].
We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more
knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical
time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible!
Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case you
have further questions about this collaboration.
Jorge Vargas
Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics
[3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442
[4]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national television
> in my country several days already.
> Regards,
> Zana
>
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote:
>
> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos)
> under
> > open licenses since since Feb 2020.
> >
> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their
> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc.
> >
> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed
> too
> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-(
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l <
> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious
> but
> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of Washington
> DC
> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their central
> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary.
> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but in
> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain some
> > time.
> > >
> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end,
> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, but
> the
> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week,
> IMHO,
> > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain,
> started
> > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after
> China,
> > > Iran and South Korea).
> > >
> > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they
> > > finally reach out.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > > Alessandro
> > >
> > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett <
> > > a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > WHO have a great video on COVID-19 ("Coronavius"):
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APwq1df6Mw
> > >
> > > Now would be a good time for the WMF, local chapters, other
> > > affiliates, and individual, to publicly call on them to open licence
> > > such material, as I have done, here:
> > >
> > >
