Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia
Congratulations to Dictionary of Sydney 20 minutes ago they posted on facebook https://www.facebook.com/dictionaryofsydney that they have secured continued funding from the City of Sydney Council On 29 July 2012 11:26, John Vandenberg presid...@wikimedia.org.au wrote: Dear City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as a national Chapter of the Wikimedia movement - the volunteer community behind Wikipedia and other online educational resources. We would like to express our support for the Dictionary of Sydney project not only for the quality content that it has produced but also for the globally pioneering role it has played in its use of free-licensing. The Dictionary of Sydney provides the vast majority of its content with a Creative Commons copyright license that ensures the material can be used by third parties under very open terms. This is considered world's best practice and is consistent with the principles espoused by the Open Educational Resources and Open Source Software communities globally. It should be noted that the official State history project of Minnesota in the USA, entitled MNOpedia http://www.mnopedia.org/ has used the Dictionary of Sydney as the inspiration for their comparable copyright policy. The strong stance of the Dictionary of Sydney on open access and collaboration with historians both locally and further afield has ensured that the content it has created is both legally and practically compatible with Wikipedia, the world's fifth most visited website. As a result, many of the Dictionary's articles about important people, places and events have been integrated into Wikipedia, including but not limited to: Florence Violet McKenzie (Australia's first female electrical engineer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Violet_McKenzie ) Glebe Island (a crucial part of Sydney's economy for centuries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe_Island_%28New_South_Wales%29 ) Sydney Artists' Camps (one of the most significant art movements in Australia's history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_artists%27_camps ) We draw your attention to the comprehensive acknowledgement of the Dictionary of Sydney at the bottom of each Wikipedia article that uses Dictionary material as the source of its content. Without the Dictionary of Sydney, and without its pioneering efforts in open access, this content simply would not have been available to the online encyclopaedia and its wider audience. It would be a great shame to see this outstanding collaborative digital history project fold. Wikimedia Australia urges the City of Sydney to ensure the continued funding and support for this project, without which the global appreciation of Sydney's history would be very much poorer. If you would like to contact Wikimedia Australia or one of our Sydney based members for further information on this or related matters we would welcome your enquiry. Sincerely, John Vandenberg President, Wikimedia Australia ___ 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
[Wikimediaau-l] Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian
Sorry - didn't realised this bounced earlier due to me sending from the wrong address! -- Forwarded message -- To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:28:10 +1000 Subject: Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian Hi everyone, I noticed this pop up on twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/matthewbevan/status/229763424983343104 Is anyone interested? Regards, Charles ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian
Noticed it as well. Not in Sydney and well Not that talkative. Ruled me out. ;) On 30/07/2012 8:05 PM, Charles Gregory wrote: Sorry - didn't realised this bounced earlier due to me sending from the wrong address! -- Forwarded message -- To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:28:10 +1000 Subject: Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian Hi everyone, I noticed this pop up on twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/matthewbevan/status/229763424983343104 Is anyone interested? Regards, Charles ___ 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] Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian
saw it earlier but as I'm not in Sydney I suggested he contact WMAU On 30 July 2012 18:12, Robert Myers bid...@me.com wrote: Noticed it as well. Not in Sydney and well Not that talkative. Ruled me out. ;) On 30/07/2012 8:05 PM, Charles Gregory wrote: Sorry - didn't realised this bounced earlier due to me sending from the wrong address! -- Forwarded message -- To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:28:10 +1000 Subject: Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian Hi everyone, I noticed this pop up on twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/matthewbevan/status/229763424983343104 Is anyone interested? Regards, Charles ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing listWikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian
Just had a little flurry of DM tweets with him. He works for Sydney local ABC radio (AM 702) and noticed how the biography of Cyclist Alexander Vinokourov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vinokourov was updated with the olympic victory before he'd even dismounted. They're thinking of using that as a hook to lead into a little story about how the WP community curates content, keeps up to date etc. (the usual how do you do it kind of story) with a little added local angle of what's the Sydney Wikipedia community like?. They may, or may not, do this for tomorrow morning's show. I'll advise if there's anything further :-) -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata On 30 July 2012 10:27, Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com wrote: saw it earlier but as I'm not in Sydney I suggested he contact WMAU On 30 July 2012 18:12, Robert Myers bid...@me.com wrote: Noticed it as well. Not in Sydney and well Not that talkative. Ruled me out. ;) On 30/07/2012 8:05 PM, Charles Gregory wrote: Sorry - didn't realised this bounced earlier due to me sending from the wrong address! -- Forwarded message -- To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:28:10 +1000 Subject: Request for media contact - Sydney Wikipedian Hi everyone, I noticed this pop up on twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/matthewbevan/status/229763424983343104 Is anyone interested? Regards, Charles ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing listWikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ 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 ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Wikimedia Fellows
-- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Jul 31, 2012 7:36 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Wikimedia Fellows To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, The Wikimedia Fellows program will be holding IRC office hours in #wikimedia-office this Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 21:00 UTC. Fellows Tanvir Rahman, Peter Coombe, Jon Harald Søby, Steven Zhang, Sarah Stierch and Jonathan Morgan will be there to discuss their current fellowship projects (exact topics TBD based on who shows up with questions/comments/feedback), and I'll take any questions on the fellowships program that you may have.[1][2] As always, links to time conversion and other office hour info is on Meta.[3] Hope to see you there! Best wishes, Siko 1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News/Current, and this should be even more current by Thursday :-) 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours -- Siko Bouterse Head of Community Fellowships Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia
Good letter people. I've just bulked up our article on Annie Wyatt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Forsyth_Wyatt with the DoS article on her http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/wyatt_annie It's an amazing resource, I think perhaps we should do something about utilizing it more systematically. Toby On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: This was just published on the Dictionary of Sydney blog: http://trust.dictionaryofsydney.org/dictionary-of-sydney-wins-continued-support-from-city-of-sydney/ In a unanimous decision of council, the Dictionary funding for the next year was released last night! :-) I made sure the Dictionary staff were aware of our supporting letter and, in a nice gesture, they made mention of this in their post. Thank you everyone for supporting this proposal! If you're ever looking for some freely-licensed content to integrate to Wikipedia (not to mention lots of Reliable Source references - with an inbuilt cite this page on Wikipedia tool), go to their list of entries and click sort by license type http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/browse/entries Sincerely, -Liam On Monday, July 30, 2012, Gnangarra wrote: Congratulations to Dictionary of Sydney 20 minutes ago they posted on facebook https://www.facebook.com/dictionaryofsydney that they have secured continued funding from the City of Sydney Council On 29 July 2012 11:26, John Vandenberg presid...@wikimedia.org.auwrote: Dear City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as a national Chapter of the Wikimedia movement - the volunteer community behind Wikipedia and other online educational resources. We would like to express our support for the Dictionary of Sydney project not only for the quality content that it has produced but also for the globally pioneering role it has played in its use of free-licensing. The Dictionary of Sydney provides the vast majority of its content with a Creative Commons copyright license that ensures the material can be used by third parties under very open terms. This is considered world's best practice and is consistent with the principles espoused by the Open Educational Resources and Open Source Software communities globally. It should be noted that the official State history project of Minnesota in the USA, entitled MNOpedia http://www.mnopedia.org/ has used the Dictionary of Sydney as the inspiration for their comparable copyright policy. The strong stance of the Dictionary of Sydney on open access and collaboration with historians both locally and further afield has ensured that the content it has created is both legally and practically compatible with Wikipedia, the world's fifth most visited website. As a result, many of the Dictionary's articles about important people, places and events have been integrated into Wikipedia, including but not limited to: Florence Violet McKenzie (Australia's first female electrical engineer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Violet_McKenzie ) Glebe Island (a crucial part of Sydney's economy for centuries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe_Island_%28New_South_Wales%29 ) Sydney Artists' Camps (one of the most significant art movements in Australia's history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_artists%27_camps ) We draw your attention to the comprehensive acknowledgement of the Dictionary of Sydney at the bottom of each Wikipedia article that uses Dictionary material as the source of its content. Without the Dictionary of Sydney, and without its pioneering efforts in open access, this content simply would not have been available to the online encyclopaedia and its wider audience. It would be a great shame to see this outstanding collaborative digital history project fold. Wikimedia Australia urges the City of Sydney to ensure the continued funding and support for this project, without which the global appreciation of Sydney's history would be very much poorer. If you would like to contact Wikimedia Australia or one of our Sydney based members for further information on this or related matters we would welcome your enquiry. Sincerely, John Vandenberg President, Wikimedia Australia ___ 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 -- wittylama.com/blog Peace, love metadata ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
