Great! Congrats to Hebrew Wikipedia! -- Nurunnaby Chowdhury | User: Nhasive Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia Member, IEG, WMF fb.com/nhasive | twitter.com/nhasive
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Itzik Edri <it...@infra.co.il> wrote: > That's really cool Gerard! thank you for sharing :) > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > Congratulations.. > > > > Many awards are known at Wikidata and, the "Roaring Lion Award" is now > one > > of them. Given that the Israeli chapter received this award, the item for > > the chapter has been updated with this fact. Also added were its creation > > date and the fact that it is a chapter. > > > > It turns out that many chapters are not known on Wikidata.. Have a look > [1] > > if your chapter is known and maybe you want to create an item for your > > chapter.. > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > [1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=15924535 > > > > > > On 3 July 2014 17:55, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <it...@wikimedia.org.il> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > I'm very excited to share that last night, we received the award at an > > > event presence with of hundreds of guests (Picture of the award: > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roaring_Lion_2014_award_to_Wikimedia_Israel.jpg > > > ) > > > > > > The Roaring Lion competition is an award for excellence within Israel's > > > communications and public relations industry awarded by the Israel > Public > > > Relations Associations. The campaign was chosen among many, judged by a > > > committee of public relations executives, academics and public figures. > > > > > > Last July the Hebrew Wikipedia celebrated her 10th anniversary. The > > > celebrations were followed by massive press coverage - TV radio, > internet > > > and print. You can give a look on some of them in our Press Book: > > > > > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9iobJg3Vpp0bDdKaDExNmU2VEU/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > > The strategy was to show the volunteers – the people behind the > projects, > > > so each cover presented another volunteer. To show the power of > Wikipedia > > > we collected a lot of numbers such the most viewed articles of the > last 5 > > > years, numbers of edits, words and many others – which leads to many > > items > > > covering the history of HEWP. > > > > > > But besides arranging massive coverage for the celebrations we were > > > looking for a special way to celebrate – to do something that has never > > > been done before. The result was a unique collaboration with TV Channel > > 2, > > > the most viewed channel in Israel! For an entire week, five of the most > > > senior Channel 2 reporters, who learned to edit Wikipedia by our > > > volunteers, wrote or extended an article on Hebrew Wikipedia. Then, > each > > > recorded a one minute video, explaining why they have decided to write > on > > > this specific topic. Every day, just before the evening news broadcast, > > the > > > video was broadcasted and while the anchor presented the project, he > > > explained "we wanted to celebrate Wikipedia’s 10th anniversary and show > > > that everyone can write an article on Wikipedia. Happy Birthday > > Wikipedia!” > > > > > > Due the success of the project Channel 2 decided to broadcast it all > over > > > again on the week after. According to the ratings records 2.033 million > > > people (cumulatively) watched the project. On the celebrations month > > pages > > > views on Hebrew Wikipedia showed increase of 12% (compare to 1% > > > internationally) and increase of 12% in new articles (compare to 14% > > > internationally decrease). > > > > > > You can watch them the videos (translated to English) on our Youtube > > > Channel: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuQcXKjU3rwJ-TOL8lyru7oHvoufnWtED > > > > > > I wish to thank all the volunteers who take part making this happen, to > > > the Wikimedia Israel team, and to Gidoen Amichay who supported and > helped > > > lead the Channel 2 cooperation. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > > > Chairperson and Spokesperson, 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. 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