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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> GN. >> Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com >> Gn. 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