Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia Taiwan/2019/Midpoint report story

2018年因為館聯專案，意外讓維基數據受到台灣維基志工的注目，今年上半年這個項目有著很棒的發展。具體可以說明他們發展良好的地方有兩點，一是已經有每月聚會，二是有許多外部的合作發生。

In 2018, we saw the rapid growth of Wikidata community in Taiwan, thanks to our GLAM program held that year. The community is quite well-organized and is in stable growth. For the first half year of 2019, they have been a) organizing monthly meet-ups and b) partnering with many organizations on multiple projects.

後面將會簡單地呈現這個社群在今年上半年發展的故事。其中我將先分析讓他們發展的情況良好的原因，然後說明他們計畫中的工作與未來可能的發展。

I will briefly introduce the development of this community during the first half year of 2019, in which I will analyze the reasons for their growth and advise on the future steps to be taken and share the vision I have for that community.

社群怎麼發展的 How they growing

維基數據社群的發展，與台灣其他社群比較，成長十分迅速。到2018年底時，看起來還是附屬於館聯計畫的一個子項目而已，今年已經獨立發展而且有不錯的產出。他們的成功可能來自兩點：第一，主動地經營社群媒體，讓眾人可以清楚了解他們的動態和工作成果；其次，他們在發展伙伴關係上很成功，產出一些有趣的專案。能夠有這兩項成功，可能與經營者的背景有關。

Compared to other Wikimedia communities in Taiwan, Wikidata Taiwan grows very fast. It has its own development independently and got rich outputs in this year, while it was just a sub-project under GLAM till the end of 2018. Their success could come from two points: first, they operate the social media aggressively, so that makes people to know their movements and outputs clearly. Then, they have a successful management of partnership, and that made some interesting events happened. Being able to have these two successes may be related to the background of the operator.

（Wikidata community has grown rapidly in Taiwan compare to other Wikimedia communities. By the end of 2018, it still seems to be a small part of the GLAM project, and this year they have grown independently and have achieved some fairly good outcome. Their success may be the result of two factors: Firstly, they’re quite active on social media, so the public can learn about their latest activities and results. Secondly, they’ve had quite a success developing partnerships, which result in some interesting projects. These may be related to the background of the organizers.）

積極的社群媒體經營 Aggressive operation of social media

維基數據社群在臉書同時擁有一個社團「Wikidata 臺灣社群」和一個粉絲專頁「Wikidata Taiwan」，而且有經常性的發文。在粉絲專頁上，不只可以看到社群活動的宣傳，他們也會跟新聞時事結合。例如在6月9日當天一位台灣資深演員馬如龍過世，他們在發布了一則悼念文，提到馬如龍的項目(Q9006029)外，也提到他主演的本土賣座電影《海角七號》(Q713431)與《艋舺》(Q713453)。

Wikidata Taiwan community is maintaining a group "Wikidata Taiwan Community" and a Fan Page "Wikidata Taiwan" on Facebook, both are quite active. On the fan page, not only are they campaigning for their events, they also post about the latest events. For example, On the ninth of June, as the news of the passing away of a well-reputed Taiwanese actor Ma Ju-lung (Q9006029) break out, they include it in their post in memorial of the actor the Wikidata item of the actor and his two most famous work Cape No.7 (Q713431) and Monga (Q713453).

他們的粉絲雖然還不多，但十分具有行動力。例如社群組織者在2019 COSCUP(台灣最大的開源會議)申請了一個議程軌，由於會議需要透過投票決定每一軌是否能夠通過申請，他們透過粉專和社團發文宣傳，最後他們拿到了足夠成立一軌的票數，表示其發佈的訊息對追蹤者是有影響力的。

Their Facebook followers are of limited number, but quite engaged. For example, the organizers applied for a conference track at Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, Promoters 2019 (COSCUP, the largest open source conference in Taiwan). As the conference use votes to decide if they will approve an application, they campaigned for it via their fan page and Facebook group, and have successfully secured a seat, showing their influence in the community.

良好的伙伴關係 Good partnerships

維基數據社群在建立伙伴關係上十分成功。具體的案例是他們和一個社區營造組織「竹圍工作室」合作。這個工作室關注台灣河川的生態情況，於是和台灣維基社群舉行了2場工作坊，將台灣的所有河川(包括支流)資料項都建置起來，並開始討論日後如何應用這些數據。

Wikidata Taiwan community has developed and maintained their partnerships quite well. They have cooperated with “Bamboo Curtain Studio”, whose main focus is about the river ecosystems in Taiwan. They have held two workshops that created Wikidata items for all of the rivers (including tributaries) in Taiwan, and are discussing how these could be useful in the future.

半年的期間他們已經找到四個外部合作者：竹圍工作室、新樂園藝術空間、開放街圖和國際開放資料日，他們一共合作了5場工作坊和1場編輯松。而台灣的維基社群包括MoWiki編輯聚(以OCG、台中地方為主題)、薇姬的房間也都有合作專案。

They have established partnerships with four external collaborators in less than six months, specifically Bamboo Curtain Studio, Shin Len Yuan Art Space (SLY Art Space), OpenStreetMap Taiwan, and Open Data Day with who they’ve had five workshops and one editathon in total. They’ve also connected with other Wikimedia communities in Taiwan like MoWiki Editing meetup and WikiWomen Taiwan on various activities.

合適的經營者 Suitable organizer

台灣維基數據社群的成績，需要歸功於兩位核心成員。其中一位是李梅樹紀念館GLAM專案的共同組織人，另一位擔任過台灣分會的祕書長與監事，兩人也都在其他開放文化社群活躍。這些身份使他們在初期不必學習維基媒體的操作介面和社群文化，可以將精力放在組織規畫上；同時也熟悉活動的規畫，能夠辦出目標適切又有產出的活動。

The success of the community owes their thanks to two organizers, one is also the co-curator of the GLAM activities in partner with Li Mei-shu Memorial Gallery, the other was the secretary-general and a supervisor of Wikimedia Taiwan, they are also quite active in other open source community. All these identities has helped in some ways, they are already quite familiar with MediaWiki software and the community culture, they focus on the specific plans. As they’ve also had experience planning and organizing, they know how to connect with their audience and have productive results.

計畫和願景 Plan and Vision

Wikidata社群有自己的發展步調，近期之內可以持續期待他們的成長。2019的下半年度，他們已經確定8月會在開源人年會有一軌議程，10月有極高可能會參與Wikidata Birthday。在我們的期末報告時，應該還會是亮點。

We can expect further growth of Wikidata community in Taiwan. In the next half year of 2019, they have confirmed a track at COSCUP, and are likely to join Wikidata Birthday in October. We expect them to be the highlight of our final report.

因為他們的工作計畫十分明確，協會將不會主導社群方向，而是提供支援。但是我們同樣看到數據的重要性，所以一些規劃中的專案也會討論結合Wikidata的可能。例如目前文化部有興趣跟我們合作9月的維基愛古蹟，並在10月徵求與文化記憶相關的舊照片，舊照除了上傳到維基，也會做為國家文化記憶庫之用。基於國家文化記憶庫也將會是一個資料庫平臺，我們將爭取跟Wikidata專案結合。如果成功，可能有額外的資源可以協助Wikidata社群的成長。

As they’ve developed a quite specific plan, our team at the Chapter will do our best to support them. We also see the importance of Wikidata and we’ve had discussions to include it in some of the projects the chapter is working on. For example, the Ministry of Culture has shown interest in our Wiki Loves Monument project in September, and Call for Photos on cultural memories in October, the old photos uploaded to commons will also be uploaded to Culture Memory Archive of the National Digital Archives, which is also a database. We will see how we can include Wikidata in this partnership. If successful, we may have additional resources to aid their growth.