Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/November 2018

November 2018
Report

GLAMWiki Conference in Tel Aviv

Basics

in a nutshell: exchange about WiR programs, updates about current trends in GLAM especially with community who also have a wider, more diverse understanding of GLAM work that matches WMAT's approach, preliminary meetings about a DACH GLAM event in Austria
what we contributed to this activity: travel costs for a staff and a board member

Program

Community Support

Metrics

participants : 2
diversity : 1 (woman)

More information

→ Conference page

→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 2018

Basics in a nutshell: contest for removing cleanup templates in the German-language Wikipedia, held four times a year what we contributed to this activity: prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 37 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 566 (566 improved Wikipedia articles)	More information → Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 2018 in the German-language Wikipedia

Volunteer supporters meeting in Vienna

Basics

in a nutshell: 2nd meeting of VSN people dealing with community support in European Wikimedia organizations´(from WMAT, WMCH, WMDE, WMHU, WMNL, WMPL, WMRS, WMUK): skill transfer, updates on community health developments, comparison of support guidelines, solutions for (specific) problems of volunteer supporters
what we contributed to this activity: overall organization, hosting (rooms in our offices, snack and drinks, materials), program coordination, program inputs

Program

Community Support

Metrics

participants : 8
diversity : 8 (8 foreigners)

More information

→ Volunteer Supporters Network/Vienna Meeting 2018

→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wikidata workshop in Vienna

Basics in a nutshell: an introduction to Wikidata and SPARQL, from basic concepts to applications like the visualization of complex data queries volunteer organizers: Jean-Frédéric what we contributed to this activity: organization, staff time, cost of external support	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 10 newly registered : 3 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 14 (14 Wikidata items created/improved) diversity : 6 (5 women, 2 foreigners)	More information → Event page on WikiData

wiki♥vielfalt meeting in Linz

Basics in a nutshell: monthly event series for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for one staff member), snacks and drinks, give-aways	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 2 newly registered : 1 diversity : 1 (1 woman)	More information → Project page in the German language Wikipedia

Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten

Basics in a nutshell: Wikimedia booth at a fair in the city of St. Pölten with around 60 Austrian volunteer organizations volunteer organizers: Agruwie, AleXXw, K@rl, M@nfred what we contributed to this activity: booth fees, travel costs, information material	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 193 (direct contacts with fair visitors)	More information → Report in members wiki (in German) → Media files on Wikimedia Commons → Website of Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten (in German)

Alpenforum event in Salzburg

Basics in a nutshell: Alpenforum is a multi-national Wikipedia project about the alps; the event focussed on improving Wikimedia content about the city of Salzburg and its organs in particular volunteer organizer: Schmeissnero what we contributed to this activity: bookings of hotel and meeting room, travel organization and costs	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 21 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 32 (32 new or improved Wikipedia articles) diversity : 12 (12 foreigners from Germany, Switzerland and Italy)	More information → Project page in the German-language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikimedia Commons

last check: 2019-01-11

Wikipedia introduction for tour guides in Lower Austria

Basics in a nutshell: Wikipedia introduction at the assembly of the association of tour guides for cellar alleys in Lower Austria, in connection with a Wikipedia project for the documentation of cellar alleys volunteer organizers: M@nfred what we contributed to this activity: travel costs	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 50	More information → Report in members wiki (in German)

Denkmal-Cup 2018

Basics in a nutshell: Annual de.wikipedia writing competition for cultural heritage monuments. volunteer organizers: Braveheart what we contributed to this activity: Traditionally WMAT sponsors the prizes for the winners in the form of books respectively vouchers from book stores.	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 17 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 498 (new/improved articles and lists)	More information → Project page on de.wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-06

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time including the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users and the meeting of the project group for the creation of Wikimedia Austria's calendar 2019 volunteer organizers: Gugerell, Herzi Pinki, Agruwie what we contributed to this activity: equipped rooms in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 6 diversity : 3 (3 women)	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-13

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to {{Wikidata Infobox}} in Commons categories. volunteer organizers: Funke what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 2 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 9 (9 Wikidata items created/improved)	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-20

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time we invited to talk about photography in Wikipedia and collect ideas for future photo projects. what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 2	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-27

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to graphics editing with GIMP and Inkscape volunteer organizers: JoKalliauer what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 9	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Supported media files and pages using media files

Basics

in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2018-11-01 to 2018-11-30
volunteer organizers: Isiwal, Thomas Ledl, DerHexer, Granada, Steindy, Häferl, Norman.seibert, Sandro Halank; Krd, Svema, Pistenwolf, MarkusFelix and 2eight for Festivalsommer
what we contributed to this activity: equipment from our tech pool, accreditations for events, travel grants, post-processing software, skill transfer activities and/or support related to other activities

Program

Free Content

Metrics

new files : 22,563
pages with files : 1,033*
quality : 60 (quality: 60)
useful content : 303
versatile content : 703

– last checked: 2019-02-15

* the tool GLAMorous 2 is not working for a couple of months now; therefore this number is only a calculation based upon the results from Jan to Jun 2018: 1 versatile content ≙ 1.47 pages with files

More information

→ Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons

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