Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/November 2021

November 2021
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Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2021

Basics

in a nutshell: Annual meeting of the communities and affiliates in the CEE region, to report and plan joint projects and to learn from each other. To ensure equitable participation, WMAT sponsored language support in Russian, the most common language in the region.
volunteer organizers: Braveheart,Wojciech Pędzich, Marios Magioladitis,Snežana Štrkovska,Cvetko Nedelkovski, Farhad Fatkullin, Kiril Simeonovski,Dmitry Erokhin
what we contributed to this activity: Planning, coordiantion, communication, interpretation service in Russian

Program

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Basics in a nutshell: online meeting to discuss our budget and program planning for the upcoming year with our community what we contributed to this activity: organization, online platform, technical hosting	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 14	More information → Event page in members wiki (in German)

Basics in a nutshell: Exchange on the challeges around the new grantmaking process, peer support and learning what we contributed to this activity: Staff time	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 9 diversity : 9 (female and/or non-Austrian)

Basics in a nutshell: follow-up CEE Meeting, preparation of several international hub discussions in the next weeks, dicsussion WMAT 3 years plan and grant proposal volunteer organizers: Braveheart what we contributed to this activity: Input, coordination, staff time	Program Community Support Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 3 diversity : 2 (Non-Austrians)

Basics in a nutshell: Meeting of the European affiliates discussion next steps in the 2030 strategy implementation, especially the possibility of a European Hub volunteer organizers: Braveheart, Jan-Bart WMNL what we contributed to this activity: organisation, coordination, facilitation of sessions	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 33 diversity : 32 (Non-Austrian)	More information → Wikimedia European Affiliates Cooperation/European Regional Event November 2021

Basics in a nutshell: Last iteration of our annual planning and controlling for 2021, finalising the grant proposal and 3-year plan 2022-24 what we contributed to this activity: Video conferencing platform, preparation, coordination	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 7 diversity : 2 (female, Non-Austrian)

Basics in a nutshell: regular online meeting on how to reach, hold and welcome Wikipedia/Commons newcomers and to broaden the Austrian community's diversity volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: facilitation, video conference tool	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 3 (1 woman, 2 foreign women)	More information → WMAT's expert groups in members wiki (in German)

Basics in a nutshell: online meeting of the Volunteer Supporters Network for discussing the Community Health Metrics with the project team what we contributed to this activity: co-organisation	Program Community Support
Metrics participants : 12 diversity : 12 (foreigners)	More information → Volunteer Supporters Network

Basics in a nutshell: writing contest for quality articles in German-language Wikipedia (Wikipedia:Schreibwettbewerb), held two times a year volunteer organizers: DWI, Achim Raschka, Lutheraner, Mautpreller, DerHexer, Ktiv, Pacogo7, Miraki (members of the jury) what we contributed to this activity: prize	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 22 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 26 (new or improved articles) quality : 13 (5 featured articles, 8 good articles)	More information → Project page in German-language Wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: An exhibition about 20 years of Wikipedia created and produced by Wikimedia Austria that was shown in 6 locations in Austria (museums, libraries, cultural and educational institutions) throughout the whole year. what we contributed to this activity: creation, production, organization, transport	Program Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 6	More information → Presentation on 20.wikipedia.at

Basics in a nutshell: seasonal writing competition to reduce cleanup messages in articles. volunteer organizers: Gripweed what we contributed to this activity: prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 35 quality : 957 (957 improved articles)	More information → project page on de.wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: article writing competition in Ukrainian Wikipedia, organised by Wikimedia Ukraine what we contributed to this activity: 5 prizes	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 26 newly registered : 2 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 173 (162 new articles, 11 improved articles) diversity : 26 (26 foreigners)	More information → Project page in Ukrainian Wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: online meeting of the Volunteer Supporters Network for discussing next year's activities in regard of the Wikimedia 2030 process what we contributed to this activity: co-organisation, co-hosting	Program Community Support Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 3 diversity : 3 (foreigners)	More information → Volunteer Supporters Network 2022 grant proposal

Basics in a nutshell: start of a new community support program for Wikipedia Ambassadors, together with WMCH and WMDE what we contributed to this activity: concept, organisation	Program Community Support Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 2 (2 foreigners)	More information → Austrian Wikipedia Ambassadors Program in German-language Wikipedia → Cultural ambassadors program in German-language Wikipedia

Basics in a nutshell: Meeting of the community of de.wikipedia focused on possible collaborations with public broadcasters and how to make their content accessible und useful in the area of free knowledge. volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus, XanonymusX what we contributed to this activity: Support for travel costs.	Program Free Content Awareness and Change
Metrics participants : 36	More information → Project page (de.wikipedia]

Basics in a nutshell: Meeting of the Commons expert group in preparation of the production of the annual calendar representing photographers supported by Wikimedia Austria and contributions to WikiDaheim. what we contributed to this activity: Preparation, platform and technical hosting.	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 4 diversity : 2 (2 women)	More information → Project page (Commons)

Basics

in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30
volunteer organizers: Ailura, Robert Heilinger, 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