Glam-us,
The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art in Honolulu, Hawaii is hosting an
edit-a-thon tomorrow to develop articles on Islamic poetry. I'll be present
to help out. Their first edit-a-thon is going to primarily consist of folks
connected to the organization but they hope to open it up to the public once
they have the experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Doris_Duke_Foundation_for_Islam
ic_Art
v/r,
TP
Hi All,
Apologies for those of you who will have seen this email twice, but I
wanted to make sure that this information got spread around widely.
As a followup from the GLAM coordinators meetup at Wikimania, I wanted to
clarify more broadly provide you a couple followup items: a) a list of
communication channels, b) some asks for help and c) instructions for
Phabricator for GLAM.
*Communications channels*
One of the questions that came up during the meetup, was what are the best
ways to reach the Gobal GLAM-Wiki Community. Here are the communications
channels, that I am aware of (please let me know if I am missing anything:
- If you aren't already on them, the best communications channels for
the GLAM wiki community are the mailing lists:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Mailing_lists . Both GLAM-L
(the public list) and cultural-partners (the private list for coordinating
confidential issues), are great resources and have a lot of good signal to
noise.
- This Month in GLAM -- Every month Romaine publishes a monthly
reflection on what happened in GLAM. Make sure to fill out the reports for
your region by the 7th day after the end of the month. Anyone can report
GLAM-Wiki events, and it helps folks, at a glance, learn what you are
working on: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter
- Increasingly several Facebook groups are helping with communications
and quick consultations with other GLAM-Wiki leaders:
- GLAM-Wiki Global https://www.facebook.com/groups/GLAMWikiGlobal/
- Wikidata + GLAM : https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wikidata.GLAM/
- Wikimedia Foundation Social Media Hub:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/511418892316698/ (supported by the
WMF social media team, and good for sharing projects)
- Twitter -- #glamwiki and @GLAMWiki are both fairly active, and are
great tools for connecting with other #openglam advocates and GLAM
professionals.
Please use these channels to engage the wider community, ask questions, and
find support.
*Social media helpers*
*I am also looking for three helpers for these channels*, which will likely
take 3-4 hours a month, specifically:
- Another person, who can actively work with the @glamwiki channel on
Twitter.
- Someone to help Romaine with social media for This Month in GLAM.
- Additional list-admins for cultural-partners.
Please let me know if you can help.
*Giving Phabricator a Try *
One of the main concerns from the Wikimania meetup, was not finding support
for work amongst other community members. As part of the upcoming This
Month in GLAM, I describe how we can use two new Phabricator queues for
developing support for problems best solved by other GLAM-Wiki contributors
-- please let me know if you have questions. See it at
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2016/Contents/WMF_…
I will be developing better, more thorough guidance on outreach Wiki if it
proves useful for folks working in GLAM-Wiki spaces.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
Forwarding.
Pine
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Robert E. Cummings" <cummings(a)olemiss.edu>
Date: Jun 30, 2016 16:44
Subject: [Wiki-research-l] A New Journal: Wiki Studies
To: "wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <
wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hi All:
Given the conversation about fees for publishing articles about Wikipedia
in OA journals, I wanted to call your attention to a new journal we are
starting, Wiki Studies http://wikistudies.org/
Wiki Studies is an interdisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal
focusing on the intersection of Wikipedia and higher education. We are
interested in most all of the same topics hosted on the research listserv
and the newsletter, including articles about pedagogical practices,
epistemology, bias, mission, and reliability. We will not charge for
submission or publication, and will offer open access to readers. We will
host on Open Journal Systems.
We are just getting started. We are recruiting editors, and plan to have a
presence at the upcoming Wiki Conference North America in San Diego 7-10
October 2016. We hope to publish our first volume in March of 2017,
consisting of submissions received by 31 December 2016.
Comments, queries, and suggestions all welcome at cummings(a)olemiss.edu
Yours,
Bob Cummings
_______________________________________________
Wiki-research-l mailing list
Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
Hi GLAM folks,
Check out the below: Make sure to spread it throughout your communities.
Cheers,
Alex
Hi everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open
call on July 1. We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new
ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>.
Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to
implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching
an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other
support for community-building.
Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very
welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying?
Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and
guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request.
Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via
Hangouts and IRC for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open
Call. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. Dates
and times are as follows:
* Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC
* Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC
* Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC
* Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC
Links for Hangouts and the IRC channel are available here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) or Marti
Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with
your project!
Warm regards,
Alex & Marti
--
Alexandra Wang
Program Officer
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: alexvwang
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org