Hello, I am very pleased to announce today that Wikimedia France has just concluded a very nice partnership. A partnership with the Palace of Versailles<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles>, which was negotiated very discreetly (at the request of Versailles) and just publicly announced this morning.
http://www.wikimedia.fr/partenariat-avec-le-ch%C3%A2teau-de-versailles This partnership is a consequence of the first Glam -partnerships signed by Wikimedia France in 2010 and glam-wiki Paris in December 2010. The partnership prompt Wikimedia France and Versailles to work together to perform "production and dissemination of cultural and scientific data on the Wikimedia projects". That means working together to release the content from the cultural riches of Versailles in the projects. This can be taking pictures, digitization, video, other things, everything is open. Under this partnership, Versailles therefore allowed a "Wikimedian in residence". Its mission is: * Teaching the teams of the Castle and the Centre for Research, including scientists, about how Wikimedia projects work and how valuable they are ; * Increasing the awareness of the Castle audience about Wikimedia projects, their functioning and value ; * Identifying existing articles on the Palace of Versailles, its art and its heritage, people and events etc. * Improve and facilitate a community of editors to improve these articles ; * Working with the education department on similar topics. Benoit - [[user:Trizek]] - , the "wikimedian in residence", will have a great leeway to set up projects with the contributors of the projects, with the public, to publicize the Wikimedia projects, raise awareness even within Versailles, and enriching the projects. Benoît will work on engaging Wikimedians from all projects and from all countries in this effort to bring together Wikimedia and Versailles resources. This is a great opportunity for Wikimedia France to advance our projects, and to make both the cultural and general public more aware of our work. The prestige of Versailles is incomparable and their willingness to open is very valuable. Adrienne -- Adrienne Alix Présidente | Wikimedia France adrienne.a...@wikimedia.fr | + 33 (0)6 33 40 70 80 http://www.wikimedia.fr _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
