Wow Adrienne, thanks a lot for the helpful overview. It is very enlighting for understanding what WMFR has been doing!
Best, Lodewijk 2011/3/23 Adrienne Alix <adrienne.a...@gmail.com> > Dear Chapters, > > Please find below the chapter report of Wikimédia France for July, August, > September, October, November and December 2010. > > It is also available on Meta < > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_France/2010-07-12 > > > > == Partnerships == > > === French National Library − BnF === > > After several years of talks, a partnership was concluded between Wikimédia > France and the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France). > Signed in April 2010, it consisted of two parts. First, an experiment in > collaborative proofreading taking place on Wikisource, with the donation of > 1400 books in the public domain, including scans and OCR text (automatically > generated during the digitization process and prone to many errors, > especially with old texts). Second, the exploitation of the authority files > of the Library on Wikimedia projects. > > A team of three chapter members undertook the technical work. Three board > members oversaw their work, acting as a steering committee, and interfaced > with the Library staff; one acted as a Library Science and Wikisource > advisor. Their work consisted in an extensive study of the formats used by > the BnF and on Wikisource, and in the design and creation of a production > line for the material. This line had to be able to sustain the sheer load of > 1400 books, and handled the analysis and processing of metadata, format > conversions, smart trimming and cropping of the scans, and preparation of a > deliverable for the final upload to Wikimedia Commons. Because of the number > and size of books, the actual upload was requested to WMF system > administrator Tim Starling and was done in July. > > After that, the team produced various documents, help pages, project > reports for the chapter, and a progress report. This last document contains > fairly advanced statistical analysis of the characteristics of the > proofreaders body, and the work done, making use of mathematical tools to > measure the amount of work accomplished during the proofreading process. > > See the the hub-page on Meta < > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BnF_%E2%88%92_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_cooperation_project > > > > === City of Toulouse === > > As part of the partnership with the City of Toulouse, signed in October > 2010, two projects were undertaken with local cultural institutions. > > The first one, named Phœbus project, was with the Muséum of Toulouse. It > involved mobilizing Wikimedians to take high-quality photographs of objects > in the non-permanent collections of paleontology and prehistory. The > photographs taken in June by volunteers Rama and Ludovic were uploaded in > November, and join the ones uploaded by Didier Descouens in April. > > More than 450 documents are available on Wikimedia Commons, many of which > were assessed Featured Pictures, Quality Images or Valued Images. > > See on Wikimedia Commons the project page < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Projet_Phoebus> > and the images < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Supported_by_Projet_Phoebus> > > The second project involved the Archives of the City of Toulouse, who > contributed digitised photographs by its former curator, French naturalist, > mountaineer, geologist and photographer Eugène Trutat. A Wikimédia France > volunteer processed the extensive metadata provided by the Archives, in > order to fit it into Wikimedia Commons auto-translated templates and provide > accurate categorisation. > > The 200 resulting files hit Commons in December. > > See on Wikimedia Commons the project page < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Archives_municipales_de_Toulouse > > > the images < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fonds_Trutat_-_Archives_municipales_de_Toulouse > > > and brief Signpost coverage < > http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-10/News_and_notes#In_brief > > > > == Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 == > > On 3–4 December, Wikimédia France organised the « Rencontres Wikimédia > 2010 » in Paris, in an annex of the Palais Bourbon, the building of the > French National Assembly. The event aimed to gather "as many cultural actors > as possible to discuss new online collaborative practices and opportunities > to take free access to culture a step further". The conference was part of > the Glam-Wiki series, and included a series of talks and panels given by > wikimedians, professionals from the cultural sector, local representatives, > and representatives of government cultural agencies. > > See the detailed Signpost coverage < > http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-12-13/Rencontres_Wikimédia > > > and Wikimédia France blog posts< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/tag/rencontres-wikimedia-2010> > > == Activities == > === Participation to international Wikimedia events === > > ==== GlamWiki UK ==== > Five members of the chapter and staff Bastien Guerry attended the GlamWiki > conference in London. They gave two talks, about the partnership with the > French National Library and about the partnership with the City of Toulouse. > > ==== Wikimania 2010 ==== > Twelve chapter members (including four board members and one staff) > attended the conference in Gdańsk in July. > > === Presentations, conferences, workshops === > > ==== Novela Festival ==== > > On October 2nd, the partnership between Wikimédia France and the City of > Toulouse was made public and signed during the inauguration of the “digital” > side of the Novela, the festival of shared knowledge. During the whole > afternoon, we showed the public the genesis and the contents of the > partnership which ties us to the City of Toulouse, and took that opportunity > to raise awareness about free dissemination of knowledge. > > The afternoon began with the signature of the partnership, between Pierre > Cohen, Mayor of Toulouse, and Wikimédia France. It continued with joint > presentations of institutional actors of this partnership and Wikimedians > involved. > > Didier Descouens, president of the Institut Picot de Lapeyrouse, > paleontology enthusiast, Wikimedian and a driving force behind this > partnership since 2009, presented the terms and the value of the > partnership. Pierre Gastou and Catherine Bernard, from the Archives of the > City of Toulouse, presented their vision of the partnership involving > uploading on Wikimedia Commons a collection of photographs from Eugène > Trutat, taken in the early twentieth century. Pierre Gastou presented Eugène > Trutat and the collection (ethnography and daily life, collections of the > Museum of Toulouse and monuments) and their historical significance. > Catherine Bernard explained how this partnership is part of a wider project > of digitisation and connection between archives and the Internet. > > Wikimedian Rama presented Wikimedia Commons, explaining the organisation of > the project, what it contains and how to contribute, and demonstrated the > importance of free and open licenses for the dissemination of culture. He > relied particularly on the report that Wikimédia France provided two years > ago to the Ministry of Culture on the subject. Ludovic Péron ended the > afternoon by showing the work done on the Wikimedia projects about the > historical monuments, and the rise of this project bringing together more > and more Wikimedians. It aims to identify, photograph, geotag and describe > as many historical monuments as possible, in France and abroad, to provide a > coherent and reusable body of knowledge. > > ==== Other events ==== > > RMLL − July 2010, Bordeaux > As every year since 2005, Wikimedia France was at the ''Rencontres > mondiales du logiciel libre'' in Bordeaux, from July 6 to 10. Nojhan gave a > 20 minute talk titled "What's really in Wikipedia?" (''« Qu’y a-t-il > vraiment dans Wikipédia ? »''), and several members held the booth during > five days. > > JMLL − September 2010, Rouen > During the ''Journée Mondiales du Logiciel Libre'', David gave a talk about > the MediaWiki software and how it can be used, with the example of the > Wikimedia projects. > > Grande Braderie − September 2010, Lille > several members held a display and answered queries at the world's biggest > open air market > > 9e forum E-culture − September 2010, Lausanne > Florence Devouard presented Wikipedia at the ''9e forum E-culture'' in > Lausanne, on September 8, 2010. The meeting was about "''Netizenship - > citoyenneté numérique et cyberintimidation''" > > Bibliothèque du Chesnay − September 2010, Chesnay > Thierry gave a conference on Wikipedia on September 21, 2010 followed on > Saturday and Wednesdsay by two workshops by Benjamin et Thierry. > > Open-air conference > On September 29 2010, asked by local association "Carrefour culturel Arnaud > Bernard" (by the name of a city district), Adrienne Alix gave an open-air > talk, right in the district square; many passers-by stopped to listen to the > conference. > > Festival des sciences − October 2010, Acigné > Nicolas gave a talk in October at the multimedia library of Acigné > (Ille-et-Vilaine), as part of ''Festival des sciences'' ("Science > festival"). The conference was followed by a workshop, with four other > chapter members helping the attendees. > > Ubuntu Party − November 2010 > In Paris, several members held a booth and answered queries during the > Ubuntu Party. Thierry gave a presentation about Wikipedia, and Aude held a > workshop for middle-school students as part of a project to help young > people understand the Internet. > In Toulouse, four members held a booth on Saturday 20, and Adrienne gave a > talk titled 'Beyond software: free licenses as a mean to disseminate > culture" > > Talk at the CEMAF − November 2010, Paris > As part of an ongoing project with the ''Centre d'études des mondes > africains'', a CNRS laboratory, Kropotkine_113 gave a talk to researchers > and PhD students. The CEMAF members are looking into contributing to > Wikipedia, and the chapter will help by holding workshops in 2011. > > Contact with the IT department of the multimedia libraries of Paris − > November 2010, Paris > Following several contacts with the multimedia libraries of Paris, Julien > presented the Wikimedia projects and the chapter works to the IT department. > > Congrès RESTART − November 2010, Lisboa (Portugal) > Florence gave a keynote during the APDC<http://congresso10.apdc.pt/>, as > part of the session "Digital Natives & Crowd Sourcing". > > == Media interventions == > *October 23 : Thierry was invited on national radio network RTL for a radio > debate. It was moderated by journalist and author Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, > and the other invitee was the director of Who's Who. The talk lasted for > about ten minutes, and was focused on the issues with Biographies of living > persons on Wikipedia > *December 5 : Florence Devouard was invited on TV show ''Vivement > dimanche'' on France 2 <http://youtu.be/-66RWWVGfqI>, presented by Michel > Drucker and with politician François Bayrou. > *December 20 : Adrienne Alix talked about the fundraiser on national radio > network Europe 1 > > == Workgroups == > > === Strengthening of communication with members === > At the end of the year, a taskforce was set up to focus on writing the > monthly newsletter to the chapter members. It also contributes to the > chapter annual report, due to be published early 2011. > > === Promotional documents === > A complete revamp of the promotional documents was undertaken this year. It > gained great momentum when Benoît Evellin worked for the chapter as part of > an internship during the month of August. Most of the work was wrapped-up > for the Rencontres Wikimédia. > > The documents created include: > *leaflets for Wikimédia France and for each Wikimedia project ; > *a booklet aiming to introduce the chapter, the Wikimedia projects and > previous partnerships to institutions ; > *a small reference guide summing up in 10 key-points how to edit Wikipedia > ; > *chapter business cards. > > === Photographs & accreditations === > > ==== Photo workshop in Paris ==== > > On September 4 and 5, 2010, a photo workshop organised by Rama, and > financially supported by the chapter, was held in the Cité des Sciences et > de l'Industrie in Paris. The workshop was primarily intended for Wikipedia > and Commons contributors to share their experiences, but was also open to > the general public. The event gathered around thirty people, mainly > Wikimedians, and was livetweeted with the hashtag #wikiphoto. > > On the first afternoon, several Commons contributors gave presentations on > specific aspects of photography. Inisheer taught the basics of photographic > composition; Ceridwen talked about licenses and personality rights; esby > explained the techniques used to create panoramas. As part of a "Museum" > track, Jastrow made a general presentation about museum photography, and Zil > focused on techniques used to take pictures of paintings. The last track was > about photojournalism, with Rama and Ceridwen talking about concert > photography and Ludo29 and Inisheer about sport events. > > On the second day, after Ludo29 explained how to begin with a digital > reflex camera, several workshops were held, about various subjects such as > image editing, panoramas or macrophotography. In the afternoon, the > contributors strode the streets of Paris, trying out their new-found > knowledge, particularly on listed historical monuments. Some of the pictures > taken can be found on Wikimedia Commons. As many more contributors were > interested and as early feedback is very positive, a new edition is already > being planned. > > See Wikimédia France blog post < > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/4-septembre-un-atelier-photographie-pour-commons-1878 > > > and Signpost coverage < > http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-10-04/News_and_notes#In_brief > > > > ==== North Cape raid ==== > > In July, members Ludovic and Fanny took part in the "Raid Paris – Cap > Nord", a photographic challenge where competitors are ranked by a jury on > the basis of the pictures they take during the trip. The journey starts in > Paris, goes through Finland, Sweden and Norway, up to North Cape in Norway, > the northernmost point of Europe, and ends back in Paris. Over the four > weeks, the raiders drove 12,000 km in a car branded with the logos of > Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikimédia France. The French chapter > provided financial support. > > See Signpost coverage < > http://enwp.org/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-09-20/News_and_notes#Paris_to_Cape_North_.22raid.22:_300_nordic_images_for_Commons > > > and Wikimédia France blog post < > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/la-wikimobile-vers-le-cap-nord-1822> > > ==== Other events ==== > The chapter helped with getting accreditations for members for many events. > > *Festival de Cornouaille − July 2010, Quimper > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festival_de_Cornouaille_2010> > *Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe − June, Paris > < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_made_by_courtesy_of_the_Bibliothèque_Sainte-Barbe > > > *O Tour de la Bulle − September 2010, Montpellier > < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festival_BD_O_Tour_de_la_Bulle_-_Montpellier_2010 > > > *Mondial de l'automobile − October 2010, Paris > < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mondial_de_l%E2%80%99Automobile_de_Paris_2010 > > > - Masquer le texte des messages précédents - > *Toulouse Game Show − November 2010, Toulouse > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Toulouse_Game_Show_2010> > > === Fundraising === > > Wikimedia France participated in the annual fundraiser of the Wikimedia > movement. > > All revenue data mentionned below are (good) approximations. > > November 2010 > *Total amount fundraised : 241 171 euros > *Total number of donations : 6196 (including 254 in checks) > December 2010 > *Total amount fundraised : 227 422 euros > *Total number of donations : 5382 (including 418 in checks) > January 2011 > *Total amount fundraised : 22 775 euros > *Total number of donations : 619 (including 116 in checks) > > Fundraising was organised largely with volunteers, with the administrative > support of a freelance secretary, Elisabeth (who has been working for > Wikimédia France since the summer of 2009). > > Wikimédia France does not use (yet) a CRM such as CiviCRM (data is > collected using a spreadsheet). > > Link to the donation platform <http://dons.wikimedia.fr/dons.php > http://dons.wikimedia.fr/dons.php> > > == Wikimédia France blog posts summary == > === July === > The Wikimobile towards North Cape < > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/la-wikimobile-vers-le-cap-nord-1822 > The Royal Cup bridges Wikipedia and the British Museum< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-rencontre-le-british-museum-autour-de-la-coupe-dor-royale-1837> > > Wikisource gains books donated by the BnF< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikisource-senrichit-de-livres-donnes-par-la-bnf-1820 > > > > === August === > September 4: a photo workshop for Wikimedia Commons< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/4-septembre-un-atelier-photographie-pour-commons-1878 > > > > === September === > Google Health Speaks – Google wants to translate Wikipedia articles about > health in Arab, Indian and Swahili< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/google-health-speaks-google-veut-traduire-des-articles-de-wikipedia-sur-la-sante-en-arabe-indien-et-swahili-1912 > > > National monuments have pride of place on the Dutch-language Wikipedia < > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-monuments-nationaux-a-l%E2%80%99honneur-sur-la-wikipedia-en-neerlandais-2-1941 > > > Enriching Wikipedia: the European Heritage Days< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/enrichir-wikipedia-les-journees-europeennes-du-patrimoine-1974 > > > Wikimedia Foundation: various information < > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/informations-diverses-1952> > Wikimédia France welcomed at the Sainte-Barbe Library< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-accueillie-a-la-bibliotheque-universitaire-sainte-barbe-1998 > > > Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 take place on December 3 and 4 at the 101 rue de > l’Université (Paris)< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-rencontres-wikimedia-2010-cest-le-3-et-4-decembre-au-101-rue-de-luniversite-paris-2032 > > > Live-watch the creation of the millionth article of the French speaking > Wikipedia!< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/assistez-en-direct-a-la-creation-du-millionieme-article-en-francais-de-wikipedia-2104 > > > Wikipedia reaches one million articles in French!< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-atteint-un-million-darticles-en-francais-2027 > > > > === October === > Umberto Eco, Wikipedia, and collaborative editing< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/umberto-eco-wikipedia-et-l%e2%80%99edition-collaborative-2129 > > > Wikimédia France signs an agreement with the City of Toulouse< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-signe-un-accord-avec-la-ville-de-toulouse-2161 > > > The Rencontres Wikimédia 2010 website is live< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/le-site-des-rencontres-wikimedia-2010-est-en-ligne-2165 > > > Wikimédia France at the Novela: recap of the partnership with the City of > Toulouse< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-a-la-novela-retour-sur-le-partenariat-avec-toulouse-2177 > > > Rencontres Wikimédia 2010: subscriptions opening< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-ouverture-des-inscriptions-2225 > > > > === November === > GLAM-WIKI:UK conference announcement< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/annonce-de-la-conference-glam-wikiuk-2267> > Open Street Map appears on Wikipedia articles< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/osm-apparait-sur-wikipedia-2256> > Wikipedia, Michel Houellebecq and the ''droit d’auteur'' (copyright).< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikipedia-michel-houellebecq-et-le-droit-dauteur-2290 > > > > === December === > Wikimédia France at GLAM-WIKI:UK< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-a-levenement-glam-wikiuk-2281> > > ==== Rencontres Wikimedia 2010 series ==== > Event introduction< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-introduction-aux-journees-2372 > > > Wikimedia projects presentation< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-presentation-des-projets-wikimedia-2379 > > > Presentation of Wikimedia and its objectives for 2015< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-presentation-de-wikimedia-et-de-ses-objectifs-pour-2015-2378 > > > The partnership with the French National Library< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-le-partenariat-entre-wikimedia-france-et-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-2391 > > > Cultural partnerships with Wikimedia in the world< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-partenariats-culturels-avec-wikimedia-dans-le-monde-2389 > > > The partnership between Wikimédia France and Toulouse< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/rencontres-wikimedia-2010-le-partenariat-entre-toulouse-et-wikimedia-france-2397 > > > > National monuments on Wikipedia: outcome of Wiki Loves Monuments< > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/les-monuments-nationaux-sur-wikipedia-bilan-de-wiki-loves-monuments-2405 > > > > == Contributors == > * Contributors to the monthly newsletter in French (from which this report > is derived) in July-August-September-October-November-December: Bzg, > Jean-Frédéric, Ash Crow, Thesupermat, Trizek, VIGNERON, Ludo29, Bapti, > Zetud, Serein, (:Julien:), TCY, Crochet.david, David Berardan, Kropotkine > 113, Gdgourou, Citron, Pymouss, O2 > * Contributors to this chapter report : Jean-Frédéric, Bapti, Ofol, > Gribeco, Anthere, notafish > > > -- > Adrienne Alix > Présidente | Wikimedia France > adrienne.a...@wikimedia.fr | 06.33.40.70.80 > http://www.wikimedia.fr > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > Foundation and its projects. 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