Re: [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year
To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and I'm really looking forward to the results. Stacy Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand. Associate Librarian York University Libraries York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. From: Wikidata on behalf of John Andersson Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org; g...@lists.wikimedia.org; cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch; wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving updates please let me know. Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for our office space. Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral citations. The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland and the Swedish Dyslexia Association. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019/Ansökan<https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_%E2%80%93_Talresursinsamlaren_2019/Ans%C3%B6kan> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries >From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of >Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians focused >around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a mandatory >training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is to give all >of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as well as to >complement the online training with advanced courses for the most dedicated. >The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly organize activities >and events independently at their libraries across the country. Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and FindingGLAMs campaigns. There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3 years if successful. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan<https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ans%C3%B6kan> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020. Cost reduction Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation. Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared to when we had an office of our own. We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy). Please contact John Andersson (john.anders...@wikimedia.se<mailto:john.anders...@wikimedia.se>) if you have any questions. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech Best, John - - - - John Andersson Executive Director Wikimedia Sverige Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se<mailto:john.anders...@wikimedia.se> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm ___ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
[Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings?
Hello, all. I also agree with Beat. I do not find this list to be overwhelmed with useless content. I appreciate various kinds of calls for contributions and overly strict rules and moderation are unnecessary. I also agree with Peter in that I don’t think an aggressive stance on the perception of the openness of the end product is necessary. Oftentimes one can make post-prints or other forms of the publications or presentations available in on an open platform and reading a particular call without nuance can unnecessarily limit research and conversation. I trust many on this list are able to make informed choices regarding whether something aligns with the “values” and needs of the Wikidata and Wikimedia community at large in regards to both the appropriateness of the venue and in relation to OA. Stacy Stacy Allison-Cassin, PhD Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Faculty of Information University of Toronto Stacy Allison-Cassin, PhD Associate Librarian (on leave) Department of Student Learning and Academic Success Scott Library, York University From: David McDonell Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 12:44 PM To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project Subject: [Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings? 👍I agree with Beat’s sentiments. In the grand scheme of things, the noise factor is fairly low. 👊 —David On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 12:34 PM Estermann Beat mailto:beat.esterm...@bfh.ch>> wrote: Dear Jan, Personally, I haven’t been particularly annoyed by the amount of “spam” to this list. To me, a “reactive” moderation approach is absolutely fine to me. List admins could just let senders know after the fact that off-topic messages are not welcome. Senders known to post mainly unrelated stuff can be put on individual moderation. So, the current practice as you describe it, looks perfect to me. Cheers, Beat From: Jan Ainali mailto:ainali@gmail.com>> Sent: Sonntag, 19. September 2021 18:21 To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings? Beat, do you suggest that all messages should be moderated? Because right now it is not, and I was hoping that we could keep like that and just ask people to not spam the list (and if they do, put them individually on moderation). Jan Ainali Den sön 19 sep. 2021 kl 18:14 skrev Estermann Beat mailto:beat.esterm...@bfh.ch>>: Dear all, If there is an obvious thematic link to the topic of the list, then let the message through; if not, discard it; if in doubt, ask the sender to clarify the link. This should go for any message sent to the list; there is no need for any specific rules regarding CfPs, event announcements, etc. My 2 cents, Beat From: Nicolas VIGNERON mailto:vigneron.nico...@gmail.com>> Sent: Sonntag, 19. September 2021 14:09 To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings? Hi, Maybe not a full ban (or maybe, I wouldn't be against it) but at least some clear rules to avoid these spam. My 2 cents: An example of mail that should absolutely be avoided (and not just on this mailing list) is when a similar mail is sent several times in a short timespan. We had almost the same mail sent in 2 days this week ! (not to blame this person in particular, this is not the first time it happens and it's bad communication). Also, senders should strive to make an effort to tell us how the call is related and/or could benefit to/from Wikidata (very often it's unclear, we shouldn't have to guess why we are receiving these calls). Cheers, ~nicolas Le dim. 19 sept. 2021 à 12:57, Luca Martinelli [Sannita] mailto:martinellil...@gmail.com>> a écrit : Back on point, please. In regards to calls for papers, do we want to ban them altogether, to set standards to allow some of them, or leave them be as they are now? L. ___ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org> ___ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org> ___ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org> -- David McDonell Co-founder & CEO ICONICLOUD, Inc. "Illuminating the cloud" M: 703-864-1203 EM: da...@iconicloud.com<mailto:da..
