Hi Michal, Congrats for the initiative, that is, indeed, an awesome achievement!
Just some nitpicky points: * It would be desirable to clarify to Hasadana [1] that Wikimedia Israel is an independent organization, and that they are jointly working with "Wikimedia Israel", not "Wikimedia". [1] * It is also important that they do not say that Wikisource is their website [2], because it is not. [1] ".This is what Hasada and Wikimedia’s joint project, Open Law Book <https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C?utm_source=Test&utm_campaign=c830d400b6-Donors_Newsletter3_14_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a885ddb65c-c830d400b6->" http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/2015/03/5728/ [2] " It is a Wikisource based website, making Israel’s laws open, accessible and free. Needless to say – we published the Tax Ordinance on our website, and it can be found here" (link points to Wikisource) http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/2015/03/5728/ http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/projects/ Best, MarioGom On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Michal Lester <mles...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > Hi all, > Together with the Public Knowledge Workshop[1], a non-profit organization > whose mission is to release public information, we signed a Declaration of > Principles with the Israeli Parliament regarding the Open Law Book project > on Wikisource[2]. This project began in 2004 and is an initiative to make > all the laws and regulations passed by the parliament accessible to the > public in a clear and reliable manner. Recently, the Israeli Parliament > launched the National Legislation Database, which contains all information > and data regarding the state's laws. In the collaboration agreement signed > between the three stakeholders, it is agreed that the Nationals Legislation > Database will include links to the corresponding information in the Open > Law Book, while vice versa the database may freely use any information from > the Open Law Book. This collaboration will allow the public to have the > most up-to-date information in a clear and understandable way, and thus > also increase the transparency of legislation in Israel. This > groundbreaking achievement is an example to the kind of impact that open > knowledge initiatives can have on civil life. > > *Michal Lester,* > > > > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* > *http://www.wikimedia.org.il <http://www.wikimedia.org.il/> * > > > * [1] http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/ > <http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/>[2] > https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% > D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% > D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97 > <https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% > D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% > D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97> > * > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
