Thanks for this update Jorge. Definitely such an initiative will further strengthen free and open access movement globally.
Namaste, Rajeeb. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 15:28, Gabriel Thullen <gabr...@thullen.com> wrote: > Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in > Geneva not far from the WHO HQ, and am quite willing to help out in any way > I can. > Best regards > Gabe > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Joy Agyepong <joyagyep...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! >> Congratulations to all who were involved. >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, < >> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working >>> tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you >>> and Congratulations to all who made it possible. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Manav >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < >>> fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and >>>> government organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research >>>> organisations) that it would be in their interest as well to share the >>>> findings under some Creative Commons licenses? FN >>>> >>>> SEE: >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html >>>> >>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas <jvar...@wikimedia.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to >>>>>> announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the >>>>>> World >>>>>> Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on >>>>>> releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, >>>>>> and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be >>>>>> shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be >>>>>> useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and >>>>>> further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around >>>>>> the >>>>>> world. >>>>>> >>>>>> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >>>>>> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of >>>>>> content >>>>>> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >>>>>> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s >>>>>> account >>>>>> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >>>>>> >>>>>> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >>>>>> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >>>>>> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >>>>>> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage >>>>>> of >>>>>> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >>>>>> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >>>>>> >>>>>> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >>>>>> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >>>>>> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >>>>>> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and >>>>>> gaps >>>>>> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >>>>>> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >>>>>> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >>>>>> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >>>>>> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >>>>>> >>>>>> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in >>>>>> case you have further questions about this collaboration. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jorge Vargas >>>>>> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] >>>>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] >>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >>>>>> >>>>>> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >>>>>> >>>>>> [4] >>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >>>>>> >>>>>> [5] >>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >>>>>>> television >>>>>>> in my country several days already. >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Zana >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially >>>>>>> videos) under >>>>>>> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in >>>>>>> their >>>>>>> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not >>>>>>> seemed too >>>>>>> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > James >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via >>>>>>> Wikimedia-l < >>>>>>> > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less >>>>>>> serious but >>>>>>> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of >>>>>>> Washington DC >>>>>>> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their >>>>>>> central >>>>>>> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. >>>>>>> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, >>>>>>> but in >>>>>>> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to >>>>>>> gain some >>>>>>> > time. >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last >>>>>>> week-end, >>>>>>> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the >>>>>>> USA, but the >>>>>>> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last >>>>>>> week, IMHO, >>>>>>> > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is >>>>>>> Spain, started >>>>>>> > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough >>>>>>> after China, >>>>>>> > > Iran and South Korea). >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope >>>>>>> they >>>>>>> > > finally reach out. >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > Regards. >>>>>>> > > Alessandro >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett < >>>>>>> > > a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto: >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > WHO have a great video on COVID-19 ("Coronavius"): >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APwq1df6Mw >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > Now would be a good time for the WMF, local chapters, other >>>>>>> > > affiliates, and individual, to publicly call on them to open >>>>>>> licence >>>>>>> > > such material, as I have done, here: >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1238124060145483777 >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > [much of their published material is under NC restrictions - >>>>>>> > > https://www.who.int/publishing/copyright/en/ ] >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > -- >>>>>>> > > Andy Mabbett >>>>>>> > > @pigsonthewing >>>>>>> > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > 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