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English: This page is about a local chapter for Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. You can read it in English.
Brezhoneg: Diwar-benn Wikimedia CAT, ur skourr lec'hel eus Wikimedia eo ar bajenn-mañ. N'eus troidigezh ebet e brezhoneg eviti c'hoazh. Ho trugarekaat da reiñ an dorn evit treiñ diwar ar stummoù e katalaneg pe e saozneg.
Català: Aquesta pàgina tracta sobre el capítol local de Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. Podeu llegir-lo en català.
Deutsch: Diese Seite behandelt die Wikimedia-Sektion Wikimedia CAT. Sie können es auch auf Deutsch lesen.
Español: Esta página es sobre el capítulo local de Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. También se puede leer en castellano.
Français: Cette page concerne la section locale catalane de Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. Vous pouvez également la lire en français.
Magyar: Wikimedia CAT/hu
Italiano: Questa pagina riguarda una sezione locale per Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. Potete leggerla anche in italiano.
Occitan: Aquesta pagina es a prepaus de la seccion locala de Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. Avèm pas encara una revirada occitana d'aquesta pagina per ara. Se volètz, la podètz revirar a partir de las versions catalana o anglesa.
Română: Această pagină este despre un consiliu Wikimedia, Wikimedia CAT. Momentan nu avem o traducere a aceste pagini, puteţi traduce această pagină din Catalană sau Engleză.
Українська: Це - сторінка про регіональне відділення Вікімедії - Wikimedia CAT. Ви можете перекласти цю сторінку українською
Wikimedia CAT is a proposal by the Associació Amical Viquipèdia" (in English: "Friends of Wikipedia" Association) about creating a local Wikimedia chapter for Balearic Islands, Catalonia, and Valencia, starting with the following documents and goals:
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Members / Interested people [edit]
There are 732 members and supporters (and still increasing) speaking around 30 different languages and from almost 20 countries.
See the complete list of the at Wikimedia CAT/Members and Supporters.
Organisations that support Wikimedia CAT [edit]
Several entities in which we come into contact, thanks to the efforts of Wikimedians who support us, to promote the Wikimedia projects and free knowledge (either by organizing courses, conferences, workshops and release of content) have shown their support:
- Fundació punt cat. Member of Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registries Constituency, Council of European National Top-level Domain Registries and Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD). (letter of support ).
- CIEMEN (Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Ètniques i les Nacions). World Social Forum International Council Permanent member , de l'European Bureau for Lesser Ussed Languages and Mercator Network. (letter of support ).
- ubuntu Catalan LoCo Team, one of Ubuntu Local Community Teams.(letter of support )
- ACPC (Associació Catalana de la Premsa Comarcal). member of WAN-IFRA. (letter of support ).
- Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya (National Youth Council of Catalonia). member of Youth Forum Jeunesse, the council is formed by 95 youth organitzations.(letter of support).
- Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Member of Union Académique Internationale,also its subsidiary institutions are also members of various international institutions (refered at subsidiary institutions).(letter of support).
- Clube Brasileiro-Catalão de Negócios (Brasil). (letter of support)
- Casal Català de Quito (Equador). (letter of support)
- Centre Català Asunción-Paraguai (Paraguai). (letter of support)
- Centre UNESCO de Catalunya. (letter of support)
- Associació Catalana de Comunicació Científica . Member of World Federation of Science Journalists , European Union of Science Journalist's Associations. (letter of support)
About the Associació Amical Viquipèdia [edit]
Board [edit]
The board of the Association Amical Viquipèdia is composed of the following people:
| Name | Nick | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Joan R. Gomà | Gomà | President |
| Joan Lleonard | Pallares | Secretary |
| Josep Nogué | Josepnogue | Treasurer |
| Jose Daniel | Cdani | Member |
| Roger Rocamora | RR | Member |
| Gustau Navarro | Gus.dan | Member |
| Carles P. Lanau | KRLS | Member |
| Montxo V. Sempere | Martorell | Member |
| Pau Cabot | Paucabot | Member |
Activities [edit]
Monthly activity report (Catalan) [edit]
Sample of activities (English) [edit]
- Organizational and financial support to the Catalan Viquipedist Congress and wikipedia meetings
- Agreements with organizations to publish contents under free license
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- Town council of Barcelona: 300 biographies of Catalan Modernisme (i.e. Art Nouveau) artists, English, French, and Spanish (KRLS).
- Academy of the Catalan Cinema: publish under free license materials relating to movies and actors granted the Gaudí Award by the academy (Pallares).
- Ramon Muntaner Institute: publish under free license material that is the property of the institute's members (Gomà).
- Archive of Traditions of the Alguer: publish under free license material that is the property of the Archive. (Gomà)
- OpenThesaurus-ca: more than 8,000 words with their synonyms for use in the Catalan Wiktionary. (KRLS and Vriullop)
- Girona Provincial Council’s Image Centre: Negotiations are underway to free thousands images for Wikipedia publication. (Vriullop)
- Leaflets and advertisements
- Coordinator Leptictidium
- Initiatives fostering the use of Viquimèdia at school
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- Balearic Islands: project Viquibalear (Paucabot)
- Balearic Government has proposed to provide € 4,000 to finance several awards for sudents and schools making the best contributions to Wikipedia.
- Catalonia: Viquiproject Students (Barcelona)
- University: Viquiproject: Medicinal plants project, a project awarded at the International Congress of Higher Education in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (Simonjoan)
- Balearic Islands: project Viquibalear (Paucabot)
- Conferences and courses explaining Wiquimedia and teaching to edit
- Wikimedia conferences (coordinator Gomà)
- February 17, 2009, at Centre d'Estudis Comarcals del Baix Llobregat
- At University of Perpignan (Delayed due to a strike. New date to be confirmed).
- March 28, 2009, 16h (4 pm) at the annual meeting of "Entitats d'Estudis del Baix Llobregat"
- March 28, 2009, at Museu Vicenç Ros in Martorell
- April 25, 2009, at Bellmunt del Priorat
- April 21 and 28, 2009, at Tiana
- May 13, 2009, 20h Andorran Society of Sciences
- June 27, 2009 16h Barcelona
- June 13, 2009 13h Mollerussa
- Other
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- Conversations with Enciclopedia Catalana to find ways of cooperating. (Pallares Gomà and ca:Usuari:Carles Riva)
- Conversations with Dot CAT domain Foundation to finance prices for a a wikicontest (Paucabot)
- Mass-media relationship
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- Press notes News about Viquipèdia.
- Catalonia TV program explaining Wikipedia and interviewing Qllach. (This TV channel is watched in Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Andorra, South France and some cities in Valencia)
- Interview of Andorra TV to Cdani, the first Wikimedia user of a non-English project.
- Press notes explaining the Catalan Wikipedia achieved the 3rd place in: List of Wikipedias by sample of articles
- Interview at COM Radio From minute 8'20 to 35'34 (KRLS and Gomà)
See also [edit]
Other entites with catalan chapters [edit]
- Catalan chapter of the Internet Society: http://isoc-cat.blogspot.com/
- Ubuntu Catalan LoCo teem: http://www.ubuntu.cat/
- Mozilla Catalan Community: http://www.mozilla.cat/
- Catalan center UNESCO: http://www.unesco.cat
- Catalan Chapter of the international PEN club: http://www.pencatala.cat/
- Creative Commons Catalonia: http://cat.creativecommons.org/
- Catalan TeX Users Group: http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html
