Wikimedia tähtsündmused, 2013 mai
Tähtsündmused Wikimedia Fondi aruandes ja Wikimedia tehnilise arenduse aruandest 2013. aasta mais ja valitud palad teistest olulistest sündmustest Vikipeedia liikumises.
Wikimedia Fondi tähtsündmused
Korjanduse aruanne avaldatud
Wikimedia Fondi korjandusmeeskond avaldas aruande 2012-2013 korjanduse kohta. Raport annab ülevaate bänneri kujunduse arengust ja sisaldab andmeid 2012 aasta lõpu ingliskeelse ja 2013 aasta mitmekeelse kampaania kohta. Rohkem kui 2 miljonilt annetajalt kogunes 35 miljonit dollarit.
Community invited to discuss trademark practices
The Legal and Community Advocacy (LCA) team published a statement on trademark practices, which requests community feedback on the Wikimedia trademark policy, procedure, and other questions. The objective is to balance the interest in licensing the brand for mission-aligned activities, with the necessity of preventing misuse and "naked licensing" (licensing without quality control). This is the opportunity to provide ideas as the team considers updating the trademark policy and practices.
Wikipedia Zero alustab Pakistanis
Wikipedia Zero, programm, mis peaks inimestele andma mobiilse juurdepääsu Vikipeediale ilma tasudeta andmemahtude eest, on nüüd koostöös Mobilink'iga (Vimpelcom)Pakistanis saadaval. Ettevõttel on 32 miljonit klienti ja sellega on see siiani suuruselt teine Wikimedia Zero käivitus.
"Nearby" funktsioon näitab Vikipeedia artikleid lugeja läheduses
Seadmetel, mis suudavad oma asukohta tuvastada (näiteks GPS-iga nutitelefonidel) näitab uus "Nearby" lehekülg nimekirja artiklitest, mis käsitlevad lugeja praeguse asukoha lähedal asuvaid objekte. See on loodud mobiilsetele seadmetele, kuid töötab ka tavaarvutitele mõeldud Vikipeedias
Uus keskkond kogukonna poolt arendatavatele tööriistadele
Tool Labs, keskkond, mis on mõeldud kogukonna tarkvaraarendajatele, et pakkuda välistele tarkvaratööriistadele tuge Wikimedia projektides, on nüüd üleval. Saksamaa Wikimeedia osakonna toel on mitmed välised tööriistad Wikimedia Toolserver-ist Tools Labs-i üle viidud.
Algavad uue Tegevdirektori otsingus
Töökuulutus leidmaks uus Wikimedia Fondi Tegevdirektor on avaldatud. Sellega algavad mantlipärija otsingud Sue Gardnerile, kes lahkub ametist sellel aastal. Vikimeedia juhatuse liiga Kat Walsh palus vikipedistidel aidata parimat kandidaati leida, levitades infot konkursi kohta oma infokanalites.
Andmed ja trendid
Globaalne unikaalsete külastuste arv aprillis:
- 517 miljonit (-0,17% võrreldes märtsiga; +9,16% võrreldes eelmise aastaga)
- (comScore data kõigi Wikimedia Fondi projektide kohta; comScore avaldab mai andmed juunis)
Page requests for May:
- 21.0 billion (+0.8% compared with April; 16.5% compared with the previous year)
- (Server log data, all Wikimedia Foundation projects including mobile access)
Active Registered Editors for April 2013 (>= 5 mainspace edits/month, excluding bots):
- 82,553 (+0.86% compared with March / +4.38% compared with the previous year)
- (Database data, all Wikimedia Foundation projects.)
Report Card (integrating various statistical data and trends about WMF projects):
Financials
 Wikimedia Foundation YTD Revenue and Expenses vs Plan as of April 30, 2013 |
 Wikimedia Foundation YTD Expenses by Functions as of April 30, 2013 |
(Financial information is only available through April 2013 at the time of this report.)
All financial information presented is for the Month-To-Date and Year-To-Date April 30, 2013.
Revenue |
$50,441,664 |
|---|---|
Expenses: | |
Engineering Group |
$11,909,113 |
Fundraiser Group |
$3,085,352 |
Grantmaking & Programs Group |
$7,894,416 |
Governance Group |
$630,123 |
Legal/Community Advocacy/Communications Group |
$2,560,446 |
Finance/HR/Admin Group |
$4,757,347 |
Total Expenses |
$30,836,797 |
Total surplus |
$19,604,867 |
- Revenue for the month of April is $8.87MM versus plan of $9.78MM, approximately $908K or 9% under plan.
- Year-to-date revenue is $50.44MM versus plan of $45.52MM, approximately $4.92MM or 11% over plan.
- Expenses for the month of April is $5.78MM versus plan of $4.10MM, approximately $1.68MM or 41% over plan, primarily due to higher grant expenses (timing of FDC grants), legal fees, and personal property tax expenses partially offset by lower personnel expenses, internet hosting, and bank fees.
- Year-to-date expenses is $30.84MM versus plan of $34.07MM, approximately $3.24MM or 9% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, and travel expenses partially offset by higher legal expenses, bank fees, outside contract services, and personal property tax expenses.
- Cash position is $45.6MM as of April 30, 2013.
Other movement highlights
More than 11,000 nature photos in Ukrainian "Wiki loves Earth" contest
Wiki Loves Earth is a new contest about taking photos of national nature heritage sites in the Ukraine, organized by the country's Wikimedia chapter. During one month, 365 participants uploaded more than 11 000 images to Wikimedia Commons, depicting more than 1000 of these sites (from a list of 7000). A jury selected the 12 best photos, receiving awards in a ceremony in Kiev on World Environment Day (June 5).
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Hackathons in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv
149 participants from 31 countries attended the Amsterdam hackathon in late May, the annual largest meet-up of the Wikimedia development community (which had been held in Berlin in previous years). Also in May, Wikimedia Israel held its first hackathon in Tel Aviv, attended by about 30 people. Several of them made their first steps as Wikimedia developers at this event.
Railway photo expedition in Poland
In collaboration with the Polish State Railways, the Polish Wikimedia chapter is organizing photo expeditions to document railway sites this summer. The activity is open to international Wikimedians, who will form small teams with Polish-speaking leaders to explore the train infrastructure in different parts of Poland. Participants will be equipped with free train tickets and special passes that allow them to enter and photograph objects which are normally not accessible to the public.
Online course about editing Wikipedia articles
The Peer to Peer University (P2PU) is a nonprofit online learning community which recently launched its "School of Open", in coordination with Creative Commons. As part of the School of Open, a six-week course titled "Writing Wikipedia articles" is offered. Its second run began in May, with more than 60 students enrolling.