Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/May 2018

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May 2018
Report

Wikidata Workshop[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: second Wikidata workshop of four in 2018; for newcomers and experienced users
  • volunteer organizers: Tobias1984 and Jean-Fred
  • what we contributed to this activity: event organization, snacks/drinks and external facilitator
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 16
  • newly registered The number of participants that create new accounts on a Wikimedia project. These include users who register up to two weeks before the start of the event.: 3
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 213 (Wikidata items)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 8 (7 women, 1 non-binary)
More information
→ Wikidata workshop
→ Event on Wikidata

wiki ♥ vielfalt Edit-a-thon[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: monthly event series (3rd edition) for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for 2 staff members), snacks and drinks, give-aways
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 5 (Edit-a-thon)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 3 (3 women)
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 8
More information
→ Edit-a-thon in the German language Wikipedia

WMAT Strategy Meeting[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: meeting to prepare the general assembly and get the board support for the documents that were prepared by the organisational development working group (new bylaws, internal procedures, and Good Governance Codex)
  • what we contributed to this activity: staff time, travel costs for the board, catering
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 10
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 3 (3 women)
More information
→ Link to the GA event page that also includes links to the documents mentioned above

Wikimedia Hackathon in Barcelona[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: hackathon in Barcelona where we supported the local team with our know-how from last year and fostered our own tech community building with scholarships
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs for a contractor and scholarship holders
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 3
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 84 (84 Wikidata items improved/added)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 1 (1 woman)
More information
→ Report about the Hackathon on our website (in German)
Wikimedia Hackathon 2018 on Mediawiki.org

Open Commons Kongress[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: participation in Open Commons Kongress in Linz, Upper Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: presentation about Wikipedia and participation in panel discussion about “nescience eats democracy”
Program
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 40
More information

Wikiversity Edit-a-thon: Europaforum Wachau[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: edit-a-thon as introduction to Wikipedia editing for students of a Wikiversity Austria course at the University of Vienna
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Karl Gruber, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
More information
→ Project page in German-language Wikiversity

Wikiversity Edit-a-thon: KinderUniKunst[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: edit-a-thon as introduction to Wikipedia editing for students of a Wikiversity Austria course at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Karl Gruber, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 14
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 1 (new Wikipedia article de:Barbara Putz-Plecko)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 10 (10 women)
More information
→ Project page in German-language Wikiversity
→ Images on Wikimedia Commons

KulTour Steinhof[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: second of three guided tours to cultural institutions in and around of Vienna for Wikipedia authors and photographers; a community-building activity: bringing together newer editors/editors who don't know other editors and our "regulars"
  • volunteer organizers: Geolina, Regiomontanus
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization including invitations and entry fees
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 7
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 0 (Pictures were taken for Wikimedia Commons)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 6 (6 women)
More information
→ Project page in the German language Wikipedia
→ Images on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018[edit]

Basics
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 403
  • newly registered The number of participants that create new accounts on a Wikimedia project. These include users who register up to two weeks before the start of the event.: 53
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 9394 (9394 new/improved Wikipedia articles in 24 Wikipedia language versions)
  • diversity The number of unique participants and/or organizers who belong to underrepresented groups in the Wikimedia movement in Austria. These groups are defined as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, persons belonging to ethnic, language or religious minorities in Austria, foreigners and people with disabilities.: 36 (36 editors declaring to be female)
  • retention The number of new editors editing Wikimedia projects at least 5 times every 4 weeks during a time span of 12 weeks after registering.: too early to collect data
More information
→ Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018 on Meta
→ Wikimedia CEE Spring blog

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Spring 2018[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: contest for removing cleanup templates in the German-language Wikipedia, held four times a year
  • what we contributed to this activity: prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 31
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 721 (721 improved Wikipedia articles)
More information
→ Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Spring 2018 in the German-language Wikipedia

28th Wikipedia Writing Competition[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: traditional contest for high-end articles in the German-language Wikipedia
  • what we contributed to this activity: prizes
Program
Community Support
Free Content
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 39
  • content pages A content page is an article on Wikipedia, an item on Wikidata, a content page on Wikisource, an entry on Wiktionary, and a media file on Commons, etc. This metric captures the total number of content pages created or improved across all Wikimedia projects. without media files and pages using media files: 40 (40 new/improved Wikipedia articles)
More information
→ Wikipedia Writing Competition in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-01[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users
  • volunteer organizers: Gugerell
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 6
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-08[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time report by an Austrian participant of Big Fat Brussels Meeting
  • volunteer organizers: Austriantraveler
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 9
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia
→ Minutes in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-15[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time open editing
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 4
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-22[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time portrait photography workshop
  • volunteer organizers: Granada
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 6
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-05-30[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time visit by an Armenian Wikipedian
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
Program
Community Support
Metrics
  • participants The number of people who attend our events, programs or activities, either in person or virtually. This definition does not include people organizing activities, social media followers, donors, or others not participating directly.: 4
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Supported media files and pages using media files[edit]

Basics
Program
Free Content
Metrics
  • new files The number of new media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons.: 4,167
  • pages with files The number of pages in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects using new media files.: 493
  • quality The number of community decorations (featured, quality, valued) for new media files on Wikimedia Commons.: 44 (featured: 4, quality: 40)
  • useful content The number of distinct new media files used in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects.: 351
  • versatile content The number of total usage of new media files in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects.: 720

– last checked: 2018-06-27 and 2019-02-15

More information
→ Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons
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