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November 2018
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GLAMWiki Conference in Tel Aviv[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: exchange about WiR programs, updates about current trends in GLAM especially with community who also have a wider, more diverse understanding of GLAM work that matches WMAT's approach, preliminary meetings about a DACH GLAM event in Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs for a staff and a board member
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.: 2
  • 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 (woman)
More information
→ Conference page
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 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.: 37
  • 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: 566 (566 improved Wikipedia articles)
More information
→ Wartungsbausteinwettbewerb Herbst 2018 in the German-language Wikipedia

Volunteer supporters meeting in Vienna[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: 2nd meeting of VSN people dealing with community support in European Wikimedia organizations´(from WMAT, WMCH, WMDE, WMHU, WMNL, WMPL, WMRS, WMUK): skill transfer, updates on community health developments, comparison of support guidelines, solutions for (specific) problems of volunteer supporters
  • what we contributed to this activity: overall organization, hosting (rooms in our offices, snack and drinks, materials), program coordination, program inputs
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.: 8
  • 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 (8 foreigners)
More information
→ Volunteer Supporters Network/Vienna Meeting 2018
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

Wikidata workshop in Vienna[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: an introduction to Wikidata and SPARQL, from basic concepts to applications like the visualization of complex data queries
  • volunteer organizers: Jean-Frédéric
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization, staff time, cost of external support
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.: 10
  • 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: 14 (14 Wikidata items created/improved)
  • 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 (5 women, 2 foreigners)
More information
→ Event page on WikiData

wiki♥vielfalt meeting in Linz[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: monthly event series for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria
  • what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for one staff member), snacks and drinks, give-aways
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.: 2
  • 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.: 1
  • 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
→ Project page in the German language Wikipedia

Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikimedia booth at a fair in the city of St. Pölten with around 60 Austrian volunteer organizations
  • volunteer organizers: Agruwie, AleXXw, K@rl, M@nfred
  • what we contributed to this activity: booth fees, travel costs, information material
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.: 193 (direct contacts with fair visitors)
More information
→ Report in members wiki (in German)
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons
→ Website of Volunteers Fair 2018 in St. Pölten (in German)

Alpenforum event in Salzburg[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Alpenforum is a multi-national Wikipedia project about the alps; the event focussed on improving Wikimedia content about the city of Salzburg and its organs in particular
  • volunteer organizer: Schmeissnero
  • what we contributed to this activity: bookings of hotel and meeting room, travel organization and costs
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.: 21
  • 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: 32 (32 new or improved Wikipedia articles)
  • 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.: 12 (12 foreigners from Germany, Switzerland and Italy)
More information
→ Project page in the German-language Wikipedia
→ Media files on Wikimedia Commons

last check: 2019-01-11

Wikipedia introduction for tour guides in Lower Austria[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Wikipedia introduction at the assembly of the association of tour guides for cellar alleys in Lower Austria, in connection with a Wikipedia project for the documentation of cellar alleys
  • volunteer organizers: M@nfred
  • what we contributed to this activity: travel costs
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.: 50
More information
→ Report in members wiki (in German)

Denkmal-Cup 2018[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: Annual de.wikipedia writing competition for cultural heritage monuments.
  • volunteer organizers: Braveheart
  • what we contributed to this activity: Traditionally WMAT sponsors the prizes for the winners in the form of books respectively vouchers from book stores.
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.: 17
  • 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: 498 (new/improved articles and lists)
More information
→ Project page on de.wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-06[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time including the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users and the meeting of the project group for the creation of Wikimedia Austria's calendar 2019
  • volunteer organizers: Gugerell, Herzi Pinki, Agruwie
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped rooms 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
  • 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
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-13[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to {{Wikidata Infobox}} in Commons categories.
  • volunteer organizers: Funke
  • what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks
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.: 2
  • 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: 9 (9 Wikidata items created/improved)
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-20[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time we invited to talk about photography in Wikipedia and collect ideas for future photo projects.
  • 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.: 2
More information
→ WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-11-27[edit]

Basics
  • in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with an introduction to graphics editing with GIMP and Inkscape
  • volunteer organizers: JoKalliauer
  • 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

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.: 22,563
  • pages with files The number of pages in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects using new media files.: 1,033*
  • quality The number of community decorations (featured, quality, valued) for new media files on Wikimedia Commons.: 60 (quality: 60)
  • useful content The number of distinct new media files used in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects.: 303
  • versatile content The number of total usage of new media files in the main namespace of Wikimedia projects.: 703

– last checked: 2019-02-15

* the tool GLAMorous 2 is not working for a couple of months now; therefore this number is only a calculation based upon the results from Jan to Jun 2018: 1 versatile content ≙ 1.47 pages with files
More information
→ Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons
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