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Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
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Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here's our newsletter with some info on what's happening in the upcoming weeks and months.
- Meet-up at Litteraturhuset, May 15th
- The introduction this evening is Silvija Seres¸who will talk about how the fourth industrial revolution changes business models, markets, how we work, and how we are. The meetup is free and open to everyone! Welcome! More info in the Facebook event.
- Dispersion of Retriever accesses, May 20th
- The accesses for Retriever will be dispersed again after May 20th. Sign up here if you're interested.
- Oslo Freedom Forum, May 28th
- Wikimedia Norge is participating in the Tech Lab during Oslo Freedom Forum with a full-day editathon. Do you want to join us? Get in touch with astrid@wikimedia.no. Lunch and travel expenses can be reimbursed. This is the invitation from the Human Rights Foundation, which organizes the Oslo Freedom Forum: As a member of Norway's Wikipedia community, you are invited to spend May 28 with hundreds of human rights activists and technologists at the 2018 Oslo Freedom Forum. Wikimedia will have an area inside the venue at Sentralen in downtown Oslo to encourage participants to edit various human-rights related entries in Norwegian, English, and other languages. A key goal will be to get the dissidents, activists, journalists, and netizen and OFF attendees from more than 50 countries to get involved in editing their own country's important pages, such as country page, leader (or dictator), top activists, and any key human rights or corruption issues. Working together, we can expose the crimes of corrupt governments while also shining a light on those who are working to make the world a better place.
- Bodil Biørn event at the National Archive, May 30th
- 200 photographies from Bodil Biørn's collection are kept at the National Archive. With support from the Arts Council, the National Archive is digitizing these photos, and Wikimedia Norge is transcribing them and making the content available in cooperation with Wikimedia Armenia. This afternoon we invite everyone to get more acquainted with Bodil Biørn and the National Archive's collections. More info in the Facebook event.
- Conferences and festivals
- The employees of Wikimedia Norge are participating in several conferences and festivals this summer to promote the Northern Sami Wikipedia. If you are going to any of them, we would love to get in touch! Reach out to astrid@wikimedia.no.
- We are part of the program at Celtic Knot in Wales and Wikimania in South Africa. We will also be present at the festivals Riddu Riđđu and Márkomeannu.
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Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here's our newsletter with some info on what's happening in the upcoming weeks and months.
- Wiki Loves Monuments: photo and writing contests
- During September, the annual international photo contest on cultural heritage, Wiki Loves Monuments, will be held. There will also be a 2-week long Wikipedia writing contest about cultural heritage.
- Meet-up at Litteraturhuset, September 4th
- For this meet-up, Anine Kierulf has been invited to talk about Wikipedia and the Constitution of Norway – about article 100. "Wikipedia is decidedly the largest and most used encyclopedia in Norway, while it also has many shortcomnigs. Article 100 of the Constitution says The authorities of the state shall create conditions that facilitate open
and enlightened public discourse, so is this a challenge for the authorities?" The event is free and open to everyone. You can register on-wiki or in the Facebook event.
- Wikigrants, deadline September 15th
- All contributors to the various Wikimedia projects can apply for our wikigrants. The maximum amount is 8 000 NOK. The wikigrant must be used for activities that support one or more Wikimedia projects.
- Researchers' Days, September 26th
- During this year's Researchers' Days, we will discuss what can be done to make women's contributions to culture and the arts as publicly visible as men's contributions. We are inviting organizations and people who have worked on the subject to talk about why it is important to do something about this, to share the good methods and not least to inspire to action. See the Facebook event.
- #wikinobel, September 27th
- A #wikinobel event will be held at the Nobel Peace Center on this date. More information is coming on wikimedia.no.
- Workshop: Wikidata, November 10th
- A new workshop on Wikidata! There will be merch from Wikimedia Deutschland to celebrate that Wikidata is turning 6. Feel free to suggest topics on the registration page.
There are many round numbers this fall. The Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia is getting close to half a million articles, Wikidata is about to surpass 50 million items, and is also turning 6. Congratulations! Please get in touch with us if you have ideas about how to celebrate all of this!
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 27. aug 2018, 13:33 (CEST)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, this is the last newsletter of the year from us. We wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year! 🎄❄🎅☃
- UN International Year of Indigenous Languages
- 2019 is the UN's International Year of Indigenous Languages, and Wikimedia Norge has been recognized by UNESCO as a Civil Society Partner. Throughout 2019 we will hold a series of events connected to indigenous languages and Sami content online. The first event is an international writing contest in February of 2019. Read more on this page
- General assembly in Tromsø, 9 March 2019
- Wikimedia Norge's general assembly for 2019 will be held in Tromsø.
- As usual we will hold a wiki meetup the day before the general assembly. The meetup on 8 March will begin with a tour of Perspektivet Museum from 17:00 to 18:00, after which we will meet at Casa Inferno.
- The general assembly will be held on 9 March from 12:00 to 14:00 at Skansen.
We have been given a new grant from Arts Council Norway to continue the Bodil Biørn project. The project is a cooperation with Wikimedia Armenia and the National Archive of Norway, centered around transcribing and digitizing Biørn's letters from Armenia. You can read an article about the project written by Wikimedia Norge and the National Archive here.
On 12 December 2018, Wikimedia Norge moved its office to Schweigaards gate 34C (greenhouse.no). We're hoping to organize a wiki meetup here in the spring.
Did you forget to pay your membership fees for 2018? You can always re-register on this page.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 18. dec 2018, 00:16 (CET)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is an overview of goings-on organized by Wikimedia Norge this spring.
- Wikipedia editing workshop in Trondheim
- Litteratur for inkludering are organizing a Wikipedia editing workshop at Litteraturhuset in Trondheim in cooperation with Wikimedia Norge on May 14th. The event is free and open to everyone. Welcome! Facebook event
- Travel scholarship for Wikimania
- The annual Wikimania conference, which is for anyone interested in the Wikimedia projects, will be held in Stockholm on August 14th–18th. Wikimedia Norge is offering travel scholarships of 3,000 NOK to volunteers who wish to go. You can apply for a scholarship by May 15th on this page.
- Retriever access
- Every six months Wikimedia Norge are disseminating 6 accesses for Retriever to active Wikipedia contributors. If you are interested in obtaining an access, please add yourself to the list of interested users on this page by May 20th.
- Wiki meetup in Oslo
- The next wiki meetup in Litteraturhuset will be on May 23rd. Wikimedia Norge has invited faktisk.no for a wiki meetup in Litteraturhuset to talk about fact-checking, and what fact-checkers think about Wikipedia as a project. The event is free and open to anyone. Welcome! Facebook event. Registration page on Wikipedia
Employees and volunteers from Wikimedia Norge will be present at the Oslo Freedom Forum (May 27th–28th), the Celtic Knot Conference in Cornwall (July 4th–5th), Riddu Riđđu (July 10th–14th) and Márkomeannu (July 25th–28th). Please get in touch with us if you are planning to attend any of these events!
2019 is the Year of Indigenous Languages, and Wikimedia Norge has received a grant of 140.000 NOK from UNESCO Norway for our work with Sami knowledge online.
Did you forget to pay your membership fees for 2019? You can always re-register on this page.
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Nyhetsbrev frå Wikimedia Noreg
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is our newsletter for August 2019.
- Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm
- This week, volunteers, employees and board members of Wikimedia Norge will be participating in the international Wikimania conference, which will be held in Stockholm this year. We will participate with a series of presentations, and one of the keynote speakers, Liv Inger Somby, is invited by Wikimedia Norge. You can read more about her in this blog post (also in Northern Sami).
- Wiki Loves Monuments
- This year the international photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments will be organized in Norway for the ninth time. What's new this year is that there will be an extra category for photos of Sámi monuments. The criteria for the contest are simple – the photos need to be of registered monuments in Norway, and must be uploaded during September 2019, but can be taken whenever. In September the monthly writing contest will also be about monuments in Norway.
- Hålogalandsvegen
- During the Márkomeannu festival in July, Wikimedia Norge and Várdobáiki Sámi Centre started the wikiproject Hålogalandsvegen. The wikiproject focuses on improving articles related to the new road Hålogalandsvegen and nearby places in Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk and Northern Sami. The project page and the lists of relevant articles will be updated during fall. Feel free to sign up if you are interested in contributing!
- Researchers' Days 2019
- Wikimedia Norge will again take part in the Researchers' Days (Forskningsdagene) organized by the Research Council of Norway. On September 24th at 17:30 we will hold a seminar on Decolonizing knowledge online at Kulturhuset in Oslo. Welcome!
Keep the dates! October 11th is #wikinobel, and November 27th there will be a meetup at Litteraturhuset. Mer information on these events will come on a later date.
Did you forget to pay your membership fees for 2019? You can always re-register on this page.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 12. aug 2019, 17:10 (CEST)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is our newsletter for November 2019.
During one week of October, Giellavahkku, the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages was celebrated all over the country. Wikimedia Norge was recently granted money from the Sámi Parliament's language funds to create an education program in cooperation with the Sámi University of Appliec Sciences and the University of Tromsø for students to contribute to the Wikipedia in Northern Sámi, or to contribute Sámi content to other Wikimedia projects in general. We have also been granted money from Fritt Ord to put Sámi place names in Wikidata, in cooperation with the Norwegian Mapping Authority. You can read more about this work on our blog.
The jury has finished its task for this year's Wiki Loves Monuments, and the 10 winning photos that go on to the international part of the contest have been announced on the winners page on Commons. Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks a lot to all contestants and jurors!
Here's an overview of Wikimedia Norge events happening in the next few months:
- Bodil Biørn and women's invisibility in history
- On the 11th of November, Wikimedia Norge and the National Archives of Norway invites you to an event at the National Archive from 17:00 till 19:00. History has often been written by and for men. This is reflected in archives, history books, and on Wikipedia. Why is it important to make source material showing women's perspective on history available? The event is free and open to all. Welcome!
- Meet-up at Litteraturhuset
- On the 28th of November, Wikimedia Norge invites you to a meet-up at Litteraturhuset in Oslo from 18:00 till 19:00. Ruth Vatvedt Fjell will be presenting.
- Fjell, who is quite interested in curse words, is a professor of lexicography and cares about how language can maintain unbalanced gender patterns. Wikipedia is a huge knowledge base where anyone can contribute. Therefore it's right to ask what the type of language we use means for how knowledge is disseminated?
- The event is free and open to all. Welcome! Tables in the bar have been reserved from 19:00 for those who wish to continue the discussion there.
- Deadline for applying for wikigrants
- The 20th of November is the deadline for applying for wikigrants. You can apply for getting expenses related to contributing to Wikimedia projects covered.
- Dissemination of Retriever accesses
- Also on the 20th of November, 6 accesses to Retriever will be disseminated to active Wikipedia contributors who could use this tool to write articles.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 6. nov 2019, 15:16 (CET)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is our newsletter for January.
- Wiki meet-up
- During the spring of 2020, we will test out monthly wiki meet-ups at Kulturhuset in Oslo for all wiki people. No set agenda, just bring what you're working on and get help or just have a chat. Jon Harald will be there from at least 17 till 19.
- General assembly March 14th
- Wikimedia Norge's general assembly will be held on March 14th at noon in the Interkulturelt museum, Tøyenbekken 5, 0188 Oslo. The general assembly documents will be published before the meeting on this page. After the general assembly, everyone is invited for lunch and a tour of the exhibition Typisk dem.
- Membership fees due
- Wi are grateful for everyone who supports our work! The membership fees for 2020 can be paid via Vipps to 10386 – Wikimedia Norge, or via bank transfer to account no. 1503 08 00866. The fee is normally NOK 200, or NOK 100 for students and others.
- Community survey about Wikimedia Diversity Conference in Oslo
- Wikimedia Norge is planning a Wikimedia Diversity Conference in 2020, and would love it if you could answer a short survey. You can read more about planning the conference and do the survey on our blog.
- Are you a student and interested in freelancing?
- Some times Wikimedia Norge needs help with mass uploads to Wikimedia Commons or Wikidata. Would you be able to help with some of this? We imagine it would be a nice freelance job for a student who knows Wikidata and/or Wikipedia. Email jhsoby@wikimedia.no if you're interested or have any questions.
- Snøhetta to create new visual profile for Wikimedia
- Last week two workshops were held in Oslo, after Snøhetta was chosen as a partner by the Wikimedia Foundation to make a new visual profile for Wikimedia. You can read more about that work on this page!
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 21. jan 2020, 13:01 (CET)
Wikimedia Norges årsmøte blir virtuelt
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors.
Wikimedia Norge's general assembly on March 14th at 12:00 will be held purely online, because of the coronavirus situation. The agenda for the general assembly and related documents can be found here.
We're hoping many of you will be able to participate by video or by telephone. On our blog (in Norwegian), you can read about how to join the meeting.
Did you remember to pay your membership fees for 2020? Everyone who paid their membership fees for 2020 has the right to vote at the general assembly. The mebership fees for 2020 (NOK 200, 100 for students and others) can be paid by Vipps to 10386 – Wikimedia Norge, or to account number 1503 08 00866.
We wish all the best for our members!
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 12. mar 2020, 13:31 (CET)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors.
- Online wiki meetup April 29th, 17:00–18:00
- Jon Harald Søby from Wikimedia Norge will explain how to help translating MediaWiki and other software on Translatewiki.net. You can join the meetup by using the same link as the previous online meetup, which is https://meet.google.com/ooj-hpyk-hmp, either via computer or with a smartphone. You don't need a Google account to join. Everyone is welcome to join, and we would like to remind you of Wikimedia Norge's safe space policy. The next meetup after this one will be on May 27th. We have created a page for meetup notifications, so you can be notified on your favourite wiki whenever a new meetup is announced. The link to add yourself to that list is on the top of the meetups page.
- Wikigrants
- The next deadline for wikigrants will be on May 22nd. All Wikimedia contributors can apply for wikigrants. The maximum amount you can apply for is 8 000 NOK. The wikigrant must be used for activities that support one or more Wikimedia projects.
- The Wikipedia Library
- On May 22nd, accesses to Retriever will be redispersed to active Wikimedians. Access to Sámi newspapers for contributors to the Northern Sámi Wikipedia will also be dispersed for the first time on the same date.
- Monthly contest
- In June, Iran will be the subject for the monthly contest. In parallel with this, there will be a contest about Norway in the Persian Wikipedia organized by Iranian Wikipedians.
Those who are interested in the ongoing rebranding process can check out brandingwikipedia.org for updates.
Did you forget to pay your membership fees for 2020? You can always re-register on this page.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 28. apr 2020, 19:22 (CEST)
Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors.
Here is an overview of some of Wikimedia Norge's activities for the next few weeks:
- Wiki Loves Monuments
- Wiki Loves Monuments is starting today, and will last through all of September. All photos of registered cultural heritage in Norway is eligible for the contest – and as usual, there is a writing contest on the Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk and Northern Sámi Wikipedias in conjunction with the photo contest. Good luck!
- Virtual wiki meetup
- The next virtual wiki meetup will be on Thursday, October 1st. This time the board chair of Wikimedia Norge, Sigrun Espe, will join us as a guest, and the subject will be the cooperative climate on-wiki. The meet-up will take place on Google Meet as usual, from 17.00 CEST at https://wikitreff.wikimedia.no/. You don't need a Google login to participate. Everyone is welcome and we would like to remind everyone of Wikimedia Norge's safe space policy. See you there!
- Arctic Knot, Wikimedia language conference in Norway
- In the summer of 2021, Wikimedia Norge will organize Arctic Knot 2021. The conference is a continuation of the Celtic Knot series of conferences organized by Wikimedia UK. We are planning for both an in-person and digital conference. The theme will be small languages and the wiki projects.
- For the planning of the conference, we are holding a survey. It's rather short, and we would really appreciate if you would answer it. Thank you!
- Wikipedia turns 20 on January 15th, 2021
- Wikipedia is turning 20! How should it be celebrated? Wikimedia Norge wants to commemorate the occasion in a good way, and we appreciate all ideas related to the celebration! Feel free to write to Mali if you have any good ideas!
Did you forget to pay your membership fees for 2020? You can always re-register on this page.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 1. sep 2020, 14:50 (CEST)
Wikimedia Norgga ođasreive
redigér (That's Northern Sámi for "Newsletter from Wikimedia Norge")
Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors.
Here is an overview of some of Wikimedia Norge's activities for the next few weeks:
- Virtual meet-up
- The next virtual meet-up is on Wednesday, October 29th. Infoboxes are this month's theme. The meet-up will, as usual, take place on Google Meet from 17:00 CET, https://wikitreff.wikimedia.no/. You don't need to have/use a Google account to participate, and there is no requirement for having a camera or microphone. Everyone is welcome to join, and we would like to remind you of Wikimedia Norge's safe space policy.
- WikiGap
- In the daytime on November 19th, there will be a small event at the Swedish embassy in Oslo. WikiGap is about minimizing the gender imbalance on Wikipedia. The event will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council's Resolution 1325. Due to infection control, only a small number of participants may join. Send an email to
contact@wikimedia.noif you wish to participate!
- Wikigrants
- The next deadline for wikigrants is on November 20th. All contributors to the various Wikimedia projects can apply for our wikigrants. The maximum amount is 8 000 NOK. The wikigrant must be used for activities that support one or more Wikimedia projects.
- The Wikipedia Library
- On November 22nd, accesses to Retriever will again be dispersed to active Wikipedians. Access to Sámi newspapers for contributors to the Northern Sámi Wikipedia will also be dispersed on the same date.
- Giellavahkku, Sámi Language Week
- This week, the Sámi Language Week is organized all over Norway. We are marking the language week by launching a cooperation with the National Library and Giellatekno at UiT The Arctic University of Norway about placenames. We have written about it on our blog!
Have you remembered to pay your membership dues for 2020? If not, you can always re-register on this page.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO 20. okt 2020, 11:56 (CEST)
Glædelig Jul
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Nyhetsbrev nr. 19 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Godt nytt jubileumsår og gratulerer med 20 år med kunnskapsdugnad!
15. januar 2001 ble Wikipedia på engelsk lansert. Temaet for 20-årsmarkeringen er å feire menneskene bak Wikipedia. Alle dere som på en eller annen måte har bidratt til at vi nå kan feire 20 år med fri kunnskap. På grunn av koronasituasjonen kan vi dessverre ikke invitere til noen fysisk feiring nå, men vi håper å kunne invitere til et jubileumsarrangement i løpet av året.
- Send en gratulasjon
- Vi har laget en gratulasjonsside hvor alle kan sende en gratulasjon til Wikipedia. Vi håper det kan bli en fin side som viser hvorfor Wikipedia fortsatt er like viktig, eller kanskje enda viktigere, enn for 20 år siden. Send inn ditt gratulasjonskort!
- Wikitreff
- Neste wikitreff er 27. januar. Da deltar Karl Wettin fra Wikimedia Sverige, og vil snakke om prosjektet Wikispeech. Dette er et spennende åpent kildekode-prosjekt som handler om brukergenerert stemmesyntetisering. Dette har også bruksområder langt utenfor Wikimedia-prosjektene. Forslag til temaer for senere wikitreff er hjertelig velkomne nederst på wikitreffsiden!
- Arrangementer å se fram til i 2021
- Årsmøte for Wikimedia Norge blir den 6. mars. Møtet vil også i år være digitalt. Mer informasjon kommer.
- Vi planlegger et virtuelt administratortreff for administratorene på Wikipedia-utgavene på bokmål og nynorsk, trolig i mars. Hvis du er interessert i å bidra til organiseringen av dette, kontakt gjerne Jon Harald.
- Arctic Art+Feminism: Vi vil organisere fire skriveverksted i løpet av 2021, tema vil være kvinnelige kunstnere og urfolkskunst. Mer informasjon kommer.
- WikiGap: Dersom smittesituasjonen tillater det blir det WikiGap-arrangement på Den svenske ambassaden i Oslo. Vi håper å se dere der. Tema i år er kvinnelige aktivister fra Sør-Amerika.
- Arctic Knot: I juni arrangerer vi for første gang språkkonferansen Arctic Knot. Det er en videreføring av konferanseserien Celtic knot. Mer informasjon vil komme om ikke lenge!
- Nytt medlemssystem
- Vi tar i bruk et nytt medlemssystem. Hva betyr dette for deg? Minst mulig, håper vi. Men for oss vil det føre til en enda bedre oppfølging av dere medlemmer. I neste uke sender vi et nyhetsbrev med bl.a. informasjon om medlemskontingent for 2021. Den kan betales via AvtaleGiro eller Vipps. Har du allerede betalt medlemsavgiften for 2021, så kan du se bort fra denne informasjonen.
- Spørreundersøkelse fra Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikimedia Foundation ønsker svar på denne undersøkelsen fra Wikimedia-medlemmer fra hele verden. Wikimedia Foundation har laget en norsk oversettelse av undersøkelsen. Man kan ta undersøkelsen anonymt uten å dele epostadresse, men merk at man da ikke bør lukke nettleseren før man er ferdig med undersøkelsen.
Har du allerede betalt medlemsavgift for 2021? Hvis ikke kan du registrere deg som fortsatt medlem på denne siden.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 15. jan 2021, 15:11 (CET)
Nyhetsbrev nr. 20 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- General assembly
- This year's general assembly was held on March 6th, and the minutes are available here. Amongst other things, it was decided to give Wikimedia Norge an official name in Southern Sámi, Lule Sámi and Kven. That means that we now have 6 official names: Wikimedia Norge (Norwegian Bokmål), Wikimedia Noreg (Norwegian Nynorsk), Wikimedia Norga (Northern Sámi), Wikimedia Vuodna (Lule Sámi), Wikimedia Nöörje (Southern Sámi) and Wikimedia Norja (Kven).
- New board
- Hogne Neteland exited the board after many years of service, we would like to thank him for his efforts! Sigrun Espe continues as board chair. The board has two new board members:
- Fredrik Ljone, Bergen. Board member, elected for the 2021–2023 term. Ljone is dedicated to sharing knowledge, open data and rule of law. He has taken the initiative to make the law more accessible for everyone through jusleksikon.no and rettspraksis.no.
- Stian Amadeus Antonsen, Oslo. Deputy board member, elected for the 2021–2022 term. Antonsen has a lot of experience from different civil society organizations, and works as a political advisor in the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH). He is dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and wants everyone to be able to share in the production and dissemination of knowledge.
- Welcome to them both!
- Arctic Knot
- On June 24–25, Wikimedia Norge will organize the digital Arctic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference.
- Wikipedia is a cornerstone of the digital age, but the knowledge you'll find isn't evenly distributed across languages. The Wikimedia movement is about to implement its 2030 strategy, while UNESCO is working on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL), which starts in 2022. IDIL shows the potential that technology has in supporting and maintaining indigenous languages. These milestones form a frame for the conference, where we will discuss linguistic diversity in the Wikimedia projects, and how to build good linguistic environments for the users of indigenous and underrepresented language communities.
- Arctic Knot is a conference for all Wikipedians and Wikimedians who are interested in indigenous languages, and also for organizations and institutions working in this field. This year's special focus will be on the Sámi languages. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Jon Harald Søby at jhsoby@wikimedia.no.
- Administrator meetup
- On Saturday, March 20, we held a administrator meetup for the Norwegian-language Wikimedia projects. There were 10 participants, of which one is a Wiktionary administrator, and the rest are administrators on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia. The meetup was initiated by Wikimedia Norge on request from the community.
- During the meetup there was a walkthrough of "hidden" or little-known administrator tools, like mass deletion, new blocking options and patrolling tools. There was also broad agreement that there is a need to update and centralize rules and guidelines on-wiki.
- Wikimedia Enterprise
- With its new project Wikimedia Enterprise, the Wikimedia Foundation is working on a way to cooperate with commercial actors like Google and Amazon. A lot of commercial actors are already using Wikimedia content, but without any formal agreements or financial compensation. Wikimedia Enterprise is meant to be a service that will improve the user experience of Wikimedia outside of the Wikimedia platforms, and also be financially self-sustaining.
- According to an article in Wired, the Wikimedia Foundation wants to make the effort of the volunteers more visible, and stimulate the tech giants to help contribute to the volunteer community.
- Wikipedia 20 years
- The Norwegian minister of education, Guri Melby, has sent a video message to all Wikipedians in connection with the 20th anniversary! Go have a look! Remember that you too can send a message!
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 20. apr 2021, 16:40 (CEST)
Nyhetsbrev nr. 21 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- Arctic Knot
- On June 24–25, the Arctic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference is finally under way! The conference is fully digital, and we hope you'll find the program interesting! There will be exciting talks and panel debates, and an opportunity to get to know projects like Abstract Wikipedia and Wikisource.
- The full program is now available on Meta-Wiki, and you can read more about the conference on our blog.
- Registration for the conference has opened, and participation is free of charge.
- You can register all the way up until the conference starts, but if you wish to participate in the Unlocking the potential of digital language archives session, you need to register by June 20th in order to be able to use the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) as the session is happening.
- The program is varied and exciting, and we think everyone will find something interesting in the program.
- Du you wish to contribute to the conference as a volunteer? All participation is very welcome!
- Maybe you'd like to help test the platform we'll be using beforehand? Or do you have any questions you think should be raised during the panel debate? Maybe you'd like to contribute with entertainment of some sort? Get in touch on arcticknot@wikimedia.no!
- The monthly contest on Wikipedia
- The subject of June's monthly contest will be artists. Edits to all articles on artists will yield points, but we hope many would like to write about Sámi and other indigenous artists!
- Wikimania
- This year's Wikimania will also be fully digital, enabling even more people to participate. The theme will be 20 years of Wikipedia, so it is a time to celebrate what the Wikimedia movement has achieved, and look back on the journey that led us here. You can now propose sessions for Wikimania. If you have an idea for a session, but are not sure about how to angle it, feel free to get in touch with us. We can help with brainstorming and whatever else you need!
- Wiki meet-ups
- It's not long before we can hold in-person meet-ups again, and some plans are already under way. It would be great for more people to be able to join meet-ups. Wikimedia Norge can help financially if you wish to organize a meet-up where you live.
- We will still be organizing meet-ups, workshops and admin meet-ups at (ir)regular intervals, either digitally or in-person. If you have any ideas for topics, feel free to get in touch with Jon Harald (jhsoby@wikimedia.no)!
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Nyhetsbrev nr. 22 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- Arctic Knot – a big success
- The final thing we did before the summer holidays was to hold the Arctic Knot Conference. We spent most of 2021 preparing the conference, and the conference lasted for two days with a lot of participation. Most of the videos from the conference are available in this playlist on YouTube.
- 13–17 August
- Wikimania
- Wikimania starts tomorrow, and the deadline for registering is midnight UTC tonight. Wikimania lasts for 5 days, and the program is adapted to multiple timezones, so it will take place at various parts of the day. There are plenty of interesting submissions!
- Wikimedia Norge is participating with a workshop. The workshop's goal is to further develop the idea of a Wikimedia hub for underrepresented language communities. Everyone is welcome to participate!
- Next wiki meet-up
- 25 August
- The first meet-up of the fall will be about Abstract Wikipedia. We will watch Denny Vrandečić's presentation from Arctic Knot together, and discuss afterwards. The meet-up will take place on Google Meet, and start at 17.00 CEST. Simply explained, Abstract Wikipedia is about writing articles as functions in order to make them language-independent.
- International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- 9 August marks the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, and we wrote a blog post based on some of the presentations from the Arctic Knot Conference.
- Wikipedia 20 years
- Due to Wikipedia's 20 year anniversary, we have received video greetings from government ministers and the President of the Sámi Parliament. You can watch the videos here. The greetings are for everyone who has contributed to Wikipedia during its 20 years of existence – thank you very much for your efforts!
- Wikipedia in Norwegian turns 20 in November. This will be celebrated at the November meet-up; further information will come later.
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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 12. aug 2021, 15:59 (CEST)
Nyhetsbrev nr. 23 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- Wikipedia in Norwegian Bokmål is turning 20!
- The Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia turns 20 on November 26, and this will be celebrated during the December 1 wiki meet-up. That will be a virtual meet-up with a quiz and other fun. Do you wish to receive a 20th anniversary T-shirt? Send us your address and size (S–XL) to wikimedia@wikimedia.no!
- Here's more information about the meet-up.
- Giellavahkku and Sámi work
- Maybe you've been wondering why there's been so much Sámi stuff in social media lately? The reason is the Sámi language week, Giellavahkku, which aims to make the Sámi languages more visible. The Sámi languages, culture and history are an important part of the diversity of knowledge. We have summarized the work we're doing with regards to Sámi languages in this blog post.
- The Lapp Codicil was repatriated to the Sámi Archives this month, after a long process. The Lapp Codicil is still the base of the laws for borders in the North of Scandinavia. It will soon also be available on Wikimedia Commons.
- Queer culture year 2022
- Througout 2022, the queer culture year (Skeivt kulturår) will be marked in Norway. In preparation for this, we have uploaded 139 interviews by the Queer Archive to Wikimedia Commons. We also have several other projects planned for next year.
- – The fact that queer experiences, history and culture aren't reflected online is a blank spot in our common history, says Heide Rohde Rafto, acting academic director of the Queer Archive of Norway. She adds that queer history is not only the history of LGBT+ people, but of the whole of society.
- By engaging in the queer cultural year, we are hoping to fill in these blank spots. And we're doing this from a diversity point of view – it's not all about gender and sexuality, but also about individuality and the people who have made an effort to effect change.
- Language Diversity Hub
- Diversity of knowledge shouldn't just be limited to Norway. Through international cooperations, we are hoping to create a gathering point for those who are working on indigenous and underrepresented languages. In this project we are joined by several participants of the Arctic Knot Conference this summer. You can read more about this work on this page.
- Retriever
- It will soon be time to disperse access tokens for Retriever again. You can sign up from November 15. Reminders will be posted on Torget and Samfunnshuset when the sign-up opens.
- Wikimedia Sverige have a separate deal with the Swedish Retriever. They have many access tokens available, and can share them with Norwegian volunteers as well. Only Swedish media is available through their deal. Sign up on this list on the Swedish Wikipedia if you're interested in getting access to the Swedish Retriever.
- Wikigrants
- Now that society has reopened, there are more opportunities to go out and about! There are several activities you can apply for a wikigrant for. All Wikimedia contributors can apply for a grant of up to 8,000 NOK. The grant must be used for activities that support one or more Wikimedia projects, and the application deadline is November 20.
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Nyhetsbrev nr. 24 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- English Wikipedia most visited
- Statistics for pageviews to encyclopedias in Norway in 2021 were recently shared on Torget. Not surprisingly, Wikipedia is the most-visited encyclopedia; the English-language edition is slightly ahead of the Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk editions (combined), with 348 and 325 million pageviews, respectively. In comparison, the next encyclopedia on the list, Store norske leksikon, had 112 million pageviews. The numbers speak for themselves: Wikipedia is where people go to learn.
- It is also a reminder that Wikipedians' efforts are incredibly important. We hope these numbers can help motivate both new and experienced contributors.
- Thanks to H@r@ld for sharing this information.
- Bot workshop
- On Sunday 27 February from 12:00–16:00, we will hold a bot workshop! We will go through how to set up and run the most common bot framework, Pywikibot, on PAWS, and show some of the most common standard scripts in Pywikibot.
- Maximum 10 participants! Sign up on the meet-up page or via e-mail to jhsoby@wikimedia.no.
- Year of Queer Culture
- panel debate in Bergen
- On Thursday 24 March, Wikimedia Norge and the National Archive for Queer History will hold a panel debate at Litteraturhuset, Bergen. The theme for the debate is how archives, museums and Wikipedia can make queer history, art and culture more visible. IT will also examine how we use contemporary labels for the past. A common understanding of what queer history is will help us to make queer history more visible.
- The event is part of the Year of Queer Culture 2022.
- Wiki meet-up and general assembly in Bergen
- Wikimedia Norge will host a wiki meet-up with pizza and something to drink at Villa Paradiso Ole Bull on 25 March, starting 18:30. Register on the wiki meet-up page or by e-mail to wikimedia@wikimedia.no.
- The next day, on 26 March from 12–14, we will hold our general assembly, taking place at Litteraturhuset, Bergenː All members are welcome! The general assembly will also be streamed for those who can't be there in person, and voting will happen digitally.
- Active contributors can get a travel stipend. Send an e-mail to astrid@wikimedia.no in order to apply.
- Remember membership fees before the general assembly!
- You can finally use Vipps to set up a regular, annual payment of your membership. We have updated our website and hope even more people will use a recurring payment. If you wish to use AvtaleGiro, that is also still possible.
- Remember that you must have paid your membership fee for 2022 in order to vote at the general assembly.
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Nyhetsbrev nr. 25 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, here are the latest news from Wikimedia Norge!
- Wikigrants and news archive access
- December 1st is the deadline to apply for wikigrants from Wikimedia Norge. If you have an idea for a wiki-related project you'd like to do, but need some extra money to do it, you should apply! Anything goes as long as the end result benefits the Wikimedia projects.
- On the same date we will be dispersing access to the news archive Retriever for the period until May 20th, 2023. In Retriever, you can search the archives of 2,916 Norwegian news sources. Sign up on the list on Wikipedia if you're interested.
- Committee being put together
- How should we increase the number of members of Wikimedia Norge? We hope you would like to give us some input.
- The 2022 general assembly decided that a committee should be put together to find out how to incentivize members to join. The board of Wikimedia Norge has written a mandate to give the committee a good frame of reference. The committee will consist of members and other Wikimedians, as well as a representative from the administration, and will deliver a report to the board on January 15th, 2023.
- We encourage anyone who wants more info or wants to join the committee to get in touch with board chair Marie Nicolaisen by November 27th on marie@wikimedia.no.
- Start-up help
- Do you know someone who wants to contribute to Wikipedia, but doesn't know where to start?
- On Wikipedia they can get a mentor, and there is a forum for new users. Now they can also meet an experienced Wikipedian "face-to-face" in an online event to get help live. Wikimedia Norge's start-up help will happen on the first Wednesday of every month. The first opportunity is December 7th, 19–20 CET.
- This is happening before Christmas
- Wiki meet-up: Tuesday November 22nd, 17:00–22:00 at Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo. Active contributors will meet up for a workshop and exchange of experiences. After the meet-up there will be a social meeting at nearby Døgnvill Burger.
- Start-up help: Wednesday December 7th, 19:00–20:00. Digital meet-up for new Wikipedians to get started.
- Christmas meet-up: Thursday December 8th we will meet at Dattera til Hagen in Oslo. Those who want to eat will meet at 17:00; there will be a quiz from 19:00 onwards.
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Nyhetsbrev nr. 26 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, and happy Easter from Wikimedia Norge!
- Wiki meetup and editathon in Trondheim: First weekend in May
- Knowledge movement attacked – again: Wikipedia debate in Dag og Tid
- Progress for Sámi translations: About translation of MediaWiki into Northern Sámi
- Can loaning equipment improve the wiki projects?
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This newsletter is posted by a bot. Leave feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribeNyhetsbrev nr. 27 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, and happy autumn from Wikimedia Norge!
- Editing course for women at Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo, September 20th
- Administrator and mentor meet-up in Oslo, October 28th–29th
- Cultural Heritage 2023: Combined photo and writing competition about cultural heritage
- Two new Wikimedia Norge employees: Welcome to Anne and Bjarne
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This newsletter is posted by a bot. Leave feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribeNyhetsbrev nr. 28 fra Wikimedia Norge
redigér Hello, and happy spring from Wikimedia Norge!
- March = women in red
- Dressed for knowledge sharing
- Wikipedia courses for the whole country!
- 2023 Wikipedian of the Year: Hans Rosbach
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