Activity report (Q2 2013–2014)

This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014.

Content programs

During the quarter, Wikimedia DC held four edit-a-thons, all in partnership with local cultural institutions. A total of 47 volunteers participated in the three edit-a-thons where we were able to collect data. This includes:

• 19 who created Wikipedia accounts this quarter;
• 3 who created accounts last quarter and attended their second edit-a-thon this quarter; and
• 12 who have attended at least two edit-a-thons this year, including 6 who attended two or more edit-a-thons this quarter alone.

In total, as of the end of the quarter, a total of 75 volunteers have participated in Wikimedia DC edit-a-thons, which is 150% of the goal set for the fiscal year. Press coverage, including an interview with NPR's Scott Simon that aired on the eve of the Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon, helped drive attendance at these events, as have active recruitment efforts on the part of the host institutions.

Wikimedia DC also participated in a scan-a-thon at the National Archives which occurred on February 25. This scan-a-thon, as well as two of the edit-a-thons, were held in conjunction with Andrew Lih's class at American University on Wikipedia and public knowledge. Wikimedia DC has been actively working with Professor Lih and his class; in January, Wikimedia DC surveyed his students on their experiences editing Wikipedia and their attitudes toward Wikipedia. At the end of the academic semester, we will administer a follow-up survey to determine the effect of the class and these activities on their editing skills and their attitudes toward Wikipedia. We would like to thank Professor Lih and his class for their contributions to the Wikimedia movement in Washington, DC.

Art and Feminism

• February 1 art and feminism edit-a-thon (NMWA)
  • Newcomers: 3
    • 3,621 bytes added
    • 3 users made 17 edits
    • 2 new articles created
    • Articles created/improved: Anastasia Ryabova, Asian American Women Artists Association, The Three Soldiers
  • Veterans: 14
    • 45,276 bytes added
    • 13 users made 106 edits
    • 9 new articles created
    • Articles created/improved: Beverly Semmes, Bice lazzari, Bice Lazzari, Central Park North – 110th Street, Eva Zeisel, Fiona Tan, Frances Stark, Ghada Amer, Janet Cardiff, Johanna Drucker, Joyce J. Scott, Linda Lee Alter, Maren Hassinger, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, MyRA, Patti Warashina, Renee Stout, Sonya Clark

American Art

• February 11 american art edit-a-thon (SAAM, with Andrew's class)
  • Andrew's students; attendance list prepared after-the-fact
    • 10,655 bytes added
    • 12 users made 67 edits
    • No new articles created
    • Articles created/improved: Lola Alvarez Bravo, Ferdinand Pettrich, James Hampton, Art jewelry, Miriam Schapiro, Arline Fisch, José Campeche, Beverly Pepper, Paul Cadmus, Bessie Callender, Wichita, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, John William "Uncle Jack" Dey, Ferne Jacobs, Marilyn Moore, Will Barnet, Asher Brown Durand, John Valentine Haidt

Women Scientists

• March 18 women scientists edit-a-thon (SIA, with Andrew's class)
  • Andrew's students; attendance list augmented with data collected after-the-fact
    • 15,266 bytes added
    • 3 new articles created
    • 11 users made 70 edits
    • Articles created/improved: Edna H. Fawcett, Wanda Kirkbride Farr, Charlotte Gower Chapman, Margaret Eliza Maltby, Mary Hagedorn, Marjorie Van de Water, Nellie A. Brown, Ida Mellen, Margaret Harwood, Jane Stafford

Women in the Arts

• March 30 women in the arts edit-a-thon (NMWA)
  • Newcomers: 12 (this was a lot!)
    • 10,313 bytes added
    • 3 new articles created
    • 6 users made 20 edits
    • Articles created/improved: Barbara London, Helena Almeida, John Koskinen, Mabel May, Mary Anne Barkhouse
  • Veterans: 8
    • 14,164 bytes added
    • 5 new articles created
    • 7 users made 62 edits
    • Articles created/improved: Barbara London, Barbara London, Barbara London, Cecilia Beaux, Cornelia Butler, Ellen Day Hale, Feminist art movement in the United States, Harriete Estel Berman, Helena Almeida, Joan Danziger, Joan Danzinger, Kirsten Justesen, Wack, WACK!, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution

National Archives scan-a-thon

• February 25 nara scan-a-thon (with Andrew's class)
  • Awaiting information from Dominic

Technology programs

• Some of us attended the Art Bytes Hack-a-thon at Walters on January 24–26

Community programs

• January 25 meetup at Capitol City Brewery
• February 23 WikiSalon and dinner
• March 12 WikiSalon
• March 23 meetup

Organizational development

• January 11 board meeting
• February 8 board meeting
• March 8 board meeting
• March 29 board meeting

Mid-year assessment

How much progress have we made on our goals?

• Edit-a-thons with eight institutions (4 so far: Laurel Historical Society, American Statistical Association, NMWA, Smithsonian)
  • Including at least two new institutions (Laurel, American Statistical Association, NMWA)
  • One edit-a-thon in NARA's innovation hub (Not yet)
• Six events with Smithsonian (3 so far: AAPG Library, SAAM, SIA)
• At least 50 volunteers (We hit 75 on March 30, 2014)
  • Logging at least 700 volunteer-hours (470 hours so far)
  • and creating/improving at least 175 articles (131 articles so far)
• Two scanathons at National Archives (We held 1)
  • at least 50 digitized documents (No hard data yet but we believe we hit 100 scans)
• Three hackathons (We held one)
  • Completion of at least two technical projects (We *started* at least 2 technical projects)
• Stable set of analytics tools (Not yet)
• Two social events per month (We held 7 from October 1 through March 31, so we're only doing 1/month)
• Four flagship events (2 so far: Annual Meeting, WLM Exhibition)
• Seeking WMF grants (Done)
• Seeking event sponsorships (Developing a plan)
• Seeking small donations (We continue to receive member donations)
• Modifications to advisory committee structure (Done)
• Partnership coordinators (Not yet)
• Volunteer workflow (Not yet)
• Restructuring of website (Not yet)
• A more interactive website (Not yet)
• Internal communication technology (Not yet)
• Constituent relationship management (Not yet)
• Teleconferencing technology (Not yet)