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This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013. During this time, Wikimedia DC collaborated with institutions in the region to hold edit-a-thons and workshops.
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This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013.
   
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==Program events==
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* Meetups (April 13, May 11, June 15)
  
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* WikiSalons, including our first one (April 19, May 8, May 24, June 6, June 17)
  
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* All Things GW Edit-a-Thon
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===All Things GW Edit-a-Thon===
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On April 20, Wikimedia DC and the George Washington University held the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon, which offered participants a rare opportunity to visit the archives of the George Washington University Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to the University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The event included a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives led by University Archivist Bergis Jules and Jennifer Kinniff, Public Services and Outreach Librarian for Special Collections.
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* GLAM Boot Camp
  
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* GLAM-Wiki U.S. Consortium Meeting
  
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Specific [[w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All Things GW#Outcomes|outcomes]] of the edit-a-thon included the creation of 2 new articles and various improvements made to 8 additional articles.
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* Furloughed Feds Workshop
  
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* National Library of Medicine Edit-a-Thon
  
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{{arrow button|link=w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All Things GW|label=View event page}}
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* Legislative Data Meetup
  
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===GLAM Boot Camp===
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* Field Notes Edit-a-Thon
  
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On April 26–28, Wikimedia DC and the National Archives held the inaugural GLAM Boot Camp, a three-day training workshop designed to teach attendees how to execute GLAM-Wiki projects. Intended to enlarge the pool of Wikimedians working on GLAM projects by attracting interested yet uninvolved members of the movement, the workshop featured numerous sessions led by Wikimedians experienced in working with cultural institutions, including Wikimedia DC's Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, and Lori Byrd Phillips, former US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation.
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* Great American Wiknic
  
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Notable guests at the event included the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero; Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration; and Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy at the Smithsonian Institution.
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{{arrow button|external=yes|link=http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2013/06/new-faces-for-glam-wiki-our-experience-hosting-glam-boot-camp/|label=View blog post}}
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<center><gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
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File:DavidFerriero.jpg|David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, speaks to attendees at the workshop
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File:GLAM Wiki Boot Camp DC 2013 - David Ferriero talking to attendees.JPG|David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, speaks to attendees at the workshop
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File:GLAM Boot Camp, Washington, D.C. (2013) - 03.JPG|Dominic McDevitt-Parks, Wikimedia DC Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, speaks to attendees at the workshop
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File:GLAM Wiki Boot Camp DC 2013 - Attendees at National Archive.JPG|Workshop attendees at the National Archives
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File:GLAM Wiki Boot Camp DC 2013 - Users in the back.JPG|Workshop attendees at the National Archives
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File:GLAM Wiki Boot Camp DC 2013 - Attendees at National Gallery.JPG|Workshop attendees visit the National Gallery of Art
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File:WikipediaWeekly 2013-04-27.jpeg|Workshop attendees record the "Wikipedia Weekly" podcast at National Archives
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===Furloughed Feds Workshop===
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On May 4, Wikimedia DC held the Furloughed Feds Workshop at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. The workshop consisted of a Wikipedia training seminar and edit-a-thon for federal employees interested in learning more on how to edit Wikipedia.
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Specific [[w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Furloughed Feds#Outcomes|outcomes]] of the edit-a-thon included various improvements made to 9 articles.
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File:Furloughed Feds Edit-o-thon 01.JPG|Attendees at the workshop
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File:Furloughed Feds Edit-o-thon 04.JPG|Wikimedia DC Officers James Hare, Kristin Anderson, and Peter Meyer at the workshop
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===National Library of Medicine Edit-a-Thon===
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On May 28 and 30, two National Library of Medicine Edit-a-Thon events took place at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Attendees participated both in-person and via an online webinar.
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Specific [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/May 2013#Outcomes|outcomes]] of the edit-a-thons included the creation of 2 new articles and various improvements made to 13 additional articles.
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{{arrow button|link=w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-07-03/News and notes|label=View ''Signpost'' article}}
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File:2013-05-30 NLM Edit-a-Thon.jpg|Edit-a-thon attendees at the National Library of Medicine
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File:Editathon at the National Library of Medicine 2013.jpg|Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Library of Medicine
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File:NLM editathon tour 2013 - Evolution of the National Library of Medicine.jpg|Attendees touring the National Library of Medicine
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===Legislative Data Meetup===
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On June 8, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute held a Legislative Data Meetup at which participants discussed efforts to increase information about the United States government on Wikipedia. Cato Institute staff had added information about legislation to Wikipedia articles in an ongoing project.
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{{arrow button|link=w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Legislative Data|label=View event page}}
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===Field Notes Edit-a-thon===
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On June 21, the Field Notes Edit-a-Thon, a collaboration among Wikimedia DC, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, took place at the Museum. Participants learned about the Field Book project, a partnership between the Archives and the Museum which seeks to create a single online location for scientific field books. The event included a special tour of the Russell E. Train Africana Collection, a special collection housed in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries which contains several thousand manuscripts, photographs, original artwork and prints, posters, maps, ephemera, and man-made and natural artifacts relating to exploration, big game hunting, wildlife, and travel in Africa dating from 1663 to the late 1990s.
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Specific [[w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes#Results and outcomes|outcomes]] of the edit-a-thon included the creation of 4 new articles, various improvements made to 7 additional articles, and uploads of 13 new image files.
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{{arrow button|link=w:Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes|label=View event page}}
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{{arrow button|external=yes|link=http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2013/06/smithsonian-field-notes-and-wikipedia/|label=View blog post}}
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File:Smithsonian field notes editathon 102.JPG|Edit-a-thon attendees at the National Museum of Natural History
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File:Smithsonian field notes editathon 002.JPG|Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Museum of Natural History
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File:Smithsonian field notes editathon 2013 04.JPG|Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Museum of Natural History
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File:Smithsonian field notes editathon 2013 06.JPG|Organizers of the edit-a-thon
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==Social events==
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On April 19, Wikimedia DC inaugurated the '''WikiSalon''', a special meetup held twice monthly at the Wikimedia DC offices. The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There is no set agenda for each meeting, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Subsequent meetings took place on May 8, May 24, June 6, and June 17.
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On June 30, Wikimedia DC hosted the '''Great American Wiknic''' at the James Buchanan Memorial in Meridian Hill Park.
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Wikimedia DC hosted dinner meetups on April 13, May 11, and June 15. These monthly events provide an opportunity for attendees to connect with fellow Wikimedians and other free culture movement participants in the region.
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{{arrow button|external=yes|link=http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2013/07/16/202326279/the-great-american-wiknic-edit|label=View ''NPR'' article}}
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File:WikiSalon DC 2013-04-19.jpg|Attendees at the inaugural WikiSalon on April 19
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File:24 May 2013 Washington DC WikiSalon meeting.JPG|Attendees discussing Wikipedia and free culture at a WikiSalon
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File:Wikinic 2013 washington d.c. 06.JPG|Attendees at the Wiknic in Meridian Hill Park
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File:Wikinic 2013 washington d.c. 04.JPG|Food at the Wiknic in Meridian Hill Park
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==Organizational development==
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During the period between April and June, inclusive, the membership of Wikimedia DC increased from 39 members to 57 members, corresponding to an aggregate growth of 46%. Wikimedia DC adopted a [[Friendly space policy|Friendly Space Policy]] in April and an [[Expense reimbursement policy|Expense Reimbursement Policy]] in May.
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[[Category:Quarterly reports]]

Latest revision as of 19:04, 15 June 2018

This report describes the activities of Wikimedia District of Columbia from April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013.

Program events

All Things GW Edit-a-Thon

On April 20, Wikimedia DC and the George Washington University held the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon, which offered participants a rare opportunity to visit the archives of the George Washington University Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to the University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The event included a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives led by University Archivist Bergis Jules and Jennifer Kinniff, Public Services and Outreach Librarian for Special Collections.

Specific outcomes of the edit-a-thon included the creation of 2 new articles and various improvements made to 8 additional articles.

View event page

GLAM Boot Camp

On April 26–28, Wikimedia DC and the National Archives held the inaugural GLAM Boot Camp, a three-day training workshop designed to teach attendees how to execute GLAM-Wiki projects. Intended to enlarge the pool of Wikimedians working on GLAM projects by attracting interested yet uninvolved members of the movement, the workshop featured numerous sessions led by Wikimedians experienced in working with cultural institutions, including Wikimedia DC's Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, and Lori Byrd Phillips, former US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Notable guests at the event included the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero; Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration; and Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy at the Smithsonian Institution.

View event page
View blog post
View Signpost article

  • David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, speaks to attendees at the workshop

  • David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, speaks to attendees at the workshop

  • Dominic McDevitt-Parks, Wikimedia DC Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, speaks to attendees at the workshop

  • Workshop attendees at the National Archives

  • Workshop attendees at the National Archives

  • Workshop attendees visit the National Gallery of Art

  • Workshop attendees record the "Wikipedia Weekly" podcast at National Archives

Furloughed Feds Workshop

On May 4, Wikimedia DC held the Furloughed Feds Workshop at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. The workshop consisted of a Wikipedia training seminar and edit-a-thon for federal employees interested in learning more on how to edit Wikipedia.

Specific outcomes of the edit-a-thon included various improvements made to 9 articles.

View event page

  • Attendees at the workshop

  • Wikimedia DC Officers James Hare, Kristin Anderson, and Peter Meyer at the workshop

National Library of Medicine Edit-a-Thon

On May 28 and 30, two National Library of Medicine Edit-a-Thon events took place at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Attendees participated both in-person and via an online webinar.

Specific outcomes of the edit-a-thons included the creation of 2 new articles and various improvements made to 13 additional articles.

View event page
View Signpost article

  • Edit-a-thon attendees at the National Library of Medicine

  • Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Library of Medicine

  • Attendees touring the National Library of Medicine

Legislative Data Meetup

On June 8, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute held a Legislative Data Meetup at which participants discussed efforts to increase information about the United States government on Wikipedia. Cato Institute staff had added information about legislation to Wikipedia articles in an ongoing project.

View event page

Field Notes Edit-a-thon

On June 21, the Field Notes Edit-a-Thon, a collaboration among Wikimedia DC, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, took place at the Museum. Participants learned about the Field Book project, a partnership between the Archives and the Museum which seeks to create a single online location for scientific field books. The event included a special tour of the Russell E. Train Africana Collection, a special collection housed in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries which contains several thousand manuscripts, photographs, original artwork and prints, posters, maps, ephemera, and man-made and natural artifacts relating to exploration, big game hunting, wildlife, and travel in Africa dating from 1663 to the late 1990s.

Specific outcomes of the edit-a-thon included the creation of 4 new articles, various improvements made to 7 additional articles, and uploads of 13 new image files.

View event page
View blog post

  • Edit-a-thon attendees at the National Museum of Natural History

  • Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Museum of Natural History

  • Edit-a-thon in progress at the National Museum of Natural History

  • Organizers of the edit-a-thon

Social events

On April 19, Wikimedia DC inaugurated the WikiSalon, a special meetup held twice monthly at the Wikimedia DC offices. The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There is no set agenda for each meeting, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Subsequent meetings took place on May 8, May 24, June 6, and June 17.

On June 30, Wikimedia DC hosted the Great American Wiknic at the James Buchanan Memorial in Meridian Hill Park.

Wikimedia DC hosted dinner meetups on April 13, May 11, and June 15. These monthly events provide an opportunity for attendees to connect with fellow Wikimedians and other free culture movement participants in the region.

View NPR article

  • Attendees at the inaugural WikiSalon on April 19

  • Attendees discussing Wikipedia and free culture at a WikiSalon

  • Attendees at the Wiknic in Meridian Hill Park

  • Food at the Wiknic in Meridian Hill Park

Organizational development

During the period between April and June, inclusive, the membership of Wikimedia DC increased from 39 members to 57 members, corresponding to an aggregate growth of 46%. Wikimedia DC adopted a Friendly Space Policy in April and an Expense Reimbursement Policy in May.

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