Amical Wikimedia/May 2012

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May 2012 (Catalan)

Education

May 2. Talk about Wikipedia to 60 students of the Institute of Sils. Arnaugir
May 17. Talk to students about Wikipedia to students from Bell-lloc del Pla in Girona. Arnaugir
May 17. Meeting with the team WikiSkills UB to exchange experiences and find possible collaborations. Barcelona and Dvdgmz
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- Publication of illustrations of students in the Llotja School of Art and Design (Luis Segovia, Gerardpla, Albert Pons, Paubahi, Oriol Tuca, JesicaLR) on Wikimedia Commons, categorization and integration into Wikipedia articles in multiple languages. Pallares, Dvdgmz
- May 15. Inauguration of the exhibit Llotja il·lustra la Viquipèdia at the Sabater Pi Hall of the Llotja School of Design of Barcelona.
- Interviews with tutors Pallares, Dvdgmz and students on the local radio Wikipedia Radio- Trinitat Vella (May 4) and the program Extraradi on COM Radio(May 19 ).Davidpar
Viquifabricació talks to students and professors at the universities of Oviedo and León (Spain) (7 and 8 May). Arnaugir
Viquiescoles starts just the creation phase of articles by children students and start evaluating and correcting articles.

Research

Digithum, an academic journal of the Open University of Catalonia, devoted an special issue on Wikipedia. The paper includes articles like Wikipedia in reputation management: an analysis of the best and worst companies in the United States (Marcia W. DiStaso, Marcus Messner) Using Wikipedia for the development of linguistic resources: the Catalan and Spanish WordNet 3.0 (Antoni Oliver, Salvador Climent), Overview of the wikimediasfere (David Gomez Fontanills), The truth of Wikipedia (Nathaniel Tkacz) and Wiki Loves Monuments 2011: experience in Spain and reflections from their dissemination cultural (Emilio Posada Jose Rodriguez, Berdasco Angel Gonzalez, Jorge A. Canduela Sierra, Santiago Sanz Navarro Tomas Saorín).

GLAM-WIKI

Wikiproject collaboration between the National Museum of Art of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University. The students of Museum studies degree created or substantially expanded an article related to the field of museums on Wikipedia. More information, visit the Viquiprojecte:Museus (IDEC-MNAC). Kippelboy
May 8. Meeting to start the Viquiprojecte Horta-Guinardó. Kippelboy
May 9. Meeting with the Girona Art Museum. Possible wikiproject with the Friends of the Museum. Kippelboy
May 11. Meeting with the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) for a possible conference on Open Data in November. Kippelboy
May 14. Wikipedia Workshop for workers of the Municipality of Sant Boi de Llobregat. Kippelboy
May 16. Meeting with Public Libraries of Catalonia. Kippelboy
May 17. Meeting with the manager of university libraries in Catalonia. Kippelboy
May 17. Meeting up with Dessing Hub Barcelona (DHUB). Kippelboy
May 18. Meeting with the Museu de les Arts Escèniques. Kippelboy
May 21. Meeting with the head of the district Horta-Guinardó in Barcelona. Kippelboy
Coordination of activities and WIKILOUNGE at MuseumNext held in Barcelona from 23 to 25 May. See page on Wikimedia Meta act. Kippelboy
May 24. Announced that the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) will have a Wikipedian in Residence. Kippelboy
May 30. Wikipedia editing course some public workers of the City of Girona. Kippelboy
May 30. Meeting with the director of the Museum of Art Girona. Kippelboy
May 31. Meeting with the Publications Department of Public Libraries of Catalonia. Kippelboy
May 31. Meeting with Inma Mora (Archivists of Catalonia). Kippelboy

Organization

We are holding a general meeting of Amical Wikipedia in Barcelona on May 31 and approved hiring a GLAM-WIKI project manager, ratifying the selection of Àlex Hinojo (Kippelboy).

Communication

The BBC World devoted an article to the vitality and quality of the Catalan Wikipedia and other minority languages. "It's interesting to see that the entries in the Catalan Wikipedia around some 370,000, add half written in Spanish, which contrasts with the number of people who speak a different language and," says the article. Davidpar
Lots of Catalan Media reproduce BBC's news: VilaWeb, diari Ara, El Punt Avui, ESCACC, El Singular Digital, Tribuna.cat, Nació Digital, directe!cat. Davidpar
Lots of Media also publish about National Art Museum with a Wikipedian in Residence: Agència Catalana de Notícies, 324.cat, lamalla.cat, diari Ara, Bonart, Nació Digital, Cultura 21, Agència EFE, hoyesarte.com, Arte en la Red.
El Periódico de Catalunya publish a report on GLAM-WIKI in Catalunya. Davidpar
COM Ràdio broadcasts report oin free knowledge and Wikipedia called Extraradi. With Àlex Hinojo (Kippelboy) & Luis Ángel Fernández Hermana, internet consultant.
Catalan wikiquotes, Viquidites en català, starts on Twitter. Arnaugir