Wikimedia Highlights, September 2013
Highlights dari Wikimedia Foundation Report dan Wikimedia engineering report untuk bulan September 2013, dengan pilihan acara-acara pergerakan Wikimedia
Sorotan Yayasan Wikimedia
terdapat 22 usulan untuk Hibah Ikatan Individual yang disampaikan
The Foundation's Individual Engagement Grants support individuals or small teams working on projects that help Wikimedia's volunteers do their work. The program was started in early 2013 and its second round of proposals closed on September 30. 22 complete proposals were submitted, totaling $297,575 in requested funding. The requested sums range from $10 to $30,000. Via online community organizing, offline outreach, tool-building and research, the proposals aim to impact at least 15 different Wikimedia projects. Examples include a project for "Reimagining Mentorship on Wikipedia" and work on ensuring that gadgets that support editing are updated to be compatible with the new VisualEditor. In October, proposals are being checked for eligibility while community discussion continues, before the committee's formal review begins on 23 October.
FDC menerima 11 usulan untuk rencana hibah tahunan, mengacu pada kegiatan pada tahun pertama
Proses di dalam Komite Pembagian Dana (FDC) merupakan komponen lain di dalam pemberian hibah WMF, dimana organisasi-organisasi di dalam gerakan Wikimedia dapat mengajukan hibah yang lebih besar untuk mendukung kegiatan tahunan mereka. Komite ini, yang menimbang setiap permintaan dan membuat rekomendasi pada Dewan yang terdiri dari sukarelawan yang didukung oleh staf WMF. Putaran FDC yang kedua pada 2013 berakhir pada bulan September, dengan 11 organisasi Wikimedia yang meminta dana hampir senilai 6 juta dolar amerika. Sampai dengan 31 Oktober, para wikimedian diundang untuk ikut serta dalam community review period dari proposal.
Staf FDC juga mempersiapkan Laporan Tahunan 2012-2013 atas kegiatan setahun yang lalu sejak FDC didirikan pada tahun 2012. Laporan ini meliputi Rekoleksi dari Direktur Eksekutif WMF Sue Gardner mengenai proses FDC.
Konsultasi komunitas atas dimulainya kebijakan privasi yang baru
The Foundation's Legal and Community Advocacy team announced the launch of the 4.5 month-long community consultation and feedback period (scheduled to conclude on 15 January 2014) for the new privacy policy draft. Feedback and discussion has been very fruitful thus far and have already helped improve the draft.
Data dan Tren
Pengunjung unik secara global untuk Agustus:
- 497 juta (+0,97% dibandingkan dengan Juli; +8,90% dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu)
- (Data comScore untuk seluruh proyek Yayasan Wikimedia; comScore akan mengeluarkan data September pada Oktober mendatang)
Permintaan halaman bulan September:
- 25,90 milyar (+8,6% dibandingkan dengan Agustus; +30,8% dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu)
- (Data log server, seluruh proyek Yayasan Wikimedia termasuk akses mobile)
Editor terdaftar yang aktif selama Agustus 2013 (>= 5 mainspace edits/month, tidak termasuk bots):
- 76,612 (-0.34% compared with July / -2.94% compared with the previous year)
- (Database data, seluruh proyek Yayasan Wikimedia.)
Report Card (mengintegrasikan berbagai data statistik dan tren mengenai proyek WMF):
Keuangan
 |
 Wikimedia Foundation YTD Expenses by Functions as of August 31, 2013 |
(Financial information is only available through August 2013 at the time of this report.)
All financial information presented is for the Month-To-Date and Year-To-Date August 31, 2013.
| Pendapatan | $5.408.836 |
|---|---|
| Pengeluaran: | |
| Kelompok Teknisi | $2.515.199 |
| Kelompok Penggalangan Dana | $573.336 |
| Kelompok Pemberi Hibah & Program | $607.306 |
| Hibah | $502.420 |
| Grup Pemerintahan | $130.722 |
| Kelompok Bantuan/Komunikasi Hukum/Komunitas | $533.787 |
| Kelompok Keuangan/SDM/Admin | $1.201.542 |
| Jumlah Pengeluaran | $6.064.312 |
| Jumlah (Rugi) | ($655.476) |
Penerimaan bulan Agustus $2,29 Juta dibandingkan rencana $0,99 Juta, lebih kurang $1,3 Juta atau 133% melebihi rencana.
- Penerimaan sampai dengan tahun ini adalah $ 5,41 Juta dari rencana $ 1,99 Juta, lebih kurang $ 3,42 Juta atau 172% di atas rencana.
Expenses for the month of August is $3.34MM versus plan of $4.26MM, approximately $919K or 25% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, grants, and travel expenses partially offset by higher payment processing fees.
Year-to-date expenses is $6.06MM versus plan of $7.69MM, approximately $1.63MM or 21% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, grants, and travel expenses partially offset by higher payment processing fees.
- Jumlah uang kas pada 31 Agustus 2013 adalah $ 38,75 Juta.
Sorotan kegiatan lain
Wiki Loves Monuments 2013
The fourth edition of Wiki Loves Monuments took place from September 1 to September 30. The competition to upload freely licensed images of national monuments to Wikimedia Commons has become the world's largest photo contest. In November, an international jury will review the finalists from each country, and the global winning picture is expected to be announced in early December.
Indian Wikimedians and German university collaborate to digitize works of 19th century scholar
Community members from the Malayalam Wikipedia and Wikisource have formed a partnership with the University of Tübingen, Germany. The university holds an archive of the works of Hermann Gundert (1814–1893), a German missionary, scholar, and linguist (as well as the grandfather of German novelist and Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse). Gundert published numerous books in Malayalam, including a grammar for the language, and a Malayalam-English dictionary. The Malayalam Wikimedians will help to typeset scanned copies of these books, provided by the university.
Australian government agency supports Wikimedia cooperation with Paralympic Movement
A collaboration between the Australian Wikimedia chapter, the University of Queensland and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) has been awarded funding from the Australian Research Council, a government agency. The project concerns the history of the paralympic movement and disabled sport in Australia, and aims to improve the coverage of these topics on Wikimedia projects.