Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Mexico/August 2014

August 7 to 10

• Wikimanía 2014. Participation of Omar Sandoval, Salvador Alcántar, Christian Cariño, Andrés Cruz y Corro Armenta, Carmen Alcázar and Iván Martínez in the Wikimedia international conference.

August 14

• Wikipedia and Wikimedia cultural partnering introductory talks to Centro Cultural Tlatelolco staff.
• Meeting with Eddie Ávila of Global Voices about indigenous languages projects. Also, was spoken about Wikimedia México participation in Encuentro de Activistas Digitales de Lenguas Indígenas.

August 15

• Interview to Iván Martínez in "De doce a una" radio program at Noticias MVS, 102.5 FM of Mexico City.

August 16

• Participation of Salvador Alcántar at panel "Café por los Derechos Digitales", Zapopan, Jalisco. Organized by Wikimedia México, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Panoptikon Foundation.

August 19

• Interview to Andrés Cruz y Corro Armenta in "Noticias todo el tiempo" morning news with Bernardo Lartigue and Irela Perez, Radio Capital 830 AM of Mexico City.

>> Listen interview (in Spanish)

• Follow-up meeting with teachers of Mexico Wikipedia Education Program at Faculty of Philosophy and Literature) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
• Wikipedia, Wikimedia cultural partnering and Creative Commons introductory talks to Centro de Cultura Digital staff.

August 21

• Wikipedia edition workshop to Centro Cultural Tlatelolco staff.
• Follow-up meeting with Daniel Goldin and Biblioteca Vasconcelos staff about Wikimania 2015.

Carmen Alcázar giving a talk about Wikipedia in the Digital Rights Editathon at Rancho Electrónico hackerspace, Mexico City.

August 23

• Moebius radio program 14/22: From Johnny Cash to Budapest
• Digital Rights Editathon at Rancho Electrónico hackerspace, Mexico City.
• "Wikipedia, Puebla art" editathon, Capilla del Arte UDLAP, Puebla, Puebla.

Editatón Wikipedia, Puebla art, organized by Puebla Wikipedist Community and Capilla del Arte of Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

August 26

• Meeting about cultural partners with Daniel Cosío Villegas Library of El Colegio de México (COLMEX).

August 28

• Meeting with Open Street Map local enthusiasts at Rancho Electrónico hackerspace. Wikimedia Mexico will support the edition of free maps edition in Wikibooks and Wikimedia Commons.

August 30

• Moebius radio program 14/23: From The Great Wave off Kanagawa to Eiffel Tower
• Wikipedia Monthly Workshop at Telmex Hub, Mexico City.

Highlights

Wikimania 2014

From August 6 to 10 we attend Wikimania 2014, the tenth conference of the Wikimedia movement at the Barbican Centre in London.

>> Read the full report (in Spanish)

>> "Impresiones post-viaje", blog post by Andrés Cruz y Corro Armenta.