Outreach Wiki outreachwiki https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.46.0-wmf.26 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikimedia Wikimedia talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Translations Translations talk Topic 2 906 276248 148864 2026-05-04T20:00:08Z Koavf 485 {{DISPLAYTITLE:User:<span style="color:grey">''ko'''a'''</span><span style="color:black">v</span><span style="color:grey">f''</span>}} 276248 wikitext text/x-wiki {{#babel:en|es-2|de-1|pt-1|teaching-2|coding-1|press experience level-2|media production-1}} You're likely to find me on the [[w:en:User:Koavf|English-language Wikipedia]]. Administrator since 2012-02-17T14:02:35. IP block exempt since 2014-10-13T00:14:56. Bureaucrat since 2016-02-15T16:08:36. ;Other free/open communities (non-wiki): *Creative Commons *Distributed Proofreaders/Project Gutenberg/LibriVox *DMOZ *Mozilla *OpenStreetMap ;[[wikiindex:User:Koavf/Todo|Other wikis]] ;Other useful "cousins" *Flickr *Internet Archive *WebCite *Let's Encrypt *GNU/Linux *FSF *EFF {{-}} ==Anonymous edits that I've made== *[http://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AKoavf%2FTemplate%3AWiki&diff=42898&oldid=42812 User:Koavf/Template:Wiki] {{User:Koavf/Template:Wiki}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:User:<span style="color:grey">''ko'''a'''</span><span style="color:black">v</span><span style="color:grey">f''</span>}} dl5cym4vncj3c99xnbqxwue3y0dyme1 1 72628 276249 276180 2026-05-05T02:22:54Z Pharos 84 /* interesting decision to have this redirect */ Reply 276249 wikitext text/x-wiki == interesting decision to have this redirect == Hi! I see in history that this decision to have just redirect to [[Main page]]? It was done by a user who was very quickly in/up-ranks/out here https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=Rock+drum I wonder if this should be changed sometimes soon and actually describe a bit of history and intention of this wiki - no? [[User:Zblace|Zblace]] ([[User talk:Zblace|talk]]) 02:03, 29 April 2026 (UTC) :Yes indeed, I think it would make sense to develop a page like this further. [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 02:22, 5 May 2026 (UTC) jbwc0i9tzulc5r5pqppz1n8ht3yu588 0 72631 276250 276237 2026-05-05T10:21:00Z MartinPoulter 647 page views 276250 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|A tenth-century Quran and Islamic Art in Urdu|By [[User:MartinPoulter|MartinPoulter]]}} === Khalili Foundation === [[File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0261 fol 8b CROP.jpg|thumb|right|Cropped image showing detailed markings in the [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|Palermo Quran]]]] Progress on a variety of fronts this month: a '''new article about a Quran''', our '''first Simple English article''', and '''new articles in Persian and Urdu''' using images from the Khalili Collections. The Khalili Collections have more manuscripts (or manuscript folios) of the Quran than any other private collection. Some of these Qurans have their own scholarly literature and Wikipedia articles, including the [[:w:en:Blue Quran|Blue Quran]] and the [[:w:en:Codex Parisino-petropolitanus|Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus]]. I noticed this month that the Palermo Quran, of which two sections are in the Khalili Collections, is mentioned in multiple scholarly sources. So created [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|a new article about it]] using images that were already uploaded. This has now been submitted for Did You Know review. There are also new representations of the manuscript and its parts on Wikidata, meaning that if we ask Wikidata for tenth-century exemplars of the Quran or for Arabic manuscripts in Kufic script, it will include the Palermo Quran in the results. Speaking of the Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus, a volunteer has translated its English article [[:w:fa:نسخه پاریسینو پتروپولیتانوس|into Persian]], mentioning the Khalili folio and including the image from the Khalili Collections. In Kurdish Wikipedia there is now [[:w:ku:Pirrengiya çandî|a short article about cultural diversity]], translating material that I added to the English article. Another volunteer has created [[:w:ur:مجموعات خلیلی برائے اسلامی فنون|a short article in Urdu]] about the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, translating a summary of the English article. [[File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage Mss 1025 fol 15a.jpg|thumb|right|upright|One of eight images from the Khalili Collections in the new article about the Anis Al-Hujjaj]] I am experimenting with "translating" articles for Simple English Wikipedia. Simple English is useful to a huge international community of non-native English speakers, as well as for native English speakers who find English Wikipedia difficult. As a first step I have created a Simple English article about the [[:w:simple:Anis al-Hujjaj|Anis Al-Hujjaj]]. This involved manually simplifying the text and using automated tools to measure its complexity and identify sentences to improve. The total number of Wikipedia articles directly related to the Khalili Collections created by this project has now reached 96. The article I created about the Japanese artist [[:w:en:Yabu Meizan|Yabu Meizan]] is quite a high-quality article but has not yet got any quality awards. I have made some improvements and submitted the article to Good Article Review. The added text in the article created space for another image of a Meizan art work from the Khalili Collections. Thinking ahead to the next phase of content for [https://www.interfaithexplorers.com/ Interfaith Explorers], I have acquired a couple of books for children about Dharmic religions, including one aimed at Key Stage 3, and downloaded the Collins teacher guides for Key Stage 3. These resources 1) help identify which concepts are appropriate for that educational level, 2) are a guide to appropriate language for that level, and 3) can be used to fact-check candidate text. The stats server reports '''3,660,839''' image views for April. === Heading 2 === <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> fikl7lvqtes0u7kzduxwuxxtj9i6bq5 276251 276250 2026-05-05T10:23:40Z MartinPoulter 647 more IE 276251 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|A tenth-century Quran and Islamic Art in Urdu|By [[User:MartinPoulter|MartinPoulter]]}} === Khalili Foundation === [[File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0261 fol 8b CROP.jpg|thumb|right|Cropped image showing detailed markings in the [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|Palermo Quran]]]] Progress on a variety of fronts this month: a '''new article about a Quran''', our '''first Simple English article''', and '''new articles in Persian and Urdu''' using images from the Khalili Collections. The Khalili Collections have more manuscripts (or manuscript folios) of the Quran than any other private collection. Some of these Qurans have their own scholarly literature and Wikipedia articles, including the [[:w:en:Blue Quran|Blue Quran]] and the [[:w:en:Codex Parisino-petropolitanus|Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus]]. I noticed this month that the Palermo Quran, of which two sections are in the Khalili Collections, is mentioned in multiple scholarly sources. So created [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|a new article about it]] using images that were already uploaded. This has now been submitted for Did You Know review. There are also new representations of the manuscript and its parts on Wikidata, meaning that if we ask Wikidata for tenth-century exemplars of the Quran or for Arabic manuscripts in Kufic script, it will include the Palermo Quran in the results. Speaking of the Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus, a volunteer has translated its English article [[:w:fa:نسخه پاریسینو پتروپولیتانوس|into Persian]], mentioning the Khalili folio and including the image from the Khalili Collections. In Kurdish Wikipedia there is now [[:w:ku:Pirrengiya çandî|a short article about cultural diversity]], translating material that I added to the English article. Another volunteer has created [[:w:ur:مجموعات خلیلی برائے اسلامی فنون|a short article in Urdu]] about the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, translating a summary of the English article. [[File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage Mss 1025 fol 15a.jpg|thumb|right|upright|One of eight images from the Khalili Collections in the new article about the Anis Al-Hujjaj]] I am experimenting with "translating" articles for Simple English Wikipedia. Simple English is useful to a huge international community of non-native English speakers, as well as for native English speakers who find English Wikipedia difficult. As a first step I have created a Simple English article about the [[:w:simple:Anis al-Hujjaj|Anis Al-Hujjaj]]. This involved manually simplifying the text and using automated tools to measure its complexity and identify sentences to improve. The total number of Wikipedia articles directly related to the Khalili Collections created by this project has now reached 96. The article I created about the Japanese artist [[:w:en:Yabu Meizan|Yabu Meizan]] is quite a high-quality article but has not yet got any quality awards. I have made some improvements and submitted the article to Good Article Review. The added text in the article created space for another image of a Meizan art work from the Khalili Collections. The Department of Education updated their website, and their link to [https://www.interfaithexplorers.com/ Interfaith Explorers] was mistakenly taken down. I got in touch with them and got them to restore the link. Thinking ahead to the next phase of content for Interfaith Explorers, I have acquired a couple of books for children about Dharmic religions, including one aimed at Key Stage 3, and downloaded the Collins teacher guides for Key Stage 3. These resources 1) help identify which concepts are appropriate for that educational level, 2) are a guide to appropriate language for that level, and 3) can be used to fact-check candidate text. The stats server reports '''3,660,839''' image views for April. === Heading 2 === <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> twajxvnrfrvpnm1fkyrik6tjk30c2hc 276252 276251 2026-05-05T10:38:46Z MartinPoulter 647 tweaks 276252 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|A tenth-century Quran and Islamic Art in Urdu|By [[User:MartinPoulter|MartinPoulter]]}} === Khalili Foundation === [[File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0261 fol 8b CROP.jpg|thumb|right|Cropped image showing detailed markings in the [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|Palermo Quran]]]] Progress on a variety of fronts this month: a '''new article about a Quran''', our '''first Simple English article''', and '''new articles in Persian and Urdu''' using images from the Khalili Collections. The Khalili Collections have more manuscripts (or manuscript folios) of the Quran than any other private collection. Some of these Qurans have their own scholarly literature and Wikipedia articles, including the [[:w:en:Blue Quran|Blue Quran]] and the [[:w:en:Codex Parisino-petropolitanus|Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus]]. I noticed this month that the Palermo Quran, of which two sections are in the Khalili Collections, is mentioned in multiple scholarly sources. So I created [[:w:en:Palermo Quran|a new article about it]] using images that were already uploaded. This now awaits Did You Know review. I've also created new representations of the manuscript and its parts on Wikidata, meaning that if we ask Wikidata for tenth-century exemplars of the Quran or for Arabic manuscripts in Kufic script, it will include the Palermo Quran in the results. Speaking of the Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus, a volunteer has translated its English article [[:w:fa:نسخه پاریسینو پتروپولیتانوس|into Persian]], mentioning the Khalili folio and including the image from the Khalili Collections. In Kurdish Wikipedia there is now [[:w:ku:Pirrengiya çandî|a short article about cultural diversity]], translating material that I added to the English article. Another volunteer has created [[:w:ur:مجموعات خلیلی برائے اسلامی فنون|a short article in Urdu]] about the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, translating a summary of the English article. [[File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage Mss 1025 fol 15a.jpg|thumb|right|upright|One of eight images from the Khalili Collections in the new article about the Anis Al-Hujjaj]] I am experimenting with "translating" articles for Simple English Wikipedia. Simple English is useful to a huge international community of non-native English speakers, as well as for native English speakers who find English Wikipedia difficult. As a first step I have created a Simple English article about the [[:w:simple:Anis al-Hujjaj|Anis Al-Hujjaj]]. This involved manually simplifying the text and using automated tools to measure its complexity and identify sentences to improve. The total number of Wikipedia articles directly related to the Khalili Collections created by this project has now reached 96. The article I created about the Japanese artist [[:w:en:Yabu Meizan|Yabu Meizan]] is quite a high-quality article but has not yet got any quality awards. I have made some improvements and submitted the article to Good Article Review. The added text in the article created space for another image of a Meizan art work from the Khalili Collections. The Department of Education updated their website, and their link to [https://www.interfaithexplorers.com/ Interfaith Explorers] was mistakenly taken down. I got in touch with them and got them to restore the link. Thinking ahead to the next phase of content for Interfaith Explorers, I have acquired a couple of books for children about Dharmic religions, including one aimed at Key Stage 3, and downloaded the Collins teacher guides for Key Stage 3. These resources 1) help identify which concepts are appropriate for that educational level, 2) are a guide to appropriate language for that level, and 3) can be used to fact-check candidate text. The stats server reports '''3,660,839''' image views for April. === Heading 2 === <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> fxeuicmx8auuz5rkjfj7gzr5zy8k4sk 0 72637 276244 2026-05-04T19:19:08Z Angie Cervellera (WMAR) 36955 Still writting! 276244 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|WikiConf Argentina and GLAM|By [[User:{{Angie Cervellera (WMAR)}}|]]}} === About WikiConf Argentina === This year, Wikimedia Argentina organized a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/WikiConf_Argentina_2026/Programa conference for the local community] to meet and share experiences and knowledge about creation and of free knowledge and culture in digital environments. During the day, more than 80 people from all the country joined panels, workshops, and discussion forums. === Open Culture and GLAM proyects === Open Culture and GLAM was one of the main topics of the conference, along with Education, Open data and community initiatives. The GLAM section was co-leaded by Angie Cervellera and Laura Casareto (director of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata's Historical Archive). The program presented one section dedicated to the Digitization Proyect, presented by Fernanda Dequi (WMAR's Culture and Education assistant), and another for lightening talks organized under the idea of re-using heritage in an innovative way. ==== Roundtable: Digitization and open access: experiences of museums and archives ==== The roundtable discussion brings together cultural profesionals from several institutions that have successfully collaborated with the Wikimedia Argentina's Digitization Project. It focused on three key aspects of digitization and open access processes in museums and archives. The first moment of the roundtable addressed the internal preparation needed before beginning digitization, which ensures the proper contextualization of documents; The second relates to the digitization process itself, including details about the equipment used, the selection criteria and the technical decisions made during the process; The third discussed how digitized materials are made available to the public through platforms like Wikimedia, highlighting the relevance of guaranteeing open access and user participation to enrich information. This roundtable's participants were: -Ignacio Lardizabal, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_de_la_Ciudad_de_Rosario_Wladimir_Mikielievich Museo de la Ciudad de Rosario "Wladimir Mikielievich"] -Rocío Caldentey, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dosieres_de_redacci%C3%B3n_(AR-AGN-CYC01-dr) Archivo General de la Nación] -Mauricio Genta, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Academia_Nacional_de_la_Historia_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Argentina Academia Nacional de Historia.] -Silvana de Sousa Frade, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_Regional_Municipal_Palacio_Arruabarrena Museo Regional Palacio Arruabarrena de Concordia] The proposal offered an overview of the stages before, during, and after digitization, considering the diverse realities of the participating institutions and the speakers' personal and professional background. Furthermore, concrete examples of collaborative work in workshops—both virtual and in-person—were be shared with the goal of promoting access to knowledge and open culture. ==== ==== <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> ccyw8ibtanhs05h1oyrxtp1dji4twjp 276245 276244 2026-05-04T19:43:32Z Angie Cervellera (WMAR) 36955 276245 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects|By [[User:Angie Cervellera (WMAR)|Angie Cervellera]]}} === About WikiConf Argentina === This year, Wikimedia Argentina alongwith Wikimedistas de La Universidad de La Plata and Wikimedistas del Litoral organized a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/WikiConf_Argentina_2026/Programa conference for the local community] to meet and share experiences and knowledge about creation and of free knowledge and culture in digital environments. During the day, more than 80 people from all the country joined panels, workshops, and discussion forums. === Open Culture and GLAM proyects === Open Culture and GLAM was one of the main topics of the conference, along with Education, Open data and community initiatives. The GLAM section was co-leaded by Angie Cervellera and Laura Casareto (director of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata's Historical Archive). The program presented one section dedicated to the Digitization Proyect, presented by Fernanda Dequi (WMAR's Culture and Education assistant), and another for lightening talks organized under the idea of re-using heritage in an innovative way. ==== Roundtable: Digitization and open access: experiences of museums and archives ==== The roundtable discussion brings together cultural profesionals from several institutions that have successfully collaborated with the Wikimedia Argentina's Digitization Project. It focused on three key aspects of digitization and open access processes in museums and archives. The first moment of the roundtable addressed the internal preparation needed before beginning digitization, which ensures the proper contextualization of documents; The second relates to the digitization process itself, including details about the equipment used, the selection criteria and the technical decisions made during the process; The third discussed how digitized materials are made available to the public through platforms like Wikimedia, highlighting the relevance of guaranteeing open access and user participation to enrich information. <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=250px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_141.jpg File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_140.jpg File:Participantes_WikiConfArg_2026_(11).jpg </gallery> This roundtable's participants were: -Ignacio Lardizabal, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_de_la_Ciudad_de_Rosario_Wladimir_Mikielievich Museo de la Ciudad de Rosario "Wladimir Mikielievich"] -Rocío Caldentey, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dosieres_de_redacci%C3%B3n_(AR-AGN-CYC01-dr) Archivo General de la Nación] -Mauricio Genta, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Academia_Nacional_de_la_Historia_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Argentina Academia Nacional de Historia.] -Silvana de Sousa Frade, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_Regional_Municipal_Palacio_Arruabarrena Museo Regional Palacio Arruabarrena de Concordia] The proposal offered an overview of the stages before, during, and after digitization, considering the diverse realities of the participating institutions and the speakers' personal and professional background. Furthermore, concrete examples of collaborative work in workshops—both virtual and in-person—were be shared with the goal of promoting access to knowledge and open culture. ==== Lightning talks: “Activation and dissemination of collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus” ==== To provide a cohesive thread for the talks and facilitate their moderation, the lightening talks were organized around the theme of “activating and disseminating collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus.” The selected participants for sharing their experiences towards open access, archives and local communities were: - “Archivos en Vigilia: A Regional Benchmark in Archives and Memory.” Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) and Cervellera, Ángela (WMAR). -“The Culture of Northwest Argentina on Wikimedia Commons through Projecto MIL.” Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca). -“A Guide for the Wikimedista barrial: How to Bring Wikimedia to Your Community.” Couto, Barbi (Casa Imaginada Ltda. and Libre Base Workers' Cooperative). -“Archives, Archival Science, Wikimedia Projects, and Universities: Collaboration for the Preservation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage.” Cueto, Julián (UNLP Wikimedia Team) and Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) -“Heritage at Play! The Creation of the Open Access Video Game “Guardians of the Couplets.” Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca and School of Archaeology, National University of Catamarca) and Nora Tristezza (ICOM, Argentina). <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=200px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_189.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_11.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_24.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_28.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_30.jpg </gallery> In this context, we encouraged the participants to focus your presentations on the strategies implemented to address a topic relevant to a specific community, territory, or institution: why they had chosen these strategies, what challenges they went through during implementation and how were they overcamed, and to what extent Wikimedia projects served as allies in these processes. This full-day meeting made us clear that we're working together with people all around the country, in different kind of projects, showing a cultural diversity worth sharing with the wikimedia movement and beyond. <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> h7rz46bhtv0b1an8yg8vksx7smo6kv9 276246 276245 2026-05-04T19:54:14Z Angie Cervellera (WMAR) 36955 finished :D 276246 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects|By [[User:Angie Cervellera (WMAR)|Angie Cervellera]]}} === About WikiConf Argentina === This year, Wikimedia Argentina alongwith Wikimedistas de La Universidad de La Plata and Wikimedistas del Litoral organized a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/WikiConf_Argentina_2026/Programa conference for the local community] to meet and share experiences and knowledge about creation and of free knowledge and culture in digital environments. During the day, more than 80 people from all the country joined panels, workshops, and discussion forums. === Open Culture and GLAM proyects === Open Culture and GLAM was one of the main topics of the conference, along with Education, Open data and community initiatives. The GLAM section was co-leaded by Angie Cervellera and Laura Casareto (director of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata's Historical Archive). The program presented one section dedicated to the Digitization Proyect, presented by Fernanda Dequi (WMAR's Culture and Education assistant), and another for lightening talks organized under the idea of re-using heritage in an innovative way. ==== Roundtable: Digitization and open access: experiences of museums and archives ==== The roundtable discussion brings together cultural profesionals from several institutions that have successfully collaborated with the Wikimedia Argentina's Digitization Project. It focused on three key aspects of digitization and open access processes in museums and archives. The first moment of the roundtable addressed the internal preparation needed before beginning digitization, which ensures the proper contextualization of documents; The second relates to the digitization process itself, including details about the equipment used, the selection criteria and the technical decisions made during the process; The third discussed how digitized materials are made available to the public through platforms like Wikimedia, highlighting the relevance of guaranteeing open access and user participation to enrich information. <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=250px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_141.jpg File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_140.jpg File:Participantes_WikiConfArg_2026_(11).jpg </gallery> This roundtable's participants were: -Ignacio Lardizabal, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_de_la_Ciudad_de_Rosario_Wladimir_Mikielievich Museo de la Ciudad de Rosario "Wladimir Mikielievich"] -Rocío Caldentey, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dosieres_de_redacci%C3%B3n_(AR-AGN-CYC01-dr) Archivo General de la Nación] -Mauricio Genta, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Academia_Nacional_de_la_Historia_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Argentina Academia Nacional de Historia.] -Silvana de Sousa Frade, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_Regional_Municipal_Palacio_Arruabarrena Museo Regional Palacio Arruabarrena de Concordia] The proposal offered an overview of the stages before, during, and after digitization, considering the diverse realities of the participating institutions and the speakers' personal and professional background. Furthermore, concrete examples of collaborative work in workshops—both virtual and in-person—were be shared with the goal of promoting access to knowledge and open culture. ==== Lightning talks: “Activation and dissemination of collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus” ==== To provide a cohesive thread for the talks and facilitate their moderation, the lightening talks were organized around the theme of “activating and disseminating collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus.” The selected proposals for sharing their experiences towards open access, archives and local communities were: - “[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_uploaded_for_Archivos_en_vigilia_activity Archivos en Vigilia]: A regional reference in Archives and Memory.” Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) and Cervellera, Ángela (WMAR). -“The Culture of Northwest Argentina on Wikimedia Commons through [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Proyecto_MIL Projecto MIL].” Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca). -“[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gu%C3%ADa_del_wikimedista_barrial,_en_Alberdi.pdf A Guide for the Wikimedista barrial]: How to Bring Wikimedia to Your Community.” Couto, Barbi (Casa Imaginada Ltda. and Libre Base Workers' Cooperative). -“Archives, Archival Science, Wikimedia Projects, and Universities: Collaboration for the Preservation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage.” Cueto, Julián (UNLP Wikimedia Team) and Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) -“Heritage at Play! The Creation of the Open Access Video Game [https://wikimediaargentina.itch.io/guardianes-de-las-coplas “Guardianes de las coplas.”] Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca and School of Archaeology, National University of Catamarca) and Nora Tristezza (ICOM, Argentina). <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=200px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_189.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_11.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_24.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_28.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_30.jpg </gallery> In this context, we encouraged the participants to focus your presentations on the strategies implemented to address a topic relevant to a specific community, territory, or institution: why they had chosen these strategies, what challenges they went through during implementation and how were they overcamed, and to what extent Wikimedia projects served as allies in these processes. This full-day meeting made us clear that we're working together with people all around the country, in different kind of projects, showing a cultural diversity worth sharing with the wikimedia movement and beyond. We're very happy to support our local community all around Argentina by opening up their collections, providing technical aid and thinking together new and meaningful ways of making culture available for everyone. <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> 4f3almpukvc3qb1alzhzgqyv5y6czc2 276247 276246 2026-05-04T19:55:59Z Angie Cervellera (WMAR) 36955 276247 wikitext text/x-wiki <noinclude>{{:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2026/Header}}</noinclude> {{GLAM/Newsletter/Title|WikiConf Argentina and GLAM projects|By [[User:Angie Cervellera (WMAR)|Angie Cervellera]]}} === About WikiConf Argentina === This year, Wikimedia Argentina alongwith Wikimedistas de La Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Wikimedistas del Litoral, organized a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/WikiConf_Argentina_2026/Programa conference for the local community] to meet and share experiences and knowledge about creation and of free knowledge and culture in digital environments. During the day, more than 80 people from all the country joined panels, workshops, and discussion forums. === Open Culture and GLAM track === Open Culture and GLAM was one of the main topics of the conference, along with Education, Open data and community initiatives. The GLAM section was co-leaded by Angie Cervellera and Laura Casareto (director of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata's Historical Archive). The program presented one section dedicated to the Digitization Proyect, presented by Fernanda Dequi (WMAR's Culture and Education assistant), and another for lightening talks organized under the idea of re-using heritage in an innovative way. ==== Roundtable: "Digitization and open access: experiences of museums and archives" ==== The roundtable discussion brings together cultural profesionals from several institutions that have successfully collaborated with the Wikimedia Argentina's Digitization Project. It focused on three key aspects of digitization and open access processes in museums and archives. The first moment of the roundtable addressed the internal preparation needed before beginning digitization, which ensures the proper contextualization of documents; The second relates to the digitization process itself, including details about the equipment used, the selection criteria and the technical decisions made during the process; The third discussed how digitized materials are made available to the public through platforms like Wikimedia, highlighting the relevance of guaranteeing open access and user participation to enrich information. <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=250px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_141.jpg File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_140.jpg File:Participantes_WikiConfArg_2026_(11).jpg </gallery> This roundtable's participants were: -Ignacio Lardizabal, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_de_la_Ciudad_de_Rosario_Wladimir_Mikielievich Museo de la Ciudad de Rosario "Wladimir Mikielievich"] -Rocío Caldentey, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dosieres_de_redacci%C3%B3n_(AR-AGN-CYC01-dr) Archivo General de la Nación] -Mauricio Genta, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Academia_Nacional_de_la_Historia_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Argentina Academia Nacional de Historia.] -Silvana de Sousa Frade, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Museo_Regional_Municipal_Palacio_Arruabarrena Museo Regional Palacio Arruabarrena de Concordia] The proposal offered an overview of the stages before, during, and after digitization, considering the diverse realities of the participating institutions and the speakers' personal and professional background. Furthermore, concrete examples of collaborative work in workshops—both virtual and in-person—were be shared with the goal of promoting access to knowledge and open culture. ==== Lightning talks: “Activation and dissemination of collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus” ==== To provide a cohesive thread for the talks and facilitate their moderation, the lightening talks were organized around the theme of “activating and disseminating collections: innovative strategies with a territorial and community focus.” The selected proposals for sharing their experiences towards open access, archives and local communities were: - “[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_uploaded_for_Archivos_en_vigilia_activity Archivos en Vigilia]: A regional reference in Archives and Memory.” Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) and Cervellera, Ángela (WMAR). -“The Culture of Northwest Argentina on Wikimedia Commons through [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Proyecto_MIL Projecto MIL].” Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca). -“[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gu%C3%ADa_del_wikimedista_barrial,_en_Alberdi.pdf A Guide for the Wikimedista barrial]: How to Bring Wikimedia to Your Community.” Couto, Barbi (Casa Imaginada Ltda. and Libre Base Workers' Cooperative). -“Archives, Archival Science, Wikimedia Projects, and Universities: Collaboration for the Preservation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage.” Cueto, Julián (UNLP Wikimedia Team) and Casareto, Laura Mariana (Historical Archive, UNLP) -“Heritage at Play! The Creation of the Open Access Video Game [https://wikimediaargentina.itch.io/guardianes-de-las-coplas “Guardianes de las coplas.”] Granizo, María Gabriela (Provincial Directorate of Heritage and Museums of Catamarca and School of Archaeology, National University of Catamarca) and Nora Tristezza (ICOM, Argentina). <gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=200px heights=150px> File:WikiConf_2026_Argentina_189.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_11.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_24.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_28.jpg File:WikiConf26_Argentina_-_Cultura_abierta_y_GLAM_(2026-04-18)_-_30.jpg </gallery> In this context, we encouraged the participants to focus your presentations on the strategies implemented to address a topic relevant to a specific community, territory, or institution: why they had chosen these strategies, what challenges they went through during implementation and how were they overcamed, and to what extent Wikimedia projects served as allies in these processes. This full-day meeting made us clear that we're working together with people all around the country, in different kind of projects, showing a cultural diversity worth sharing with the wikimedia movement and beyond. We're very happy to support our local community all around Argentina by opening up their collections, providing technical aid and thinking together new and meaningful ways of making culture available for everyone. <br /> <noinclude>{{GLAM/Newsletter/Comments|month=April 2026}}</noinclude> 0vupot4qs9b2lvlpoqq29zdt552wa83