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= Wikimedia News n. 81, July 24th 2014 =
  
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[[File:Sotmeu.jpg|thumb|500px|center| State of the Map EU 2014, by OSM-AT, [CC-BY 2.0]]]
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[[File:Parlamento wiki.png|thumb|450px|center| A screenshot of @Parlamento_wiki Tritter account, source:Twitter]]
 
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<font size="5">Wikipedia and Twitter for transparency</font>
 
 
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<p align=justify>Wikipedia and Twitter cooperate in '''forbidding arbitrary and anonymous edits''' to articles about corridors of power around the world. Tom Scott, an Englishman, had the idea of creating a series of Twitter profiles to highlight all the edits to Wikipedia pages about powerful entities; then on July 9th Ed Summers, an American, created [https://twitter.com/congressedits congress-edits]: a profile where all edits to Wikipedia from anonymous users with IP addresses related to the US Congress can be showed. The goal is to preserve the transparency and reliability of Wikipedia. A similar account was just created also for Italy: its name is [https://twitter.com/Parlamento_Wiki '''@Parlamento_Wiki'''] and its stated goal is to “publish Wikipedia edits performed anonymously from the Italian Chamber of Deputies or the Senate of Republic”.</p>
 
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From June 13th to 15th in Karlsruhe, Germany, it was been held the '''annual conference of the european OpenStreetMap community''': [https://sotm-eu.org/en/pages/home State of the Map-EU 2014]. As anticipated in [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Wikimedia_news/numero_64/en#WMI_supports_the_creation_of_the_Italian_chapter_of_OpenStreetMap_Foundation previous issues], Wikimedia Italia accepted a request for support by the national community of mappers in creating the official Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap, and then we are quite interested in their initiatives. Also, two members of our board, Simone Cortesi (''vice president'') and Cristian Consonni (''treasurer''), participated to the event. In particular, Cristian introduced a personal project aimed to keep together both our "souls", the encyclopedic one and the mapping. The title of his presentation telles about a bridge between OSM and Wikipedia: ''Wikipedia tags in OSM: building a bridge between OSM and Wikipedia''; if you are interested we suggest to watch the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhRAqax0_qk&feature=youtu.be video] of Cristian's speech. Other Italian speakers were Marco Quaggiotto (BikeDistrict), Alfonso Crisci (amount of OSM data) and Francesca Murtas (SardSOS). The conference was a fruitful chance for exchanging views, and among the initiatives we would like to highlight the 'poster competition', a selection of which can be found [http://www.sotm-eu.org/pages/posters in this page]. For more information about the event you can follow the hashtag '''#sotmeu''', while to know where the conference has been held... just search Karlsruhe on [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=6/48.676/7.625 OpenStreetMap].
 
 
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[[File:Locandina WLM dettaglio.png|thumb|450px|center| A close-up of the flier about "freed" monuments, by Alessandra Gasparini, [CC-BY-SA 3.0]]]
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<p align=justify>The new edition of Wiki Loves Monuments is growing and it reaches the large public: with the brand new joining of the [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/2014/07/a-pompei-per-fotografare-la-storia/ '''Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia'''] the contest is now richer in possibilities for people visiting the archaeological site with their camera. The Soprintendenza has “freed” all the monuments and the “emergenze” (protrusions) located in one of the most important sites of the world. Along with that there is a long list of Municipalities and Institutions, accessible in [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/istituzioni/ the dedicated page] of the contest website. There are also planned trips in August and September to take pictures of participating locations: to know where to go, just watch the [http://www.wikilovesmonuments.it/blog/ blog], updated as soon as a new trip is planned. You may also suggest a destination, writing at  contatti@wikilovesmonuments.it. The only requirement is that it must be one of the participating Municipalities.</p>
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== ANPI frees all its biographies ==
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[[File:ANPI Sesto San Giovanni.jpg|thumb|150px|left| The ANPI plaque in Sesto San Giovanni (MI) - by Triangle rouge (Own work) [CC-BY-SA 3.0]]]
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<p align=justify>The ANPI (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani Italiani - National Association of Italian Partisans) published all the 3072 biographies of Resistance Women and Men under a CC BY-SA 3.0 IT license: thanks to the choice of a free license, a [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:Biografie/ANPI project] started on Wikipedia to facilitate the creation of new articles and the extension of the existing ones using that material. This effort is part of the bigger [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:Biografie “Biographies project”] of Italian Wikipedia, that gives guidelines for consistent and easy to understand biographies published on Wikipedia.</p>
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== The European Commission endorses Creative Commons licenses ==
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[[File:European Commission logo.svg|thumb|150px|left| Logo of the European Commission, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]]
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<p align=justify>The '''European Commission''' recently invited Member States to '''use licenses compliant to “open” standards''' while publishing their documents. The published [http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-491_en.htm guidelines] aim to support institutions of different countries in complying to the Directive in public sector information re-use.
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Documents may be licensed, but the Commission urged the Member states to put them in the public domain (CC0 license) as much as possible.
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A list of licenses compliant to Open Source principles can be found here: [http://opendefinition.org/licenses/ Conformant Licenses]
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[[File:Virginia.jpg|thumb|500px|center| Virginia Gentilini on Edmund Mach Foundation bulletin, from http://www.fmach.it]]
 
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The board of Wikimedia Italia appointed '''Virginia Gentilini''' as head of '''GLAM projects''' (Galleris, Libraries, Archives, Museums). Given the amount of requests from institutions willing to begin joint activities on open knowledge with our association, a single contact person was in order. Virginia, who proved to be a very active volunteer during the years, will coordinate all the initiatives with '''Libraries, Schools, Museuns and Municipalities'''.
 
Among the last activies oversighted by Virginia we would like to recall a cycle of classes at Edmund Mach Foundation, that devoted one fulla page of its June [http://www.fmach.it/Media/Files/Iasma-spec-30-giugno14-web bulletin] to that. Anyone who would like to join the '''Institution committee''', established and managed by Virginia, can [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Virginia_Gentilini contect her] directly, while members can stay updated via the [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Associazione:Commissione_rapporti_con_le_istituzioni dedicated page] in our website (log in required).
 
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== Wiki Loves Monuments ==
 
[[File:Genova+matera2.jpg|thumb|150px|left| Genova and Matera, cities participating in the Wiki Loves Monuments competition, collage by Alessandra Gasparini. CC-BY-SA 3.0]]
 
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Having more than 100 institutions joining Wiki Loves Monuments Italia, from parishes to hospitals, to municipalities to foundations, the list of monuments is getting new elements. Then, it is time to check your camera and before your next field trip you should check if your destination is one of the competition places. To keep up-to-date on news, get spoilers about the prizes and become aware of local initiative, you can subscribe the forthnightly newsletter. [http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=644d6a39ee430ef9279a6d560&id=7748142d82&e=5c73e0a9db here] a sample of the last issue, published last week.
 
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== OpenStreetMap ==
 
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[[File:Gorbals_3d.jpg|250px|left|thumb| The area of Glasgow called[http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/55.84704/-4.24805 Gorbals], printed in 3D]]
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[[File:Visualizzazione della densità dei nodi su OpenStreetMap.png|thumb|150px|left| Density of OpenStreetMap nodes, by Martin Raifer, [CC-BY-SA 3.0]]]
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* [http://opengeofiction.net/#map=5/16.489/77.827 OpenGeoFiction] is a website based on the same application behind openstreetmap.org (from database to messaginng) with a difference: the represented world is not the real one, but a fictional one. Many users are using it to draw a plausible world set in our time (no orcs or elves: rather power stations, metro lines and so on).
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In this issue we would like to give you some advice on how to contribute to OpenStreetMap and to show you what are the possible uses of the open mapping. If you want to get the hang of OpenStreetMap, one nice activity is data quality control: the website [http://maproulette.org MapRoulette] published a set of challenges about Italy, proposing easy changes useful to those who will use the data. Those more interested in having a cocktail under the sun may find useful knowing if the venue is in the shade thank to the new website [http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#42.16340342422401/11.2939453125 Pints in the Sun].
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* Many newspapers reported about the #agenziauscite initiative (for example on the [http://corriereinnovazione.corriere.it/societa/2014/12-luglio-2014/strada-duomo-gaffe-agenzia-entrate-open-data-223557512452.shtml Corriere della Sera]). Now that the attribution on the Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare has eventually been added, it is time for [http://www.chefuturo.it/2014/07/lagenzia-delle-entrate-chiede-scusa-per-le-mappe-rubate-bene-ma-adesso-liberate-i-vostri-dati/ asking about the openness of the Italian land register].
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More news on [http://openstreetmap.it/2014/06/osm-riassunto-settimanale-9697/ openstreetmap.it].  
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* The new portal [http://cycle.travel/map cycle.travel] is devoted to bicycle mobility, with a route planner based on modifications to the famous routing engine OSRM.
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* OpenStreetMap Foundation [http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Corporate_Members announced] the first corporate members.
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== Events and announcments ==
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* '''From July 21th to August the first''': during those two weeks, Wikimedia Italia offices will be open from Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 13.30.
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* '''Saturday August 2nd 2014''', Monastero Bormida: Simone Cortesi, Vice-president of Wikimedia Italia, is going to talk about [http://www.arteneidintorni.it/incontri-mappe-monferrato/ '''Monferrato maps: from historic cartography to digital revolution''']. The panel is part of the exhibit "IL MONFERRATO, 500 ANNI DI ARTE, GRANDI ARTISTI IN UN PICCOLO STATO": open from July 5th to October 26th. Wikimedia Italia members can access at a discount rate of 5 euro, by showing the membership card.
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* From the 15th to the 17 of July, Berlin hosted the [http://2014.okfestival.org/ Open Knowledge Festival], devoted to the Open Data world. A [http://sched.co/1kuEQ3B workshop] about the development of OpenStreetMap to support humanitarian issues, followed also by our treasurer Cristian Consonni. Katie Filbert of Wikimedia Deutschland, active member of Wikidata, was the chair.
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* The Court of Rome, [http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/Angelucci-WMI acquitted] Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia Foundation from the charges moved by Antonio and Giampaolo Angelucci, father and son, businessmen and Italian politicians. The two verdicts, the first on July 9th for Wikimedia Foundation and now the second one in favour of Wikimedia Italia, relieved both the American foundation, as a neutral hosting provider, and the Italian chapter from any responsibility about content published by Wikipedia users.
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'''Notice: this newsletter is exclusively intended for information about Wikimedia Italia, both to its members and to the general public; as per Art. 1, Comma 2, Legge 7 marzo 2001 no. 62, it is not an editorial product'''
  
== Appuntamenti passati e futuri ==
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* '''Sabato 14 giugno''' [[Utente:Aubrey|Andrea Zanni]] (''Presidente di Wikimedia Italia'') e [[w:it:Utente:Virginia_Gentilini|Virginia Gentilini]] hanno partecipato a Bologna al [http://www.progetto-rena.it/ RENA Festival], dedicato alle comunità del cambiamento. È stata una giornata di discussioni e brainstorming, con oltre 450 persone e attivisti provenienti dal mondo del no profit, del civic hacking, della politica. Una splendida occasione di conoscere altre associazioni che lavorano nel mondo dell'open (dagli open data della pubblica amministrazione all'open access delle università).
 
* '''27/28/29 giugno 2014''', Bologna: Wikimedia partecipa con due interventi all'[http://it.hackmeeting.org/ Hackmeeting 2014] presso il centro sociale XM24. Gli interventi riguardano l'open access ([[Utente:P tasso|Piero Grandesso]] e la bibliotecaria Ornella Russo) e Wikipedia come esempio di comunità a confronto con la comunità hacker ([[Utente:Atropine|Ginevra Sanvitale]]).
 
* '''Lunedì 7 luglio 2014''', Siena: [[Utente:Atropine|Ginevra Sanvitale]] (''Responsabile dei progetti'') e [[w:it:Utente:Virginia_Gentilini|Virginia Gentilini]] partecipano alla Conferenza Internazionale ICOM [http://www.icom-italia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348:siena2014&catid=2:non-categorizzato&Itemid=119 Musei e paesaggi culturali].
 
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WikimediaNews - no. 81 - July 24, 2014
Official bulletin from Wikimedia Italia Association.

Wikimedia News n. 81, July 24th 2014

A screenshot of @Parlamento_wiki Tritter account, source:Twitter


Wikipedia and Twitter for transparency


Wikipedia and Twitter cooperate in forbidding arbitrary and anonymous edits to articles about corridors of power around the world. Tom Scott, an Englishman, had the idea of creating a series of Twitter profiles to highlight all the edits to Wikipedia pages about powerful entities; then on July 9th Ed Summers, an American, created congress-edits: a profile where all edits to Wikipedia from anonymous users with IP addresses related to the US Congress can be showed. The goal is to preserve the transparency and reliability of Wikipedia. A similar account was just created also for Italy: its name is @Parlamento_Wiki and its stated goal is to “publish Wikipedia edits performed anonymously from the Italian Chamber of Deputies or the Senate of Republic”.



A close-up of the flier about "freed" monuments, by Alessandra Gasparini, [CC-BY-SA 3.0]


Wiki Loves Monuments becomes big(ger)


The new edition of Wiki Loves Monuments is growing and it reaches the large public: with the brand new joining of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia the contest is now richer in possibilities for people visiting the archaeological site with their camera. The Soprintendenza has “freed” all the monuments and the “emergenze” (protrusions) located in one of the most important sites of the world. Along with that there is a long list of Municipalities and Institutions, accessible in the dedicated page of the contest website. There are also planned trips in August and September to take pictures of participating locations: to know where to go, just watch the blog, updated as soon as a new trip is planned. You may also suggest a destination, writing at contatti@wikilovesmonuments.it. The only requirement is that it must be one of the participating Municipalities.


ANPI frees all its biographies

The ANPI plaque in Sesto San Giovanni (MI) - by Triangle rouge (Own work) [CC-BY-SA 3.0]

The ANPI (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani Italiani - National Association of Italian Partisans) published all the 3072 biographies of Resistance Women and Men under a CC BY-SA 3.0 IT license: thanks to the choice of a free license, a project started on Wikipedia to facilitate the creation of new articles and the extension of the existing ones using that material. This effort is part of the bigger “Biographies project” of Italian Wikipedia, that gives guidelines for consistent and easy to understand biographies published on Wikipedia.


The European Commission endorses Creative Commons licenses

File:European Commission logo.svg
Logo of the European Commission, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The European Commission recently invited Member States to use licenses compliant to “open” standards while publishing their documents. The published guidelines aim to support institutions of different countries in complying to the Directive in public sector information re-use. Documents may be licensed, but the Commission urged the Member states to put them in the public domain (CC0 license) as much as possible. A list of licenses compliant to Open Source principles can be found here: Conformant Licenses

OpenStreetMap

Density of OpenStreetMap nodes, by Martin Raifer, [CC-BY-SA 3.0]
  • OpenGeoFiction is a website based on the same application behind openstreetmap.org (from database to messaginng) with a difference: the represented world is not the real one, but a fictional one. Many users are using it to draw a plausible world set in our time (no orcs or elves: rather power stations, metro lines and so on).
  • The new portal cycle.travel is devoted to bicycle mobility, with a route planner based on modifications to the famous routing engine OSRM.
  • OpenStreetMap Foundation announced the first corporate members.



Events and announcments

  • From July 21th to August the first: during those two weeks, Wikimedia Italia offices will be open from Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 13.30.
  • Saturday August 2nd 2014, Monastero Bormida: Simone Cortesi, Vice-president of Wikimedia Italia, is going to talk about Monferrato maps: from historic cartography to digital revolution. The panel is part of the exhibit "IL MONFERRATO, 500 ANNI DI ARTE, GRANDI ARTISTI IN UN PICCOLO STATO": open from July 5th to October 26th. Wikimedia Italia members can access at a discount rate of 5 euro, by showing the membership card.


News from the wiki world

  • From the 15th to the 17 of July, Berlin hosted the Open Knowledge Festival, devoted to the Open Data world. A workshop about the development of OpenStreetMap to support humanitarian issues, followed also by our treasurer Cristian Consonni. Katie Filbert of Wikimedia Deutschland, active member of Wikidata, was the chair.
  • The Court of Rome, acquitted Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia Foundation from the charges moved by Antonio and Giampaolo Angelucci, father and son, businessmen and Italian politicians. The two verdicts, the first on July 9th for Wikimedia Foundation and now the second one in favour of Wikimedia Italia, relieved both the American foundation, as a neutral hosting provider, and the Italian chapter from any responsibility about content published by Wikipedia users.



Notice: this newsletter is exclusively intended for information about Wikimedia Italia, both to its members and to the general public; as per Art. 1, Comma 2, Legge 7 marzo 2001 no. 62, it is not an editorial product