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== Wikimedia Italia Award - call for bids ==
 
== Wikimedia Italia Award - call for bids ==
 
First edition - 2009
 
First edition - 2009
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;Art. 1 - Introduction and purpose
 
;Art. 1 - Introduction and purpose
 
Wikimedia Italia issues an Award for people who gave significant contributions to the open projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation and/or Wikimedia Italia.<br />
 
Wikimedia Italia issues an Award for people who gave significant contributions to the open projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation and/or Wikimedia Italia.<br />
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The Award is part of the celebration of the Festival delle libertà digitali (Vicenza, 22-24 May 2009); it is meant to let people aware of the importance of free digital sharing as a key factor in the cultural and social development, particularly through the promotion of knowledge and the use of open content projects.
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The Award is part of the celebration of the Festival delle libertà digitali (Vicenza, 20-24 May 2009); it is meant to let people aware of the importance of free digital sharing as a key factor in the cultural and social development, in particular through the promotion of knowledge and the use of open content projects.
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;Art. 2 – Requirements for candidacy
 
;Art. 2 – Requirements for candidacy
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: a) freeing of contents: best Italian project for freeing of contents (texts, images, etc.) already in the public domain but not accessible or released under a non-free license, and their uploading to a Wikimedia project;
 
: a) freeing of contents: best Italian project for freeing of contents (texts, images, etc.) already in the public domain but not accessible or released under a non-free license, and their uploading to a Wikimedia project;
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: b) promotion: best promotional material (sheets, presentations, gadgets etc..) about the Wikimedia projects and / or Wikimedia Italia. The material must be written in Italian, must have been produced after May 15, 2008, and must be released under a free license. The relevant criteria for the assignment of the prize are:
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: b) promotion: best promotional material (sheets, presentations, gadgets, etc.) about the Wikimedia projects and / or Wikimedia Italia. The material must be written in Italian, must have been produced in the last 12 months, and must be released under a free license. The relevant criteria for the assignment of the prize are:
 
::1) best efficacy in communication;  
 
::1) best efficacy in communication;  
 
::2) reuse of the content of Wikimedia projects, with the most effective and imaginative way to respect the licence and give due credit to the authors;
 
::2) reuse of the content of Wikimedia projects, with the most effective and imaginative way to respect the licence and give due credit to the authors;
 
: c) research: best research, essay (including dissertations) or article published in Italian after May 15, 2008 about Open Content projects, Wikimedia and digital freedom. Unpublished dissertation are also allowed, provided they were already discussed and released with a free license.  
 
: c) research: best research, essay (including dissertations) or article published in Italian after May 15, 2008 about Open Content projects, Wikimedia and digital freedom. Unpublished dissertation are also allowed, provided they were already discussed and released with a free license.  
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: d) Wikipedia: best new voice in Italian inserted between April 15 and May 15, 2009;  
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: d) Wikipedia: best new article in Italian added between April 15 and May 15, 2009;  
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: e) Wikimedia Commons: best image (photo, illustration) or multimedia content inserted between April 15 and May 15 2009, under the theme: "Palladio and his influence in the worldwide architecture";
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: e) Wikimedia Commons: best image (photo, illustration) or multimedia content added between April 15 and May 15 2009, under the theme: "Palladio and his influence in the worldwide architecture";
 
: f) Wikimedia Musica:  
 
: f) Wikimedia Musica:  
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:: 1) best previously unpublished song for a new music group uploaded since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;
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:: 1) best previously unpublished song for a newcomer music group uploaded since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;
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:: 2) best contribution to the project included since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;  
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:: 2) best contribution to the project added since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;  
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: g) Wikisource and Biblioteca Wikimedia: best text in Italian published elsewhere and inserted in the last 12 months;
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: g) Wikisource and Biblioteca Wikimedia: best text in Italian first published elsewhere and inserted in the last 12 months;
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: h) Wikinotizie: best article published in Italian after May 15, 2008, preferably about digital freedom;
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: h) Wikinews: best article published in Italian after May 15, 2008, preferably about digital freedom;
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: i) Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikizionario, Wikiversità, Wikispecies: best contributions in Italian inserted after May 15, 2008.
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: i) Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikispecies: best contributions in Italian inserted after May 15, 2008.
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: l) local languages: best contribution in the editions of any of the abovementioned projects in the languages spoken in the Italian territory of the projects, as listed on page http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/Progetti_WMF
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: l) local languages: best contribution in the editions of any of the abovementioned projects in the languages spoken in the Italian territory of the projects, as listed on page http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Progetti_WMF
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In the case of collective contribution (e.g. an article of Wikipedia written by many users), the jury in its sole discretion reserves the right to assign the award to one or more users for the award of the prize, splitting the prize if necessary.
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; Art 4 - Prizes
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The awards are offered by Wikimedia Italia and its members; they consist in 1 (one) Netbook and in promotional items chosen from those available at the site shop.wikimedia.it.
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The overall commercial value of the prizes is Euro 1.500,00.
  
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In the case of collective contribution (e.g. a voice of Wikipedia written by many users), the jury in its sole discretion reserves the right to assign the award to one or more users for the award of the prize, if necessary splitting the prize.
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; Art 5 - Criteria for the selection of works
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The criteria to be used by the Jury for the evaluation of proposals and to select the candidate works, where applicable, are:
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;Art. 4 – Montepremi
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: Quality of the contribution;
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I premi sono offerti dall'associazione Wikimedia Italia e dai sui soci; sono costituiti da n.1 netbook e da oggetti promozionali scelti tra quelli disponibili nel sito shop.wikimedia.it.
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: Importance of the contribution within the project.  
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Il montepremi è fissato in Euro 1.500,00.
 
  
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;Art. 5 - Criteri per la selezione delle opere finaliste
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; Art 6 - How to participate
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I criteri che saranno utilizzati da parte della Giuria per la valutazione delle candidature proposte e la scelta
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The competition is voluntary and free; participants must indicate significant contributions (own or by other users) to one of Wikimedia projects using the relevant pages made available at these sites (categories d) to l) ), or (for categories a), b), c), l) ) sending the material to segreteria@wikimedia.it. Each user can make a single recommendation for each category. Recommendations may be sent since the publication of this announcement and before May 15th, 2009. Participants must confirm to be aware of the regulation of this prize [link].
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delle opere finaliste, laddove applicabili, sono:
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Proposals added beyond the expiration date of this announcement will not be considered.  
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: qualità del contributo;
 
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: rilevanza del contributo all'interno del progetto.
 
  
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;Art. 6 – Modalità di partecipazione
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; Art 7 - Assessment and choice of the finalists
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La partecipazione al concorso è volontaria e gratuita e si attua segnalando propri o altrui contributi significativi ad uno dei progetti Wikimedia, utilizzando le apposite pagine messe a disposizione nei siti stessi (categorie da d a l) oppure (solo per le categorie a, b, c, l) inviando il materiale all'indirizzo segreteria@wikimedia.it. Ogni utente può effettuare una unica segnalazione per ogni categoria. La fase di segnalazione è aperta a partire dalla data di pubblicazione del presente bando, entro e non oltre il 15 maggio 2009 (data di scadenza del presente bando). I partecipanti sottoscrivono di essere a conoscenza del regolamento del premio [link].
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The evaluation of applications received by the deadline indicated will be made by the Proposing Committee and by the Jury appointed by the Committee, comprising members of Wikimedia Italia, and people from institutions and the cultural world. The jury is appointed for one year.
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Non saranno prese in considerazione le proposte inserite oltre la data ultima di scadenza del bando.
 
  
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;Art. 7 – Valutazione e designazione dei finalisti
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; Art 8 - Awards Ceremony
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La valutazione delle domande pervenute entro il termine indicato sarà compito del Comitato proponente e della Giuria nominata dal comitato stesso, comprendente soci di Wikimedia Italia, personalità delle istituzioni e della cultura. La Giuria ha mandato annuale.
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The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 May 2009, in Vicenza during the Festival of Digital Freedoms.
  
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;Art. 8 – Cerimonia di premiazione
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== Bylaws for “Wikimedia Italia Award�? ==
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La premiazione avverrà il giorno sabato 23 maggio 2009 a Vicenza nell'ambito del Festival delle libertà digitali.
 
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== Bylaws for “Wikimedia Italia
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; Art 1 - Purpose
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Wikimedia Italia, no-profit cultural association formed by volunteers, located in via del Ronco 3/A, Arcore (MI), Italy, P.IVA IT05599740965, organizes the Wikimedia Italia Award to raise awareness about the free sharing of digital data as a key factor for the cultural and social development, particularly through the promotion of knowledge and the Open Content projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. and Wikimedia Italia itself.
  
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; Art 2 - Target
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;Art. 1 - oggetto
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Participation to the award is free. The award is intended for users of Wikimedia projects, that is individuals who have signed up for a user name and made changes in at least one of the web sites supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and/or Wikimedia Italy before the deadline for the selection.
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Wikimedia Italia, associazione culturale senza scopo di lucro costituita da volontari, con sede in via del Ronco 3/A,  Arcore, P. IVA IT05599740965, organizza il Premio Wikimedia Italia come attività volta alla sensibilizzazione sull’importanza della libera condivisione digitale come fattore determinante per lo sviluppo culturale e sociale, in particolare attraverso la promozione della conoscenza e dell'uso dei progetti "open content" (a contenuto aperto) sostenuti da Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. e da Wikimedia Italia stessa.  
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The users must specify a valid email address so that they can be contacted privately by the Committee for the prize. Failure to indicate a valid e-mail address will rule a person out from the award.
  
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;Art. 2 - destinatari
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; Art 3 - Deadline and awards
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La partecipazione al Premio è gratuita. Il premio è destinato agli utenti dei progetti Wikimedia, cioè a persone fisiche che abbiano effettuato la registrazione di un proprio nome utente ed apportato modifiche in almeno uno dei siti web sostenuti dalla Wikimedia Foundation e/o da Wikimedia Italia entro la data di scadenza delle selezioni.
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The deadline for reporting contributions is fixed at 24.00 of May 15, 2009.
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Gli utenti dovranno specificare un proprio indirizzo e-mail in modo da poter essere contattati privatamente dal Comitato promotore. La mancata indicazione di un indirizzo e-mail valido comporta l'impossibilità di concorrere al premio.
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The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 May 2009 during the Festival of digital freedom in Vicenza.
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The final date for delivery of prizes is at most 60 days after the award ceremony.  
  
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;Art. 3 - scadenza e data premiazione
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; Art 4 - Committee
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La data ultima di scadenza per segnalare i contributi utili per la selezione al premio è fissata alle 24.00 del 15/05/2009.
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The Promoter Committee is composed of 5 members of the board of Wikimedia Italia.
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La premiazione avrà luogo sabato 23 maggio 2009 in coincidenza con il Festival delle libertà digitali a Vicenza.
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Moreover, the Committee may have no more than 2 members appointed by the Promoter Committee by a majority of two thirds of the voters; these members will have no voting rights.
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La data ultima di consegna dei premi è entro 60 giorni dalla premiazione.
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The Chair of the Promoter is the President of Wikimedia Italia, among the members of the Committee an executive secretary will be nominated.
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The members of the Promoter are entitled only to the reimbursement of any expenses incurred in carrying out the institutional functions for the Award.
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The Promoter Committee must:
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a) publish in time the call for participation in the prize and establish the procedures;
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b) appoint a panel composed of three components that will designate the winners;
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c) make the first selection of works proposed and submit them to the jury.  
  
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;Art. 4 - comitato promotore
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; Art 5 - Jury
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Il Comitato Promotore è composto da 5 membri del direttivo dell'associazione Wikimedia Italia.
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The Promoter Committee shall appoint a panel formed by a member of the Committee itself and two external members. The Jury will express a binding opinion on the matters related to the quality of the works candidates to the Prize.
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Possono, inoltre, far parte del Comitato Promotore non più di 2 componenti nominati dai membri di diritto del Comitato stesso a maggioranza dei due terzi dei votanti; tali componenti cooptati hanno funzioni consultive.
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The jury could meet physically or with electronic means.  
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La presidenza del Comitato Promotore spetta al presidente di Wikimedia Italia; verrà, inoltre, nominato fra i componenti del Comitato un segretario con funzioni esecutive.
 
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Ai componenti del Comitato Promotore spetta esclusivamente il rimborso delle eventuali spese sostenute nello svolgimento delle funzioni istituzionali del Premio.
 
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Funzioni del Comitato Promotore sono:
 
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a) pubblicare in tempo utile il bando di partecipazione al Premio stabilendone le modalità;
 
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b) nominare una Giuria composta da tre componenti che designerà i vincitori;
 
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c) effettuare la prima selezione delle opere proposte per sottoporle alla giuria.  
 
  
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;Art. 5 - giuria
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; Art 6 - Relevant projects
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Il Comitato Promotore nomina una giuria formata da un membro del Comitato e da due membri esterni ai componenti del Comitato stesso. La Giuria contribuisce all’indirizzo culturale del Premio in sintonia con il Comitato Promotore, esprimendo il proprio parere vincolante sulle materie che riguardano l’aspetto qualitativo del Premio.
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The projects mentioned in the rules of the Prize are the following, all on wiki platforms:
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I membri della giuria avranno la facoltà di riunirsi fisicamente oppure di utilizzare mezzi telematici.
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# Web sites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation: Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies. The languages allowed are Italian and other local languages listed on page http://www.wikimedia.com/index.php/Progetti_WMF
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# Projects run by Wikimedia Italia: Biblioteca Wikimedia, Wikimedia Musica.
  
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;Art. 6 - progetti partecipanti
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; Art 7 - Reporting a work
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I progetti a cui si riferisce il premio sono i siti web su piattaforma wiki di seguito specificati:
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Users can report significant contributions (their or others') to one of the Wikimedia projects using a special page made available at these sites or a dedicated e-mail address. Each user may send a single report for each project.
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# i siti web gestiti dalla Wikimedia Foundation: Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinotizie, Wikizionario, Wikiversità, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies; le lingue ammesse sono l'italiano e le altre lingue locali indicate alla pagina http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/Progetti_WMF;
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The Promoter Committee will have the final decision for admission to the premium. The Committee reserves the right to request at any time more information about the reported contributions to the users.  
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# i progetti gestiti da Wikimedia Italia: Biblioteca Wikimedia, Wikimedia Musica.
 
  
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;Art. 7 - modalità di segnalazione delle opere
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; Art 8 - Selection of works
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Gli utenti potranno segnalare propri o altrui contributi significativi ad uno dei progetti Wikimedia utilizzando apposite pagine messe a disposizione nei siti stessi e un indirizzo e-mail apposito. Ogni utente può effettuare una sola segnalazione per progetto.
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The Promoter Committee will make, at its sole discretion, a first selection among the works reported, on the basis of the information received.  
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L'eventuale ammissione al premio spetterà all’insindacabile valutazione del Comitato Promotore. Il Comitato si riserva di richiedere in qualsiasi momento agli utenti maggiori informazioni in merito ai contributi segnalati.
 
  
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;Art. 8 - selezione delle opere
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; Art 9 - Verdict of the Jury
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Il Comitato Promotore provvederà, a suo insindacabile giudizio, ad effettuare una prima selezione delle opere segnalate sulla base delle informazioni pervenute.  
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The Jury will choose, at its sole discretion, the winners of the Prize among the works selected by the Committee, if necessary splitting them among users that it deems worthy.
  
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;Art. 9 - giudizio della giuria
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; Art 10 - Human Resources
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La Giuria a suo insindacabile giudizio sceglierà, tra le opere selezionate dal Comitato, gli utenti vincitori del Premio, assegnando i premi a disposizione ed eventualmente ripartendoli tra gli utenti che riterrà meritevoli.
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For the organization of the Award the Promoter Committee may ask the help of other people and set up supporting events.
  
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;Art. 10 - risorse umane
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; Art 11 - nature of awards, prizes and delivery
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Per l’organizzazione del Premio il Comitato Promotore, oltre che sulle proprie risorse umane, potrà eventualmente avvalersi di terzi e istituire manifestazioni di supporto.  
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The awards are offered by Wikimedia Italia and its members; they are mainly promotional items chosen from those available at the site shop.wikimedia.it.<br />
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The total amount of the prize is set at Euro 1500.00 calculated on the total value of items including VAT.
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The promoter Committee will have the faculty to deliver the prizes at the awards' ceremony, or give vouchers for the equivalent value. The vouchers can be redeemed for goods available on the website shop.wikimedia.it within a period of sixty days after the award ceremony; after then, they will expire. The vouchers are non-refundable and cannot be converted into money.
  
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;Art. 11 - natura dei premi, montepremi e consegna
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; Art 12 - Information
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I premi sono offerti dall'associazione Wikimedia Italia e dai suoi soci; sono generalmente costituiti da oggetti promozionali scelti tra quelli disponibili nel sito shop.wikimedia.it.
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Any information or communication must be sent to the Award Secretariat, at the e-mail segreteria@wikimedia.it, specifying in the subject "Wikimedia Italia Award."
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Il montepremi è fissato in Euro 1.500,00 calcolato sul totale del valore commerciale degli oggetti IVA inclusa.
 
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Il Comitato promotore avrà la facoltà di consegnare di volta in volta i premi alla cerimonia di premiazione, oppure di assegnare buoni acquisto del valore corrispondente. I buoni acquisto potranno essere convertiti in beni in quel momento disponibili nel sito web shop.wikimedia.it entro un periodo di sessanta giorni dalla premiazione; decorso tale termine i buoni scadranno cessando ogni valore. I buoni acquisto non sono rimborsabili e non possono essere convertiti in denaro.  
 
  
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Qualsiasi informazione o comunicazione deve essere rivolta alla Segreteria del Premio  all'indirizzo e-mail segreteria@wikimedia.it specificando nell'oggetto "Premio Wikimedia Italia".  
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Any changes regarding the procedure for participation can only be made by the Promoter Committee; such changes will be communicated to the participants if deemed necessary.
  
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;Art. 13 - variazioni
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; Art 14 - Acceptance
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Qualsiasi variazione riguardanti le modalità di partecipazione potrà essere adottata solo dal Comitato Promotore e, qualora ricorra la necessità, comunicata ai partecipanti.  
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Participation in the Award implies knowledge and acceptance of these Bylaws.
  
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;Art. 14 - accettazione
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; Art 15 - Publication
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La partecipazione al Premio implica la conoscenza ed accettazione integrale del presente regolamento.  
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The Bylaws and the Announcement will be published in the official site of Wikimedia Italia.
  
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;Art. 15 - pubblicazione
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[[Categoria:English]]
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Il Regolamento e il Bando vengono pubblicati nel sito ufficiale di Wikimedia Italia.
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Wikimedia Italia Award - call for bids

First edition - 2009

Art. 1 - Introduction and purpose

Wikimedia Italia issues an Award for people who gave significant contributions to the open projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation and/or Wikimedia Italia.
The Award is part of the celebration of the Festival delle libertà digitali (Vicenza, 20-24 May 2009); it is meant to let people aware of the importance of free digital sharing as a key factor in the cultural and social development, in particular through the promotion of knowledge and the use of open content projects.

Art. 2 – Requirements for candidacy

The Award is reserved for registered users of Wikimedia projects, who made changes in at least one of the web sites supported by Wikimedia Foundation or Wikimedia Italia.

Art. 3 – Categories

The jury will assign in its sole discretion up to three prizes for each of the following categories:

a) freeing of contents: best Italian project for freeing of contents (texts, images, etc.) already in the public domain but not accessible or released under a non-free license, and their uploading to a Wikimedia project;
b) promotion: best promotional material (sheets, presentations, gadgets, etc.) about the Wikimedia projects and / or Wikimedia Italia. The material must be written in Italian, must have been produced in the last 12 months, and must be released under a free license. The relevant criteria for the assignment of the prize are:
1) best efficacy in communication;
2) reuse of the content of Wikimedia projects, with the most effective and imaginative way to respect the licence and give due credit to the authors;
c) research: best research, essay (including dissertations) or article published in Italian after May 15, 2008 about Open Content projects, Wikimedia and digital freedom. Unpublished dissertation are also allowed, provided they were already discussed and released with a free license.
d) Wikipedia: best new article in Italian added between April 15 and May 15, 2009;
e) Wikimedia Commons: best image (photo, illustration) or multimedia content added between April 15 and May 15 2009, under the theme: "Palladio and his influence in the worldwide architecture";
f) Wikimedia Musica:
1) best previously unpublished song for a newcomer music group uploaded since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;
2) best contribution to the project added since the inception of Wikimedia Musica;
g) Wikisource and Biblioteca Wikimedia: best text in Italian first published elsewhere and inserted in the last 12 months;
h) Wikinews: best article published in Italian after May 15, 2008, preferably about digital freedom;
i) Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikispecies: best contributions in Italian inserted after May 15, 2008.
l) local languages: best contribution in the editions of any of the abovementioned projects in the languages spoken in the Italian territory of the projects, as listed on page http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Progetti_WMF

In the case of collective contribution (e.g. an article of Wikipedia written by many users), the jury in its sole discretion reserves the right to assign the award to one or more users for the award of the prize, splitting the prize if necessary.

Art 4 - Prizes

The awards are offered by Wikimedia Italia and its members; they consist in 1 (one) Netbook and in promotional items chosen from those available at the site shop.wikimedia.it. The overall commercial value of the prizes is Euro 1.500,00.

Art 5 - Criteria for the selection of works

The criteria to be used by the Jury for the evaluation of proposals and to select the candidate works, where applicable, are:

Quality of the contribution;
Importance of the contribution within the project.
Art 6 - How to participate

The competition is voluntary and free; participants must indicate significant contributions (own or by other users) to one of Wikimedia projects using the relevant pages made available at these sites (categories d) to l) ), or (for categories a), b), c), l) ) sending the material to segreteria@wikimedia.it. Each user can make a single recommendation for each category. Recommendations may be sent since the publication of this announcement and before May 15th, 2009. Participants must confirm to be aware of the regulation of this prize [link]. Proposals added beyond the expiration date of this announcement will not be considered.

Art 7 - Assessment and choice of the finalists

The evaluation of applications received by the deadline indicated will be made by the Proposing Committee and by the Jury appointed by the Committee, comprising members of Wikimedia Italia, and people from institutions and the cultural world. The jury is appointed for one year.

Art 8 - Awards Ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 May 2009, in Vicenza during the Festival of Digital Freedoms.

Bylaws for “Wikimedia Italia Award�?

Art 1 - Purpose

Wikimedia Italia, no-profit cultural association formed by volunteers, located in via del Ronco 3/A, Arcore (MI), Italy, P.IVA IT05599740965, organizes the Wikimedia Italia Award to raise awareness about the free sharing of digital data as a key factor for the cultural and social development, particularly through the promotion of knowledge and the Open Content projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. and Wikimedia Italia itself.

Art 2 - Target

Participation to the award is free. The award is intended for users of Wikimedia projects, that is individuals who have signed up for a user name and made changes in at least one of the web sites supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and/or Wikimedia Italy before the deadline for the selection. The users must specify a valid email address so that they can be contacted privately by the Committee for the prize. Failure to indicate a valid e-mail address will rule a person out from the award.

Art 3 - Deadline and awards

The deadline for reporting contributions is fixed at 24.00 of May 15, 2009. The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 23 May 2009 during the Festival of digital freedom in Vicenza. The final date for delivery of prizes is at most 60 days after the award ceremony.

Art 4 - Committee

The Promoter Committee is composed of 5 members of the board of Wikimedia Italia. Moreover, the Committee may have no more than 2 members appointed by the Promoter Committee by a majority of two thirds of the voters; these members will have no voting rights. The Chair of the Promoter is the President of Wikimedia Italia, among the members of the Committee an executive secretary will be nominated. The members of the Promoter are entitled only to the reimbursement of any expenses incurred in carrying out the institutional functions for the Award. The Promoter Committee must: a) publish in time the call for participation in the prize and establish the procedures; b) appoint a panel composed of three components that will designate the winners; c) make the first selection of works proposed and submit them to the jury.

Art 5 - Jury

The Promoter Committee shall appoint a panel formed by a member of the Committee itself and two external members. The Jury will express a binding opinion on the matters related to the quality of the works candidates to the Prize. The jury could meet physically or with electronic means.

Art 6 - Relevant projects

The projects mentioned in the rules of the Prize are the following, all on wiki platforms:

  1. Web sites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation: Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies. The languages allowed are Italian and other local languages listed on page http://www.wikimedia.com/index.php/Progetti_WMF
  2. Projects run by Wikimedia Italia: Biblioteca Wikimedia, Wikimedia Musica.
Art 7 - Reporting a work

Users can report significant contributions (their or others') to one of the Wikimedia projects using a special page made available at these sites or a dedicated e-mail address. Each user may send a single report for each project. The Promoter Committee will have the final decision for admission to the premium. The Committee reserves the right to request at any time more information about the reported contributions to the users.

Art 8 - Selection of works

The Promoter Committee will make, at its sole discretion, a first selection among the works reported, on the basis of the information received.

Art 9 - Verdict of the Jury

The Jury will choose, at its sole discretion, the winners of the Prize among the works selected by the Committee, if necessary splitting them among users that it deems worthy.

Art 10 - Human Resources

For the organization of the Award the Promoter Committee may ask the help of other people and set up supporting events.

Art 11 - nature of awards, prizes and delivery

The awards are offered by Wikimedia Italia and its members; they are mainly promotional items chosen from those available at the site shop.wikimedia.it.
The total amount of the prize is set at Euro 1500.00 calculated on the total value of items including VAT. The promoter Committee will have the faculty to deliver the prizes at the awards' ceremony, or give vouchers for the equivalent value. The vouchers can be redeemed for goods available on the website shop.wikimedia.it within a period of sixty days after the award ceremony; after then, they will expire. The vouchers are non-refundable and cannot be converted into money.

Art 12 - Information

Any information or communication must be sent to the Award Secretariat, at the e-mail segreteria@wikimedia.it, specifying in the subject "Wikimedia Italia Award."

Art 13 - Changes

Any changes regarding the procedure for participation can only be made by the Promoter Committee; such changes will be communicated to the participants if deemed necessary.

Art 14 - Acceptance

Participation in the Award implies knowledge and acceptance of these Bylaws.

Art 15 - Publication

The Bylaws and the Announcement will be published in the official site of Wikimedia Italia.

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