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Wikimedia News no. 69 - February 6, 2014

WikimediaNews - no. 69 - JFebruary 6, 2014
Official bulletin from Wikimedia Italia Association.

Past winners of Picture of the Year competition; (from left) by Pierre Dalous, Alchemist-hp, ESO/Yuri Beletsky [CC-BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

New record on Wikimedia Commons

On January 25th, after almost ten years after its birth, Wikimedia Commons has exceeded 20 million files. The site Wikimedia Commons is designed to accommodate multimedia files (images, audio, video) that are used to illustrate Wikipedia articles in all languages. Unlike text, which must always be translated to be transferred from one edition to another, media files are immediately reusable everyhere.

Given the wide participation of the community Wikimedia Commons (a million files per quarter are uploaded), every year a contest is held: Picture of the Year. Users of Wikimedia projects are being asked to vote for the best photo. The first round of voting to decide the best picture of 2013 closes at midnight on Friday, February 7th. You still have time!

A voice as a gift

Now you may also listen to Wikipedia! The initiative WikiVIP (acronym of “Voice Intro project”) was recently launched: it aims to add to the information on a prominent personality also a media file for hearing his of her voice. The first one who joined the project was the British actor Stephen Fry: go and hear his presentation.

The goal of the project is to collect a short audio file of 10 seconds by members of the scientific, political, artistic and literary world, so that users can make their voices heard and at the same time find out how they pronunce their name. Wikimedia Italia joins the initiative with enthusiasm; in addition, we tie it to the fundraising campaign Sostieni la Cultura (Support the Culture), asking the characters involved to make an appeal that witnesses their support to the project.

Do you know a person whose biography is on Wikipedia? Invite her or him to contact our office at segreteria@wikimedia.it to participate in the project and get all the information you need!

Wikimedia Italia begins the process to become the official Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap Foundation

Wikimania 2014: scolarships

Side projects and campaigns

Future appointments

February 27-28, Rome: LLuca Martinelli, member of Wikimedia Italia, will speak about Wikidata on the occasion of the international conference Faster, smarter and richer. Reshaping the library catalogue, promoted by the Italian Libraries' Association.

March 14, Milan: Pierfranco Minsenti, digital librarian, will participate in the Convegno delle Stelline with a speech entitled Wikipedia as a collaborative work environment for a cross-community of libraries. The aim is to define the impact on librarians of the collaboration of to Wikipedia.

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

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 == New record on Wikimedia Commons ==
-<!-- Lo scorso 25 gennaio, a distanza di quasi dieci anni dalla sua nascita, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Wikimedia Commons] ha superato i 20 milioni di file. Il sito Wikimedia Commons è pensato per ospitare i file multimediali (immagini, audio, video) che vengono utilizzati per illustrare le voci di Wikipedia in tutte le lingue. A differenza dei testi, che per essere riprodotti da un'edizione all'altra hanno sempre bisogno di una traduzione, i file multimediali sono universali e immediatamente riutilizzabili in tutto il mondo.
+On January 25th, after almost ten years after its birth, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Wikimedia Commons] has exceeded 20 million files. The site Wikimedia Commons is designed to accommodate multimedia files (images, audio, video) that are used to illustrate Wikipedia articles in all languages. Unlike text, which must always be translated to be transferred from one edition to another, media files are immediately reusable everyhere.
-Data la grande partecipazione della comunità di Wikimedia Commons (vengono caricati circa un milione di file a trimestre), ogni anno viene proposto anche un concorso: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:POTY/2013 Picture of the Year]. Agli utenti dei progetti Wikimedia si chiede di votare la foto migliore. Il primo round di votazioni per decretare la miglior immagine del 2013 chiude alla mezzanotte di venerdì 7 febbraio. Siete ancora in tempo! -->
+Given the wide participation of the community Wikimedia Commons (a million files per quarter are uploaded), every year a contest is held: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:POTY/2013 Picture of the Year]. Users of Wikimedia projects are being asked to vote for the best photo. The first round of voting to decide the best picture of 2013 closes at midnight on Friday, February 7th. You still have time!
 == A voice as a gift ==
-<!-- Da oggi Wikipedia si può anche ascoltare. L'iniziativa, appena lanciata, prende il nome di '''WikiVIP''' (acronimo di “Voice Intro project”) e prevede che accanto alle informazioni su una personalità di spicco compaia anche un file multimediale per ascoltare la sua voce. Il primo ad aver aderito è stato l'attore inglese [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry Stephen Fry] e la sua voce si può già ascoltare, nel box sulla destra con tutte le informazioni.
+Now you may also listen to Wikipedia! The initiative '''WikiVIP''' (acronym of “Voice Intro project”) was recently launched: it aims to add to the information on a prominent personality also a media file for hearing his of her voice. The first one who joined the project was the British actor  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry Stephen Fry]: go and hear his presentation.
-L'obiettivo è raccogliere un breve file audio di 10 secondi da parte di personalità del mondo scientifico, politico, artistico e letterario, in modo che gli utenti possano sentire la loro voce e contemporaneamente scoprire la corretta pronuncia del loro nome.
+The goal of the project is to collect a short audio file of 10 seconds by members of the scientific, political, artistic and literary world, so that users can make their voices heard and at the same time find out how they pronunce their name. Wikimedia Italia joins the initiative with enthusiasm; in addition, we tie it to the fundraising campaign [http://www.sostienilacultura.it/ '''Sostieni la Cultura'''] (Support the Culture), asking the characters involved to make an appeal that witnesses their support to the project.
-[http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Pagina_principale '''Wikimedia Italia'''] aderisce con entusiasmo all'iniziativa e, in più, lo lega alla campagna di fundraising [http://www.sostienilacultura.it/ '''Sostieni la Cultura'''], chiedendo ai personaggi coinvolti di pronunciare un appello che testimoni il loro appoggio al progetto.
-Conosci una persona la cui biografia è presente su Wikipedia? Invitala a contattare la nostra segreteria all'indirizzo [mailto:segreteria@wikimedia.it segreteria@wikimedia.it], per partecipare al progetto e ottenere tutte le informazioni necessarie! -->
+Do you know a person whose biography is on Wikipedia? Invite her or him to contact our office at [mailto:segreteria@wikimedia.it segreteria@wikimedia.it] to participate in the project and get all the information you need!
 == Wikimedia Italia begins the process to become the official Italian chapter of OpenStreetMap Foundation ==

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