Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! Congratulations to all who were involved.
Cheers. On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, <[email protected]> wrote: > This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working > tirelessly to provide Covid information on Wikipedia projects. Thank you > and Congratulations to all who made it possible. > > Regards, > Manav > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:36 PM Frederick Noronha < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to convince more international non-profits and government >> organisations (especially taxpayer-funded research organisations) that it >> would be in their interest as well to share the findings under some >> Creative Commons licenses? FN >> >> SEE: >> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 20:14, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *fantastic*. Thanks all for this, and thanks Jorge for the update. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM Jorge Vargas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to >>>> announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World >>>> Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on >>>> releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, >>>> and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be >>>> shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be >>>> useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and >>>> further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the >>>> world. >>>> >>>> You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press >>>> release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content >>>> uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the >>>> collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account >>>> [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. >>>> >>>> I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers >>>> (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) >>>> who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as >>>> well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of >>>> COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are >>>> so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. >>>> >>>> In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, >>>> will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO >>>> content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to >>>> understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps >>>> about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most >>>> useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request >>>> WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. >>>> >>>> We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more >>>> knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical >>>> time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! >>>> >>>> Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case >>>> you have further questions about this collaboration. >>>> >>>> Jorge Vargas >>>> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ >>>> >>>> [2] >>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics >>>> >>>> [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 >>>> >>>> [4] >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing >>>> >>>> [5] >>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national >>>>> television >>>>> in my country several days already. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Zana >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) >>>>> under >>>>> > open licenses since since Feb 2020. >>>>> > >>>>> > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in >>>>> their >>>>> > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. >>>>> > >>>>> > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not >>>>> seemed too >>>>> > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( >>>>> > >>>>> > James >>>>> > >>>>> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l >>>>> < >>>>> > [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less >>>>> serious but >>>>> > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of >>>>> Washington DC >>>>> > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their >>>>> central >>>>> > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. >>>>> > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, >>>>> but in >>>>> > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain >>>>> some >>>>> > time. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last >>>>> week-end, >>>>> > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, >>>>> but the >>>>> > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last >>>>> week, IMHO, >>>>> > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain, >>>>> started >>>>> > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after >>>>> China, >>>>> > > Iran and South Korea). >>>>> > > >>>>> > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they >>>>> > > finally reach out. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Regards. >>>>> > > Alessandro >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett < >>>>> > > [email protected]> ha scritto: >>>>> > > >>>>> > > WHO have a great video on COVID-19 ("Coronavius"): >>>>> > > >>>>> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APwq1df6Mw >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Now would be a good time for the WMF, local chapters, other >>>>> > > affiliates, and individual, to publicly call on them to open >>>>> licence >>>>> > > such material, as I have done, here: >>>>> > > >>>>> > > https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/1238124060145483777 >>>>> > > >>>>> > > [much of their published material is under NC restrictions - >>>>> > > https://www.who.int/publishing/copyright/en/ ] >>>>> > > >>>>> > > -- >>>>> > > Andy Mabbett >>>>> > > @pigsonthewing >>>>> > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >>>>> > > >>>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>>> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>>> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>>> > > New messages to: [email protected] >>>>> > > Unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>>> > > <mailto:[email protected] >>>>> ?subject=unsubscribe> >>>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>>> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>>> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>>> > > New messages to: [email protected] >>>>> > > Unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>>> > > <mailto:[email protected] >>>>> ?subject=unsubscribe> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > James Heilman >>>>> > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>>> > New messages to: [email protected] >>>>> > Unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>>> > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>>> New messages to: [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jorge Vargas >>>> Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> [email protected] >>>> +1 415.310.5922 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> New messages to: [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >>> 4266 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> New messages to: [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >
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