Activities in 2015
On this page we collect activities in 2015 related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium.
2015
editJanuary
edit- 2 January - Submitting grant request for WMBE in 2015 (info | grant request)
- 3 January - Final report Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Belgium and Luxembourg submitted (info | report | project page)
- 14 January - First Wiki Loves Art meeting in Brussels (Romaine & upcoming partners) (project page)
- 14 January - Wikipedia Workshop with the staff of Mundaneum and Mons2015 at Mons (M0tty)
- 19 January - Training about Wikipedia for European Commission (Dimi z & Romaine)
- 22 January - Announcement of the start of Wiki Loves Art in 2016 in Belgium (project page)
- 24 January - First General Assembly Wikimedia Belgium at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels (documentation | photos)
- 24 January - Board meeting (3rd) at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels (minutes)
- 27 January - Preparation meeting for the Project Days and FOSDEM (info)
- 29-30 January - Wikimedia Belgium attending the Europeana Photography Final Conference at KUL in Leuven (website (archived)) (Ste.caneva)
- 31 January-1 February - Wikimedia Belgium present with stand at FOSDEM at the ULB in Brussels, supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland (website | photos | organisation | phabricator) (preparations: Dimi z; on site: QuimGil & Romaine)
February
edit- 4 February - Projects Days, or how can Wikimedia Belgium help you with your plans and projects?
- 4 February - A project day in Brussels at Transforma Bxl, Avenue du Pérou/Perulaan 80, Brussels (documentation)
- 5 February - Meeting with the Flemish Heritage Library about a possible participation in Wiki Loves Art and a donation of images. (Romaine)
- 11 February - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 16 February - Final report for start-up grant for WMBE submitted (info | report)
- 20 February - Grant request for WMBE in 2015 approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant)
- 20 February - Workshop on the Roadmap, Leuven (info (archived)) - Presentation about Wikimedia Belgium and the Wikimedia projects for GLAMs (Ste.caneva & Romaine)
- 23 February - Presentation given at Open Belgium 2015 in Namur (website | photos) (Romaine)
- 25 February - Presentation concerning the role of CC licenses during the Europeana Fashion, International Conference, Workshop 'Handling Intellectual Property in Fashion Images', MoMu, Antwerp (info | website (archived)) (Ste.caneva)
- 28 February - Wikimedia Presentation in Louvain-la-Neuve University for non French native people (M0tty)
March
edit- 3-10 March - Meeting with the EPN manager of the Bibliothèque Communale d'Ixelles for the preparation of a Wikimedia presentation during La Semaine du Numérique (M0tty)
- 7-8 March - 2015 European GLAMwiki Coordinators meeting in Paris (project page | info | photos) (Romaine)
- 7-8 March - Art + Feminism Brussels Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (info | photos)
- 11 March - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 15 March - Board meeting (4th) at 51 Rue du Trône, Brussels (minutes)
- 17 March - Meeting about Wiki Loves Art in Antwerp (DerekvG & Romaine)
April
edit- 9 April - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 9-12 April - GLAM-WIKI 2015 in The Hague (info | report) (Romaine, DerekvG, Dimi z)
- 11 April - Wikipedia Workshop in Mons2015 (M0tty)
- 21 April - Wikimedia Presentation in the Bibliothèque Communale d'Ixelles during La Semaine du Numérique (M0tty) (Conference "Partager, Remixer, Réutiliser — Légalement !" (archived) during La Semaine du Numérique (archived))
- 24 April - Associalibre invites us to a meeting about the challenges driven by free licenses., in Mundo-B (Associalibre)
- 24 April - Workshop Wikipedia in the Chiroux library, Liège
May
edit- 5 May - Board meeting (5th) in El Turco + preparation of Wikimedia conference Berlin 13-17 may (minutes)
- 9 May - WikiZaterdag in Utrecht with WMBE-WMNL meeting (DerekvG, Romaine, MADe & Geertivp)
- 13-17 May - Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (info | conference page | report) (DerekvG & MADe & Dimi z)
- 17 May - Launch of Wiki Remembers Flanders Fields project for 2018 (info)
- 26 May - Meeting about Wiki Loves Art in Antwerp (DerekvG & Romaine)
- 26 May - Submitting grant request for Wiki Loves Art 2016 (info | grant request)
June
edit- 6 June - WikiZaterdag in Utrecht with WMBE-WMNL meeting (DerekvG & Romaine)
- 7 June - Wiknic in Charleroi, start at 13h (activity page)
- 17 June - Wiki Loves Art meeting in Brussels (Romaine & DerekvG & Ste.caneva & Ogoletti & partners)
- 28 June - Board meeting (6th) at Place de Londres, Brussels (minutes)
July
edit- 15-19 July - Wikimania 2015 in Mexico (Romaine)
- 23 July - Board meeting (7th) at MADe, Brussels (minutes)
August
edit- 19 August - Grant request Wiki Loves Art 2016 approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | project page)
- 25 August - Meeting at Thomas More about Wikiducation, Mechelen (DerekvG & Romaine & 2 from TM)
- 29 August - Final report for WMBE in 2015 submitted (info | report)
September
edit- 2-4 September - SOIMA 2015 conference with Wikimedia booth, WMBE sponsored conference, announcement collaboration with KIK-IRPA and start Wiki Loves Art, release 6 WMBE publications (photos | blog | report) (Romaine & DerekvG & MADe)
- 3 September - Deposit of 6 publications to Royal Library (Romaine)
- 11 September - Our new website http://www.wikimedia.be went live
October
edit- 11 October - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 18 October - Board meeting (8th) at Place de Londres, Brussels (minutes)
- 25 October - Inauguration d'une digithèque libre consacrée aux ouvrages de Philippe Roberts-Jones, Musée des Beaux-Arts.
- 27 October - Le Livre sur le Livre, présentation de Wikisource, dans le cadre de la Quinzaine du numérique, Mons (website)
- 28 October - Meeting of project Flemish art collections, Wikidata and Linked Open Data in Brussels (project page | Wikidata project page) (Sandra Fauconnier, Romaine, Barbara (Packed vzw))
- 28 October - Workshop: Hoe schrijf ik artikels voor Wikipedia? for Vorming+, Brugge (info (archived))
November
edit- 13 November - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
- 14 November - Wikimeet in Antwerpen. Afspraak om 14h aan de leeuwen van de Zoo van Antwerpen (voor het Centraal Station) (info)
- 20-21 November - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (3rd edition), 25th floor WTC I-building, Brussels (info | documentation | photos)
- 20 November - Edit-a-thon in Library Lab UGent with WeChangEd (website (archived)) (Sandra Fauconnier)
- 23 November - Study day Wikipedia in Amsterdam (info (archived) | English info (archived))
- 25 November - Lecture Jimmy Wales in Amsterdam (info (archived))
- 25 November - Prize giving ceremony of Erasmus Prize in Amsterdam + Wikimeet (info | info wikimeet | photos | photos wikimeet | tv)
- 25-27 November - Private viewing historic encyclopedias at the University of Amsterdam Special Collections, Amsterdam (website (archived))
- 28 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht (info | photos & presentations)
- 30 November - Meeting with Constant vzw, Cinema Nova, Wikimedia Belgium and Cie Artaban for the organisation of the Public Domain Day on 16 January (info (fr | nl) (archived (fr | nl)))
December
edit- 4 December - (nl) Presentatie OpenRefine (Open data) Library Lab UGent door Ruben Verborgh (iMinds)
- 5 December - Board meeting (9th) at Kubus in Antwerp (minutes | photos)
- 5 December - Inauguration of the Digithèque André Sterling in the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences
- 10 December - Meeting with Kempens Karakter (website | DerekvG)
- 15 December - Present at board meeting of Open Knowledge Belgium in co.station, Brussels (info) (Romaine & MADe)
- 19 December - Submitting grant request public facing activities WMBE in 2016 (info | grant request)
- 31 December - So far, the Wikimedia BE Twitter account posted 934 posts, follows 290 accounts, has 743 followers, liked 53 posts, and is added to 5 lists (Twitter)
See also
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