Activities before 2014

On this page we collect activities in 2014 and earlier related to Wikimedia which have taken place in Belgium or by volunteers from Wikimedia Belgium.

2005 edit

10 December - Wikimeet in Brussels with discussion about founding Wikimedia Belgium

2010 edit

During Wikimania Gdansk we worked with people from other chapters during table discussions (eg. Kiril, Tomasz, Aude).

July - Lobbying for our chapter during Wikimania Gdansk
September-December - Wikimeets

2011 edit

Celebrating 10y Wikipedia in Hackerspace Ghent
Discussing WMBE during Wikimania Haifa
Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 Award Session
Uploads during Wiki Loves Monuments 2011. Notice the effect of the Ghent and Brussels Upload Marathon
Location of the judging session in Mechelen
Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 Jury was chaired by Michiel Hendryckx

January - Celebrating 10 years of Wikipedia in the Hackerspace in Ghent (info)
March - Wikimeet Ghent
July - Wikimeet Ghent - preparations for Wiki Loves Monuments (info)
3 August - Start up meeting Wiki Loves Monuments, Ghent (info)
August - Lobbying events during Wikimania Haifa
27 August - Project: categorization of Belgian heritage, meeting in Brugge (info)
September - Brainstorm on founding Wikimedia Belgium (archive etherpad)
September-November - Organization of Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 and its award ceremony at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (info | announcement award ceremony | photos)
September - Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg (1st edition) (website | project page | working page | participating images from Belgium & Luxembourg | winners)
13 September - Proposal on founding Wikimedia Belgium (proposal)
15 September - Upload marathon Ghent
30 September - Upload marathon Brussels
14 October & 19 October - Online discussion on Wiki Loves Monuments judging
22 October - Judging Session in Mechelen
5 November - Lobbying for WMBE at Wikimedia Conference Netherlands
10 November - Award Session of Wiki Loves Monuments at offices of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (invitation | programme | photos)

2012 edit

30 November, Meeting space used for Founding Wikimedia Belgium
9 November, WCN 2012

1 February - The wiki be.wikimedia.org is created (Phabricator)
17 February - An online translation rush on the Wikimedia-BE IRC channel and the Etherpad with the goal to translate the statutes into English, French and German (etherpad)
- At the Statute Sprint it was decided to finish the statutes and apply for a grant to cover legal, administrative and translation costs. The discussion will be done over the mailing list.
- M0tty was invited to make a presentation ([1] & [2]) of WLM on April 4th, 2012 in Brussels.
21 April - Wikipedia Café Meeting in Ghent (info)
April - Presentation of Wiki Loves Monuments and Wikimedia at the Café Numérique in Brussels
1 July - Statutes discussion meeting at the Halles Saint-Géry (fr/nl) in Brussels (info | also)
17 August - Wikimedia meet-up in Hermalle-sous-Huy. During this meeting the Wikimedia BE Twitter account is started
September-November - Organization of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 (info | website)
September - Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg (2nd edition) (project page | website | working page | participating images from Belgium & Luxembourg | winners)
16 October & 19 November - Discussion meetings with Open Knowledge Belgium (OKFN BE) (info)
9 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht (info | conference page | photos & presentations) (Geertivp, Jos Punie, Romaine)
30 November - Meeting with Lodewijk at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage about founding Wikimedia Belgium with Antoine, Romaine, Ward, Robby, Geert, Jos (report)
30 November - Awards ceremony of Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (info | photos)
30 November - Meeting about founding Wikimedia Belgium, Brussels
8 December - Presenting Wikimedia and discussion participation at CC-be Relaunch. Since then close collaboration with CC-be and the CC European Coordinators (based in Ghent and Berlin) (info | announcement (archived))

2013 edit

7 September, Brussels kick off meeting
23 September, Antwerp meeting
30 September, 'Last Participation Day': Bribing possible contestants with not just a beer. Only in Belgium!
28 September, Ghent upload marathon, Wiki Loves Monuments
22 October, final judging session Wiki Loves Monuments
November: The winning images were shown in the lobby of the KIK-IRPA
5 November, Award session Wiki Loves Monuments: introduction talk by KIK-IRPA
5 November, Award session: reception
2 November, Handson WCN 2013

3 February - Brussels-Central railway station: Statute Sprint, and follow-up from last meeting
March - Image donation of 33 images by Fashion Museum Antwerp (info | photos)
March - Wikipedia atelier (workshop) at Mundaneum in Mons (educating staff, proposing exposition with QRpedia) (project page)
4 April - The Affiliations Committee has released a resolution to endorse the Wikimedia Belgium Start-up Grant request.
4 April - Submitting grant request for start-up grant for WMBE (info | grant request)
10 April - Grant request for start-up grant for WMBE approved by the Wikimedia Foundation. We are now working on setting up a temporary bank account that will be used to process the Grant money. (info | grant)
16 April - Start-up Grant agreement officially signed by Wikimedians in Belgium and the WMF (info | grant)
6-7 April - Annual meeting of the Wikimedia Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (1st edition), Mundo-b (Edinburgstraat 26) (info | documentation | minutes | photos)
21 May - Presentation for Flemish cultural institutions in Brussels about Wikipedia, Wikimedia and doing projects with Wikimedia.
26 May - Wikipedia Cafe Antwerp
5 June - VSDC is doing a legal check on the proposed statutes and the RIO
8 June - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
10 June - Wiki Loves Monuments project set up. Preparation of the Wiki Loves Monuments grant request. Assessing which parties will participate this year (info | grant)
13 June - Submitting grant request Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Belgium and Luxembourg (info | grant request | project page)
29 June - World War I edit-a-thon in Leuven (project | invitation)
29 June - Meeting the volunteers and discussion on the steps forward with the Wiki Loves Monuments project team.
3 July - We are finalizing our bylaws and request formal candidate founders
9 July - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
9 July - Grant request for organising Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Belgium and Luxembourg approved by the Wikimedia Foundation (info | grant | project page)
17 July - Meeting with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage on the organisation of Wiki Loves Monuments (venue, reception & drinks, determining date)
14 August - Wiki Loves Monuments Social Media day
22 August - Meeting Herita on collaboration with Wiki Loves Monuments
September - Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg (3rd edition) (project page | website | working page | grant | participating images from Belgium & Luxembourg | winners)
4 September - Meeting legal advisors on WMBE statutes
7 September - Kick-off meeting Wiki Loves Monuments: meeting new contributors, explaining the rules, sharing tips and tricks, Kick-off meeting and final statutes discussion at the Halles Saint-Géry (fr/nl) in Brussels (announcement | website)
9 September - Start of the #WikiOpVerzoek action (English: #WikiOnRequest) on the WMBE Twitter account. This hashtag is used to reply to people commenting on errors or inappropriate texts on Wikipedia (after correction of the errors off course!)
23 September - Team meeting Wikimedia Belgium
23 September - Fashion edit-a-thon, Antwerp, organized together with Fashion Museum Antwerp and image donation to Commons of museum (project | photos) (Romaine)
28 September - Upload marathon in Ghent. We explored the historical inner city of Ghent, en took additional pictures. We met and exchanged experiences. The meeting resulted in a serious spike in uploads. Founding meeting at Waterhuis aan de Bierkant (Gent)
30 September - Online rally to convince people to upload their last and best images of Wiki Loves Monuments (last upload day).
3 October - Wiki Loves Monuments Judging information session in Ghent
9 October - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)
13 October - “Mois de la contribution en Bruxelles” (Collaboration Month in Brussels) (info)
22 October - Wiki Loves Monuments Final judging session Wiki Loves Monuments upload marathon at Waterhuis aan de Bierkant in Ghent (website)
22 October - Ada Lovelace Day 2013 (info | project page | photos)
23 October - Preparation of Wiki Loves Monuments award session
24 October - Ideafest on Open Science at VUB with keynote speech from Jimmy Wales (photo 1 | photo 2) (Afernand74, Geertivp)
27 October - “Mois de la contribution en Bruxelles” with interview on national broadcaster RTBF (project page | interview)
2 November - Participation Wikimedia Conference Netherlands in Utrecht (info | photos & presentations) (Afernand74, Dimi z, Geertivp)
5 November - Team meeting finalising the Wikimedia Belgium statutes
5 November - Award session of Wiki Loves Monuments at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage at the Cinquantenaire, Brussels. Talks by the director of the institute, the organisors, the jury. Awarding the prices. Reception where we approached new members (announcement | photos | winners)
12 November - Wrapping up Wiki Loves Monuments
18 November - Final report Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Belgium and Luxembourg submitted (info | report | project page)
6 December - Meeting with WMBE Carolynne Schloeder (Alberto, Dimi, Geert, Romaine)
10 December - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM (info | report)