User:Jason.nlw/National Wikimedian/Month 24
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| Institution | Resident’s name | Residency period | Period Covered | Date of report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Library of Wales | Jason Evans | Jan 2015 - Permanent | July 2019 | 03/09/2019 |
NOTE: Only in work for 2 weeks
Projects delivered
Strategic Goal 1
Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects
Progress
- 7531 Wikidata edits to improve data for artworks
- Call with Gethin Matthews of Swansea University about potentially sharing WWI memorial data and images
- WiciLlên project approved with grant from Welsh Government - starts September.
Events
| Event | Date and Duration | Location | No. of Attendees | Usernames | Name of trainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partnership interactions
| Activity/Purpose of Meeting | Date and Duration | Institute | Location | Names of Attendees | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data Uploads
- 7531 Wikidata edits to improve data for artworks/wiki/Category:Images_from_manuscripts_held_by_National_Library_of_Wales here].
Strategic Goal 2
Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level
Progress
- Attended an dpresented at the Celtic Knot Conference in Cornwall.
- Work continues with Histropedia on timeline for Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- Skype interview with Slate magazine for an article about Welsh Wicipedia
Events
| Event | Date and Duration | Location | No. of Attendees | Usernames | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic Knot Conference | 4-5/7/2019 | Penryn, Cornwall | 35 |
Partnership interactions
| Activity/Purpose of meeting | Date and Duration | Institution | Location | Name of Attendees | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interview for Slate Magazine | 11/7/2019 | SLATE | NLW | Jason Evans, Stephen Harrison | |
| Meeting with Navino Evans and Sean McBirnie about developments with the DWB Timeline | 5/7/2019 | Histropedia | Cornwall | Jason Evans, Navino Evans, Sean McBirnie |
Strategic Goal 3
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK
Progress
- Submitted Grant application to the Welsh Government outlining a plan for an Education Pilot Project in Wales, aimed at improving resources for school children on Welsh Wicipedia.
Events
| Event | Date and Duration | Location | No. of Attendees | Usernames | Name of trainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partnership interactions
| Acivity/Purpose of Meeting | Date and Duration | Institute | Location | Names of Attendees | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volunteer projects
57 hours logged (excludes visiting scholars)
- no new volunteer trained this month
- 3 Volunteers are currently working on writing Dictionary of Welsh Biography articles. 351 articles have been created to date.
- 5 Volunteers are currently working on translating English articles to Welsh. 76 articles have been created to date.
- 4 Volunteers are currently working on miscellaneous projects
- Total articles created this month - 26
More information about projects held with the NLW volunteer team can be found here
Projects in development
- The sum of All Welsh literature - This project will see the creation of Wikidata items for every piece of Welsh literature in our catalogues. (Starting with the first 50,000)
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography project
Historic statistics
- BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)
- July – Page Views - 13,125,805.
- Aug – Page Views - 13,245,583
- Sep – Page Views - 13,773,939
- Oct – Page Views - 15,041,258
- Nov – Page Views - 15,705,146
- Dec – Page Views - 16,190,426
- Jan – Page Views - 14,819,919
- Feb – Page Views - 13,346,353
- March – Page Views - 15,280,661
- April – Page Views - 14,967,649
- May – Page Views - 15,639,250
- June – Page Views - 12,941,034
- July – Page Views - 13,624,765
- Aug – Page Views - 13,220,049
- Sept – Page Views - 14,177,965
- Oct – Page Views - 15,584,357
- Nov – Page Views - 16,389,647
- Dec – Page Views - 17,497,123
- Jan – Page Views - 16,351,473
- Feb – Page Views - 14,411,266
- March - Page Views - 17,446,348
- April - Page Views - 22,875,582
- May - Page Views - 19,199,789
- June - Page Views - 15,966,784
- July - Page Views - 15,861,089
- BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)
- GLAMorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects)
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 5th ) - 50.75%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 2nd ) - 51%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 31st ) - 52.14%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Dec 1st ) - 52.59%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 19th ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Feb 1 ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 5 ) - 52.55%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 3 ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 9 ) - 52.79%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 12 ) - 52.83%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 17 ) - 66.61%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (August 24th) - 66.40%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 17th) - 66.51%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 9th) - 66.55%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Nov 9th) - 66.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Dec 4th) - 66.62%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 2nd) - 65.89%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Feb 24th) - 66.00%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 13th) - 66.03%%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 1st) - 66.04%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 2nd) - 66.08%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 2nd) - 66.10%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 2nd) - 67.44%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 3rd) - 67.49%