Submissions:2019/Wikimedia in humanitarian contexts
For follow-ups, see Wikimedians for Disaster Response.
This submission has been designated as a lightning talk at WikiConference North America 2019.
Title:
- Wikimedia in humanitarian contexts
Theme:
- Reliability of Information
+ Relationship Building & Support
+ Inclusion and Diversity
+ Editor Recruitment & Retention
+ Tech & Tools
+ Harassment Civility & Safety
+ Other
Type of session:
- Round Table
Abstract:
Wikimedians engage in various ways with humanitarian contexts, e.g. by
- covering disasters, disaster preparedness and relief operations as well as organizations, communities or professions engaged in such activities, the methods and equipment they use, applicable standards etc.
- translating or illustrating such coverage
- organizing events in this space
Many of these Wikimedia activities happen with little coordination across wikis, so the aim of this session is to discuss conditions under which such coordination would be useful and doable, and to come up with some ideas on how to go about such coordination in practice.
Academic Peer Review option:
- No
Author name:
E-mail address:
- daniel.mietchen
virginia.edu
Wikimedia username:
- Daniel Mietchen
Affiliated organization(s):
- Wikimedians for Disaster Response; University of Virginia
Estimated time:
- 60 min
Preferred room size:
- 20-30
Special requests:
- Support for remote participation
Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)
- Yes