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Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge

Wikimedia Norge

Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is our newsletter for February 2017.

Wikidays in Trondheim March 24–25

On March 24–25 Wikimedia Norge's office (temporarily) moves to Trondheim!

On Friday, March 24, there will be a tour for Wikipedians at the Norwegian National Museum of Justice, followed by a wiki meetup with food and the announcement of the winner of Wikipedian of the Year at Work-Work. All Wikipedians and other interested parties are very welcome!
On Saturday, March 25, Wikimedia Norge holds its general assembly, this too at Work-Work. Suggestions for the board can be sent to styre@wikimedia.no until 23 February 2017. Remember that you have to be a registered member to be allowed to vote at the general assembly and to get travel expenses reimbursed by Wikimedia Norge.
You can read the agenda for the general assembly here.

You can find information about the agenda and how to sign up here. We hope to see many of you in Trondheim!

Wikigrants and travel grants

February 15 is the deadline for applying to wikigrants from Wikimedia Norge. We hope to get applications for many exciting projects! You are also welcome to apply for travel grants to participate in WikiCite, the Wikimedia Hackathon and Wikimania.
You can also apply for [$url travel grants for Wikimania 2017 in Montréal] from the Wikimedia Foundation until 20 February 2017.
In the end of May WikiCite and Wikimedia Hackathon will be held in Vienna, Austria. Until February 27 you can apply for travel grants for WikiCite and until February 26 you can apply for travel grants for the Wikimedia Hackathon.

User survey

In November/December 2016 Wikimedia Norge held a user survey, thank you to everyone who participated! The results have been published on Meta.

Website translated

Our website has been translated from Norwegian Bokmål into Norwegian Nynorsk and English. Feel free to take a look, and let Jon Harald know if you find any mistakes.

If you wish to become a Wikimedia Norge member and support our work, you can do so here, or support us by transfering money via Vipps to 10386 – Wikimedia Norge.

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 16:32, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

National Sleep Foundation

Hi, Hordaland. Please understand... there is absolutely no connection between the National Sleep Foundation and the Department of HHS. The HHS website that refers to the sleep foundation is merely a directory of health-related organizations, prepared by HHS. Lou Sander (talk) 14:13, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge

Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here is our newsletter with activities during spring 2017.

On May 8^th we will disperse six new accesses for Retriever. Are you interested? The first ones to sign up will get them; sign up on this page.
On May 9^th there's a wiki meetup at Litteraturhuset (the House of Literature) in Oslo. The theme this time will be Wikipedia at its best – cooperation on good articles. The introduction will be held by Morten Olsen Haugen (known as Orland on-wiki). Sign up here, or just show up! Wikimedia Norge can cover travel expenses if you get in touch with astrid@wikimedia.no.
On May 15^th Wiki Loves Earth starts. This photo contest is about taking the best pictures of protected nature in Norway. The comtest page can be found here.
Wikimedia Norge participates in a theme contest organized by Europeana about the 1914–1918 time period. Follow the development on this page!
Wikimania will be held in Montréal from August 9^th to 13^th. All information on Wikimania can be found here.
Are you interested in taking photos using a drone? Check out this post on Torget.
Wikimedia Norge has changed its logo to a new all-black version (see logo at the right). Wikimedia Foundation is in a process of changing their logo, and Wikimedia Deutschland has already changed to this new version.
Wikipedia was blocked in Turkey on April 29^th. The Wikimedia Foundation has made a statement about the block on their blog.

If you wish to become a Wikimedia Norge member and support our work, you can do so here, or support us by transfering money via Vipps to 10386 – Wikimedia Norge.

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 16:07, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Nyhetsbrev fra Wikimedia Norge

Hello, Wikimedia Norge members and other contributors, here's our newsletter with activities for the upcoming weeks.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 has started! The world's largest photo contest runs from September 1 through September 30, where the goal is to upload photos of monuments in Norway. There will also be a concurrent writing competition on the Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Northern Sami Wikipedias during weeks 37 and 38.
September 12: There will be a wiki meetup about references, with Ole Bjørn Rekdal as guest lecturer. The meetup will be held at the House of Literature in Oslo, and starts at 17:00.
September 15: This is the deadline to apply for this round of wikigrants from Wikimedia Norge. Everyone can apply (you don't have to be a member), so if you have a project or an idea that you would like to see through, but could use some money to achieve it, apply now!
September 16: Wiki-LAN, an editathon to increase the coverage of–and participation from–women in Wikipedia, will be organized at Musikkonservatoriet in Tromsø. Even though there's a focus on women, everyone is welcome!
September 21: During the Oslo Science Days Wikimedia Norge invites you to the event Writing women into history, where the Director of research and dissemination at the National Library of Norway, Hege Høsøien, and artist and curator, Merete Røstad, will introduce the subject, followed by a conversation with Jorid Martinsen from Wikimedia Norge.
October 6: During the announcement of who will be this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a group of Wikipedians will be present at the Nobel Peace Center for #wikinobel in order to cover the prize and the laureate(s) in a good way. Get in touch with Jon Harald if you want to participate!

If you wish to become a Wikimedia Norge member and support our work, you can do so here, or support us by transfering money via Vipps to 10386 – Wikimedia Norge.

Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

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Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) 15:49, 1 September 2017 (UTC)