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Rapport Trimestriel N°1 Wiki Revue janvier - mars 2013 Imaginez un monde où chaque personne sur la planète aurait librement accès à la totalité du savoir humain. C’est notre engagement. Aujourd’hui, Vous êtes 470 membres à vous impliquer dans les projets de l’association. C’est grâce à vous que les projets de Wikimédia France peuvent exister. Merci ! Avec le soutien de : Équipe Salariée Conseil d’Administration Adrienne Charmet-Alix, Rémi Mathis, Président Directrice des programmes Christophe Henner, Vice-Président Carol Ann O’Hare, Guillaume Goursat, Trésorier Chargée de mission « recherche et enseignement » Benjamin Smith, Secrétaire Sylvain Boissel, Émeric Vallespi, Trésorier-adjoint Chargé de mission « communauté et technologie » Pierre-Yves Mevel Sébastien Baijard, Pierre-Selim Huard Responsable Levée de fonds et Mécénat Jean-Frédéric Berthelot Nadia El Moussaoui, Assistante Administrative Ainsi que tout nos donateurs, Aymeric Geoffre-Rouland, sans qui Wikimédia France Chargé de Communication n’existerait pas. Wikimédia France, Association pour le libre partage de la con- naissance, est une association à but non lucratif de droit français (loi 1901) née en 2004 dont le but est de soutenir en France la diffusion libre de la connaissance et notamment les projets hébergés par la Wikimedia Foundation comme l'encyclopédie Wikipédia, la médiathèque Wikimedia Commons, le dictionnaire Wiktionnaire et plusieurs autres projets liés à la connaissance. Contactez-nous. Sommaire janvier à mars 2013 27, Avenue Ledru- Rollin I. Actions de l’association 75012 Paris wikimedia.fr II. Compte-rendu des projets blog.wikimedia.fr [email protected] III. Groupes régionaux @Wikimedia_Fr IV. À l’international fb.com/wikimediafrance V. Dernières nouvelles des projets Wikimedia VI. Agenda des actions à venir - I. Actions de l’association ces trois derniers mois Benoît Evellin lors de la WikiPerma- nence à la Cantine Numérique Ren- naise, le 14 janvier 2013. par VIGNERON (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Conférences, ateliers « Tout ce que vous voulez savoir sur lyonnais, avec une présentation plus avec des réflexions autour des utili- Wikipédia », conférence ouverte au large des projets Wikimedia et à la sations des projets, ce qu’ils peuvent grand public s’est déroulée le 31 jan- Bibliothèque francophone multimé- mettre en place avec leurs publics, vier à l’Espace des sciences de Ren- dia de Limoges. élèves ou étudiants. nes, afin de répondre à de nombreu- Réunissant ainsi beaucoup de visi- Enfin, des ateliers Wikipédia sont ses questions concernant l’encyclo- teurs curieux d’en savoir plus sur les organisés tous les mois par Strasweb pédie libre par les wikimédiens ren- projets Wikimedia, ces conférences et les wikimédiens alsaciens au cen- nais. ouvertes permettent une plus large tre de Culture Numérique de l’uni- sensibilisation du public et démon- versité de Strasbourg. trent un intérêt certain pour l’asso- Des Wikipermanences sont en pré- ciation et ses objectifs. paration pour la ville de Toulouse- À la Cantine Numérique Rennaise courant 2013. (photo ci-dessus) ont eu lieu troisWikipermanences : le 14 janvier, le 11 février et le 11 mars, avec res- Stands pectivement trois thèmes distincts : 3 Autres « culture scientifique » pour la pre- 4 mière, « Illustrer Wikipédia avec Wi- Comment peut-elle rester fiable ? kimedia Commons » pour la seconde Comment fonctionne-t-elle, qui et « Wikipédia » pour la dernière. Ateliers l’écrit, qui la vérifie ? Quel est son Une Wikipermanence a aussi été réa- Conférences 7 avenir ? lisée à la Casemate de Grenoble le 3 Début mars, deux conférences ont eu 23 Mars. lieu respectivement à Lyon, auSalon Ces actions permettent un temps Primevère par les wikimédiens d’échange adapté aux participants, Actions de sensibilisation de janvier à mars 2013 4 Wikimédia France RAPPORT TRIMESTRIEL N°1 I. Actions de l’association ces trois derniers mois En 2013, Wikipédia, à elle seule, rassemble 500 millions de visiteurs uniques. Elle est le 5ème site le plus visité au monde et 4ème en France : les 4 premiers sont toujours des entreprises privées. Enseignements secondaire et supérieur, recherche Diverses actions ont été réalisées chelet ont animé une nouvelle session dans l’enseignement secondaire, de formation auprès des doctorants supérieur et la recherche au cours de de l’Université Lille Nord de France, ces trois derniers mois. mais aussi à l'Université numérique Paris Ile-De-France dans le cadre de Carol Ann O’Hare, chargée de mis- notre partenariat avec l’URFIST. sion « recherche et enseignement » pour Wikimédia France, a animé de nombreuses formations au cours de Un colloque participatif nommé « La ces trois derniers mois. Début janvier citoyenneté active, solution face aux déjà, autour d’une vingtaine d’ensei- défis écologiques » a eu lieu fin fé- gnants-documentalistes des lycées vrier, à Sciences Po Lyon. Florian, français du Maroc, dans le cadre membre de l’association, était parti- d’un stage organisé par le CLEMI cipant. (Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et des Médias d’Information). En mars, le Wikiconcours lycéens à Toulouse s’est poursuivi auprès de Plus tard, elle a rencontré la respon- cinq classes d’élèves de seconde et de sable des coordinateurs et des forma- première. La cérémonie de remise es teurs CLEMI pour prévoir, en juin prix aura lieu en juin. Le projet vise à prochain, deux journées de formation réunir cinq classes de lycées qui par- fectué la traduction et la diffusion de et de réflexion sur la place des projets ticipent à la création et l’amélioration la brochure « Case studies : how pro- Wikimedia au sein des enseigne- d’articles de Wikipédia, en partena- fessors are teaching with Wikipedia », ments à destination des coordinateurs riat avec le CRDP de Toulouse. Plu- édité par la Wikimedia Foundation. CLEMI régionaux. sieurs articles ont déjà été créés, De nombreuses formations ont aussi comme Abdel Hafed Benotman, Café été réalisées : « Valoriser ses connais- théâtre les 3 T et améliorés, tel Autui sances avec Wikipédia auprès des Elle était aussi participante lors de la et Muséum de Toulouse. Près de 130 Journée du Numérique, à Hendaye, doctorants », formation longue au- élèves ont pris part à ce projet. animant un atelier à destination des près de jeunes chercheurs, en parte- enseignants disciplinaires sur l’utili- nariat avec l’Université Pierre Marie sation de Wikipédia en classe. Un livret dédié aux enseignants- Curie (Paris) et l’Université Lille chercheurs afin de partager leurs re- Nord de France. Plus de 60 docto- tours d’expériences sur l’utilisation rants sont suivis et en cours de for- de Wikipédia à leurs enseignements a mation. été réalisé par le groupe de travail Auprès des jeunes chercheurs donc, Éducation (photo à droite). mais aussi des enseignants-cher- cheurs et bibliothécaires, avec no- D’autres rencontres ont été organi- tamment des formations axées sur sées par l’association, avec notam- l’utilisation des projets Wikimedia ment un débat/formation axé sur les par les enseignants-chercheurs dans enjeux et le fonctionnement des pro- le cadre de leurs enseignements avec jets Wikimedia auprès de 20 étudiants les étudiants et de notre partenariat En février, Wikimédia France a tenu en Master Info Com et une confé- avec l’URFIST de Paris. un stand au salon InterTice, organisé rence au centre de recherche Inria Lille-Nord Europe, où ont été abor- par l’académie de Versailles, ainsi Pour le second trimestre, nous pré- dés la structure du mouvement Wi- qu’une conférence-débat dans le ca- voyons la fin du concours Damville, dre des Mercredis de Créteil, auprès kimedia et les projets mais aussi les la remise des prix du Wikiconcours questions du droit d’auteur. d’enseignants de l’académie. lycéen, le lancement du projet Agen- da Libre. Début février, Carol Ann et Rémi Ba- Pour le supérieur, l’association a ef- Wikimédia France 5 II. Compte-rendu des projets Tête de bovidé stylisée – Scorpion – Poids à Poids à peser la poudre peser la poudre d’or. d’or. Fond Akan, Museum de Fond Akan, Museum de Tou- Toulouse, photo Didier louse, phoo Didier Descouens Descouens (CC.BY.SA - (CC.BY.SA - Wikimedia Com- Wikimedia Commons) mons) Le projet Phoebus, initié en 2010, consiste en une campagne au long cours de prise de photos des collections du Museum de Toulouse par des wikimédiens, avec une très grande exigence de qualité. Aujourd'hui, plus de 1650 photos ont été ver- sées sur Commons. Elles sont réutilisées plus de 62 000 fois sur 262 projets Wikimédia différents. En décembre 2012, ce sont près de 2,5 millions de pages contenant des photos du Museum qui ont été consultées sur l'ensemble des projets Wi- kimedia. GLAMGLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) Le 16 janvier, une présentation générale Le Projet Phoebus avec le Museum de Le 12 mars a eu lieu un atelier de forma- des projets Wikimédia et des partenariats Toulouse a été valorisé dans la presse tion à Wikipédia des membres du club GLAM a été faite à la direction culturelle toulousaine par des articles publiés en créé au sein du bureau des étudiants de de la ville de Strasbourg par Adrienne janvier par Carré d'infoet la Dépêche du l'École du Louvre. Charmet-Alix. Midi. Didier Descouens et Adrienne Enfin, le 28 mars, Adrienne Charmet- Charmet-Alix ont été interviewés sur la Alix, accompagnée d'Aymeric Geoffre- réussite du projet. Les retombées positi- Cette réunion, organisée à l'initiative du Rouland, a tenu une conférence (atelier ves du Projet Phoebus se poursuivent : Musée Alsacien (photo ci-dessous) qui RIME - Réseau international des musées un collectionneur ukrainien a offert ses bénéficie déjà des conseils avisés de d’ethnographie) au musée du Quai fonds de coquillages rares de la Mer Ji-Elle pour la contribution sur Wikipé- Branlyavec notamment la présentation Noire au Museum de Toulouse, ayant dia, a réuni 18 membres du personnel des des partenariats GLAM.
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