That’s a Wrap! Congratulations to our Winners:
The overall individual winner is Mr. Karl Pineau from France, who managed to transcribe 45,855 characters!
In the category for Presentation, the winner is team Cluj 6, who joined us all the way from Romania.
Team Berlin 7 is the winner in the category Enrichment.
Winner of the category Transcription is team Berlin 5.
Special mentions were also made to team Berlin 10 and Mr. Peter Kirmsse!
We would like to congratulate all participants for doing an incredible job and contributing to this fantastic event!
Thank you all and see you next time!
Check out our news post for a detailed report of the results »
Machen Sie mit!
Der Europeana Transcribathon Campus Berlin 2017 ist ein Wettbewerb in dem so viele Briefe Tagebücher und Zeitungen aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg wie möglich transkribiert und annotiert werden! Machen Sie bei der zweitägige Veranstaltung mit! Diese findet von Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 bis Freitag, 23. Juni 2017 in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin statt.
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus zwei Teilen:
- Transcribathon Wettbewerb (Deutsch/Englisch): Ab Donnerstagnachmittag bilden Teilnehmer generationsübergreifende Teams und haben 28 Stunden Zeit, so viele Dokumente wie möglich zu transkribieren! Am darauffolgenden Abend präsentieren die Teams ihre Ergebnisse einer internationalen Jury. Es stehen eine begrenzte Anzahl von Computerarbeitsplätze zur Verfügung. Sie können jedoch auch Ihre eigenen Laptops mitbringen.
- Workshops (Englisch): Interessierte können am Freitag in einer Vielzahl von Data-enrichment Workshops (Transkription, Annotation, Geo-Tagging, Linked Open Data und Wikimedia/Wikisource) in einen Informationsaustausch mit Experten treten.
Europeana Transcribathon Campus Berlin 2017 verbindet die Projekte Europeana 1914-1918 und Europeana Newspapers.
Registrieren Sie sich hier kostenfrei bis zum 20. Juni 2017!
Join us in Berlin for a fun-packed challenge to transcribe and annotate documents from the First World War! The focus will be on letters, diaries and newspapers from the projects Europeana 1914-1918 and Europeana Newspapers.
From Thursday 22 June 2017 to Friday 23 June 2017, you can take part in the two-day event at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Potsdamer Str. 33).
It is made up of two main elements:
- Transcribathon competition (German/English): Starting in the afternoon of Thursday 22 June, participants will be grouped into cross-generational teams and have 28 hours to transcribe as much as they can. They will present their results to an international jury the following day. A number of computers will be provided but you are encouraged to bring your own laptop.
- Workshops (English): On Friday 23 June, visitors can take part in transcription and data-enrichment workshops. These include workstations for transcription, annotation, geo-tagging, Linked Open Data and Wikimedia/Wikisource. They offer participants to dive deeper into transcription and enrichment, and discuss with experts.
Europeana Transcribathon Campus Berlin 2017 is organised by Europeana, Facts & Files and the Berlin State Library, in cooperation with the German Digital Library and Wikimedia.
Registration is free via Eventbrite, but must be done before 20 June 2017
Europeana Transcribathon Campus Berlin 2017
Dates and locations
TRANSCRIBATHON START
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Thursday 22 June 2017, 14:00 - 19:30 Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Potsdamer Straße 33 10785 Berlin |
TRANSCRIBATHON PARTY
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Thursday 22 June 2017, 19:30 - open end Al Hamra Raumer Str. 16 10437 Berlin |
TRANSCRIBATHON & WORKSHOPS
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Friday 23 June 2017, 10:00 - 19:30 Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Potsdamer Straße 33 10785 Berlin |
Top Teams
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1
Berlin 11
139.50 miles per member | 279 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
45,855 characters | 1 location | 191 enrichments -
2
Berlin 6
124.50 miles per member | 249 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
42,252 characters | 17 locations | 63 enrichments -
3
Berlin 5
74.50 miles per member | 149 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
28,238 characters | 22 locations | 11 enrichments -
4
Cluj 06
68.00 miles per member | 272 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
44,340 characters | 8 locations | 243 enrichments -
5
Berlin 1
52.67 miles per member | 158 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
29,851 characters | 0 locations | 0 enrichments -
6
Berlin 7
33.75 miles per member | 135 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
25,732 characters | 43 locations | 37 enrichments -
7
Berlin 10
25.00 miles per member | 50 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
14,291 characters | 4 locations | 14 enrichments -
8
Berlin 3
5.33 miles per member | 16 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
8,712 characters | 19 locations | 0 enrichments -
9
Berlin 2
3.33 miles per member | 10 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
5,948 characters | 6 locations | 0 enrichments -
10
Berlin 12
2.33 miles per member | 7 total miles in this campaign
Achievements in this campaign:
1,755 characters | 0 locations | 55 enrichments

Top Transcribers
- Champion1
Karl Pineau (Bln11)
45,855 Characters in this campaign
291 Miles in this campaign | 59,783 Characters
- Champion2
Christin Eberhardt (Bln6)
31,506 Characters in this campaign
173 Miles in this campaign | 39,740 Characters
- Champion3
Sara Tegge (Bln1)
27,691 Characters in this campaign
143 Miles in this campaign | 30,141 Characters
- Champion4
Ines Davila Mendez (ULSG, Bln5, Berlin)
17,655 Characters in this campaign
80 Miles in this campaign | 53,488 Characters
- Champion5
Andreea Pop (CJ06, Cluj)
14,269 Characters in this campaign
58 Miles in this campaign | 93,581 Characters
- Runner6
Barbara Denicolo (Bln7)
14,208 Characters in this campaign
54 Miles in this campaign | 14,208 Characters
- Champion7
Suiu Simina (CJ06)
12,893 Characters in this campaign
42 Miles in this campaign | 42,225 Characters
- Member8
Ingeborg Langsdorf (Bln6)
10,746 Characters in this campaign
21 Miles in this campaign | 10,746 Characters
- Champion9
Irina Mastan (BV04, Bln5, Berlin)
10,583 Characters in this campaign
37 Miles in this campaign | 199,086 Characters
- Member10
Daniel Möller (Bln3)
8,712 Characters in this campaign
16 Miles in this campaign | 9,054 Characters
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Overall Characters Transcribed
: | 246974 |
Overall Documents Transcribed
: | 407 |