[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Haiti

2019-10-20 Thread Kirill Lokshin 
Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1] Wikimedia Community User Group Haiti [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group aims to strengthen Haiti's presence across the Wikimedia projects by
developing Wikipedia in Haitian Creole, training contributors throughout
the country, and working to raise awareness among stakeholders and
institutions in Haiti.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Haiti
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wikimedia_User_Group_Haïti
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[Wikimedia-l] Come and join the 2019 Wikipedia Asian Month (Nov 2019)!

2019-10-20 Thread Roman Bustria Jr. 
Hi Everyone!

We encourage you to participate at the 2019 Wikipedia Asian Month this
November 1-30 either as a participant or a lead coordinator in your
language Wiki.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2019#Communities_and_Organizers

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] በዚህ ሳምንት እያስደሰቶት ያለው ምንድን ነው? / What’s making you happy this week? (Week of 20 October 2019)

2019-10-20 Thread Subhashish 
What's making me happy this week is the news about 21 dictionaries in 21
indigenous languages being relicensed under CC licenses.

On October 17, 21 dictionaries in 21 indigenous languages of the Indian
state of Odisha were relicensed by online education portal Odisha Virtual
Academy under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
.

https://globalvoices.org/2019/10/19/the-indian-state-of-odisha-publishes-online-dictionaries-in-21-indigenous-languages/

https://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/118456594683293

This opens up a whole new world of opportunities—from enhancing Wiktionary
entries in the respective indigenous languages to adding translations on
Wikidata to build translation tools for many languages that don't exist at
the moment to simply adding these books to Wikisource. Odia Wikimedians
User Group member and Wikimedian Sailesh Patnaik (User:Saileshpat) worked
closely with the government officials of the Odisha government's
Electronics and Information Technology Department for a long time for this
negotiation.

Subhashish


On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 11:20 AM Pine W  wrote:

> *Preface*
>
> User:Lucas Werkmeister
>  started last
> week's WMYHTW email thread on Wikimedia-l and I was waiting for an Amharic
>  translation, so I decided
> to delay this content from the week of 13 October to the week of 20
> October. The Amharic translation was kindly provided by User:ክርስቶስሰምራ
> <
> https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B6%E1%88%B5%E1%88%B0%E1%88%9D%E1%88%AB
> >
> .
>
> *English Wikiquote of the Day for 30 September*
>
> "Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for
> you, don't walk into the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring
> your talky business to an end. Traditional words are just babbling in that
> presence, and babbling is a substitute for sight."
> — Rumi 
>
> *New affiliate recognitions from the Affiliations Committee*
>
>- North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group
><
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North-West_Russia_Wiki-Historians_User_Group
> >
>- Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group
><
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Saint_Petersburg_User_Group
> >
>- Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group
><
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Santali_Language_User_Group
> >
>- Wikimedia Stewards User Group
>
>
>
> *English Wiktionary Words of the Day*
>
> "pleach" :
> (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of
> shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
>
> "dojo" :
> 1. (martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a
> hall or room used for such training.
> 2. (by extension) A room or other facility used for other activities, such
> as meditation or software development.
> 3. The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (*Misgurnus
> anguillicaudatus*), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.
>
> "orient" :
> 1. (transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
> 2. (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so
> that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the
> corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a
> map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two
> of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
> 3. (transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
> 4. (transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing.
> 5. (transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or
> someone) with a circumstance or situation.
> 6. (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to
> appeal or relate to a certain group. 7. (intransitive) To change direction
> to face a certain way.
>
>
> *Images from Commons*
>
>- Image 1
><
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_in_The_Trossachs,_Scotland.jpg
> >:
>Sunset in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
><
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lomond_and_The_Trossachs_National_Park>
>(Scottish Gaelic <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language>:
>*Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean*), Scotland
>. Photo by User:Podzemnik
>.
>- Image 2
><
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knapweed_fritillary_(Melitaea_phoebe)_underside_Bulgaria.jpg
> >:
>Knapweed fritillary
>