[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Mark,

I strongly suggest that the organizers request a budgetary support through
a WMF grant while there is still ample time before the event.


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria




On Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 1:40 PM Subhashish  wrote:

> I totally agree with Rajeeb too. A Wikimedian who is otherwise
> volunteering and would like to share their findings/observations with
> others over an online event would already be extending their volunteer
> hours just for applying and preparing for a conference. Asking them to pay
> is not fair whatever the reason is, and especially when many developing
> countries are grappling with huge health and economic disasters (not to
> mention the environmental disaster that recently hit the eastern coast of
> India or what Indonesia and the Philippines face on a regular basis). This
> is precisely the reason some volunteers are disbursed for their internet
> expenses when they participate in a discussion series in some of the
> events. I know it might not be easy for an edu institution that might
> already be struggling with funding to organize an event, but this event is
> focused on the Wikimedia movement and is special for many. Exclusion for
> financial reasons should be seriously thought about.
>
> Subhashish
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 2:16 PM Mark SHUTTLEWORTH 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you everyone for your comments. Just to confirm, we have reduced
>> the registration fees very significantly since taking the decision to go
>> online, and they are now as stated by Anne below. We hope that the new fee
>> level will permit anyone to attend who would be interested to, although if
>> need be I can also take Rajeeb's suggestion to the organising committee and
>> see if it might be possible to provide some financial help where necessary.
>> Anne, many thanks for your sponsorship suggestion, and if something like
>> that were possible it would be really excellent.
>>
>> All best
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 21:48, Rajeeb  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>>>
>>> Hope my mail finds you all in the best of health and spirit. It is good
>>> news that the conference is happening and not put off due to the pandemic,
>>> I would like to thank the organizers for taking the conference to 100%
>>> online.
>>>
>>> Though not happy as one needs to pay for the registration fee especially
>>> when the event is online and due to pandemic people are and have lost jobs.
>>>
>>> I would like to request the organizers to give a thought on this matter.
>>>
>>> Namaste,
>>>
>>> Rajeeb.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 13:45, Risker  wrote:
>>>
 While I understand that this could be a concern if it was a large fee,
 it works out to about $13 USD/11 Euros for observer status, and double that
 for presenter status.  This does not sound outrageous; it pays for the
 equipment, software, staffing, technical support, and bandwidth, as well as
 the maintenance and storage of presentation materials.  Even online
 conferences have some costs, and those costs are often not being absorbed
 by sponsors to the extent that they have been in the past.

 It may be worthwhile for the WMF to agree to take a certain number of
 slots and pay for them, and then allot them to people with a significant
 history of translation on our projects on a first come/first served basis;
 honestly, they could support the registration fees for 25 editors for less
 than 500 USD.  That's a bargain, especially if they want to shift the focus
 to translation into smaller projects.

 I hope that the conference goes well.

 Risker/Anne

 On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 03:42, Željko Blaće  wrote:

> Also interested in contributing, but registration fee is something
> that puts me off when approaching academic conferences, especially now 
> when
> online so much of the cost is reduced.
>
> Best - Z. Blace
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:22 AM Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l <
> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> This is really interesting. I take care of les sans pagEs community
>> on fr-wikii and we translate a lot from English, a little from Spanish 
>> and
>> Italian. I would keen to participate, thanks for sharing!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Nattes à chat
>>
>>
>> Le 27 mai 2021 à 07:47, Mark SHUTTLEWORTH  a
>> écrit :
>>
>> Dear friends and colleagues
>>
>> Further to my message at the end of last month and the queries that
>> one or two of you made, I'd like to notify you of the following:
>>
>> 1. the conference will now be 100% online
>> 2. the deadline for submission of proposals has been extended to 30th
>> June 2021
>>
>> Full updated details and Call for Papers can be found on the
>> conference website at https://ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/wikiconf2021/.
>>
>> Best regards
>>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Chat

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Amir,

Thanks for this great innovation! Looking forward to use this tool in our
events from small groups to large ones.

For those interested or belong to Asia & the Pacific, you may go to:

https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/asia-pacific


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:00 AM Amir Sarabadani  wrote:

> Hello,
> Due to the current situation, there are more and more collaborations
> happening online instead. and now you can see Wikimedia-related discussion
> groups in Slack, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and many more. Besides being
> scattered and inaccessible to people who don't have accounts in those
> platforms (for privacy reasons for example), these platforms use
> proprietary and closed-source software, are outside Wikimedia
> infrastructure and some harvest our personal data for profit.
>
> IRC on freenode is a good alternative but it lacks basic functionalities of
> a modern chat platform. So we created Wikimedia Chat, a mattermost instance
> in Wikimedia Cloud. Compared to IRC, you have:
> * Ability to scrollback and read messages when you were offline
> * Push notification and email notification
> * You don't need to get a cloak to hide your IP from others
> * Proper support for sharing media
> * Two factor authentication
> * A proper mobile app support
> * Ability to add custom emojis (yes, it's extremely important)
> * Profile pictures
> * Ability to ping everyone with @here
> * much much more.
>
> You can use Wikimedia Chat by going to https://chat.wmcloud.org, anyone
> can
> make an account. This is part of Wikimedia Social suite [1], the oher
> similar project is "Wikimedia Meet". [2]
>
> Some notes:
> * This is done in my volunteer capacity and has been maintained by a group
> of volunteers. If you're willing to join the team (either technical or
> enforcing CoC, kicking out spammers, other daily work), drop me a message.
> * Privacy policy of Wikimedia Cloud applies: https://w.wiki/aQW
> * As a result, all messages older than 90 days get automatically deleted.
> * As a Wikimedia Cloud project, all of discussions, private and public are
> covered by Code of conduct in technical spaces:  https://w.wiki/AK$
>
> Hope that would be useful for you, if you encounter any technical issues,
> file a bug in the phabricator.
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Social_Suite
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet
>
> Best
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Folks,

There is a proposal initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to call ourselves
the "Wikipedia Network", "Wikipedia Movement" or simply "Wiki".

I strongly suggest that the Foundation should allocate time & resources
with the Wikimedia community fully involved in *identifying and resolving
the real problem *that brought the idea of creating the brands department.
These include opening communication channels like what was done in our
strategy 2030 process to ask recommendations on how we strengthen the
Wikimedia identity (like having online and offline promotion of the
"Wikimedia" identity)

I was puzzled how this Brand project was not fully integrated in the 2017
and 2018-2020 Movement Strategy Process.

But hey, we can do a counter proposal and offer a better and more
acceptable solution to this.


As shared by the Florence in the other mailing list:

1) if you are not aware of the topic, and arguments behind the
proposition >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
2) if you would like to read some feedback from the community, check
this :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia
3) to read the proposals :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals
4) to watch the presentation via youtube  :
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY
*






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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] [Covid-19] Postponing Wikimania Bangkok until 2021

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Thank you Katherine for this update.

We at ESEAP confirm that Wikimania will not happen this year. We appreciate
your support and understanding on this recent development.

We will continue to collaborate with the Wikimania Steering Committee and
the Wikimedia Foundation with the remaining tasks to be done and plan
accordingly for next year.




Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
Head of Communications
ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 4:57 AM Katherine Maher  wrote:

> Dear everyone,
>
> As a part of the Wikimedia movement’s ongoing response to the COVID-19
> pandemic, we are postponing Wikimania Bangkok 2020. This decision was made
> with the full support of the ESEAP host team and Wikimania Committee.
> Together, we will hold Wikimania in Bangkok in 2021.
>
> We are filled with sadness to not see you all in Bangkok in August.
> However, we are confident that this is the best possible decision for the
> well-being of our global community and public health overall. This decision
> was proposed by the ESEAP organizers in line with their countries’ response
> to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with recommendations from the World
> Health Organization (WHO).
>
> You are certain to have many questions. We hope to answer some of your
> questions below. We will continue to answer questions on the Wikimania
> Meta-Wiki page and on the Wikimania Telegram group chat (more information
> below).
>
>
> *== What does “postponing” Wikimania mean? ==*
> We will not host an in-person Wikimania in 2020. We are rescheduling
> Wikimania Bangkok until 2021. The ESEAP organizing team[2] will continue
> their work as a regional collaborative between affiliates in the East,
> South East, and Pacific regions to host us in Thailand next year.
>
> The hotel and venue[3] in Bangkok will remain the same. We have not yet
> finalized dates for 2021. We will work with the ESEAP team and Wikimania
> Steering Committee to confirm new dates. We will let you know these dates
> by the end of 2020.
>
> The good news is that Wikimania 2021 will coincide with Wikipedia’s 20th
> birthday year. We expect this to be a truly memorable Wikimania -- an
> opportunity to celebrate reconnection after a year apart, along with the
> remarkable accomplishment of two decades of free knowledge.
>
> *== Will there be an alternative to the in-person event? ==*
>
> There are no plans by the 2020 Wikimania hosts to organize a virtual,
> online event. Hosting Wikimania is a lot of work. The ESEAP team is
> committed to hosting the best possible in-person event in Bangkok in 2021.
> Therefore, they will not have the capacity to organize a virtual Wikimania
> this year.
>
> However, the Wikimania committee, the ESEAP host team, and the Wikimedia
> Foundation all recognize that other members of the community may be
> interested in organizing a remote, global Wikimedia event for 2020.
> Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not have the capacity at this time
> to lead the organizing of a virtual online conference, we recognize others
> may have the desire to do so.
>
> We welcome discussion about online events. Interested parties are welcome
> to contact the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimania Foundation staff
> for advice on the Wikimania Meta-Wiki page[1].
>
> We are also considering proposals for improving the capacity of
> communities to organize local virtual convenings, and for how we can
> support communities in organizing impromptu local and regional Wikimedia
> events once the pandemic passes. As the situation has been changing rapidly
> we are still working on specifics and will share more information in the
> coming weeks.
>
> *== What does this mean for scholarship applications? ==*
>
> We are working on a plan for how to process Wikimania 2020 scholarship
> applications.[4] We will share more information in the coming weeks.
>
> *== How was this decision made? ==*
>
> This recommendation was made by the ESEAP organizers based on what we know
> about the current COVID-19 global health pandemic and current WHO
> guidelines. The decision was made together with the ESEAP team in
> consultation with the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia
> Foundation. Together we are fully and unanimously aligned around this
> decision.
>
> Although we are genuinely sad to not have the opportunity to see you all
> this year, we also are fully supportive of this decision in all of our best
> interests. It allows our ESEAP community hosts to focus on the immediate
> needs of their families, local Wikimedia communities, and local communities
> as a whole. It is in line with global public health guidance and aligns the
> Wikimedia movement as a responsible actor in support of our common public
> good.
>
> We want to thank all volunteers and affiliates that have been involved
> with planning Wikimania. We’re especially appreciative of the ESEAP for
> their leadership, flexibility, and compassion, as we have worked together
> to make some 

[Wikimedia-l] Joint Statement of the ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team and Wikimania Steering Committee on COVID-19

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Dear Wikimedians,

I would like to share to you a statement:


*Joint Statement of the * *ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team * *and Wikimania
Steering Committee * *on COVID-19*

12 March 2020



The ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee and the
Wikimedia Foundation acknowledge the current COVID-19 threat
 and
are taking this situation seriously.

A joint decision on the fate of Wikimania 2020 based on a careful risk
assessment will be forthcoming and we ask for your patience.

Thank you.





Kind regards,


Butch Bustria

Head of the Communications Committee

ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Abraham & Katherine,

We understand the decision and it is for the general safety of not just the
participants of that meeting, but the communities they represent as well.

To Everyone,

There is a wiki page that was shared to us in one forum and we wish this
page be collaboratively expanded for any events that may require
remote access.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:31 AM Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Thanks for letting us know.
>
> Regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 21:49 Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you for letting us know.
> >
> > Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be
> > participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for
> your
> > instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings.
> >
> > Thank you for thinking about the health of the participants.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bodhisattwa
> > West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 01:10, Risker  wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for informing the global community of this.  More
> importantly,
> > > thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global
> > > community should take precedence over a meeting.  This is the way to
> > "walk
> > > the talk" about community safety.
> > >
> > > Risker/Anne
> > >
> > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand <
> > > abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global
> > health
> > > > situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit
> 2020
> > > and
> > > > related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
> > > >
> > > > Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of
> virtual
> > > > meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> > > > blocked in your calendar.
> > > >
> > > > We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not
> only
> > > in
> > > > relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will
> > follow
> > > > from our teams in the next few days.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
> > > >
> > > > Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
> > > >
> > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania Scholarships starts February 17!

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hello Everyone!

As you may know, Wikimania 2020, will happen on 5–9 August 2020 in Bangkok,
Thailand. The *Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program* is offering a
limited number of scholarships to cover the cost of selected individuals’
travel, conference registration fee, and accommodation to attend Wikimania
using funding provided by the Wikimedia Foundation
 (WMF).

   - Scholarship applications open: *17 February 2020*
   - Deadline for applying for scholarships: *16 March 2020* 23:59:59 UTC.
   - Phase 1 eligibility assessment by the WMF: March (no notification
   about the outcome)
   - Phase 2 in-depth evaluations by the Scholarship Committee
   
:
   April
   - Applicants are notified about final decisions: by early May
   - The final list
   

of
   recipients is announced *May/June* .

For more information, you can visit the following links:

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Scholarships

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/Selection_Process

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Wikimania_scholars/Reviewer's_guide

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Scholarship_Committee


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the inaugural members of our new Communications Committee

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi,

Best wishes to the founding members of the Comm Comm!


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria
ESEAP


On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 9:06 PM camelia boban  wrote:

> Nice people, congratulation  and best wishes on the new role to all.
>
> Best,
> Camelia
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> Il giorno mer 4 dic 2019 alle ore 05:30 Tanweer M 
> ha scritto:
>
> > Congratulations to the inaugural members of the Communications Committee!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 1:58 AM Gregory Varnum 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am thrilled to announce the inaugural members of the new Wikimedia
> > > Foundation Communications Committee have been selected. These eleven
> > > community members were chosen from an impressive group of applicants.
> We
> > > carefully reviewed each candidate, and made our final selections based
> in
> > > part on the overall diversity and skillset of the group as a whole.
> > >
> > > Please join me in congratulating our inaugural members:
> > >
> > > 1. Fawaz Tairou (User:Fawaz.tairou) - Benin
> > > 2. Anne Clin (User:Risker) - Canada
> > > 3. Justice Okai-Allotey (User:Owula kpakpo) - Ghana
> > > 4. Paulina Lordméndez (User:Paulina Lordméndez) - Mexico
> > > 5. Maiken Hagemeister (User:Maiken Hagemeister (WMDE)) - Germany
> > > 6. Itzik Edri (User:Itzike) - Israel
> > > 7. Mohammed Sadat Abdulai (User:Masssly) - Ghana
> > > 8. Nahid Sultan (User:NahidSultan) - Bangladesh
> > > 9. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (User:KCVelaga) - India
> > > 10. Habib Mhenni (User:Dyolf77) - Tunisia
> > > 11. Virginia Díez (User:Virginia Díez (WMES)) - Spain
> > >
> > > The inaugural committee will begin working with the Wikimedia
> Foundation
> > > Communications department in the coming months to develop key goals and
> > > processes toward better collaboration between the department and
> > community
> > > leaders. We are hopeful and excited that this group will open new
> avenues
> > > for discussion, sharing and highlighting the work of the movement. You
> > can
> > > find out more about the committee, its progress, and how to engage
> > directly
> > > with members via their Meta-Wiki page:
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ComCom.
> > >
> > > We also want to encourage folks interested in movement communications
> to
> > > join the Movement communications group (
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MoveCom), which has replaced the space
> > for
> > > large group discussion of movement communications served by the
> previous
> > > iteration of this committee.
> > >
> > > Again, congratulations to our inaugural members and thank you to
> everyone
> > > who showed interest in joining!
> > >
> > > -greg
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Gregory Varnum (pronouns - he/his/him)
> > >
> > > Communications Strategist
> > >
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon : November 1-30, 2019 --- Come and join us!

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hello Fellow Wikimedian,

We encourage you to participate in the 2019 Wikipedia Asian Month from 1
November to 30 November!

Wikipedia Asian Month is an annual Wikipedia contest focused on the
promotion of Asian content on various language-specific Wikipedias. Each
participating community runs a month-long online edit-a-thon every November
on their language's Wikipedia to create new content or improve existing
articles about Asian topics apart from their own country. Participation is
not limited to Asian communities.

As part of the friendship and cultural exchange of the Wikipedia Asian
Community, participants who create at least four articles will receive a
special Wikipedia Postcard from another participating community.

For further information, you may visit the Wikipedia Asian Month main page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2019

You may go through the following links to participate:

Arabic Wikipedia - https://w.wiki/BD7
Azerbaijani Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BD8
Bangla Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/B9M
Bashkir Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDA
Belarusian Wikipedia – https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM2019
Bikol Wikipedia –
https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bulan_nin_Wikipedya_sa_Asya_2019
Bulgarian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDB
Catalan Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDC
Chinese Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDD
Chinese Wikipedia Classical – https://w.wiki/BDE
Czech Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDF
English Wikipedia –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Asian_Month/2019
Erzya Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDG
Esperanto Wikipedia -
https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projekto:Azia_Monato_2019
Esperanto Wikivoyage - https://w.wiki/BDH
Finnish Wikipedia –
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Aasian_kuukausi/2019
French Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDJ
Georgian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDK
German Wikipedia –
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Asiatischer_Monat_2019
Greek Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDL
Hausa Wikipedia –
https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Watan_Asiya_2019
Hebrew Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDM
Hindi Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDN
Hungarian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDP
Indonesian Wikipedia – https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM
Italian Wikipedia –
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne/Eventi/Editathons/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2019
Japanese Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDQ
Kannada Wikipedia – https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM2019
Latvian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDT
Maithili Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDU
Malay Wikipedia –
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bulan_Asia_Wikipedia_2019
Malayalam Wikipedia – https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM2019
Marathi Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDW
Minangkabau Wikipedia – https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM2019
Myanmar Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDX
Nepali Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDY
Odia Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDZ
Persian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDa
Portuguese Wikipedia - https://w.wiki/BDu
Punjabi Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDc
Romanian Wikipedia –
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Asian_Month/2019
Russian Wikipedia - https://w.wiki/BDd
Sanskrit Wikipedia – https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WAM2019
Santali Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDe
Sindhi Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDf
Slovak Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDg
Spanish Wikipedia – https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mes_de_Asia
Swedish Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDi
Tagalog Wikipedia –
https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Buwan_na_Pang-Asya_sa_Wikipedia/2019
Tamil Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDj
Telugu Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDk
Tetun Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDm
Thai Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDn
Ukrainian Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDo
Urdu Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDp
Zazaki Wikipedia – https://w.wiki/BDq


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Butch Bustria


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[Wikimedia-l] Come and join the 2019 Wikipedia Asian Month (Nov 2019)!

[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

Wikimania 2020 will be in Asia (Bangkok, Thailand) on August 5-9, 2020 and
we will showcase the best coordinated work in this Wikimedia annual event.



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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2020 will be on August 5-9. Bangkok, Thailand.

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Dear Wikimedians,

I am delighted to announce that Wikimania 2020 will happen from 5-9 August,
2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.

We will announce other details in the upcoming weeks.

For now, you may start planning your Asian tour iterinary. You may consider
doing a side trip in other ESEAP countries like Myanmar, Cambodia, Japan
(Olympic Games), Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Taiwan,
Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and many others.




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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Math

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Congratulations to User Group Math!

We look forward to have collaboration between User Group Math and the Asian
communities in the near future!



Butch

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 7:15 PM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:

> Great news and thanks for sharing, all my best wishes to both the
> usergroups.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb Dutta.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On 18-Jul-2019, at 2:30 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:56:11 -0400
> > Kirill Lokshin  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone!
> >>
> >> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
> recognized
> >> [1] Wikimedia Community User Group Math [2] as a Wikimedia User Group.
> The
> >> group aims to coordinate global activities to improve the display and
> >> retrieval of mathematical expressions, with the long-term objective of
> >> making mathematical knowledge better accessible to every human being.
> >>
> >> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
> >>
> >
> > Congratulations.
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Kirill Lokshin
> >> Chair, Affiliations Committee
> >>
> >> [1]
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Math
> >> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Math
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiIndaba conference announcement

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Bobby,

Congratulations to the host and for those behind for ensuring WikiIndaba
would be a continuous annual event!

We are happy that the community of Africa is growing and improving its
footprint in the Wikimedia movement.

Like this, WikiArabia, Iberocoop and CEE, we hope that WMF seriously
consider other regions like ESEAP, which were delisted from having a
regular conference funding this year will be granted next year.

Though ESEAP will host Wikimania next year, we would desire to have a
dedicated conference which would allow us to focus our attention to our
region.



Butch

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 2:03 PM Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We would like to inform you that after long deliberations between the
> Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and the WikiIndaba Steering Committee (WISCom)
> we have reached an agreement that the suitable dates to host the WikiIndaba
> conference 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria will be from 8 - 10 November.
>
> We know that this news will disappoint many of you, who were gearing up for
> the meeting. Unfortunately, operational difficulties created some delays.
> We have discussed this with the staff of the WMF, and all agree that a
> postponement will give us some extra time to ensure that a quality event is
> planned for all. WikiIndaba conference is a key pillar in the Wikimedia
> movement strategic direction, and an important platform for the African
> Wikimedia community.
>
> WISCom and the WMF continue to support Wikimedia Nigeria as the host and
> venue for the conference.
>
> We greatly appreciate your support and understanding, and we hope to see
> you at WikiIndaba!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bobby Shabangu
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] อะไรที่ทำให้คุณมีความสุขในสัปดาห์นี้ / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 23 June 2019)

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Pine,

ESEAP Regional Cooperation is very delighted to host Wikimania 2020 with
Wikimedia Thailand as chair of the organizing committee.

We will be converging this Saturday in Bangkok for ESEAP Strategy Summit
(Regional Salon) and also to celebrate the Wikimania announcement and
Wikimedia Thailand being a new chapter!


Butch

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 6:24 PM Amir E. Aharoni 
wrote:

> What's making me happy this week? - The surprising growth in the weekly
> number of translations into the Vietnamese language.
>
> To see numbers, go to
> https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CXStats?uselang=en , scroll to the
> second chart ("Translations to Tiếng Việt"), and click the "Per week" tab.
>
> I'm kind of curious why did it happen in Vietnamese, of all languages, and
> not, say, Slovak or Thai. As far as I can tell, there is no particular
> magic there: just several editors who are very productive at translating
> article. And maybe, just maybe, the Content Translation extension, in the
> development of which I am involved, is getting better and helps people be
> more efficient ;)
>
> (And yes, I checked, and even though I don't know Vietnamese, as far as I
> can see, the created translated articles are good, they are not too
> repetitive, and they don't use too much machine translation.)
>
> --
> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
> ‪“We're living in pieces,
> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
>
>
> ‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 24 ביוני 2019 ב-6:36 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
> ‬‏>:‬
>
> >  These "What's making you happy this week?" threads often mention a
> > smorgasbord of subjects. The English Wiktionary Word of the day
> > <
> >
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2019/June
> > >
> > for June 22 was "smorgasbord". Wiktionary's definitions of that word are:
> > "1. A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and
> > other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.
> > "2. (figuratively) An abundant and diverse collection of things."
> >
> > On a related point, Commons has a smorgasbord of featured images of food
> > and drink
> > <
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Food_and_drink
> > >
> > .
> >
> > Also on Commons, I enjoy this
> > <
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_trees_and_the_sky_in_Planina,_Postojna,_Slovenia.jpg
> > >
> > recent Picture of the day. The caption for the image is, "Linden trees
> and
> > the sky with clouds in Planina, Postojna, Slovenia". When I look at this
> > photo, I imagine myself laying on the ground and looking up at the sky.
> >
> > While this incident 
> > was
> > not in the Wikiverse, as someone who has spent time in server rooms I can
> > sympathize with the engineer who was sent to do a chore when almost
> > everything
> > that can go wrong, did go wrong
> > . Perhaps other
> Wikimedians
> > will appreciate the story too, especially those who support Wikimedia
> > technical products or services.
> >
> > I am grateful for some recent civil and collegial discussions among
> > Wikipedia/Wikimedia administrators regarding certain problems that we are
> > collectively interested in addressing, such as vandalism and spambots.
> >
> > Also, I am grateful to people who do maintenance or administrative tasks
> > with little expectation for rewards or thanks. My experience with these
> > people is that frequently they have humble attitudes, are idealistic, and
> > are interested in public service.
> >
> > The Wikimania Steering Committee recently recommended
> >  >
> > that Wikimania 2020 take place in Bangkok, Thailand. This Wikimania will
> be
> > supported by multiple Wikimedia affiliates in the East, Southeast Asia,
> and
> > Pacific region .
> >
> > What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any
> > language.
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiNusantara

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Hi Biyanto!

Congratulations for a successful conference!

Hoping to share your best practices to the entire Eseap group!



Kind regards

Butch



On Thu, May 9, 2019, 10:05 AM Sydney Poore  wrote:

> Fantastic news. Really pleased to hear of the conference with 100
> participants in Indonesia. 
> Sydney
>
> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
> > Thank you for sharing this!  Very glad to see a national wikiconference
> in
> > Indonesia!
> >
> >   A.
> >
> > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:25 AM Biyanto Rebin <
> > biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > We just held our first national conference in Indonesia with 82
> > > participants for the closed session and 100 selected participants for
> the
> > > open session.[1] Our theme for the conference was "a window of
> > > collaboration".
> > >
> > > Please visit our blog:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://wikimedia.or.id/2019/05/08/wikinusantara-the-first-nationwide-conference-for-the-indonesian-wikimedia-community-successfully-took-place/
> > >
> > > And full documentation is in here:
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiNusantara_2019
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNusantara_2019
> > >
> > > --
> > > Biyanto Rebin | Ketua Umum (*Chair*) 2016-2018
> > > Wikimedia Indonesia
> > > Surel: biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id
> > > -
> > > Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan:
> > > https://wikimedia.or.id/sumbangan/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Korea

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

In behalf of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Cooperation
(ESEAP) we would like to extend our congratulations to our member country
for being elevated as a fully recognized chapter!

We are looking forward to our future regional meeting and collaboration!



Kind regards,


Butch
Philippines




Note: ESEAP is a regional collaborative composed of affiliates Wikimedia
Indonesia, Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Korea,
Wikimedians in Thailand, Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group,
Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia, Wikimedia User Group China,
Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong, and Vietnam Wikimedians.
Membership also include Wikimedia communities and nationalities of Brunei,
Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Singapore, and Timor Leste (East Timor).

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 6:11 AM María Sefidari 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am happy to share that earlier this year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board
> of Trustees approved our newest Wikimedia chapter - Wikimedia Korea!
>
> For more information about our newest Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia Korea,
> please see the announcement on the Wikimedia Foundation website:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/23/wikimedia-korea-new-chapter-affiliate-launches-in-south-korea/
>
> I want to congratulate the new chapter and recognize their commitment,
> efforts, and time involved in moving through the chapter recognition
> process over the past year. From their work building partnerships with
> universities, to supporting and training new editors in South Korea, we
> look forward to seeing the impactful work from our community members in
> South Korea as they advance in their new affiliate role.
>
> As many of you know, this is our first chapter approval in several years -
> since the newest Wikimedia affiliate approval processes were put in place.
> This marks a new moment in the history of our Wikimedia movement
> affiliates. The Board appreciates the amazing work coming from these user
> groups around the world, and is inspired to see how far some of these
> groups have come in terms of their impact both on our movement and their
> local communities. Indeed, we should all be proud of the impact our
> affiliates continue to have on our projects, our vision, and the world
> around us.
>
> Any affiliate interested in becoming a chapter or thematic organization
> must have at least two years of activities and experience as a user group
> before applying. Please check out the user group creation guide to get a
> user group started - it is meant to be very easy:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Creation_guide
>
>
> You can find a lot more information about our movement affiliates model on
> Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models
>
> You may also reach out to the Affiliations Committee with questions or to
> begin the approval process for your group:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee
> Please join me in congratulating Wikimedia Korea for this important
> achievement and thanking the members of the Affiliations Committee and
> Wikimedia Foundation staff who supported and worked with them during this
> long process.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> María
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Foundation events team

[Roman Bustria Jr.]

Congratulations to the new events team!

Though the East and Southeast Asia and Pacific (Eseap) Wikimedia Community
was disheartened by its exclusion in the conference grants program, we are
looking forward for better collaboration this time. We have a lineup of
regional events and programmes in place and we hope the temporary halt will
lifted soon.

We are still waiting for the green light from the movement strategy
discussions on resource allocation, isn't it?



Butch Bustria

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 3:03 AM Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Thanks for the update Maggie and welcome Joel and Isabel!
>
> I just wanted to ask about this bit of your email:
>
>
> > this new Events
> > Team, which will be focused on convenorship -- a critical part of our
> > outreach and growth dynamic.
>
>
> I haven't heard the word "convenorship" before, could someone explain what
> it means in our context?
>
> Thanks!
>
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