[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wikiconference India 2023 -what's happening?

[Asaf Bartov]

Hi, Pavanaja.

As the conference FAQ page[1] mentions, there will be no streaming, and
walk-in ad hoc attendance is discouraged.

Folks who have registered have received all the information.

As for documentation by participants, I'm sure that will begin to show up
once the conference proper begins (tomorrow morning).

   A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/FAQ

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, 20:33  wrote:

> Namaste,
>
>
>
> Wkiconference India 2023 starts tomorrow. The home page is here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023
>
> I have many questions –
>
>- Where the event is happening?
>- If someone just wants to walk-in, where he/she should go?
>- Sessions are listed. But no details. There could have been link to
>the submissions so that we can know what are the details
>- No mention of links to online streaming. No live streaming?
>
>
>
> I just observed something peculiar about this event. Most details, for
> ex., venue, are kept as secret. What is the necessity to do so? When I
> travel to such events, I start posting in social media (FB, Insta, Twitter,
> Whatsapp status) about the event, start posting photos from airport itself
> till end of event. So far I did not see a single post about the event, the
> venue, the goodies, the sessions, etc. What’s going on? Whether the
> organisers have put a ban on such activities? If that is the case, then it
> is totally against the philosophy of free knowledge and open society.
>
>
>
> I am just wondering. I am sure many more also will be wondering.
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

[Asaf Bartov]

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

A reminder that we have a Wikimedia Clinic[0] in an hour (*May 10th at 4pm
UTC*) featuring a presentation about the Wikimedia Enterprise
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>[1] project. Meeting
link <https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby>[2].  As always, any other
Wikimedia topic would be welcome as well after the presentation and Q!

   A.

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
[2] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:29 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Following a three-month hiatus since Wikimedia Clinic #012, we have now
> scheduled the next two Wikimedia Clinic
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics>[1] calls, as follows:
> 1. *May 4th at 6pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about Structured Data
> Across Wikimedia
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia>
> [2] (SDAW). Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag>[3].
> 2. *May 10th at 4pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about the Wikimedia
> Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>[4]
> project. Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby>[5].
>
> The *digest* from Wikimedia Clinic #012
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012>[6], which
> featured a presentation from the Foundation's Growth team, has now been
> posted too.
>
> Please help spread the word to your local communities.
>
> See you there!
>
> A.
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia
> [3] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
> [5] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

[Asaf Bartov]

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Tue, May 4, 2021 at 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


A quick reminder that Wikimedia Clinic #013 will take place today at 6pm
UTC, featuring a presentation about Structured Data Across Wikimedia
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia>[1] (SDAW).
This is the Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag>[2].

Everyone is invited, and following the presentation and Q, there will be
down to bring up any other Wikimedia topic you'd like.

   A.

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia
[2] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:29 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Following a three-month hiatus since Wikimedia Clinic #012, we have now
> scheduled the next two Wikimedia Clinic
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics>[1] calls, as follows:
> 1. *May 4th at 6pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about Structured Data
> Across Wikimedia
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia>
> [2] (SDAW). Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag>[3].
> 2. *May 10th at 4pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about the Wikimedia
> Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>[4]
> project. Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby>[5].
>
> The *digest* from Wikimedia Clinic #012
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012>[6], which
> featured a presentation from the Foundation's Growth team, has now been
> posted too.
>
> Please help spread the word to your local communities.
>
> See you there!
>
> A.
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia
> [3] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
> [5] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

[Asaf Bartov]

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:29 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

Following a three-month hiatus since Wikimedia Clinic #012, we have now
scheduled the next two Wikimedia Clinic
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics>[1] calls, as follows:
1. *May 4th at 6pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about Structured Data
Across Wikimedia
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia>
[2] (SDAW). Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag>[3].
2. *May 10th at 4pm UTC*, featuring a presentation about the Wikimedia
Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>[4]
project. Meeting link <https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby>[5].

The *digest* from Wikimedia Clinic #012
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012>[6], which featured
a presentation from the Foundation's Growth team, has now been posted too.

Please help spread the word to your local communities.

See you there!

A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia
[3] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
[5] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Community Resources Team New Grants Strategy Proposal [Request for Feedback]

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI, a request for comments about changes to the grants programs.

This is one opportunity for feedback on something that potentially affects
all program organizers in India.

   A.

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From: Kassia Echavarri-Queen 
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021, 15:41
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Community Resources Team New Grants Strategy
Proposal [Request for Feedback]
To: 



Dear Friends/Wikimedians,

The Community Resources team announced in January the intention and process
to review its current grants programs (Annual Plan Grants, Simple Annual
Plan Grants, Project Grants and Rapid Grants) to ensure we are aligning
with the strategic direction[1] of the Wikimedia movement, with a focus on
knowledge equity[1] and building a thriving movement[2].

Now that we have finished our needs review, key stakeholders discussions,
community brainstorms, and grantee surveys, we are excited to share with
you the draft proposal[1] that has resulted from this work. We are
requesting your feedback on how the proposed grant programs would impact
you and how well they align with our movement strategy, which can be
provided in the following ways:

   - Complete a feedback form[3]
   - Participate in office hours[3]
   - Discuss on-wiki[4]
   - E-mail the Community Resources team ()

More information about these options can be found on our feedback page.[3]

After one month when the planned feedback period is over, the Community
Resources team will review all community input and make final adjustments
to complete the redesign. In April 2021, the Community Resources team will
review and incorporate suggested changes and send a final proposal for
endorsement and approval by the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Working with all our communities to update our grants programs is essential
to ensuring that they are useful and address real needs for our
communities. Thank you for all of the participation that has brought us to
this point in the journey. We look forward to the continued engagement in
this next step and listening to your ideas.



On behalf of the Community Resources team,

Kassia

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20


[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Thriving_movement

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #009 digest (Abstract Wikipedia); #010 today at 13:00 UTC

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020, 11:37
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #009 digest (Abstract Wikipedia); #010 today at
13:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #009. [1]

The topics discussed were:

* Abstract Wikipedia
* Translation of modules
* Feedback on Abstract Wikipedia in various existing communities

I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]

Today (Sep 15th) at 13:00 UTC we will be hosting Wikimedia Clinic #010,
with the scheduled segment again being Denny Vrandečić introducing Abstract
Wikipedia (this time in an Asia-friendly time zone).

As always, beyond this scheduled segment, there will be time to bring up
any Wikimedia-related questions or topics other call attendees are
interested in.

The link to the call is:
https://meet.google.com/dsd-rypz-xjf

Cheers,

   A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/009

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] Announcing two new WikiCite grant programs: Project & events, and e-scholarships

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

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From: Liam Wyatt 
Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 21:42
Subject: [Wikidata] Announcing two new WikiCite grant programs: Project &
events, and e-scholarships
To: wikicite-discuss , <
wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>, 


Dear all,
I have the great pleasure to announce two new grant programs for projects
that support the goals of WikiCite: the promotion open citations and linked
bibliographic data to serve free knowledge.

The steering committee is now accepting applications for the following two
types of grants. For both types the application deadline is 1 October 2020,
and all projects must be completed by 1 May 2021.

--- Project & Event grants ---

Grants between $2,000 and $10,000 (USD equivalent) are available to
individuals, groups, and organisations with a project that supports the
goals of Wikicite.

All the details, the eligibility criteria (especially for in-person
events[1]), and the application form are available on the WikiCite project
& event grants homepage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/grants

Individuals, groups, and organizations may apply, and projects may be of
any nature. This includes technical (e.g. software, tools), event (online,
or in-person), resources (training materials, documentation), or other
forms not mentioned – as long as it supports the goals of WikiCite.

--- e-Scholarships ---

The e-scholarship program is a new kind of grant in Wikimedia, created in
response to an era of COVID-19 quarantines, and the 2030 Movement strategy
goals.

An e-scholarship provides a per-diem equivalent allowance for 1-5 people to
stay at their home(s) and work for 2-4 days on a project supporting the
mission of WikiCite. e-scholarship recipients' projects can be the kinds of
things they might have previously undertaken with a scholarship for an
in-person hackathon, unconference, or research trip, for example.

All the details, eligibility criteria, program design principles, and the
application form are available on the WikiCite e-scholarships homepage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/e-scholarship

Funding will:
- be provided in advance;
- be calculated at the WMF per-diem rate for the city where the
e-scholarship recipient lives;
- and (as it is a living allowance) not require recipients to submit
expense reports.

"Remote group" applications are encouraged, as are projects which focus on
content or communities which are historically underrepresented in Wikimedia
projects. Building a bot, fixing a tool, wrangling a dataset, writing
complete documentation... all are valid e-scholarship projects. A
confirmation letter (in advance) and/or participation certificate
(afterwards) can also be provided.

Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]
-- 
Program Manager for WikiCite 
Wikimedia Foundation

- WikiCite is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Wikimedia
Foundation -

[1] Applications for in-person events are eligible. The WMF will release a
risk assessment calculator for in-person events and a checklist of
precautions in early September. This protocol will apply to all Wikimedia
Foundation supported events. Applicants may publish a draft of their
proposals now, and edit it before the submission deadline to include a copy
of the results from the risk assessment protocol once it is published.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #008 digest; #009 on Friday featuring Abstract Wikipedia!

[Asaf Bartov]

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 11:46 PM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #008 digest; #009 on Friday featuring Abstract
Wikipedia!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #008. [1]

The topics discussed were:
* WMF Research (Presentation by Leila Zia (WMF))
* Wiki Studies
* Pitching ideas for development to WMF
* Harassment

I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]

On Friday, August 21st, at 19:00 UTC[2], we will be hosting Wikimedia
Clinic #009.[3]  The scheduled segment this time would be an introduction
to Abstract Wikipedia, featuring project founder Denny Vrandečić himself!

As always, beyond this scheduled segment, there will be time to bring up
any Wikimedia-related questions or topics other call attendees are
interested in.

PLEASE NOTE: experimentally, this call will take place using the free
software Jitsi-based Wikimedia Meet.  Desktop/laptop computers can connect
directly via the link[3] but if you want to connect using a mobile device
(phone or tablet) you will need to download the Jitsi app[4] first and use
that to connect via the link[3].

Cheers,

A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/008
[2] Here is a WorldTimeBuddy link to help you figure out what that means
for your time zone.
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1=100=100=2020-8-21=19-20.5
[3] https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikimediaClinic009
[4] https://jitsi.org/downloads/

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic digest #007 posted; Clinic #008 featuring Research at 18:00 UTC

[Asaf Bartov]

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:39 PM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic digest #007 posted; Clinic #008 featuring
Research at 18:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #007. [1]

The topics discussed were:

* Statistics tools demonstrations (+Bonus demonstration of stylometric
analysis to uncover sock puppets)
* What is "Wikimedia research"
* In person events
* Wikimedia in Mainland China
* Technical feedback on Jitsi

I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]

In a couple of hours, at 18:00 (6pm) UTC, we will be having Wikimedia
Clinic #008, at this link[2].  The call today would feature a short talk by
Leila Zia, director of the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation,
offering an overview of what the team does as well as some recent research
examples, but the call will as always also welcome whatever
Wikimedia-related topics attendees want to bring on.

PLEASE NOTE: experimentally, this call will take place using the free
software Jitsi-based Wikimedia Meet.  Desktop/laptop computers can connect
directly via the link[2] but if you want to connect using a mobile device
(phone or tablet) you will need to download the Jitsi app[3] first and use
that to connect via the link[2].

   A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/007
[2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikimediaClinic008
[3] https://jitsi.org/downloads/

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinic/007

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #003; Wikimedia Clinic #004 happening in an hour

[Asaf Bartov]

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Date: Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 7:41 PM
Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #003; Wikimedia Clinic #004 happening
in an hour
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

The digest from Wikimedia Clinic[0] #003 has been published[1].

And here's a reminder that you are invited to attend Clinic #004, about to
take place at 17:30 UTC (in under an hour as of this posting), at the
Google Meet link below[2].

Cheers,

   A.

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/003
[2] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia clinic in Spanish!

[Asaf Bartov]

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

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-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:12 PM
Subject: Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia
clinic in Spanish!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

We have now published the digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002[1]. If you missed
previous announcements about the Wikimedia Clinic idea, please see its page
on Meta[2].

As announced, it contains a compact summary of the topics discussed,
augmented by links and some follow-up information that was not available
during the call.  I invite you to skim the topic list and see if there's
something of interest for you.

Upcoming Wikimedia Clinic calls are:

Call #004 - Sunday(!), June 28th, 17:30 UTC [3]
Call #005 - Wednesday, July 1st, 17:30 UTC [4]

Also, we are experimenting with a Wikimedia Clinic in Spanish!  It is still
being scheduled, and I will keep you posted as soon as the date and time
are known.  That call will be held primarily in Spanish (everyone is
welcome, of course), and will welcome discussions in Spanish.

Cheers,

Asaf

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/002
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[3] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg
[4] https://meet.google.com/eqo-qokn-mwj

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC

[Asaf Bartov]

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From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:05 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

A quick reminder that we will be having another Wikimedia Clinic open call
today, in about three hours, at 08:00 UTC.

The Wikimedia Clinics calls are open video calls (using Google Meet) where
any active Wikimedian is welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for
advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working
on.You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even
if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang
out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.

It's relaxed and informal. The calls are a Friendly space
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy>. Attendees are
expected to:

   - Listen with patience and respect.
   - Share your experience, but remember others' contexts are very diverse,
   and may not match yours.
   - Be of service.

The Google Meet link is https://meet.google.com/hmb-hfjk-jtk

NOTE: I know the Branding project is still a topic of interest and debate
for many of you.  While you are welcome to bring it up during a clinic and
share thoughts with each other, I'm afraid this upcoming call won't have
new information from WMF's side beyond the last communication from the
Board, and those interested in further engagement on the topic would be
able to get more answers on the same general channels on Meta and the
Wikimedia-l mailing list they have already been using.  Again, the topic is
not taboo on the Wikimedia Clinic, but I do want to set expectations for
people who may only attend hoping to hear new information about it.

Cheers,

   A.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Secret WMF Job of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

[Asaf Bartov]

Hello.

If you feel WMF was misled into hiring a non-competent Hindi speaker for
liaising with the Hindi community, I encourage you to write to the
Foundation's Human Resources department at h...@wikimedia.org, and it will be
reviewed, and if necessary, whatever procedural flaw caused it will be
rectified.

This mailing list cannot address this issue.

   A.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 21:48 Piyush Maurya  wrote:

> Thanks Sivaraam,
>
> But I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about part-time hired people
> serving for 6 months or so on specific projects serving for specific
> language communities. In India on account of Hindi's largest user base
> Foundation chooses it whenever a new project comes in for getting input.
> Mostly these positions are called 'liaison'.
>
> They get paid and mostly these job's information not get publicly
> available (like mailing list or village pump but maybe on the link you
> gave). Whenever a new initiative takes place in foundation, these newly
> made positions get filled up by people who doesn't have the confidence of
> the community and in severe cases can't even write Hindi!
>
> This is a important issue for our community. More information on this will
> be helpful.
>
> Many thanks,
> Piyush
> (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)
>
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, 9:23 pm Piyush Maurya,  wrote:
>
>> Hi Krishna and all,
>>
>> Thanks for very detailed clarification. I agree this was some kind of
>> dubious statement without any credibility (which my comment showed).
>>
>> But to get some real outcome of this discussion if any. I want to know
>> how the foundation chooses or appoints people for posts roll out for
>> communities. I have been witness to several such cases in the past year or
>> so where such posts got filled by someone without community consultation or
>> knowledge.
>>
>> I'm talking about Hindi Wikimedia community in this case. What is the
>> procedure for applying for these posts. We get several people here who
>> doesn't know how to write Hindi and are serving as communication bridge or
>> liaison. And they seem to be getting these (they get paid) jobs by some
>> kind of connection among themselves.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Piyush
>> (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Jun 2020, 8:29 pm Tito Dutta,  wrote:
>>
>>> I agree. It rushed towards a conclusion without caring about questions
>>> and discussion. There was not much good faith assumed as well, in my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>>> (My opinion is in personal capacity)
>>> --User:Titodutta
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 7:34 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello everyone,

 Firstly, I would like to condemn this email from a person named “Arvind
 Menon” - this email is very much a personal attack on me, to misguide a
 community member, character assasination and to defame, all using a fake
 profile. If the person is actually seeking any information for community
 benefit, as Piyush rightly pointed, it would be helpful to know the
 person’s Wikimedia identity, and their work. Otherwise, this can merely be
 regarded as an ad hominem attack, which has happened several times in the
 past on this mailing list.

 Before I go into details, I have been very disturbed by this email, as
 several people were asking me, and I was pressurised. I personally request
 community members to look for authenticity before considering anything. I
 fear this might become a practice to target people just by creating fake
 profiles/emails, and wrongfully nameshaming them on public platforms,
 without complete understanding.

 Regarding my role with WMF, firstly, there was a contract, but I did
 not have any employment, and do not hold any. There has been public
 documentation about it, and stating there wasn't any is untrue. All the
 relevant details+evidence will be put forward. I have asked WMF support
 regarding the same, and they would be giving further on this shortly
 (probably in a day or two) after this email.

 I would like to particularly focus on the WikiConference India part. My
 relation with WMF has nothing to do with the grant, and no benefit of the
 same has been applied in either of the contexts. Though initially people
 expressed concerns, many of them, after clarifying, went on to support the
 proposal, and it gained more than 40 endorsements
 
 from community members, which shows the community is in favour of the
 proposal and the conference. WMF comments were not against it. We created
 FAQs
 
 on the grant page itself to help community members understand the reasons
 behind it, and even all the questions on talk page were answered. We also
 mentioned that “all bills worth valuing more 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Clinic #001 digest and future calls

[Asaf Bartov]

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

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-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:53 AM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #001 digest and future calls
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

This is an update on the Wikimedia Clinics[1] pilot:

On June 15th we hosted the first Wikimedia Clinic call. It was well
attended (~25 volunteers, not counting WMF staff), with a good mix of
experience levels and countries of origin. As promised, we publish a
*digest* of the call[1], edited for clarity and brevity, and aiming for
maximal value to readers whether or not they attended the call, with links
and information added after the call to complement the information given
during it.

To accommodate different time zones, we are about to host the second
Wikimedia Clinic in a few hours, June 17th at 8:00am UTC.  The meeting link
is [3].

We have also added three more Wikimedia Clinic time slots, which you can
always see in the Clinics page on Meta[1], where the meeting links are
given too.  I also paste the times here for your convenience:

Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC (today, soon!)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 08:00am UTC
Sunday, June 28th, 17:30 UTC
Wednesday, July 1st, 17:30 UTC

We at the Community Development team are already finding this a useful
model, and have already drawn some valuable feedback that will translate
into future work from us.  One example is a *movement-facing* Introduction
to the Wikimedia Foundation module (see the digest[2]).

Cheers,

A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/001
[3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

[Asaf Bartov]

Last reminder: this is happening in one hour (i.e. 17:30 UTC).  The link
for today's call is this: https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
Concise and depersonalized notes will be publicly shared after the call.

Cheers,

   A.

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:52 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

>
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Asaf Bartov 
> Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM
> Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
>
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of
> post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated
> through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun.  It can also offer
> opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got
> around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate
> in writing.
>
> To better support members of the community during this time, the Community
> Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in trying an
> experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where any
> active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for
> advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on.
>
> You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even
> if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang
> out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.
>
> We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host
> them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people
> as possible).
>
> Each clinic session:
>
> * would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and
> volume of conversation
> * would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed to
> be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but they
> are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call itself,
> but as later follow-up.
> * would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be
> edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes
> would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be
> shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0].
>
> These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or
> regularly-scheduled calls!  Every channel or call you are already using
> continues to exist.  No important announcements will be made on these
> calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them.
>
> Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls, less
> narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only specific
> topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and welcoming for
> people not sure whether their question or dilemma is appropriate for one of
> the other channels.
>
> If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other
> languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English.
>
> So, let's give this a try!  The first two calls are scheduled for:
>
> Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[1].
> Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2].
>
> and
>
> Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3].
> Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4].
>
> Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed.
> Feel free to join us with anything Wikimedia-related that's on your mind,
> or just to hang out.
>
> Feedback and questions welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Asaf
>
> [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
> [1] https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
> [2]
> https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26536320=17.5-19.5=show=f924130e-ed00-e1b4-b549-2202e11d660f
> [3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due
> [4]
> https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26539200=8-10=show=500d54dd-96c7-1934-0910-afe98a3440a5
>
&

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

[Asaf Bartov]

Reminder: the Wikimedia Clinic calls experiment is about to begin. The
first calls are scheduled for:

   - Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link
   <https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky>. Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event
   for timezone convenience
   
<https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26536320=17.5-19.5=show=f924130e-ed00-e1b4-b549-2202e11d660f>
   .
   - Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link
   <https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due>. Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event
   for timezone convenience
   
<https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26539200=8-10=show=500d54dd-96c7-1934-0910-afe98a3440a5>
   .

Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed.  Feel
free to join us with anything *Wikimedia-related* you'd like to ask, or get
feedback on, or just to hang out.
   A.

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:52 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

>
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Asaf Bartov 
> Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM
> Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
>
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of
> post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated
> through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun.  It can also offer
> opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got
> around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate
> in writing.
>
> To better support members of the community during this time, the Community
> Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in trying an
> experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where any
> active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for
> advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on.
>
> You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even
> if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang
> out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.
>
> We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host
> them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people
> as possible).
>
> Each clinic session:
>
> * would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and
> volume of conversation
> * would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed to
> be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but they
> are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call itself,
> but as later follow-up.
> * would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be
> edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes
> would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be
> shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0].
>
> These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or
> regularly-scheduled calls!  Every channel or call you are already using
> continues to exist.  No important announcements will be made on these
> calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them.
>
> Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls, less
> narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only specific
> topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and welcoming for
> people not sure whether their question or dilemma is appropriate for one of
> the other channels.
>
> If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other
> languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English.
>
> So, let's give this a try!  The first two calls are scheduled for:
>
> Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[1].
> Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2].
>
> and
>
> Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3].
> Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4].
>
> Remember, the

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

[Asaf Bartov]

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM
Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear Wikimedians,

In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of
post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated
through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun.  It can also offer
opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got
around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate
in writing.

To better support members of the community during this time, the Community
Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in trying an
experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where any
active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask for
advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working on.

You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even if
you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang out,
or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.

We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host
them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people
as possible).

Each clinic session:

* would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and
volume of conversation
* would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed to
be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but they
are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call itself,
but as later follow-up.
* would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be
edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes
would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be
shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0].

These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or
regularly-scheduled calls!  Every channel or call you are already using
continues to exist.  No important announcements will be made on these
calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them.

Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls, less
narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only specific
topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and welcoming for
people not sure whether their question or dilemma is appropriate for one of
the other channels.

If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other
languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English.

So, let's give this a try!  The first two calls are scheduled for:

Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[1].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2].

and

Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4].

Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed.  Feel
free to join us with anything Wikimedia-related that's on your mind, or
just to hang out.

Feedback and questions welcome.

Cheers,

Asaf

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
[2]
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26536320=17.5-19.5=show=f924130e-ed00-e1b4-b549-2202e11d660f
[3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due
[4]
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100=100=26539200=8-10=show=500d54dd-96c7-1934-0910-afe98a3440a5


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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: Update about TTT selection

[Asaf Bartov]

Indeed.  And specifically, "they did not pick me, therefore the
criteria are not good" is a very immature statement to make.  So far we
have not seen anything to suggest there is a genuine problem with the
criteria used.

   A.

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

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On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 2:48 AM Subhashish  wrote:

> I'm not sure if this discussion should even happen in a public list like
> this in the first place. The Jan. 20 version here [1] mentions the criteria
> before the announcement went public. When it can be debated how the
> criteria can be improved to be more inclusive (let's say, "someone who has
> participated in any TTT in last three/four years will not be eligible to
> apply", lack of transparency is not something it reflects).
>
> Selection of candidates is a complex process and it leaves many unhappy as
> everyone looks at it from a different perspective. It actually looks like a
> happy situation and not depressing, to see three names against Kannada in
> this list [2] while there are only two participants from Marathi when the
> event is happening in Maharashtra. :-) It's important to note that just
> eligibility does not guarantee selection, especially when the number of
> applicants is more. The content in the application submitted by the
> applicant plays a huge role too. When a jury looks at the selection
> criteria to select the candidates, they might not share a detailed reason
> why they rejected a candidate. Out of many reasons, one can be the simple
> fact that sharing the reasons of rejection might just offend the applicant
> and the latter may feel discouraged to apply again. Not everyone would take
> rejection the same way.
>
> I'd concur with Ravi about assuming good faith here too. Maybe the
> discussion can be to improve TTT in other aspects and not necessarily
> transparency in application selection.
>
> 1.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2020=19730890#Eligibility_criteria
> 2.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2020#Participants
>
> Subha
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 12:37 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your messages, and thanks for assuming good faith. Yes, we
>> tried ensuring region, gender, language, and other things. The candidates
>> were selected after recommendations of jury members. 24 members were
>> selected over-all. 1 person could not attend for some reason. So we have 23
>> participants.
>> Today it was the second day of TTT, and it has been a busy day. Someone
>> of us will get back to you in a few days.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tito Dutta
>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
>> remind me over email or phone call.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 20:22, Ravishankar  wrote:
>>
>>> Please assume some good faith.
>>>
>>> Even if all 60 candidates who applied are eligible, they still need to
>>> select 25 people.
>>>
>>> Even if only two people are selected from each community, it can easily
>>> fill the 25 seats.
>>>
>>> The selection criteria listed by CIS-A2K is good.
>>>
>>> May be they can also display how they ensured diversity in terms of
>>> gender, region, language, wiki project, and wiki age of the candidates.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:44 PM Vishwanatha Badikana <
>>> badikan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 6:20 PM subodh kulkarni 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are thankful for the response to TTT this year. We received total
>>>>> 60 applications, out of which 25 participants were selected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two jury members from the community and A2K team selected the
>>>>> participants. The selection criterion were as follows -
>>>>>
>>>>>- Wikimedian from India
>>>>>- Minimum 800 edits on zero-namespace before 31 December 2019.
>>>>>- Should not be previous TTT participant
>>>>>- Should be active recently, for last one year preferably (Aware
>>>>>about present active community and happenings)
>>>>>- Who has the interest to conduct of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Project Tiger 2.0 - Overall winners and monthly top contributors

[Asaf Bartov]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 21:45 Amir E. Aharoni 
wrote:

> What exactly is "bulk article creation"?
>

As the linked discussion says, apparently pnbwiki employed some crude
automatic translation from Urdu to mass-create articles to game this
contest.  The principal user involved is blocked on English Wikipedia for
repeated copyright violations. :-/

   A.


> בתאריך יום ב׳, 10 בפבר׳ 2020, 12:38, מאת Suswetha Kolluru ‏<
> suswetha...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>> It has been exactly one month since Project Tiger 2.0 article writing
>> contest has ended. The writing contest began on 10 October 2019 and ran
>> till 11 January 2020.
>> The contest witnessed 331 editors who participated from 16 communities in
>> India :)
>> We are happy to announce that the project saw 12406 articles from all the
>> communities and the Tamil community stands top with 2924 articles
>> created/expanded followed by the Punjabi (Gurumukhi)  community with 1747
>> articles!
>>
>> The list of monthly top contributors list from all the languages is
>> published here[1]
>>
>> We sincerely thank and appreciate all the Wikipedians who have
>> contributed time and effort to create articles and increase content in
>> their respective Indic language Wikipedias, jury members of both hardware
>> support and article writing contest, Wikipedians who have conducted offline
>> events as part of Project Tiger and last but not the least,
>> User:Neechalkaran from Tamil community for creating statistics tool
>> 
>>  and
>> making it easier for everyone to understand the numbers!
>>
>> We will get back to the top contributors from each community & winner and
>> runner up communities via an IRC soon.
>>
>> Overall stats:
>> Language Articles submitted Articles Accepted
>> Assamese 205 175
>> Bengali 1460 1194
>> Gujarathi 202 201
>> Hindi 417 253
>> Kannada 249 199
>> Malayalam 229 229
>> Marathi 220 97
>> Odia 155 154
>> Punjabi (Gurumukhi) 1768 1747
>> Punjabi (Shamukhi) 3216 3216
>> Sanskrit 19 19
>> Santali 566 566
>> Tamil 2959 2924
>> Telugu 416 24
>> Tulu 32 32
>> Urdu 1377 1376
>>
>> Total number of articles accepted
>> 12406
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia_(Project_Tiger_2.0)/Writing_Contest/Winners
>>
>>
>> *NOTE:*
>> Following the discussion on bulk article creation
>> 
>>  by
>> different community members about using a tool and articles being evaluated
>> by the same volunteer who has created them, we are withholding rewards to
>> Punjabi (Shamukhi) community.
>>
>> --
>> *Best,*
>> *Team Project Tiger.*
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] Invitation to apply to Outreachy and Google Summer of Code program with Wikimedia!

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-- Forwarded message -
From: Srishti Sethi 
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 11:58 PM
Subject: [Wikidata] Invitation to apply to Outreachy and Google Summer of
Code program with Wikimedia!
To: Wikimedia developers , Wikimedia
Mailing List , <
wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>, 
Cc: Pavithra Eswaramoorthy 



*(feel free to forward the message as is to your friends, family members &
colleagues)*
Hello folks,

We would like to invite you to apply to the Outreachy and Google Summer of
Code program with the Wikimedia Foundation (a non-profit organization
behind Wikipedia)!

*About the Outreachy program*
Wikimedia will be mentoring ~7 projects in the Outreachy program in the May
to August 2020 round. The initial applications are due February 25th at 4
pm UTC.

Apply today: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/

Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) projects with experienced mentors. The internships
may include programming, user experience, documentation, illustration and
graphic design, or data science.

Outreachy internships run twice a year – from May to August and December to
March. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 USD for the three months of
work. They also have a $500 USD stipend to travel to conferences and
events. Interns often find employment after their internship with Outreachy
sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they learned during their
internship.

Outreachy is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy expressly
invites the following people to apply:
* Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people.
* Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or discrimination
in the technology industry in their country or residence is invited to
apply.
* Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are
Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian,
Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.

*About the Google Summer of Code program*
Wikimedia is planning to mentor 8-10 projects in 2020’s Google Summer of
Code (GSoC) program. Beginning February 20th, pending Wikimedia’s
acceptance as a mentoring organization, applicants can begin discussing
ideas with the mentors!

The student application will be due on March 31st 18:00 UTC:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

Google Summer of Code now in its 16th year, is Google's summer program for
university students who want to get involved in open source software. Over
15,960 students from 109 countries have already participated. Google Summer
of Code is a unique program that pairs students with mentors who introduce
them to the open-source community and provide guidance while they work on
real-world open-source projects during their summer break from university.

Projects cover a wide range of fields including: Cloud, Operating Systems,
Graphics, Medicine, Programming Languages, Robotics, Science, Security and
many more. It's a highly competitive program (and this year is expected to
be even bigger than last year), so don't wait until the last minute to
prepare!

*About the Wikimedia Foundation*
The Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> is the
nonprofit organization that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the other
Wikimedia
free knowledge projects
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/>. Our vision
is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all
knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute
something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to
access that knowledge, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia
projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing
Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make
Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and
free knowledge to thrive.

*Resources*
* Browse through the participants’ guides, to learn more about the
application process steps:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Participants
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Participants
* All the projects will be showcased here:
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2020

We hope you will help us spread the word about Wikimedia’s participation in
these programs: https://twitter.com/mediawiki/status/1224790357361098752
(by retweeting the post in the link or by sharing this email)

Looking forward to your participation!

Cheers,
Srishti & Pavithra (Wikimedia organization administrators for GSoC &
Outreachy)

*Srishti Sethi*
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic-TechCom Oct-Dec 2019 Report

[Asaf Bartov]

Fantastic work, TechCom!

  A.

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 22:42 Jay prakash <0freerunn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Indic-TechCom's quarterly report has been ready. Details are the following.
>
> == Tools ==
> 1. *Wikifile-transfer
>  
> (New)*-
> This tool helps the users to upload non-free images from one wiki to
> another wiki. Work on this started from CIS MediaWiki training 2019.
> * **   Releasement of the tool in October 2019 (phab:T225377
> )
>
> 2. *BookReader
>  (New)* -
> This tool allows users to PDF/DjVu in book format. It is mainly created for
> Wikisource to read the Index pages.
>
>- Creation of tool (phab:T240178
>)
>- Support for locally uploaded books (phab:T240683
>)
>- Give the option to the input file name instead of file URL (
>phab:T240744 )
>- Allow users to write file name without File Prefix (phab:T241489
>)
>- Autocompletion of File Name (phab:T241491
>)
>
>
> 3*. Indic Wikisource Stats
>  
> (Feature
> Added)* -
>
>- Added monthly active users activity regarding
>Proofreading/Validations (phab:T241430
>)
>- Added newly created Hindi Wikisource in the tool (phab:T241431
>)
>
>
> 4.* Indic Wikisource Contest
> 
>  (New)* -
> This tool allows the Wikisource community to run the
> proofreading/validation contest. This was very hard to implement as it
> required most of the technologies like OAuth, MediaWiki API.
>
>- Creation of tool (phab:T241537
>, 6 Patches)
>
>
> == UserScripts ==
> 1.* BookReader Script
> * -
> This script allows us to embed BookReader within wiki for Index pages.
> Currently, it enabled for Punjabi Wikisource. Bangla Wikisource is in
> progress of the deployment. If any Wikisource community wants this
> UserScript as Gadget. then they can follow these steps
> .
>
>- Creation of UserScript (phab:T241490
>)
>- Incorporate Bookreader tool on Punjabi Wikisource (phab:T240758
>)
>
>
> == Other ==
>
>- Scores is not getting Update (phab:T236953
>)
>- Create Portal namespace for sawikisource (phab:T235343
>)
>- Two logo created by User:KCVelaga.
>
>
> For the update, You can keep eye on
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Report/Oct-Dec_2019.
>
> Thanks to Rammanojpotla, KCVelaga, Bodhisattwa, Wikilover90,  Jayantanth,
> and CIS-India to involving with us.
>
> Thanks :) Regard
>
> Jayprakash12345
> Developer, Indic-TechCom
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias

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More explicitly: Wikipedia communities are self-governing.  This means this
mailing list has no particular ability to regulate behavior on the Kannada
or Tulu Wikipedias.  It is to your fellow community members on those wikis
that you should complain about the newbie-biter's behavior.  Those
communities should step up and stop the newbie-biting if they are
interested in welcoming newcomers and seeing their community grow.

(Remind people -- on-wiki -- that avoiding newbie-biting *does not* equal
compromising on quality; it's just a better attitude to showing newcomers
their mistakes or where (and how!) an article can be improved.)

Cheers,

   A.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:31 AM pavan santhosh 
wrote:

> Hey Dhanalakshmi KT,
>
> This is worth discussing in WP:Village pump as Ashwin sir suggested. I
> believe discussions in Tulu and Kannada Wikipedia helps to resolve issue
> better.
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 5:45 PM Dhanalakshmi K. T. 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are all aware of Newbie biting. One editor by User name Lokesha
>> kunchadka
>> <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Lokesha_kunchadka>
>>  who
>> is indulging in Newbie biting in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedias from almost
>> last 2-3 months. He was issued a warning by the admin in Kannada Wikipedia,
>> link is here
>> <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F:Lokesha_kunchadka#Newbie_biting>
>> .
>>
>> I have been conducting Diversity Editathons from last 3 months. One of
>> the major aims of these editathons is to bring more women editors. Before
>> the new editor completes the article this person jumps in and adds
>> templates to imply the article is not of good quality. The new editors,
>> especially the women editors, are scared to continue editing because of
>> this newbie biting. Apart from this I had written an article on 13th
>> October 2019 with the template Under constriction for which he commented
>> saying there is no such topic. I was planning to complete the article with
>> reference to the title today.
>>
>> I would like to hear suggestions from experienced people on how do deal
>> with this kind of situation.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dhanalakshmi K T
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] News from WikidataCon

[Asaf Bartov]

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.  Your work on and with
Wikidata in India is inspiring and exciting, and already a model to many.
Keep up the good work!

   A.

On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 9:18 AM Jayanta Nath  wrote:

> Congratulations. Good news.
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 10:56 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am happy to inform you all that Wikidata WikiProject India has won the
>> Wikidata Award for Community Building this year. The award was declared
>> during WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. Thanks to the power users and regular
>> contributors from all over India participating in the project in different
>> ways, without whom this would have not been possible. Special thanks to
>> Asaf, Mahir and Tito, who have played extremely crucial roles in
>> development of this project.
>>
>> Link of the project -
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India
>>
>> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Signing off from A2K team

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It was good working with you, Pavan, and best wishes for your next steps.
See you around the wikis. :)

   A.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 3:53 PM pavan santhosh 
wrote:

> Dear Wikimedian friends,
>
> I would like to share my decision to step down from Community advocate
> position in Access to Knowledge team of The Centre for Internet and
> Society. I would like to take this as an opportunity to thank Indian
> Wikimedians for your collaboration and support.
>
> I am immensely blessed to work hand in hand with many of you in my A2K
> capacity. What I learnt and moments I shared in our interactions stays with
> me forever. My heartfelt apologies for any inconvenience or mistakes
> happened from my part in this journey.
>
> Although this looks like a farewell mail, actually it is not! Because the
> mission that tied us together continues inspiring us to collaborate
> forever. Like you all, I am a Wikimedian for life. I believe you all will
> continue working with me in my volunteer capacity, anyway. In that sense,
> this is just changing a hat. Please reach me out over this mail and my 
> Wikimedia
> user talk pages
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pavan_santhosh.s>.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Advisor position: Update

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Congratulations!

I look forward to even more exciting developments in India's embrace of
Wikidata.

   A.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:30 PM Suyash Dwivedi  wrote:

>
> Congratulations Bodhi.
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 6:31 PM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:
>
>>
>> Congratulations Bodhi. All my best wishes.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Rajeeb Dutta.
>> (U: Marajozkee)
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On 19-Jul-2019, at 6:10 PM, Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
>> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Congratulations Bodhi. All the best.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New GLAM Partner From India : Nehru Memorial Museum and Library :: Wikimedia India

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Excellent news!  Congratulations to WMIN for creating this opportunity!

I would love to hear from Wikimedians who take this opportunity and use it
to create or improve content on the wikis, once that happens.

   A.

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:02 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Excellent news. Glad to see this. Thanks for sharing. Regards. :)
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, 9:11 PM Sailesh Patnaik 
> wrote:
>
>> That’s a great News! Congratulations team :)
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 5:15 PM, Sanket Oswal  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wikimedia India (WMIN) is happy to announce The Library at Nehru
>>> Memorial Museum [1] and Library, New Delhi (NMML) is now available for
>>> Wikimedians. The library which is exclusive for use by research scholars
>>> representing a particular Institute can now also be availed by Wikimedians
>>> and WMIN is happy to facilitate the same.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Library has a collection of mainly Pre-Independent India documents
>>> such as
>>>
>>> · 267 Thousand printed books
>>>
>>> · 200 Thousand Photographs Of Pandit Nehru and Other Freedom
>>> Fighters
>>>
>>> · 18,231 Microfilms of private paper, missionary records,
>>> newspapers and old journals.
>>>
>>> · 51,322 Microfiche plates of research material etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> WMIN encourages the community to use the Library and work towards our
>>> common goal of making content on Wikimedia Projects better every day.
>>> Whosoever interested may drop a mail at chap...@wikimedia.in /
>>> abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We also encourage the community to drop suggestions on how to further
>>> enhance this partnership. Sharing a few suggestions:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> · NMML has expressed its interest in releasing a set of
>>> document on a pilot basis to be transcribed on Wikisource. We may ask them
>>> to request documents on a specific thematic area wherever the community is
>>> more interested in working.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> · NMML is interested in hosting Wikimedia Workshops to train
>>> the common public and also their staff.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> · NMML has shown interest in having  #1lib1ref workshops.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> · NMML plans to release their digitised documents in future on
>>> a web-portal with a paywall and has shown their interest to be a part of
>>> The Wikipedia Library (this is for long term).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please feel free to drop suggestions so that we can take them up during
>>> our next meeting and make the best for our movement.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehru_Memorial_Museum_%26_Library
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sanket Oswal,
>>>
>>> Wikimedia India
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian Of The Month : July, 2019

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Congratulations, Piyush!  (Is he a member of this list?)

   A.

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:41 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Wikimedia India is happy to report The Featured Wikimedian of The Month
> For July, 2019.
>
> Piyush Maurya with User Name :हिंदुस्थान वासी
> <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF:%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80>
> is primarily a Hindi Wikimedian who contributes on Hindi Wikipedia where he
> also holds the rights of an administrator. He is a native of Aligarh city
> in Western Uttar Pradesh. Piyush has been editing on Wikimedia Projects
> ever since 2013. He first began editing on English Wikipedia and once while
> reading North India Floods 2013
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods> article he came
> to know about Hindi Wikipedia from the left side bar. Hindi happens to be
> his first language and since then he hasn't looked back. He has more than
> 47,000 global edits which also includes Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons etc.
> Piyush has been instrumental in taking initiatives to set up different
> policies on Hindi Wikipedia such as User Page Policy etc. Piyush enjoys
> editing on film articles and also enjoys reviewing edits. As an
> administrator, he admires to have many more quality articles.  Piyush was
> recently bestowed with the responsibility to be a User Group Representative
> for Hindi Wikimedians by the community.
>
> If you have any suggestions for a Featured Wikimedian, please nominate
> them at [1] or send a mail at abhinav.srivast...@wikimedian.in
>
> Thanks,
>
> [1] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Response to Query by WMF Staff Member [User : Asaf(WMF)] on Wikimedia India

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Thanks for this information.  I have read the previous report, and look
forward to the next one.

Is there also some kind of plan or strategy by the chapter, to give the
community an idea of what agenda the chapter is pursuing at the national
level?  With many communities and several user groups, I think it would be
useful to learn what *the chapter* would like to do, given its national
mandate, and where it might need help from other groups.

Cheers,

   A.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:02 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Dear User : Asaf(WMF),
>
> Writing as per [1], I am taking the discussion forward here to a separate
> thread.
>
> As stated before on this mailing thread [2], Wikimedia India (WMIN) has
> been undergoing activities and reporting them on quarterly basis. The
> subsequent quarterly results would be shared once the next quarter
> finishes. The subsequent quarterly report would be published in a changed
> formed based on suggestions received from the community [3]. Activities may
> be less due to no source of regular funds  [4] however, Community Members
> from India put their efforts, strive hard to take the movement ahead.  No
> Wikimedia Foundation Grants like Rapid Grant, Project Grant etc have been
> applied by WMIN members to support any Chapter activity. They remain
> self-financed.
>
> WMIN is compliant with the reporting and the said could be attained from
> Chapter's Report page on Meta. However, there are few issues with the
> Affiliations Committee and the said have been communicated on WMIN
> Members-Mailing on May 15th. 2019. WMIN has requested Affiliations
> Committee to allow us to be more transparent by (a) Taking the conversation
> over Meta (b) Uploading All Mails Over A Cloud Document To Share It with a
> wider audience (c) Uploading All PDFs sent over mail to Commons etc.
>
> User: Asaf(WMF), thank you for the wishes, let's work together, take the
> Chapter and Indian Community ahead. :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Abhinav
>
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-June/014131.html
>
> [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-April/013994.html
> [3]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-April/014021.html
> [4] Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act, 1960 compliance do not permit India 
> Chapter
> to receive money from its primary fiscal sponsor, Wikimedia Foundation.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

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That's good to know, and thanks for the update. Best wishes to Abhinav!

Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its compliance
difficulties? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the wider
communities informed.

Cheers,

   A.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 07:11 Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Dear Community members
>
> With a current board strength of only 5 members, Wikimedia India has 2
> vacant board member seats. I am pleased to inform you that Abhinav
> Srivastava has been Co-opted to the board of Wikimedia India.
>
> He will be available on the email - abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in
>
> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: Gujarati Wikisource starts AudioBook Section

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Excellent initiative!  Worth sharing on the international Wikisource
mailing list[1] as well.

One suggestion for improvement is to better categorize the audio files on
Commons.  Currently the one I sampled only had "Gujarati Wikisource" as a
category.  It would be useful to further categorize as audio books in
Gujarati, and by author as well.

Cheers,

A.

[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 3:49 PM sushant savla 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We are please to inform that Gujarati Wikisource Community has started
> "Audio Book" section for the benefit of the visually impaired people as
> well as for the people who do not take out time to read due to compulsions
> of busy schedule.
>
> The idea of an audio book was there for a long time in mind but due to
> small community size the attention could not be made on this front. In the
> Gujarati Wikisoruce Conference at Ahmadabad (23 & 24 February 2019), One of
> the Participant Mr. Modern Bhatt showed keen interest on this project and
> he started working on the same. He has single handedly completed 5 books
> and working on the next book. The community highly appreciates the great
> work by Mr. Modern Bhatt.
>
> So far 5 full books have been converted to Audio Format. Their links can
> be found at the Gujarati Wikisource main page. The Audio file link is
> placed at Chapter Header as well as, as an Audio Book Index, wherein All
> the Audio files are placed as per Index. an Example of the same can be
> viewed here https://w.wiki/4j9
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Sushant Savla
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: New tutorial video on submitting media via OTRS + request for help

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov 
Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:58 AM
Subject: New tutorial video on submitting media via OTRS + request for help
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List ,
Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello.

We have released a comprehensive tutorial video -- as one medium-length
video and as several shorter clips -- aimed at helping non-Wikimedians
submit media to Wikimedia Commons via OTRS.

This video is the result of a pilot project within the framework of
the Community
Capacity Development <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD>[1] program at
the Wikimedia Foundation. It was led by Asaf Bartov
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)>[2], from the Community
Development team, with the active involvement of an advisory committee made
up of experienced OTRS and Commons volunteers. The script development and
video production were done by contractor Victor Grigas
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:VGrigas_(WMF)>[3], and reviewed by
the advisory committee.

The video is intended to be useful to OTRS agents, Commons volunteers, and
Wikipedia volunteers in various languages, for helping *non-Wikimedians*
submit media via OTRS. It is hoped that being able to refer people to the
video, in whole or in part (to the introduction plus a specific scenario,
perhaps), would save at least some of the *very common* back-and-forth
correspondence many OTRS agents have to conduct with non-Wikimedian
contributors struggling to understand copyright and Commons norms.

The video is designed to be easy to translate and localize, with no speech,
and a lot of interstitials, which should facilitate preparing localized
versions of the video(s).

The page describing the video, including links to the various versions, the
script, and even B-roll material, is here:


*https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Video_tutorial_on_how_to_submit_media_to_Wikimedia_Commons_using_OTRS
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Video_tutorial_on_how_to_submit_media_to_Wikimedia_Commons_using_OTRS>*

I request your help in three ways:

1. Spread the news in your communities, and ensure your fellow volunteers
are aware of the availability of this resource.

2. Translate the video (the page itself is much less important) into your
language, if not English.

3. Provide feedback on the video, or on your use of it, ideally on-wiki, in
the talk page of the page linked above.

Thanks,

   A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report of SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India

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Excellent results!  Thank you for sharing this clear report.

   A.

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 8:01 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Here is the final report of the SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India;
> Link:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Report
>
> Kindly go through it, and comments are welcome.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Krishna Chaitanya V.
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF complying to court orders.

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On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 9:57 AM Anirudh S. Bhati 
wrote:

> I do not think there is anything irresponsible about having an open and
> frank discussion about the issue based on the information that is available
> in the public domain.
>

Certainly, and you should discuss it all you like.  I did not say "having
an open and frank discussion" would be irresponsible; as you no doubt
noticed, I used the word 'irresponsible' about the prospect of me offering
an opinion on the matter.  I am not sufficiently informed on this matter to
have an opinion worth expressing.

I can only repeat my recommendation: if you are not satisfied with the
information available in that blog post, write to le...@wikimedia.org and
express your concerns, specifically.  Legal is unlikely to participate in
discussion on this mailing list.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF complying to court orders.

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>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>>>>
>>>> I had sent this mail earlier also and was expecting some comments on
>>>> it. Somehow not a single person has replied to this mail.
>>>> We talk so much on the list on many insignificant things. Many times
>>>> WMF people also add their comments/views in it. But for such an important
>>>> topic, that too of national interest, there is complete silence !! I am
>>>> surprised and saddened.
>>>>
>>>> This was the original mail I sent on April 12th.
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Please check out this news from WMF.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/11/a-german-court-forced-us-to-remove-part-of-a-wikipedia-articles-history-heres-what-that-means/
>>>>
>>>> This means WMF accepts court rulings across the world and take action
>>>> accordingly. What can happen in the case of India maps? Your views please.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> ---
>>>> --Sudhanwa
>>>>
>>>> ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian of the Month - February 2019

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That's really fantastic!  I'm very glad to read about this.

   A.

On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 2:57 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Thanks Yohann for sharing this. Anant is an awesome contributor to
> Wikimedia projects, was helpful to many users at the resource exchange. I
> am so happy that he has been selected as the Featured Wikimedian.
>
> On this occasion, I would like to share a latest update with all of you
> regarding Anant's work. He has been consistently working with the "Gujarat
> Vishw Kosh Trust" (http://vishwakosh.org/) for quite some time now. He
> previously convinced them to release 45 images under CC BY-SA 4.0. Most of
> them are of Gujarati authors. Last week OTRS received an email from its
> president that they've setup a Wikimedia user account, User:Gujarat Vishw
> Kosh Trust, and are willing to release all their works under CC BY-SA 4.0,
> uploaded from the account. Required details for verification have been
> provided in the email sent to OTRS, and this account is now verified and
> required pages were setup. Details about this can be found at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gujarat_Vishw_Kosh_Trust.
>
> I thank and congratulate Anant for this consistent efforts making this
> possible.
>
> Regards,
> Krishna Chaitanya V.
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 3:51 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian of
>> the month for February 2019 is User:Gazalworld. Please find a short brief
>> about him below.
>>
>> "Anant Rathod with User Name: Gazal world is an editor on Gujrati and
>> English Wikimedia Projects. He was introduced to Wikimedia by his friend
>> and an active editor on English Wikipedia User: Nizil Shah who helped him
>> by providing step-by-step guidance on Wikimedia editing. Anant's favourite
>> area of editing has been writing about Indian literature on English
>> Wikipedia and vice-versa for Gujarati Wikipedia.
>> On four different occasions, his work has been featured under Did You
>> Know section on English Wikipedia. Anant's good quality contributions have
>> helped him attain access rich scholarly and archive content like JSTOR,
>> Oxford, Project MUSE, EPW, EBSCO, Edinburgh University Press, De Gruyter
>> and Questia. Anant believes that pay-wall resources restrict a volunteer on
>> improving quality content on Wikipedia. To overcome this, he has been
>> working as a tireless volunteer on the resource desk on English Wikipedia
>> and has helped in providing more than five hundred reference material to
>> the volunteers. The most encouraging practice in this exercise has been
>> visiting the physical library - Gujarat Vidyapith Library where he gets the
>> books physically scanned and provides it to the needful.
>>
>> Anant is associated with several literary associations and has also
>> participated as a poet for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Being a student of
>> Chemistry, he stays in Ahmedabad in Gujarat."
>>
>> If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured, please feel
>> free to nominate him/her on
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations
>> Or feel free to contact me at yohan...@wikimedia.in or Abhinav
>> Srivastava at abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in.
>>
>> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Government of Telangana Re-licensed content and Felicitated Wikimedians

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Fantastic news! \o/

   A.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 13:51 balaji  wrote:

> Wow.
> Wonderful. Best wishes for all involved in the project. Hope it serves as
> an eye opener to other states too !!
>
> Regards,
> J. Balaji.
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 4:13 PM pavan santhosh 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Greetings from Telugu Wikipedia community and CIS-A2K!
>>
>> The Language and Culture Department of the Government of Telangana and
>> Digi”Tel” Telangana organized Conference about “Telangana Culture,
>> Literature, Language and Festivals in Digital Medium[1]” on October 12 and
>> 13. The event was supported by CIS-A2K where Telugu Wikipedian Pranayraj,
>> Ajay Bandi and Pavan were part of the event. Some of the outcomes of this
>> event were:
>>
>>-
>>
>>19 Telugu Wikipedians were felicitated by the Government of Telangana
>>during the event for their effort and contributions on Telugu Wikipedia.
>>-
>>
>>Mamidi Harikrishna, Director of Telangana Language and Culture
>>Department announced to relicense 8 books into CC-BY license which 
>> includes
>>Magnus opus of the department’s work “Telangana Tejo Murthulu” (Life
>>sketches of 153 luminaries of Telangana). He also re-licensed oil 
>> paintings
>>of 38 Telangana luminaries into CC-BY license.
>>
>>
>>-
>>
>>Yerra Ramarao showcased the “Telangana Village Project[2]” (which is
>>part of Telugu Village project) in the conference, this project has helped
>>to improve content about revenue villages of Telangana in Telugu
>>Wikipedia.[Notes1] Along with him, other Wikipedians also shared their
>>experiences, ideas, and projects with the participants.
>>
>>
>>-
>>
>>The Government of Telangana will publish the papers presented by
>>writers, historians, and researchers contributing in digital media as a
>>book under CC-BY license.
>>
>>
>> I would like to thank Pranayraj for his effort in this process and thanks
>> to Telugu Wikipedia community and my colleagues at CIS-A2K for all their
>> help and support.
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/వికీపీడియా:డిజిటల్_మాధ్యమాల్లో_తెలంగాణ_సాహిత్యం,_కళలు,_సంస్కృతి,_పండుగలు_-_సదస్సు
>>
>> [2]
>> https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/వికీపీడియా:వికీప్రాజెక్టు/తెలంగాణ_జిల్లాల,_మండలాల,_గ్రామాల_మార్పుచేర్పుల_జిల్లాల_వారి_సమీక్ష.
>>
>> [Notes1] Ramarao updated information and templates according to 2011
>> census and Telangana districts' reorganisation
>>  for
>> more than 9000 Telangana Village articles.
>>
>> Best!
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Asaf Bartov]

Wikimedia India is an Indian organization, and the Wikimedia Foundation
does not have a say in its internal governance.  It does, of course, have
great *influence*, insofar as it is historically its biggest funder, and in
that it can revoke its recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate.  I state this
just for clarity, so that no one is confused about WMF's role in this
discussion.  This is a matter for Wikimedia India and the communities in
India which it exists to serve, and not a WMF matter.

However, since you ask me directly, Abhinav, yes, I think this public
inquiry (which was brought up respectfully and patiently, and only became
shrill because of *your* ad hominem responses) is perfectly acceptable, and
an office bearer's accountability is a duty that cannot be argued away by
invoking "privacy". Rahul's travel was not private, but made *as* an office
bearer, and there can be no privacy concern about it.

I agree with Srikar: your repeated tactic of attempting to discredit the
people who raised concerns is inappropriate, aggressive, uncollegial,
unhelpful, and for those not convinced of your good faith, also probably
suggesting an attempt to cover something up or change the subject by any
means necessary.

Now, *I myself* trust there is no reason to cover anything up. As I already
said earlier in this thread, if a mistake was made, it can be openly
admitted; in my experience Wikimedians are exceptionally open and forgiving
when faced with honest admission of error or bad judgment. And if no
mistake was made, then clarifications can be offered and understanding and
trust regained.

Rahul has now explained the circumstances of his non-responsiveness, and
people have expressed understanding and patience, while declining his
suggestion that this should be discussed privately.  Rahul now can take the
time he needs to explain his actions to the community, which is the
constituency he is to serve.

Cheers,

   A.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 20:44 Abhinav srivastava  wrote:

>
> Perhaps it would be advisable to hear from Mr Asaf Bartov and if we can
> throw some light.
>
> Whether best practices call for taking name publicly or should the
> concerned persons approach CIS and WMIN and get the details.
>
> Abhinav
> On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Abhinav srivastava 
> wrote:
>
>> It is necessary my friend. Name game business is no sign of maturity.
>> Rest, report has already been shared.
>>
>> Affcom member who is selected and not elected showing biases concerns me.
>> This chapter only made him a featured wikimedians and assisted him and his
>> friends. His friend has also acknowledged the help on this thread when EC
>> members paid from their pocket to support him. He still hasn't finished the
>> report but we don't do sensationalism.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Equipment_Lending_and_Community_Support/Report/2016/Bodhisattwa
>>
>> Post Script : Just a general though based on today morning newspapers.
>> India has become a hub of online trolling where one asks the other to
>> respond. I am happy they are restricted to social media and not us here.
>>
>> I personally respect you for your work on en Wikipedia and also helping
>> the chapter. I will not reply if you feel so. Suggestion taken.
>>
>> Abhinav
>>
>>
>> On Thu 13 Sep, 2018, 10:34 PM Srikar Kashyap Pulipaka, <
>> srikar.kash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Dear Abhinav,
>>>
>>> I feel you have been overly enthusiastic in responding to the mails in
>>> this thread. I clearly don't find *anything* personal and offensive in
>>> Satdeep's email. That was a totally uncalled for attack on him. It is
>>> indeed true that Rahul must answer a few questions raised in this thread
>>> *himself*. I strongly suggest that we let Rahul address all the concerns
>>> himself in this thread once and for all. I don't expect your reply to this
>>> mail and hope you don't too. It's not necessary.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Srikar
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:19 PM Abhinav srivastava <
>>> abhinav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Comrade Satdeep,
>>>>
>>>> Respect one's personal privacy. You can approach CIS-A2K or Mr Deshmukh
>>>> and WMIN and know who invited. Rest, report and documentation has already
>>>> been shared. You can also write on the discussion page on Meta where report
>>>> has been shared and find out, if you really want an individual's name
>>>> public. I am not convinced why an international volunteers name need to be
>>>> called.
>>>>
>>>> You are not even an elected

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Asaf Bartov]

Dear Rahul,

It's been 10 days since I've explicitly invited you to respond yourself and
to take responsibility for this -- whether a mistake or a
misunderstanding.  It would be good if you could make time to do so.  If
you are unable to put in the time, please at least drop a line
acknowledging you intend to, and suggest a date by which you'd be able to
respond.

It seems to me people have been trying to assume good faith despite
concerns about the way this was handled, but this assumption of good faith
should not be abused indefinitely.  WMIN's EC and its president should be
accountable to the membership and the broader communities it exists to
support.  You agreed with this statement when I made it in our meeting in
Mumbai last year.  Do please show you meant it.

Thank you,

A.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:04 PM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Perhaps also helpful would be to hear some response from Mr. Deshmukh
> himself.
>
> Rahul, I think the concerns raised here at least merit your attention, and
> it's been two weeks. I encourage you to show up and discuss the concerns --
> ideally, with a forthright description of what did and didn't happen around
> your travel to Wikimania, and with a forward-looking perspective of what
> might change to prevent such concerns in the future.
>
> Thank you.
>
>A.
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 7:06 AM, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Yohann,
>>
>> As I and Satdeep requested, it would be great if you share the invitation
>> letter with all of us, so that we can know who invited WMIN president to
>> attend the meeting.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bodhisattwa
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2018, 14:58 Bodhisattwa Mandal, <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Yohann,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the detailed reply. Much appreciated.
>>>
>>> So, to summarize your mail, WMIN president got written invitation to
>>> speak in the informal meeting of chairpersons during Wikimania and WMIN
>>> officially requested CIS-A2K to fund him to attend the meeting without
>>> depriving any Wikimedian in waiting list for scholarship and CIS-A2K funded
>>> him to attend the entire Wikimania. Right? So, according to WMIN, this was
>>> a valid request from WMIN to CIS-A2K, I presume, as you are defending about
>>> what WMIN did.
>>>
>>> Assuming good faith, I am believing all your words. Still, I don't
>>> understand, why only 1 volunteer in the waiting list attended the
>>> conference and next 2 in the queue were not funded. I am not talking about
>>> Jayanta Nath and Aliva Sahoo, they both declined, I am talking about the
>>> next 2 people in the queue.
>>>
>>> Also, can you please share the letter of invitation, so that we know,
>>> who sent the letter and everything becomes transparent.
>>>
>>> By the way, I never said, chairpersons meeting was any random meeting, I
>>> said it was informal meeting, like stewards meeting, asian meeting etc.
>>> Informal means which is not related to Wikimania official program, there is
>>> a difference between random and informal.
>>>
>>> Echoing Manavpreet's valid query, can a Wikimedia volunteer with no
>>> attachment to the chapter get similar special treatment of getting full
>>> funds to attend Wikimania even if he/she doesn't get a Wikimania
>>> scholarship but his/her presentation is selected and/or he/she gets
>>> official invitation to speak in an informal meeting during Wikimania. Now,
>>> from your answer, I hope there is no doubt about that volunteers will
>>> receive such special treatment, because after all, the chapter does not
>>> distinguish between board members and the volunteer community and we have a
>>> prior example of WMIN president to cite. That is a great news for the
>>> volunteer community as it opens up new opportunity for the communities to
>>> participate in the conference. Alas! this we didn't knew earlier, we could
>>> have sent more Wikimedians this year, but it's ok, the community will be
>>> informed for next year and I hope, more such requests will be sent to WMIN
>>> and CIS-A2K from volunteers in future. Of course, we will keep everything
>>> open and transparent, unlike this time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2018, 12:42 Yohann Thomas,  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Bodhi
>>>>
>>>> I still feel, you haven't read my email word to word. I wo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiCamp Nepal 2018

[Asaf Bartov]

Excellent news!  Congratulations to the communities in Nepal!

   A.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:51 AM Tulsi Bhagat 
wrote:

> *Namaste !*
>
> I'm here to let you know about the most awaited & first event of it's kind
> being held in Nepal is *Wikicamp Nepal 2018 (#WCN2018) is a three day
> event for experienced and new Wikipedians of Nepal.* The main objective
> of the event is to increase the Wikimedia offline activities in Nepal,
> develop skill of the new Wikipedians and bring together experienced and
> newbies Wikipedians. This brought together Wikipedians from Nepali,
> Maithili, Doteli, Newari (Nepal Bhasha), Bhojpuri and Sanskrit Community as
> well as 2 emerging Incubator community- Awadhi and Marwari.
> This is first event which intended to become an annual national flagship
> event for Wikipedia/Wikimedia in the country.
>
> For more info: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCN2018
>
> *Regards,*
> *Tulsi*
> *(User:Tulsi Bhagat)*
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

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 affiliate is present in
>>>>>> that conference, he can represent the affiliate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Wikimania 2018, 2 EC members, Viswa Prabha and Krishna Chaitanya
>>>>>> Velaga, were present and one of them could have attended the meeting on
>>>>>> behalf of WMIN. Can you please explain, why WMIN decided to spend a huge
>>>>>> amount of donation money to send WMIN president to attend a meeting, 
>>>>>> where
>>>>>> his presence is not at all mandatory. Does WMIN consider these two 
>>>>>> members
>>>>>> unfit to attend such meeting?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Waiting for your reply,
>>>>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3 Aug 2018 6:05 pm, "Yohann Thomas"  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Bodhi & other community members
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First of all, I would apologise for the delay in reply. Wikimedia
>>>>>> India is run by 7 board members(as you are already aware) & any 
>>>>>> discussion
>>>>>> on any topic, requires inputs from all of them.. Since all are unpaid
>>>>>> volunteers & have their own professional lives apart from Wikimedia 
>>>>>> India,
>>>>>> there was a delay in drafting a reply.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As it is a well known fact, Wikimedia India is a volunteer run
>>>>>> organisation. There are board members, who discharge their duties towards
>>>>>> the chapter, as well as serve their regional communities (as well as user
>>>>>> groups) in their volunteer roles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another well known fact is that, Wikimedia India still isn't
>>>>>> financially independent & is still dependent on external funding which is
>>>>>> fraught with regulatory hurdles, including obstacles related to FCRA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having said that, many community members juggle their different roles
>>>>>> in community, affiliates, committees & in personal & professional roles 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> attend different conferences run by the Wikimedia & its volunteers around
>>>>>> the world.
>>>>>> In a similar way, our President Mr Rahul Deshmukh had earlier
>>>>>> attended the Berlin Wikimedia Conference representing Wikimedia India &
>>>>>> then subsequently was invited to Wikimania, especially the Chairperson's
>>>>>> meeting at Wikimania. You will find the agenda in the link below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_Chairpersons_
>>>>>> meeting_July_20,_2018
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this invitation , Rahul Deshmukh had requested CIS-A2K to fund
>>>>>> its trip & they accepted his proposal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Going a little off topic & concluding my email, I would really want
>>>>>> to appreciate & acknowledge the work done by Abhinav on & offline in
>>>>>> relation to the chapter. Eventhough Abhinav, prematurely left the chapter
>>>>>> before his term expired, he still continues to support the chapter on
>>>>>> different issues, inspite of us still battling with all our regulatory
>>>>>> hurdles. I wish there were more such vocal well wishers, when the chapter
>>>>>> is going through a difficult time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Yohann Thomas
>>>>>> Secretary
>>>>>> Wikimedia India
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri 27 Jul, 2018, 12:32 Bodhisattwa Mandal, <
>>>>>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WMIN chapter president Rahul Deshmukh attended Wikimania 2018 in
>>>>>>> Cape Town without being selected for any type of scholarship. My 
>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>> is why was he sent to the conference depriving other community members 
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> India who were in the waiting list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He spoke in the informal chairpersons' meetup for few minutes. The
>>>>>>> meeting doesn't require president of the organization's presence, and
>>>>>>> already there were 2 EC member of WMIN present, who could have attended 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> meeting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

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(If there's any list the community would like to revive or add moderators
to, but encounters lost passwords or unresponsive admins, please document
that on Meta as well and draw my attention to it, after reaching some
agreement.  I can ask WMF Operations team members to regain control of the
list and add the moderators.)

A.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:19 PM Sudhanwa Jogalekar 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Recently, there was a major subscription attack to all the mailing lists.
> Email ids from aol and yahoo were used to subscribe in bulk.  Probably,
> during the corrective measures, this kind of problem might have occurred.
>
> In case of any posting issues, raising them to the list admins usually
> solves them quickly.
>
> Regards
> -Sudhanwa
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The Indian community mailing list is arguably the most used mailing list
>> by the Indian Wikimedia community. However, recently some users have
>> reported problems with subscription and sending messages as
>> non-subscribers. All these issues are need to be dealt by the list admins
>> at the earliest possible. However, the issues remain unsolved.
>>
>> So I think more active community members must be added as mailing list
>> admins so that these issues can be addressed in a timely manner.
>>
>> List info at:
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimediaindia-l
>>
>> Looking forward for comments from other members.
>>
>> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

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Certainly, we can wait. But please understand I did not assert WMIN (or
anyone) needs to apologize. Please reread and you'll find I posed it in a
conditional, as *one* possible outcome of resolving Bodhisattwa's concern.
I also described another possible scenario.

A.

On Aug 3, 2018 06:21, "Abhinav srivastava"  wrote:

Hello Asaf,

In consent with my last mail on the thread, please be assured, no
discussion whatsoever will take place until WMIN replies to the concerns,
the community takes its time to question, inspect and interrogate the
matter. Yes, all other issues will be raised on a separate thread and in
good spirit only after this matter is resolved. As Subhashish pointed out,
the issue is not about one person or an institution but bettering the
process. That is essentially the reason they had been brought up.

Asaf, It is always nice to hear from you. You have always followed the
Indian community closely and helped it in whatever way. We all appreciate
that.  I would look forward to hearing about the better methodological
processes of debates and discussions on resolving community matter. This
would also help us in the future course. The Indian community is
progressing in resolving its disputes in a peaceful and coherent manner and
we wish to learn more of this.

In continuity with my second paragraph, it would be great if you guide us
on this. This would make the community inclusive and self-sustaining. I am
not very happy that when the matter is sub-judice in the people's court,
you holding WMF office, is talking about on ways WMIN can apologize. To
re-iterate, provide us with methodological solutions and leave the
community to decide.

Also, I am not sure since you holding WMF office should advise about
distractions.concerning the second point clearly deals with conflicts in
Wikimedia Foundation policy. Of course, the platform could be a reason and
for that, we will make sure we do not jump across topics. In fact, when we
move ahead on those issues (only after resolving the principal problem) I
would encourage you to be a participant (representing WMF). There are few
essentially questions concerning few community members regarding WMF
policies which I may share with you personally, whatever you find
appropriate can be further asked on the community mailing list.

At last, I have spoken to different EC members. Two EC members have also
written to me stating that they will reply about WMIN stand. They have
assured me that they will reply as soon as possible. As a past EC member, I
would like to tell, finalizing a WMIN stand takes some time since EC
members need to discuss, deliberate and then provide to their consent. As
you all are aware unlike CIS-A2K or WMF, Wikimedia India is a voluntary
organization, EC has his/her own personal life (own office work etc), hence
at times, it takes some time. However, a reply will follow-up very shortly.

To sum up, no more discussions please, let's stick on the principal query,
please.

Abhinav



On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:33 AM Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Folks,
>
> As an outside observer, may I encourage everyone to try to keep this one
> thread about its one, original topic?  Abhinav, I found your responses
> defensive and distracting -- listing other issues and other groups about
> which concerns can be raised is a very poor response to *this* concern
> raised on this thread.  By all means, raise those concerns if you want to
> pursue them (rather than merely use them as distraction on this thread),
> *in a separate thread*.
>
> I encourage the WMIN EC, which is the body accountable to its membership
> and to the broader communities in India, to address Bodhisattwa's concern
> directly and politely, as befits an organization aiming to be
> representative of the entire movement in India.  *Please* don't respond
> with bluster, nor with [[whataboutism]].  If there was some poor governance
> or inappropriate decision-making involved here, just own up to it,
> apologize[1], and commit to doing better.  Everybody would appreciate you
> for doing the right thing.
>
> If the appearance Bodhisattwa's concern responds to is *incorrect*, by all
> means, calmly respond with the facts as they are and demonstrate to the
> community that there is nothing to be concerned about.  Also reflect on how
> that appearance was created despite everything being okay, and what can,
> and should, be done to prevent such appearances in the future. Thinking
> about this, and sharing your conclusions, would also, I dare say, be
> welcomed by the community on this mailing list.
>
> I look forward to this matter resolving peacefully one way or another, but
> please, let us stick to the substance of *this* thread on this thread, and
> let us be fair and honest and avoid manipulative arguments and insinuations.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Asaf
>
> [1] may I humble offer an e

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Asaf Bartov]

Folks,

As an outside observer, may I encourage everyone to try to keep this one
thread about its one, original topic?  Abhinav, I found your responses
defensive and distracting -- listing other issues and other groups about
which concerns can be raised is a very poor response to *this* concern
raised on this thread.  By all means, raise those concerns if you want to
pursue them (rather than merely use them as distraction on this thread),
*in a separate thread*.

I encourage the WMIN EC, which is the body accountable to its membership
and to the broader communities in India, to address Bodhisattwa's concern
directly and politely, as befits an organization aiming to be
representative of the entire movement in India.  *Please* don't respond
with bluster, nor with [[whataboutism]].  If there was some poor governance
or inappropriate decision-making involved here, just own up to it,
apologize[1], and commit to doing better.  Everybody would appreciate you
for doing the right thing.

If the appearance Bodhisattwa's concern responds to is *incorrect*, by all
means, calmly respond with the facts as they are and demonstrate to the
community that there is nothing to be concerned about.  Also reflect on how
that appearance was created despite everything being okay, and what can,
and should, be done to prevent such appearances in the future. Thinking
about this, and sharing your conclusions, would also, I dare say, be
welcomed by the community on this mailing list.

I look forward to this matter resolving peacefully one way or another, but
please, let us stick to the substance of *this* thread on this thread, and
let us be fair and honest and avoid manipulative arguments and insinuations.

Warmly,

Asaf

[1] may I humble offer an essay I once wrote on the power of apologies for
our movement? it is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/So_you%27ve_made_a_mistake_and_it%27s_public...


On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 3:01 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Hello Bodhisattwa,
>
> The first line of the mail which at 12:02 by Indian Standard Time, you
> stated, "I understand you are felling bad with my toneI am sorry" .
>
> Apologies for getting this statement wrong, If I have.
>
> I would say, let us first address the point 1 which concerns response from
> WMIN. Other things can be put on *hold* and discussed, subsequently. I
> hope you would be in consent with this.
>
> I have received your mail concerning your Wikimania trip and allegations.
> I would like to re-iterate, neither then nor today, Wikimedia India pays
> any attention to those allegations. To my understanding (since I am not EC)
> Wikimedia India continues to have full faith in you.
>
> Rest assured, please be cautious, you are sending a little too many
> emails. I understand at times such issues happen but try and address them
> together. This would otherwise lead to spamming.
>
> Abhinav
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 5:15 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Abhinav,
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.   Now that Bodhisattwa has acknowledged on his inappropriate tone
>>> and it can be believed he would be a caution for future onwards and since
>>> the issue is in public domain, I would urge Wikimedia India to respond on
>>> this.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry missed this part,
>>
>> Where have I acknowledged that my tone was inappropriate? I only said
>> that, if you feel that the tone was not approprate, then I am sorry. To me,
>> my tone and my question are absolutely ok. Along with many others, I have
>> noticed a discrepancy and asked about the reason it in open mailing list,
>> so that everything remains transparent. I had to name the person involved,
>> otherwise the question seemed to be vague and meaningless. Everything I
>> said in my first e-mail was hard fact, almost everyone from India
>> participating in the conference knew about it and had the same question in
>> mind. If my (and others) question is invalid, then why there is no response
>> from WMIN, refuting everything after 6 days?
>>
>> So, instead of diverting the topic, if we stick to and discuss the topic
>> in which the thread was initiated, that would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] New user right: event coordinator

[Asaf Bartov]

Hello, folks.

This new user right will be handy for those of you running editing
workshops on English Wikipedia to bypass the 6-account limit and to grant
the attendees "confirmed" status.

Details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator

Cheers,

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Wikipedia block in Turkey

[Asaf Bartov]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Gregory Varnum 
Date: Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:27 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the
Wikipedia block in Turkey
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Staff (All) <
wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello,

Today the Wikimedia Foundation, in cooperation with a number of volunteers
who attended the Wikimedia Conference, have posted on Twitter and Facebook
a video message speaking to the one-year anniversary of the block of
Wikipedia in Turkey.

The video re-enforces our message that this block is a lost opportunity
both for the people of Turkey and the rest of the world. Any assistance
that you all can offer in terms of helping circulate the video amongst your
networks would be greatly appreciated!

Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhrsnqvmhxg

Tweet:  https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/991663606856077312

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/vb.33138223345/10156176050713346/

Blog post:  https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/05/02/we-miss-turkey/

We have also made the video available on Wikimedia Commons if you would
like to help us with translating:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_year_without_Turkey.webm

This is a part of our ongoing efforts around the block in Turkey, and done
with input from members of the local community in Turkey. We GREATLY
appreciate the help of everyone involved in the development and all of you
who are sharing these messages. If you have any questions, please let us
know.

-greg

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[Wikimediaindia-l] New caching center for readers of Wikipedia in Asia

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Hello, folks.

A piece of relevant news:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/04/24/new-data-center-singapore/

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy core team news: We're recruiting

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI, there are two job openings for the next phase of the Strategy project.

   A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Katherine Maher 
Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 8:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy core team news: We're recruiting
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear all,

I am happy to share another update on the movement strategy process. As we
resume work, we’re planning to put together a team to design and facilitate
the next phase of the movement strategy process. This team will be
responsible for shaping the overall process in a way that supports
participation and engagement of the diverse constituents and stakeholders
of our movement.

As I mentioned in my last email, I’ve asked Nicole Ebber of WMDE to take on
the role as Process Lead for this next phase. She has been busy mapping out
the team and skills we will need to move forward, including writing
descriptions for each role, which you can find on Meta-wiki

[1].

In clarifying these roles, it became evident that there are some people who
have played a major role in the process to-date and who bring much-needed
skills and insight to the team. As a result, we’ve asked two people from
the first phase to formalize their collaboration in the Strategy Process
Architect and Process Support Lead capacity and join this next phase as
core team members. *We’re still finalizing details, but I look forward to
announcing them soon!*

We are still looking for people for two of the other roles in the core
team. In the first phase of the process, last year, we worked with a number
of consultants from outside the movement.

For this phase, *I am very interested in building a team from within our
movement* -- bringing together people with a passion for our movement, the
necessary skills for the work we need to do, and an interest in helping us
solve some of our most challenging questions. I believe that this is an
exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role, develop their skills,
and work on an essential priority for the future of our movement. *I
strongly encourage people from all across the movement to apply.  *

*We are looking for candidates for these two positions: *

   - *Information & Knowledge Manager* - A person with experience in
   managing the flow of large amounts of qualitative information. They will
be
   responsible for ensuring the effective, yet inclusive, collection of
inputs
   from movement stakeholder discussions around key questions and themes of
   Phase II. They will be responsible for making sure community has clarity
   about the process itself and its goals, for ensuring a steady information
   flow to critical stakeholders, and for effective communication of the
   status and results through movement-wide communication. (Application link
   <
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096509?gh_src=cclqxfvl1#.WsT-DNPwbOR
>
   [2]
   <
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096509?gh_src=cclqxfvl1#.WsT-DNPwbOR
>
   )
   - *Project Manager* - A person with experience in project management and
   evaluation. They should be comfortable with navigating high-volume
   information flows, multiple competing stakeholders, and situational
   ambiguity and complexity. This person will be responsible for
coordinating
   and managing human and financial resources, coordinating activities
within
   the strategy team, as well as strategy process related activities within
   the wider Wikimedia movement. This person will be in charge of tracking
   progress against goals, deliverables and milestones, as well as managing
   timely status updates and reporting and is expected to ensure fluent work
   streams within the process as well as managing the overall process
budget. (Application
   link [3]
   <
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096480?gh_src=3pmbq6q21#.WsT-HdPwbOR
>
   )

*We strongly encourage applications from members of our extended Wikimedia
community. *Some additional notes:

   - Both of these roles are meant to be 40 hours/week for a period of
   approximately 24 months.
   - Contractors in both roles can be located almost anywhere, with support
   for travel as appropriate.
   - Because we want people from across the movement to consider applying,
   please note that these roles require you be comfortable working in
English,
   but do not require English as a native language. Particularly for the
   Project Manager role, the emphasis is on functional comfort, rather than
   fluency.
   - We are especially interested in candidates from our emerging
   communities.

If you are interested but uncertain and would like to know more, please
reach out to me or Nicole. If you know someone who would be a perfect fit
but might not think they are eligible, please encourage them to apply. We
are hoping to finish hiring for both these roles by the end of April, with
the plan 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)

[Asaf Bartov]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear Wikimedians,

*How many Wikimedia communities have embraced advanced Wikidata use? How
many have active social media accounts, and are there geographic or
cultural patterns to which groups have and have not? Which groups have a
written, current strategy? What are the most common gaps in capacity in
Latin America? or in Eastern Europe? What kind of investment in capacity
building would be likely to bring the most value?*

To answer these questions and more, we invite all of you to participate in
the new *Community Capacity Map (CCM)*: a *self-assessment exercise* for
communities, groups (whether formally recognized user groups or not),
thematic organizations, and chapters, to *map capacities* across the
movement, with a view to identifying *existing gaps* as well as *opportunities
for capacity-building*.

The CCM is here on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map

The context for this work, as well as "likely-asked questions, with
answers" ("LAQ"?), are explained here, including an answer to "*why should
I take the time to read all this?*" --
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About
(and also pasted at the bottom of this e-mail, for your convenience.)

The self-assessment is to be done based on the detailed *Guidelines* provided
here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines

I am looking forward to learning more about your groups' and orgs'
capacities and gaps, and to do my best to play matchmaker between those
needs and our available resources and opportunities.  While I encourage you
to begin contributing straightaway, *there is no deadline *-- this is
envisioned to be a long-term, ongoing, and tracked-over-time tool -- so
contribute if and when your group is able to make the time.

(don't forget to scroll down to the LAQ!)

Warmly,

Asaf Bartov
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

==
Likely-asked questions, with answers
this exists with working links and [modest] formatting here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/About#Likely-asked_questions,_with_answers

Why do this at all?  The Community Resources team is doing this to attempt
a more *comprehensive* view of capacities and gaps across the movement, to
enhance our existing, anecdotal and ad-hoc, impressions of only some of the
communities and affiliates. See the goal statement above. Why now?  The CCM
experiment is an implementation of one of the recommendations made at the
conclusion of the Community Capacity Development pilot year
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development/Overall_pilot_year_evaluation#Conclusions_and_recommended_next_steps>
. Why should I spend the time to read through it or go through the
self-assessment?  There are a couple of reasons you may want to put in the
time: First, by self-assessing your group/organization's capacities and
gaps, you are giving WMF and other potential investors in community
capacity a chance to provide your group/org with resources and
opportunities to *build up* those capacities. Secondly, self-assessing
according to the Guidelines page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Map/Guidelines> may be
in itself a worthwhile exercise and discussion-starter for your group/org,
pointing at potential areas for proactive work by *your org/group itself*,
for example in your next annual plan. Finally, self-assessing (at least
some) capacities today would enable you to review and re-assess in six
months, or two years, and see how your group/org has developed (or not) in
each of these aspects. So does WMF expect all groups and organizations to
do this?  No. This is an opportunity and a tool. Like all other tools, you
are free to use it or not, and we certainly understand that it would take
time and that you may have more pressing priorities in your group/org. We
*hope* as many groups, organizations, and communities eventually take the
time to self-assess, at least on some capacities, but it is not mandatory,
and there would be no penalty for not participating. Would we have to
provide self-assessments for *all* of the capacities?  No. Feel free to
self-assess on as many or as few capacities as you are able to, interested
in, or find relevant. You can also add assessments gradually, as your
group/org finds time to discuss and agree on assessments. Should I assess
capacities in the context of my wiki community, my user-group/chapter, or
what?  It depends. It may make sense to do separate assessments, or just
one. For example, while the English community has plenty of bot builders
and technical experts, you may belong to a small community cont

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Call for Scholarship Committee, Help wanted for new applicants and African community

[Asaf Bartov]

This is your chance to influence Wikimania scholarship decisions. (But you
won't be able to get a scholarship yourself.)

   A.
-- Forwarded message -
From: Martin Rulsch 
Date: Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 4:11 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Call for Scholarship Committee, Help wanted for new
applicants and African community
To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) <
wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear Wikimaniacs,

we are now calling for the Scholarship Committee.

The Scholarship Committee is an important and diverse group of volunteers
who help to run the scholarship program. We encourage people from all
Wikimedia wikis to apply for this position so that the committee can handle
applications in many different languages.

The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2018 are:
* Participation in periodic online meetings with scholarships program
manager and other committee members.
* Review and edit communications material (e.g. application questions).
* Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
* Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania
scholarship applications in multiple languages.

For further information please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Handbook#Scholarships and
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships.

We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are:
* fluent in written English and have good communication skills, or can name
local community member(s) who help them with English translations.
* discreet and able to handle confidential applicant information, and
objectively assess candidates.
* willing to review scholarship applications remotely in early 2018,
estimated time is 30 hours. A review guide can be found on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars/Reviewer%27s_guide
.
* having either or both:
** previously attended Wikimania,
** strong knowledge of the cross-project Wikimedia community.

Scholarship Committee members may not apply for a scholarship themselves
but there is a small budget for supporting committee members to attend
Wikimania. Please tell us if you need financial support in case you’ll be
selected.

If you're interested in serving on the Scholarship Committee, please send
us an email to  wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org. If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to contact us there as well.

Deadline to apply is Sunday, December 10, 2017. The organizers will contact
all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee members right
afterwards.

Proposed timeline
* Nov 30–Dec 10: Call for Scholarship Committee
* mid-December: Selection of the Scholarship Committee and start of the
submission time
* 5–26 February (estimated time frame): main review time

Before the start of the submission time, we are adapting the application
process to take recent activities more into account than the years before,
as proposed on wikimania-l. On the one hand we want to encourage returning
Wikimania participants to share their knowledge, on the other newcomers to
Wikimania to apply for a scholarship at all. Former scholarship recipients
can help us with the latter by sharing their successful applications on
MetaWiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2017_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships.
In case you don’t have your text at hand, you can send us a confirmation
mail to wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org where you allow us to publish
it for you.

Above all, we want to support African community members with applying for
scholarships. To achieve that, we are especially looking for volunteers who
want help us with encouraging people, assisting with the application form,
finding the right level of presenting one’s activities, etc. Please reach
out to us if you'd like to help.

Many thanks,
David Richfield
 and Martin
Rulsch 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Vote on the Community Tech Wishlist!

[Asaf Bartov]

Dear friends,

It is time to vote on the Community Tech Wishlist.  This *directly
determines* what the Community Tech team at WMF will work on, and every
vote counts!

If you want to help out spreading the word in your communities, feel very
welcome to do so.

You can see the final proposals here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey

Just click on the categories. Voting will close on December 10.

Cheers,

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedia [November 2017]

[Asaf Bartov]

Congrats, Balaji anna!

   A.

On Nov 13, 2017 03:37, "Satdeep Gill"  wrote:

> Balaji is an amazing contributor and this is a well deserved recognition
> for him.
>
> Best,
> Satdeep
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:06 PM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Many congrats Balaji. Great to see you getting this recognition.
>>
>> Thanks Krishna for the update.
>> On Nov 10, 2017 3:46 PM, "Mourya Biswas"  wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations Balaji (anna)! You are indeed a prolific editor. It's a
>>> very well deserved recognition and wish you many more accolades.
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> On 10-Nov-2017 15:39, "Parul"  wrote:
>>>
 Congrats Balaji! Well deserved recognition.

 On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 at 3:10 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
 kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am happy to announce the Featured Wikimedian for November 2017.
>
> *Balaji Jagadesh*
>  is
> one of the top contributors from the Tamil Wikimedia community. Though he
> started contributing since 2009, he was quite active after his
> participation in WikiConference India 2011. Initially he started
> contributing to Tamil Wikipedia, but was later attracted towards Tamil
> Wikisource, Tamil Wikitionary, and Wikidata. His global contributions 
> count
> to whooping 2,50,000 edits. He is an admin on Tamil Wikitionary.
>
> After his interaction with Mr. Loganathan (User:Info-farmer
> ),
> Balaji was very much motivated to contribute to Wikimedia projects. He
> says, "When I was editing in Tamil Wikipedia, I used to translate science
> articles from English to Tamil. But faced problem in finding equivalent
> Tamil words. The English to Tamil dictionaries were inadequate. Hence I
> felt the need to work in the Tamil Wikitionary. After a while there was a
> collaboration with Tamil Wikisource and Tamil Nadu Government through 
> Tamil
> Virtual University through 2000 CC0 books were uploaded".
>
> As an active contributor to Wikidata, he says that the vision of
> Wikimedia movement is, "Imagine a world in which every single human being
> can freely share in the sum of all knowledge", but with Wikidata we can
> make it, "Imagine a world in which every single human being *and
> every single machine* can freely share in the sum of all knowledge".
> Apart from regular contributions, he also created templates to Tamil
> Wikimedia projects, and also maintains Tamil Wikisource's official
> Twitter handle .
>
> Balaji hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and is a post-graduate is
> Physics. He currently works as a Senior Geophysicist in Oil and Natural 
> Gas
> Corporation Limited (ONGC).
>
> *Nominations for Featured Wikimedian can be made at:*
> https://goo.gl/Fpf4D2, *or can be suggested to this email ID.*
> Regards,
> Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Gujarati wikisource : 100 books Completed

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Fantastic news, Sushant!

Congratulations to the Gujarati community.

A.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 7:59 PM sushant savla 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> On blissful day of 02 October 2017, Gujarati Wikisource has completed
> digitization of 100 books. The Journey had begun with a small book
> "Rachantmak Kaaryakram" written by Mahatma Gandhi and co-incidentally on
> his Birth day the 100th mile stone was achieved. The first book was started
> on 18-03-2012 and within period of 5 and half years feat of 100 books were
> reached by co-operative contribution of community members.
>
> The collection of book on Gujarati Source includes variety of books like
> Plays, Novels, Short stories, Poetry collection, Autobiography, History
> etc.
>
> One name needs a special mention on this occasion who has a lion's share
> in contributions. Wikipedian Mr. Ashok Vaishanv from Ahmedabad is senior
> citizen, and has contributed in almost all projects regularly & tirelessly.
> His energy provides inspiration to others to contribute More.
>
> On this occasion we wish to say a Big "THANK YOU" to all the contributors,
> technical supporters, literature providers etc. for their direct and
> indirect contribution to the project with out whom this day would not have
> come so early.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sushant Savla
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Workshops in India in September 2017

[Asaf Bartov]

Correction: I'll be arriving *August* 29th, i.e. early next week.

   A.

On Aug 25, 2017 7:12 PM, "Tito Dutta" <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ​​Please consider forwarding the message to your project mailing list. You
> may translate the message to your language. Thanks in advance.
>
> Hello,
> We are glad to inform you that Asaf Bartov[1] will visit India in the
> month of September 2017, and will be conducting local workshops on Wikidata
> and other recent technologies and tools. You might be aware that Asaf is a
> promoter and trainer of Wikidata, and before and during this year's
> Wikimania, Indic Wikimedians from two communities requested Asaf to visit
> India to conduct more Wikidata workshops.
>
> The workshop would include extensive Wikidata training, from absolute
> beginner level through querying and embedding Wikidata in Wikipedia (incl.
> infoboxes), as well as a general tools demonstration, including Quarry.
> Additionally, time would be made for general Q ("ask me anything") to let
> people use the opportunity to directly ask a WMF representative anything
> that they have on their mind.
>
> Asaf would come to India on 29 September. Please see the detailed plan
> here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)/2017_Technic
> al_trainings_in_India
> If you have question(s), please contact here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Asaf_(WMF)/2017_
> Technical_trainings_in_India or you may contact Asaf on his Meta Wiki
> talk page too: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Asaf_(WMF)
> Regards.
>
> Footnotes
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)
>
> Referred pages
> [a] Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> i/User:Asaf_(WMF)/2017_Technical_trainings_in_India
> [b] Event discussion page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> i/User_talk:Asaf_(WMF)/2017_Technical_trainings_in_India
> [c] Contact Asaf Bartov: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> i/User_talk:Asaf_(WMF)
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> ​User:Titodutta​
>
>
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Global preferences: request for feedback

[Asaf Bartov]

May be of interest.

   A.

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From: Danny Horn 
Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:59 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Global preferences: request for feedback
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hi everyone,

The Community Tech team is currently working on Global preferences, the #4
wish from the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey, and we've got a question for
folks who are interested in using the feature.

We're adapting an extension developed by Legoktm, updating the code and
making some changes to the interface. There'll be a new special page,
Special:GlobalPreferences, where you'll be able to set a preference on all
wikis at once. There's more description and screenshots on the project
page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Global_preferences

Our question is about how people might use local overrides for the global
preferences -- setting a preference as global, but making an exception for
one or more wikis. If that sounds like the kind of thing you would have an
opinion about :), then please check out this section:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Global_preferences#For_discussion:_Local_overrides

and leave some feedback on the talk page. Of course, you can also feel free
to post any questions, suggestions or comments about the feature. Thanks!

Danny Horn
Senior Product Manager
WMF Community Tech
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee: Call for Candidates

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

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From: Kirill Lokshin 
Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee: Call for Candidates
To: Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list <
affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hi everyone,

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding
volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and
user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of
volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review
applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the
different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate
bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters,
thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of twelve members, six of whom are selected every
twelve months for staggered two-year terms. Those joining during the
mid-year process will serve an extended term ending in December 2019.

*Key skills*

Being a part of the Affiliations Committee requires communication with
volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity,
and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a healthy mix of
different skill sets in our members, including the following key skills and
experience:

- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic
process.
- Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future
of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
- Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a
monthly two-hour voice/video meeting.
- International orientation.
- Fluency in English.
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the
Wikimedia Foundation.
- Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building
and organising are a plus.
- Skills in other languages are a major plus.
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus.
- Strong track record of effective collaboration (such as evidenced skills
at facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and so forth) are a major plus.
- Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including
contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering
volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission
around the world. In exchange, committee members selected will gain the
experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their
communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational
development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional
communications.

*Selection process*

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral
engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2017 member selection process
will include a public review and comment period. All applications received
by the committee will be posted on Meta at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Candidates/June_2017,
and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about
each candidate.

At the end of the public comment period, the applications will be voted on
by the members of the committee who are not seeking re-election, taking
into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors,
Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final
decision will be made by mid-July 2017, with new members expected to join
later that month.

*How to apply*

If you are interested in joining the committee, please post your
application on the nomination page and send an email announcing your
application to aff...@lists.wikimedia.org by 30 June 2017. Your application
must include the following information:

- Your full name and Wikimedia username
- A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation
for joining the committee.
- Answers to the following three questions:
(1) How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on
effective projects and initiatives?
(2) What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia
movement in the next three years?
(3) What do you feel you will bring to the committee that makes you
a uniquely qualified candidate?

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the
committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone
about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this
call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA

[Asaf Bartov]

Some good news! :)

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-- Forwarded message -
From: David Gerard 
Date: Tue, May 23, 2017 at 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


For those who missed it in the 10th footnote, this is the link to spread:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/23/wikimedia-nsa-appeal-standing/


- d.

On 23 May 2017 at 23:00, James Buatti  wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
>
>
> The Foundation is pleased to announce an update in Wikimedia Foundation v.
> National Security Agency,[1] our challenge to the U.S. National Security
> Agency’s “Upstream”[2] mass surveillance practices. We filed[3] the suit
> back in March 2015 to protect the privacy and free expression rights of
> Wikimedia readers, editors, and contributors. The U.S. government moved to
> dismiss the case, and in October 2015, the District Court granted that
> motion.[4] Soon after, we appealed.[5]
>
>
>
> This morning, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals[6] ruled that the
> Wikimedia Foundation can proceed with the suit. The opinion[7] partially
> vacated and remanded the District Court ruling, which found that the
> Wikimedia Foundation and our eight co-plaintiffs lacked legal standing[8]
> to bring the case. The Fourth Circuit panel vacated this ruling as to the
> Wikimedia Foundation; two of the judges held that we have established
> standing, although the other plaintiffs have not. The final judge would
> have found standing for all the plaintiffs. This means our case can
> proceed, but not with the other plaintiffs.
>
>
>
> This is an important step in the fight against government mass
> surveillance, and a victory for the privacy and free expression rights of
> Wikimedia users. We are carefully reviewing the decision, along with our
> counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)[9] to identify next
> steps for our case. For the immediate time being, the case has been
> remanded back to the District Court of Maryland for further proceedings.
We
> will keep you posted on the next steps.
>
>
>
> For more information, please see today’s blog about the case,[10] as well
> as our Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA resource page.[11]
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jim Buatti
> Legal Counsel
>
> [1] https://policy.wikimedia.org/stopsurveillance/
>
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream_collection
>
>
> [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/
>
>
> [ 4]
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/23/wikimedia-v-nsa-lawsuit-dismissal/
>
>
> [ 5]
> 
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/wikimedia-nsa-appeal-filed/
>
>
> [6]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_
> Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit
>
>
> [
>  Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit>
> 7]
>  Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit>
> https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/
> 73._4th_cir_opinion_5.23.2017.pdf
>
>
> [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_(law)
>
>
> [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union
>
>
> [10] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/23/wikimedia-nsa-appeal-standing/
>
>
> [11] https://policy.wikimedia.org/stopsurveillance/
>
> --
> James Buatti
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd Floor
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> jbua...@wikimedia.org
>
> NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged
> information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] FDC elections: Call for candidates

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

   A.
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Delphine Ménard" 
Date: May 19, 2017 7:13 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] FDC elections: Call for candidates
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" 
Cc:

*[TL;DR]*
FDC elections are coming up. If you want to run or know someone who would
be good on the FDC or as an ombudsperson, please see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2017




Dear Wikimedians,

As you may know, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) [1] is a volunteer
committee that makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees on how to
spend funds to achieve the movement’s goals. Each year, the FDC meets twice
in person to deliberate on annual plan grant proposals submitted by
affiliates and aligned partners of the Wikimedia movement. Allocated
through a participatory, transparent, collaborative grantmaking process,
these funds are used by organizations to expand and deepen participation
and enable the creation and curation of quality content on Wikimedia
projects.

As foreseen in the FDC framework [2], five seats on the committee are open
to election this year, as is the position of the ombudsperson. Serving on
this committee is an opportunity to deepen your engagement in the movement,
build your leadership and experience, and work closely with other
colleagues who are interested in helping the movement achieve more impact.

The commitments are significant: you will be expected to come to at least
two face-to-face meetings each year that last up to 5 days, in addition to
reviewing more than 15 proposals and significant background documents each
year. For most committee members, participation in the meetings also
includes significant international travel. Note that the committee will
meet for a four/five-day period mid-November, possibly in San Francisco, so
you must be available during this period. The other mandatory face to face
meeting usually happens around mid-May.

We're looking for a diverse group of people with the following attributes:

* Experience directing or evaluating programs, within or outside of the
Wikimedia movement;
* Expertise with grants (you have received or managed grant funds or you
have experience making grants);
* Knowledge and understanding of, and personal credibility within the
Wikimedia movement and on the Wikimedia projects (that is, experience with
Wikimedia programs, Wikimedia organizations, or on-wiki leadership roles);
* We seek gender, geographic and linguistic diversity on the committee, as
well as experience with diverse roles within the Wikimedia movement (e.g.
content contributors, program leaders, user group leaders, functionaries,
chapter board members)
* To find more information about eligibility requirements, how to nominate
candidates, or to publish your self-nomination, please visit the election
homepage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2017

Please reach out to me with any questions about these elections or the work
the FDC does.

Cheers,

Delphine Ménard


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Funds_
Dissemination_Committee
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/
Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC
--
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Program Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
User:Delphine_(WMF) 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM
Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear Wikimedians,

The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called
the Hardware Donation Program.  In a word, it is a program designed to
donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to
community members who would put it to good use.

The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta,
here:

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

Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay
attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of
the decisions we'll be making.

We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated.
Applications are welcome.

The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be
an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to
approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd
encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this
e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the
program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media
channels or other communication forms you use.

Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea
of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired
this program.

Mini-FAQ:

Q: Why are you doing this?
A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly
replaces older machines.  This creates a stock of older, working machines,
that are available for donation.  We can donate them locally to San
Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to
deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better.

Q: Am I eligible?
A: Read the fine program documentation.

Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop?
A: no.

Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others?
A: yes, eventually.

Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes?
A: We can't.  We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of
Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once
donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't
enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment.

Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through
this program?
A: No. Read the fine program documentation.

Q: I'm really happy about this!
A: So are we! :)

Q: I'm really angry about this!
A: So it goes.

Q: I have more questions!
A: Hit 'Reply'. :)

Cheers,

   Asaf
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Education] Changes to the 'Save' button

[Asaf Bartov]

For those doing outreach.

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder 
Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 1:51 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Changes to the 'Save' button
To: Wikimedia Education ,
g...@lists.wikimedia.org 


*Nutshell:  The big, blue button will soon say "Publish page" instead of
"Save page", because when you click it, the contents get published on the
internet.*


I apologize for cross-posting this to the GLAM and Education lists:

A long-requested change to the "Save" button may finally happen towards the
end of March.  This is a button that anyone leading a workshop about
editing is going to talk about, so I wanted to make sure that you didn't
get surprised by this change.

Last year, the WMF looked into an old request to clarify the language on
the "Save" button, which confuses some new contributors.  The main problem
is that it is unclear whether "Save" means "save a private copy" (as it
does on most websites these days) or "irrevocably post this to the
internet".  This confusion apparently explains a few unwanted behaviors,
such as editors who save the page ("just to be safe") before previewing
their changes.

There are some other reasons behind to do this:  It creates some
inconsistency in the interface, as some things (e.g., Special:Preferences)
get saved but kept private, while other things (e.g., normal wiki pages)
get saved and immediately published.  It is also difficult to translate the
label into some languages, as the word has multiple possible translations
in some languages.

The plan, therefore, is to change "Save" to "Publish".  Instead of the big
blue[1] button saying "Save page" (for a new page) or "Save changes" (when
you edit an existing page), the button will instead say "Publish page" or
"Publish changes".

The upside to this small change is that new contributors will understand
that all of their edits go to the public immediately.[2]  The downside is
that all of the documentation and help pages is going to be out of date.

This plan was announced on the wikis last August, and is tentatively
scheduled for sometime in March.  I hope that this extra note will keep you
from getting surprised in front of a group and give you enough time to
update any handouts that you might be using in the future.

Relevant links:

   - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131132 – main task (best place to
   figure out if this gets postponed again)
   - Special:Translations=Publishpage
   

(translation
   status)
   - Special:Translations=Publishchanges
   

(translation
   status)



[1] The color of this button in all of the older wikitext editors will be
changing this week.  It's going to be big and blue.

[2]  This is true even when the wiki is using FlaggedRevisions or
PendingChanges, because the un-accepted changes can be seen by the general
public from the history page or from  URLs, regardless of whether the
revision has been accepted.

-- 
Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing)
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Feb 13-Mar 14)

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

   A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Marti Johnson 
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:01 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Feb 13-Mar 14)
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hi everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program launches its third open
call today, February 13.  We will be accepting proposals through March 14
for new ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>

Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to
implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching
an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other
support for community-building.

Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on developing outside knowledge
networks are very welcome. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>

We will be hosting weekly proposals clinics via Hangouts for real-time
discussions about the Project Grants Open Call.  Links for Hangouts will be
posted by tomorrow here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project#Upcoming_events>


In addition, we have just launched our new tutorial videos to help guide
applicants through key portions of the proposal writing process: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial>

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.  Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between February 13 and March 14! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>

Please feel free to get in touch with me (mjohn...@wikimedia.org) or Alex
Wang (aw...@wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with your
project!

Warm regards,

Marti


*Marti JohnsonProgram Officer*
*Individual Grants*
*Wikimedia Foundation *
+1 415-839-6885 <(415)%20839-6885>
Skype: Mjohnson_WMF

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share
 in the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it
a reality!
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] 2017 Wikimania Scholarships

[Asaf Bartov]

Reminder: Apply before Feb 20th.

   A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Adrian Raddatz 
Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:57 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2017 Wikimania Scholarships
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hi all,

Just a reminder that scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is
being held in Montréal, Canada on August 9–13, 2017 are now being accepted.
Applications are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 23:59 UTC.

Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full
scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel,
shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the
Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference
registration fees and shared accommodation.

Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the
Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful.

To learn more about Wikimania 2017 scholarships, please visit:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships

To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form
on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply

It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the
Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( https://wikimania2017.wikime
dia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before submitting an application.

If you have any questions, please contact:
>
or leave a message at:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships

Please help us spread the word!

Best regards,

Adrian Raddatz
for the Scholarship Committee
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

[Asaf Bartov]

Here's the (3-hour) footage of the detailed Wikidata tutorial delivered
today:

on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Gentle_Introduction_to_Wikidata_for_Absolute_Beginners_(including_non-techies!).webm

on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA

the slides:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_-_A_Gentle_Introduction_for_Complete_Beginners_(WMF_February_2017).pdf

It covers what Wikidata is (00:00), how to contribute new data to Wikidata
(1:09:34), how to create an entirely new item on Wikidata (1:27:07), how to
embed data from Wikidata into pages on other wikis (1:52:54), tools like
the Wikidata Game (1:39:20), Article Placeholder (2:01:01), Reasonator
(2:54:15) and Mix-and-match (2:57:05), and how to query Wikidata (including
SPARQL examples) (starting 2:05:05).

Share and enjoy. :)

   A.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:42 PM Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Some of you may have not yet embraced Wikidata.  **All* of you know
> others who haven't*. :)
>
> This is another opportunity to hear my "Gentle Introduction to Wikidata
> for Absolute Beginners" talk (a version of which I gave in WikiConference
> India 2016 in Chandigarh).  It will also be recorded and available on
> YouTube and Commons afterwards.
>
> This will take place tomorrow, in about 16 hours.  Details below.
>
> Cheers,
>
>A.
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Rachel Farrand <rfarr...@wikimedia.org>
> Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM
> Subject: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for
> Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]
> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
> Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Please join for the following talk:
>
> *Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners
> [including non-techies!]
> *Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
> *Date:* February 09, 2017
> *Time: *19:00 UTC
> <
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+A+Gentle+Introduction+to+Wikidata+for+Absolute+Beginners+%5Bincluding+non-techies%21%5D+=20170209T19=1440=3
> >
> Link to live YouTube stream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA>
> *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office
>
> *Summary: *This talk will introduce you to the Wikimedia Movement's latest
> major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to
> contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like
> the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

[Asaf Bartov]

Some of you may have not yet embraced Wikidata.  **All* of you know others
who haven't*. :)

This is another opportunity to hear my "Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for
Absolute Beginners" talk (a version of which I gave in WikiConference India
2016 in Chandigarh).  It will also be recorded and available on YouTube and
Commons afterwards.

This will take place tomorrow, in about 16 hours.  Details below.

Cheers,

   A.

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From: Rachel Farrand <rfarr...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:35 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for
Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Please join for the following talk:

*Tech Talk**:* A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners
[including non-techies!]
*Presenter:* Asaf Bartov
*Date:* February 09, 2017
*Time: *19:00 UTC
<
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+A+Gentle+Introduction+to+Wikidata+for+Absolute+Beginners+%5Bincluding+non-techies%21%5D+=20170209T19=1440=3
>
Link to live YouTube stream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA>
*IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office

*Summary: *This talk will introduce you to the Wikimedia Movement's latest
major wiki project: Wikidata. We will cover what Wikidata is, how to
contribute, how to embed Wikidata into articles on other wikis, tools like
the Wikidata Game, and how to query Wikidata (including SPARQL examples).
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Elections Committee members

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

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From: Katie Chan 
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 5:54 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Elections Committee members
To: , Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello all,


The Wikimedia Foundation StandingElections Committee is, from today
until February 17, seeking additional members to help facilitate
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Funds Dissemination Committee
elections. This is a volunteer role and the appointment is for two
years. Please note that, while you are a member of the Committee, you
will not be able to run for any election overseen by the Committee –
this includes the upcoming 2017 Board and FDC elections and any other
election where the committee had already begun formal preparation before
your departure. You will also be restricted in your ability to publicly
advocate for community members running in those elections.


The Elections Committee has the following duties, as defined by a July
2015 Board Resolution
:

  *

The Committee shall recommend the dates, rules, and regulation of
the voting procedures for approval by the Board of Trustees pursuant
to Article IV, Section 3(C) in the Foundation Bylaws
.

  *

The Committee shall recommend who is qualified to vote for the Board
of Trustees pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(C) in the Wikimedia
Foundation Bylaws .

  *

The Committee shall be responsible for preparing recommendations for
the dates, rules and regulation of the voting procedures for the
Funds Dissemination Committee
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee>,
and the Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson, consistent with
the charter of the Funds Dissemination Committee.

  *

To the extent possible, the Committee shall consult with the wider
Wikimedia community in developing and revising election procedures
within the scope of this charter.

  *

The Committee shall be a source of information to any member of the
Wikimedia community interested in the community selection processes
of the Wikimedia Foundation.

  *

Under the direction of the Board Governance Committee, the Committee
shall take actions as necessary to execute the selection process for
the Board of Trustees, the Funds Dissemination Committee, and the
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson.

  *

As needed, the Committee may assist with other duties as may be
assigned by the Board or the Board Governance Committee.


In practice, a member's duties involve communicating with the global
committee who help to steward Board and FDC Elections. During an
election period – one of which is over the next three to four months –
this will be especially important as you help to run the upcoming
elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and the Funds
Dissemination Committee. During this period, members of the Elections
Committee meet for semi-regular meetings to discuss the current election.


However, this appointment is not just for election periods. Outside of
the election season you will lead community discussions on election
process and advise the Board of Trustees Governance Committee
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee
>as
requested, such as in their search for appointed board members. The
expected time commitment can range from around 10 hours a week during an
election to one or two hours outside of the election period.


If you'd like to apply please send an email to
bec-newmemb...@lists.wikimedia.org with:


  *

Your username;

  *

A brief summary of your Wikimedia related experience and any other
experience you think may be useful along with;

  *

Why you're interested in the role and a quick statement saying you
understand the requirements.


Given the private information that committee members handle, candidates
must be 18 years of age or older, and be willing to sign the
confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information
>if
they haven't already. You can view information on how to sign this on
Meta-Wiki
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information/How_to_sign
>.


As much as possible we want the committee to represent the diversity of
the Wikimedia movement so if you're interested please apply! If you know
of others, not on this list, who may want to apply please feel free to
forward.


KTC,

On behalf of the Elections Committee


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] join the Wikimania program committee!

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

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From: phoebe ayers 
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:44 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] join the Wikimania program committee!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Wikimania
general list (open subscription) 


Dear all,

We are looking for members of the 2017 Wikimania program committee!
The committee will help put together the program and schedule for
Wikimania Montreal, to be held on 9-13 August 2017:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/

Committee member responsibilities include helping promote the call for
submissions and recruiting speakers, helping design the program and
reviewing program submissions. Review dates this year are April 2017
and mid-May through June 2017; program committee members should commit
to having availability for reviewing submissions and regular meetings
during those times.

If you are a Wikimedian interested in building a great Wikimania, you
are welcome to apply! We are especially looking for committee members
with experience with (one or more of) sister projects, non-English
speaking communities, technical projects, or GLAM and education
projects. We are also especially looking for French speakers who can
assist in recruiting and reviewing French-language submissions.

Please let us know if you are interested by contacting
wikimania-prog...@lists.wikimedia.org with your name, interest, and
availability. We will be forming the committee quickly. More
information on the program, including the call for submissions, will
be coming soon.

Thank you!
Marc-Andre Pelletier (Wikimania chair)
Phoebe Ayers (program co-chair)
Deror Lin (program co-chair)
Guillame Paumier (program co-chair)

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* I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] English version of our guide for Wikimedia Commons

[Asaf Bartov]

This may prove useful in outreach.

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Cornelius Kibelka 
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:51 AM
Subject: [Wmfcc-l] English version of our guide for Wikimedia Commons
To: Communications Committee 


Hello all,

Some of you may know our (beginners) guide on Wikimedia Commons in German
from 2016:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Commons_web.pdf

We have now published an adapted, translated English version of the guide:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Commons_web_en.pdf

The guide is based on feedback and comments from experienced Wikimedia
Commons users. However, we are of course happy for any feedback or comments
from your side. It follows the new Corporate Design principles.

If you want to create an adapted version for your language / your country /
your context, please do not hesitate to drop us a line and we can share the
Indesign files with you.

Happy sharing!
Best regards,

Cornelius
-- 
Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Positions open for strategy coordinator contractors.

[Asaf Bartov]

Interested in a short-term part-time contract with the Foundation?

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Maggie Dennis 
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:02 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Positions open for strategy coordinator contractors.
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello, all. :)

As you know, we are launching a movement strategy process and want people
from the community integrally involved at every stage. We are accordingly
seeking active Wikimedians interested in applying for a number of Community
Strategy Coordinator positions. The people hired for these positions will
be part-time, remote contractors of up to 20 hours a week with a contract
of 3 months. Start date should be in early March.

You can see the job descriptions and apply for the positions at <
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us>, but here’s a quick
summary of who we’re looking for and what they’ll be doing:

*Language Specialist Strategy Coordinators*

These will be bilingual speakers of a specific list of non-English
languages[1] and English who are experienced in their language project
community or communities. They will be expected to be able to both conduct
deep outreach to these non-English communities and to liaise between these
communities and others, in order to maximize the ability of their
communities to participate in the movement strategy process. They will also
need to be capable of monitoring and summarizing discussions about strategy
topics and will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their
contract.

*Metawiki Strategy Coordinators*

These facilitators need not be multilingual (although it is a plus), but
must be fluent in English and must be experienced contributors to one or
more Wikimedia communities. They will be working alongside the language
specialist coordinators, the global community, the Wikimedia Foundation and
the strategy team to facilitate the most inclusive strategy process
possible. This will include outreach to global communities, offering their
own community experience and advice to those involved in the process, and
leading, monitoring, and summarizing strategy-related discussions. They
will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their contract.

If you think either of these sounds like you or another community member
you know, I encourage you to visit the job application page and review the
job descriptions for more details (again, that's at <
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers>).
Please tell us about your experiences as a Wikimedian and why you think you
would be a good fit for this role. Our goal is to run the most inclusive
strategy process we can, and that means we need experienced community
members like you to help!

Best,

Maggie


[1]

   - Arabic
   - Bengali
   - Chinese
   - Dutch
   - French
   - German
   - Hebrew
   - Hindi
   - Italian
   - Japanese
   - Malayam
   - Polish
   - Portuguese
   - Russian
   - Spanish
   - Swedish
   - Vietnamese

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Interim Chief of Community Engagement
Director, Support, Safety and Programs
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: New tools: pronuncify and pronuncify.net

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: New tools: pronuncify and pronuncify.net
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello, everyone.

Following Bodhisattwa's request[1], I have added an upload feature to the
(command-line) Linux version of this tool, so it can now batch-upload the
recorded pronunciation files to Commons on your behalf.

(Ideally, it should have used OAuth, but that would take longer to
implement. :))

If you want to use the new functionality, just get the latest pronuncify.rb
script from GitHub[2], *install the new dependencies* (see the README.md
file on GitHub for instructions), and enjoy! :)

(I'd love to know if any of you are using the tool.)

Cheers,

   A.

[1] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify/issues/1
[2] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify


On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:23 PM Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello, everyone.

(this is an announcement in my capacity as a volunteer.)

Inspired by a lightning talk at the recent CEE Meeting[1] by our colleague
Lars Aronsson, I made a little command-line tool to automate batch
recording of pronunciations of words by native speakers, for uploading to
Commons and integration into Wiktionary etc.  It is called *pronuncify*, is
written in Ruby and uses the sox(1) tool, and should work on any modern
Linux (and possibly OS X) machine.  It is available here[2], with
instructions.

I was then asked about a Windows version, and agreed to attempt one.  This
version is called *pronuncify.net <http://pronuncify.net>*, and is a .NET
gooey GUI version of the same tool, with slightly different functions.  It
is available here[3], with instructions.

Both tools require word-list files in plaintext, with one word (or phrase)
per line.  Both tools name the files according to the standard established
in [[commons:Category:Pronunciation]], and convert them to Ogg Vorbis for
you, so they are ready to upload.

In the future, I may add OAuth-based direct uploading to Commons.  If you
run into difficulties, please file issues on GitHub, for the appropriate
tool.  Feedback is welcome.

   A.

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2015/Programme/Lightning/Pronunciation_recordings_for_Wiktionary
[2] https://github.com/abartov/pronuncify
[3] https://github.com/abartov/Pronuncify.net
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] Additional information on community health initiative and next steps

[Asaf Bartov]

Good news!

  A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Danny Horn 
Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:38 PM
Subject: [Wmfall] Additional information on community health initiative and
next steps
To: Staff All , Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello,

We have an update on the community health initiative mentioned following
the Board's Statement on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe
Spaces.[1]

As Patrick Earley from the Support and Safety team noted on Wikimedia-l
last month[2], we’ve been developing a community health initiative to help
address the harassment issues discussed in the Board's statement. We
believe an important aspect of our efforts to combat harassment is
providing the volunteer community with better tools to more effectively
respond to instances of harassment as they arise.

We’re excited to announce that the Craig Newmark Foundation and craigslist
Charitable Fund have agreed to provide initial funding to help the
Wikimedia Foundation begin this work. The two seed restricted grants,
collectively a gift of $500,000, will enable the Foundation to scale up our
support of these efforts and provide us with the resources to do it right.

In preparing for this work, we’ve been discussing issues with the current
tools and processes with active administrators and functionaries. These
discussions have resulted in requested improvements in several key areas
where admins and functionaries see immediate needs—better reporting systems
for volunteers, smarter ways to detect and address problems early, and
improved tools and workflows related to the blocking process.

In the coming months, the Community Tech team, working with the Support and
Safety team, will be expanding their work on development of these tools.
The long-term goal for this effort is to build up the toolbox that
volunteers can use to combat harassment and other disruptive behavior on
our wikis.

Specifically, there are four areas where we think new tools will help:

1. Detection - Improve our detection and prevention tools, like
AbuseFilter, and build new features to detect aggressive behavior.

2. Reporting - Design ways to report harassment that are less chaotic, more
respectful of privacy, and less stressful than the current workflow.

3. Evaluating - Offer admins tools that make evaluating harassment reports
easier, so that they can make good decisions.

4. Blocking - When someone is blocked from the site, we can make it more
difficult for them to return under a different name or IP address.

Of course, these improvements need to be made with the participation and
support of the volunteers who will be using the tools. We don't want to
create new systems and workflows that create more work for an already
overburdened team of wiki administrators. We want to make these tasks less
grueling and able to more consistently produce effective outcomes.

Work in other areas - such as project policies and better training for
administrators and functionaries - still needs to be done in order to
comprehensively tackle the overall issue of harassment and harmful behavior
on the projects. However, we believe that improving and building better
tools for volunteers currently most engaged in this effort is a necessary
first step.

We welcome your feedback on this approach, and invite you to join us in
thanking Craig and his charitable organizations for their support of this
initiative!

We’ll be sharing regular updates about the progress of this work in the
coming months. If you have any questions in the meantime, please reach out
to us on the talk page of the Meta-Wiki page where you can find more
information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative

You can also find more details about this announcement in this blog post:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/26/community-health-initiative-grant

Danny Horn (Product Manager, Community Tech) and Patrick Earley (Manager,
Support & Safety)

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/November_2016_-_Statement_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces

[2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-December/085668.html
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] [Announcement] Search improvements for file properties

[Asaf Bartov]

Good news that may be useful for some of you.

   A.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Chris Koerner 
Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:46 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] [Announcement] Search improvements for file properties
To: A public mailing list about Wikimedia Search and Discovery projects <
discov...@lists.wikimedia.org>, , <
common...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello,

You can now search for file properties such as file size and and file type
on Commons. This includes file media type, MIME type, size, width, height,
resolution, and bit depth.

A few quick examples:
* A search for 'shark' videos [0]
* A search for 'flower' where the files are 16 bit [1]
* A search for 'stars' where the files are PDFs [2]

Please see the documentation for more information. [3]


[0]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search=default=Search=shark+filetype%3Avideo
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search=default=Search=flower+filebits%3A16
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search=default=Search=stars+filemime%3Apdf
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch#File_properties_search

Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison - Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Community Wishlist Survey

[Asaf Bartov]

Dear colleagues,

Please see the invitation to take the Community (Tech) Wishlist Survey
below.  It is one of the most practical ways to influence what (a small
part of) WMF Engineering is working on.

See the latest status report on last year's wishlist, to see how concrete
outcomes resulted from it:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Status_report_3

Cheers,

A.

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From: Danny Horn 
Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Community Wishlist Survey
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hi everyone,

The second annual Community Wishlist Survey starts today, and you're
invited to post proposals for projects that you'd like WMF's Community Tech
team to work on:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey

The Community Tech team builds features and makes changes that active
Wikimedia contributors want, and the Wishlist Survey sets the team's agenda
for the year.

The Wishlist Survey starts with a two-week proposal period, when
contributors from all Wikimedia projects are invited to post, discuss and
improve propsals. After that, there's a two-week voting period, when
everyone can post support-votes on the proposals that they think are
worthwhile. We end up with a ranked list of wishes, measured by the
participants' enthusiasm for each idea.

Community Tech is responsible for addressing the top 10 wishes on the list,
as well as some top wishes from smaller groups and projects that are doing
important work, but don't have the numbers to get their proposal into the
top 10. The Wishlist is also used by volunteer developers and other teams,
who want to find projects to work on that the community really wants.

So I hope that everybody comes and participates; it's an opportunity to set
the agenda for a Wikimedia Foundation product team.

We would also ask that you help us spread the word. Please do post on your
wikis and tell others this is happening, and that if they don't feel
comfortable writing in English, proposals are welcome in any language.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Our Visiting Wikimedian initiative #wmcon

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

   A.
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From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de>
Date: Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:30 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Our Visiting Wikimedian initiative #wmcon
To: wikimediaannounce-l <wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hi all,

Following up on our Wikimedia Conference report 2016[1], we have now
published more information about our “Visiting Wikimedian” initiative
that we kicked-off with Teele Vaalma from Wikimedia Eesti this year.
This initiative aims to transfer practical knowledge from the German
chapter to other Wikimedia movement affiliates and provides us with an
outside view.

Teele wrote a blog post on the movement blog, describing her time in
Berlin and her work to support us in organising the conference. It’s
really worth a read, as she provides insights into cross chapter
exchange and knowledge transfer.[2]

We have also set up a page (on Meta!) that describes the pilot that we
started this year. We would like to continue this for the Wikimedia
Conference 2017 and now start looking for the next Visiting
Wikimedian.[3] We are especially looking for a person who can apply
the knowledge to an upcoming event, for example if the affiliate is
hosting a regional or international conference. If you are interested
in becoming a Visiting Wikimedian, please reach out to me directly
until mid September.

A special thanks goes out to Wikimedia Eesti for being so supportive
of the idea and to Teele for doing such an awesome job!

Cheers,
Nicole

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Report
[2]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/07/28/digest-estonia-germany-wikimedia-conference/
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visiting_Wikimedian

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members

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Date: Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:38 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer
and Advisory members
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Dear all,

This letter is a public call for interested people to serve as Board
Governance Committee (BGC) Volunteer and Advisory members. The BGC can have
non-voting members participate in the Committee on an annual basis [1].
This opportunity has never been used by the BGC before, so we decided to
frame the process the same way that Audit Committee had in April [2].

The BGC has identified our priorities for the next 12 months. The minutes
of our first meeting are published here [3]. Please read the document and
think if you can help / support to reach them (and what tasks exactly you
would like to work on).

We need people who are interested in results and constructive work, not in
“one more hat to wear”, so you need to be seriously committed and be aware
that if your participation does not add value, we shall remove you from
this position.

*To submit your candidacy, please send to me at this email address (ntymkiv
at wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.org> <mailto:ntymkiv at wikimedia.org
<http://wikimedia.org>>) your resume, the top 3 reasons why you want to do
this and the top 3 things you will add to the Board Governance Committee.
Please also indicate the priorities you would like to work on and/or other
things that (to your mind) we failed to include there.*

The selection criteria:

- 2+ years of being a board member (Wikimedia affiliates / other comparable
organizations; experience in a large NGO would be a bonus)

- Solid understanding of the mission of Wikimedia Foundation, general
understanding of the Movement, and the Foundation's affiliates and partners
and willingness to be a trusted advisor to the Board of Trustees

- Capacity to commit an estimated 20-30 hours annually to attend both
quarterly and other ad-hoc meetings, prepare or review required materials,
and interact with committee, staff and/or board as required

- Prior executive experience (CEO, Finance, HR, Operations roles etc) would
be a bonus

- Demonstrated track record of involvement with the Wikimedia movement
outside one's own affiliate or community (would be a bonus)

The timeline for the selection process (tight so as to have selected
volunteers attend the next meeting):

- Candidates submit their interest and the above information to me no later
than July 21
- The BGC will interview top candidates by July 31
- The BGC will select the candidates by August 05
- Selected candidates join the committee by August 15 and attend the next
Committee meeting.

Please forward this letter to any list you think is appropriate and
directly to people who may be interested.

Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv

[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approving_the_revised_Board_Governance_Committee_Charter
[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-April/083638.html

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Minutes_07-08-2016

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Last call to join the Project Grants Committee (July 15 deadline)

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Date: Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Last call to join the Project Grants Committee (July
15 deadline)
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Hello,

WMF's Community Resources Team invites you to *join the Project Grants
committee* to help us review proposals submitted during our current open
call <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>.  Funds are available
to support individuals, groups and organizations to

implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process onwiki, researching

an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other

support for community-building.


Diverse skill sets are needed for this review, so all are welcome. This
round, we're particularly seeking people with expertise in addressing
harassment to review proposals coming from the recent Inspire Campaign <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>.


If you'd like to get involved in the Committee, *please add yourself as a
candidate by Friday, 15 July 2016* <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee/Candidates
>.
You can learn more about the committee on our Orientation page <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee/Orientation
>.


Hope to see you there!


Warm regards,


Marti



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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Want to join a grants committee?
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Hello!

The Community Resources team is now recruiting committee members to support
the launch of two new grants programs [1].


The Project Grants Committee will review and advise on projects that
promote new experiments and sustain ideas that work.


   - Program launches July 1, 2016 with an open call for new grant
   proposals.
   - Up to USD 100,000 for projects up to 12 months. Submissions accepted
   quarterly.
   - Interested in joining? Learn more here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Committee/Orientation
   - Submit your candidacy by July 15, 2016 to participate in the first
   round.

The Conference Support Committee will review and advise on large
conferences and events.


   - Program launches July 1, 2016.
   - Submissions accepted monthly.
   - Interested in joining? Learn more here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Committee/Orientation
   - Submit your candidacy by June 1, 2016 to participate in the launch.

Why should you serve on a grants committee?

   -

   Make a big difference by supporting applicants and grantees that are
   doing projects to improve content and increase participation across the
   Wikimedia movement.
   -

   Build yours skills and experience by participating in our innovative
   participatory grantmaking programs.
   -

   Interact with volunteers from all over the world.


Do you know somebody who you think would be perfect for this role?

   -

   We love referrals and want to build diverse committees!  Please
   encourage them to join.


Cheers,

Alex

[1] You can read more about the launch of WMF’s redesigned grant programs
here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Fresh data on the gender gap in content

[Asaf Bartov]

You may find this interesting.

   A.

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From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Subject: Fresh data on the gender gap in content
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hullo everyone.

I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
articles about women out of all articles about humans*.

Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a table,
here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap

(please see the *caveat* there.)

I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in those
results, but I will quickly point out the following:

1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.

2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
articles about women among all biographies.

3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.  Good
job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop culture
coverage.)

4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.

5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
eventually have some sense of trends and changes.

6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a
dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew Wikipedia!
:)

7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.  Perhaps
you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)

8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or you
can do it yourself, too. :)

   A.

[1] https://query.wikidata.org/
[2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Gujarati Wikisource completed - "Saraswatichandra".

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Fantastic news, folks!  Keep up the good work.

   A.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 7:27 AM, manoj k <manojkmohanme03...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Congrats
>
> Manoj.K/മനോജ്.കെ
> www.manojkmohan.com
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:34 AM, sushant savla <
> sushant_sa...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> We are pleased to announce that Gujarati Wikisource has uploaded one of
>> the best known Gujarati piece of Literature, Saraswatichandra (Novel). This
>> Novel has 4 volumes and more than 1770 Pages. It was written over a period
>> of 15 years, with the first volume being published in 1887 and the fourth
>> one in 1902. The Hindi film Saraswatichandra, released in 1968, was based
>> on this novel and also 2013 television series of the same name which was
>> broadcast on Star Plus in 2013–14.
>>
>> Volunteers of Gujarati Community has worked for 9 months, to bring this
>> master piece of literature to the people. The work on this project started
>> on 20.08.2015. This became the 79th book on the Gujarati Wikisource.
>>
>> The following wiki medians participated in the proejct : Ashok Vaishnav
>> (User: Amvaishnav), Krishnakumar J Thakar (User:kjthaker), Vyom
>> (User:Vyom25),Kabirdas Vankar (User:Kabirdas Vankar ), Vikas Kaila
>> (User:વિકાસ કૈલા),Nizil Shah(User:Nizil Shah), Kartik Mistry
>> (User:KartikMistry), Satishchandra Patel (User:સતિષચંદ્ર), Sushant Savla
>> (User:Sushant savla).
>>
>> Ekatra Foundation and Forbes Gujarati Sabha also provided technical
>> support.
>>
>>
>> Link of the Novel on wiki source:
>>
>>
>> https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0
>>
>> Thanking you.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>> Sushant Savla
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train-the-Trainer 2016 updates

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Excellent! Have those participants received the "pre-work" mentioned? I ask
because there are only 10 days left till the event. And would the program
be available before the event? The section is empty now.

Cheers,

   A.
On Jun 5, 2016 4:42 AM, "Tito Dutta"  wrote:

> ​Greetings from CIS-A2K.
> List of selected participants for Train-the-Trainer 2016 has been
> published *here
> *.
>
>
> Following criteria were followed while making the selection:
>
> 1. On Wiki and Off Wiki participation and contribution.
> 2. Not more than two participants from a language community.
> 3. Application form
> 4. First time participants were given preference over Wikimedians who have
> already participated.
>
> Due to the incredibly large number of applications that we received it
> would be difficult for us to write to all applicants individually.
>
> Please write to us if there are any queries.
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] a new statistics tool

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Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Subject: [cultural-partners] a new statistics tool
To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination - closed list <
cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch>


There is a new tool available for generating pageview statistics for sets
of pages:
http://tools.wmflabs.org/massviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org

You can either analyze an entire category or give it a PagePile ID (See
https://tools.wmflabs.org/pagepile/). (This is just for getting page view
statistics, not media view statistics.)

If you have any suggestions or feedback, you can either email me or add
them at https://github.com/MusikAnimal/pageviews/issues.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants

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New grants program from WMF:

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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants
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Hello Wikimedians,

We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation grants
program, Rapid Grants!

Rapid grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or
organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects
throughout the year for up to USD 2,000. Projects can include experiments
or standard needs that don't need broad review to get started. Applications
are reviewed weekly by WMF staff.

Read more about the new program and apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid

Questions? Email rapidgra...@wikimedia.org

For more information about next steps and important dates for the grants
program redesign, please visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation

Cheers,

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] REMINDER: Invitation to upcoming office hours with WMF interim Executive Director

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FYI.

   A.

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Date: Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Subject: [Wmfall] REMINDER: Invitation to upcoming office hours with WMF
interim Executive Director
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Greetings,

A quick reminder that the first office hours with Wikimedia Foundation’s
interim Executive Director, Katherine Maher, is coming up in the next day
(roughly).

Apologies for confusion on the time, here is the time for the first
session, being held via video:
Thursday, 12 May 2016 - 00:00-01:00 UTC | Wednesday, 11 May 2016 -
17:00-18:00 PDT

You are invited to ask questions and offer suggestions to Katherine on this
Meta-Wiki page (which also has additional information on the office
hours):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May_2016_office_hours

You can join us and ask questions during the session via Blue Jeans:
https://bluejeans.com/198076339

The session will also be available for streaming on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XazXyL-Ybjo

We look forward to talking with folks soon!
-greg

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> On May 4, 2016, at 8:47 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> **Summary: I am delighted to invite you to join me for two upcoming office
> hours, where I’ll answer community questions and share updates on the
> Foundation’s work.**
>
> It’s been a busy few weeks around the Wikimedia Foundation offices. We
> shared our 2016-2017 annual plan, finished our quarterly reviews, and
> attended Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin with the Wikimedia
affiliates.
> [1]
>
> In Berlin, I had the chance to do one of my favorite things: sit with
> Wikimedians, listen, debate, and plan for the future. Of course, Berlin is
> just one gathering, and there are thousands of other perspectives out
> there. I want to hear more of these perspectives, and so I’m looking
> forward to hosting two office hours over the coming weeks.
>
> We plan to hold a traditional office hours on IRC, and will also
experiment
> with a video Q We hope these different formats will make it easier for
> more people to participate using their preferred communications channels.
> We’ve chosen two different time zones, with the goal of reaching as many
> people as possible. They are as follows:
>
> *Video session*
> *This session will be recorded, and the video will be posted on
> Commons/Meta. Due to video conferencing limitations, we encourage advance
> questions.*
> Wednesday, 11 May 2016
> 00:00-1:00 UTC | 17:00-18:00 PDT [2]
>
> *IRC session*
> *This session follows the May monthly metrics meeting.[4] Like other
office
> hours, it will be held in #Wikimedia-office on Freenode.*
> Thursday, 26 May 2016
> 19:00-20:00 UTC | 12:00-13:00 PDT [3]
>
> We’re also collecting questions in advance for those who can’t make either
> of those sessions. We’ve created a page on Meta where you can leave
> questions or comments, check the details on the location of each session:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May_2016_office_hours
>
> Please share this invitation with others you think may be interested!
>
> I look forward to speaking soon,
> Katherine
>
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>
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>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016
> [2] Time converter link:
>
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=0=00=0=12=05=2016
> [3] Time converter link:
>
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19=00=0=26=05=2016
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings
>
>
> --
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>
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> 149 New Montgomery Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
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> +1 (415) 712 4873
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] Invitation to upcoming office hours with interim ED

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

   A.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:47 PM
Subject: [Wmfall] Invitation to upcoming office hours with interim ED
To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org, wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org,
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Hi everyone,

**Summary: I am delighted to invite you to join me for two upcoming office
hours, where I’ll answer community questions and share updates on the
Foundation’s work.**

It’s been a busy few weeks around the Wikimedia Foundation offices. We
shared our 2016-2017 annual plan, finished our quarterly reviews, and
attended Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin with the Wikimedia affiliates.
[1]

In Berlin, I had the chance to do one of my favorite things: sit with
Wikimedians, listen, debate, and plan for the future. Of course, Berlin is
just one gathering, and there are thousands of other perspectives out
there. I want to hear more of these perspectives, and so I’m looking
forward to hosting two office hours over the coming weeks.

We plan to hold a traditional office hours on IRC, and will also experiment
with a video Q We hope these different formats will make it easier for
more people to participate using their preferred communications channels.
We’ve chosen two different time zones, with the goal of reaching as many
people as possible. They are as follows:

*Video session*
*This session will be recorded, and the video will be posted on
Commons/Meta. Due to video conferencing limitations, we encourage advance
questions.*
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
00:00-1:00 UTC | 17:00-18:00 PDT [2]

*IRC session*
*This session follows the May monthly metrics meeting.[4] Like other office
hours, it will be held in #Wikimedia-office on Freenode.*
Thursday, 26 May 2016
19:00-20:00 UTC | 12:00-13:00 PDT [3]

We’re also collecting questions in advance for those who can’t make either
of those sessions. We’ve created a page on Meta where you can leave
questions or comments, check the details on the location of each session:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May_2016_office_hours

Please share this invitation with others you think may be interested!

I look forward to speaking soon,
Katherine

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[2] Time converter link:
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[3] Time converter link:
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[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

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FYI.

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From: Marti Johnson <mjohn...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:03 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals
To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is
accepting proposals from March 14th to April 12th for new ideas to improve
Wikimedia projects. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>  Funds are
available (up to $30,000 USD) to support individuals or teams of up to four
people to implement promising ideas, whether focused on building a new tool
or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an
important issue, or providing other support for community-building.  Ideas
from the current Inspire Campaign on content curation and review are very
welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>

Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before
applying?  Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you
advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab>  Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request.

Community Organizer (and former IEG recipient) Chris Schilling and I will
also be hosting Hangouts at least weekly for real-time discussions about
the Inspire Campaign and the IEG Open Call to answer questions and help you
make your proposal better.  Hangouts are already underway - with the next
two scheduled for March 15th and 22nd.  <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.  Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between March 14 and April 12! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>

Please feel free to get in touch with me (mjohn...@wikimedia.org) with
questions about getting started with your idea.

Warm regards,

Marti


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

[Asaf Bartov]

FYI.

   A.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Patricio Lorente <patricio.lore...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:55 PM
Subject: [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, "
wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org" <wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello all,

I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has
proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full
support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer
Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)) will
step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the C-levels for
their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for stepping up
during this period of transition.

In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying immediate
priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving
communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we
agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization while it
addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will allow
the rest of the executive team to focus on critical organizational
functions, including community and engineering management, fundraising, and
strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about our
process and thinking here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/March_2016_-_Leadership_Team_transition_planning


Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer for
about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile and
effective team that serves the needs of the organization and movement,
collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She has
thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through
transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy process
and the annual plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is known for
listening to and empowering the people that she works with.

For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for
global open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led
advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access Now,
where she worked on freedom of expression, access to information, and
privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments around
the world to deepen transparency and participation in her roles at the
World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and
UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major global
issues). She is a member of the advisory board of the Open Technology Fund.

With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move
quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive
Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify
roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way for
community and staff to participate.  We want this process to be inclusive
and incorporate many voices. We look forward to sharing an update on our
progress toward the end of next week.

As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board. Geoff
Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez as
Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in those capacities. As of March
14, Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime
Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The
Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the time
being, with support from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather
Walls.

Thank you,

 Patricio

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania '16 Scholarships

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Ellie Young <eyo...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:34 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania '16 Scholarships
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org>


All the notices to people who applied for either a full or partial
scholarship to attend Wikimania '16 have been sent.   If you applied and
have not yet heard from the scholarship committee about the status, please
get in touch with me directly.

We will be announcing the scholarship recipients in the next week or two
once we have heard from everyone.   Also, instructions regarding
registration for awardees, as well as registration for everyone else for
the Wikimania '16 will be opening in the next week or so.  Stay tuned!

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Signing off as WMIN Program Director

[Asaf Bartov]

What Bodhisattwa said. :)

   A.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:14 AM, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I totally agree with Bodhisattwa. Thanks for all your works Ravi, and all
> the best. :)
>
> On 15 February 2016 at 17:53, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Only today I realised that Ravi is leaving WMIN as staff permanently. I
>> had a feeling that after the crisis is over, he will resume his post, but
>> looks like I was wrong.
>>
>> Ravi did a wonderful job for Wikimedia movement in India. User:Ravidreams
>> had a dream to bring together all Indian communities to and project as a
>> pan-Indian community and I was really hoping that it will happen in coming
>> few years. He brought together like minded fellow Wikimedians from
>> different parts of India in a simple Facebook chatgroup to execute
>> different pan-Indian projects and I can say, it was highly effective.
>> Important projects like WLF, OCR4Wikisource etc were completed this way and
>> WCI 2016 is underway. He also tried to help any community members who
>> sought for it even if there was financial constraints. He has a bad habit
>> of saying yes to all demands all the time and that was good for us, at
>> least me.
>>
>> I hope, we dont have to miss volunteer Ravidreams in Wikimedia movement.
>>
>> Best of luck,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> On Feb 7, 2016 12:39 PM, "Ravishankar Ayyakkannu" <
>> ravidre...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Effective 01 February 2016, I have changed the nature of my engagement
>>> with Wikimedia India (WMIN) from staff to volunteer.
>>>
>>> I joined WMIN when the overall scene in the Indian Wikimedia movement
>>> was tumultuous. It wasn’t easy getting things back on track. In the last 16
>>> months, I hope I have succeeded in restoring the trust of all stakeholders
>>> including WMF, CIS-A2K, and the community. It was an honour to represent
>>> the movement in India, and I thank all who have helped me shoulder this
>>> responsibility. I know that I have played my part in empowering at least
>>> one Wikimedian to contribute more actively and nurturing at least one
>>> Wikimedia community. And that gives me immense satisfaction as I sign off
>>> as WMIN’s Program Director.
>>>
>>> At the moment, WMIN cannot hire or retain any staff until it gets FCRA
>>> permanent registration and succeeds in securing next grant. I hope to
>>> continue serving WMIN as a volunteer to the best of my abilities while it
>>> undergoes this transition.  I will also be contributing to various
>>> Wikimedia projects and events as usual in my capacity as a volunteer.
>>>
>>> I wish WMIN all the best and look forward to it playing a bigger role in
>>> the movement as it matures.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ravi
>>>
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>>> with no direct control over the Wikipedia project and other websites hosted
>>> by the Wikimedia Foundation, USA.
>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Special:TranslatorSignup available on Wikimedia Commons

[Asaf Bartov]

:)

   A.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Steinsplitter Wiki <steinsplit...@wikipedia.de>
Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:20 AM
Subject: [Translators-l] Special:TranslatorSignup available on Wikimedia
Commons
To: "translator...@lists.wikimedia.org" <translator...@lists.wikimedia.org>,
"common...@lists.wikimedia.org" <common...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello List,

Special:TranslatorSignup is now available on commons as well.

[image: Symbol Translate.svg]
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Symbol_Translate.svg> You can use
Special:TranslatorSignup
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:TranslatorSignup> to indicate
what languages you can translate in, and how you want to be contacted about
new translation requests.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:TranslatorSignup

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Community Consultation on strategic approaches

[Asaf Bartov]

As my colleague Quim says, this is a significant important to affect WMF's
strategic priorities in the coming two years, and you can make a difference
with less than 20 minutes of your time.

Please do participate.  I think concerns from the various Indian
communities need more visibility at the WMF leadership level.

Cheers,

A.

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Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:53 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Community Consultation
on strategic approaches
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org>


The Wikimedia Foundation has started a consultation about strategic
priorities.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Strategy

There is a survey with one question and several possibilities for each of
the main themes: Reach, Community, Knowledge. It is a good chance to
influence the WMF strategy with your individual voice. I really mean it!
Taking the survey took me about 15 minutes and I found the exercise
interesting.

This survey is being promoted across all Wikimedia projects. I'm forwarding
the announcement to this list in order to help assuring that our technical
communities are well represented. Please take the survey, and feel free
forwarding this message to whoever might be interested as well.


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Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:37 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Community Consultation on strategic
approaches
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear Wikimedians,



We are excited to have you participate in an important Community Engagement
regarding our strategic approaches. This is a major step to help us
prioritize the work of the Foundation beginning in July 2016 and running
for the next 12 to 24 months thereafter into a strategic plan.

Throughout 2015 the Foundation has been exploring how to prioritize its
work to best support the movement's goals, set forth, but not yet reached,
in the 2010-15 strategic plan.

The strategic approaches presented here are based on our vision, strategy
consultations in 2010 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2010-2015>
and 2015
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Strategy/Community_consultation>,
research on external impacts, and input from staff and a few small
community think groups on key challenges and potential solutions.

Timeline: These are our target dates for this process.

   -

   January 11: Put up pages for translation (done)
   -

   January 18: Launch of community consultation on key questions
   -

   February 15: Close of consultation
   -

   By February 26: Release synthesis of consultation
   -

   By March 4: Publish first draft strategy for comment


We appreciate your time and efforts to help guide the Foundation in its
work to support the movement.

Warm regards,

Lila
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: What IdeaLab campaigns do you want to see next year?

[Asaf Bartov]

Forwarding for my colleague Chris Schilling.  His original posting must be
stuck in moderation.  (It's been a few days; does this list need
new/additional admins?)

   A.

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Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Subject: What IdeaLab campaigns do you want to see next year?
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hello! I’m seeking your help to decide on topics for new IdeaLab campaigns
that could be run starting next year. These campaigns are designed to
attract proposals from contributors that address a need or problem in
Wikimedia projects. Here’s how to participate:

   - Learn more  about this consultation [1] and review submitted campaign
   topics.[2]


   - Vote on and submit new campaign topics in the AllOurIdeas survey [3]
   (in English)


   - Discuss campaign topics and ask questions on the IdeaLab talk page in
   your language [4], or discuss and propose campaign ideas here on the
   mailing list that we should consider.


With thanks,

Chris Schilling

[1] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns
>
[2] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns/Topics
>
[3] <http://www.allourideas.org/idealab_campaigns>
[4] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns
>

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] reminder: ends in a few hours: Community Tech Wishlist Survey

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Thanks, Ashwin!

Manoj, thanks for bringing up this need.  It won't make it into this round
of prioritization, but it can be added to the backlog.  I would happily
create a Phabricator ticket on your behalf, but I need to better understand
the need you describe.  Where would you like to use Indic numerals,
exactly?  In template parameters, for example? (i.e. instead of the 1 and 2
in: {{some_template|1=this|2=that}}?)

Could you give some examples of what you meant?

Thanks,

A.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Asaf, thanks to you, I got alerted and could support whatever seemed
> worthwhile to me in the context of English Wikimedia projects :)
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Niharika Kohli
> <niharikakohl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Manoj,
> >
> > Unfortunately it’s a little too late to propose new projects in the
> survey.
> > :( Sorry.
> >
> > We did publicize the survey on all village pumps and on
> > Wikimedia-l/Wikitech-l. Please let us know a better way to publicize the
> > survey next time so that you don’t miss it again. We’ll be holding it
> > periodically (every year).
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Niharika
> >
> > On Dec 15, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Manoj Khurana <he...@manojkhurana.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Asaf,
> > Sorry for pitching in late. Can you please take up a project with
> concerned
> > teams to address a very big concern of Hindi Wikipedia, and I assume this
> > must be the issue in all other indic wukis too.
> >
> > Can we have some arrangement where indic numerics are accepted in all
> > functions and templates for carrying out calculations just like normal
> > numbers?
> >
> > Presently indic numerics are treated by software as mere symbols and can
> not
> > be used for calculations. This is creating huge problems for us in
> > maintenance tasks.
> >
> > I am not from any technical background, so I have highlighted the
> problem in
> > layman's language. I do hope our friends with software background will
> help
> > in defining the issue in technical terms.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Manoj.
> >
> > On Dec 15, 2015 12:10 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello, everyone.
> >>
> >> Here is a link to the Community Tech Wishlist survey that has been going
> >> on for several weeks now.  I have heard today from some Indian
> Wikimedians
> >> that they were not aware of the survey or its importance.  This
> determines
> >> what the Community Tech engineers at WMF will work on next!
> >>
> >> Please do go here:
> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey
> >>
> >> Click one or more of the categories and express support (or oppose)
> >> whatever you want.
> >>
> >> The survey ends in just over 12 hours!
> >>
> >>A.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] reminder: ends in a few hours: Community Tech Wishlist Survey

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Hello, everyone.

Here is a link to the Community Tech Wishlist survey that has been going on
for several weeks now.  I have heard today from some Indian Wikimedians
that they were not aware of the survey or its importance.  *This determines
what the Community Tech engineers at WMF will work on next!*

Please do go here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey

Click one or more of the categories and express support (or oppose)
whatever you want.

The survey ends in just over 12 hours!

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Reviving Bangalore Wikimedia Community Meetups

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Hello, everyone.

Just a reminder of this meetup tomorrow.  I look forward to seeing some of
you there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore59

Cheers,

A.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <
ravidre...@wikimedia.in> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We welcome you all to gather on December 13th for the next Bangalore
> Wikimedia community meetup.
>
> Asaf Bartov from the Wikimedia Foundation will be our guest for the
> meetup. It will be a good opportunity to meet all other Wikimedians after a
> long time and chart our plans for reviving the Bangalore Wikimedia
> community and activities.
>
> Please check
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore59 for
> details.
>
> Thanks,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Khalid Mahmood is gone

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:14 PM
Subject: Khalid Mahmood is gone
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear friends,

Our colleague User:Khalid Mahmood, the most prolific contributor to the
Western Punjabi Wikipedia[1], has died earlier this month, after long
illness.

Khalid was an educator from Pakistan who was passionate about creating and
sharing free knowledge.  He had great plans for promoting the mission in
Pakistan.  He has made more than 67 thousand edits across the projects.  He
attended Wikimania 2012 and 2014, where some of us met him.

If you wish to leave condolences or share memories of Khalid, I suggest his
talk page on Meta:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Khalid_Mahmood#Condolences_and_remembrances


Yours,


   Asaf


[1] Western Punjabi [used in Pakistan] and Eastern Punjabi [used in India]
are practically the same language, but Western is written in the
Perso-Arabic Shahmukhi script, whereas Eastern is written in the Gurmukhi
script.)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikisignpost article on impact of Google Translation Project (2009-2011) on Telugu Wikipedia

[Asaf Bartov]

Agreed.  This is a lesson WMF has noted at the time.  I, for one, have been
wary of mass-ingestion efforts and have attempted to dissuade others from
engaging in them without adequate community discussion and support.

   A.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com wrote:

 I did read this article when the signpost was published on 24th  i should
 say that this is an excellent article.
 Organic growth is a must for sustainability.



 Yohann Thomas
 yohan...@gmail.com

 On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 You may like to read my article titled

 Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu
 Wikipedia [1] on this week's signpost  as a special report in this
 weeks edition of Signpost.


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-24/Special_report

 Sharing as it may be of interest to Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/Bengali
 wikipedians as  the scope of the project included these as well.


 Cheers
 Arjuna Rao C
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Community Tech jobs posted

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Finally, a team that would be dedicated to building things the community
specifically asked for. :)

I think it these openings may interest some of you.

   A.

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Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:43 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Community Tech jobs posted
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi all --

I wanted to give you an update on the Community Tech team. We've posted job
descriptions for open positions on our jobs page that we'd like to bring
your attention to:

Community Tech Developer
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/62666?t=m5pcy0#.VUgfhjvF_FI

Community Tech Engineering Manager
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/62669?t=d51bks#.VUgfhjvF_FI

Please encourage qualified folks to apply!

I want to say that I'm really excited to be working with Luis to help build
this team. I'm very appreciative that Lila and the other execs have
identified this gap in our community support and have made resources
available to address it.

-Toby
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

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Important information about the upcoming elections for the WMF Board of
Trustees and for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC).

It would be great if the voting participation from the Indian communities
would be high this time.  Please help this reach your community, by
forwarding and, even more importantly, ensuring the information pages and
banners linked from this e-mail are localized to your language, if other
than English.

   A.
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Date: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:58 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia
Foundation elections
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff
are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that
are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as
well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To
this end they have published letters

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates

describing
what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the
community the best are the community themselves, the election
committee is accepting
nominations

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#Information_for_nominators

for
community members you think should run and will reach out to those
nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election
process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

*Board of Trustees*
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately
responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value
wide input into its selection.  There are three positions being filled.
More information about this role can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Board_elections/2015
.


*Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)*
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to
allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities.  There are five
positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/FDC_elections/2015
.

*Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud*
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process,
investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees,  and
summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an
annual basis.  One position is being filled.  More information about this
role can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/FDC_Ombudsperson_elections/2015
.

The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC
May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for
the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both
self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this
election and the nomination process can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's
village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the
talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list,
board-electi...@wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need Copyright status advice for Nationalized books in Tamil Nadu

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I agree.  Hard though it may be to get something clearer from the
government, it may be the only way.  Some carefully crafted message and
identifying some key officials to meet with and make the case could go a
long way.  I'm happy to participate in the crafting-the-message part. (I
don't have anything to offer on identifying officials in Tamil Nadu...)

   A.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Tito Dutta trulyt...@gmail.com wrote:

 Without clear license information content can not be uploaded on Commons.

- We feel these might be in PD
- It was actually a typo there

 Etc. would not work.

 The Google Group message is unclear. It is like that #MARD logo license
 it is FREE, please use it

 But it needs a clear license information with information on derivative
 and commercial reuse etc. information.

 On 27 March 2015 at 21:05, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in
  wrote:

 Hi,

 Govt of Tamil Nadu regularly pays Tamil  Scholars and writers or their
 legal heirs some lump sum amount and then declares that all their works are
 nationalized. Then, everyone is free to publish and sell their works.

 This is actually putting those works in public domain before they
 automatically enter public domain by Indian Copyright laws.

 For example, a press release from Government can be seen here -
 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mintamil/B82Si_2oHDk

 The problem is even after this process, the books continue to carry the
 usual copyright declaration or at least they do not explicitly state that
 the book is released in public domain.

 So, when it comes to uploading these to Wikimedia Commons we do not have
 a proper document that says these works are under public domain.

 So, how do we handle this situation and give a proper legal
 interpretation for this nationalized' status?

 It is very difficult to get anything in written from Government regarding
 this. Even if they give something, the right to declare public domain
 status remains with the authors. Since many of the authors have passed away
 and many are not reachable, it is near impossible to contact each author.

 Scanned copies of 2218 nationalized books are made available here -

 http://www.tamilvu.org/library/nationalized/html/index.htm

 If only we can get a legal confirmation, we can proceed to upload them in
 WikiSource or Wikimedia Commons.

 Once we clarify about the situation in India, I can write to the legal
 counsel of WMF or CC to have a global understanding of this issue.

 Another interesting perspective is that this nationalization process has
 been ongoing for decades even before concepts like Creative Commons
 evolved. It is only proper that the licenses provide space for interpreting
 these traditions instead of asking the age old traditions to comply under
 new licenses.

 Thanks,

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

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For those not subscribed to WikimediaAnnounce, news about a re-organization
at the Wikimedia Foundation.

   A.
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Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF
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Dear Wikimedians,

Among the WMF’s top priorities for 2015 is strengthening our engagement
with Wikimedia editors and volunteers. Today we are taking the first step
by bringing together the people who know our communities best and asking
them to break barriers and improve engagement. Everyone at the WMF who
carries responsibilities directly related to the communities will join a
new Community Engagement department.

I have asked Luis Villa to lead the Community Engagement organization as
the Senior Director of Community Engagement, reporting to me. Promoting
from within the WMF for this critical role will allow us to leverage the
knowledge and experience with our communities and reinforce the strengths
of our people.

Luis’s experience with communities is lengthy and deep. He has been
involved in open communities since the late 1990s, from communities as
small as the Lego Mindstorms hackers to those as large as Mozilla. He
worked in open communities as a lawyer, a programmer, a bugmaster, an
engineering lead, a community leader, and a board member. Luis has
performed exceptionally within the Foundation and supported some of our
most fruitful community engagements. The Grantmaking, LE, Education,
Community Advocacy and Community Liaisons teams will join the new Community
Engagement department [2] under his leadership.

Unfortunately, Anasuya Sengupta -- our beloved leader of grantmaking --
will be leaving us due to personal health concerns at the end of March. We
will invite you soon to celebrate her time with us, her work at the WMF and
the deep insight she brought to the Foundation. We are saddened to see her
go. The team she has nurtured will provide an important foundation for our
upcoming work.

Siko Bouterse will move up to lead  the day-to-day work of the Grantmaking
team as Director of Community Resources, supervising all department Grant
programs and the Global South strategy. Siko has been instrumental in
innovating programs at the WMF, including initiatives like the Teahouse[1]
and the IdeaLab[2] combining vision with strong support for volunteer
community, tough decision making, and great project management skills.

These changes are an opportunity to improve the coordination of our work
supporting the communities. To accelerate this, I have asked Luis to lead
an internal “tiger” team to better understand the needs, concerns and
priorities of our volunteers, and to develop recommendations for future
programs. This work will be shared with all of you as it becomes available.

Please join me in congratulating Luis and Siko and in supporting our teams.
The Wikimedia communities are what makes the projects strong, unique, and
irreplaceable. This is the next step forward in our support to them, and in
service of our mission.


Lila



[1] As Director of Community Resources, Siko will oversee the IdeaLab,
Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, and Travel and Participation
Support. Her team will include Katy Love, Winifred Olliff, Alex Wang,
Janice Tud, Jonathan Morgan, and Asaf Bartov. Asaf will also take on a new
title as Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities.

[2] Rachel DiCerbo, Philippe Beaudette, Siko, and Anasuya’s other direct
reports, and their respective teams (CL, CA, and Grantmaking/GLEE) will
report to Luis. The Engineering Community team will be part of the tiger
team but will continue to report to Engineering.

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Engineering Community

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This is a significant shift in Engineering processes at the Wikimedia
Foundation.  I want to make sure it reaches people not subscribed to
Wikimedia-l or wikitech-l.

   A.

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From: Damon Sicore dsic...@wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:31 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Engineering Community
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Dear Wikimedians,

We are changing our engineering processes to improve how we engage with you
-- our valued contributors and editors -- around software development.

We are beginning with the collaborative buildout and deployment of
VisualEditor. We are moving community engagement processes and product
decisions into earlier stages of development, and making them iterative. In
a perfect world this process would start prior to feature development, but
in this case VisualEditor is already in-flight, so your participation now
is critical. With your participation, we can work together to ensure this
new process works.

In this new process, we commit to:

• Collectively identify success criteria for each target audience, from new
editors (simple feature set) to expert editors (complex feature set).
• Ensure success criteria represents the quantified and qualified goals.
The feature will only be shipped when the success criteria is met.
• Enable the feature for only portions of specific audiences that would
best benefit (a process known as “incremental roll-out”) at a time.
• Triage and prioritize all bugs and feature requests on a weekly basis to
ensure they are addressed in a timely fashion. Publicly post responses,
assessment, and target implementations. This will replace the RFP process
and ensure we are tracking on all requested features efficiently.

How you can engage:

• Report bugs or enhancement requests in Phabricator:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/visualeditor/
• Join any of the weekly triage meetings to nominate a release blocker.
Please see the instructions at:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal
• Participate in development. You can find the team on IRC in the
#mediawiki-visualeditor channel on irc.freenode.net.

We are excited to get this long-standing feature to the level of quality
and success we all want and need. It is a collective effort. You are not
only a stakeholder, but an active contributor in this work. We want to all
to be proud of the outcome. Please participate now.

All my best,

Damon


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Damon Sicore
VP of Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation
dsic...@wikimedia.org





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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help for filing Wikimania 2015 scholarship application

[Asaf Bartov]

Reminder: one week left!

   A.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Very good initiative.  I hope everyone who needs it has access to post on
 that wiki.  If that may not be the case, perhaps also accept requests on
 Meta?

A.

 On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 7:06 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu 
 ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote:

 Hi,

 If you need help for reviewing your Wikimania 2015 scholarship
 application, check

 http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania_2015

 Ravi

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