[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India

[Bodhisattwa]

Hi Andreas,

There is no denial that money is needed in our region to run programs but
there should always be a critical debate, if we are asking too much amount
and for the right cause. I can't talk about others but I come from a
cross-border language community which has always shown high regards to the
value of donation money and expressed concerns in the past, whenever it has
felt that money asked in a grant proposal is out of proportionate. So,
whenever a grant proposal comes from my language community or from the two
affiliates of the region, we brainstorm for days, if not months, to
understand if there remains any small chance to waste the valuable
resources which are to be entrusted upon us. For example, questions
naturally arises in our community that if we really need to or have the
luxury to spend this huge amount of around 10 million INR just for a 3-days
conference to meet and greet each other after a long time or could that
amount of money be invested on local affiliates and communities so that
they can sustain themselves and provide quality output for the next decade.
There has always been this debate and the people who talked about the
second option are quietly moving away from the movement as they were not
heard properly or were targeted for their critical analysis. We strongly
feel that throwing unnecessary amount of money to whatever proposal comes
over from the region is detrimental to the community dynamics as these
money spoils people in the communities, brings more mistrusts and
corruption and changes the motivation to contribute to the open knowledge
movement. Also, huge amount of money does not necessarily translate to
delivery of high quality output all the time, good results can come from
limited resources too, even with zero budget, if they are planned properly;
there are numerous success stories in our movement of those, which are
rarely acknowledged or celebrated.

What we feel that there might be some 'white guilt' working in the
background to reverse colonial sins from the past in the regions which
might drive people from the west to approve more money in Africa and Asia
without consideration of local inputs. Any voices against these western
perspectives to flood local communities with huge amount of unnecessary
money are marked as counter-productive, ignored, silenced and bypassed with
different regulatory measures imposed upon the community until people stop
criticising and get fed up of being ignored. For example, personally, I
have developed apathy nowadays regarding whatever is happening around grant
process western to our state border of West Bengal until they directly
affects us and prefer to remain silent during their community review
process.

By the way, I have no objection hiring WMF staffs from the region. In fact,
a number of staffs and contractors from the region are and were highly
respected for their support and understanding of the local communities. But
all are not beds of roses. There are multiple evidences of opacities,
ignorance, agenda pushing, bossing around, corporate mentality, hijacking
of community plans and projects etc. among staffs, which builds walls of
mistrusts separating them with the volunteers rather than breaking them. I
can't disagree to what Jayantilal implied in his statement. So, to me,
staffs are always welcome, but if they have no intention to listen and
support for community needs, then we frankly don't need them around our
communities to push their own agenda, we can manage ourselves.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa




On Thu, May 4, 2023, 18:30 Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Hi Bodhisattwa and all,
>
> You raise an interesting point – that the influx of money appears to have
> a demotivating effect on Indian volunteers. This has also come up in
> discussion elsewhere.
>
> Now I have been one of those who have urged the WMF to spend more money in
> India. I have always felt that actual spending on the ground has not
> matched the Foundation's fundraising messages about how money is urgently
> needed to build capacity in Indian and African languages. And I have argued
> that hiring staff in India, e.g., makes more sense than hiring staff in the
> US, where salary expectations may run to hundreds of thousands of dollars
> per year.
>
> How would you resolve these competing considerations?
>
> Regards,
> Andreas (Jayen466)
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 3:21 AM Bodhisattwa 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Coincidentally, just yesterday afternoon, when we were having a meeting
>> in Kolkata with volunteers from West Bengal and Bangladesh, these concerns
>> came up among other things. We were wondering about the visible impact of
>> the increasing number of WMF staffs in India to improve our editing and
>> reading experiences, significant partnership development or strengthening
>> the communities in the last few years and if they have any impact at 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India

[Bodhisattwa]

Hi,

Coincidentally, just yesterday afternoon, when we were having a meeting in
Kolkata with volunteers from West Bengal and Bangladesh, these concerns
came up among other things. We were wondering about the visible impact of
the increasing number of WMF staffs in India to improve our editing and
reading experiences, significant partnership development or strengthening
the communities in the last few years and if they have any impact at all in
our language community to make our life easier as volunteers.

Anyway, if the volunteer communities or team of organizers are not strong
and vigilant enough, there is always a chance to get something hijacked by
staffs. This is not new; it has happened before a number of times and it
will happen a lot more in the future. This could not be avoided as I feel
the spirit of volunteerism in the Indian communities is much much weaker
than the past and dying, if not already dead in some of the cases. In the
last few years, I have seen long term trusted community members from all
over the country leave the movement frustrated, heart broken and exhausted,
including from my language community. Increasing flow of unnecessary money
are rapidly changing the motivation of volunteers with a strange notion
prevailing nowadays that money is the solution of all problems in the
region. Community oversight and long discussions on meta talk pages about
any huge amount of grant proposals are now a thing of the past. But who
cares?

Unlike the previous wiki conferences, the wider Indian community did not
get the invitation and space to actively take part in the decision making
process from the very start of planning this conference which led to giving
room to WMF staffs, who took over. Without community vigilance, a 3 days
conference asked and spent 3 times more donation money than the last one
and has set up precedences of many unwanted things which would burden
future community programs and events in India. It's not at all surprising
that even though no one was stopped, but a very few number of volunteers
from my language community actually applied and participated in the
conference, even being one of the most active community in the region.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa





On Thu, May 4, 2023, 00:53 Subhashish  wrote:

> I find this email better worded than the other one in this list a few days
> back which was also about different issues.
>
> Some of these issues, though I'm not personally aware of, certainly need
> to be addressed by WMF.
>
> Thank you for upholding the importance of the community by saying -- "I am
> okay with WMF staff being paid, but it should not undermine unpaid
> volunteers and the movement's ethos." Can't agree more.
>
> While I see public listing of WMF staff and contractors both on-wiki [1]
> and the Foundation's official site, WMF staff in India might mean staff and
> contractors who are hired both for long-term and short-term and part-time
> roles. It could also mean those who play global roles (say, engineering
> staffers) but reside in India and don't necessarily interface only with the
> India-based community. Their participation in a national level event could
> be an one-off thing.
>
> But those nuances apart, the volunteer and staff dynamics certainly is a
> topic worth discussing.
>
> A worse social phenomenon in India is a foreigner being treated with more
> dignity than a local. The intersectionality of caste, gender, fluency in
> English, intergenerational privilege and many other social factors play a
> role. I still think this is not a standalone issue and should be discussed
> (and investigated if needed) keeping in mind the intersectionality.
>
> 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_staff
>
> Subha
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2023, 11:09 PM Jayantilal Kothari 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Maryana Iskander and Wikimedia Foundation,
>>
>> I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to request more
>> transparency about the roles and responsibilities of WMF staff in India. I
>> am assuming good faith and believe that any issues arising are
>> unintentional; however, these occurrences seem to be negatively impacting
>> the overall movement.
>>
>> It has come to my attention that WMF allocates a relatively small amount
>> of funds to the Indian community. This implies that a significant portion
>> of donor money is spent on staff, making it crucial to ensure that donors
>> and the Wiki community are aware of how the funds are being utilized and
>> the impact generated.
>>
>> Firstly, I have noticed that WMF hires non-community staff members who
>> may be initially unfamiliar with the Wikimedia community and movement in
>> general. This is not an issue as long as newly recruited staff members are
>> willing to 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Annual activity report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group for 2022-23

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello,

On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, I am pleased to submit
and share with you it's 2022 annual activity report, which can be found in
the link below -

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2022

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] উইকিসংকলনে বাংলার জীবন্ত ঐতিহ্য মুদ্রণ সংশোধন অভিযান

[Bodhisattwa]

সুধী,

২০২৩ সালে ইউনেস্কোর জীবন্ত ঐতিহ্য সংরক্ষণের সম্মেলনের ২০তম বর্ষপূর্তি
আয়োজিত হচ্ছে। সেই উপলক্ষে সারা বিশ্বজুড়ে বিভিন্ন সম্প্রদায়, স্বেচ্ছাসেবক
ও সংগঠনদের সঙ্গে আমরাও যোগ দিয়েছি এবং ১লা ফেব্রুয়ারি থেকে ৩১শে মে
পর্যন্ত বাংলার
জীবন্ত ঐতিহ্যগুলির সংরক্ষণে একটি মুদ্রণ সংশোধন অভিযান সংগঠিত করেছি।
পূর্ববঙ্গ গীতিকা, ময়মনসিংহ গীতিকা, হারামণি, গোপীচন্দ্রের গান ইত্যাদি বইয়ে
সংগৃহীত বাংলার বিভিন্ন প্রান্তের বিভিন্ন লৌকিক সঙ্গীতগুলিকে ইউনিকোডে
রূপান্তরিত করে তোলা এই অভিযানের উদ্দেশ্য।

এই সংক্রান্ত বিস্তারিত তথ্য পাওয়া যাবে এখানে -
https://bn.wikisource.org/s/hf4y

সকলের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কামনা করি।

ধন্যবাদান্তে,
বোধিসত্ত্ব, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যবহারকারী দলের পক্ষ থেকে
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[Wikimediaindia-l] উইকিসংকলনে "বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ: দলিলপত্র" বইয়ের মুদ্রণ সংশোধন প্রতিযোগিতা

[Bodhisattwa]

সুধী,

বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার সংগ্রামের ইতিহাস এবং এর গুরুত্বপূর্ণ দলিলাদি
সংরক্ষণের জন্য বাংলাদেশ সরকার ১৯৭৭ সালে বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধের ইতিহাস
লিখন এবং মুদ্রণ প্রকল্প গ্রহণ করে। এর ধারাবাহিকতায় ১৯৮২ সালে বাংলাদেশ
সরকারের তথ্য মন্ত্রণালয় কর্তৃক "বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ: দলিলপত্র" নামে
১৫ খন্ডে প্রায় ১৫ হাজার পৃষ্ঠার এক সুবিশাল গ্রন্থমালা প্রকাশিত হয়, যা
বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রামের ইতিহাসের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সংকলন। বাংলাদেশের
ইতিহাস গবেষকদের জন্যও এটি একটি মূল্যবান রেফারেন্স গ্রন্থ হিসেবে বিবেচিত। এই
বই শুধু বাংলাদেশই নয়, সমগ্র বাঙালি জাতির বিকাশের ইতিহাসেরও একটি
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অংশ। এই বইটি বাংলা উইকিসংকলন প্রকল্পে উপলব্ধ রয়েছে ঠিকই,
কিন্তু এর মুদ্রণ সংশোধন প্রয়োজন। যা এর পঠনযোগ্যতা বাড়াতে এবং সার্চ করে সহজে
তথ্য খুঁজে পেতে সহায়ক হবে। সেইসাথে ভবিষ্যতে উইকিপিডিয়ায় এই বিষয়ে ব্যাপক
হারে সঠিক তথ্য ও তথ্যসূত্র যোগ করা সম্ভব হবে।

বিজয়ের মাস ডিসেম্বরে উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার ও পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া
ব্যবহারকারী দলের যৌথ উদ্যোগে আগামী ১লা ডিসেম্বর থেকে ৩১শে ডিসেম্বর ২০২২
পর্যন্ত বাংলা উইকিসংকলনে বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ উপলক্ষে একটি মুদ্রণ
সংশোধন প্রতিযোগিতার আয়োজন করা হয়েছে। প্রথম তিন বিজয়ীদের এই দুই সংগঠন থেকে
পুরস্কৃত করা হবে।

এই সংক্রান্ত বিস্তারিত তথ্য পাওয়া যাবে এখানে -
https://bn.wikisource.org/s/hd04

প্রতিযোগিতায় সকলের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কামনা করি।

ধন্যবাদান্তে,
শাবাব, উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টারের পক্ষ থেকে ও
বোধিসত্ত্ব, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যবহারকারী দলের পক্ষ থেকে
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India winners

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians,

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you all that the 3-members national
jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Jury>
of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India>
photo-competition has judged about the 10 winning photographs
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Winners>
of the national competition, which have been announced now.

The winning photographs are as follows-

   1. Jantar Mantar
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doors_of_Jantar_Mantar.jpg>,
   Jaipur, Jaipur district, Rajasthan by Sudipta Maulik
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sudipta_Maulik=edit=1>
   2. Taj Mahal
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Divergence_of_Taj.jpg>, Agra,
   Agra district, Uttar Pradesh by Sudipta Maulik
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sudipta_Maulik=edit=1>
   3. Ajanta Caves
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajantha_Cave_1.jpg>, Aurangabad
   district, Maharashtra by Prithiviraj Kiridarane
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Prithiviraj_Kiridarane=edit=1>
   4. Nava Kailash
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conentric_temples_of_Kalna.jpg>,
   Kalna, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal by Sudipta Maulik
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sudipta_Maulik=edit=1>
   5. Qutb Minar <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qutub_in_box.jpg>,
   Mehrauli, South Delhi district, Delhi by Shikhers
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shikhers>
   6. Tomb of Safdarjung
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_view_of_Safdurjung%27s_Tomb.jpg>,
   New Delhi district, Delhi by Arjunfotografer
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Arjunfotografer=edit=1>
   7. Hoysaleswara Temple
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculptures_at_Hoysaleshwara_temple_(1).jpg>,
   Helebid, Hassan district, Karnataka by Basavaraj M
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Basavaraj_M>
   8. Mysore Palace
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mysore_Palace_Windows.jpg>,
   Mysore, Mysore district, Karnataka by Sumitsurai
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sumitsurai>
   9. Roopmati Pavilion
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roopmati_Pavilion_with_arch.jpg>,
   Mandu, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh by Chetansoni
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Chetansoni=edit=1>
   10. Humayun's Tomb
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_unique_frame_of_Humayun_Tomb,_Delhi.jpg>,
   South East Delhi district, Delhi by Thesolorover
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Thesolorover=edit=1>


All these photographs are listed in our event page and have been forwarded
to the international WLM competition.

This year, we had also declared 2 special prizes

* Highest number of uploads - which will go to Subrata Ghose
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Subrata_Ghose=edit=1>
who has uploaded 841 images for WLM India 2022.
* Winning photograph from West Bengal - which will go to Sudipta Maulik
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sudipta_Maulik=edit=1>
who has secured 4rd prize for the national contest for a monument located
in West Bengal.

 We will start contacting the winning photographers this week, so that we
can send the national prizes to them in due course.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>
)
 West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: FIlmi Music data-thon for Wikidata's 10th birthday

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello everyone,

The Filmi music datathon finished yesterday just moments before the
midnight hour. The output of the event is being compiled to be presented to
Wikidata as a gift for its 10th birthday. The link to the gift is here -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon/birthday_present

Wikidata now has 4897 film songs making filmi music as the topmost genre of
musical works there. (80-99) % of their statements are linked with
composers, lyricists, singers and publication dates.

Currently,

   - The top 3 playback singers on Wikidata are - Sonu Nigam (888 songs),
   Asha Bhosle (664 songs)  and Manna Dey (655 songs) followed by 518 singers
   in the line
   - The top 3 composers on Wikidata are -  Rahul Dev Burman (727 songs),
   Sachin Dev Burman (374 songs) and Pritam Chakraborty (197 songs) followed
   by 319 composers in the line
   - The top 3 lyricists on Wikidata are - Anand Bakshi (313 songs),
   Majrooh Sultanpuri (304 songs) and Sameer (269 songs) followed by 291
   lyricists in the line
   -  The top 3 languages for the songs are - Hindi (3146 songs), Bengali
   (765 songs) and Marathi (722 songs ) followed by 14 more languages in the
   line.

Thanks to all the contributors of the datathon who have enriched the data.
Special thanks to Moebeus and Mahir who have provided useful guidance from
time to time. Subodh Kulkarni and his team of volunteers from the Marathi
community deserves special mention and appreciation for a coordinated
effort to create data about Marathi film songs from scratch.

This datathon was organized to start working on Indian songs on Wikidata.
Hopefully, it will continue in the future.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa



On Sat, 22 Oct 2022 at 12:12, Bodhisattwa 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 7 days have passed and the Filmi music datathon is midway. Till now 12
> volunteers have enrolled in the event and edited around 2400 items and
> created > 2000 items till now. >2200 statements were backed by references.
> Currently,
>
>
>- The top 3 playback singers on Wikidata are -Sonu Nigam (889 songs),
>Manna Dey (597 songs) and Arijit Singh (372 songs) followed by 320 singers
>in the line
>- The top 3 composers on Wikidata are - Pritam Chakraborty (197
>songs), Anu Malik (114 songs), Himesh Reshammiya (83 songs) followed by 252
>composers in the line
>- The top 3 lyricists on Wikidata are - Sameer (263 songs),
>Gouriprasanna Majumdar (181), Pulak Bandyopadhyay (171 songs) followed by
>190 lyricists in the line
>-  The top 3 languages for the songs are - Hindi (1998 songs), Bengali
>(707 songs), Tamil (43 songs ) followed by 14 more languages in the line.
>
>
> There has been significant enrichment of related data to present as
> birthday gifts to Wikidata. However, you can notice that we are still
> missing data of film songs from the golden age and classical age of Hindi
> cinema. Legendary artists like Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Muhammad
> Rafi, Hemanta Mukherjee, R. D. Burman etc. are still not having much
> presence on Wikidata. Songs from South Indian movies are also lagging
> behind, requiring engagement from our Wikidata volunteers from there.
>
> Hope, some of these data gaps will be filled in the next 7 days.You can
> check the event page here
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon>
> and enroll here
> <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll=>
> .
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 at 10:34, Bodhisattwa 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is organizing a 2 weeks long
>> online data-thon as part of Wikidata's 10th birthday celebration around the
>> world.
>>
>>- Event page -
>>
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon
>>- Topic of the data-thon - Songs produced and used in Indian films
>>- Date*: October 14, 2022 00:01 IST
>><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1665685808> to October 28, 2022
>><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666981859> 23:59 IST. *
>>
>> To keep it simple for newcomers, we are focusing on musical compositions
>> only.
>>
>> The result of this data-thon will be gifted to Wikidata during her birthday
>> celebration
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Presents> on 29th
>> October, 2022.
>>
>> If you enjoy film songs and are interested in enriching the data of filmi
>> music on Wikidata, you are welcome to participate in the data-thon. You can
>> enroll here
>> <https://outreachdashboard.wmf

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: FIlmi Music data-thon for Wikidata's 10th birthday

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello,

7 days have passed and the Filmi music datathon is midway. Till now 12
volunteers have enrolled in the event and edited around 2400 items and
created > 2000 items till now. >2200 statements were backed by references.
Currently,


   - The top 3 playback singers on Wikidata are -Sonu Nigam (889 songs),
   Manna Dey (597 songs) and Arijit Singh (372 songs) followed by 320 singers
   in the line
   - The top 3 composers on Wikidata are - Pritam Chakraborty (197 songs),
   Anu Malik (114 songs), Himesh Reshammiya (83 songs) followed by 252
   composers in the line
   - The top 3 lyricists on Wikidata are - Sameer (263 songs),
   Gouriprasanna Majumdar (181), Pulak Bandyopadhyay (171 songs) followed by
   190 lyricists in the line
   -  The top 3 languages for the songs are - Hindi (1998 songs), Bengali
   (707 songs), Tamil (43 songs ) followed by 14 more languages in the line.


There has been significant enrichment of related data to present as
birthday gifts to Wikidata. However, you can notice that we are still
missing data of film songs from the golden age and classical age of Hindi
cinema. Legendary artists like Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Muhammad
Rafi, Hemanta Mukherjee, R. D. Burman etc. are still not having much
presence on Wikidata. Songs from South Indian movies are also lagging
behind, requiring engagement from our Wikidata volunteers from there.

Hope, some of these data gaps will be filled in the next 7 days.You can
check the event page here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon>
and enroll here
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll=>
.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa






On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 at 10:34, Bodhisattwa 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is organizing a 2 weeks long online
> data-thon as part of Wikidata's 10th birthday celebration around the world.
>
>- Event page -
>
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon
>- Topic of the data-thon - Songs produced and used in Indian films
>- Date*: October 14, 2022 00:01 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1665685808> to October 28, 2022
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666981859> 23:59 IST. *
>
> To keep it simple for newcomers, we are focusing on musical compositions
> only.
>
> The result of this data-thon will be gifted to Wikidata during her birthday
> celebration
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Presents> on 29th
> October, 2022.
>
> If you enjoy film songs and are interested in enriching the data of filmi
> music on Wikidata, you are welcome to participate in the data-thon. You can
> enroll here
> <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll=>
> .
>
> See you soon in action!
>
> Regards,
>
> Bodhisattwa
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India updates

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello,

This is for your information, that the WLM volunteer organizer team has
finished primary sorting of images and forwarded sorted images to the
respected jury members for judging and ranking. The jury members have been
oriented in an online call about the process and use of the judging tool.
They will start judging from today and will finish ranking of images by the
end of the month in 2 or 3 rounds. Our team member Amitabha Gupta will be
coordinating with the jury team in the process.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 at 12:53, Bodhisattwa 
wrote:

> Shubho Maha Saptami!
>
> Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India has ended. We are happy to announce
> that we have 5862 uploads from 413 photographers, among which 73% were
> newly registered users. Till now, 4% images have been used in different 65
> Wikimedia projects gaining 951,525 views. Highest number of uploads by a
> single photographer was 842. We think all these numbers are pretty decent
> for us. This year too, we have got photographs from all over the country,
> but most photographs came for monuments located in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,
> Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat and so on.
>
> In the background, we are rearranging the list of monuments
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Upload>
> district-wise as we are getting feedback from different participants that
> our current lists are somewhat difficult for amateur photographers to
> navigate as currently the tables are arranged according to heritage
> designation. which not everyone tracks well enough. This rearrangement will
> lead us to create around 750 tables of monuments, which will look something
> like this one
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/West_Bengal/Bankura>,
> where we will keep all designated and non-designated monuments located in a
> single district under one table. Hopefully, these tables will be ready
> before next year's competition. The tables for Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh,
> Goa and West Bengal are already live.
>
> We are now entering into the primary sorting process of the submitted
> photographs to be done by the organizer team, where those with obvious
> issues will be filtered out by 14 October, 2022 and the rest of the images
> will be forwarded to the jury team
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Jury>,
> who will have 3 rounds and rest of October to finish the judging process.
> If everything goes well, we will declare the results by the start of
> November like previous years.
>
> Thanks for all your contributions and uploads to the competition. Be ready
> with your camera for the Wiki Loves Food competition, which will be
> announced very soon!!
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (On behalf of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>
> )
> West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] FIlmi Music data-thon for Wikidata's 10th birthday

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians,

The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is organizing a 2 weeks long online
data-thon as part of Wikidata's 10th birthday celebration around the world.

   - Event page -
   
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon
   - Topic of the data-thon - Songs produced and used in Indian films
   - Date*: October 14, 2022 00:01 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1665685808> to October 28, 2022
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666981859> 23:59 IST. *

To keep it simple for newcomers, we are focusing on musical compositions
only.

The result of this data-thon will be gifted to Wikidata during her birthday
celebration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Presents>
on 29th October, 2022.

If you enjoy film songs and are interested in enriching the data of filmi
music on Wikidata, you are welcome to participate in the data-thon. You can
enroll here
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll=>
.

See you soon in action!

Regards,

Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India updates

[Bodhisattwa]

Shubho Maha Saptami!

Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India has ended. We are happy to announce that
we have 5862 uploads from 413 photographers, among which 73% were newly
registered users. Till now, 4% images have been used in different 65
Wikimedia projects gaining 951,525 views. Highest number of uploads by a
single photographer was 842. We think all these numbers are pretty decent
for us. This year too, we have got photographs from all over the country,
but most photographs came for monuments located in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat and so on.

In the background, we are rearranging the list of monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Upload>
district-wise as we are getting feedback from different participants that
our current lists are somewhat difficult for amateur photographers to
navigate as currently the tables are arranged according to heritage
designation. which not everyone tracks well enough. This rearrangement will
lead us to create around 750 tables of monuments, which will look something
like this one
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/West_Bengal/Bankura>,
where we will keep all designated and non-designated monuments located in a
single district under one table. Hopefully, these tables will be ready
before next year's competition. The tables for Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh,
Goa and West Bengal are already live.

We are now entering into the primary sorting process of the submitted
photographs to be done by the organizer team, where those with obvious
issues will be filtered out by 14 October, 2022 and the rest of the images
will be forwarded to the jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Jury>,
who will have 3 rounds and rest of October to finish the judging process.
If everything goes well, we will declare the results by the start of
November like previous years.

Thanks for all your contributions and uploads to the competition. Be ready
with your camera for the Wiki Loves Food competition, which will be
announced very soon!!

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>
)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India ends today

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians,

This is to remind you all that Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India
photo-competition is coming to an end today, so if you are interested to
upload photographs of monuments for the event but haven't done yet, now is
the time.

The link to the event page is here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

[Bodhisattwa]

Hi Praveen,

Thanks for keeping track of the case. Personally I am extremely relieved
that Siddique at last got out of the prison. We were not getting any major
news about him which was very worrying. I am also very much worried of the
extreme stress he and his family is facing and will face after this
traumatic event. Hope they will come of this mess stronger than before. We
are still helpless regarding legal support of the volunteers and are still
vulnerable.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 12:01 praveenp  wrote:

> FINALLY!
>
> The Supreme court granted Bail to Kappen. He was imprisoned since October
> 2020 under UAPA while reporting the Gang rape and murder or 19 year old
> Dalit woman from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Everybody in India can be so proud
> of this entire saga.
> I hope Kappen (wanna be Kappens too) learned his lesson, and won't commit
> any "Unlawful activities" like reporting gangrapes in holy states.
>
> Regards
> User:Praveenp
>
>
> On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 14:19, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kaartic,
>>
>> I don't think Trust and Safety or WMF legal has any practical value here.
>> I can endorse Vikram's view from my experience, when I interacted with both
>> of the teams about another extremely controversial topic which might very
>> well hamper the safety of the entire Indian Wikimedia community and can
>> destroy the life and reputation of volunteers. Practically speaking, if any
>> Wikimedia content is deemed illegal as per the law of the country,
>> currently we are all vulnerable and there is no existing support structure
>> which can take any step to convince website hosts to find any solution or
>> prevent this kind of unfortunate situation or provide emergency legal
>> relief or take out the volunteers from PTSD.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 00:25, Kaartic Sivaraam <
>> kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 10:56, Bodhisattwa Mandal
>>>  wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are
>>> always in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support
>>> system present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent
>>> Wikimedia volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested
>>> for any controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was
>>> not charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
>>> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
>>> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
>>> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
>>> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
>>> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
>>> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
>>> but something should be there.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Forgive my ignorance and I could be misunderstanding but anyways,
>>> shouldn't the Trust & Safety team be helpful for these situations?
>>> Isn't it kind of their work to support Wikimedians in those cases? If
>>> not, that team at least looks like the relevant people to discuss this
>>> with.
>>>
>>>   Team page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety
>>>   Team overview:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Overview
>>>
>>> --
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Jury members for Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India finalized

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians,

As you might have noticed already from our central banners, Wiki Loves
Monuments 2022 has started from today and will continue until the end of
this month. If you are interested to participate in the competition and
upload photographs of built heritage structures, please visit this link -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WLMIN2022

We are also excited to announce that our 3-members national jury team is
finalized and honored to introduce them with you all. The jury members are -

   - Biswarup Ganguly - a veteran Wikimedian from the West Bengal community
   who has contributed immensely for open knowledge through his documentary
   photographs of life, culture and heritage of Bengal, especially of Kolkata
   and surroundings for around 13 years. His photographs on Wikimedia Commons
   are frequently being used in different news media outlets and by book
   authors
   - Humayunn Niaz Ahmed Peerzaada - a professional photographer based in
   Mumbai, Maharashtra who has been in the field of photography since 2007.
   Though Humayunn has been involved in photography of all genres, he
   specializes in architecture, table top & making 360° virtual panoramas. His
   two series of panoramas of built heritage of West Bengal have earned him
   wide accolades.
   - Sugato Mukherjee - a photographer and writer from West Bengal with
   bylines in BBC, Al Jazeera, Nat Geo Traveller, Deutsche Welle, Mint and
   several international inflight magazines. His coffee table book on Ladakh
   was published in 2013 and received critical acclaim. Winner of multiple
   photography prizes, Sugato's documentary project on the sulphur miners of
   East Java was awarded distinctions by the UNESCO.

You can find them here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Jury

Our team member Amitabha Gupta will be coordinating with the jury members
during the review process, which will happen during late October.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India starts in 7 days!

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians!

We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize Wiki Loves Monuments in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India>
this year again during the entire month of September for the 5th
consecutive time. We have a list of news to share.

   - This year, we have Amitabha Gupta
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amitabha_Gupta> as a new member
   in our organizing team
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>.
   He will be replacing Sumit Surai
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sumitsurai>, who will be busy
   in his personal life during the competition and so, will not be able to
   volunteer as an organizer. The rest of the team remains the same as last
   year. The team members had their preparatory meeting and distributed the
   responsibilities last weekend.


   - Like previous years, we are interested in adding more and more data
   about Indian monuments, both designated and non-designated ones, on
   Wikidata because the WLM lists of monuments
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
   are fetched directly from there. If you find monuments from your locality
   or district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not
reflected on our
   list
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
   please let me know, so that we can include them for the competition.


   - This year, the tables of monuments will look different from the last
   years. The co-ordinates will be displayed as dynamic maps and the districts
   where the monuments will be located will have their locator images, if
   available. An example of such a table is here
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/National_Importance/West_Bengal>.
   However, many monuments still lack coordinates and you can help to add them
   on respective Wikidata items.


   - Unlike previous years, we are looking for Indian-only jury members
   both inside and outside of the Wikimedia movement with experience in
   documentary photography of monuments and heritage structures. We have felt
   that this decision might bring less known Indian monuments in the
   limelight. The jury members will be declared during the event,


   - The national prizes will be slightly different from the previous year.
   Details can be found here
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Prize>
   .


   - We have temporarily closed the feature to upload photographs directly
   from Wikidocumentaries until further notice as the site is undergoing major
   maintenance.

We will be sharing more updates and news in the coming days related to the
event.

In the meantime, make your plans and get ready with your photographic
equipment.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

P.S. - sorry for the unintentional error regarding the year 2022 in the
previous mail
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India starts in 7 days!

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello Wikimedians!

We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize Wiki Loves Monuments in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India>
this year again during the entire month of September for the 5th
consecutive time. We have a list of news to share.

   - This year, we have Amitabha Gupta
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amitabha_Gupta> as a new member
   in our organizing team
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Team>.
   He will be replacing Sumit Surai
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sumitsurai>, who will be busy
   in his personal life during the competition and so, will not be able to
   volunteer as an organizer. The rest of the team remains the same as last
   year. The team members had their preparatory meeting and distributed the
   responsibilities last weekend.


   - Like previous years, we are interested in adding more and more data
   about Indian monuments, both designated and non-designated ones, on
   Wikidata because the WLM lists of monuments
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
   are fetched directly from there. If you find monuments from your locality
   or district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not
reflected on our
   list
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
   please let me know, so that we can include them for the competition.


   - This year, the tables of monuments will look different from the last
   years. The co-ordinates will be displayed as dynamic maps and the districts
   where the monuments will be located will have their locator images, if
   available. An example of such a table is here
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/National_Importance/West_Bengal>.
   However, many monuments still lack coordinates and you can help to add them
   on respective Wikidata items.


   - Unlike previous years, we are looking for Indian-only jury members
   both inside and outside of the Wikimedia movement with experience in
   documentary photography of monuments and heritage structures. We have felt
   that this decision might bring less known Indian monuments in the
   limelight. The jury members will be declared during the event,


   - The national prizes will be slightly different from the previous year.
   Details can be found here
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022_in_India/Prize>
   .


   - We have temporarily closed the feature to upload photographs directly
   from Wikidocumentaries until further notice as the site is undergoing major
   maintenance.

We will be sharing more updates and news in the coming days related to the
event.

In the meantime, make your plans and get ready with your photographic
equipment.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India team)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: GLAM Partnership and Wikimedian in Residence program with RIWATCH, Arunachal Pradesh

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

This is a follow-up mail regarding the GLAM partnership with RIWATCH. There
are a few updates.

1) CIS-A2K has sent a scanner to RIWATCH which is being used to scan the
around 330 volumes of Tibetan Buddhist canons collected in the museum with
around 150,000 pages. The first volume of Tengyur is uploaded as of now.
https://w.wiki/5CsJ
2) As the internet speed is extremely slow in the institute due to its
remote location, the Wikimedian-in-residence is facing troubles with the
upload process. So, she is instructed to focus only on scanning for now.
3) As coordinator partner of the project, I visited the institute this week
again on behalf of the user group to collect all the digital files in
RIWATCH collection to upload them from my home using faster internet than
the institute. This includes photographs, audios and videos depicting
cultures of different indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh. One such file
is here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cultural_heritage_of_Adis_-_documentary_film_by_RIWATCH.webm

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 16:58 Ashwin Baindur  wrote:

> Correction, that should read, Dear Subodh and Bodhisattwa. My
> apologies 
>
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 at 16:55, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Subodh,
>>
>> Thank you for the announcement of this new GLAM partnership initiated by
>> CIS A2K and West Bengal Wikimedians User Group in partnership. This is a
>> definite step in the right direction. I am happy to see this partnership
>> with an NGO based within the area concerned and doing on-ground work there
>> which is really commendable.
>>
>> We need viable models for our engagement with other agencies involved in
>> the heritage presentation of language, culture and literature. We encourage
>> you to grow this GLAM partnership organically and in a well thought out
>> manner, for a period of years to come, so that a sizeable and meaningful
>> contribution can result from this venture over time.
>>
>> I welcome maximum participation by Wikimedians in conjunction with
>> suitable experts so that their strengths are complementary and work is
>> synergetic. We look forward most eagerly to the birth of a nascent
>> Arunachal Pradesh Wikimedian community seeded by this and other initiatives.
>>
>> Wishing all the very best for this project and all those participating in
>> it,
>>
>> Sincerely, AshLin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 09:57, subodh kulkarni 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> Greetings for the coming Holi!
>>>
>>> CIS-A2K is glad to share this update with you. We have started
>>> developing partnerships with various institutions in the North East region
>>> of India since 2019. We conceptualised the GLAM project with an
>>> organization named *Research Institute of World's Ancient Traditions,
>>> Cultures and Heritage* (RIWATCH), a non-profit research and community
>>> based organisation in Arunachal Pradesh during the year 2020 and proposed
>>> it in our 2020-21 plan. But due to the pandemic, the process was delayed.
>>> We have launched a GLAM-Wiki project with RIWATCH from March 2022 in
>>> collaboration with the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, which will be
>>> helping in coordination and execution of this project. A Wikimedian in
>>> Residence has been assigned at RIWATCH to document, organize and upload the
>>> data and content of the rich collection of the institute focusing on the
>>> oral traditions, language and culture of different tribes in Arunachal
>>> Pradesh. The orientation and planning meetings were conducted with RIWATCH
>>> members and a local tribal organisation named Idu Mishmi Cultural &
>>> Literary Society to develop the GLAM project. After the training of WiR,
>>> the GLAM work on Wikimedia Commons has already been started. The details
>>> can be seen here - Commons category
>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_Institute_of_World%27s_Ancient_Traditions>
>>>  and GLAM project page
>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:RIWATCH> .
>>>
>>> We welcome your suggestions.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Subodh & Bodhisattwa
>>> on behalf of CIS-A2K and West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>>> (respectively)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Enrich data about museums in West Bengal for International Museum Day 2022

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello,

Happy International Museum Day!

Today is the last date of the 2 weeks long Wikidata competition on museums.
If you are interested in adding any relevant data about museums located in
West Bengal, you have a few more hours to enroll and enrich data through
the competition.  The enrollment link is here -
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/wikidata/International_Museum_Day_West_Bengal_(2022).


You can view the map of all the museums located in West Bengal having
Wikidata items here - https://map.wikimedia.swiss/v/museums-west-bengal

You can also track the progress of all the participating countries and
regions in this campaign here -
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/museum_day_2022_wikidata_contest/programs

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

On Tue, 3 May 2022 at 10:33, Bodhisattwa 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has joined hands with different other
> Wikimedia affiliates from all over world to celebrate International Museum
> Day 2022 by hosting a 2-weeks long Wikidata competition on museums from 4
> May to 18 May 2022. The focus of the user group would be to enrich data
> about museums in West Bengal only.
>
> The Wikidata event page is here -
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/International_Museum_Day_2022
>
> The event page on Meta is here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day_2022
>
> You can enroll here -
> https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/wikidata/International_Museum_Day_West_Bengal_(2022)
>
> The top 3 contributors who will enrich data about museums in West Bengal
> will be awarded 150 euros worth of gifts each, which will be sent from
> different museum shops from Europe like Louvre
> <https://boutique.louvre.fr/>, Vatican Museum
> <http://shop.museivaticani.va/kkshop/Welcome.de>, Wien Museum
> <https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/visitors-information/shop>etc. by Volunteer
> Supporters Network
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Supporters_Network>.
>
> Hope to see you there increasing the presence of museums from West Bengal
> on Wikidata.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
>
>
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] রবিমাস মুদ্রণ সংশোধন প্রতিযোগিতা ১৪২৯

[Bodhisattwa]

সুধী,

সকলের জ্ঞাতার্থে, কবিগুরু রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের জন্মবার্ষিকী (২৫শে বৈশাখ) হতে
মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী (২২শে শ্রাবণ) পর্যন্ত আগামী তিন মাস ধরে উইকিসংকলন প্রকল্পে
মুদ্রণ সংশোধন প্রতিযোগিতার আয়োজন করা হয়েছে। লিঙ্ক পাবেন এখানে -
https://bn.wikisource.org/s/h6t9

পরপর চার বছর ধরে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যহাব্যরকারী দল এই প্রতিযোগিতা
সংগঠিত করে এসেছে। এই প্রতিযোগিতায় প্রথম ৫ জন বিজয়ীকে পুরস্কার দেওয়া হবে।
পশ্চিমবঙ্গে পুরস্কার পাঠানোর দায়িত্ব পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যহাব্যরকারী দল
এবং বাংলাদেশে পুরস্কার পাঠানোর দায়িত্ব উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ গ্রহণ করেছে।

আগ্রহীদের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কাম্য।

ধন্যবাদান্তে,
বোধিসত্ত্ব
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উইকিমিডিয়া ব্যবহারকারী দলের পক্ষ হতে
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Enrich data about museums in West Bengal for International Museum Day 2022

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello everyone,

West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has joined hands with different other
Wikimedia affiliates from all over world to celebrate International Museum
Day 2022 by hosting a 2-weeks long Wikidata competition on museums from 4
May to 18 May 2022. The focus of the user group would be to enrich data
about museums in West Bengal only.

The Wikidata event page is here -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/International_Museum_Day_2022

The event page on Meta is here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day_2022

You can enroll here -
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/wikidata/International_Museum_Day_West_Bengal_(2022)

The top 3 contributors who will enrich data about museums in West Bengal
will be awarded 150 euros worth of gifts each, which will be sent from
different museum shops from Europe like Louvre <https://boutique.louvre.fr/>,
Vatican Museum <http://shop.museivaticani.va/kkshop/Welcome.de>, Wien
Museum <https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/visitors-information/shop>etc. by
Volunteer
Supporters Network
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Supporters_Network>.

Hope to see you there increasing the presence of museums from West Bengal
on Wikidata.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] Re: Re: A rare live gynandromorph specimen of the Athyma inara inara subspecies of butterfly identified in Wiki Loves Butterfly

[Bodhisattwa]

পুরো উইকি লাভস বাটারফ্লাই দলের জন্য আমরা গর্বিত। আরো অসাধারণ সব সাফল্য আসুক
এই কামনা করি।

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 00:53 Shabab Mustafa  wrote:

> This is wonderful news. Congratulations and many good wishes to the WLB
> team.
> ---
> Shabab Mustafa
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 12:13, Piyush Maurya  wrote:
>
>> Great find!
>>
>> On Wed, 27 Apr, 2022, 3:40 pm Ashwin Baindur, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great 
>>>
>>> On Wed, 27 Apr, 2022, 2:31 pm Ananya Mondal, <
>>> ananyanutrition...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello all,

 It gives me immense pleasure to inform you all that three members of Wiki
 Loves Butterfly (WLB)
 team – Sourabh Biswas
 , Atanu Bose
  and Rajib
 Dey , captured
 photographs of a live gynandromorph of *Athyma inara inara
 * (Westwood, 1850) –
 Himalayan Colour Sergeant in Buxa Tiger Reserve
 , West Bengal
  in the month of November
 2021.  A gynandromorph (synonymous with a sexual mosaic) is an organism
 that contains both male and female characteristics. This is an
 extraordinarily rare event that occurs in nature.

 This is the biggest achievement of this project so far to witness a
 live gynandromorph  for
 the first time in India. I congratulate all team members for being witness
 to such a rare and unique natural phenomenon.

 *Diff link:*
 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/27/a-rare-live-gynandromorph-specimen-of-the-athyma-inara-inara-subspecies-of-butterfly-identified-in-wiki-loves-butterfly/


 --
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[Wikimediaindia-l] 2 photographs from India in top 15 of WLM international

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Wiki Loves Monuments 2021
international team has announced the international winners of the
competition and two of the national level winning photographs from India
got into the top 15 of the international competition.

These photographs are -

   - Gali Mantapa <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GALIMANTAPA.jpg>,
   Chitradurga Karnataka by Basavarajmin21
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basavarajmin21=edit=1>
   (1st place in WLM India and 5th place in WLM international)
   - Shivalaya, Badami fort
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shivalaya,_Badami_fort.jpg>
   Karnataka by Bansode Mahesh
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bansode_Mahesh=edit=1>
   (6th place in WLM India and 12th place in WLM international)

You can find the list of all international and national winning photographs
from the participating countries here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_winners>. The
international team has also published a blogpost
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/20/take-a-journey-around-the-world-with-the-wiki-loves-monuments-winners-2021/>on
DIff.

Thanks to all the photographers who participated and the national and
international organizers and jury members from all participating countries.

See you soon in the next edition this year in September.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM India in 2021 team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary Wikimedia celebration

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

This is a follow-up mail for the campaign commemorating the 125th birth
anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose. This 2-years long campaign has
encompassed Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource and Wikidata, generating
resources and reference materials for Wikipedians to improve articles on
Subhas Chandra Bose and related topics.

We have uploaded 862 files
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_files_uploaded_during_Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration>
so far on Wikimedia Commons which includes

   - pronunciation audio files of Bengali words related to Subhas Chandra
   Bose. See a file
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q9610_(ben)-Titodutta-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE.wav>
   for example
   - photographs from a small museum in Kurseong district of West Bengal
   which happened to be a residence of Bose family, See a file
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_photograph_of_Bose_family_displayed_at_Netaji_Museum_and_Centre_for_Studies_in_Himalayan_Languages_Society_%26_Culture.jpg>
   for example (done)
   - scanned files of Azad Hind newspaper, which was the organ of the
   Provisional Government of Free India. See a file
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azad_Hind_-_English_-_Vol._2_-_No._20_-_1945-01-23.pdf>
   for example (almost done)
   - scanned copies of documents declassified by the Government of India
   and other governments like the UK etc. See a file
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netaji_Papers_MEA-14(13)FEA-56_(Part_B)_(Netaji_Enquiry_Committee_Report,_Evidence_of_Witnesses,_Report_from_the_Japanese_Government).pdf>
   for example (focus for this year)

There are also campaigns on two Wikisource projects

   - A proofread campaign on Bengali Wikisource on books written by Bose or
   written about Bose. See here <https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gp97> (almost
   done)
   - A Wikiproject on English Wikisource on declassified Netaji papers. See
   here
   
<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_papers>.
   (started this year)

We hope to finish all these works by 23 January 2023. If you are interested
in participating in any of the activities mentioned above or initiate your
own planning, you are welcome to do so. The meta page is here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration>
.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group





On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 22:51, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> 23 January 2022 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Indian freedom
> fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose
>
> West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is planning to conduct a series of
> events to improve free-content related to Subhas Chandra Bose on different
> Wikimedia sites. Today, on the 124th birth anniversary of Bose, we have
> inaugurated the initiative and will continue to work for the next one year.
>
> Learn more about the program here-
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration
> (under construction and to be expanded gradually).
>
> You may also read a blog post on Diff:
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/12/24/125th-birth-anniversary-of-subhas-chandra-bose-and-west-bengal-wikimedians-activities/
>
> If you like, you can share your thoughts and good wishes here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration#Inauguration
>
> Regards,
>
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fund application submitted for 2022-23 Annual Plan of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

We are pleased to share with you all that we have submitted a fund
application for the 2022-23 annual plan of West Bengal Wikimedians User
Group. You can find the meta link here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/WBG/Annual_Plan_2022-23
.

Like previous years, all our program plans were planned by community
volunteers in a decentralized way which were placed on our request page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Requests>. It is
to be noted that all our programs and activities mentioned in this proposal
are being conducted for the last 1-5 years. In this proposal, we have not
included Wiki Loves Butterfly, which has a separate funding process and all
other activities, where funding is managed by other sources or is not
required at all.

To check, how the user group operates, please find the annual activity
report from last year -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2021

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: GLAM Partnership and Wikimedian in Residence program with RIWATCH, Arunachal Pradesh

[Bodhisattwa]

Hi,

The Commons category link is somehow broken. The correct link is here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_Institute_of_World%27s_Ancient_Traditions,_Cultures_and_Heritage

Regards,

On Tue, Mar 8, 2022, 09:57 subodh kulkarni  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Greetings for the coming Holi!
>
> CIS-A2K is glad to share this update with you. We have started developing
> partnerships with various institutions in the North East region of India
> since 2019. We conceptualised the GLAM project with an organization named 
> *Research
> Institute of World's Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage* (RIWATCH),
> a non-profit research and community based organisation in Arunachal Pradesh
> during the year 2020 and proposed it in our 2020-21 plan. But due to the
> pandemic, the process was delayed. We have launched a GLAM-Wiki project
> with RIWATCH from March 2022 in collaboration with the West Bengal
> Wikimedians User Group, which will be helping in coordination and execution
> of this project. A Wikimedian in Residence has been assigned at RIWATCH to
> document, organize and upload the data and content of the rich collection
> of the institute focusing on the oral traditions, language and culture of
> different tribes in Arunachal Pradesh. The orientation and planning
> meetings were conducted with RIWATCH members and a local tribal
> organisation named Idu Mishmi Cultural & Literary Society to develop the
> GLAM project. After the training of WiR, the GLAM work on Wikimedia Commons
> has already been started. The details can be seen here - Commons category
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_Institute_of_World%27s_Ancient_Traditions>
>  and GLAM project page
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:RIWATCH> .
>
> We welcome your suggestions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Subodh & Bodhisattwa
> on behalf of CIS-A2K and West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (respectively)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Annual activity report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group for 2021-2022

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello,

On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, I am pleased to submit
and share with you it's 2021 annual activity report, which can be found
here -

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2021

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Rapid Grants report submitted for Annual Plan 2021-22 of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

[Bodhisattwa]

Hello all,

This is to inform you all, that the Rapid Grants report for Annual Plan
2021-22 of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has been submitted. The link
is here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WBG/Annual_Plan_2021-22/Report

With this grant, we had organized two national level photographic
competitions on Wikimedia Commons and 3 proofread competitions on Bengali
Wikisource; ran a digitization program and provided infrastructure support
to some of our volunteers. We have spent INR 122169 for these activities
and still have INR 25501 left which is expected to be utilized for our next
years' activities.

Thanks and Regards,

Ananya, Bodhisattwa and Jayanta
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is now a partner of Wikidocumentaries!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

Happy New Year to you all!

We are happy to inform you all that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
has been announced as a partner of Wikidocumentaries project along with
different open knowledge organisations, GLAM institutes and academic
institutions of Finland. Wikidocumentaries, as you might know, is a project
by Open Knowledge Finland, which combines different aspects of a topic from
different platforms including Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons,
FlickR, Europeana, OSM etc. into one place and provides a comprehensive
display of knowledge to the readers. The link of the website is here -
https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org

You may have noticed earlier, that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
has engaged with the Wikidocumentaries project for more than 2 years now.
The tables listing monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments in India competition
have been providing a Wikidocumentaries links for each monuments for the
last 2 years, using which photographers can upload photographs from that
website directly into the competition. Bengali Wikisource has also provided
Wikidocumentaries links in different namespaces for more than a year now.
Wiki Loves Butterfly has very recently started to provide their links too
in their tables of butterflies.

WikidataCon 2021 also had a presentation showcasing the above
collaborations and some idea-level ambitious discussions to integrate in
more potential areas in near future. Hope this year, our partnership will
start bringing those ideas to reality.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Youth Skill Development Program to Document Oral Culture in Endangered Indian Languages

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello,

For more perspective on the new grant proposal,

   - Here are my concerns -
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Observarions_and_questions_from_Bodhisattwa
   - Here is the feedback from the grants committee -
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Feedback_by_the_SAARC_Regional_Grants_Committee

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 20:16, Nitesh Gill  wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> We are seeking volunteers from North India and North-East India or those
> who have actively worked in these regions to join us in this project. You
> can sign-up at the section at the bottom of the project page:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Volunteer_Sign-Up
>
> Regards
> Nitesh & Amrit
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 8:00 PM Nitesh Gill  wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> *This email was sent from Amrit's account but has not been approved yet.
>> Apologies in advance for overwhelming the mailing list in case the other
>> email is also approved.*
>>
>> I am pleased to inform you that Amrit and I have prepared a toolkit for
>> transcription of oral culture which enables non-expert to document their
>> language and culture and digitize them on Wikimedia platforms. We have
>> built upon the OpenSpeaks toolkit and Elicitation Protocol of Wikitongues
>> in order to provide a unified toolkit with content on technical knowledge,
>> oral history elicitation interview questions, wiki workflow and
>> introduction to language documentation. The volunteers who tested this
>> toolkit were mostly female, thus forwarding our aim of inclusivity as an
>> aim of this project. We request you to go through the toolkit on the
>> following page:
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oral_Culture_Transcription_Toolkit
>>
>>
>>
>> Please share your ideas and recommendations on it on the Discussion page
>> of the toolkit.
>>
>> Further, we are planning to utilize this toolkit in the new project that
>> we have proposed. In this project, we plan to teach youths speaking
>> endangered languages to document their culture, hold workshops for training
>> in audio-visual documentation and train them for the wiki workflow. We
>> would love to hear from you on this plan of ours, your suggestions are very
>> welcome. Also, if you are interested to participate or volunteer in this
>> project, do let us know on the talk page or via email. We are sharing the
>> link to this project below:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages
>>
>>
>> We are also inviting volunteers to join this project in any capacity.
>> Feel free to add your name to the Volunteers section on the project page.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Nitesh and Amrit
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

In response to the climate crisis, the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
has joined hands with other affiliates from around the world and committed
to a cross-affiliate initiative to reduce the environmental impact of the
Wikimedia movement. The initiative can be looked at as one of the first
steps to implement Movement Strategy Recommendation #1.8
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Increase_the_Sustainability_of_Our_Movement>-
"*While we grow and become more sustainable as a Movement, we will also
align our practices to support the environmental sustainability of our
planet.*"

The user group took part in drafting a document which we call as Wikimedia
Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Environmental_Sustainability_Covenant>
and became one of the first signatories of the agreement along with
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia
France, Wikimedia South Africa, Wikimedia Italia, Wikimedia UK and
Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group.

The agreement till now is as follows -

   1. Affiliates commit to reducing their carbon footprint through a
   variety of measures, including but not limited to:
  - drastically limiting the number of kerosene-based flights taken by
  affiliate staff and representatives and community members,
through measures
  such as
 - caps for flights taken on behalf of the affiliate,
 - increased technical and organisational support for remote events,
 - travel policies that discourage flights over other means of
 transport and that encourage the use of public transportation, and/or
 - travel policies that require compensation for the environmental
 cost of air travel,
  - switching to renewable energy for their electricity consumption,
  where possible,
  - divesting their financial investments from carbon-intensive
  industries,
  - when engaging in carbon offset programmes, supporting only the
  planting of native trees in uninhabited areas and not using offsets as an
  ‘excuse’ for their carbon emissions,
  - implementing other practices listed below.
   Affiliates related to Most Affected People and Areas shall only have
   limited responsibilities in this regard, and shall receive support from
   other affiliates to meet them.
   2. Affiliates call on other Wikimedia Movement entities, including and
   especially the Wikimedia Foundation, to follow their example, specifically
   concerning the sustainable operation of the Wikimedia Foundation’s data
   centres.
   3. Affiliates commit to supporting initiatives aimed at improving the
   coverage of the climate crisis on Wikimedia projects.
   4. Affiliates commit to regularly (at least yearly) sharing their
   experiences adhering to this covenant to inspire each other and others
   inside and outside of the Wikimedia Movement.

As an affiliate with very limited capacity and resources and from a
developing nation, the user group will have technical and infrastructural
limitations implementing many of the clauses, but during the next AGM which
is going to happen in mid January 2022, a travel policy will be formulated
in compliance with this agreement. As before and with agreement with the
covenant, the UG will also keep committing to actively promote remote
virtual events including conferences, workshops, meetups whenever a
physical event can be avoided or deemed unnecessary. The UG will also
continue to support projects which focus on digital conservation of nature
like Wiki Loves Butterfly etc. There might be some more plans which can
come up gradually as our commitment to the agreement.

You can learn about this initiative presented by different speakers at
different virtual conferences from this year.

   - Wikimania 2021:
   
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Towards_a_more_environmentally_sustainable_Wikimedia_Movement.webm
   - WikiIndaba 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch? 
   v=uXIVCUNoGu4 
   - WikiArabia 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aENERdAmdAo
   - CEE meeting 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oAIMDlc13M
   - WikiConference North America:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbJ7IO9cJYg (at 3:33:10)
   - WikiConvention francophone 2021:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUD8MVPsyU (at 3:53:00)
   - German-language WikiCon 2021:
   
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-10-01_Klimaschutz_in_der_Community_(WikiCon_2021).webm

Many affiliates are internally discussing the document and reviewing it
right now. If you as an affiliate are also interested, you are welcome to
do the same and join this effort. We look forward to your active
participation.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India winners

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Wikimedians,

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you all that the 3-members national
jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Jury>
of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
photo-competition has announced the 10 winning photographs of the national
competition. We had 750 photographers, 83% of them were new, who uploaded
more than 5000 photographs in total.

The winning photographs are as follows-

   1. Gali Mantapa <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GALIMANTAPA.jpg>,
   Chitradurga Karnataka by Basavarajmin21
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basavarajmin21=edit=1>
   2. Gujari Mahal
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculptured_wall_of_gurjari_Mahal,_Gwalior.jpg>,
   Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh by ASHISHMIND
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ASHISHMIND=edit=1>
   3. Fauti Masjid
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fauti_Masjid_Interior.jpg>,
   Murshidabad, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   4. Pan Supari Bazar
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PAN_SUPARI_BAZAAR.jpg>, Hampi,
   Karnataka by Basavarajmin21
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Basavarajmin21=edit=1>
   5. Shanti Stupa
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanti_Stupa_Ladakh.jpg>, Leh,
   Ladakh by ClickAR89
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ClickAR89=edit=1>
   6. Temple, Hampi <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humpi.jpg>,
   Karnataka by Bansode Mahesh
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bansode_Mahesh=edit=1>
   7. Chawk Masjid
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chawk_Masjid,_Murshidabad.jpg>,
   Murshidabad, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   8. Shyamsundar temple
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syama_Sundara_temple.jpg>,
   Jhikira, West Bengal by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   9. Taj Mahal
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_Mosque_Mihrab.jpg>,
   Agra, Uttar Pradesh by Abhinav152013
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Abhinav152013=edit=1>
   10. Qutb Minar
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taking_care_of_the_blues_-_HighRes_-_SI_01839.jpg>,
   Mehrauli Delhi by Shikhers
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Shikhers=edit=1>

All these photographs are listed
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Winners>in
our event page and have been forwarded
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_winners#India>
to the international WLM competition.

This year, we had also declared 2 special prizes
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Prize>
-

   - Highest number of uploads - which will go to Goutam1962
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Goutam1962> who had uploaded
   258 images.
   - Winning photograph from West Bengal - which will go to DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh> who had secured
   3rd prize for the national contest.

 We will start contacting the winning photographers in this week, so that
we can send the national prizes to them in due course.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Announcement of SAARC Movement Charter selector and elections

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Abbad,

Since the meeting was called at the last moment and during the month of
festival season in India, I guess, majority of the affiliates couldn't show
up in the meeting. Nevertheless, Suyash Dwivedi is a good choice.

Now, how will the affiliates engage the selector to select their preferred
candidates? What will be the process to reflect the decision of all the
affiliates?

Regards,
Bodhisattwa





On Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 15:58 Abbad Diraneyya 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Apologies for posting several times in the last few days.
>
> Yesterday we held a meeting for the SAARC region regarding its selector.
> The selector will represent the region when casting the affiliates vote for
> choosing members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The result
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC#People_willing_to_be_a_selector>
>  was
> agreement on *User:Suyash.dwivedi* as the region's selector. Suyash will
> be one among eight representatives of other regions who will take part on
> behalf of affiliates.
>
> Additionally, all of you, as Wikimedians, have the chance to cast your
> votes in the *Drafting Committeee's elections* that will start in a few
> hours and run until 24 October. Here's a link to the candidates page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>
>  (the
> option for voting will appear there soon).
>
> All the best,
> Abbad.
>
> --
> Knowledge Management Coordinator
> Strategy Team
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Review starts for WLM India 2021

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello,

>From today, WLM India team will start the review process of the
photographs submitted
in the competition
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>.


There was a delay of 6 days in initiating the review process because the
judging tool which we use, had some major issues and was not allowing us to
log in the tool. The developers had rolled out few fixes and the tool is
working now.

Like previous years, the organizers will review first 2-3 rounds to filter
out images with obvious issues like out of scope, presence of watermarks or
timestamp, bad tilt, blurry images, over-processed images etc and then
forward the filtered images to the jury members who will take another 2-3
rounds to finish the review and declare results. As we have started a week
late to review, we might finish a week late compared to previous years.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM India 2021 team)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Submit a session for WikidataCon 2021

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

After the first two editions in 2017
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017> and 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>, the WikidataCon
is taking place again from 29 October to 31 October 2021, but this time it
will be an online event. You can find the details in the event page here -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021

The call for proposals to present a session on the second and third day of
the conference is now open until 20 October 2021 (midnight anywhere on
earth). You are welcome to submit a session in this link -
https://pretalx.com/wdcon21/submit/beTaVM/info/

Regards,

Bodhisattwa and Jinoy

(On behalf of WikidataCon 2021)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Last few hours for Wiki Loves Monuments. Hurry!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

Wiki Loves Monuments will end by tomorrow midnight Indian time. If you were
waiting to upload your photographs at the end of the competition, now is
the time. Hurry and start uploading.

Event link -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India

Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Updates: Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We have reached the 12th day of WLM 2021 and now have around 1200 images of
monuments i.e. around 100 images per day, which is kind of lower than
previous years and which is expected considering the COVID-19 movement
restrictions. The organizers are currently filtering out poor quality
images, out of scope images, images with watermarks and images which lack
sufficient documentation to identify monuments.

We now have totally moved to a static map based navigation of monuments - see
here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Upload>.
If you now click on the states and UTs in the map or in the box, it will
direct you to specific pages for the monuments situated there like this
page for West Bengal
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/West_Bengal>.
Thanks to Krishna <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KCVelaga>for
patiently working
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_maps_of_India>on
the svg maps of all states and UTs. We intend to make the navigation more
granular district wise like this page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/Non-designated/temples/Tamil_Nadu>
for districtwise non-designated temples of Tamil Nadu, but it is beyond our
capacity to work on all districts of India.

The reason we have not worked towards dynamic map navigation this year is
because coordinates are missing for a large percentage of Indian monuments
on Wikidata and without the coordinates, dynamic map will not deliver the
expected impact. It is also beyond our capacity to work on coordinates of
all monuments of India and thus your involvement is needed.

>From our side, we are totally focusing on monuments of West Bengal. Indrajit
Das <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Indrajitdas> is creating a database
of gaves located in different cemeteries of West Bengal and they are
getting included in our lists here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/Non-designated/graves/West_Bengal>.
Till now, more than 2000 graves are included in these lists here and it
will grow throughout the year. Simultaneously, we are also filling gaps of
our existing tables like this one
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation/Grade_pending>
etc. Our focus on West Bengal will continue for the next couple of years
until we cover all monuments located there, which are pre-documented in
different sources. Considering our limited capacity, we will only focus on
optimal categorization on Commons for other states from our side assuming
that the rest of the work will be taken care of by experienced volunteers
from respective states sooner or later.

The 3-members jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Jury>
has been formed after their confirmation. The jury members remain the same
as last year. Their decision will be final and irrevocable and the
organizing team will have no influence over the jury process just like
previous years. The entire review process will be completed within the last
day of October as we did previously.

See you and amazing photographs there in WLM,

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM 2021 India organizing team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
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[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Anupam,

Watch it from here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Proofread_at_Bengali_wikisource.ogv

Regards,

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 09:30 Anupam Dutta  wrote:

> It is the instruction video.
>
>
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/How_to_Proofread_at_Bengali_wikisource.ogv
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 08:31 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Anupam,
>>
>> Please send the link of the video for which you are getting problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 07:43 Anupam Dutta  wrote:
>>
>>> The  video of the tutorial is not working...
>>> Please confirm if I have to give any special code after editing...
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Anupamdutta73
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 22:50 Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> We are excited to announce a 3-months long proofread competition which
>>>> will run on Bangla Wikisource from September 1 to November 30, 2021 as a
>>>> result of an ongoing GLAM collaboration between the Two Centuries of Indian
>>>> Print (2CIP) project of the British Library (BL) and the West Bengal
>>>> Wikimedians User Group (WBG). This is the second proofread competition
>>>> under the GLAM project, the first one happened in March-April.
>>>>
>>>> The event page of the competition is here -
>>>> https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gwen (in Bangla)
>>>> The GLAM event page is here - https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gt5i (also
>>>> in Bangla)
>>>>
>>>> Under the project, 2CIP officials will be uploading public domain
>>>> Bangla books from their collection on Wikimedia Commons and our volunteers
>>>> will take care of the rest of the work from indexing, proofreading,
>>>> transcluding etc. on Wikisource along with building their data on Wikidata.
>>>> The prizes to the top 5 winners for this competition will be sent by WBG
>>>> and BL will send digital certificates to each one of them.
>>>>
>>>> For those who are interested to learn more about the project, there is
>>>> a video recording of the Wikimania session on this -
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlYepYs3yw (2:32 - 7:42)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>> (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Proofread competition starts on Bengali Wikisource in collaboration with British Library

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Anupam,

Please send the link of the video for which you are getting problem.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa



On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 07:43 Anupam Dutta  wrote:

> The  video of the tutorial is not working...
> Please confirm if I have to give any special code after editing...
> Thanks
>
> Anupamdutta73
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 22:50 Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We are excited to announce a 3-months long proofread competition which
>> will run on Bangla Wikisource from September 1 to November 30, 2021 as a
>> result of an ongoing GLAM collaboration between the Two Centuries of Indian
>> Print (2CIP) project of the British Library (BL) and the West Bengal
>> Wikimedians User Group (WBG). This is the second proofread competition
>> under the GLAM project, the first one happened in March-April.
>>
>> The event page of the competition is here -
>> https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gwen (in Bangla)
>> The GLAM event page is here - https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gt5i (also in
>> Bangla)
>>
>> Under the project, 2CIP officials will be uploading public domain Bangla
>> books from their collection on Wikimedia Commons and our volunteers will
>> take care of the rest of the work from indexing, proofreading, transcluding
>> etc. on Wikisource along with building their data on Wikidata. The prizes
>> to the top 5 winners for this competition will be sent by WBG and BL will
>> send digital certificates to each one of them.
>>
>> For those who are interested to learn more about the project, there is a
>> video recording of the Wikimania session on this -
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlYepYs3yw (2:32 - 7:42)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Proofread competition starts on Bengali Wikisource in collaboration with British Library

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We are excited to announce a 3-months long proofread competition which will
run on Bangla Wikisource from September 1 to November 30, 2021 as a result
of an ongoing GLAM collaboration between the Two Centuries of Indian Print
(2CIP) project of the British Library (BL) and the West Bengal Wikimedians
User Group (WBG). This is the second proofread competition under the GLAM
project, the first one happened in March-April.

The event page of the competition is here - https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gwen
(in Bangla)
The GLAM event page is here - https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gt5i (also in
Bangla)

Under the project, 2CIP officials will be uploading public domain Bangla
books from their collection on Wikimedia Commons and our volunteers will
take care of the rest of the work from indexing, proofreading, transcluding
etc. on Wikisource along with building their data on Wikidata. The prizes
to the top 5 winners for this competition will be sent by WBG and BL will
send digital certificates to each one of them.

For those who are interested to learn more about the project, there is a
video recording of the Wikimania session on this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlYepYs3yw (2:32 - 7:42)

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India starts in 2 days!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize Wiki Loves Monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
this year again in the month of September. The organizing team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
remains the same. We have a list of news to share.


   - Like previous years, we are adding more and more data about Indian
   monuments, both for designated and non-designated ones, on Wikidata
and the WLM
   lists of monuments
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
   are fetched from there. If you find monuments from your locality or
   district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not reflected on our
   list
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
   please let us know, so that we can include them.


   - We are introducing one more way to upload photographs of monuments
   this year. In this page
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Upload>,
   you will get a map of India with states and UTs in it and if you click on
   your desired state or UT, it will automatically direct you to the
   respective upload wizard buttons. Our 3 other options to upload in the
   tables designated for monuments, i.e. through Upload Wizard,
   Wikidocumentaries and WLM maps tools remain the same as the previous year.


   - This year, most probably, the Wikimedia Commons app
   <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons> will
   support WLM and photographers can upload easily through their mobile
   devices.


   - The national prize money also remains the same as the previous year.
   But we have two more special prizes this year. For details, please
visit this
   page
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Prize>
   .


   - Also the Monuments database
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database> has
   included
   
<https://heritage.toolforge.org/api/api.php?action=search=inen-gb=html=commons>
   our lists of monuments
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
   from Commons this year, which will help a bot
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErfgoedBot> to crawl more
   Indian monuments than before to do regular maintenance works. There are
   still some bugs to resolve though.
   - We are contacting potential jury members for the national
competition. This
   page
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Jury>
   will be updated as soon as we get confirmation from them.


A lot of efforts were taken to build structured databases related to Indian
monuments in the previous years. Still, most of our monuments lack
coordinates and it would be great if this gap can be filled up by the
community volunteers. Without coordinates, maps won't show the location of
the monuments and powerful tools cannot be utilized fully. If you start
adding coordinates or correcting faulty coordinates one at a time starting
from your locality, we might fill up the huge data gap one day. For
perspective, we have coordinates for more than 3000 Indian designated
monuments and still around 7000 designated monuments don't have them.

I would like to sincerely thank Krishna from the WLM international team;
André Costa and Jean-Frédéric from the Monuments database and Susanna Ånäs
from the Wikidocumentaries for partnering with us in different ways and
helping us execute our plans.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India team)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India coming soon!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Sorry, I had some audio issues which were fixed after almost 35 minutes
after starting the meeting and thus had a glitchy start. We found some time
to discuss a few things at the end though.

So, anyway, we will be at Building 1, Floor 4, Table 19 at the Community
Village space for most of the time of Wikimania. So, if you want to chat
with us and share feedback, we will be there, hopefully except during late
nights and early mornings. The link is here -
https://live.remo.co/e/wikimania-2021/

Regards,
Bodhisattwa



On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 19:26, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Just a reminder to all that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 team will be at
> the Wikimania Remo space - Building No. 6, Floor 1, Table A today at 8:30
> pm IST. If you have registered for Wikimania, you can come there and chat
> with the team, ask questions and give feedback. The Remo link is here -
> https://live.remo.co/e/wikimania-2021-building-6
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 08:50, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
>> organize Wiki Loves Monuments
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
>> again this year in the month of September.
>>
>> The organizing team
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
>> has booked a slot
>> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team>
>> for Wikimania Unconference
>> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference>. You can meet
>> them at Building No. 6, Floor 1, Tables A and B on 15th August 2021 8:30 pm
>> IST to ask any questions and give any feedback related to WLM India. If you
>> are interested to join, please feel free to sign up here
>> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team#Participants>
>> .
>>
>> Like previous years, we are currently adding more and more data about
>> Indian monuments, both for designated and non-designated ones, on Wikidata
>> and the WLM lists of monuments
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
>> are fetched from there. If you find monuments from your locality or
>> district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not reflected on our
>> list
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
>> please let us know, so that we can include them.
>>
>> We have introduced some major changes this year, the details of which
>> will be shared in our coming mails close to the competition.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> On behalf of WLM India 2021 team
>>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India coming soon!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

Just a reminder to all that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 team will be at
the Wikimania Remo space - Building No. 6, Floor 1, Table A today at 8:30
pm IST. If you have registered for Wikimania, you can come there and chat
with the team, ask questions and give feedback. The Remo link is here -
https://live.remo.co/e/wikimania-2021-building-6

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 08:50, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
> organize Wiki Loves Monuments
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
> again this year in the month of September.
>
> The organizing team
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
> has booked a slot
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team>
> for Wikimania Unconference
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference>. You can meet
> them at Building No. 6, Floor 1, Tables A and B on 15th August 2021 8:30 pm
> IST to ask any questions and give any feedback related to WLM India. If you
> are interested to join, please feel free to sign up here
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team#Participants>
> .
>
> Like previous years, we are currently adding more and more data about
> Indian monuments, both for designated and non-designated ones, on Wikidata
> and the WLM lists of monuments
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
> are fetched from there. If you find monuments from your locality or
> district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not reflected on our
> list
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
> please let us know, so that we can include them.
>
> We have introduced some major changes this year, the details of which will
> be shared in our coming mails close to the competition.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of WLM India 2021 team
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Community village table of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group at Wikimania

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

West Bengal Wikimedians User Group has reserved a table at the Community
Village of Wikimania 2021.

If you have already registered for Wikimania, you can find us in the
following link -
https://live.remo.co/e/wikimania-2021/

We will be at *Building 1, Floor 4, Table 19* for the next 4 days for you
all to interact. Some of our activities and projects will also be displayed
through the *Whiteboard *there.

See you all there!

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in India coming soon!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize Wiki Loves Monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India>
again this year in the month of September.

The organizing team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_India/Team>
has booked a slot
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team>
for Wikimania Unconference
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference>. You can meet them
at Building No. 6, Floor 1, Tables A and B on 15th August 2021 8:30 pm IST
to ask any questions and give any feedback related to WLM India. If you are
interested to join, please feel free to sign up here
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Unconference/WLM_India_-_Meet_the_team#Participants>
.

Like previous years, we are currently adding more and more data about
Indian monuments, both for designated and non-designated ones, on Wikidata
and the WLM lists of monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>
are fetched from there. If you find monuments from your locality or
district or state that are present on Wikidata but are not reflected on our
list
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments>,
please let us know, so that we can include them.

We have introduced some major changes this year, the details of which will
be shared in our coming mails close to the competition.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of WLM India 2021 team
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Bodh: a new tool for Wikidata lexicographical data

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We are happy to announce that a new tool <https://bodh.toolforge.org/>,
named Bodh, has been developed by Jay Prakash
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jay_(CIS-A2K)>, as a CIS-A2K
assignment, to add or modify statements for lexemes, senses and forms.
This tool presents lexicographical data in tabular format generated from
SPARQL queries or from manual lists. Users can switch whether to work on
lexeme proper, sense or form and add or modify statements there.

The idea of this tool was inspired by the one and only Magnus Manske's
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13520818> Tabernacle
<https://tabernacle.toolforge.org/#/> which helps editors to add or modify
statements, labels, descriptions and aliases for Wikidata's entity data.

The tool is going to be documented here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bodh>. Users of this tool can
request for more features or report for bugs using this phabricator project
profile <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/5166/>.

Happy editing!

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania 2021 Session Submission Forms are open

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to share some updates with you regarding Wikimania 2021.


Session Submission forms are now live until 18 June, 2021 for both
individuals and affiliates! If you’re looking  to lead a session at
Wikimania 2021, please check the following links:

   - Program Submissions
   <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions>
  - Session Submission Guidelines
  <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submission_Guidelines>
  - <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submission_Guidelines>FAQ
  <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>

-


-

Wikimania 2021 Wiki Page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> is
also now LIVE, you can now refer to this page for all information regarding
Wikimania 2021! However, it is a live and under construction page. You are
most welcome to suggest any improvement of the page.
-

We look forward to receiving your submissions and suggestions.

Have a great weekend and see you all soon.

Best Wishes,

Bodhisattwa,

(on behalf of the Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

Few updates

34 COVID-19 kits have been sent till now to vulnerable community members.
More will be sent soon. There are logistical difficulties because of
lockdowns in different parts of the country and in Bangalore from where the
packages are being sent, which is causing some delay in delivery.

We are also trying to organize a lightweight online interaction space where
Wikimedians can talk, interact and share with each other. The first session
will be held on 22 May 2021 at around 7 pm IST, where Asaf will be our
primary guest. Please find the link here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected

Regards,
Bodhisattwa



On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 22:40, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
wrote:

> A brief update has been posted while answering a question on Wikimedia-l.
> The page is under construction, and an announcement on the India mailing
> list will be made separately with details in a few days.
>
>
> -- Forwarded message -----
> প্রেরক: Bodhisattwa Mandal 
> Date: বুধ, ২৮ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:১৬ PM টায়
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most
> valuable movement asset
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
>
>
> Hello Andreas and all,
>
> There is some good news. Wikimedia Foundation Community Resources team has
> given permission to CIS-A2K to allot funds to reimburse vaccines, send
> COVID protection kits and provide counselling for Wikimedia volunteers in
> India. CIS-A2K has consulted Foreign Currency Regulation Act expert lawyers
> and got confirmation that the program can be executed as per the law of
> India. With this progress, we are now good to go. We had formed a 5-members
> committee of physicians (4 of them) from the Indian Wikimedia volunteer
> community. They had their first meeting almost an hour ago to decide the
> next steps to provide support as quickly and efficiently as possible. The
> action points are noted from the meeting and within a few days, we are sure
> that we will be able to provide support to the volunteers.  A meta page is
> also being drafted, which will undergo expansion and modification in the
> next few years. The lnk is here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 20:24, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:
>
>> Dear Bodhisattwa,
>>
>> Could I ask you to please keep us up to date on the further Wikimedia
>> response to your request?
>>
>> I would love to hear about anything good that is happening as a result of
>> your having asked here – and if nothing useful is happening, I would love
>> to hear about that too – here or by private email, if you prefer.
>>
>> I am very aware that the WMF ran its first fundraising campaign in India
>> this fiscal year, and that one of the fundraising banner messages asked
>> people ... "to donate. Show the volunteers who bring you reliable neutral
>> information that their work matters."[1]
>>
>> And as you can read in my other post today, it's not like the Wikimedia
>> Foundation is poor.
>>
>> Be safe.
>> Andreas
>>
>> [1]
>> https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/wikipedia-makes-an-awkward-request-for-donations-in-india-71596125951781.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>>
>>
>> We (the community resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation) have been in
>> contact with colleagues from the Wikimedia movement in India and wanted to
>> share some of the preliminary outcomes of our discussions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Firstly, we want to acknowledge the disastrous effect COVID-19 has had on
>> Wikimedia communities and its members across the movement. The COVID-19
>> pandemic has affected many of us in both direct and indirect ways.
>>
>>
>>
>> As has been noted by others on this email chain, we all agree that
>> Wikimedia volunteers are the most valuable assets of our movement.  As
>> mentioned in the previous email, providing insurance support to Wikimedia
>> volunteers in India would not have been possible due to regulatory and
>> legal challenges. However, we are committed to provide other help and
>> service to ensure that the movement is supported.
>>
>>
>>
>> As discussed on this chain, we feel that our partners are the best placed
>> to understand the needs locally and regionally. We are therefore working
>> with colleagues from India directly to provide practical help and support
>> to the movement there including access to vaccines, PPE kits,
>> disseminating
>> knowledge and fighting misinformation. We will continue

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Kaartic,

I don't think Trust and Safety or WMF legal has any practical value here. I
can endorse Vikram's view from my experience, when I interacted with both
of the teams about another extremely controversial topic which might very
well hamper the safety of the entire Indian Wikimedia community and can
destroy the life and reputation of volunteers. Practically speaking, if any
Wikimedia content is deemed illegal as per the law of the country,
currently we are all vulnerable and there is no existing support structure
which can take any step to convince website hosts to find any solution or
prevent this kind of unfortunate situation or provide emergency legal
relief or take out the volunteers from PTSD.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa



On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 00:25, Kaartic Sivaraam <
kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 10:56, Bodhisattwa Mandal
>  wrote:
> >
> > I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are always
> in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support system
> present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent Wikimedia
> volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested for any
> controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was not
> charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
> but something should be there.
> >
>
> Forgive my ignorance and I could be misunderstanding but anyways,
> shouldn't the Trust & Safety team be helpful for these situations?
> Isn't it kind of their work to support Wikimedians in those cases? If
> not, that team at least looks like the relevant people to discuss this
> with.
>
>   Team page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety
>   Team overview: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Overview
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Praveenp,

First of all, thanks for your courage to bring this incident openly in the
mailing list. This was one of the most disturbing news from last year. The
overall incident of how Siddique was arrested and charged for sedition
while trying to report a gang rape case, how he was treated in the prison
and in the hospital was extremely distressing.

I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are always in
an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support system present
in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent Wikimedia
volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested for any
controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was not
charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
but something should be there.

At present, as volunteers, we are so helpless that we can only pray that
everything will be fine someday automagically, but that is just to console
ourselves. The fact is we are too powerless to condemn the incident or
issue a statement or even bring this topic to the mailing list. Personally,
I feel helpless like everyone else. I just hope that someday this
discussion will help build a legal support system whom we can approach
while in distress.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa


On Sun, May 9, 2021, 08:56 Abhinav srivastava  wrote:

> I pray for User:Sidheeq speedy recovery. Having known and worked with him.
> This is deeply concerning.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 9 May 2021, 01:36 praveenp,  wrote:
>
>> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>>
>> As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested
>> by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His
>> wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active
>> in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest.
>>
>> Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of
>> Hathras rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's
>> family members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA
>> charges against him.
>>
>> Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital
>> only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it
>> was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's
>> news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google
>> "Siddique Kappan")
>>
>> As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just wish
>> to share the information.
>>
>> Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy.
>>
>>
>> User:Praveenp
>>
>> -
>>
>> Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
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[Wikimediaindia-l] COVID-19 support for Indian volunteers

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Wikimedians,

We are all passing through a very difficult time as the second wave of
COVID-19 has hit hard throughout the country. It is a bitter and hard truth
that many of us have lost our loved ones, close friends, relatives,
neighbours already. Some of us have faced economic difficulties due to loss
of jobs, losses in businesses, huge hospitalization expenses etc.

In the midst of this crisis, a support program has been initiated to
provide some reliefs to our Wikimedia volunteers residing in India. The
program will support the following -

   1. Reimbursement of vaccination costs
   2. Sending of COVID-19 protection kits
   3. Counseling by experts

The support will be provided by CIS-A2K. The vaccination expenses will be
reimbursed from as early as today or tomorrow. The COVID-19 protection kits
will get couriered within a week or more, depending on various logistical
factors. The team will try to support the more vulnerable section of the
community first.

Volunteers are requested to fill up this Google Form to request for support
-
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYcjEeuT7vUxP3NJg7KfIiZaude9IXLyCagsDarTx11J4ymA/viewform

Please note that all your personal raw information will be kept private and
will not be shared publicly with anybody. Only the persons from CIS-A2K who
will be sending you the support will get access to your information to
process your request. After 120 days of processing, your raw information
will be deleted or aggregated.

If you do not need this kind of support but you know some volunteers from
your community who are in dire need, you can nominate them too through this
form or mail the support team directly. Affiliate contacts and community
leaders are also kindly requested to help identify the volunteers who need
the support the most.

You can find more details about the support program here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India

The support team would also like to emphasise that,

   - there might be some delay in sending support as there are lockdowns in
   different parts of the country and there is scarcity or non-availability of
   different items in the market,
   - there might be some unintentional or unexpected errors from the team,
   as this is the first time, this kind of support is being set up for Indian
   Wikimedia volunteers and the team does not have prior experience to deal
   with this kind of global health situation before,
   - the team members are also facing the same critical situation like
   everyone else; there are possibilities that they can become sick sooner or
   later, which might hamper the support to some extent.

That's why, the team would like to request you to understand the
limitations and assume good faith that any failure to serve sometimes would
be due to situations beyond control.

If you want to contact us directly for any questions, concerns,
suggestions, help etc. you can mail us directly at w...@cis-india.org .

Let's join hands to overcome this situation.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proofread contest in collaboration with British Library on Bengali Wikisource

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,


The contest has started today and it will go on for next one month.

Tom Derrick, the digital curator of the Two Centuries of Indian Print
project of British Library, has published a blog post about it on BL
website.

https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2021/03/wikisource-competition-to-proofread-indian-books.html

BL has also tweeted:
https://twitter.com/BL_IndianPrint/status/1371427115850215424

Regards,

Bodhisattwa

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 20:07 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group [1]
> will run a proofread contest [2] from 15 March 2021 to 14 April 2021 on
> Bengali Wikisource in collaboration with Two Centuries of Indian Print
> project (TCIP) [3] of British Library.
>
> The TCIP project officials are uploading the public domain books under
> their collection on Wikimedia Commons [4]. From the user group, we are
> working on the next steps like renaming files, indexing, metadata related
> work on Wikidata etc. and will be organizing the event.
>
> The top five winners will receive T-shirts and/or books from the user
> group and digital certificates from British Library.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians
> [2] https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gpia
> [3] https://www.bl.uk/projects/two-centuries-of-indian-print
> [4]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Two_Centuries_of_Indian_Print
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Proofread contest in collaboration with British Library on Bengali Wikisource

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello,

We are happy to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group [1]
will run a proofread contest [2] from 15 March 2021 to 14 April 2021 on
Bengali Wikisource in collaboration with Two Centuries of Indian Print
project (TCIP) [3] of British Library.

The TCIP project officials are uploading the public domain books under
their collection on Wikimedia Commons [4]. From the user group, we are
working on the next steps like renaming files, indexing, metadata related
work on Wikidata etc. and will be organizing the event.

The top five winners will receive T-shirts and/or books from the user group
and digital certificates from British Library.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians
[2] https://bn.wikisource.org/s/gpia
[3] https://www.bl.uk/projects/two-centuries-of-indian-print
[4]
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

As Ananya already mentioned that just like WLM India, we already have a
plan to create a list of the Indian dishes. That might not materialise this
year, but we already started to gather resources and work on it. However,
we fully realize that this is almost impossible to complete all Indian
dishes considering the huge diversity of Indian cuisines. We can't do it
alone and we need all your help. It would be really helpful that you can
all help us prepare the list, just you all did for WLM India.

Again, the food list will be fetched from Wikidata. So, if the Wikidata
items of your local cuisine are improved, they will get reflected in the
list automatically.

The task is very simple

   - Create an item of a dish which is not there on Wikidata. If there is
   already an item, start improving it.
   - Add P361  <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P361> (part of) ==>
   local cuisine name [For example: Hyderabadi mutton biryani
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105654208> ==> Hyderabadi cuisine
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5953998>.] This will help us make lists
   of dishes as per cuisines.
   -  Add P186 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P186> (material
   used) ==> All the ingredients used to prepare the meal. This will help us
   make lists of dishes as per major ingredients.
   - Add P18 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P18> (image) if there
   is already an image on Wikimedia Commons.
   - Add P373 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P373> (commons
   category) if there is already a category for that specific dish on
   Wikimedia Commons.

There are lots of other works, but these are the basic steps needed to
generate a list of dishes for now. Hope one day, we will find all the
mouth-watering dishes of India under one "restaurant" navbox. :-)

Regards,
Bodhisattwa











On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 at 21:02, Ananya Mondal 
wrote:

> Hello, Satdeep,
>
> Thank you for your kind suggestion. This point is already in our wish list
> and this event will be our first experience, for that reason right now we
> are unable to make the list. But we hope that throughout the year we will
> update the data and next year hopefully we will be able to develop some
> sort of list.
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 8:38 PM Satdeep Gill 
> wrote:
>
>> Also, would it possible to generate a list of food items that currently
>> don't have a picture at all? I have seen that the worklists like the ones
>> in WLM help the photographers a lot.
>>
>> Best wishes once again
>> Satdeep
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 8:33 PM Satdeep Gill  wrote:
>>
>>> This is amazing. Full credit to West Bengal Wikimedians for taking
>>> initiative to regularly organize WLM for the past few years and now taking
>>> charge of other photography competitions that haven't been organized in a
>>> while.
>>>
>>> Perhaps, Wiki Loves Earth can be organized sometime in the future as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> I am definitely looking forward to WLF for now.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Satdeep
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 8:13 PM Ananya Mondal <
>>> ananyanutrition...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Wikimedians,
>>>>
>>>> Hope this mail finds you well. I would like to inform you that West
>>>> Bengal Wikimedians User Group is going to organize a national level
>>>> photography competition entitled *Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India* from *15th
>>>> March to 14th April 2021*. Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India is a public
>>>> photo competition on Wikimedia Commons. It shall aim at developing and
>>>> improving the quality and quantity of pictures of various cuisines found
>>>> from all over India and thus highlighting and celebrating the profusion,
>>>> diversity and ethnicity of Indian cuisines.
>>>>
>>>> We are requesting all amazing wikimedians from India to participate in
>>>> this event and make the event a grand success. More details can be seen in
>>>> the event page.
>>>>
>>>> *Important link:*
>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Food_2021_in_India
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ananya Mondal
>>>> On behalf of Wiki Loves Food 2021 Team
>>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow and
we have some updates for you.

   - The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the title
   being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been observing
   and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first as a volunteer,
   and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer and capacity
   builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the Indian Wikimedia
   journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from his
   perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
   - We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However, for
   the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline due to
   whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant registration* at
   the last minute. For more details, please check here -
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
   - We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
   selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
   found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
   w...@cis-india.org

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Annual activity report 2020 of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

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Hi all,

Please find below the link of the annual activity report of the West Bengal
Wikimedians User Group from 17 February 2020 to 16 February 2021.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians/Reports/Annual_Activities/2020

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 - Registration closes in 36 hours

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Hello all,

The participant registration for Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 event will
close in 36 hours from now.

If you have not registered yet, please do it from this Google form link. --
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejt2TdhMUEg34FUTpj6HnUe9d0Iv_1ncgOCkjvrsaHs6vP3g/viewform

You can also check our tentative schedule here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary Wikimedia celebration

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Hello all,

23 January 2022 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Indian freedom
fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose

West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is planning to conduct a series of
events to improve free-content related to Subhas Chandra Bose on different
Wikimedia sites. Today, on the 124th birth anniversary of Bose, we have
inaugurated the initiative and will continue to work for the next one year.

Learn more about the program here-
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration
(under construction and to be expanded gradually).

You may also read a blog post on Diff:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/12/24/125th-birth-anniversary-of-subhas-chandra-bose-and-west-bengal-wikimedians-activities/

If you like, you can share your thoughts and good wishes here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Subhas_Chandra_Bose%27s_125th_birth_anniversary_Wikimedia_celebration#Inauguration

Regards,

Bodhisattwa

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Last date for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions

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Hello all,

Tomorrow is the *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia
Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be
conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International
Mother Language Day.

If you are interested to present, run a workshop or organize a panel
discussion, you can check this link and submit a session proposal.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WMWM India 2020 submission: 6 days remaining

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Hello all,

The *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia Wikimeet India
2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21
February 2021 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day is
just after 6 days i.e. on *24th January 2021*.

If you are interested to present, run a workshop or organize a panel
discussion, you can check this link and submit a session proposal.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata WikiProject India Newsletter #6

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Hi all,

Happy New Year 2021!

You can find the 6th issue of the Wikidata WikiProject India quarterly
newsletter here[1], where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata
activities related to India which happened over the last 3 months.

To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here[2].

[1]
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2021_01_01
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_India

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Submission Open for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 until 24 January 2021

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello everyone,

We are excited to announce that submission for session proposals has been
opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event
which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of
International Mother Language Day. The submission will remain open until 24
January 2021.

You can submit your session proposals here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions

A program team has been formed recently from highly experienced Wikimedia
volunteers within and outside India. It is currently under the process of
expansion to include more diversity in the team. The team will evaluate the
submissions, accept, modify or reject them, design and finalise the program
schedule by the end of January 2021. Details about the team will come soon.

*Guidelines for submissions:*
* The sessions will be on any Wikimedia related topics.
* Submissions are not restricted to India. Wikimedians from outside India
are also welcome to submit proposals.
* The decision to accept or reject a submission will depend on the Program
Team. Their decision will be final.
* The event will have different formats of sessions, like presentations,
workshops, panel discussions and 5-minutes lightning talks.
* All sessions will be conducted online.
* The organisers will provide the support to help the presenter understand
the use of online platforms like Zoom etc prior to the event..
* The organisers will also communicate with the presenter prior to the
event to help understand the entire process, or for general preparation.
* A session can be around 20 minutes long or more. A lightning talk should
be no longer than 5 minutes.
* There can be more than one presenter in one session. Feel free to make a
group for your session.
* The presenters for long duration sessions must ensure that they will be
available for the preparation and during their sessions.
* The presenters for lightning talks however can pre-record their sessions
earlier, if they want and send it to the organizers to play the recording
during their allotted time.
* A session will be conducted in English or any Indian language.
* Similar topics may be grouped together, or format may be changed by the
program team. The program team will contact the session presenters if those
decisions are taken.

We are sure that you will share some of your most inspiring stories and
conduct some really exciting sessions during the event. Best of luck for
your submissions!

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Be ready for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

This is to update you all that Wikimedia Wikimeet 2021, the upcoming online
wiki-event which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the
occasion of International Mother Language Day, will be open for submissions
for session proposals from tomorrow.

You can choose from the several formats of the sessions like Presentation,
Lightning talk, Panel discussion and Workshops to submit proposals on any
Wikimedia related topics you like.

A detailed guideline on how to submit session proposals will be shared very
soon.

Event details: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Making Dr. Krishnananda Kamat & Dr. Jyotsna Kamats works under Creative Commons

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Om,

Thanks for sharing this awesome news!

Just one point. Unfortunately Wikimedia Commons doesn't allow to upload
works released under CC-BY-NC-SA license till now. You need to get them
relicensed again to more open license like CC-BY-SA, if that is possible.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa


On Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 17:51 omshivaprak...@gmail.com <
omshivaprak...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Today we released the works of Dr. krishnananda Kamat and Dr. Jyotsna
> Kamat under cc-by-nc-sa - The late dr. Krishnananda Kamat was known as
> kammatiga- person who explores and practically does the work for himself.
> He was a very well known to the kannada literary community through his
> writings, books, cooking, photography and more. Even before Wikipedia
> became a great source of knowledge his https://Kamat.com has been the
> source for many indian art, history and culture related information. We can
> see Kamat.com being cited in may wiki pages too. He has written both in
> kannada and English. Dr. Jyotsna Kamat has her own contributions to our
> language and needs a separate introduction. She helped us source all kamats
> books and helping us archive more than 100k images taken by Dr. Kamat. We
> plan to make them available through Wikimedia commons. His pictures cover a
> great deal of indian society, art, nature etc. I have been fortunate to
> have been able to get this initiative kickstarted through our Sanchi
> Foundation. Special thanks to Vivek Kamat, Son of Dr. Krishnananda Kamat
> for making it easier through his special support through out. We shall soon
> have an update on the photograph, negatives and transparency scans!
> Jyotsna kamats Education in Karnataka through ages might be an interesting
> read for many in this group among others. All the works are available on
> internet Archive or throng the special portal we have put together here
> https://books.Kamat.com
>
>
> ಕೃಷ್ಣಾನಂದ ಕಾಮತರನ್ನು ಒಂದೇ ಪದದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮಗೆ ಸಿಗುವುದು
> "ಸವ್ಯಸಾಚಿ" ಎಂಬ ಪದ. ಆದರೆ ಕಾಮತರ ಅರಿವು ಮತ್ತು ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಹರಹು ಈ ಪದವನ್ನೂ
> ಮೀರುವಂಥದ್ದು. ಶಿಕ್ಷಣತಜ್ಞ, ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ, ಬರಹಗಾರ, ಛಾಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರಗ್ರಾಹಕ, ಚಿತ್ರಕಾರ ಹೀಗೆ
> ಅವರ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ತಜ್ಞತೆಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳು ಹಲವು. ಹವ್ಯಾಸ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ
> ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಅವರು ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಪರಿಣತಿ ಅಪಾರ. ಅವರ 25ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ
> ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ ವಿಷಯವೇ ಅವರ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದರಾಚೆಗೆ ಅವರು ತೆಗೆದ
> ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಕತೆ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅವರೇ ಚಿತ್ರಕಾರರೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ವಿಸ್ಮಯ
> ಮತ್ತೊಂದು. ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ, ಜೀವ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಹೀಗೆ ಹಲವು ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಡಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ
> ಕೃಷ್ಣಾನಂದ ಕಾಮತರ ಬರೆಹ ಮತ್ತು ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಬಳಕೆಗೆ
> ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಅವರ ಪತ್ನಿ ಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸ್ನಾ ಕಾಮತ್ ಮತ್ತು ಪುತ್ರ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಕಾಮತ್ ಅವರ
> ತುಂಬು ಹೃದಯದ ಸಹಕಾರದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಸಂಚಯ ಮತ್ತು Sanchi Foundation ಈ ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್
> ರೂಪಕ್ಕಿಳಿಸಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟೀವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ ಅಡಿ
> ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯೇತರ ಉಪಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಿವೆ.
>
>
> https://books.kamat.com (all the links take you to internet archive)
>
> #kannada #digitization #openknowledge #openaccess  #kamatsanchaya
> #creativecommons
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet 2021 Logistics Assessment Form

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

As you might know from our previous mails, we are trying to organize an
online event from 19 to 21 February, 2021 which is to be called Wikimedia
Wikimeet India 2021.
Event link - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

We request everyone to fill up the logistics assessment form so that we can
understand your language preferences and the infrastructure available to
you to attend the event.

Link -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkSwR3UHRZnD_XYIsJhgGK2d6tJpb8dMC4UgJKAxyjZKA2IA/viewform

Please be assured that the information collected will be kept private as
per Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy (
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy=D=1607090430846000=AFQjCNEARoZobWJ_g46QIUsb6jQSQUtemQ>)
and will be deleted after the event is over.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of WMWM 2021
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Research:Understanding the data gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Anupam,

Thanks for contributing in Wiki Loves Monuments.

It is totally ok if your mobile records your location as that is saved as
camera location in the metadata. You do not have to change that. However,
if you want to add the coordinate location of your target, you have to do
it manually by getting the data from any map service like Google map or OSM
and put it under object location template.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa


On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 16:14 Anupam Dutta  wrote:

> Dear Bodhisattwa and fellow Wikipedians,
>
> Greetings from a Wikipedian who made his entry in late-February-20 !!!
>
> I would like to share my experiences.
>
> I had contributed to "Wiki Loves Monuments 2020"
>
> I am using Vivo 1904 model.
> Whenever I click any picture, the phone records the coordinates of my
> position, and not the object.
> So, can you please guide me on how to properly change the coordinates under
> metadata in Wiki Commons.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Anupam Dutta18/35 Ballygunge Place EastKolkata - 700 019India*
>
> *Mob   : 93319 70963*
>
>
> শনি, ২১ নভেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ২:০৫ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Please find below the links of the short study on "Understanding the data
> > gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal."
> >
> > CIS blog -
> >
> >
> https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/understanding-the-data-gaps-on-wikidata-concerning-heritage-structures-of-west-bengal
> > Meta -
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_the_data_gaps_on_Wikidata_concerning_heritage_structures_of_West_Bengal
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Research:Understanding the data gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello everyone,

Please find below the links of the short study on "Understanding the data
gaps on Wikidata concerning heritage structures of West Bengal."

CIS blog -
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/understanding-the-data-gaps-on-wikidata-concerning-heritage-structures-of-west-bengal
Meta -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_the_data_gaps_on_Wikidata_concerning_heritage_structures_of_West_Bengal

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webinar: Possible modes of engagement of Wiki Communities with NDLI

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Thanks Pavanaja for pointing out the error. The date would be December 1,
2020 Sunday. Sorry for the unintentional mistake.

Regards,



On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 19:48  wrote:

> December 1, 2021 ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *Bodhisattwa Mandal
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:46 PM
> *To:* wikimediaindia-l 
> *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Webinar: Possible modes of engagement of
> Wiki Communities with NDLI
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> You might know, that National Digital Library of India (NDLI)[1] has
> signed a memorandum of understanding with CIS-A2K and WMF early this year,
> for future collaboration to enrich open knowledge platforms on Wikimedia
> sites, focussing on Wikidata and Wikisource. The intended collaborative
> activities were stalled since then due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
>
>
>
> On December 1, 2021, Sunday from 6 pm to 8 pm IST, NDLI would like to
> introduce themselves and discuss possible modes of engagement between the
> Wikimedia community and themselves.
>
>
>
> If you would like to join the conversation, please block the dates. The
> link of the video platform will be shared soon.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bodhisattwa
>
> Wikidata coordintor, CIS-A2K
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Webinar: Possible modes of engagement of Wiki Communities with NDLI

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

You might know, that National Digital Library of India (NDLI)[1] has signed
a memorandum of understanding with CIS-A2K and WMF early this year, for
future collaboration to enrich open knowledge platforms on Wikimedia sites,
focussing on Wikidata and Wikisource. The intended collaborative activities
were stalled since then due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

On December 1, 2021, Sunday from 6 pm to 8 pm IST, NDLI would like to
introduce themselves and discuss possible modes of engagement between the
Wikimedia community and themselves.

If you would like to join the conversation, please block the dates. The
link of the video platform will be shared soon.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata coordintor, CIS-A2K
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mass uploading to commons

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Pavanaja,

You can try Pattypan -

 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan

Regards,
Bodhisattwa


On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 11:04  wrote:

> Namaste,
>
>
>
> I have created 476 files of animated GIFs of Kannada *gunithakshara*s.
> These are extensions of the animations found in this page -
> https://kn.wikipedia.org/s/ap. How do I do this other than manually
> uploading them?
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Newsletter and entering the design stage

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello,

Wishing you Happy Diwali in advance.

Following our last email[1] sent to the mailing list on November 3, we want
to give you some more updates on Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

We have—
* published blog posts on Diff - a) the first one was on "why Wikimedia
Wikimeet India 2021?"
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/11/05/wikimedia-wikimeet-india-2021-lets-focus-on-why/
and b) the second one was on "How? Preliminary thoughts" –
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/11/11/wikimedia-wikimeet-india-2021-entering-the-design-stage/
;
* started to publish newsletters which is to be sent to all Indic Wikimedia
communities and our subscribers, where we will post our updates regarding
the event; (find link below)
* started consulting some of the prominent organizers of recent large scale
online events:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Resources#Recent_online_wiki-events

Get involved
* Please subscribe to our event-specific newsletter to get regular updates
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter
* Design the event logo - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/

Talk:Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021#Logo_proposal

* Engage in translation for the event messages in your languages -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Get_involved/Translation

The first edition of the newsletter will be published within a week, and
we'll regularly give you updates here.

Thanks,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello everyone,

This is for your kind information that CIS-A2K is planning to organize a
national level online event from 19 to 21 February, 2021 which is to be
called Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. The event will include workshops on
various topics, presentations, discussions etc.

As it is still in the primary planning phase, more detailed information
will come within 2-3 weeks time.

You can find the link of the event page here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India winners

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello everybody,

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you all that the 3-members national
jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Jury>
of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India>
photo-competition has announced the 10 winning photographs of the national
competition, before deadline.

The winning photographs are as follows-

   1. Daulatabad fort
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daulatabad_Fort_-Aurangabad_-Maharastra_-DSC001.jpg>
   by Aman.arch <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aman.arch>
   2. Gayne Castle
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaine_Castle_at_Dhanyakuria.jpg>
   by Amitabha Gupta
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amitabha_Gupta>
   3. Bawali Rajbari
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bawali_Rajbari.jpg> by
   DeepanjanGhosh <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   4. Inside out view of the Tomb of Itimad-ud-daula
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_I%27tim%C4%81d-ud-Daulah_-_Agra_-_Uttar_Pradesh_-_003.jpg>
   by Rupeshsarkar
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rupeshsarkar=edit=1>
   5. Tomb of Itimad-ud-daula
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itmad-Ud-Daulah%27s_Tomb-Agra_-UP_-N-UP-A12-Exterior.jpg>
   by Jashjashjash
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jashjashjash=edit=1>
   6. View from Jaisalmer fort
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_2_From_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_Jaisalmer_-_Rajasthan_-_DSC_1535.jpg>
   by Ganesh.Subramaniam85
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ganesh.Subramaniam85=edit=1>
   7. Old Budge Budge railway station
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Budge_Budge_Railway_Station.jpg>
   by DeepanjanGhosh
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DeepanjanGhosh>
   8. Doddabasappa Temple
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnificent_gopuram_of_Doddabasappa_Temple.jpg>
   by Sharvarism
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sharvarism=edit=1>
   9. Diwan-i-Am at Red Fort
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Fort_-Delhi_-Delhi_-SSI_022.jpg>
   by Syed07 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Syed07>
   10. Mahabat Maqbara
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahabat_Maqbara_-_Junagadh_-_Gujarat_-_003.jpg>
   by Vijay Barot <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vijay_Barot>

All these photographs are listed here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Winners>
and now will be forwarded to the international WLM team to include them in
the international competition. From the first week of November, we will
start contacting the winning photographers, so that we can eventually send
the national prizes to them.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata 8th birthday online datathon in India

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi Jinoy,

Thanks a lot for organizing another India related datathon on the occassion
of 8th birthday of Wikidata. I am sure that the external identifiers will
be used much more than before after the event.

Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa


On Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 23:55 Jinoy Tom Jacob 
wrote:

> Greetings to all,
>
> The celebration of the 8th birthday of Wikidata has already started and as
> part of it several events are currently happening online and offline across
> the world. As part of it, a 5 days long data-thon is planned to improve
> India-specific Wikidata Properties and celebrate Wikidata's Birthday by
> contributing to the free open data movement.
>
> The primary objective of this "data-thon" is to add / improve the usage of
> Wikidata Properties related to India in Wikidata. Currently there are 76
> India-specific properties available in Wikidata. But most of the properties
> are used less in numbers in the statements. So this data-thon is organised
> to improve the usage of those properties in items and improve the
> structured data in Wikidata.
>
> We hope to encourage participation from other Wikidata communities.
>
> Please have a look at the event page[1] and please consider joining the
> editathon.
>
>
> Event Link - https://w.wiki/iUa
> Start time - October 25, 2020, 00:00 IST
> End time - October 29, 2020 23:59 IST
>
>
> Regards,
> *Jinoy*
> User:Gnoeee
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Lexeme - webinar cum workshop

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

This is a reminder that we will start the session on Wikidata Lexemes in 20
minutes. The Google meet link is here -
https://meet.google.com/ktm-fxzs-wif

Please feel free to participate.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 07:20, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The third webinar will happen this Sunday as part of a series of events
> for  8th birthday of Wikidata
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> on behalf
> of WikiProject India
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> .
>
> Details are as follows -
>
>- Topic - Wikidata Lexeme
><https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexeme>
>- Resource person - *Mahir256 (A)
><https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256>*
>- Date and time - October 18 2020 19:00 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603027843>
>- Duration - ~ 2 hours
>- Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/ktm-fxzs-wif
>- Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india3
><https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india3>
>
> Please feel free to participate in the session.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Abstract Wikipedia - webinar

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

This is a reminder that we will start the session on Abstract Wikipedia in
an hour. The Google meet link is here -
https://meet.google.com/cmr-wwzc-bcy

Please feel free to participate.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 07:13, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The second webinar will happen this Saturday as part of a series of events
> for  8th birthday of Wikidata
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> on behalf
> of WikiProject India
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> .
>
> Details are as follows -
>
>- Topic - Abstract Wikipedia
><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia>
>- Resource person - *Denny Vrandecic
><https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DVrandecic_(WMF)> *(WMF)
> - Date and time - October 17 2020 19:00 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602941421>
>- Duration - ~ 2 hours
>- Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/cmr-wwzc-bcy
>- Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india2
><https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india2>
>
> Please feel free to participate in both the events if you find this topic
> interesting and need attention to bridge the existing data gap on Wikidata.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Dear all,

This is for your information that, the organizer team has primarily sorted
the photographs, which were submitted under the WLM 2020 competition,
before our set deadline and have forwarded the sorted photographers to the
jury team for the final review. Like previous years, User:Sumitsurai is
coordinating the entire process.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, 09:11 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> FYI, Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India has ended on September 30, 2020.
> This year around 4500 images
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India>
> were submitted, which is lower than previous years but the low number was
> expected as COVID-19 has led to the restriction of movements preventing
> people from going outside of their homes and taking photographs.
>
> We have managed to increase the list of the non-designated monuments even
> during the competition. Thanks to Subodh Kulkarni who had held meetings
> with different municipal corporation authorities, heritage organizations
> and other like minded organizations from Maharashtra to help us prepare
> lists of monuments from Pune, Solapur, Ambajogai, Ichalkaranji, Satara etc.
> Thanks to Shyamal, who helped to connect with Uday Kumar PL from the group
> Inscription Stones of Bangalore, who are meticulously documenting
> inscription stones from all over Bangalore; WLM now have a list of around
> 50 non-designated inscription stones from there too.
>
> We have already started primary sorting of photographs from the
> organizer's side taking care of certain criteria and will continue to do so
> upto 15th October.  We will then forward all the sorted photographs to the
> jury team, who will take another 15 days to complete the judging process
> and declare results by the end of the month. As always, jury decisions will
> be final.
>
> Categorization of the images properly and data related works are also
> going on simultaneously and will be done throughout the year.
>
> Like previous years, we will finish the entire judging process within the
> set deadline.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (on behalf of WLM team)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
>> is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
>> September.
>>
>> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge you
>> to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do not
>> have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
>> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
>> safe first!
>>
>> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the
>> restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
>> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
>> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
>> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
>> You can find the video on Commons here -
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
>> and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639
>>
>> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition
>> as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We
>> heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on
>> monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event
>> talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list.
>>
>> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything within
>> the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep
>> our promise again. :-)
>>
>> Welcome you all in the competition,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
>>
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Lexeme - webinar cum workshop

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

The third webinar will happen this Sunday as part of a series of events
for  8th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> on
behalf of WikiProject
India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> .

Details are as follows -

   - Topic - Wikidata Lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexeme>
   - Resource person - *Mahir256 (A)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256>*
   - Date and time - October 18 2020 19:00 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603027843>
   - Duration - ~ 2 hours
   - Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/ktm-fxzs-wif
   - Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india3
   <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india3>

Please feel free to participate in the session.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Abstract Wikipedia - webinar

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

The second webinar will happen this Saturday as part of a series of events
for  8th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> on
behalf of WikiProject
India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> .

Details are as follows -

   - Topic - Abstract Wikipedia
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia>
   - Resource person - *Denny Vrandecic
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DVrandecic_(WMF)> *(WMF)
- Date and time - October 17 2020 19:00 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602941421>
   - Duration - ~ 2 hours
   - Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/cmr-wwzc-bcy
   - Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india2
   <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india2>

Please feel free to participate in both the events if you find this topic
interesting and need attention to bridge the existing data gap on Wikidata.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sum of all Indian paintings - webinar and datathon

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

This is a gentle reminder for all who are willing to participate in the
datathon on Sum of all Indian Paintings, which has started from today and
will continue for the next 16 days.

Event Link -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 at 17:27, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This is a gentle reminder for all who are willing to attend the session on
> Sum of all Paintings to be conducted by Jane Darnell, we will be starting
> after half an hour at 6 pm IST.
>
> The Google meet link is here - https://meet.google.com/geo-huvx-paf
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 12:08, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We are just 3 days away to begin the celebration of 8th birthday of
>> Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India>
>> on behalf of WikiProject India
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> with a series
>> of events.
>>
>> We will start with *Indian paintings*. There will be a webinar and a
>> datathon on this topic both to be led and conducted by Jane023
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023>. Details are as follows -
>>
>> *Webinar*
>>
>>- Date and time - October 11 2020, 18:00 IST
>><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>
>>- Duration - ~ 2 hours
>>- Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/geo-huvx-paf
>>- Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1
>><https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1>
>>
>> *Datathon*
>>
>>- Event Link -
>>
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings
>>- Start date and time - October 12, 2020, 00:01 IST
>><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602441050>
>>- End date and time - October 28, 2020 23:59 IST
>><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603908903>
>>
>> The result of the datathon will be presented as a birthday gift
>> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to
>> Wikidata on October 29, 2020.
>>
>> Please feel free to participate in both the events if you find this topic
>> interesting and need attention to bridge the existing data gap on Wikidata.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sum of all Indian paintings - webinar and datathon

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

This is a gentle reminder for all who are willing to attend the session on
Sum of all Paintings to be conducted by Jane Darnell, we will be starting
after half an hour at 6 pm IST.

The Google meet link is here - https://meet.google.com/geo-huvx-paf

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 12:08, Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> We are just 3 days away to begin the celebration of 8th birthday of
> Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India>
> on behalf of WikiProject India
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> with a series
> of events.
>
> We will start with *Indian paintings*. There will be a webinar and a
> datathon on this topic both to be led and conducted by Jane023
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023>. Details are as follows -
>
> *Webinar*
>
>- Date and time - October 11 2020, 18:00 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>
>- Duration - ~ 2 hours
>- Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/geo-huvx-paf
>- Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1
><https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1>
>
> *Datathon*
>
>- Event Link -
>
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings
>- Start date and time - October 12, 2020, 00:01 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602441050>
>- End date and time - October 28, 2020 23:59 IST
><https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603908903>
>
> The result of the datathon will be presented as a birthday gift
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to
> Wikidata on October 29, 2020.
>
> Please feel free to participate in both the events if you find this topic
> interesting and need attention to bridge the existing data gap on Wikidata.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
>
>
>
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Sum of all Indian paintings - webinar and datathon

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

We are just 3 days away to begin the celebration of 8th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> on
behalf of WikiProject
India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> with a
series of events.

We will start with *Indian paintings*. There will be a webinar and a
datathon on this topic both to be led and conducted by Jane023
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023>. Details are as follows -

*Webinar*

   - Date and time - October 11 2020, 18:00 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>
   - Duration - ~ 2 hours
   - Google meet link - https://meet.google.com/geo-huvx-paf
   - Etherpad link - http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1
   <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd8india1>

*Datathon*

   - Event Link -
   
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings
   - Start date and time - October 12, 2020, 00:01 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602441050>
   - End date and time - October 28, 2020 23:59 IST
   <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603908903>

The result of the datathon will be presented as a birthday gift
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to
Wikidata on October 29, 2020.

Please feel free to participate in both the events if you find this topic
interesting and need attention to bridge the existing data gap on Wikidata.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Co-ordinator, CIS-A2K
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Eighth Birthday merchandise

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi everyone,

As you know, WikiProject India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India> is celebrating
the 8th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India> this October
and on this occasion, CIS-A2K <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K>
will be sending *Wikidata special merchandise* to *all Indian affiliates*
and *communities* upon request as well as *active Wikidata contributors
residing in India*.

*Affiliates and Communities*

Please note,

   - *All Indian affiliates* are welcome to request for Wikidata special
   merchandise and/or infrastructure. There is no need for community
   notification. But, affiliate contacts or board members or executive
   committee members or people in similar positions, who can represent the
   affiliate, need to do the request.


   - *All Indian language communities*, except those who have geographical
   affiliates, are welcome to request for Wikidata special merchandise
   requests. But, the community should decide on-wiki and have clear consensus
   to whom the merchandise will be sent.


   - Indian language communities having geographical affiliates are
   requested to discuss any need with their respective affiliates first and
   ask them to request them on their behalf.


   - Only *one request for each* affiliate or language community will be
   accepted.


   - It is expected that the requests for merchandise and/or infrastructure
   should be practical enough to be used by community members and within the
   budget of *maximum INR 10,000 for each affiliates*.


   - CIS-A2K will not design for the merchandise. If any custom design is
   preferred, the affiliate or the community should upload it to Wikimedia
   Commons as svg format and send the link to CIS-A2K, which will be taken
   care of, while printing it. The design should be Wikidata specific only.

If this sounds interesting, please feel free to request here -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India#Affiliates_and_Communities

*Active contributors*

   - CIS-A2K will *pro-actively send* different gifts or merchandise as
   small token of appreciation for active Wikidata contributors from India.
   Contributors *do not have to request* them.


   - Merchandise can be in the form of T-shirts or mementos or other
   things. The budget allocated for each contributor is *INR 1,000*.


   - CIS-A2K will take care of the designing part.


Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Wikimedians,

FYI, Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India has ended on September 30, 2020.
This year around 4500 images
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India>
were submitted, which is lower than previous years but the low number was
expected as COVID-19 has led to the restriction of movements preventing
people from going outside of their homes and taking photographs.

We have managed to increase the list of the non-designated monuments even
during the competition. Thanks to Subodh Kulkarni who had held meetings
with different municipal corporation authorities, heritage organizations
and other like minded organizations from Maharashtra to help us prepare
lists of monuments from Pune, Solapur, Ambajogai, Ichalkaranji, Satara etc.
Thanks to Shyamal, who helped to connect with Uday Kumar PL from the group
Inscription Stones of Bangalore, who are meticulously documenting
inscription stones from all over Bangalore; WLM now have a list of around
50 non-designated inscription stones from there too.

We have already started primary sorting of photographs from the organizer's
side taking care of certain criteria and will continue to do so upto 15th
October.  We will then forward all the sorted photographs to the jury team,
who will take another 15 days to complete the judging process and declare
results by the end of the month. As always, jury decisions will be final.

Categorization of the images properly and data related works are also going
on simultaneously and will be done throughout the year.

Like previous years, we will finish the entire judging process within the
set deadline.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(on behalf of WLM team)







On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
> is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
> September.
>
> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge you
> to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do not
> have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
> safe first!
>
> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the
> restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
> You can find the video on Commons here -
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
> and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639
>
> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition
> as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We
> heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on
> monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event
> talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list.
>
> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything within
> the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep
> our promise again. :-)
>
> Welcome you all in the competition,
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata WikiProject India Newsletter #4

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

You can find the 5th issue of the Wikidata WikiProject India quarterly
newsletter here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2020_10_01>,
where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to
India which happened over the last 3 months.

To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_India>

Regards,

Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata 8th birthday events in India

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Hello everyone,

I am happy to inform you all that we are organizing a series of events on
the occasion of the 8th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday> on behalf of Wikidata
WikiProject India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India>
in the form of webinars, datathon and merchandise distribution.

*Details of the events* can be found here -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India

1) *Webinars* - 3 sessions on 3 very interesting topics will be conducted
as follows. The sessions will be open for all.

   1. October 11 2020, 6 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602419427>:-
   Jane Darnell <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jane023> will talk
   about Sum of all Paintings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SOAP>,
   describe and demonstrate the workflow on improving data about paintings on
   Wikidata. A data-thon on Indian paintings will follow for the next 16 days
   (See 2.1 below).
   2. October 17 2020, 7 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1602941421>:-
   Denny Vrandecic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DVrandecic_(WMF)>
   will be introducing the newest sister project of the Wikimedia universe,
   the Abstract Wikipedia and WikiLambda
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia> to the Indian
   community and how as a community, we need to be prepared for this upcoming
   exciting and ambitious project.
   3. October 18 2020, 7 pm IST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1603027843>:-
   Mahir Morshed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256> will conduct
   a session on the Wikidata Lexeme
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexemes>. He will explain the
   importance of lexicographical data and demonstrate the workflow.

2) *Datathon* -

   - *October 12 to October 28, 2020*:- A 16-days long online datathon
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum_of_all_Indian_paintings>
   will be conducted on Indian paintings. The output of the datathon will be
   given as a birthday gift
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents> to
   WIkidata on October 29.

3) *Merchandise distribution*-

   - During the month of October, CIS-A2K
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K> will be sending Wikidata
   special merchandise to *Indian affiliates and communities* upon request
   as well as *active contributors* of Wikidata *residing in India*.


   - Details on how to request merchandise can be found here in *this link*
   -
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India#Merchandise


   - Please note, due to COVID-19 pandemic or postal delay, merchandise
   might arrive late despite best efforts from CIS-A2K officials.

The above mentioned activities are already finalised. If any of the Indian
communities or affiliates are planning activities on the occasion of
Wikidata's 8th birthday, please feel free to enlist them here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/India>.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 India updates

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

There are three updates regarding WIki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
competition, which we do like to share with you.

a) Thanks to Sumitsurai, our jury team has been finalised. You can find
them here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Jury>
.

b) All of the monuments in our list
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Monuments>
will now be connected to WikiDocumetaries
<https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org>, which is a web interface
bringing together information from all Wikimedia sites into one place.
Thanks to Susanna, WikiDocumentaries is also now providing the option to
upload Indian monuments from their site.

c) Krishna and Zache have worked on creating a generalised module
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:WLM_India_Wikidata_ID> which can
fetch Wikidata item of the monuments from our list while uploading and in
turn display Wikidata item and relevant external identifier template in
file description. Uploaders now don't have to worry about the monument ID
if they directly upload from our list. This module can also be adapted by
other participating countries which have migrated all their data to
Wikidata and/or having multiple campaigns. We have included the module and
necessary templates in our wlm-in
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:wlm-in> campaign. Thanks a
lot, Krishna and Zache.

Regards,
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(On behalf of WLM India team)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know about your concern.

The jury members are not decided yet. User:Sumitsurai is coordinating with
the potential jury and will take care of this entire process of
finalisation. As soon as decisions are made, the jury page will be updated.
But, to assure everyone, as the judgment process will start around 10th
October, we have ample time to take decision.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 09:10 Jayantilal Kothari 
wrote:

> Best of Luck!
>
> Just a reminder, please complete all information like Jury page is empty
> but competition has started.
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Jury
>
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 11:17, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
>> is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
>> September.
>>
>> As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge you
>> to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do not
>> have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
>> completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
>> safe first!
>>
>> We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the
>> restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
>> about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
>> moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
>> Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
>> You can find the video on Commons here -
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
>> and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639
>>
>> Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition
>> as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We
>> heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on
>> monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event
>> talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list.
>>
>> Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything within
>> the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep
>> our promise again. :-)
>>
>> Welcome you all in the competition,
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
>>
>>
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India starts tomorrow

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Wikimedians,

We are very happy to announce that the Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in India
is starting from tomorrow and will continue for the entire month of
September.

As this year, we are facing devastating effects of COVID-19,  we urge you
to stay inside your home to avoid exposure to the deadly virus. You do not
have to go outside of your safe zone to photograph monuments. We are
completely okay if you can upload old photographs taken by you. Please be
safe first!

We are also expecting lesser participation than previous years due to the
restriction of movement due to the pandemic. So, to increase awareness
about the competition, we have created a promotional video at the last
moment (special thanks to Ananya and Rahul) and boosted it on Facebook.
Thanks to CIS-A2K for sponsoring the promotion part.
You can find the video on Commons here -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India_(Promotional_video).webm
and on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1616065545227639

Regarding the list of monuments, it will grow even during the competition
as the data entry is a continuous work for us throughout the year. We
heartily welcome Wikimedians from different parts of the country to work on
monuments protected by different local agencies and inform us in the event
talk page. We will find ways together to include them in the master list.

Just like previous years, we again promising to wrap up everything within
the expected timeline after the competition ends and we are going to keep
our promise again. :-)

Welcome you all in the competition,

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM India organizing team)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments in India this September. Just 2 weeks more to go!

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Dearest Indian Wikimedians,

We are extremely happy to announce that West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal_Wikimedians> is going to
organize the prestigious Wiki Loves Monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020>
photo-competition at the national level
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India>
this September again for the third consecutive year. India is going to
participate in the event for the 7th time. Like before, User:Sumitsurai
will be leading our organizing team.

Special thanks to the utmost dedication of our incredible volunteers from
the team as well as from the community at large, for the last 3 years, we
have been steadily increasing the monument data on Wikidata using it as a
central database and almost the entire list
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India/Monuments>
is now automatically fetched from there.

Earlier, we have also planned to move beyond ASI and state protected
monuments, and this year we are including Gandhi Heritage Sites, Heritage
Inventory of Indian Railways and Heritages of Portuguese Influence located
in different states and UTs of India. We are also including local
designated sites like the Heritage sites declared by West Bengal Heritage
Commission and Kolkata Municipal Corporation graded buildings. We are
expecting to completely add these data before the competition starts.

We are also aware that the designated monuments by different agencies are
just the tip of the iceberg. We have innumerable monuments from every part
of the country, which are very little or not documented at all, many are
ignored or on the verge of collapse or destruction due to various reasons.
However, we have very limited capacity in our team, but our audacious
ambition is to include as many of them as possible, if not all. For the
last 3 years, the user group has been running cost-effective dedicated
programs to digitally document these monuments, at least in West Bengal and
we have plans to include them in WLM sooner or later.

This year, we have also increased the prize money by around 20% from last
year and included some in-kind prizes too. From the feedback we received
from the participants, we have decided to send certificates to the winners.
Our team has requested
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Requests#Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_India>
CIS-A2K to support the event financially and help us send those prizes to
the winners.

We are currently finishing last month preparations, cleaning and adding
more and more monument data, talking with potential jury members, creating
promotional banners etc.

Expecting your best wishes and active participation from September 1.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Volunteer organizer,
On behalf of the entire WLM India team
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikivoyage workshop

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello Indian Wikimedians,

This message is from Wikivoyage contributor Rangan Datta Wiki
<https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Rangan_Datta_Wiki>. I am sending this
message on behalf of him as he was unable to send any messages to this
mailing list for unknown reasons.

He is going to organize an online Wikivoyage workshop on 29 August 2020
(Saturday) at 6 pm IST. The workshop is aimed at training experienced
Indian Wikimedians in Wikivoyage with an intention to develop India related
articles not only in English but also in the local languages. Prior
knowledge of editing Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons is necessary.

Please check the details of the workshop
<https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Basic_workshop_for_Indian_Wikimedians>
and register here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDFSxB3xtt4lGqoHrt5YvXq3wjQJr6X-etiSUcyC9epZRAwA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3j0KciBi8Zn6xDaoQunWfModUd_oCqpj_kQS4qNdTArciUEFCn8nCg7Cg>
.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of Rangan Datta Wiki)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Tool of the day

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello all,

CIS-A2K will be featuring one Wikimedia tool or script on this meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day> daily from
15th August, 2020 onward for next 30 days. 10 tools will be selected from
Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource and Wikidata each, which are extremely useful
for everyday editing. This initiative is intended not only to help new
editors to familiarise with existing tools but also to help experienced
editors recap.

The tool will also be featured from the official social media channels of
CIS-A2K on the same day. You can keep an eye on Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CISA2K>.


Regards,

Bodhisattwa

Wikidata coordinator, CIS-A2K
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Stay connected

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hello,

I am getting news that some of our community members from different parts
of the country and/or their loved ones, relatives and close neighbours are
getting infected by COVID-19 and/or affected by psychological problems due
to the stagnation of our lives for last few months. Things are definitely
not in good shape for many of us.

I would like to give a message to all our community members that if you
desperately need someone to talk or discuss something, please feel free to
call me if you have my number or send me a mail or schedule a video call,
whichever you want. It's extremely important to stay connected, talk and
not feel lonely.

I am sure that there are many others in the community who will be extremely
happy to help you too.

Stay safe (I mean it),

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

+1 to everything that others said. We are getting negative reactions from
readers everywhere. No doubt, it's a bad design with a very unacceptable
tone to ask for money. In the midst of COVID-19 crisis, it's a very bad
timing too.

Being active on non-Wikipedia projects, this donation campaign does not
concern me at all, but for our Indian Wikipedia editors, there is an
extremely serious safety concern. Hope you have all noticed this article
and can understand the gravity of the situation.

https://theprint.in/india/biased-anti-hindu-campaign-begins-against-wikipedia-after-it-urges-indians-to-donate/472980/

So, Indian Wikipedia editors, please stay low and stay safe. This is WMF
campaign and it is definitely not worth to risk our own lives and families
for this. Personally, I am telling people to ask WMF fundraising team
directly when people are asking for explanations from me.

Regards,
(As a non-Wikipedia volunteer worried about our vulnerable Wikipedia
community members)


On Tue, Aug 4, 2020, 00:48 Suyash Dwivedi  wrote:

> +1Balaji
>
> Regards,
> Er. Suyash Dwivedi (pronouns - he/his/him)
> (U:Suyash.dwivedi)
> suyash@gmail.com
> IST (Indian Standard Time) UTC+5:30
> --Sent from my mobile device
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 11:45 PM balaji  wrote:
>
>> Mostly of people asked of if the donation notice was geninue or scam.
>> Since they know I am closely associated with wikipedia movement they asked
>> me.
>>
>> Sudden popup of donation notice seems like a spam or hacking by external
>> agency. Totally uncool. And seeing the count shown I felt like I am being
>> tracked. It's too much of a bad feeling.
>>
>> Totally unhappy about the way fundraising banners are shown.
>>
>> Regards
>> J. Balaji.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Aug, 2020, 11:40 PM Sudhanwa Jogalekar, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Here is some note by Amit Abhyankar on Facebook. There are similar
>>> comments on this post.
>>> -
>>> I guess most of us have received this message when accessing Wikipedia.
>>> While there is nothing wrong in asking for donations, I didn't like the
>>> tone of this appeal.
>>> The way it says 'reader in India' and 'This is the 6th appeal' doesn't
>>> sound right to me... Not sure why... but it just doesn't.
>>> I mean, we have not entered into a contract that says we will donate
>>> whenever you need us to... Then what's with counting the number of times
>>> this appeal has been shown?
>>> I ofcourse support Wiki as a movement, have donated in the past and will
>>> donate again in future... But how about telling us how much money you need
>>> and a live tracker that shows how much of the goal has been achieved?
>>> Transperency is the key to running a movement.
>>> 
>>>
>>> If a common person gets such feeling from the fundraiser banner, the
>>> thought arises about what kind of survey/study is made by WMF before
>>> pushing this to the users.
>>>
>>> btw,
>>>
>>> Someone pinged me to ask if I know anyone of mailing list admins as
>>> his/her mails were not reaching to the mailing list. Dont know if there is
>>> any problem. (was using a nickname)
>>> More interesting was what he/she mentioned about the fundraiser. The QR
>>> code mentions "to pay" some company from Delhi that is not so old and has
>>> just Rs. 1 lakh capital !! I havent got time to get into these things but
>>> if this is true, I suppose WMF study/research/selection of partner is
>>> questionable.
>>>
>>> I hope WMF people will respond to this.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> -Sudhanwa
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:03 PM Joseph Seddon 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hey all,

 It makes me very happy to announce we have at last launched our
 fundraiser in India :) This has been a huge effort and I want to thank the
 community members who have passed on feedback, tested our infrastructure,
 forwarded tweets and news stories, and just generally been amazingly
 supportive :)

 Like our other fundraising campaigns this will run for around 4 weeks.
 If you are regularly seeing banners, I recommend you log in to your
 wikimedia accounts on wiki. We don't show banners to logged in users so as
 to not disrupt their work.

 As before:

 * If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a
 phabricator ticket [https://phabricator.wikimedia
 .org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=118862].
 * If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS or social media having
 difficulties in donating, please refer them to don...@wikimedia.org.
 * If you have specific ideas to share, please feel invited to add them
 to our fundraising ideas page [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki
 /Fundraising/2019-20_Fundraising_ideas].

 You can also contact me directly with my email address
 sed...@wikimedia.org and I can forward your feedback to the right
 person on the team.

 Thank you everyone!

 --
 Seddon


 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata WikiProject India Newsletter #4

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

You can find the 4th issue of the Wikidata WikiProject India quarterly
newsletter here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter/2020_07_01>,
where you can get a quick overview of the Wikidata activities related to
India which happened over the last 3 months.

To get timely notification in your talk page, you can subscribe here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata_India>

Regards,

Bodhisattwa
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Community open letter on renaming

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

An open letter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming> has
been published yesterday on meta asking WMF to pause or stop its its
current renaming activities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project>
until equitable decision-making is ensured. The letter was drafted
collaboratively after long discussions at the recent All-Affiliates Brand
Meeting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting>(s).

If you agree with the letter, you are invited to sign there
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming/signatures>
as a representative on behalf of your affiliate and/or as an individual
volunteer.

Please note, this mail is shared for information purpose only. Please use
your understanding while participating.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Affiliates meeting tomorrow on current situation of Rebranding

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Thanks Subodhji. Sorry, I made that unintentional mistake. Yes, it is June
(not January)

1st call: 21st June, 2020, 8:30 am IST
2nd call: 22nd June, 2020, 00:30 am IST

Regards,
Bodhisattwa

On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:12, subodh kulkarni  wrote:

> It should be June right?
> Please check and correct.
>
> Subodh
>
> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, 6:28 pm Bodhisattwa Mandal, <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I hope that the Indian community members are aware of the turmoil in the
>> community which has arisen from the entire process of rebranding initiative
>> of WMF and its recent updates. I hope many of you have noticed the RfC
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia>,
>> brand name proposal
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals>
>> etc and the widespread opposition this process faced due to several valid
>> reasons, which were largely ignored in the process. Recently, I guess, all
>> affiliate contacts got a closed survey link to choose from three
>> ''Wikipedia'' variants as the future brand.
>>
>> Yesterday, the head of Communications department of  WMF published an 
>> Executive
>> statement,
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Executive_statement>
>> where she said the decision of rebranding was already made by the WMF
>> board. If that is true, the community and affiliates do not have the option
>> to discuss the necessity of the process or stop the process by raising
>> their valid concerns.
>>
>> In this current situation, affiliates are meeting on an emergency basis
>> to discuss about what is happening and the next course of action from
>> bottom-up. Details of the meeting can be found here.
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting>
>>
>> 1st call: 21st January, 2020, 8:30 am IST
>> 2nd call: 22nd January, 2020, 00:30 am IST
>>
>> All affiliates from India are requested to send at least one contact
>> person or representative to join the meeting.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> (As a *Wikimedia* *volunteer*)
>>
>> [P.S. - This post is only for information about the meeting. I do not
>> have any link with the brand team and the process or WMF.]
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Affiliates meeting tomorrow on current situation of Rebranding

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

I hope that the Indian community members are aware of the turmoil in the
community which has arisen from the entire process of rebranding initiative
of WMF and its recent updates. I hope many of you have noticed the RfC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia>,
brand name proposal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals>
etc and the widespread opposition this process faced due to several valid
reasons, which were largely ignored in the process. Recently, I guess, all
affiliate contacts got a closed survey link to choose from three
''Wikipedia'' variants as the future brand.

Yesterday, the head of Communications department of  WMF published an Executive
statement,
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Executive_statement>
where she said the decision of rebranding was already made by the WMF
board. If that is true, the community and affiliates do not have the option
to discuss the necessity of the process or stop the process by raising
their valid concerns.

In this current situation, affiliates are meeting on an emergency basis to
discuss about what is happening and the next course of action from
bottom-up. Details of the meeting can be found here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting>

1st call: 21st January, 2020, 8:30 am IST
2nd call: 22nd January, 2020, 00:30 am IST

All affiliates from India are requested to send at least one contact person
or representative to join the meeting.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(As a *Wikimedia* *volunteer*)

[P.S. - This post is only for information about the meeting. I do not have
any link with the brand team and the process or WMF.]
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Secret WMF Job of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 09:07, Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Greetings, these days I often get 2 emails when someone sends an email to
> a list. One from the mailing list and another from the Wikimedia Space.
>
He he, I am sure, not everyone understood what you said above might be a
possibility, otherwise this thread wouldn't start this way. ;-)

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(Obviously as a volunteer)



>
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 08:31, Arvind Menon  wrote:
>
>> First of all I am not spreading any lies. Please check what information I
>> received from WMF Community Program Director
>>
>> '''Hi Arvind, Krishna had been working on a contract with Community
>> Programs but that wrapped up a couple of months ago. '''
>>
>> Now Krishna has also accepted he was on contract and said there is
>> documentation and would provide details in likely 1-2 days. Now 3-4 days
>> have passed and wish the details can be shared.
>>
>> I could not find any User page with his name and in bracket WMF or
>> Contract and also any Meta page where it is written. This always happen
>> everytime with WMF Contractors.
>>
>> How was the selection process done? This is also not clear and no mention
>> in the reply. If it is a lateral entry and that too without announcement
>> and documentation this raises serious doubts on WMF.
>>
>> NOTE - This is not a fake profile. I will share my User Name when I feel
>> comfortable that no one will harass me. Learn to protect the identity of
>> Whistleblower.   I will definitely share my User Name and clear everyone do
>> not worry.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 00:44, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>&g

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikddata movement resource needs assessment video call

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

FYI, as some of you have expressed interest to provide inputs for Wikidata
movement resource but have missed the opportunity to do that while the
google doc for the needs assessment was open, we are going to arrange a
video call on 27th May, 2020 Wednesday at 10 am IST. The Google hangout
link is here -

https://hangouts.google.com/call/XKTVSvFyP8vPpRpFsMQhAAEM

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
Wikidata Advisor, CIS-A2K
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian scientists datathon

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

Hope you and your loved ones are all safe and well while the pandemic is
bringing more and more cases in India and the super-cyclone Amphan has just
caused massive destruction in Odisha and West Bengal. Amidst all these
calamities and difficulties we are all facing in real life, it gives
everyone great hope and inspiration that our communities are working
relentlessly on their mission to give free access to the sum of all human
knowledge to every single person on the planet.

The Wikidata datathon mentioned in the previous mail is also going to start
soon in few hours. For the next 3 days, we are going to focus on building a
linked database about the Indian researchers and scientists, working on
different fields of science. On of the prime focus will definitely be SARS
COV2 and COVID-19. At the end of the datathon, we expect to fill the
existing data gap significantly.

If you have not joined already, but are interested, you can visit the event
page at -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Indian_scientists_datathon

Take care and stay safe,

Bodhisattwa
Wikidata advisor, CIS-A2K

On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 11:04, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Hope you and your loved ones are safe and sound during this ongoing
> COVID-19 pandemic situation.
>
> This is for your kind information that, from 22nd May, 2020 Friday to 24th
> May, 2020 Sunday, a datathon will be happening on Indian scientists on
> Wikidata. The lack of data about Indian scientists, their works and
> publications on Wikidata is the reason behind conducting the datathon.
> Considering the ongoing pandemic, the datathon will also focus on
> scientists working on COVID-19 and SARS COV-2.
>
> The tasklist of the datathon is flexible. Participants can choose their
> own preferred task on this topic
>
> More details at:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Indian_Scientists_Datathon
>
> Hoping for your active participation,
>
> Take care and stay safe,
>
> Bodhisattwa
> Wikidata advisor, CIS-A2K
>
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