[Wikimediaindia-l] Universal Code of Conduct conversation hour for South Asia

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may already know, the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a
baseline of behaviour for collaboration on Wikimedia projects worldwide.
Communities may add to this to develop policies that take account of local
and cultural context while maintaining the criteria listed here as a
minimum standard. The Wikimedia Foundation Board has ratified the policy in
December 2020.

The current round of conversations is around how the Universal Code of
Conduct should be enforced across different Wikimedia platforms and spaces.
This will include training of community members to address harassment,
development of technical tools to report harassment, and different levels
of handling UCoC violations, among other key areas.

The conversation hour is an opportunity for community members from South
Asia to discuss and provide their feedback, which will be passed on to the
drafting committee. The details of the conversation hour are as follows:

   - Date and Time: 16 September, 5 pm to 6:30 pm IST
   - Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/dnd-qyuq-vnd | add to your
   calendar
   
<https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE=NmVzbnVzbDA2Y3BwbHU4bG8xbnVybDFpOGgga2N2ZWxhZ2EtY3RyQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmc=kcvelaga-ctr%40wikimedia.org>

You can also attend the global round table sessions hosted on 18 September
- more details can be found on this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/2021_consultations/Roundtable_discussions/Sep18Announcement>
.

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Movement Strategy and Governance, Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia Foundation elections 2021] Candidates meet with South Asia + ESEAP communities

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

As you may already know, the 2021 Board of Trustees elections are from 4
August 2021 to 17 August 2021. Members of the Wikimedia community have the
opportunity to elect four candidates to a three-year term.

After a three-week-long Call for Candidates, there are 20 candidates for
the 2021 election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:WMF_elections_candidate/2021/candidates_gallery>.
This event is for community members of South Asian and ESEAP communities to
know the candidates and interact with them.

The event will be on 31 July 2021 (Saturday) from 4 pm to 6:30 pm (IST).

For registration and other details, please visit the event page at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Meetings/South_Asia_%2B_ESEAP

Let me know if you have any questions. Please share this in your
communities.
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Movement Strategy and Governance, Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] 2021 WMF Board elections: Confirmed candidates and campaign period

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

The 2021 Board of Trustees election opens on 4 August 2021. Candidates from
the community were asked to submit their candidacy. After a three-week-long
Call for Candidates, there are 20 candidates for the 2021 election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>
.

The Wikimedia movement has the opportunity to vote for the selection of
community and affiliate trustees. The Board is expected to afterwards
select the four most-voted candidates to serve as trustees, starting in
September, for a term of three years.

How can you get involved?

*Learn more about the candidates*
Candidates from across the movement have submitted their candidatures
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>.
Learn about each candidate to inform your vote. The community submitted
questions for the candidates to answer during the campaign. Candidates will
answer the list of community questions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A>
collated
by the Elections Committee on Meta. In the coming weeks, candidates will
have the opportunity to submit videos of themselves speaking about their
candidacies.

*Participate in campaign activities*
The team of facilitators supporting this Board election has planned some
activities for the campaign period. These activities can be found on the Board
election page on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Campaign_Activities>.
Community members are encouraged to organize activities in their own
communities. We do ask that any activities intended to involve candidates
remain respectful of their time since candidacy can be very time-consuming.
Please list activities you organize on the Board election page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Campaign_Activities>
on
Meta so that more people can find them. Facilitators
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Team>
 and Election Volunteers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Election_Volunteers>
are
available if you need support.

   - There is a meetup being planned for community members from or
   associated with South Asia, to interact with the candidates, on 30 July and
   1 August. More details on that will be shared next week.

Please spread the word so that more people can support finding the best
candidates to help guide the Wikimedia Foundation and support the needs of
the movement over the next few years.
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Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Conversation about Movement Charter drafting committee - 25 June

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

This meeting will start in 60 minutes from now.

The link to join is https://meet.google.com/sef-gwes-imx

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>
> As you may already know, *Movement Charter* is a key priority of Movement
> Strategy. The Movement Charter will be a document defining roles and
> responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia
> Movement, including laying out a new Global Council for movement
> governance. A broad ratification process is expected for its adoption. One
> of the first steps in the process is to constitute a *Movement Charter
> drafting committee*.
>
> To gather inputs from community members regarding forming this committee,
> a *regional event* is being organized on *25 June 2021 (Friday) from 6:30
> pm to 8 pm (IST)*. This event is a part of several regional conversations
> that will lead up to the global conversations.
>
> The discussion will mainly be focused on the following questions:
>
>- What composition should the committee have in terms of movement
>roles, gender, regions, affiliations and other diversity factors?
>- What is the best process to select the committee members to form a
>competent and diverse team?
>- How much dedication is it reasonable to expect from committee
>members, in terms of hours per week and months of work?
>
> You can join the meeting at: https://meet.google.com/sef-gwes-imx
>
> Note: You may also send in your responses to the above questions via email
> if you prefer it that way.
>
> Thank you
> --
> Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
> Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
>


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Conversation about Movement Charter drafting committee - 25 June

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

As you may already know, *Movement Charter* is a key priority of Movement
Strategy. The Movement Charter will be a document defining roles and
responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia
Movement, including laying out a new Global Council for movement
governance. A broad ratification process is expected for its adoption. One
of the first steps in the process is to constitute a *Movement Charter
drafting committee*.

To gather inputs from community members regarding forming this
committee, a *regional
event* is being organized on *25 June 2021 (Friday) from 6:30 pm to 8 pm
(IST)*. This event is a part of several regional conversations that will
lead up to the global conversations.

The discussion will mainly be focused on the following questions:

   - What composition should the committee have in terms of movement roles,
   gender, regions, affiliations and other diversity factors?
   - What is the best process to select the committee members to form a
   competent and diverse team?
   - How much dedication is it reasonable to expect from committee members,
   in terms of hours per week and months of work?

You can join the meeting at: https://meet.google.com/sef-gwes-imx

Note: You may also send in your responses to the above questions via email
if you prefer it that way.

Thank you
-- 
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Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Candidates from India for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board Elections

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Wikimedians,

As you may be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation has started elections[1] for
community seats on the Board of Trustees. While previously there were three
community seats on the Board, with the expansion of the Board to sixteen
seats last year, community seats have been increased to eight, four of
which are up for election this year.

In the last fifteen years of the Board's history, there were only a few
candidates from the South Asian region who participated in the elections,
and hardly anyone from the community had a chance to serve on the Board.
While there are several reasons for this, this time, the Board and WMF are
very keen on encouraging and providing support to potential candidates from
historically underrepresented regions. This is a good chance to change the
historical problem of representation from the South Asian region in
high-level governance structures.

Ten days after the call for candidates began, there aren't any candidates
from South Asia yet[2], there are still 10 days left! I would like to ask
community members to encourage other community members, whom you think
would be potential candidates for the Board. While the final decision is
completely up to the person, it can be helpful to make sure that they are
aware of the election and the call for candidates.

Let me know if you need any information or support.

Best
--
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Candidates from South Asian region for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board Elections

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

As you may be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation has started elections[1] for
community seats on the Board of Trustees. While previously there were three
community seats on the Board, with the expansion of the Board to sixteen
seats last year, community seats have been increased to eight, four of
which are up for election this year.

In the last fifteen years of the Board's history, there were only a few
candidates from the South Asian region who participated in the elections,
and hardly anyone from the community had a chance to serve on the Board.
While there are several reasons for this, this time, the Board and WMF are
very keen on encouraging and providing support to potential candidates from
historically underrepresented regions. This is a good chance to change the
historical problem of representation from the South Asian region in
high-level governance structures.

Ten days after the call for candidates began, there aren't any candidates
from South Asia yet[1], there are still 10 days left! I would like to ask
community members to encourage other community members, whom you think
would be potential candidates for the Board. While the final decision is
completely up to the person, it can be helpful to make sure that they are
aware of the election and the call for candidates.

Let me know if you need any information or support.

Best
-- 
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table
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[Wikimediaindia-l] 2021 WMF Board of Trustees elections - Call for Candidates

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello all,

The 2021 Board of Trustees election[1] is coming soon. Candidates from the
community are needed to fill the available seats.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia
Foundation's operations. Community trustees and appointed trustees make up
the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three-year term. The Wikimedia
community has the opportunity to vote for community trustees.

Wikimedia contributors will vote to fill four seats on the Board in 2021.
This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and
expertise of the Board as a team.

For potential candidates:

   - *Traits:* Wikimedia is a global movement and seeks candidates from the
   broader community. Candidates should think about what experiences and
   perspectives they will bring to the Board. Ideal candidates align with the
   Wikimedia mission and are thoughtful, respectful, and community-oriented.
   The Board would like to find perspectives and voices that are
   under-represented and essential for our movement. They should bring what
   Wikimedia needs from a new Trustee.
   - *Commitment: *Trustees serve a three-year term and can serve up to
   three consecutive terms. The time commitment is about 150 hours per year,
   excluding travel. This time is not evenly spread throughout the year. The
   time is concentrated around meetings. The expectation is that Trustees
   serve on at least one of the Board’s committees.
   - *Requirements*[2]: English is the language of business for the Board.
   Candidates need a basic understanding of English, but support and training
   are part of onboarding. Candidate applications will be translated into
   several languages to reach a broad audience of voters.
   - *Apply*[3]: Candidates from all projects and communities who meet the
   needs of Wikimedia Trustee are welcome. If you know someone who could be a
   good trustee, encourage them to run for election. Candidates can find
   information and submit their nomination on the Apply to be a Candidate page.
   - *Resources*[4]: A toolkit has been developed for community members who
   are considering submitting their candidacy for the Wikimedia Foundation
   Board of Trustees, and who want to better understand what to expect and how
   to prepare for the role.


Thank you for your support,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidate_Requirements


[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Apply_to_be_a_Candidate

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Candidate_Resources


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Wikimedians of India,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met last week to decide on a
plan for the 2021 Board elections. The Board Governance Committee created a
proposal based on the report of Call for Feedback about Community Board
Seats
[1].
The
full proposal
[2]
is available on Foundation Wiki. The Board wants to thank the more than 800
volunteers that participated in the Call for Feedback in one way or
another. It has been very difficult to decide on every open question
considering the quantity and diversity of opinions received. We hope this
resolution feels sensible to everybody.

The summary of the proposal is as follows:

   1. The Board drafts a call for candidates that includes details about
   the skills and experience that are currently represented on the Board
   (excluding trustees whose terms are expiring) and that the Board would like
   the selected trustees to have.
   2. The Foundation devotes resources to informing communities of the
   trustee selection process and encouraging people from emerging and
   underrepresented communities to run as candidates.
   3. As part of their self-nomination process, candidates fill out the
   trustee evaluation form.
   4. The Foundation continues to devote resources to invite communities to
   participate in the selection process by engaging candidates during the
   campaign period and by voting.
   5. Community members vote and their votes are counted using a *proportional
   voting system* chosen by the Elections Committee.
   6. The Foundation conducts the usual vetting of the selected candidates
   (background check and communications review).
   7. The Board appoints the selected candidates for whom the vetting
   process did not reveal any significant issues.

This proposal does not suggest implementing quotas or hard requirements for
candidate skills or experience for the 2021 round of community trustee
selection. Instead, it relies on the more detailed information from the
Board in the call for feedback, the community outreach efforts, and the
proportional voting system to meet the Board’s needs in terms of skills and
diversity. However, it also contemplates potentially adding or changing
elements to the process for future rounds of trustee selection, based on an
assessment of the effectiveness this first time.

The draft timeline is as follows:

   1. April 15: Board meets to consider and approve this proposal
   2. April - May: Elections Committee and staff plan the details of the
   selection process
   3. June 1-2: Board meets and approves the call for candidates
   4. June 8 - 29: Call for candidates; candidate outreach
   5. June 29 - July 20: Candidates campaign and answer questions;
   community outreach
   6. July 20 - August 3: Voting; community outreach
   7. August 3 - 10: Vote counting and processing
   8. August 10 - 24: Foundation vetting of selected candidates
   9. August / September: Board appoints selected candidates
   *(tentative only, subject to change)*

Please go through the full proposal[2] for further details, and let me know
if you have any questions. In the upcoming days, the Board elections
facilitation team will share their ideas to support candidates and voters.

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya

[1] Call for Feedback report:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report
[2] Full proposal:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/8/83/BGC_Community_Trustee_Selection_Proposal_April_2021.pdf
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Community Board seats: Upcoming panel discussions

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

As a result of the first three weeks of the call for feedback on WMF
Community Board seats, three topics turned out to be the focus of the
discussion. Additionally, a new idea has been introduced by a community
member recently: Candidates resources. We would like to pursue these focus
topics and the new idea appropriately, discussing them in depth and
collecting new ideas and fresh approaches by running four panels in the
next week. Every panel includes four members from the movement covering
many regions, backgrounds and experiences, along with a trustee of the
Board. Every panel will last 45 minutes, followed by a 45-minute open mic
discussion, where everyone’s free to ask questions or to contribute to the
further development of the panel's topics.

Topics and Panels time are:

   - Skills for Board work
   
[1]
   - Friday, March 12, 23:30 IST (18:00 UTC)
   - Support for candidates
   
[2]
   - Saturday, March 13, 19:00 IST (13:30 UTC)
   - Board - Global Council - Hubs
   
[3]
-
   Saturday, March 13, 21:30 IST (16:00 UTC)
   - Regional diversity
   
[4]
   - Sunday, March 14, 18:30 IST (13:00 UTC)

To counter spamming, the meeting link will be updated on the
Meta-Wiki pages and also on the Telegram announcements channel
[5], 15 minutes before the official
start.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Skills_for_board_work
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Support_for_candidates
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Board_-_Global_Council_-_Hubs
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Regional_diversity
[5] https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Upcoming "Community Resilience & Sustainability" office hour - April 17

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Wikimedians,

The Community Resilience & Sustainability

team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a new office hour led by its
Vice President Maggie Dennis
. Topics within scope
for this call include Movement Strategy coordination (recently transferred
to CR), Trust and Safety (and the Universal Code of Conduct), Community
Development, and Human Rights. Come with your questions or feedback, and
let’s talk! You can also send us your questions in advance in any language.

The meeting will be on April 17 (Saturday) at 15:00 UTC (check your local
time ).

You can check all the details on Meta
. If
you want to participate verbally from the Zoom call, please ask for the
link at answ...@wikimedia.org, at least an hour in advance of the meeting's
start (please use "Office hour" as the subject line).

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Community Board seats: Draft report of the call for feedback

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Sorry,

The report link in the previous email seems to be invalid; here is the
correct link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:18 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> As many of might already know, the call for feedback
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats>[1]
> process WMF Community Board seats ended on March 14. The the first draft of
> the six weeks long consultation is ready for review at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report[2].
>  We
> are still planning to update the appendix with some metrics about the Call
> for Feedback. Also, we might make minor improvements for more consistent
> wording across the document.
>
> Community members can provide feedback until the end of next Monday, March
> 29. You can post your comments/suggestions on the talk page, or write to me.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Regards,
> Krishna Chaitanya
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report
>
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Community Board seats: Draft report of the call for feedback

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

As many of might already know, the call for feedback
[1]
process WMF Community Board seats ended on March 14. The the first draft of
the six weeks long consultation is ready for review at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report[2].
We
are still planning to update the appendix with some metrics about the Call
for Feedback. Also, we might make minor improvements for more consistent
wording across the document.

Community members can provide feedback until the end of next Monday, March
29. You can post your comments/suggestions on the talk page, or write to me.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Community Board seats: Upcoming panel discussions

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

As a result of the first three weeks of the call for feedback on WMF
Community Board seats, three topics turned out to be the focus of the
discussion. Additionally, a new idea has been introduced by a community
member recently: Candidates resources. We would like to pursue these focus
topics and the new idea appropriately, discussing them in depth and
collecting new ideas and fresh approaches by running four panels in the
next week. Every panel includes four members from the movement covering
many regions, backgrounds and experiences, along with a trustee of the
Board. Every panel will last 45 minutes, followed by a 45-minute open mic
discussion, where everyone’s free to ask questions or to contribute to the
further development of the panel's topics.

Topics and Panels time are:

   - Skills for Board work
   
[1]
   - Friday, March 12, 23:30 IST (18:00 UTC)
   - Support for candidates
   
[2]
   - Saturday, March 13, 19:00 IST (13:30 UTC)
   - Board - Global Council - Hubs
   
[3]
-
   Saturday, March 13, 21:30 IST (16:00 UTC)
   - Regional diversity
   
[4]
   - Sunday, March 14, 18:30 IST (13:00 UTC)

To counter spamming, the meeting link will be updated on the
Meta-Wiki pages and also on the Telegram announcements channel
[5], 15 minutes before the official
start.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Skills_for_board_work
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Support_for_candidates
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Board_-_Global_Council_-_Hubs
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Topic_panels/Topic_panel:_Regional_diversity
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [MediaWiki-India] [Small wiki toolkits] Bot workshop: 27 February

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Thanks Shrini, this is great! And thanks for the suggestion about MediaWiki
API - it can be a potential topic for one of the future workshops.

Let us know if you have any trainers in mind.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 9:40 AM Shrinivasan T  wrote:

> Thanks for the nice event.
>
> Shared my minutes here.
> https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/minutes-workshop-on-pywikibot/
>
> வியா., 18 பிப்., 2021, பிற்பகல் 3:22 அன்று, Indic MediaWiki Developers
> User Group  எழுதியது:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > As part of the Small wiki toolkits (South Asia) initiative, we are happy
> to announce the second workshop of this year.
> >
> > The workshop will be on "bots"[1], and we will be learning how to
> perform tasks on wiki by running automated scripts, about Pywikibot and how
> it can be used to help with repetitive processes and editing, and the
> Pywikibot community, learning resources and community venues. Please note
> that you do not need any technical experience to attend the workshop, only
> some experience contributing to Wikimedia projects is enough.
> >
> > Details of the workshop are as follows:
> >
> > Date: 27 February
> > Timings: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm IST
> > Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vri-zvfv-rci
> >
> > to add this to your Google Calendar, please use
> https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE=MGxwZWtkdDdhdDk0c2Vwcjd1ZGYybzJraWcgY29udGFjdEBpbmRpY21lZGlhd2lraWRldi5vcmc=contact%40indicmediawikidev.org
> >
> > Trainer: Joaquin Oltra Hernandez[2]
> >
> > Please sign-up on the registration page at https://w.wiki/yYg.
> >
> > Note: We are providing modest internet stipends to attend the workshops,
> for those who need and wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. More
> information on this can be found on the registration page[3].
> >
> > Regards,
> > Small wiki toolkits - South Asia organizers
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JHernandez_(WMF)
> > [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/South_Asia/Registration
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMF Board Governance] Second office hours, anonymous feedback form, and other updates: 13 Feb

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

The second office hour is happening now.

You can join in at https://meet.google.com/krn-zoac-erb

On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 10:11 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>
>
> Since the call for feedback[1] regarding the community-sourced Wikimedia
> Foundation Board seats began on 1 February, it has been quite interesting.
> Since it has been a couple of weeks, I would like to share a few updates
> with you all:
>
>
>
>-
>
>First weekly report[2]: This report covers activity between 1-7
>February.
>-
>
>Second office hours[3]: There will be four sessions to cover various
>time zones, on 20 February. Three of them will be feasible for India
>(according typical day timings) - 11:30 am, 3:30 pm, 9:30 pm [all in IST].
>-
>
>Anonymous feedback form[4]: This form provides an option for people
>who may not wish to publish feedback publicly themselves.
>
>
> I also had several interesting conversations with several communities all
> through this week, which will reflect in the second weekly report. If you
> want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or
> your affiliate, please write to me.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Krishna Chaitanya
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Reports/2021-02-10_Weekly
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/2021-02-20_-_Second_Office_Hours
>
> [4]
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX1grF37WvJVZ1VHYDyKvzH1ErEsN1I9Kpsx29xXR6Nf6yKg/viewform
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Yes, at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:54 AM  wrote:

> Hello KC,
>
>
>
> Where is the condition of 5000 global edits mentioned in the instant
> registration page?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:46 AM
> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list  >
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021:
> Important Updates
>
>
>
> Hi Bodhi,
>
>
>
> Thanks for sharing the updates, and the program has interesting sessions.
>
>
>
> I just feel that the eligibility threshold for instant registration is too
> high - *5,000 global edits is too high for instant registration*. I
> believe it can be lowered, especially since it is an online event, and
> won't add too much to the costs. My reasoning is last minute registration
> may generally be by people who are not very involved, and may not know
> about the event. People from other movement-aligned groups such as Creative
> Commons, Mozilla or even GLAM institutions might want to attend, expecting
> them to have a lot of edits might not be reasonable. A lot of newcomers may
> also get excluded with this.
>
>
>
> Please see if this can be reconsidered.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> KC.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Bodhi,

Thanks for sharing the updates, and the program has interesting sessions.

I just feel that the eligibility threshold for instant registration is too
high - *5,000 global edits is too high for instant registration*. I believe
it can be lowered, especially since it is an online event, and won't add
too much to the costs. My reasoning is last minute registration may
generally be by people who are not very involved, and may not know about
the event. People from other movement-aligned groups such as Creative
Commons, Mozilla or even GLAM institutions might want to attend, expecting
them to have a lot of edits might not be reasonable. A lot of newcomers may
also get excluded with this.

Please see if this can be reconsidered.

Best,
KC.



On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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] [WMF Board Governance] Second office hours, anonymous feedback form, and other updates: 13 Feb

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,


Since the call for feedback[1] regarding the community-sourced Wikimedia
Foundation Board seats began on 1 February, it has been quite interesting.
Since it has been a couple of weeks, I would like to share a few updates
with you all:



   -

   First weekly report[2]: This report covers activity between 1-7 February.
   -

   Second office hours[3]: There will be four sessions to cover various
   time zones, on 20 February. Three of them will be feasible for India
   (according typical day timings) - 11:30 am, 3:30 pm, 9:30 pm [all in IST].
   -

   Anonymous feedback form[4]: This form provides an option for people who
   may not wish to publish feedback publicly themselves.


I also had several interesting conversations with several communities all
through this week, which will reflect in the second weekly report. If you
want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or
your affiliate, please write to me.


Best,

Krishna Chaitanya


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Reports/2021-02-10_Weekly

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/2021-02-20_-_Second_Office_Hours

[4]
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX1grF37WvJVZ1VHYDyKvzH1ErEsN1I9Kpsx29xXR6Nf6yKg/viewform
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Tito,

Thanks for bringing this up. I took a note of it.

Best

On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 3:50 AM টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
wrote:

> Greetings,
> Thanks for the message.
> *>>Quotas. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure certain
> types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be discussed
> in this call for feedback).*
> My personal thought is possibly some other word can be used instead of
> "quota" or "quota introduction"? If it is related to encouraging diversity,
> then calling "Diversity encouragement" might be an option.
> Thanks for the consideration.
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>
>
> সোম, ১ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৭:০৭ PM টায় এ Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন:
>
>> *(long email incoming)*
>>
>> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>>
>> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for
>> feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March
>> 14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the
>> Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and
>> feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are
>> organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple
>> languages.
>>
>> During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
>> final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this
>> report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of
>> six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due
>> for renewal and three are new, recently approved.
>>
>>
>> *Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse
>> and better performing Board of Trustees!*
>> *Problems:* While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown
>> about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes
>> have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a
>> problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the
>> movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019
>> governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.
>>
>> To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board
>> size to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and
>> diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What
>> is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the
>> diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform
>> well on the Board of a complex global organization.
>>
>> Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats
>> have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the
>> leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and
>> experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the
>> ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a
>> fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America
>> and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more
>> complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new
>> and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our
>> Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and
>> promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.
>>
>> In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and
>> appoint three more community members in the new seats. What process can we
>> all design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and
>> are prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as
>> trustees?
>>
>> *Ideas:* The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems
>> mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some
>> discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be
>> considered as well. The ideas are:
>>
>>1. *Ranked voting system*. Complete the move to a single transferable
>>vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is
>>designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
>>2. *Quotas*. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure
>>certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be
>>discussed in this call for feedback).
>>3. *Call for types of skills an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

This meeting is going to start in 10 minutes.

You can join at https://meet.google.com/krn-zoac-erb

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 6:29 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> *(long email incoming)*
>
> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for
> feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March
> 14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the
> Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and
> feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are
> organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple
> languages.
>
> During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
> final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this
> report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of
> six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due
> for renewal and three are new, recently approved.
>
>
> *Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse and
> better performing Board of Trustees!*
> *Problems:* While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown
> about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes
> have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a
> problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the
> movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019
> governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.
>
> To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board
> size to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and
> diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What
> is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the
> diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform
> well on the Board of a complex global organization.
>
> Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats
> have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the
> leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and
> experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the
> ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a
> fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America
> and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more
> complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new
> and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our
> Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and
> promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.
>
> In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint
> three more community members in the new seats. What process can we all
> design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are
> prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees?
>
> *Ideas:* The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems
> mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some
> discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be
> considered as well. The ideas are:
>
>1. *Ranked voting system*. Complete the move to a single transferable
>vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is
>designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
>2. *Quotas*. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure
>certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be
>discussed in this call for feedback).
>3. *Call for types of skills and experiences*. When the Board makes a
>new call for candidates, they would specify types of skills and experiences
>especially sought.
>4. *Vetting of candidates*. Potential candidates would be assessed
>using the Trustee Evaluation Form and would be confirmed or not as eligible
>candidates.
>5. *Board-delegated selection committee*. The community would nominate
>candidates that this committee would assess and rank using the Trustee
>Evaluation Form. This committee would have community elected members and
>Board appointed members.
>6. *Community-elected selection committee*. The community would
>directly elect the committee members. The committee would assess and rank
>candidates using the Trustee Evaluation Form.
>7. *Election of confirmed candidates.* The community would vote for
>community nominated candidat

[Wikimediaindia-l] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

*(long email incoming)*

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for
feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March
14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the
Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and
feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are
organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple
languages.

During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this
report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of
six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due
for renewal and three are new, recently approved.


*Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse and
better performing Board of Trustees!*
*Problems:* While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown
about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes
have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a
problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the
movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019
governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.

To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board size
to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and
diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What
is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the
diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform
well on the Board of a complex global organization.

Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats
have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the
leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and
experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the
ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a
fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America
and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more
complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new
and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our
Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and
promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.

In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint
three more community members in the new seats. What process can we all
design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are
prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees?

*Ideas:* The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems
mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some
discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be
considered as well. The ideas are:

   1. *Ranked voting system*. Complete the move to a single transferable
   vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is
   designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
   2. *Quotas*. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure
   certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be
   discussed in this call for feedback).
   3. *Call for types of skills and experiences*. When the Board makes a
   new call for candidates, they would specify types of skills and experiences
   especially sought.
   4. *Vetting of candidates*. Potential candidates would be assessed using
   the Trustee Evaluation Form and would be confirmed or not as eligible
   candidates.
   5. *Board-delegated selection committee*. The community would nominate
   candidates that this committee would assess and rank using the Trustee
   Evaluation Form. This committee would have community elected members and
   Board appointed members.
   6. *Community-elected selection committee*. The community would directly
   elect the committee members. The committee would assess and rank candidates
   using the Trustee Evaluation Form.
   7. *Election of confirmed candidates.* The community would vote for
   community nominated candidates that have been assessed and ranked using the
   Trustee Evaluation Form. The Board would appoint the most voted candidates.
   8. *Direct appointment of confirmed candidates*. After the selection
   committee produces a ranked list of community nominated candidates, the
   Board would appoint the top-ranked candidates directly.

*Call for feedback:* The call for feedback[1] runs from February 1 until
the end of March 14. We are looking for a broad representation of opinions.
We are interested in the reasoning and the feelings behind your opinions.
In a conversation like this 

[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Board Governance: Update on call for feedback and office hours

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

As mentioned in my previous email on 23 January, the call for feedback
regarding changes to WMF Board’s governance structure and processes, is
going to start on 1 February and will run until March 14. Information about
the same will soon be available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats
[1].

All through the call for feedback, there will be three rounds of office
hours. The first round will be on 2 February (Tuesday). While there will be
three sessions with the same content (to be inclusive of various time
zones), the most feasible one for India would be from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
(IST). I will follow-up with actual joining instructions soon. During the
session, we will introduce this call for feedback and will be available for
any questions and comments.

A Telegram chat group[2] to discuss and a channel[3] to receive updates
regarding this have been created. You are welcome to join them.

We are welcoming the organization of conversations in any language and in
any channel. If you want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for
your wiki project or your affiliate, please write to me.

Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya


Links:

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats

[2] https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat

[3] https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Approval of WMF Bylaws amendments and upcoming call for feedback about the selection of new trustees

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Indic Wikimedians,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has discussed and approved some
improvements to the Board’s governance structure and processes, in two
recent meetings on December 9 and January 8. As the governing body for
Wikimedia Foundation, we want to improve our capacity, performance, and
representation of the movement’s diversity. We have amended the Bylaws in
support of that goal.

The new Bylaws incorporate these main changes:

   - *Increase of the Board size to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10).*
   The trustee role is volunteer, unpaid. The Board thinks that more trustees
   are needed to adequately cover the many areas of expertise required to
   steer the Wikimedia Foundation, a +450 staff organization supporting an
   international movement formed by hundreds of projects and communities.
   - *Combining community- and affiliate-selected trustees into one
   category.* Rather than a specified number of community-selected and a
   specified number of affiliate-selected seats, the Board has determined that
   8 seats on the 16-seat Board shall be “community-and-affiliate-selected”
   seats. These processes are not defined in the Bylaws, and we will discuss
   them separately. The Board appoints up to seven seats directly. The status
   of Jimmy Wales as Community Founder Trustee remains unchanged. We have not
   used the term “community-sourced” that we initially proposed and instead
   now call these “communty-and-affiliate-selected” seats.
   - *Maintaining a balance between community/affiliate-selected seats and
   Board-selected seats.* The Board has added a safeguard to ensure that a
   Board-appointed seat cannot be added if it would mean outnumbering the
   community-and-affiliate-selected” seats. The Board is committed to ensuring
   strong community representation.

Other changes refer to the terms and renewals of trustees, the resignation
of other staff and governance roles before joining the Board, and the
creation of an optional second Vice-Chair role. We have clarified the
Bylaws language in topics like the fiduciary duty of trustees, the CEO’s
role in meetings, the Treasurer’s duties, and the wording around the legal
requirement that the Board make final appointments to the Board - including
where there is a community/affiliate process to nominate candidates.

The Bylaws page on Foundation Wiki
[1] has been updated to
include these revisions (check the diff).

The Trustee Evaluation Form
[2]
to aid in evaluating Board candidates, initially presented as “Candidate
rubric”, has been approved by the Board.

We are organizing a multilingual call for feedback
[3]
to discuss the processes to select trustees from the community. The Board
will put forward a series of options for consideration and discussion, each
one intended to meet the goal of strong community processes to select
representatives, and a goal of improved skills, qualifications, and
diversity in the candidates that are ultimately appointed. This call will
start on February 1 and will run until March 14. The Foundation is
preparing a team of facilitators to ensure broad awareness, participation,
and representation across the movement.

The results of this call for feedback will inform the Board's decision
about these processes expected to come in March-April. The Board will meet
to review and approve a final selection pathway. After the pathway is
approved, we plan to start the process to renew the three overdue community
trustee seats and appoint the three new ones.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I will be facilitating the
conversations related to this in the South Asian region during the call
feedback.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
Board Governance Facilitator
Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bylaws
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approving_Trustee_Evaluation_Form
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats
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[Wikimediaindia-l] SWT South Asia 2021

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all doing well, and keeping safe.

I am happy to share with you all an update about the Small wiki toolkits
 initiative in India,
and the larger South Asian region. As part of the Small wiki toolkits
initiative, in the second half of 2020, Indic-TechCom, in collaboration
with WMF's Developer Advocacy team, designed and conducted a technical
workshop series: "Small wiki toolkits - Indic workshop series 2020.” A
report of the same can be seen at https://w.wiki/Yqf.

There has been positive response from community members, as the workshops
have been helpful in understanding basic to intermediate level technical
processes on wikis. Two more workshops have been conducted towards the end
of last year. So, we are now planning to continue to run these workshops
(one per month on average) and expand them to the Wikimedia communities in
the South Asian region. The objective is to impart basic to intermediate
level technical skills for volunteers working on Wikimedia projects of
languages in the South Asian region. More information can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_South_Asia/Overview, and we have also
applied for rapid grant to support this initiative through 2021, the
proposal for the same can be seen at https://w.wiki/tWE.

The first session will be a brainstorming session on technical challenges
faced by contributions on their wikis, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm (IST) on 24
January 2021. It will be facilitated by Birgit Müller (Director of
Technical Engagement at WMF). If you are interested, please register at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_South_Asia/Registration. This
discussion will be crucial to decide topics for future workshops. Community
members are also welcome to suggest topics for future workshops anytime at
https://w.wiki/t8Q.

These workshops are being organized with the help of a handful of
volunteers from India, Nepal and Bangladesh, and if anyone is interested to
help in organizing, please let us know.

Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya

on behalf of SWT South Asia organizers

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

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

epartment at h...@wikimedia.org, and it
>>>> will be reviewed, and if necessary, whatever procedural flaw caused it will
>>>> be rectified.
>>>>
>>>> This mailing list cannot address this issue.
>>>>
>>>>A.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 21:48 Piyush Maurya 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Sivaraam,
>>>>>
>>>>> But I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about part-time hired
>>>>> people serving for 6 months or so on specific projects serving for 
>>>>> specific
>>>>> language communities. In India on account of Hindi's largest user base
>>>>> Foundation chooses it whenever a new project comes in for getting input.
>>>>> Mostly these positions are called 'liaison'.
>>>>>
>>>>> They get paid and mostly these job's information not get publicly
>>>>> available (like mailing list or village pump but maybe on the link you
>>>>> gave). Whenever a new initiative takes place in foundation, these newly
>>>>> made positions get filled up by people who doesn't have the confidence of
>>>>> the community and in severe cases can't even write Hindi!
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a important issue for our community. More information on this
>>>>> will be helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>> Piyush
>>>>> (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, 9:23 pm Piyush Maurya, 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Krishna and all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for very detailed clarification. I agree this was some kind of
>>>>>> dubious statement without any credibility (which my comment showed).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But to get some real outcome of this discussion if any. I want to
>>>>>> know how the foundation chooses or appoints people for posts roll out for
>>>>>> communities. I have been witness to several such cases in the past year 
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> so where such posts got filled by someone without community consultation 
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> knowledge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm talking about Hindi Wikimedia community in this case. What is the
>>>>>> procedure for applying for these posts. We get several people here who
>>>>>> doesn't know how to write Hindi and are serving as communication bridge 
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> liaison. And they seem to be getting these (they get paid) jobs by some
>>>>>> kind of connection among themselves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>> Piyush
>>>>>> (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Jun 2020, 8:29 pm Tito Dutta,  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I agree. It rushed towards a conclusion without caring about
>>>>>>> questions and discussion. There was not much good faith assumed as 
>>>>>>> well, in
>>>>>>> my opinion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (My opinion is in personal capacity)
>>>>>>> --User:Titodutta
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 7:34 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>>>>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Firstly, I would like to condemn this email from a person named
>>>>>>>> “Arvind Menon” - this email is very much a personal attack on me, to
>>>>>>>> misguide a community member, character assasination and to defame, all
>>>>>>>> using a fake profile. If the person is actually seeking any 
>>>>>>>> information for
>>>>>>>> community benefit, as Piyush rightly pointed, it would be helpful to 
>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>> the person’s Wikimedia identity, and their work. Otherwise, this can 
>>>>>>>> merely
>>>>>>>> be regarded as an ad hominem attack, which has happened several times 
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the past on this mailing list.
>>>>

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

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

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

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

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

I would like to particularly focus on the WikiConference India part. My
relation with WMF has nothing to do with the grant, and no benefit of the
same has been applied in either of the contexts. Though initially people
expressed concerns, many of them, after clarifying, went on to support the
proposal, and it gained more than 40 endorsements

from community members, which shows the community is in favour of the
proposal and the conference. WMF comments were not against it. We created
FAQs

on the grant page itself to help community members understand the reasons
behind it, and even all the questions on talk page were answered. We also
mentioned that “all bills worth valuing more than ₹30,000.00 will be
publicly published” - this demonstrates transparency, in an attempt to
establish a new practice. Anyway, the entire Conference and Event Grants
program has been paused due to COVID-19 pandemic, and none of the proposals
forwarded from the initial stage.

I provided clarification even though the initial email doesn’t address me
or respectfully seeks any information. I am taking this effort to provide
detailed clarification, for the sake of community members and understanding
only. This email, though posted by a fake profile, created great stress,
and almost spoiled my entire day. I once again request the community to be
careful of random postings with unidentifiable identities. I wonder if
there is any way further such personal attacks can be avoided, towards any
community member.

Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya V.

On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, 20:55 Piyush Maurya,  wrote:

> Hi Arvind,
>
> There are many cases where WMF appointed someone for x community and
> community didn't know nothing about it until the process is over.
>
> Transparency is lacking in the foundation's working environment. If you
> share your username or what you do in the Wikimedia projects it will give
> your comments some value.
>
> Kind regards,
> Piyush
> (User:हिंदुस्थान वासी)
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020, 4:50 pm Arvind Menon,  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The individual grantee for Wikiconference India 2020 grant had secretly
>> done a WMF Contract job with the Community Program Team some month ago.
>> There was no public announcement for the job so I believe no selection
>> process or hidden selection and no public documentation that he was
>> working. My question is why was he given the job depriving other community
>> members from India who want to work but apply and get rejected. What was
>> the need of WMF to hide the process by not informing or documenting.
>>
>> So on Wikiconference India grant WMF was applying to WMF and WMF was
>> going to accept WMF grant. Atleast from WMF grant comments it looks because
>> community blamed grant taking so much money.
>>
>> To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money.
>>
>> Thanks,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Scholarship for 2020 Wikimania now open

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Gnangarra 
Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:54 AM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Scholarship for 2020 Wikimania now open
To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) <
wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Wikimania is fast approaching, this year it'll be held in Bangkok and as
always the Wikimedia Foundation has a limited number of opportunities to
assist people to attend. There are two types of scholarships the first
being a full scholarship which covers, travel, accommodation, and
registration, the second a  partial scholarship that covers accommodation
and registration.

This year for the first time East, South East Asia, and Pacific  (ESEAP) as
collaboration between the region we'll be your host for Wikimania.  The
region has placed a high importance on collaboration and knowledge sharing
this years Wikimania program will reflect that. Our theme is;
*Power of Diverse Collaboration*
*Sharing knowledge brings people together*

How does this impact on scholarship? ESEAP is looking for people who are
prepared to share their knowledge to help develop potential future
leaders.  We'll be looking for two broad areas of contributions, from those
who have successfully developed programs, and those  newer contributors who
want to develop their skills to do more but have never been to a Wikimania
to broaden their support networks.

As you apply please agree to share your details with the local affiliate
should they also have scholarships available. When answering questions if
you have urls to reports, dashboards, and events please provide them.
Rather than writing lots of words again let your past recordings speak.

On behalf of the ESEAP community, and the Scholarship committee we look
forward to seeing you in Bangkok in August.

--
Gnangarra
Wikimania Scholarship committee Co-chair

*Power of Diverse Collaboration*
*Sharing knowledge brings people together*
Wikimania Bangkok 2020
August 5 to 9
hosted by ESEAP

Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra
Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Bodhi,

Firstly, speaking of "1 crore 60 lakhs rupees" together might not be the
best way to look at it. I am not wrong, I am assuming that you are talking
about WikiWomen Camp, which is also happening in India. But that is
completely unrelated to WikiConference India, I mean in terns of budget,
goals and objectives. You might want to separately comment on each of them,
if you want to. To clarify the confusion for others, WikiConference India's
budget is ₹7,181,212.50 + additional fiscal sponsorship charge of ₹718,121.25
(10% of the budget). The former amount is that which goes into the spending
of the conference.

An amount could be spent on several other smaller projects, but every type
of program has its own importance. In terms of impact, a conference may not
have tangible or numerical metrics to be considered, but it does have
impact on communities and India as a whole. Even for this conference, we
are trying to make the goals as objective as possible. Components of the
conference such as content creation campaign beforehand, and a
Mini-Hackathon, will try to ensure that. Also since Capacity development
emerged out as the most required need of the hour from the Community
Engagement Survey, we have specific evaluation measures to see if it really
helped people.

You are most welcome to take your comments on regarding specific budget
items or the plan on the talk page, and it can be taken forward from there.

Regards,
KC

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 12:12 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Krishna,
>
> Sorry to say, but as a volunteer, I can not find justification of spending
> 1 crore 60 lakhs rupees on just two conferences happening one after
> another. The amount is  huge and beyond my imagination.
>
> As a volunteer coming from West Bengal community which have always worked
> on optimal budget and respected donation money, and yet delivered
> consistent results through impactful projects each year, I find these
> expenditure out of proportion. This money could have been otherwise spent
> on several high impact projects for many years.
>
> I cannot say on behalf of my entire community but, personally, from my
> part, I cannot endorse this. Also, I guess, endorsement or opposition
> doesn't matter nowadays and these proposals will eventually get approved,
> in that case, I will not participate in the events in any capacity.
>
> Sorry, if I sound too harsh, but that's only because English is not my
> native language. I could have better expressed in my mother tongue.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (totally as a Wikimedia volunteer)
>
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 11:14 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, <
> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Great initiative. It's been 4 years since we all met and shared
>> experiences. This conference will also help us plan our future initiatives.
>>
>> Best wishes!
>> Manav
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 08:41 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I am happy to inform you we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant
>>> proposal for WikiConference India 2020
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020>[1]
>>> to the Wikimedia Foundation. I kindly request all the community members to
>>> go through the proposal -- including the community engagement survey
>>> report, program plan, venue and logistics, participation and scholarships,
>>> and the budget + FAQs
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#FAQs>[2],
>>> and provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020>[3]
>>>  (also
>>> do read the FAQs section before making any comments related to the budget).
>>> You can endorse the proposal at
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#Endorsements[4],
>>>  please
>>> do add a rationale for endorsing this project.
>>>
>>> According to the timeline of Conference and Event Grants program,
>>> community can review from 3 February to 14 February 2020, post that we will
>>> start integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the
>>> proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be
>>> hosted next week, especially if there are many questions/concerns that need
>>> to be addressed.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you any questions.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> User:KCVelaga
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://meta.wikim

[Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

I am happy to inform you we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant
proposal for WikiConference India 2020
[1]
to the Wikimedia Foundation. I kindly request all the community members to
go through the proposal -- including the community engagement survey
report, program plan, venue and logistics, participation and scholarships,
and the budget + FAQs
[2],
and provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page
[3]
(also
do read the FAQs section before making any comments related to the budget).
You can endorse the proposal at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#Endorsements[4],
please
do add a rationale for endorsing this project.

According to the timeline of Conference and Event Grants program, community
can review from 3 February to 14 February 2020, post that we will start
integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the
proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be
hosted next week, especially if there are many questions/concerns that need
to be addressed.

Let me know if you any questions.

Regards,
User:KCVelaga

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#FAQs
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#Endorsements
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF's letter to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

I am quite concerned about this, and would like to share it everyone so
that all of us aware of what's happening. Kindly go through these links;

*Main news (WMF's letter to Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India); *

India’s Proposed Intermediary Liability Rules Could Limit Everyone’s Access
to Information Online:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/12/26/indias-proposed-intermediary-liability-rules-could-limit-everyones-access-to-information-online/

*Related news;*

Wikimedia Foundation expresses deep concerns about India’s proposed
intermediary liability rules --
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/26/wikimedia-foundation-expresses-deep-concerns-about-indias-proposed-intermediary-liability-rules/

Wikimedia Foundation raises concerns over the proposed intermediary
liability rules in India --
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/wikimedia-foundation-raises-concerns-over-proposed-intermediary-liability-rules-india-114868

*For broader understanding regarding the subject;*

Letter to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology regarding
Intermediary Liability Rules, signed by Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation, and
GitHub;
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/files/2019/01/Letter-to-Indian-MEITY-on-proposed-intermediary-liability-rules.pdf

Rethinking the intermediary liability regime in India;
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/cyber-brics-august-12-2019-torsha-sarkar-rethinking-the-intermediary-liability-regime-in-india

Intermediary liability: Un-safe harbour?
https://www.fortuneindia.com/opinion/intermediary-liability-un-safe-harbour/102944

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya V,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Community Engagement Survey

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello Pavanaja,

We missed it, very sorry for that, and thanks for pointing that out.

I have added it now.

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:26 AM  wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Why there is no Tulu in the list of languages?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *pavan santhosh
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2019 11:09 PM
> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list  >
> *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Community
> Engagement Survey
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> I hope everyone is doing great.
>
>
>
> I am writing this email to invite you all to participate in the Community
> Engagement Survey for WikiConference India 2020. The Community Engagement
> Survey is one of the key requirements for drafting the Conference & Event
> Grant application for the Wikimedia Foundation.
>
>
>
> The survey will have questions regarding a few demographic details, your
> experience with Wikimedia, challenges and needs, and your expectations for
> WCI 2020. The responses will help us to form an initial idea of what is
> expected out of WCI 2020, and draft the grant application accordingly.
> Please note that this will not directly influence the specificities of the
> program, there will be a detailed survey to assess the program needs after
> funding.
>
>
>
> Please fill the survey at; https://forms.gle/YkA9UfcbXo3c637M6. The
> survey will be open until 23:59 hrs of 22 December 2019.
>
>
>
> Please pass on this message to your community mailing lists, and it would
> be great if you post on the Village Pumps of your local Wikis. Looking
> forward to all of your active participation.
>
>
>
> Let me know if there are any questions.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Pavan Santhosh.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] IRC Log of WikiConference India 2020 Initial conversations

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

Firstly, sorry for the late reminders yesterday. Both Pavan's and my emails
about the reminder didn't get through, and there was a lag with the mailing
list.

The IRC conversation went well, at peak stage, 28 people attended the chat.
The log can be seen on Meta-Wiki at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2020:_Initial_conversations/IRC_Log_(20_Oct_2019)
or
WCommons (PDF) at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCI_2020_Intial_Conversations_IRC_Log_(Oct_2019).pdf

We will give you further updates soon.

Thank you,
Krishna Chaitanya

PS: If you want to receive updates regarding WCI 2020, please add yourself
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WIkiConference India 2020 Initial conversations IRC now!

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

The IRC for WikiConference India 2020 initial conversations will start in a
five minutes.
Please join, we will discuss if anyone has any questions and also further
steps involved.

Website: https://webchat.freenode.net/

Channel: #wci

* Don't forget the hash (#)*


Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Tito,

I would to add to what Pavan and Ashwin said. Firstly I agree with both of
them, stressing the fact that community-based selection process is not
ideal for all the communities. This is for several reasons;

   - There may be users who are only contributing to the main spaces
   without much interaction with other contributors (comparatively new users).
   In such cases, these users can be good potential participants for such
   training, but eliminating them on the basis that they are not able to start
   a discussion on village pump is not fair.
   - *Comparatively *new users would be hesitant to start such discussion.
   Also there may be users who haven't ever been to a real life Wiki-event,
   and such mandates will only worsen and dampen their interest and changes to
   interact with the broader community.
   - Not every user is comfortable to participate in discussions of this
   sort (non-content related). I have come across a lot of users who actively
   participate in content related discussions, but never in this kind of
   stuff. Now starting such discussions and they being main subject of that
   will be a big no-no for them.
   - As Pavan said, there is also a factor community health. Not all
   communities in India are neutral towards all users. We have witnessed
   disrupted power dynamics, and these conversations will worsen them.

With all these points, I am not advocating that community
discussions/endorsements are not important, they are, but not in this case.
When a major project is being planned it comes up to the relevant
communities, and discussions take place. But for an individual to
participate in a training, such stuff give unnecessary burden.

I remember this conversation coming up when we hosted TTT 2019 in
Visakhapatnam. It was decided that we will have a place for this in the
form, but not make it mandatory.

I would like to conclude saying that this is a not the best way to do it,
and making it mandatory is not at all fair.

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya

On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 10:29 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Hello,
> There are various opinion on this. On one hand, we have received feedback
> not supporting community selection on village pump. On the other hand, we
> have also got a several feedback and suggestions.
> Thanks for adding your input on this. We have noted these. Additional
> comment from other Wikimedians are welcome.
>
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
> me over email or phone call.
>
>
> On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 at 08:10, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Pavan, thanks for your input. You do make a valid point. Selection by
>> community where the community spirit is absent is likely to throw up
>> unsuitable candidates because the selection is now based on group dynamics
>> and we have all seen how wrong that can go.
>>
>> If CIS A2K is providing Advanced Wikisource workshop, it is good for
>> asking help from prospective host communities to host the event, but not
>> selection of suitable candidates. That is the prerogative and
>> responsibility of CIS A2K. The easiest way for a program to go downhill is
>> to choose less suitable candidates over more deserving ones. That process
>> necessarily must have both subjective and objective inputs. The objective
>> inputs can come from the demonstrated body of work, the subjective has to
>> be based on long term interaction with editors and get the community inputs.
>>
>> Please note there is a difference between community inputs vs asking
>> community to select.
>>
>> I urge that this aspect be rethought out and taken into consideration.
>> Since our WikiSource community is essentially small, our resources limited
>> and WikiSource is volunteer effort driven, it is imperative that the most
>> suitable candidates be chosen.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 8:52 PM pavan santhosh 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Jayanta,
>>>
>>> I would like to appreciate you and team for planning and rolling out
>>> this training. Along with that, I would also like to raise a major concern
>>> which is unrelated to bidding but is more about program design.
>>>
>>> Meta page about this event says that "The selection [of participants]
>>> will be done by each Indic Wikisource community.". Apart from all good
>>> intentions behind this process, I would like to point out that in many
>>> cases this is likely to create barriers for participation.
>>>
>>>- *Communities with community health issues: *For some communities
>>>which are having community health issues, this will only result in 
>>> further
>>>damage.
>>>- *Even for remaining healthy communities:* Even in those
>>>communities, I would like to point out to you that there are still 
>>> several
>>>community members who never felt comfortable in commenting or posting
>>>anything in their respective village pumps, in almost all languages.
>>>
>>> At large, this approach is going to be counter productive to 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Abhinav,

I think this discussion will have a better direction if it is first done on
the Wikimedia India community mailing list[1]. I say so because, many
Wikimedians in India (non-members) and active affiliates (such as
user-groups) haven't heard from the Chapter for a long time about its
status (WMF compliance, legal, financial, etc.) and issues faced. We only
heard about the state of the Chapter from this email. Otherwise, we are
unaware of the situation.

It will be better if there is a discussion first on the Indian mailing list
where WMIN's leadership can explain the current state in detail to the
community (what happened till data - including AffCom conversation, and the
future actions planned to take). Personally, as Wikimedian from India, I
was surprised to see this email on wikimedia-l without any prior
information or discussion on about the Chapter or this issue on
wikimediaindia-l.

Best,
Krishna

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

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 3:37 PM Paulo Santos Perneta 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Reading about these developments in India has been absolutely painful, and
> a sad reminiscent of a number of past situations.
>
> Most of all, the case with Wikimedia Portugal, when AffCom started imposing
> restrictions and "mediation plans" without having any kind of official
> hearing with the chapter; the whole environment of secrecy and power/fear
> games; the prerogative of making all kinds of unsubstantiated affirmations,
> presented as if they were god's truth; the notice of suspension for the
> chapter, based on information which remains to be substantiated till today;
> the feeling of hopelessness.
>
> Then the old, cold case of Brazil, where back in 2010, like in India, the
> WMF decided to experiment with local WMF representations, with very tragic
> consequences, heavily disturbing the progress of the local Wikimedia
> community, and hindering its progress for about a decade; the reckless
> approval by AffCom, and subsequent WMF support of clone/conflicting local
> affiliates with the one (s) already existing in the region; and the way it
> was unilaterally "solved" by AffCom, dismantling a community which was
> hanging around Wikimedia since 2008.
>
> And then the recent case which happened to myself where an old and
> exclusively Wikipedia-related case was somehow morphed and cooked in secret
> inside WMF, deceitfully presenting it as affiliate related, and secretly
> judged, with false accusations and sanctions issued without even informing
> the target of what was happening.
>
> One thing common to all those situations is the environment of secrecy and
> obscurity cultivated by AffCom, completely at odds with the values of the
> Wikimedia Movement - starting with the way AffCom deceitfully defines and
> presents itself - "a Wikimedia community-run committee" [1], when it is all
> but run by the Wikimedia community. It's not even chosen by the community,
> to start with, but by the committee itself. But the main question probably
> is: Why is AffCom cultivating all this environment of secrecy and obscurity
> in what should be straightforward and clear proceedings? What may be
> secretive at all, in the quest of a group of Wikimedians to become an
> affiliate? Why those processes do not occur in daylight from their start
> till the end - with the obvious exception of sensitive information
> involving privacy, such as real names? And then - who is AffCom accountable
> to? Who oversees AffCom? The BoT? Are they monitoring AffCom? Does the BoT
> agrees with this way of acting?
>
> All this cult of secrecy by AffCom and other powers-that-be inside WMF
> creates a very unhealthy and toxic environment for everyone. I personally
> appreciate and hold in high esteem a number of members of AffCom, possibly
> the majority of them. And it has been very much mind-boggling watching the
> way AffCom choses to act as a whole. I've suggested to the Strategy WG of
> Roles & Responsibilities that AffCom should be wholly redefined, to make it
> more transparent, community-connected and accountable. The way it is now, I
> don't believe it is properly filling and complying with its role.
>
> I really hope things improve, and our Wikimedian brothers at WMIN - who I
> believe have made the right decision of bringing their case into the
> clarity of daylight - will manage to revert the suspension and continue
> working for a world of free knowledge accessible to everyone, despite the
> difficulties they are passing through at this moment.
>
> And it would be much more motivating for everyone if we could get out of
> this kind of Age of Darkness at AffCom (and WMF in general).
>
> [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee
>
> Best,
> Paulo
>
>
> Abhinav srivastava  escreveu no dia terça, 9/07/2019
> à(s) 08:10:
>
> > Hi Lodewijk,
> >
> > I will try and simplify
> >
> > (a) *What is the exact and complete set of reasons that Affcom put the
> > 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Announcement] Community Relationship Specialist - India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Congratulations Manavpreet, I am happy for you. All the best for your new
role.

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:54 AM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:

> Congrats Manav, all my best wishes.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb Dutta.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 21-Jun-2019, at 10:18 AM, Santosh Shingare 
> wrote:
>
> Congratulations Manav
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Santosh Shingare,
> Executive member, Wikimedia India Chapter
> +91 9890984632
> Skype: cherishsantosh |  http://wiki.wikimedia.in
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 9:03 AM Parul  wrote:
>
>> What a great news!
>> Congratulations, Manav! Very well deserved!
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 8:55 AM, Suswetha Kolluru 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations Manav!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 7:44 AM Runa Bhattacharjee <
>>> rbhattachar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
 Hello,

 I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce Manavpreet Kaur as a
 Community Relationship Specialist with a particular focus towards India.
 Ms.Kaur is based in India, and will be working with the Wikimedia
 Foundation. She will be on a short-term contract, and during this period
 primarily act as a liaison to conduct timely interactions with community
 members for a few project rollouts. She will be available through on-wiki
 channels and also conduct off-wiki or in-person meetings to facilitate
 discussions for topics that may need a collaborative understanding of
 requirements and implementation.

 As part of ongoing Wikimedia Foundation product initiatives, we
 realized an immediate need to further strengthen the community interactions
 within India. This arises as we gain momentum towards providing more
 structured support through our products, towards languages and communities
 who have faced severe challenges around availability and creation of
 content.

 Manavpreet will reach out very shortly with more details on these
 projects, and the plans around them. We hope these interactions will help
 us support the wider mission, with additional focus on local needs, to
 build a more inclusive and contemporary vision for our projects.

 --
 best regards,
 Runa Bhattacharjee (she/her)
 Senior Engineering Manager, Language
 Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Report of SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

Here is the final report of the SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India;
Link:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Report

Kindly go through it, and comments are welcome.

Thanks and regards,
Krishna Chaitanya V.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Request for photographs of cyclone shelters & of Cyclone Fani

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

WMF's official Social media contact page[1] says it is this staff member;
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AJohnson_(WMF). The page is linked
from the Twitter handle.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media

On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 10:20 AM Subhashish Panigrahi 
wrote:

> I really don’t know Ashwin. I just reached out to the official handle and
> I was lucky as the message is out. And as you and Tito mentioned earlier,
> we need more contribution from our community. There are many who could
> contribute but probably don’t know how.
>
> Subhashish
>
> On May 5, 2019, at 6:44 AM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Subashish.
>
> Who runs that handle, Subashish, they are very unresponsive to my messages
> on Twitter in the past.
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2019, 8:21 AM Subhashish Panigrahi 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to WMF who just posted a tweet (
>> https://twitter.com/wikipedia/status/1124860016786153472?s=21)
>> encouraging Wikimedians to contribute after we requested from Odia
>> Wikipedia. I think we need to encourage more on social media by clearly
>> sharing how others can contribute pictures/videos and improve articles
>> related to Fani in their own languages.
>>
>> Subhashish
>>
>> On May 5, 2019, at 12:20 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>
>> These two videos have been uploaded:
>> 1) Aerial damage:
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclone_Fani_-_Aerial_Survey_Shows_Extensive_Damage_-_Around_Odisha.webm
>> (video in Telugu)
>> 2) High wind and cyclone effect:
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Effect_of_Heavy_wind_during_Fani_Cyclone.webm
>> (uploaded by Sangram)
>> Both videos waiting for review. I will wait for sometime before more
>> upload, once the review is done, or some important content is found that
>> helps the project, and are under CC license, we can work on those.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tito Dutta
>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
>> remind me over email or phone call.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:38, Ashwin Baindur 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Tito for a  good beginning.
>>>
>>> Everybody is requested to please do help in preparing a  representative
>>> set of all facets pertaining to this issue. It will support our national
>>> endeavour to save lives by making things more prominent.
>>>
>>> Cyclone shelters should be just as important as Mohalla clinics in the
>>> minds of our people.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 4, 2019, 5:34 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>>
 In addition to that at least some of the Odisha government content
 should be under CC license, let's see if Sailesh  or someone of us can help
 to find something.

 Thanks
 Tito Dutta
 Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
 remind me over email or phone call.


 On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:26, Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Hello,
> The following videos are licensed under Creative Commons and after
> checking the content some of those can be uploaded I feel.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cyclone+fani=EgIwAQ%253D%253D
> I can see ETV Andhra Pradesh has published several videos under CC
> license, that is great.
>
> To get clarification if YouTube videos can be uploaded, I asked on
> Commons help desk last October, the discussion is at here:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2018/09#Video_YouTube
> There they told me if the video is original, and does not violate
> copyright, it (or part of it) can be uploaded. ETV (Eenadu) is a reputed
> channel.
>
> For all readers, just as context, like Flickr YouTube also allows to
> publish videos under CC license.
> Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed):
> https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468
>
> About uploading, we/I can try uploading from there if needed, and we
> don't get other content
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
> remind me over email or phone call.
>
>
> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 17:00, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> There is dearth of information on cyclone shelter, cyclone
>> preparations and cyclone Fani images on Wikipedia/Commons. Please help
>> us get images for this to base our articles on.
>>
>> Does anyone have an audio file of the warning used by Odisha Govt so
>> successfully to warn the people?
>> --
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> (User:AshLin)
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [SVG Translation Campaign 2019] Results

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

I am happy to bring to you the results of SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in
India[1]. It was a 38-day long campaign to translate the SVG files like
diagrams and maps into Indian languages for use of regional language
Wikipedias. The campaign started on 21 February (International Mother
Language Day) and ended on 31 March 2019.

During the last few weeks, the organisers have been working on cleaning up
the categories, and delete unwanted files. With Phase 1 cleanup
completed[2], we calculated the metrics and also the top contributors.

In total, 194 users from 19 Indic languages have created *2,655 SVG files*
with native language labels.

Top five languages are (in terms of the number of uploads):
1.) Telugu – 323 files
2.) Marathi – 312 files
3.) Hindi – 306 files
4.) Malayalam – 262 files
5.) Kannada – 241 files

All the language categories can be seen at; https://w.wiki/3R5, I request
community members to add these images to relevant articles and make the
best of use of this enormous work.

Top five contributors are (in terms of the number of uploads):

1.) User:Mekala Harika – 269 files
2.) User:দিব্য দত্ত – 177 files
3.) User:Sushant savla – 170 files
4.) User:Sumita Roy Dutta – 154 files
5.) User:Abhijith Sheheer – 158 files

Detailed results and language-wise upload tables can be seen at
https://w.wiki/3R6, and prizes winners at https://w.wiki/3R7. Also to
mention, eleven onsite events happened a part of the campaign, details at
https://w.wiki/3RB. Phase 2 clean up is currently going on and if someone
wants to help please have a look at https://w.wiki/3RE.

Thanks to all the participants, organisers, affiliates, and CIS-A2K for
supporting the campaign.

Regards,
Krishna C V.

[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Phase_1_Cleanup
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Original calligraphic and illuminated version of the Constitution of India is now in Wikisource

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

This is awesome. It is really great to have this historical document on
Wikisource.
I especially love the work on Wikidata item and illustrations on Commons.
@Bodhi: You should encourage Hrishikes to write a detailed case study
somewhere about he did the whole thing, on Meta-Wiki or Outreach Wiki.

Regards


On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 9:05 PM Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Amazing work... congratulations
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019, 19:58 Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Hats off to Hrishikes Da.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regards,
>> Rajeeb Dutta.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 21-Apr-2019, at 7:42 PM, Abhinav srivastava 
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is a wonderful news.
>>
>> User:Hrishikes  is a huge asset to Indian Wikisource community.
>>
>> Abhinav
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 19:38, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> This is for your information, that the original calligraphic and
>>> illuminated version of the Constitution of India
>>> 
>>> is now in English Wikisource, thanks to the tireless effort of the prolific
>>> Wikisourcer User:Hrishikes.
>>>
>>> User:Hrishikes was working on this edition of Constitution for a long
>>> time, uploading each and every illustrations
>>> ,
>>> working on complex templates for proofreading in Wikisource, identifying
>>> each and every signatories and illustrators of the Constitution from the
>>> signatures found. The extremely complex and time consuming work is now
>>> complete.
>>>
>>> In addition to that, all the signatories (which can be found here
>>> ), illustrators and the
>>> illustrations (which can be found here
>>> ) have
>>> Wikidata items now, connected properly.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Input needed] Friendly Space Policy Consultation

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Christel Steigenberger 
Date: Wed 17 Apr, 2019, 6:56 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-in-en] [Input needed] Friendly Space Policy Consultation
To: Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia &
related projects. 


Dear Indian Wikimedians


Making Wikimedia events a friendly, welcoming environment in which all
users can interact fruitfully, learn from each other and inspire each
other, is a goal we all share. The Wikimedia Foundation currently is
looking into supporting this goal with an improved Friendly space policy,
specifically tailored to our big international events. We will build the
policy in a way that it will also serve as a minimal standard for all
Foundation supported events.


We do not want to build this new policy without input from the Indian
communities and we thought you as well as other Indian Wikimedians working
in your language versions could just be the persons to have ideas or
comments we need to hear. Please visit the consultation page on meta [1],
leave your input and spread the word to other Wikimedians! You are very
welcome to leave ideas and comments in other languages than English, please
use the language you feel comfortable expressing yourself.


We are also looking for help in translating the consultation page and also
this message. So if you could help with this or spread the word we need
help translating, we will also be grateful!


Of course you are also welcome to come back to us via email with any
questions you have.


Hoping to hear from you on Meta,

Christel


[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy_consultation_2019



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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [తెవికీ] Fwd: Updates about Wikimedia Foundation Community brand and marketing coordinator visit to India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

This message was originally Telugu Wikimedia mailing list on the branding
community consultation discussion, by Manoj Kulkarni. I am looping in the
Indian mailing list, where this discussion was originally going on.



On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM manoj kulkarni 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
> be addressed as soon as possible.
>
> As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from
> the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
> report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will
> definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost
> all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
>
> So, my questions are,
> ‌1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
> communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could
> express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
> ‌2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities
> is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why
> were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
> criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices
> from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
> this?
> ‌Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
> local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
> communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
> ‌How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members
> to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
> don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
>
> There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
> decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that
> theory.
>
> Hoping to get positive responses.
>
> Regards,
> Manoj Kulkarni
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updates about Wikimedia Foundation Community brand and marketing coordinator visit to India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

In line with Bodhi's comments,

I feel that there are several other communities which have been left out in
this consultation process. I completely understand that CIS-A2K is trying
to accommodate their best to represent all the voices, but it would be even
better to include the "major" communities and movement affiliates. I know
it is too late to change Samir's plan, but it would be great if CIS-A2K can
support representatives from certain communities to participate in-person
and voice their opinion about the branding strategy. Physically
participating can have much more impact than a remote call.

All Wikimedians from Northern Indian can easily come to Delhi, and South
ones Bengaluru. At least, if you think 18th is too close, 21st in Bengaluru
can be a good option to invite some experienced Wikimedians (say five
people from communities those which haven't been consulted).

I think it is a fair decision to make.

Best,
Krishna

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:07 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gopala,
>
> Thanks for the quick response. It would be great if it is possible for you
> to create a Doodle poll or similar for the online meeting.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 09:57 Gopala Krishna A, 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Bodhi,
>> Thank you for the feedback. I would like to give a small update. We will
>> arrange for an online session along with offline meet-up in Bengaluru. Date
>> and Time - 21 April 2019, 11:00AM to 2:00 PM.
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 08:41 Bodhisattwa Mandal, <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Gopal,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the information.
>>>
>>> Is it possible for other user groups and communities to provide him
>>> feedback somehow? If it is not possible to change the schedule in the last
>>> moment and bring him to some other places like Kolkata, is it possible to
>>> have an online session with user group and community representatives?
>>>
>>> If it is somehow possible, then please make it happen as West Bengal
>>> Wikimedians have definitely some concern on the branding proposal which
>>> needs to be addressed.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 08:29 Gopala Krishna A, 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hello Wikimedians,

 Greetings from A2K. In upcoming week, Wikimedia Foundation Community
 brand and marketing coordinator Samir Elsharbaty
  is visiting
 India to collect feedback from affiliates and communities in India.
 Schedule will be as follows:

1. 16 April 2019 - Session with Hindi Wikimedians User group
members and other Wikimedians in New Delhi. This is going to takes 
 place at
CIS office, First floor, B 1/8, Hauz Khaas, near G Block market, New 
 Delhi
between 11 AM and 2 PM.
2. 18 April 2019: Session with Punjabi Wikimedians User group in
Patiala between 11 AM and 2 PM.
3. 21 April 2019: Session with CIS-A2K and Wikimedians in
Bangaluru. Event is going to take place at CIS office, No. 194, 2nd 'C'
cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru between 11 AM to 2PM.

 Main agenda will be:

- Wikimedia brand project presentation for the 2030 strategic
direction.
- Discussion and open Q
- Introduction about the Wikimedia Foundation's communication's
team and their work.
- Open discussion on communications.


 Please read more about these sessions here and register your name for
 participation:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brand_Project_-_Community_review_in_India

 Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 --
 Regards,
 Gopala Krishna A
 Community Advocate, CIS-A2K
 Contact : +918884244408




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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Chapter (India) Activities 2018-19

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Yohann,

Thanks for sharing these reports. Of the several confusions that these
reports pose, I would like to stress on this section;
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/July-September_2018#Wikimania_2018.

Several community members, for more than eight months, have been asking
about WMIN's President participation at Wikimania 2018. Till date, we
haven't heard anything from the President. Being a former EC member, I
understand that you (on behalf of the EC and the Chapter) can answer these
questions. But considering the gravity of the situation, it would be better
if the President of WMIN, as a responsible leader of Wikimedia India, can
answer these questions personally on the respective thread.

... and most importantly, the report says "Three executive committee
members attended the Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. Rahul
Deshmukh, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga and Viswanathan Prabhakaran. Several
programs were hosted by Wikimedia India EC members"

***I completely object this***

Though I am not sure of Viswa, I can 100% say that I had purely attended
Wikimania 2018 as an independent volunteer, irrespective of my affiliation
with WMIN. Even when I applied for the scholarship, I never mentioned about
work as a WMIN EC member (as of July 2018). I would like to highlight the
fact that Wikimania is purely is user (volunteer) level conference, whereas
Wikimedia Summit/Conference is an affiliate-level conference. It is very
disappointing to see that WMIN hasn't observed any difference between them.

Again I would like to stress on "Several programs were hosted by Wikimedia
India EC members" I consciously neither conducted any activities as a WMIN
EC member at Wikimania, nor was I invited to any such discussion
(considering the fact that I was an "active" EC member as of July 2018).
But publishing such reports even after resigning as an EC member; I feel it
as a threat to my identity.

The section also says that AffCom members are in without much experience
"The framework does not answer the "who?" question. AffCom? But AffCom can
take the affiliate status away and its members are volunteers, probably
without much experience in this field." I would like to hear more
explanation on this.

Several such things remain unclear and disappointing to me. I'll detail
upon them once I hear a response from WMIN about the raised issues, and
also its President on the other thread, at the earliest possible.

-Krishna C V.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:30 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Wikimedia India is happy to report its annual activities undertaken in the
> previous financial year 2018-19, beginning 1st April , 2018 until 31st
> March 2019. All activities undertaken have been self-financed by different
> Wikimedia India members either individually or collectively and not a
> single penny of community funds have been spent on conducting any
> programmatic activity.
> No Wikimedia Foundation Grants like Rapid Grant, Project Grant etc have
> been applied & by following with the real Wikimedia Culture,  all Wikimedia
> India members in their individual capacity have taken to finance India
> Chapter Activities for Capacity Developments, Awareness, Partnerships, etc.
>
> As you all are aware, Wikimedia India continues to undergo a financial
> crisis because it cannot receive any funding [1] from its primary donor
> Wikimedia Foundation(USA). However, Wikimedia India continues to do
> whatever it can, with its current constraints, to take the Wikimedia
> movement forward in India.
>
> Wikimedia India looks forward to the community review on its activities
> hosted and more importantly on expectations from the larger community, and
> suggestions on how they want Wikimedia India to perform this financial
> year, holding that funding's may remain frozen.
>
> *Key Points*
>
>- Facilitated first-ever Library Partnership in India with Sameeksha
>Trust Journal, Economic & Political Weekly under The Wikipedia Library.
>- Partnered on several Wikimedia Global Programs in India such as
>WikiGap, Wiki Asian Month etc.
>-  Continued hosting several Wikimedia India programs such as
>WikiAcademy, Wikimedia India Events, Featured Wikimedian of The Month.
>- Continued working along with CIS-A2K on different projects and most
>importantly on Project Tiger, a joint initiative between Wikimedia India
>and CIS-A2K. [2]
>
> *Quarterly Reports*
>
>- April - June 2018
>
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/April-June_2018%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728669000=D=1554801728681000=AFQjCNH5pqk_mBbCffjojL3PJRDnEBLJGw>
>-  July - September 2018
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [India community mailing list admins] Reviving this discussion

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

I would like to revive this past discussion from July 2018 about Indian
Wikimedia community mailing list admin. I know it happened quite a long
back, but I felt it is worth reviving this discussion in general interest.
Recently a user approached me that they've been unable to subscribe to
mailing list directly, and they got a message they require admin approval.
Even after a week and their repeated emails to the mailing list admins,
there has been no response.

I request other Wikimedians to comment on this, and I opine that active [1]
Wikimedia users should be the admins of the Indian community mailing list.

Regards
Krishna

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India members

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

;> (MoA) about publishing & updating information of our members on a regular
>> basis, Wikimedia Chapter(India) may require to inform its members
>> beforehand while they apply for membership, on disclosing their personal
>> information as per requirement.
>>
>>
>> I have shared a link, where i am inviting all community members to
>> discuss & give suggestions to the Wikimedia Chapter, on how to further
>> improve the membership process.
>>
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Expectations_from_India_chapter/Membership
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Yohann Thomas
>>
>> Secretary
>>
>> Wikimedia India
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:03 PM Subhashish Panigrahi <
>> psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Shouldn't it be a list of usernames? I am just curious if those whose
>>> names and physical locations are published provided consent for the same.
>>>
>>> Subha
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:49 PM Anirudh S. Bhati 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wasn't aware that voters' list was posted online.  I generally don't
>>>> think that's a good idea, given the privacy of the members.  What is the
>>>> view of WMIN's compliance consultant on this?
>>>>
>>>> At the same time, may I ask why many of the founding members are not on
>>>> that list?  I was told that we had lifetime membership without the
>>>> obligation to pay dues.  I don't mind paying dues personally, but since I
>>>> have been away for quite some time, it's not convenient to fill up a form,
>>>> send it and also transfer the funds.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:41 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This raises a question in my mind whether Wikimedia India Chapter is
>>>>> still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate
>>>>> concern raised,
>>>>> 2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years
>>>>> 3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I the only one having this question in mind?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Dhaval Vyas
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive
>>>>>> confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not 
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>>>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017
>>>>>>> (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the
>>>>>>> election. The list is at
>>>>>>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But
>>>>>>> the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been
>>>>>>> expired by now (considering these from 2016).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki.
>>>>>>> As Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it
>>>>>>> needs to be updated regularly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Krishna
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>>>>>>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia
>>>>>>>> India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please 
>>>>>>>> share.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India members

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello,

I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 (for
Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the election.
The list is at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List.
But the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been
expired by now (considering these from 2016).

Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As Bodhi
said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs to be
updated regularly.

Best,
Krishna



On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia India
> and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share.
>
> Regards
> Bodhisattwa
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] URL shortener for the Wikimedia projects will be available on April 11th

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Some good news!

-- Forwarded message -
Il giorno mer 3 apr 2019 alle ore 14:14 Léa Lacroix
 ha scritto:
>
> (apologies for crost-posting - feel free to share this announcement in
your communities)
>
> Hello all,
>
> Having a service providing short links exclusively for the Wikimedia
projects is a community request that came up regularly on Phabricator or in
community discussions.
>
> After a common work of developers from the Wikimedia Foundation and
Wikimedia Germany, we are now able to provide such a feature, it will be
enabled on April 11th on Meta.
>
> What is the URL Shortener doing?
>
> The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create short
URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in order
to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks or on wikis.
>
> The feature can be accessed from Meta wiki on the special page
m:Special:URLShortener (will be enabled on April 11th). On this page, you
will be able to enter any web address from a service hosted by the
Wikimedia Foundation, to generate a short URL, and to copy it and reuse it
anywhere.
>
> The format of the URL is w.wiki/ followed by a string of letters and
numbers. You can already test an example: w.wiki/3 redirects to
wikimedia.org.
>
> What are the limitations and security measures?
>
> In order to assure the security of the links, and to avoid shortlinks
pointing to external or dangerous websites, the URL shortener is restricted
to services hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. This includes for example:
all Wikimedia projects, Meta, Mediawiki, the Wikidata Query Service,
Phabricator. (see the full list here)
>
> In order to avoid abuse of the tool, there is a rate limit: logged-in
users can create up to 50 links every 2 minutes, and the IPs are limited to
10 creations per 2 minutes.
>
> Where will this feature be available?
>
> In order to enforce the rate limit described above, the page
Special:URLShortener will only be enabled on Meta. You can of course create
links or redirects to this page from your home wiki.
>
> The next step we’re working on is to integrate the feature directly in
the interface of the Wikidata Query Service, where bit.ly is currently used
to generate short links for the results of the queries. For now, you will
have to copy and paste the link of your query in the Meta page.
>
> Documentation and requests
>
> If you have any question or requests, feel free to leave a comment under
this Phabricator task
> The user documentation is available here: please help us to translate it
in your language!
> See also the technical documentation of the extension
>
> Thanks a lot to all the developers and volunteers who helped moving
forward with this feature, and making it available today for everyone in
the Wikimedia projects!
>
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>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [SVG Translation Campaign 2019] One more week left!

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

I writing this email to give you all some general updates about the ongoing SVG
Translation Campaign
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India>,
and also invite you to participate in the campaign if you haven't already
done so, as we entering into the final week of the campaign.

For some of you, who are not aware, SVG Translation Campaign has been
started on 21 February 2019 (marking the International Mother Language Day)
and will continue until 31 March 2019. The objective of the campaign is to
translate English-labelled SVG diagrams in English to various Indian
languages.

The main category for creations from the campaign is at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creations_from_STC19. Till date
(at time of writing this email), we've translated 1800 files into 17
different Indian languages. Language-wise break down is as follows:

Assamese — 162
Bengali —  142
Doteli —  2
Gujarati —  170
Hindi —  141
Kannada —  173
Maithili — 1
Malayalam — 230
Marathi — 230
Nepali — 37
Oriya — 16
Punjabi —  73
Sanskrit — 3
Santali — 45
Tamil — 61
Telugu — 297
Urdu — 17

As a part of the campaign, several onsite events were conducted in the
following places:

Khanna, Punjab
Eramallikkara, Kerala
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Karnal, Haryana
Bengaluru, Karnataka
New Delhi (2 events)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

There are a few more coming up this week. You can read more about these at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Offline_Events

Post-campaign, we'll first be cleaning up files, which will include
checking the author, source, descriptions, categories, and other version
templates, are correctly placed. This will be done until 21 April, and then
we'll move on to deciding the final metrics and top contributors.

I thank all the language organisers
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Organisers>
and
participants for making this initiative a successful one, and CIS-A2K for
supporting this campaign in several ways. If you're interested or need any
help, please join the Telegram for this campaign at
https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNhOXJZWnxus-36PuNA or post a message to the help
desk
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Help_Desk>
.

Thanks and regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Thanks Satdeep, for the heads-up. This is important

Hi Rahul,

I really urge you to speak yourself about this issue here, provide
reasoning and explain your line for thought regarding your participation at
Wikimania 2018. Members from the Chapter and others as well tried to
explain, whatsoever. But being the President of Wikimedia Chapter *(India)*,
I strongly believe that you need voice your thoughts on this matter and
explain it to the community. When the issue has been (still unanswered)
directly pointed out and had been referred to you by several people at
several instances, you should answer it yourself. By the virtue of your
position, you are required to respond, because the President of WMIN is a
community-elected position.

In the past of this conversation, there was a point where the President of
Wikimedia Chapter *(India) *is not subscribed to this mailing list. But I
strongly feel and you should be subscribed
 as the
Leader of a national entity, and be answerable with due respect. I am Ccing
you with your WMIN email to make sure that, even though you aren't
subscribed, you receive the previous emails and mine as well.

Let me know if you need any clarification on things.

--Krishna C V.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 1:13 AM Satdeep Gill  wrote:

> Hi Rahul,
>
> This is a reminder for you to reply on this email thread. It's been more
> than 5 months and I was expecting a reply from you and I am guessing others
> were expecting it too. Kindly refer to my email dated 13th September 2018
> in this thread.
>
> - Satdeep
>
> On Sun, 16 Sep, 2018, 4:27 PM Abhinav srivastava, 
> wrote:
>
>> Good Evening!
>>
>> Firstly, no attempts to deviate or dismantle the principal problem or
>> replying with impulse. Yes, I am a public-spirited community member and
>> this is truer for India Chapter. The reason I asked Asaf to revert on
>> privacy because many issues like contracts are not disclosed to the general
>> community and instead of we debating endlessly it is better to speak advice
>> from an outside observer and speed up the process.
>>
>> Post-Asaf’s response, I inquired with the Affiliates committee myself. *This
>> is not to say Mr. Deshmukh should not reply, he indeed should to any
>> concerns whatever community seeks to know*. Again, my public spirit
>> asked me to do it, nothing else at all. I am not trying to bring deviations.
>>
>> Mr. Frans Grijzenhout, Chair, The Netherland Chapter informs me that he
>> invited Mr. Deshmukh for the meetup. He informed me that conflict
>> management is a serious issue in the context such as Wikimedia France 2017.
>> All information is already present on Wikimedia Meta. Here's the page with
>> links to the minutes of the meetings, the discussion papers, and some
>> statements in issues that concerns the global affiliate.
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Affiliate_Chairpersons_meetings.
>> Yohann has already shared this with the community on this thread before.
>>
>> I did not realize that it was the same person who wrote on the Wikimania
>> mailing list when this issue was raised. He had written,
>>
>> “Hi Bodhisattewa, Please take into consideration that Rahul did more than
>>
>> speaking for a few minutes during the chairs' meeting in Cape Town.
>>
>> - He prepared a discussion note for this meeting about a sensitive topic.
>>
>> - Rahul and me had several discussions (per skype and in person) in the
>>
>> weeks preceding the actual meeting.
>>
>> - Rahul presented his ideas during the meeting and was actively engaged in
>>
>> the discussion.
>>
>> - And in the end he got some home work as well: enhancing his note with
>> the
>>
>> outcomes of the discussion.
>>
>> The contribution of Rahul was much appreciated.
>>
>> Regards, Frans
>>
>> “
>>
>> Now one more concern that I find as being raised by a few community
>> members when two EC members were present what was the need to send Mr.
>> Deshmukh himself. On Wednesday, 8th August 2018 at 12:42 Indian Standard
>> Time, Yohann had replied on behalf of the Chapter, “ The chapter has
>> full faith and belief in all its board members in both, individual and
>> collective levels. This invitation was to the particular individual based
>> on his expertise in the chapter and in the movement. The chapter has never
>> considered any of its board members unfit to represent it*.**”*
>>
>> I further inquired about this issue with the Affiliates Committee. While
>> Mr. Deshmukh was invited to speak on the Conflict Management the rules say,
>> “The session is for *chairs* of chapters and thematic organizations
>> *only*. You can delegate another member of your board if you cannot make
>> it yourself”
>>
>> So yes, the rules do say that some other board member can be delegated
>> this responsibility. To my understanding, the sentiments of the community
>> were not recorded here. This blunder of not informing the community has
>> perhaps turned in Mahatma 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Create text animation video from wikipedia article (Text2Video)

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Santosh,

This looks nice a very nice idea. But it sounds a bit similar to VideoWiki
(I am not sure though), which is currently under development. You may want
to look at too at https://videowiki.wmflabs.org/, and Meta-Wiki page about
the project at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Video.  It is currently
under development, is being funded by WMF grants.

I am *Ccing* in the developer/creator into this thread. Also, do you have
any link to share...?

Best,
Krishna C V.

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM Santosh Shingare 
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> The idea behind of this application is to create video (text animation
> with audio). User can select article from wikipedia and app create video
> (text animation with audio). Application works like editor it will helps
> you to add text, text animation and audio. it will fetch text/media from
> wikipedia using API, then click the "Create" button to generate video.
>
>
> Please feel free to share your feedback.
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Santosh Shingare,
> Executive member, Wikimedia India Chapter
> +91 9890984632
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[Wikimediaindia-l] SVG Translation Campaign 2019

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello everyone,

The SVG Training Campaign 2019

will start from 21 February 2019 (International Mother Language Day). It is
a 38-day long campaign to translate the SVG files into Indian languages for
use of regional language Wikipedias. After Wikigraphists Bootcamp in
September 2018, we had a good number of Wikimedians from India and
neighbouring countries, who were trained on using Inkscape and other tools,
to create vector illustrations (SVG is a file format for vector graphics,
like JPG for raster graphics). This campaign is a follow-up to that
project, and also with a goal to promote the idea of vector graphics among
the larger Indian community. Often, we see English-labelled SVG files being
used on Indian Wikipedias, this campaign also helps us to have localised
SVG files with labels in regional languages to be used on Wikipedias. I am
writing this email to invite you all to participate in the campaign, and
give some updates.

All the resources to enable you to participate in this campaign have been
listed at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Resources.
This includes a 24-min video tutorial to learn about translating SVGs using
Inkscape (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5OOZMIq-8A), steps to
participate in the campaign, Inkscape related resources, fonts to use
(download and install), and also dictionaries (please feel free to add your
language dictionaries to the page). We also have instructions for
Chromebooks about the same.

Lists of images for all languages are available at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/File_list.
For people to practice before the campaign starts on 21 February 2019,
there are also practice lists (20 images) to practice SVG translation. All
these can be accessed from the above mentioned "File list" page.

If you have questions or queries related to SVG translation, including
issues you face with the files, can be posted to the Help Desk at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Help_Desk,
or contact any of the language organisers listed at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Organisers
.

Please sign up as a participant at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translation_Campaign_2019_in_India/Participants,
and you can the join the Telegram group for this campaign at,
https://t.me/joinchat/E1HSNhOXJZWnxus-36PuNA.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya V.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [libraries] FEEDBACK wanted for this year's #1Lib1Ref campaign.

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Jake Orlowitz 
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:24 PM
Subject: [libraries] FEEDBACK wanted for this year's #1Lib1Ref campaign.
To: Wikimedia & Libraries , <
1lib1...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Please help us learn more and improve the campaign.

If you just watched, made an edit, ran an event, or organized a region...
tell us your story:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIa0Tjsbp4AazPTjFNI7zdCRAxcn_W8wLMDaQtRJNyelOxVw/viewform

Thank you!
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian of the Month - February 2019

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello all,

Thanks Yohann for sharing this. Anant is an awesome contributor to
Wikimedia projects, was helpful to many users at the resource exchange. I
am so happy that he has been selected as the Featured Wikimedian.

On this occasion, I would like to share a latest update with all of you
regarding Anant's work. He has been consistently working with the "Gujarat
Vishw Kosh Trust" (http://vishwakosh.org/) for quite some time now. He
previously convinced them to release 45 images under CC BY-SA 4.0. Most of
them are of Gujarati authors. Last week OTRS received an email from its
president that they've setup a Wikimedia user account, User:Gujarat Vishw
Kosh Trust, and are willing to release all their works under CC BY-SA 4.0,
uploaded from the account. Required details for verification have been
provided in the email sent to OTRS, and this account is now verified and
required pages were setup. Details about this can be found at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gujarat_Vishw_Kosh_Trust.

I thank and congratulate Anant for this consistent efforts making this
possible.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya V.

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 3:51 PM Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> Dear all
>
> It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Featured Wikimedian of the
> month for February 2019 is User:Gazalworld. Please find a short brief about
> him below.
>
> "Anant Rathod with User Name: Gazal world is an editor on Gujrati and
> English Wikimedia Projects. He was introduced to Wikimedia by his friend
> and an active editor on English Wikipedia User: Nizil Shah who helped him
> by providing step-by-step guidance on Wikimedia editing. Anant's favourite
> area of editing has been writing about Indian literature on English
> Wikipedia and vice-versa for Gujarati Wikipedia.
> On four different occasions, his work has been featured under Did You Know
> section on English Wikipedia. Anant's good quality contributions have
> helped him attain access rich scholarly and archive content like JSTOR,
> Oxford, Project MUSE, EPW, EBSCO, Edinburgh University Press, De Gruyter
> and Questia. Anant believes that pay-wall resources restrict a volunteer on
> improving quality content on Wikipedia. To overcome this, he has been
> working as a tireless volunteer on the resource desk on English Wikipedia
> and has helped in providing more than five hundred reference material to
> the volunteers. The most encouraging practice in this exercise has been
> visiting the physical library - Gujarat Vidyapith Library where he gets the
> books physically scanned and provides it to the needful.
>
> Anant is associated with several literary associations and has also
> participated as a poet for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Being a student of
> Chemistry, he stays in Ahmedabad in Gujarat."
>
> If you know any Wikimedian whom you think should be featured, please feel
> free to nominate him/her on
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations
> Or feel free to contact me at yohan...@wikimedia.in or Abhinav Srivastava
> at abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in.
>
> Regards,
> Yohann Thomas
> Wikimedia India
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [1lib1ref] #1Lib1Ref kicks off Tuesday...Give Wikipedia the 18th birthday gift of a citation

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Jake Orlowitz 
Date: Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:55 PM
Subject: [1lib1ref] #1Lib1Ref kicks off Tuesday...Give Wikipedia the 18th
birthday gift of a citation
To: ACRL Scholarly Communication List , <
opencon-discussion-l...@googlegroups.com>, Open Access discussions <
openacc...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia & Libraries <
librar...@lists.wikimedia.org>, The Wikipedia Library User Group Google
Group , <1lib1...@lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <
g...@lists.wikimedia.org>, , ,
The Open Scholarship Initiative , <
wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear Librarians and Library Lovers,

#1Lib1Ref begins Tuesday January 15th!  Imagine a world in which every
librarian added 1 more reference to Wikipedia...

Check out the new campaign homepage at *http://1lib1ref.org*
.  We’ve added new resources for both editing

and organizing

.

Our goal is to make this year’s campaign as inclusive and expansive as
possible. Stay in touch by using the campaign hashtag #1Lib1Ref on social
media. You can reach out to the organizers any time at
1lib1...@lists.wikimedia.org.

Happy birthday Wikipedia, and Happy #1Lib1Ref!


-Jake Orlowitz

The Wikipedia Library, WIkimedia Foundation

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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)] Report

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

The final report of Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigraphists_Bootcamp_(2018_India)> is
available at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/KCVelaga/Wikigraphists_Bootcamp_(2018_India)/Report
.

All SVG files created as a part of this project can be seen at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creations_from_WB2018IN

Several videos have been produced (recordings of sessions), which can be
used to learn about vector graphics and create them using Inkscape. They
are available at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigraphists_Bootcamp_(2018_India)/Videos.

Thanks,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
User:KCVelaga
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Replied.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:36 PM  wrote:

> Please read my comments here -
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Unprofessional_planning
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 28, 2018 3:46 PM
> *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
> Applications
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Following the comments, some new changes have been proposed for discussion
> on the event page.
>
> Please participate in the discussion at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Resturcturing_the_program
> .
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Krishna
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Shyamal,
>
>
>
> Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating
> that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from
> my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied
> to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from
> the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent.
>
>
>
> I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it
> a better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or
> discussion, please comment on the event talk page.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Krishna
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <
> lshya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Krishna,
>
>
>
> I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
> into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
> event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
> seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
> Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
> Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
> choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
> would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
> within librarian networks.
>
>
>
> I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea
> of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been
> made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more
> participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to be
> effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be fun,
> and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly useful in
> the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World and
> perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource
> exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias.
> I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR
> and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has not even been a
> survey of whether the grantees have made use of those resources.
>
>
>
> best wishes
>
> Shyamal
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dhaval,
>
>
>
> We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
> librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
> discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
> before notifying the participants.
>
>
>
> Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only
> to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed
> on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29=revision=18648338=18645643>
> this morning about the same.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Krishna
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>
> The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
> homepage it reads:
>
>
>
> Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any
> good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected,
> easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
>
>
>
> And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
> venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
> dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options proje

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [GLAM] Fwd: [Commons-l] Structured data on Commons: Multilingual captions beta testing

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Sandra Fauconnier 
Date: Tue 18 Dec, 2018, 2:31 PM
Subject: [GLAM] Fwd: [Commons-l] Structured data on Commons: Multilingual
captions beta testing
To: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] ,
North American Cultural Partnerships ,
Wikimedia & Libraries 


Hello everyone,

Exciting times: the first feature of Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons -
multilingual captions - can now be beta tested. See below for further
explanation.

After the deployment of captions, the other functionalities of Structured
Commons (depicts + other statements from Wikidata) will be added in the
next months.

Looking forward to your tests and feedback! Sandra

-- Forwarded message -
From: Keegan Peterzell via Commons-l 
Date: Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:50 PM
Subject: [Commons-l] Structured data on Commons: Multilingual captions beta
testing
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List , <
wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>


The Structured Data on Commons team has begun beta testing of the first
feature, multilingual file captions, and all community members are invited
to test it out. Captions is based on designs discussed with the community
[1][2] and the team is looking forward to hearing about testing.


***If all goes well during testing, captions will be turned on for Commons
around the second week of January, 2019.***

Multilingual captions are plain text fields that provide brief, easily
translatable details of a file in a way that is easy to create, edit, and
curate. Captions are added during the upload process using the
UploadWizard, or they can be added directly on any file page on Commons.
Adding captions in multiple languages is a simple process that requires
only a few steps.

The details:


   -

   There is [[mw:Help:File_captions|a help page available on how to use
   multilingual file captions]]
   -

   Testing will take place on Beta Commons. If you don’t yet have an
   account set up there, you’ll need one. (direct link:
   https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page )
   -

   Beta Commons is a testbed, and not configured exactly like the real
   Commons site, so expect to see some discrepancies with UI elements like
   search
   -

   Structured Data introduces the potential for many important page changes
   to happen at once, which could flood the recent changes list. Because of
   this, Enhanced Recent Changes
    is enabled
   as it currently is at Commons, but with some user interface changes.
   -

   Feedback and commentary on the file caption functionality are welcome
   and encouraged on the discussion page for this post:
   
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data/Beta_captions_testing
   -

   Some testing has already taken place and the team are aware of some
   issues. A list of known issues can be seen below
   -

   If you discover a bug/issue that is not covered in the known issues,
   please file a ticket on Phabricator and tag it with the “Multimedia” tag.
   Use [
   
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=multimedia
   this link to file a new task] already tagged with "Multimedia."


Known issues:


   -

   Search is not currently working on Beta Commons. Search is not needed
   for testing captions, but service should be restored soon.
   -

   Language name display inconsistencies in multilingual file captions -
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209380
   -

   Language names for multilingual File captions can run into the caption
   value in the mobile view - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209333
   -

   Deleting a caption field that has text that exceeds the limit does not
   re-enable the "publish" button -
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209329
   -

   "Edit" tab for past revisions should be "restore" -
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209187
   -

   When using the back button, recently added captions sometimes don't
   display in Chrome - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208894
   -

   File Captions can't be edited on mobile browsers -
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208993
   -

   Wrong font weight for some language labels on SDC captions box -
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Leaving the New Readers

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Satdeep, thanks for your work with the New Readers program.

All for the best for your new role.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:54 PM Anne Gomez  wrote:

> I want to echo Tito's thanks to Satdeep, who has been really important to
> the program team in helping us understand how to best work with and support
> Indian communities to grow readership.
>
> We know there's a long way to go, and we're hoping to continue to work
> with you all to get there :)
>
> Please reach out if you have any questions, concerns, or ideas!
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:43 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your service, and all the best for your future endeavours.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tito Dutta
>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
>> remind me over email or phone call.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 23:07, Satdeep Gill  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> It has been a pleasure for me to have collaborated with many of you as I
>>> have been working with the New Readers program for over a year as Community
>>> Outreach Coordinator (India) but now, I have joined the Community Programs
>>> team at the Wikimedia Foundation as Program Officer, GLAM and
>>> Underrepresented Knowledge.
>>>
>>> Some of you might already know that starting October 2018, we kicked off 
>>> Community
>>> Marketing Experiments
>>> 
>>> that I was leading with guidance from Anne Gomez and Zack McCune. Both the
>>> teams have agreed upon a transition plan so that the work at CMEs can be
>>> finished, and I will be finishing the marketing experiments and some other
>>> projects for the New Readers through mid-January.
>>>
>>> In case you have any queries about the New Readers program, feel free to
>>> contact Anne Gomez, Senior Program Manager (ago...@wikimedia.org).
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Satdeep
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>>> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

Following the comments, some new changes have been proposed for discussion
on the event page.
Please participate in the discussion at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Resturcturing_the_program
.

Thanks,
Krishna

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Shyamal,
>
> Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating
> that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from
> my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied
> to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from
> the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent.
>
> I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it
> a better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or
> discussion, please comment on the event talk page.
>
> Thanks,
> Krishna
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <
> lshya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Krishna,
>>
>> I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
>> into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
>> event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
>> seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
>> Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
>> Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
>> choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
>> would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
>> within librarian networks.
>>
>> I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no
>> idea of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has
>> been made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far
>> more participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to
>> be effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be
>> fun, and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly
>> useful in the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World
>> and perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the
>> en:resource exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language
>> wikipedias. I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with
>> access to JSTOR and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has
>> not even been a survey of whether the grantees have made use of those
>> resources.
>>
>> best wishes
>> Shyamal
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dhaval,
>>>
>>> We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
>>> librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
>>> discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
>>> before notifying the participants.
>>>
>>> Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates
>>> only to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we
>>> fixed on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29=revision=18648338=18645643>
>>> this morning about the same.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Krishna
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>>>
>>>> The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
>>>> homepage it reads:
>>>>
>>>> Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have
>>>> any good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well
>>>> connected, easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
>>>>
>>>> And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
>>>> venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
>>>> dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dhaval Vyas
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, 15:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga >>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Shyamal,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
&g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Shyamal,

Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating
that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from
my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied
to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from
the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent.

I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it a
better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or
discussion, please comment on the event talk page.

Thanks,
Krishna

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan 
wrote:

> Hi Krishna,
>
> I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
> into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
> event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
> seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
> Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
> Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
> choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
> would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
> within librarian networks.
>
> I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea
> of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been
> made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more
> participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to be
> effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be fun,
> and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly useful in
> the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World and
> perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource
> exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias.
> I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR
> and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has not even been a
> survey of whether the grantees have made use of those resources.
>
> best wishes
> Shyamal
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dhaval,
>>
>> We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
>> librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
>> discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
>> before notifying the participants.
>>
>> Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only
>> to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed
>> on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29=revision=18648338=18645643>
>> this morning about the same.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Krishna
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>>
>>> The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
>>> homepage it reads:
>>>
>>> Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have
>>> any good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well
>>> connected, easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
>>>
>>> And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
>>> venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
>>> dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dhaval Vyas
>>>
>>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, 15:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga >> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Shyamal,
>>>>
>>>> I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <
>>>> lshya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears  to have been
>>>>> set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
>>>>> an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
>>>>> simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
>>>>> help some of us understand the process by which this event has been 
>>>>> thought
>>>>> about?
>>>>>
>>>>> best 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Dhaval,

We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
before notifying the participants.

Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only
to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed
on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29=revision=18648338=18645643>
this morning about the same.

Thanks,
Krishna

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:

> The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
> homepage it reads:
>
> Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any
> good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected,
> easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
>
> And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
> venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
> dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
>
> Regards,
> Dhaval Vyas
>
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, 15:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga  wrote:
>
>> Hi Shyamal,
>>
>> I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <
>> lshya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears  to have been
>>> set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
>>> an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
>>> simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
>>> help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
>>> about?
>>>
>>> best wishes
>>> Shyamal
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM  wrote:
>>>
>>>> We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
>>>> That’s what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
>>>> changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is the history of that edit -
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)=prev=18645643
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
>>>> They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Pavanaja
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l 
>>>> *On Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
>>>> *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
>>>> Applications
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the typo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
>>>> applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply
>>>> as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>>>>
>>>> Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Krishna
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>>>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
>>>> India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
>>>> library outreach for Wikimedia proj

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Shyamal,

I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.

Thanks,

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan 
wrote:

> I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears  to have been set
> up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of an
> event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
> simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
> help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
> about?
>
> best wishes
> Shyamal
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM  wrote:
>
>> We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
>> That’s what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
>> changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is the history of that edit -
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)=prev=18645643
>>
>>
>>
>> Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
>> They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pavanaja
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
>> Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
>> *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
>> Applications
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry for the typo
>>
>>
>>
>> The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
>> applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
>>
>>
>>
>> If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon
>> as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>>
>> Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Krishna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
>> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
>> India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
>> library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
>> limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
>> accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.
>>
>>
>>
>> In brief about the event:
>>
>>
>>
>> TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
>> Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
>> their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
>> conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
>> discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
>> designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
>> Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
>> event may be referred from the event page.
>>
>>
>>
>> The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
>> date 25 November 2018.
>>
>> The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
>> (tentative); Venue will be informed later.
>>
>> The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
>>
>>
>>
>> Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> User:KCVelaga
>>
>>
>>
>> [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>>
>> [2]:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
>>
>> [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hello Pavanaja,

Sorry for the confusion. In my first email as well as in the reminder, I
mentioned it as 25 Nov, but I forgot change that on Meta-Wiki.

Best,
Krishna

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM  wrote:

> We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018. That’s
> what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
> changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
>
>
>
> Here is the history of that edit -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)=prev=18645643
>
>
>
> Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
> They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
> *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
> Applications
>
>
>
> Sorry for the typo
>
>
>
> The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
> applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
>
>
>
> If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon
> as possible.
>
>
>
> Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>
> Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Krishna
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
> India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
> library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
> limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
> accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.
>
>
>
> In brief about the event:
>
>
>
> TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
> Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
> their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
> conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
> discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
> designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
> Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
> event may be referred from the event page.
>
>
>
> The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
> date 25 November 2018.
>
> The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
> (tentative); Venue will be informed later.
>
> The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
>
>
>
> Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> User:KCVelaga
>
>
>
> [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>
> [2]:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
>
> [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Sorry for the typo

The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
> applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
>
> If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon
> as possible.
>
> Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
> Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
>
> Thanks,
> Krishna
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
>> India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
>> library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
>> limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
>> accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.
>>
>> In brief about the event:
>>
>> TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
>> Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
>> their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
>> conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
>> discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
>> designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
>> Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
>> event may be referred from the event page.
>>
>> The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
>> date 25 November 2018.
>> The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
>> (tentative); Venue will be informed later.
>> The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
>>
>> Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
>>
>> Thanks
>> User:KCVelaga
>>
>> [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
>> [2]:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
>> [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.

If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as
possible.

Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3

Thanks,
Krishna

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
> India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
> library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
> limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
> accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.
>
> In brief about the event:
>
> TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
> Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
> their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
> conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
> discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
> designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
> Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
> event may be referred from the event page.
>
> The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
> date 25 November 2018.
> The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
> (tentative); Venue will be informed later.
> The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
>
> Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
>
> Thanks
> User:KCVelaga
>
> [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
> [2]:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
> [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 India)"[1],
a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and library
outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to limited time,
we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly accept
my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.

In brief about the event:

TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.

The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].

Kindly let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks
User:KCVelaga

[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
[2]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The annual Community Wishlist Survey now open for proposals

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message -
From: Johan Jönsson 
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:06 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The annual Community Wishlist Survey now open for
proposals
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Wikimedia
developers 


Hey everyone,

The Community Wishlist Survey is now open, and you can post proposals
for projects that you would like the Wikimedia Foundation's Community
Tech team to work on:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019

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

The Wishlist Survey starts with a two-week proposal period, when
contributors from all Wikimedia projects are invited to post, discuss
and improve proposals. After that, there's a two-week voting period,
when everyone can post support-votes on the proposals.

You can post technical proposals until 11 November.

You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.

The Community Tech team is responsible for addressing the top ten
wishes on the list. If they, after investigating it, find that
something isn't feasible, they need to explain why to the community.
The Wishlist can also be used by volunteer developers and other teams,
who want to find projects to work on that the community really wants.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] [The Wikipedia Library] Translation Tool: Termsoup

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

I am happy to inform you that through The Wikipedia Library, we now have a
premium online collaborative translation tool "Termsoup" available for
access to active users of any Wikimedia project (with demonstrated
translation experience or able to prove the need).

Termsoup is a translation tool with features to assist in translating
content, including a simple user interface, term translating, edit history,
and collaborative editing. It is a cloud-based platform that helps
translators and organisations to increase translation productivity. Though
Termsoup is not not a machine translation (MT), but they offer several MTs
for your reference. You can decide by yourself whether to use these TMs or
not.

You may apply for access at:
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/70/
To know more about Termsoup: https://termsoup.com/?locale=en

Thanks and regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FileLinkTool

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Ananth,

Global Replace can be done in one go using the script mentioned in my
previous email. While CommonDelinker is a good option, the process is more
complicated, than using the script. Also there CD was reported to have
technical issues such as formation of double redirects.

To mention, I use the above script regularly to replace files globally, it
works perfectly fine. If anybody wants, I can help you with the
installation and execution.

Sushant, I can see that you've put in the entire script code to your
common.js ,
please replace the entire block with this line,

importScript('User:Perhelion/justReplace.js');

I think this also does the same thing, but try this, it should work.

Thanks,
Krishna

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:30 PM Ananth Subray 
wrote:

> Dear Sushant,
>
> As per our knowledge, we can't replace files on a single go in different
> wikis with the help of Javascript. User:CommonsDelinker[1] is a PHP based
> hot which will help you to such things based on the request.
>
> [1]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CommonsDelinker
>
> On Wed 10 Oct, 2018, 1:39 PM sushant savla, 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Ananth,
>>
>> I request to contact the team and make tool which will replace Old file
>> with new SVGs file.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Sushant
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:44:50 +0530 Ananth Subray wrote
>> >Dear All,
>> We are very happy to inform you all that Indic-TechCom has made a new
>> tool to give a link to source file after doing the derivative work on
>> commons. We all know that how important to mention the source file
>> correctly after doing the derivative work. Based on the request of
>> community members Indic-TechCom has created. To know more about the tool
>> visit the meta page[1]. Indic-TechCom request you all to use it and spread
>> the work to your community members. In case if you have suggestions, please
>> let us know.
>>
>>
>>
>> [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/FileLinkTool
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FileLinkTool

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Sushant,

There is already a user script to global replace actions

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Perhelion/justReplace.js

Please add the following to your Wikimedia Commons common.js

importScript('User:Perhelion/justReplace.js');


Thanks,
Krishna


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:39 PM sushant savla 
wrote:

>
> Hi Ananth,
>
> I request to contact the team and make tool which will replace Old file
> with new SVGs file.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Sushant
>
>
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:44:50 +0530 Ananth Subray wrote
> >Dear All,
> We are very happy to inform you all that Indic-TechCom has made a new tool
> to give a link to source file after doing the derivative work on commons.
> We all know that how important to mention the source file correctly after
> doing the derivative work. Based on the request of community
> members Indic-TechCom has created. To know more about the tool visit the
> meta page[1]. Indic-TechCom request you all to use it and spread the work
> to your community members. In case if you have suggestions, please let us
> know.
>
>
>
> [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/FileLinkTool
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introduction

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi Japleen,

Welcome to the community. I missed this thread somehow. It is great to hear
from you, and kudos to you for organising these workshops. I am keen to
understand the retention of these users after the workshops. Because that
is very important to build a local community. With you and Abhinav,
actively leading these, I'm sure that we'll have an active Wikimedia
community in Delhi soon :) Please let me know if you need any help.

Thanks
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
User:KCVelaga

On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 9:07 PM Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Hello Japleen,
>
> Officially welcoming you to our ecosystem :)
>
> Delhi community members have been documenting our meetups and workshops
> here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi>.
>
> You may like to create a sub-section or incorporate within your workshops
> and activities. The editors can also share their User ID so that they can
> be notified on the next meetup.
>
> Abhinav
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM Japleen Pasricha 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rudra,
>>
>> Yes, I run this online portal called *Feminism In India*.
>>
>> Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone!
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Japleen
>>
>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 17:30, <
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Resignation as an EC member

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

This is to inform you all that I've resigned as an EC member of Wikimedia
India on 23 September 2018.

Thanks to you all, I hope I was of help to community members. Since this is
not related to personal volunteer work, you can always reach out to me on
my personal email, kcvel...@gmail.com.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding Uploading 700 photos of a single temple to commons

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings Jayantilal,

It is good that Shrini is taking suggestions, and as far as I can see,
Bodhi's comment is also a suggestion on what he thinks, but no pushing.
Everybody has a "first time" to do things. However, I am sure that Bodhi,
along with other Wikimedians, has enough experience and expertise to handle
things.

Also there is no such thing as ownership for such matters. The community
itself holds the ownership. Bodhi, and the rest of all who are there, are
only the organizers, who are making things possible for WLM to happen in
India. If you feel that something is going wrong about the project, please
point that out, the organizers will be happy to correct that. It is not the
case of same of set of people or an organization doing it every time. In
2016 it was organized by some, 2017 by different people, 2018 by a another
set of Wikimedians, and next year, anyone can take the lead to organize. In
the same way, this year these people have taken the lead.

Regards,
Krishna C V.


On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Jayantilal Kothari  wrote:

> Thanks Srinivasan for sharing these pictures. Search for some library
> reference and you will be able to give name and description to the
> pictures.
> It is good that Bodhisattva is confident but don't get over-confident also
> in anyway. Even uploader is taking suggestions here.
> If you don't mind Bodhisattva can I ask what are your experiences in
> handling national level photography competition? Why are other affiliate
> also not interested in this competition? Why ownership limited to two?
> Where is Telugu, CIS & WMIN?
>
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 at 11:49 AM, Shrinivasan T 
> wrote:
>
>> I have processed around 350 photos and added to a flickr album
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/tshrinivasan/albums/72157699459704301
>>
>> Will add remaining on around 10-15 days.
>>
>> Hope we can move to commons from flickr.
>>
>> There may be few duplicates.
>> Will do more filtering before sending to commons.
>>
>> Share your thoughts on is it okey to send these kind of pics to commons.
>>
>> I am still wondering on how to give name and descriptions to all of
>> these,as I dont know the names.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> T.Shrinivasan
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Appointing Community Advocate for Punjabi Wikimedians

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Congratulations and the best wishes to Satpal for his new role.

I am sure Satpal will do his best.

Krishna

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Abhinav srivastava 
wrote:

> Congratulations Satpal!
>
> This is a great news.
>
> Abhinav
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:24 PM Satdeep Gill 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Punjabi Wikimedians is collaborating with CIS-A2K for the growth of
>> Punjabi Wikisource as a focused project for the next fiscal year. We
>> received only one application during the first deadline and no new
>> application was received during the second deadline either. We gave a task
>> to the applicant which included visiting a library in Ludhiana which
>> belongs to one of our partner organizations and to digitize some works and
>> to write a small report. The task was completed by applicant. Hence, we
>> have decided to hire the applicant, User:Satpal Dandiwal
>> , as Community
>> Advocate.
>>
>> The CA will be responsible for the following tasks but not limited to
>> these:
>>
>> 1. Primary task would be digitizing PD works or CC released works to be
>> uploaded on Wikimedia Commons and subsequently integrating them with
>> Punjabi Wikisource.
>>
>> 2. The person will be responsible for maintaining financial records of
>> existing and future grants of Punjabi Wikimedians.
>>
>> 3. The person will also be helping with logistics and organizing regular
>> events.
>>
>> We are excited to announce this to the larger Indic community.
>>
>> Best
>> Satdeep Gill
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wikivoyage banner competition in WLM-2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Alexander Tsirlin" 
Date: 31-Aug-2018 3:09 PM
Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wikivoyage banner competition in WLM-2018
To: 
Cc:

Dear All,

We are happy to announce the Wikivoyage banner competition as part of
WLM-2018:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2018/banners

Same as last year, we invite the participants to convert their photos into
banner images used at Wikivoyage. These banner images introduce travel
destinations in a visual and attractive form. They can depict panoramic
views, important landmarks, or recognizable details. Page banners can be
easily cropped from the Wiki Loves Monuments photos.


## What's new this year? ##

1. The competition runs till October 31; this leaves the time to crop the
photos and upload the banners after the end of the main WLM period

2. There is a separate upload campaign (wlm-banners) that helps us to
structure the uploads


## We need your help! ##

1. First and foremost, please, spread the word about the banner competition
among your local community

2. Add information about the banner competition to your landing page. Link
to the Commons page mentioned above, or (even better) translate it into
your language

3. We create the lists of 'most needed destinations', namely, those that
have Wikivoyage articles but miss banner images so far. Please, let me know
if your local community may be interested in such a list. We shall prepare
one for your country in the beginning of September

4. As the upload campaign is new, we are still translating it into
different languages. Please, let me know what will be the best translation
for the field "Source image (Commons file that your banner was cropped
from)"
Please, send it to me personally and not to the mailing list. Thank you!

Your questions and comments are welcome!

Best wishes for your upcoming WLM,
Alexander

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WLM updates

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

All the best

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 12:14 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:

> All the best for the event. Glad to know about the progress.
>
> Thanks
> Tito Dutta
> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
> me over email or phone call.
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 at 00:07, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> WLM will start tomorrow. \0/
>>
>> Few things:
>>
>>- Here is a page where you can create or modify the WLM central
>>notice banner for your language wiki, which will be displayed throughout
>>September.  - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
>>Monuments_2018/CentralNotice
>>- Tamil community is working on the list of ASI non-protected
>>monuments in Tamil Nadu which will be included in WLM. Currently they have
>>included around 1500 monuments and the list is growing. -
>>https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7bs9 
>>- Meet our judges for the national competition -
>>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
>>Monuments_2018_in_India/Jury
>>
>> 
>>- Please do not forget to check the judging criteria set be the jury
>>team, which is very very important for the event -
>>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
>>Monuments_2018_in_India
>>
>> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Thank You :-)

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear Tanveer,

Thanks for the all the support as the A2K Program Manager, more as a friend
and well-wisher. The Access to Knowledge team has incredibly grown under
your leadership, which has in turn helped a lot of Indic communties and the
Indian Wikimedia community as a whole. It is indeed sad to see to you leave.

Wishing you all the best in your new roles, and hope to see you around :)

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya V.
User:KCVelaga

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Tulsi Bhagat 
wrote:

> Dear Tanveer,
>
> It's painful seeing you stepping down. I wish you all the best for your
> future. Thanks a lot for your good works. I'm so glad that we met during
> the period you worked as a Senior Program Manager. I'm looking forward to
> met you again. It's really nice to meet you. Have a good time. :D
>
> Regards,
> Tulsi
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 10:54 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tanveer,
>>
>> You will be badly missed for what you have done to support our community
>> whenever we needed it. I really wish that, your absence will be
>> temporary and after completing your next job requirements in your elegant
>> way, you will return back soon.
>>
>> Best of luck for your next endeavour.
>>
>> Thanks for everything,
>> Bodhisattwa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018, 07:48 Satdeep Gill,  wrote:
>>
>>> Tanveer ji,
>>>
>>> I would wholeheartedly like to thank you for your contribution to the
>>> development of the Indic communities. CIS has grown a lot under your
>>> leadership and I know your absence is going to leave a void. You have
>>> always been a source of inspiration.
>>>
>>> Best of luck for your future endeavors.
>>>
>>> Also, thank you for being a great friend :)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Satdeep
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 4:24 AM Abhinav srivastava 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Congratulations Tanveer on competing this wonderful journey.

 Wishing you the very best for future endeavours.


 Additional Comments : I request you to address the responses  as on
 Friday, 10th August at 4.57pm on
 'CIS-A2K : Transparency and Other Issues' on the other thread.



 On Sun 26 Aug, 2018, 11:56 PM Tanveer Hasan, 
 wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians and Friends,
>
> I am writing to inform all of you that I will be stepping down as
> Senior Program Manager of  Access to Knowledge (A2K Team) at The Centre 
> for
> Internet and Society, Bangalore on 31 August, 2018.
>
> It has been an honour to have worked with amazing Wikimedians during
> my time with the A2K team. I have learnt immensely during my interactions
> with Wikimedians, WMIN members and the WMIN EC, various user groups and 
> WMF
> staff.
>
> The last three and half years have been an amazing experience and have
> helped me grow intellectually and I have been lucky to make friends for
> life. I wish to thank all the Wikimedians for their questions, feedback,
> advice and ideas. I also thank WMIN and User Groups and Partner
> Institutions for their unflinching support during this time.
>
> I request all of you to extend your support to the A2K team for the
> current plan year and for activities that shall be proposed in the 
> upcoming
> plan as well. I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise for
> any inconvenience that I might have caused during my time at CIS-A2K.
>
> I will continue to be associated with the A2K team as an advisor. I
> would love to be in touch and be of any help that I can, please feel
> free to write to me on 'hasanrememb...@gmail.com'.
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in India (10 days to go!)

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Wow! The landing page looks stunning and quite comprehensive with all the
required information—even for a newbie to contribute.

All the best,
User:KCVelaga

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Satdeep Gill  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We are excited to announce that West Bengal Wikimedians User Group and
> Punjabi Wikimedians User Group are jointly organizing Wiki Loves Monuments
> 2018 in India from 1st September 2018 to 30th September 2018.
>
> This year we are focusing on ASI protected monuments of national
> importance and state protected monuments. For more details about
> participating in the contest, visit the link below:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
> Monuments_2018_in_India
>
> Alternatively, you can help in creating Wikidata items about these
> monuments. Check the following link for more information:
>
> 
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Built_
> heritage/ASI_Monuments
>
> Looking forward to your active participation in the event! Feel free to
> reach out to us for any query.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep Gill
> On behalf of the organizing team
> Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in India
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Label-a-thon around Indian Independence Day 2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

G'morning everyone,

A Wikidata Label-a-ton is planned around the theme of Indian Independence
Day 2018. A s the name of this specific activity may hint, the primary
objective of this "label-a-thon" is to expand and improve on *labels,
descriptions, and aliases in Indian languages* for items related to India
and Indian topics.

*Dates:* 15 August 2018 to 19 August 2018

Lists of tasks are available on the event page, if you wish, *you can also
add some tasks until 14 August 2018*. Please do read the rules and
guidelines mentioned on the event page.

*Event page at:*
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Indian_Independence_Day_2018

Looking forward for your participation.

Regards,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New Indian partner now available through The Wikipedia Library

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

As Indian language Wikipedias are focusing on quality content, this is a
good opportunity for the editors to use reliable and high quality sources
while contributing. I encourage all of us to make the best use of this
opportunity and also share the news with editors who might be interested in
these areas (and also, use the other databases that TWL has to offer).
Since the occasion has come, being a regular user and volunteer for The
Wikipedia Library, I must admit that despite we being such a large and
diverse community, very few editors from India or working on
content-related to India are using the vast resources offered by TWL (not
sure about anonymous editors - who are just known by usernames). TWL has
partnerships with more than 50 publishers/databases in a wide variety of
subjects such as social sciences, law, medical, science etc. The list of
all the partners can be seen at: https://wikipedialibrary.
wmflabs.org/partners/, and quick view is available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TWLJ. Please make the best use of
these resources.

For this EPW partnership, many thanks to Abhinav Srivastava, who patiently
worked for almost one year to lock this partnership, and also Tanveer
Hasan.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya V.
User:KCVelaga

On 08-Aug-2018 6:46 PM, "Satdeep Gill"  wrote:

> This is a great news. Thanks for sharing this.
>
> Best
> Satdeep
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 5:45 PM Sam Walton  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I thought you might be interested to know that free access to Economic &
>> Political Weekly (https://www.epw.in/) is now available through The
>> Wikipedia Library! Economic & Political Weekly is a social science journal
>> with archives dating back to 1949.
>>
>> You can apply now at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/71/
>>
>> As an Indian organisation, with translations available in a number of
>> Indian languages, access is being prioritised for editors contributing to
>> topics related to India.
>>
>> Best,
>> Sam
>>
>> --
>> Sam Walton
>> Program Officer, Citations
>> The Wikipedia Library
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

I agree with Yohann and Dhaval's suggestion, and also the nominations.

Yes, as Abhinav mentioned, this problem of inactive list admins/moderators
exists on many of Indian regional mailing lists as well. I've faced issues
in the past while posting to some Indic-language mailing lists. So we can
actually start a common conversation (may be on Meta-Wiki), listing all the
Indic-communities' mailing lists along with the admins/moderators
(active/inactive). Following that interested (& active) users can volunteer
themselves to be admins.

Best,
Krishna



On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:

> I so want to step down from the Delhi list if we are discussing about that
> as well. :)
>
> It’s been 5 years since I left Delhi and it makes sense for someone local
> to take over. For the record, I also lost the password and probably Theo
> needs to add the new moderator.
>
> Happy to add anyone interested for Bangalore.
>
> Subhashish
>
> On Jul 30, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>
> I agree Krishna,
>
> At the same time, let us review the non-active admins as well, or any
> admin who wants to step down.
>
> Regards,
> Dhaval Vyas
>
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2018, 13:28 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, <
> kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The Indian community mailing list is arguably the most used mailing list
>> by the Indian Wikimedia community. However, recently some users have
>> reported problems with subscription and sending messages as
>> non-subscribers. All these issues are need to be dealt by the list admins
>> at the earliest possible. However, the issues remain unsolved.
>>
>> So I think more active community members must be added as mailing list
>> admins so that these issues can be addressed in a timely manner.
>>
>> List info at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/
>> Wikimediaindia-l
>>
>> Looking forward for comments from other members.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Krishna Chaitanya V.
>> User:KCVelaga
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[Wikimediaindia-l] India community mailing list admins

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

The Indian community mailing list is arguably the most used mailing list by
the Indian Wikimedia community. However, recently some users have reported
problems with subscription and sending messages as non-subscribers. All
these issues are need to be dealt by the list admins at the earliest
possible. However, the issues remain unsolved.

So I think more active community members must be added as mailing list
admins so that these issues can be addressed in a timely manner.

List info at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/Wikimediaindia-l

Looking forward for comments from other members.

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Call for Memberships [Wikimedia India]

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,

This is an open call for memberships to Wikimedia India Chapter. Membership
is open to Indian citizens (aged 18 years and above) and Institutions
registered in India. As a member, you'll have voting rights in the
chapter's elections and also represent Wikimedia India in dealing with
institutions, after appropriate authorization.

The annual membership fee is ₹100/- for Individuals and ₹1000/- for
Institutions. All the new memberships and renewals of previous memberships
are effective through 31 March 2019. The membership fee can be paid either
by NEFT/Statebank Interbranch transfer/DD/Cheque to Chapter Bank account.
If you would like to deposit cash/outstation cheques into Chapter SBI Bank
account, at SBI branches, please add  ₹25/- as collection charges. However
it is advised to transfer the amount through NEFT as the charges are much
lower, and helps in expediting the process.

Membership forms are as follows:

For individuals:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdf
For institutions:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormInstitution.pdf

The duly completed membership application along with payment instrument/or
details of payment needs to be sent to Chapter office: Wikimedia Chapter,
No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560071.

To comply with the legal requirements, it is mandatory that an applying
member should also send either a hard or soft copy of an identity proof
which mentions their name, along with date of birth, photo and address. The
typical identity documents acceptable are: (i) Voter ID (ii) Passport (iii)
PAN card (iv) Driving License (v) Aadhaar Card

The Chapter membership committee will endeavour to process all applications
within four weeks. WMC reserves the right to reject membership
applications, with reason. In such cases, if payment is already made, the
same will be refunded without any interest for the intervening period
otherwise, the payment instrument (Cheque/DD) will be returned. However,
the Rules and Regulations of the Wikimedia Chapter provide for appeal in
such cases in Article IV-1. “In cases where the Executive Committee does
not approve the application for membership of a person, said person may
appeal to the General Body at the next Annual General Meeting.”

Kindly let me know if you have any queries.

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Featured Wikimedian] June 2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,

I am happy to announce the Featured Wikimedian of the Month for June
2018, User:Nizil
Shah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nizil_Shah> from Gujarat.

Nizil started editing in 2008, his first article on English Wikipedia was
deleted. In 2012 when he could not find an article on a topic related to
the history of Gujarat, he decided to write about it himself. Being an avid
reader, he observed that Indian topics are lacking in coverage on English
Wikipedia. So he kept writing about topics related to Gujarat such as
history, language, literature, culture, people, politics, geography,
archaeology and many more. With more than 34000 edits and 400+ articles, he
is now among the top 2500 English Wikipedians. He also contributes to
Gujarati Wikipedia, Gujarati Wikisource, English Wiktionary, Hindi
Wikipedia and English Wikivoyage. He has uploaded and curated more than 500
images on Commons. He considers mentoring of a few Wikimedians is his best
contribution to the Wikimedia movement.

He sees lots of potential in the Wikidata and has been its contributor
since its inception. He briefly served as an administrator there and has
now 39000+ edits. He believes that it will be the central data repository
of the internet with its effects going very far. He wants to revive
Gujarati Wiktionary through upcoming Lexicographic Data on Wikidata.

Though by profession he is a dentist, he rarely contributes to the
health-related subjects. He now wants to expand his contributions to dental
and other health topics on English and Gujarati Wikipedias. He considers
the lack of good resources in Indian languages and on Indian topics is a
challenge and he is working to improve the situation with help of fellow
Gujarati editors. He says; One edit is too many and thousand is never
enough.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Wikimedia India
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library Card

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

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Hi!

The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available through
the Library Card platform:
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NEW
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* Invaluable (Database of more than 50 million auctions and over 500,000
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* Oxford University Press - The Scholarship collection now includes
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)] Selection criteria

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

We've opened a discussion on Meta-Wiki to discuss about the selection
criteria for users to attend the Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India).
Kindly give your opinion at https://goo.gl/d8G74b. Your responses will help
the organizers and the scholarships team to select the right users for the
workshop.

Note: The discussion will be open until the end of 25 May 2018.

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Discussion on Wikimedia Commons regarding images from PIB

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

*Apologies for sending an incomplete email previously*
Hello all,

There is an ongoing discussion on Wikimedia Commons about usage of images
from Press Information Bureau under the licence tag, GODL-India. This
discussion will have great effect on coverage of images related to India,
as the scope and the applicable limits of the tag is being discussed for
all websites of Government of India, including its sub-departments,
agencies, ministries etc. Kindly follow the discussion, and voice your
opinion.

Discussion at https://goo.gl/YgHT2k
License tag at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:GODL-India

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania 2018: More participation from India

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Congratulations all!

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya V.

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:38 PM, balaji  wrote:

> congratulations and best wishes!!
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> J.Balaji.
>
> Sent from a mobile device usually on the move. Kindly excuse the brevity
> and/or spelling/ grammatical errors.
>
> On 9 May 2018 11:41 a.m., "Ashwin Baindur" 
> wrote:
>
>> Heartiest congrats to Shyamal, Aliva & Jayanta :) Have a blast at Cape
>> Town.
>>
>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Hope this email will find you well. The preparation of Wikimania is
>>> going on, and we hope to see enthusiastic participation from India this
>>> year as well.
>>>
>>> You know that in addition to the main Wikimania scholarship, there has
>>> been a practice to offer scholarship to Indic Wikimedians. As per the
>>> earlier practice, WMIN and CIS-A2K is offering full scholarships which
>>> includes:
>>>
>>>- The cost of an individual's round-trip travel as arranged by
>>>CIS-A2K
>>>- Shared accommodation for up to 6 nights as arranged by CIS-A2K
>>>- Conference registration fee. Note that some meals during the
>>>conference are covered by the conference registration fee, such as 
>>> lunches
>>>and receptions
>>>- The cost of obtaining a visa (Visa Fees)
>>>
>>> The participants are selected based on the decision of Wikimania
>>> Scholarship Committee 2018 and were next in line as per their analysis to
>>> receive full scholarship. Note: WMIN or CIS didn't make these selection.
>>>
>>> Following is the suggestion list of Wikimania committee, the Wikimedians
>>> who have been selected are:
>>>
>>>- User:Jayantanth
>>>- User:Shyamal
>>>- User:Aliva Sahoo
>>>
>>> We congratulate them for the selection, and hope for a smooth visa
>>> process ahead. :)
>>> ​We are unable to support partial scholarship for budgetary constraint. ​
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tito Dutta
>>> Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to
>>> remind me over email or phone call.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN Quarterly Report] January to March 2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Dear all,

I am happy to announce that Wikimedia India Chapter's Quarterly Report
for the period from January to March 2018 has been published.

The report can be viewed at: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/Jan-Mar_2018


Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2017 WLM International Jury Report

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Mohammad Hekmat" 
Date: 19-Apr-2018 7:44 AM
Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2017 WLM International Jury Report
To: "Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition" <
wikilovesmonume...@lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:

Hi all,

Today, on the International Day of Monuments and Sites (aka World Heritage
Day), the international team  announced the release of 2017 WLM
international jury report. In 2017, we received 489 photos from
participating national competitions, out of which 61 made it to the final
round and out of those the top 25 were selected and announced last
December. In the report you can find details of how the jury worked, who
was on the jury, some jury comments, stories of the top winners, as well as
the full list of all 61 finalists. The full list is available at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_WLM_Internation
al_Jury_Report.pdf

Please feel free to share it with your local participants or share/repost
our announcements on social media:
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/p/BhtuPuahtYl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/posts/2066006453429267
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wikimonuments/status/986654512604577792

Best regards,
Mohammad


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[Wikimediaindia-l] #1Lib1Ref Again!

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,


Thanks to Sailesh Pattnaik for the previous message about the second
iteration of  #1Lib1Ref this year. I would like to add something to that.

It is an annual campaign where librarians add references to improve
Wikipedia, is coming back again this year, running from May 15th to June
5th, 2018. It is being run for the second time from this year because we
heard from you a desire to run it again out of excitement. Librarians,
community members, and affiliates are encouraged to make 1Lib1Ref [their
own].  So whether we call this 1Lib1Ref May, 1Lib1Ref for the Southern
Hemisphere, or 1Lib1Ref Strikes Back, the point is the excitement is
building again, and we'd like you to be a part of it.

If you would like host a session at a local library, here are some
materials for you:

1.) Helpful multimedia (logos, videos, flyers, stickers)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1lib1ref>

2.) Connect with local librarians
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Connect>

3.) Lets take a Coffee Break and contribute to #1lib1ref. Here's how!
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit>

4.) Read the 1Lib1Ref 2018 January report and learnings
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2018>
.


"Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to
Wikipedia" Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers. Let's make it better!
Your goal today is to add one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a
reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide.


For any assistance, kindly contact wikipedialibr...@wikimedia.org.


Regards,

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

Outreach Coordinator | The Wikipedia Library

*on behalf of *

Felix Nartey

Global Coordinator | The Wikipedia Library
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)] Request for comment on proposed changes

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,


As you are aware that the Conference and Event Grant for "Wikigraphists
Bootcamp (2018 India)" has been proposed for training on SVGs,
illustrations, digital cartography etc. earlier in March. After review and
discussion, a few changes have been suggested to the program. Please go
through the changes, and comment at: https://goo.gl/tdmMGo.


Also, kindly put forward the kind of illustrations that you or your
community is in need of. For example; illustrations of animals, scientific
instruments,  automobiles etc. This help us frame the program and also
understand the need of illustration skills required.


As the suggestions are to assessed, and relevant changes are to be made to
the proposal, this discussion will be open till seven days from now i.e. 12
April 2018.


Best,

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Featured Wikimedian] April 2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,

I am happy to introduce you to the Featured Wikimediam for April
2018, Sangram Keshari Senapati (User:Ssgapu22
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ssgapu22>) from Odia
Wikimedia community.

Sangram is an active Odia Wikimedian from Bhadrk, Odisha. Sangram was
introduced to Wikipedia by his senior at college. He later signed up, and
created two articles on English Wikipedia. Upon knowing about Odia
Wikipedia, he started contributing to it. But as his writing skills were
not good, he used to proofread works on Odia Wikisource, and from that
experience he learnt the exact pattern of writing in Odia. He recalls that
users MKar and Psubhashish greatly helped him during his initial days.

>From his contributions, it can be said that Sangram is an ambassador of
#100Wikidays challenge. After having participated in Rathajatra
Edit-a-thon, Nabakalebara Edit-a-thon, and Wikipedia Asian Month in 2016 &
2017, he decided to regularly commit himself towards improving the coverage
of information on Odia Wikipedia. His first challenge was #100WikiWomanDays
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100WikiWomenDays>, which he
started on 8 March 2017 i.e. International Women's Day. Having successfully
completed it on 15 June, he took up another #100Wikidays
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(2nd_Challenge)>
on 13 July. Immediately after its completion 20 October, he took up his
third challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(3rd_Challenge)>
on 21 October, and completed it on 28 January 2018. As this journey
continues, he is now amid of his fourth Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(4th_Challenge)>,
which was started on 29 January. With these, he aspires to complete his
WikiYear some day.

Sangram is a graduate in Computer Science and Engineering, and is now
working as an editor at an Odia magazine. He also an avid photographer, and
maintains a photography club. He advocates that new editors need to focus
on learning the rules of Wikipedia, and contribute to good quality articles.

Wishing him all the best to to complete his WikiYear;

Best,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*on behalf of* *Wikimedia India*
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [IMLD-ODD 2018 Wikidata India Edit-a-thon] Top contributors and stats

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Greetings,

I am happy to announce the top contributors of the Wikidata campaign
conducted from International Mother Language Day (21 February 2018) to Open
Data Day (3 March 2018). The participants have been assessed on various
parameters such as number of mainspace characters added, number of edits,
labels and descriptions added, references added to statements etc. The list
of top fifteen contributors is as follows;

Top five contributors (in alphabetical order of usernames):


   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Gazal_world
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Muppavarapu_Navya
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:రవిచంద్ర
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Saisumanth_Javvaji
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SuswethaK


Top six to ten contributors (in alphabetical order of usernames):


   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jinoytommanjaly
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Marajozkee
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sukeerti.Bhopal
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:స్వరలాసిక
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Thamizhpparithi_Maari


Top eleven to fifteen contributors (in alphabetical order of usernames):


   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Aliva_Sahoo
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:BukhariSaeed
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kvr.lohith
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Obaid_Raza
   - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pranayraj1985

The statistics of campaign are as follows:


   - Number of participants: 174 (including eight community organizers)
   - Number of items created: 137
   - Number of items improved: 3890
   - Total number of edits made: 8900
  - Source: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/
  courses/WikiProject_India_on_Wikidata/IMLD-ODD_2018_
  Wikidata_India_Edit-a-thon/home
  

   - Number of outreach activities organized: 5 (Guntur, Bhopal [2],
   Hyderabad, Patiala)

The campaign was supported by Wikimedia Foundation, WikiProject India on
Wikidata, Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
India, Punjabi Wikimedians User Group, West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
and Hindi Wikimedians User Group.

Special thanks to the community organizers for promoting the campaign among
their respective communities: User:Aliva_Sahoo for Odia,
User:Balajijagadesh for Tamil, User:Gopala_Krishna_A for Kannada,
User:Manavpreet_Kaur for Punjabi, User:Suyash.dwivedi for Hindi,
User:Mouryan for Bengali, User:Obaid_Raza for Urdu, User:Ajaybanbi for
Telugu.

Regards,
User:Krishna_Chaitanya_Velaga
User:Satpal_Dandiwal
User:Titodutta
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Content donation

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

That is awesome.

Thanks for the efforts.

Best,
KCV.

On 20-Mar-2018 11:54 PM, "Bodhisattwa Mandal" 
wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, I am happy to announce
> that Dr. Tapodhir Bhattacharjee, Ex-Vice chancellor of Assam University,
> has kindly released copyright of 5 of his books under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
> The books are uploaded to Commons and are now in the hands of Bengali and
> English Wikisourcers for further work. Kudos to Dr. Tanmay Bir and Jayanta
> Nath for their effort to release, scan and upload the content.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Bodhisattwa
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] [Featured Wikimedian] March 2018

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi everyone,

I am happy to introduce you to the Featured Wikimedian for March 2018, Nithesh
Gill
<https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0:Nitesh_Gill>
from the Punjabi Wikimedia community.

*Nitesh Gill* is a young and energetic Punjabi Wikipedian from Moga,
Punjab, and is studying Punjabi literature from University of Delhi. Her
Wikimedia journey started in August 2015, when fellow Wikimedian Satdeep
Gill introduced her to Wikipedia and taught her how to edit.

One of her main focus on Punjabi Wikipedia is the Gender Gap. In her
attempts to bridge the gap, she has been a trainer to BBC 100 Women
Edit-a-Thon and also collaborated with "Feminism in India". She has also
organized many outreach activities & edit-a-thons like Sanjh, Asian Month,
Womens History Month, LGBT Edit-a-thon etc.

Nitesh's another major achievement has been the #WikiYear challenge, which
she completed successfully on 28th February 2018, wherein she has created a
Wikipedia article everyday, continuously for 365 days. The most interesting
part of the story comes to say that all the articles that have been created
are about women. She also contributes to Wiktionary, Wikisource, and
Wikimedia Commons.

Best,
 Yohann Varun Thomas
 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata India Edit-a-thon 2018 Mid-way Updates

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

Hi everyone,

As many of you already know that on the International Mother Language Day
(21 February) we've started a national level Wikidata editing campaign on
content related to India. The campaign ends on Open Data Day (3 March), and
now we're half-way to it. So I just thought of sharing the progress with
the community.

Till date;

   - 132 users signed up on the Participants page
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IMLD-ODD_2018_Wikidata_India_Edit-a-thon/Participants>
   - 65 new items were created (Source: Program and Events Dashboard
   <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/>, as of 1:27 pm IST)
   - 2.16K items were improved (Source: Program and Events Dashboard
   <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/>, as of 1:27 pm IST)
  - 5.29K edits were made for the improvements.
  - Events as a part of the campaign
  - Completed
 - A training session on Wikidata was conducted for 30 students at
 VVIT, Guntur on 17 February 2018
 - A training session on Wikidata was conducted for 25 students at
 MANIT, Bhopal on 21 February 2018
  - Upcoming
 - Wikidata Edit-a-thon in Bhopal on National Science Day (28
 February 2018)
 - Wikidata Edit-a-thon *(for new users) *in Hyderabad on 2 March
 2018, being co-organized along with Swecha Foundation
 <http://swecha.org/>.
 - Wikidata Edit-a-thon in Patiala on Open Data Day (3 March 2018),
 being organized by Punjabi Wikimedians User Group

If you're interested in organizing an edit-a-thon on or before 3 March
2018, please let me know.

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Call for Applications: Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund

[Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]

 Dear Wikimedians!

Please do take a moment to read about the recently announced Bassel Khartabil
Memorial Fund and Fellowship:
https://creativecommons.org/2018/02/07/bassel-post/

These two separate programs invite applications from free culture activists,
researchers, artists, and much more to help carry on the incredible work
Bassel was involved in. Projects ranging from $1,000 USD to $10,000 USD
will be considered for the Memorial Fund, and the Fellowship provides a
$50,000 USD stipend as well as funds for other, related expenses.

To know more about the Memorial Fund:
https://creativecommons.org/bassel-khartabil-memorial-fund
To know more about the Fellowship:
https://creativecommons.org/bassel-khartabil-fellowship

Wikimedians are encouraged to apply and to spread the word. The last date
for review of applications is March 24, 2018.

Thanks in advance!

--
*For*
Jay Walsh
Creative Commons

Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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