[Wikipedia-gu] Survey for Infrastructural Needs of Indian Language Wikisource Communities

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Dear Proofreaders,

CIS-A2K is in a process to community survey and being conducted as part of a 
pilot study to collect baseline data on infrastructural needs of Wikisource 
platforms in India. The objective of the study is to identify current 
challenges and knowledge gaps in technological capacity, resources and training 
on Wikisource platforms in selected languages. Through an analysis of this 
data, the study aim will provide learnings and recommendations on potential 
strategies to address these gaps, including through collaborative intervention 
and training. You may read more about the study here: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_Needs_of_Indian_Language_Wikisource_Projects

To design the programs based on the needs of the community and volunteers, we 
invite your valuable suggestions and thoughts. We would like to improve our 
working continuously taking into consideration the responses/feedback about the 
events conducted previously. We request you to go through the various sections 
in the form and respond.

Google form link - 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemIo2Ioc7vF-ksKNiPv3sYyXsSkfUvo0XSHKgjI6ZGTFVRkQ/viewform

Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if 
needed. Contact sn...@cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for further 
details or detailed comment.

With best wishes,

Jayanta Nath
Centre for Internet & Society
Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)



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[Wikipedia-gu] Survey for Infrastructural Needs of Indian Language Wikisource Communities

[jayantanth1]

Dear Proofreaders,

CIS-A2K is in a process to community survey and being conducted as part of a 
pilot study to collect baseline data on infrastructural needs of Wikisource 
platforms in India. The objective of the study is to identify current 
challenges and knowledge gaps in technological capacity, resources and training 
on Wikisource platforms in selected languages. Through an analysis of this 
data, the study aim will provide learnings and recommendations on potential 
strategies to address these gaps, including through collaborative intervention 
and training. You may read more about the study here: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_Needs_of_Indian_Language_Wikisource_Projects

To design the programs based on the needs of the community and volunteers, we 
invite your valuable suggestions and thoughts. We would like to improve our 
working continuously taking into consideration the responses/feedback about the 
events conducted previously. We request you to go through the various sections 
in the form and respond.

Google form link - 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemIo2Ioc7vF-ksKNiPv3sYyXsSkfUvo0XSHKgjI6ZGTFVRkQ/viewform

Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if 
needed. Contact sn...@cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for further 
details or detailed comment.

With best wishes,

Jayanta Nath
Centre for Internet & Society
Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)



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[Wikipedia-gu] Submission Open for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022 until 23 January 2022

[jayantanth1]

Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings for the New Year 2022!

We are excited to announce that submission for session proposals has been 
opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022, the upcoming online wiki-event which 
is to be conducted from 18 – 20 February 2022 during the occasion of 
International Mother Language Day. The submission will remain open until 23 
January 2022.

You can submit your session proposals here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022/Submissions

A program team has been formed recently from highly experienced Wikimedia 
volunteers within and outside India. It is currently under the process of 
expansion to include more diversity in the team. The team will evaluate the 
submissions, accept, modify or reject them, design and finalise the program 
schedule by the end of January 2022. Details about the team will come soon.

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

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

Our fist newsletter also is published here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022/Newsletter/2021-12-23

Best wishes for your submissions! 
 
Regards,

Jayanta
(On behalf of WMWM India 2022)



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[Wikipedia-gu] Maryana’s Listening Tour ― South Asia meet - Registration

[jayantanth1]

Dear All,

As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer Maryana’s 
Listening Tour, a meeting is scheduled for conversation with communities in 
South Asia. 

Please see the event page here: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour_%E2%80%95_South_Asia

The meet will be on Friday 26 November 2021 - 1:30 pm UTC [7:00 pm IST].  
Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will be 
the guest of the session. 

We invite you to join the meet. The session will be hosted on Zoom and will be 
recorded. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the meet.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/bDrJgdHFXTQh4otPA


Please follow the event page for updates. 

Regards,
Jayanta Nath
CIS-A2K Team



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[Wikipedia-gu] Call for Research Associate: Access to Knowledge Programme

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Dear All,

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the 
position of Research Associate, to support its Access to Knowledge (A2K) 
Programme.

The research associate is expected to support the larger goals of the 
programme, which include growth of Indian language Wikipedias, related 
Wikimedia projects and the contributor communities. Your primary responsibility 
will be to undertake research on selected topics relevant to key areas of 
programmatic work. For the present year, the focus will be on studying 
challenges and efforts to bridge the gender gap/bias on Indian language 
Wikimedia projects,  exploring possibilities of collaboration with 
organizations working on building resources related to gender and sexuality, 
and assisting with a baseline study on Wikisource in India.

Given present restrictions on movement due to the pandemic, this would be a  
remote, full-time position until further notice. We encourage applications from 
individuals identifying as women, LGBTQIA+ and of gender non-conforming 
identity and sexual orientation. The deadline for applications is Friday, 
August 6, 2021.

Please read the detailed call for applications here: 
https://cis-india.org/jobs/call-for-research-associate-access-to-knowledge-programme.
 & https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Team/Join.


Thanks and Regards,

Jayanta Nath
Programme Officer (Wikisource)
Access to Knowledge Programme
The Centre for Internet & Society



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[Wikipedia-gu] COVID-19 Support towards Mental Health Care and Counselling Services

[jayantanth1]

Dear Wikimedians,

As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the 
COVID-19 pandemic, CIS-A2K will provide support with access to counselling 
services to community members, in order to address mental health concerns 
resulting from the stress and anxiety of coping with the pandemic The A2K team 
has collaborated with the Institute of Psychological Health 
 to provide the counselling support. A2K would 
endeavour to provide support under this component of the programme as follows :

1) *Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic. This 
session will be organised online and will be open to all Wikimedians in India 
looking to understand more about mental health concerns that are prevalent at 
the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. The 
details of the session will be announced here shortly, with a link to a 
separate event page.

2) *Individual Counselling Sessions Interested Wikimedians who wish to apply 
for this support may fill out this application form. 
https://forms.gle/WXLj2cR4jie6r1pc6

For more details of this programme, please visit this meta page -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/COVID-19_Support_towards_Mental_Health_Care_and_Counselling_Services

With best wishes,

Jayanta Nath
On behalf of A2K team,
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[Wikipedia-gu] Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic

[jayantanth1]

Dear Wikimedians,

As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the COVID 
19 pandemic, CIS-A2K has organised 'Awareness/orientation session on Mental 
health and pandemic.
This online session is open to all Wikimedians in India to understand more 
about mental health concerns that are prevalent at the present time, due to 
pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. This interactive session would 
ideally aim to:

create awareness and sensitisation about mental health in general
deliberate on the variety of issues faced by people at this particular time
demystify/address any misgivings/stigma related to mental health issues and 
counselling/therapy/treatment
and encourage people to avail counselling services in case they feel the need 
for the same.
The details of the session are as follows -

Date: Saturday, 12 June 2021
Time: 4 to 6 pm (IST)
Expert: Dr. Anand Nadkarni, Psychiatrist and founder of IPH
- More about Dr. Anand Nadkarni - http://iphpune.org/wp/about-me/
- LinkedIn profile - 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-nadkarni-41a290129/?originalSubdomain=in
- Videos on Avahan channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/AVAHANIPH/videos
Registration link -  
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-GgrzsiHNN88GTyKAwpSdP82FAI6lCi
We kindly request you to book your time slot for this important session, 
register on the above link and promote the event in your communities as well.

Stay safe, with best wishes,

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[Wikipedia-gu] Internet support for Wikimedians in India

[jayantanth1]

Hello all,

We hope that you are doing well. We wanted to inform you that A2K has started 
an internet support program for the Wikimedians in India from 1 June 2021. This 
will continue till 31 August 2021. It is a part of Project Tiger, this time we 
have begun with the internet support, writing contest and other things that 
will follow afterwards.

You can visit the event page ink: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India 

You may also see the FAQ section: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India#Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)

For reviewing the applications, there is a committee that will make decisions 
for the applications. After the committee's response, support will be provided. 
For more information please visit the event page (linked above). Before 
applying, please read the criteria and the application procedure. Please go 
through the page and apply if you find you are eligible for applying. Please 
also share this information with others as well.
Stay safe, stay connected,

Thanks & Regards, 
Jayanta___
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[Wikipedia-gu] Internet support for Wikimedians in India

[jayantanth1]

Hello all,

We hope that you are doing well. We wanted to inform you that A2K has started 
an internet support program for the Wikimedians in India from 1 June 2021. This 
will continue till 31 August 2021. It is a part of Project Tiger, this time we 
have begun with the internet support, writing contest and other things that 
will follow afterwards.

You can visit the event page ink: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India 

You may also see the FAQ section: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India#Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)

For reviewing the applications, there is a committee that will make decisions 
for the applications. After the committee's response, support will be provided. 
For more information please visit the event page (linked above). Before 
applying, please read the criteria and the application procedure. Please go 
through the page and apply if you find you are eligible for applying. Please 
also share this information with others as well.
Stay safe, stay connected,

Thanks & Regards, 
Jayanta

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