[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FW: Professor Jing Wang (1950–2021)

Hi folks, I am forwarding this note from MIT to share the sad news of Professor Jing Wang's death, because in addition to being a distinguished scholar, she was also at one time a member of the Wikimedia advisory board ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Board). She was also generally a supp

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join us at COSCUP 2021 - Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters

Just a note that the Wikimedia sessions are in fact on JULY 31, not July 1. Good luck with these presentations, it looks very interesting. Risker On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 23:08, Joyce Chen wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, > > Just one day before the 2021 Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and >

[Wikimedia-l] Join us at COSCUP 2021 - Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters

Hello Wikimedians, Just one day before the 2021 Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters(COSCUP) ! [1]* (7/31-8/1 (UTC+8))*. This year, the event is completely live on YouTube [2]

[Wikimedia-l] Virtual WikiIndaba 2021 - Community Feedback Survey

Dear Wikimedians, Wiki Indaba is the official regional conference of the Wikimedia Foundation for Africans both within and in the diaspora with interest in African continent in addition to other open knowledge activators who are aligned with the open information sharing mission.Topics of presentat

[Wikimedia-l] Community Village + Unconference track

Dear Community Members, Wikimania is only two weeks away (Aug. 13-17) and we are very excited to welcome each of you. The program is shaping up well and we look forward to sharing that with you very soon. Registration remains open . We surpas

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group

Thank you, Amqui! I am interested to hear about Wikimedia Canada's and the Atikamekw community's (2 active editors last month) views on the *readership* of this young Wikipedia. Looking at these stats[1], it seems this Wikipedia is essentially read mostly by the people who write it, and by search

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan published

Hi everyone, The Annual Plan Conversation for Advancement and Finance and Administration goes live in an hour. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022#Annual_Plan_Conversations Hope to see you there! Elena -- Elena Lappen (she/her) Senior

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to Episode 4 of WikiAfrica Hour (WikiEvents:Unpacked)

Hello Gereon I hope you are well? Ceslause's announcement is only for the WikiAfrica Hour session where these Wikimedia events will be discussed. You raise a valid issue however it should really be raised with the correct people who are organising the event and tomorrow's session would be the per

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to Episode 4 of WikiAfrica Hour (WikiEvents:Unpacked)

Hello everyone! Are you aware that the proposed date for WikiIndaba 2021 (5th to 7th of November) is the exact same date that is proposed for the virtual CEE meeting 2021? The CEE meeting is the Wikimania type annual meeting for Central and Eastern Europe. I could imagine that there are Wikime

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group

Good day, This is a notice that the 2020 annual activity report of the Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group was posted on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_North_American_Indigenous_Languages_User_Group/Reports/2020 Please do not hesitate to reach me if

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to Episode 4 of WikiAfrica Hour (WikiEvents:Unpacked)

Hello everyone! I hope you're staying safe. The WikiAfrica Hour episode 4 "WikiEvents:Unpacked" is going down tomorrow. Join us at 4pm UTC tomorrow the 30th July 2021, as we engage the engine room behind Wikimania 2021 and WikiIndaba 2021. The guest speakers include Antoni Mtavangu [1] (Co-fo

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join us on July 29th! Information session: Training of Trainers for "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom"

Dear Wikimedians, and friends, Join us today at 13:00 UTC (in 5 hours!) for the first information session on Training the Trainers of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program. We are looking forward to sharing more details and answer your questions. You can find the Zoom link and other details o