Re: [Wikimedia-l] Coronavirus outbreak impacts Chinese Wikimedia communities

[Katherine Maher]

Thank you Qiuwen for sharing this about your community with all of us in
the global community.

We at the Foundation are thinking about the Wikimedians in China and all
communities affected. As Bobby said, this is a thing we all share, and we
must support each other.

Katherine

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 22:47 Bobby Shabangu  wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up Qiuwen, hopefully a cure will be found soon because
> it affects us all.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 19:43, Delphine Ménard 
> wrote:
>
> > I am so glad nooone has been affected so far. May your friends and
> families
> > remain safe during this difficult time and know that our thoughts are
> with
> > you.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Delphine
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 1:17 PM 《求闻》编译组／Qiuwen WMCug  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Qiuwen) - The coronavirus outbreak originated from
> > > China's Wuhan in Hubei province only two months ago had already claimed
> > > thousands of lives with more infected, but none of them are
> Wikimedians -
> > > as far as we know.
> > >
> > > As of February 28th, Qiuwen can independently confirm that all active
> > > Wikimedians living in the Greater China are not infected by the virus,
> > > including three of them who live in outbreak's epicenter Wuhan, and
> > dozens
> > > more who live in other parts of the Hubei province as well as other
> > > heavily-infected cities in China. However, many of them were put under
> > > citywide lockdowns, and just like other local residents, are not
> allowed
> > to
> > > move freely. Meanwhile, one editor in Hong Kong was put under a
> > compulsory
> > > quarantine by local health authorities due to close contact with a
> > > confirmed patient. The editor was forbidden to go outside their home
> for
> > a
> > > 14-day quarantine period. Detailed information of those editors
> > themselves
> > > will not be disclosed for privacy reasons.
> > >
> > > Several meetups and edit-a-thons in China were either canceled or
> > > postponed due to the outbreak. Since many Wikipedia enthusiasts in
> China
> > > are college students, meetups are generally scheduled to cope with the
> > > beginnings and endings of academic semesters. However, those meetups
> were
> > > postponed as the 2020 spring semester, which typically begins from late
> > > February to early March, was delayed by education authorities.
> Organizers
> > > reported canceling a meetup scheduled to be held in late January in the
> > > eastern coastal city of Qingdao, while several others, including those
> in
> > > Beijing and Shenzhen targeting college students, were postponed until
> > most
> > > schools reopen.
> > >
> > > Another contributing factor to the suspension of these meetups is
> > > governments have been discouraging people from traveling back from
> their
> > > hometowns to big metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai after the
> Chinese
> > > Lunar New Year holiday, which means attendee turnouts for meetups held
> in
> > > these cities may be lower than usual.
> > >
> > > The community in Hong Kong seemed to have suspended their meetup for
> the
> > > outbreak as well. The Hong Kong community has had four meetups per year
> > in
> > > the past two years, with the most recent one held in November 2019.
> > > However, the next meetup, which supposes to be held in late February
> > > according to their routine, was never announced by the community
> leaders
> > in
> > > the first place.
> > >
> > > Communities in Taiwan was not significantly affected by the outbreak,
> as
> > > the island does not have as many reported cases comparing to the
> mainland
> > > and Hong Kong. Nevertheless, the organizer for a Wikimedia photowalk
> did
> > > make a post on Facebook, saying a mandatory body temperature check will
> > be
> > > implemented before the activity rolls out.
> > >
> > > The coronavirus outbreak has been ameliorating in China during the past
> > > few days, with new confirmed cases dropped dramatically, especially
> > outside
> > > the epicenter Hubei province. Local Wikimedians in Beijing are
> currently
> > > planning to have their meetups rescheduled for the next public holiday,
> > > which is the Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday in early April. But the exact
> > > planning is still yet to be decided.
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland canceled physical
> > > meetings of the Wikimedia Summit on Friday, which planned to take place
> > in
> > > Berlin from April 3rd to 5th. The scholarship application for Wikimania
> > > this August in Bangkok, Thailand, remains open, and there are no signs
> > > indicating the bigger Wikimedians' gathering will be canceled so far.
> > >
> > > 
> > > This piece of news was gathered by Qiuwen, a news service operated by
> the
> > > Wikimedians of Mainland China user group <
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Mainland_China>. We
> would
> > > like to help deliver news from communities among Great

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date: WikiGap Challenge

[Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:UKBot.

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Luth 
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2020 10:48 AM
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date: WikiGap Challenge

Dear all,

A quick save the date:

On *Sunday 8 March*, the International Women's Day, we are launching
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second year in a row.

The aim of the challenge, which will run until 8 April, is to create and
improve articles to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of women and related
topics in as many languages as possible.

This year, we are teaming up with UN Human Rights Office. A set of articles
 [2] on women
active in human rights will give bonus points, and the winner of the
challenge will get an opportunity to participate for a couple of days in
some events organised by UN Human Rights on the margins of the June session
of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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[Wikimedia-l] Save the date: WikiGap Challenge

[Eric Luth]

Dear all,

A quick save the date:

On *Sunday 8 March*, the International Women's Day, we are launching
the WikiGap
Challenge  [1] for the
second year in a row.

The aim of the challenge, which will run until 8 April, is to create and
improve articles to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of women and related
topics in as many languages as possible.

This year, we are teaming up with UN Human Rights Office. A set of articles
 [2] on women
active in human rights will give bonus points, and the winner of the
challenge will get an opportunity to participate for a couple of days in
some events organised by UN Human Rights on the margins of the June session
of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The challenge is a part of the *WikiGap campaign
*, [3] co-organized by the Swedish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wikimedia Sverige, Swedish embassies and
Wikimedia affiliates and volunteers across the world.

Sign up  as
a participant already now! We look forward to seeing you in the competition
:-)

Best,
*Eric Luth*
Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
Advocacy
Wikimedia Sverige
eric.l...@wikimedia.se
+46 (0) 765 55 50 95

Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge/List
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