[Wikimedia-l] Nigeria Independence Day global Edit-a-thon

Reminder!!! Hello friends Today is the Nigeria independence day anniversary, join us across the globe to celebrate the birth of our Nation by editing any Nigeria related articles in your language on @Wikipedia and please add #NG to your summary. Let's do it together . We love ❤️ you all!!!

[Wikimedia-l] Conference and Events Funds Update

Hi everyone, The open call for Conference and Events Funds Round 2 2021/22 is over, and we have received a grant application from Brazil! Here is the application link: WikiCon Brasil 2022 . [1] A few quick facts about this

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conference and Events Funds Update

Greetings, A community is definitely in the best position to do a risk-assessment, so no comment on that. Good wishes for the proposal. On another note, in the last couple of years we have widely explored remote events/online events like never before. New knowledge have been gained, and over-all

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to Wikimedia Research Office hours October 5, 2021

Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours next Tuesday, 2021-10-05, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming María Sefidari as a Foundation consultant. :)

Hi all, This is a brief note to follow up on our commitment to update the conflict of interest policy.[1] I apologize that we did not meet our initial deadline of 30 September, but the update is in progress. We are currently finalizing the draft updated policy and figuring out the best timing for

[Wikimedia-l] Women, Wikiquote, SheSaid Launch, and Nigeria Independence Day...

Good idea ! I have created two (very meager to be honest) entries on Wikiquote (in French and in English) about a Nigerian lady, Anie Akpe. (She has no Wikipedia article, just saying, maybe worth checking if she is notable enough ;) ) This is the perfect opportunity to promote the SheSaid

[Wikimedia-l] Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability

Hi friends, The Community Resilience & Sustainability team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a new call led by its Vice President Maggie Dennis (it was called

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Women, Wikiquote, SheSaid Launch, and Nigeria Independence Day...

Yeah! Count me and my community in the promotion of #Shesaid and thank you for sharing in our joy by your edit! ❤️ On Fri, Oct 1, 2021, 6:59 PM Florence Devouard wrote: > Good idea ! > > I have created two (very meager to be honest) entries on Wikiquote (in > French and in English) about a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Endowment reaches initial $100 million goal and welcomes new board members

So having totally missed this news last week I have to (belatedly) agree with Christophe and SJ. Many congratulations to Lisa and the team for proposing the endowment and making it a succes. It is amazing to see how many donors have been willing to contribute to reaching this milestone so

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Nigeria Independence Day global Edit-a-thon

Great initiative! I have added population data to every state at Wikidata, and now automatically generated demographic maps are possible: https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria#Biztanleak Happy independence day! From: Olushola Olaniyan Sent: Friday, October 1,

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021 registration is now open

Dear all, The registration for Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021 , which will take place from 5-7 November, under the slogan "Meet for a Better Future!" is now open. You can sign up for participation by adding your username and